Nirvana - With The Lights Out
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Free Music Review: This collection is for the FANS only.
Hit: 5 Stars
Nirvana? What can be said about this band which has not been said before? (practically nothing).
This collection (which is marketed toward the fans of the band) is an impressive collection of material which will more or less haunt you while you listen. Much of the material has never been released on any other album or single, so most of the tracks are MEDIOCRE. However, the music that can be described as "mediocre" from NIRVANA is still better than most every other band in the history of bands.
Nirvana music is toxic and raw. And because this collection includes mostly unpolished material, the included tracks are more toxic and raw than what has been released on their studio albums. Many of the tracks were recorded at home with a tape player (or by some other means) and the sound quality is "piss-poor". Other tracks were recorded in a studio and sound great (despite the fact that grunge music is not meant to sound "great").
The tracks include demos, live performances, and b-sides (which I really love to collect). The 3 discs are a wonderful addition to ANY (and every) rock music catalog. If you are a FAN of Nirvana, buying this collection will be a matter of "when" not "if". NO Nirvana fan should be excused from OWNING this collection of awesome and inspired grunge.
The third disc contains post-in utero material which is heartbreaking because the demo tracks were never recorded in a studio (at least to my knowledge). "Do Ri Me" is (or was) the future of Nirvana.
Hopefully, you will buy this collection and listen with fresh ears... after all, most of this stuff is older than your younger siblings. It has been a long time since Nirvana destroyed the competion... keep on truckin' Nirvana!
Free Music Review: A very good purchase for Nirvana fans.
Hit: 5 Stars
"With the Lights Out" is great for real Nirvana fans. Yes, it is raw and the sound quality is not that of "Nevermind" or "In Utero," but that's not what it is about. It's about the music. It's about hearing what Kurt's passion,angst,and sadness sounded like before it was all doctored up and smoothed out for a studio album.
So it is important that you understand this before buying this boxed set. You may have heard many of these songs on the "Outcesticides" or other bootleg albums, but "With the Lights Out" cleans the tracks up considerably, which makes for a more pleasant listening experience. Judging from some of the other reviews I've read on here, it seems like there's some pretty disgruntled little kids who were expecting 61 brand new studio quality Nirvana songs. The back of the box lists the title of each song and then labels each one as a "demo" or "solo recording" or "radio appearance." Apparently this was a little too misleading for the average consumer. I guess there's a lot of people who have a limited interest in music but enjoy the act of shopping. That explains Metallica!
Back to the point. This is a phenomenal boxed set that every true Nirvana fan should pick up. It gives you a chance to hear some songs you haven't heard before as well as some different versions of the songs you already know. But if you are just a "radio Nirvana fan," just leave this boxed set on the shelf. Also, if you just plain hate Nirvana, why bother writing a review? I can't imagine that there are too many people out there who hate Nirvana yet still need to read a useless review on Amazon to help them decide whether or not they should buy a Nirvana album that they will HATE. Oh, nevermind, those people probably are that dumb.
Free Music Review: Never speak a word again ....
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember it like it was yesterday. Nirvana was the first band I loved and loved with passion. I can admit it, I didn't know who they were before "Smells Like Teen Spirit", but I loved them. We've almost forgotten Kurt as he became a springboard for Courtney's cloying celebrity personality, a stack of legal documents, and a statistic. And we moved on, fostering in other genres after grunge died. But it was truly wonderful for that brief moment in time, he grabbed me at the perfect angst ridden age of 17 and didn't let go.
This is the last great rock band to close out the 20th century, and don't pretend you were too cool to not like them. They made great music. This box set is for the fans, not for those who have never heard Nirvana before. The radio clips, cutting room floor stuff and DVD footage is something only the true fans can appreciate. If you're one of the 2% of people in the entire Judeo-Christian world who only knows "Smells Like Teen Spirit", this isn't for you. Collections like this bring you as a fan closer to them rather than further away. You have to go through rough drafts before you make a gem.
I was speechless when I first heard this. "You Know You're Right" was wonderful, as well as the B sides which I had collected over the years on tapes finally put in one place, but "Do Ray Mi" gave us a glimpse into the future that could've been. Were he alive today, who knows what he would be doing. Maybe he'd have taken us to another level. You can't escape the sadness, but there is also a strangely uplifting joy. It takes you back but pushes you forward. This is the greatest gift Kurt gave us, his music, simple and plain. He'll never speak a word again, but in this he achieved immortality.
Free Music Review: it is a state of nirvana
Hit: 5 Stars
rape me *denmo 1992
opinion
Sappy *later called verse choris verse
jesus dont want me for a sunbeam
blandest
dive
even in his youth
return of the rat
and obviously the video of the first time smells like teen spirit was played live.
these are the songs i skip to the most, but i exagerat, i dont really skip any, i just love these more.
there is not enough time in the day to listen to this box set once a day, but there should be.
this is not just some 15 yearold fan shouting out about his love for nirvana, this is a young man who respects all kinds of music sitting down and saying, this is the best collection of songs i have heard in a VERY long time.
weather you are a die hard fan or not, it doesnt matter, you will love it all the same. i got my copy a few days early, but havent wrote my review till now. the ONLY track on here that i think is worth skipping is "beans". though it is utterly hillarious, it is kind of annoying when you are in real nirvana mood.
this band, weather you admit it or not, is one of the most importand bands ever. in name, it is only behind the beatles and a select few other door openers. in fact, nirvana is the most inportant american band ever. they made the underground the top leval and the trash that was on top, back to the bottom. if you love this band, you must have it, and if you think this band had some good moments, you must have it anyway. as far as boxed sets go this one is cheep, and worth if if just for disk 3 and the dvd. i advise everyone who can aforde this buys it, as soon as possible.
it makes you remember that music used to be a respected entity, and it still should be.
Free Music Review: One of the Best Boxed Sets I've Purchased
Hit: 5 Stars
Been really into the Alternative Rock/Goth thing again..haven't for awhile, but the music coming out currently is getting cool again (depeche mode's new cd, green day's "comeback" and love the new stuff by Fall Out Boy)...
Bought this DVD set used at an excellent price. Wanted to have a nirvana dvd (when is one coming out with all the videos?) and knew the stuff on here would be raw!!
The box set is a fantastic listen to the history of the band=with demos, outtakes, unreleased tracks and radio performances. Unlike other band's boxed sets, which tend to be 4 cds of hits and maybe a handfull of unreleased songs and live recordings, the box set gives us a musical timeline with ALOT of unreleased music..it's a great listen...one of the RAPE ME home demos is very intimate and raw-you can hear a baby cry in the back/which is erie=but, you know it must be Francis-Bean...The sound quality, of course, isn't 5 stars, but makes up for it's rareity and fun to listen to these recordings and get an intimate feeling like your in the studio or rooms with band..
The DVD gives you the same feeling..much of it is home video recordings of Nirvana jamming at a house, you get some cable access tv concert footage and rare music videos=stuff you'd NEVER see on MTV....
3 music cds with 1 dvd was just enough for this box set=and wasn't overloaded with rehashed stuff. the packaging was simple yet cool and the book that comes with has great time period commentaries, old photos and reprints of early show day ads and flyers...This is a great box set=period and a great musical lesson in Nirvana's shattering effect they had on rock music...