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Rating:  - why are you sending me emails about this?!
i have calld and emaild you about this product
and talked to a rep
i will say it again
the nirvana nevermind music classic album i bought from you
has absolutely no music on it
altho you sold it to me and publisise it as music
it is a documentry
thats no the only mistake you have made
the helsing umd i bought from you and paid 17$+ delivery
is not helsing it is a show calld gun
grave
i have told you that before
the ren and stimpy umd i bought came as dvds
so i can tell you i am very unhappy with my purchese
and your service
i have told you about all these problems before
and i think rubing salt on my wounds by emailing me about my orders
makes no sence
ok?
please stop emailing me on subjects not comcerning new orders i make
thank you
Rating:  - It's a classic alright
I don't think there is anyone who was alive in 1991 who didn't here Smells Like Teen Spirit and get automatically drawn into it but the entire album is awesome. There aren't many CD's that you can put in and just let it play through but this is definitely one of those. The DVD us great on it's own because of the interviews, still shots and of course the making of the album itself. If you liked Teen Spirit, you'll like the rest of this great classic album and enjoy the making of it as I did. I only wish Kurt Cobain were still with us making great music.
What a shame!!
Rating: - nevermind
This dvd is a great buy, not only does it take you through the making of the album NEVERMIND, but also through the history of nirvana and how it came to be. From recording the huge hit "smells like teen spirit" to recording the masterpiece "polly", this dvd has it all.
Rating: - great DOCUMENTARY!!!!! not a music cd!!
this DVD has it all. all the major players are in place, Nirvana a&r reps, road crew, people that took pictures of them, surviving band members and butch vig.
basicly if you are a huge fan of nevermind and want the inside scoop on how it was recorded then get this DVD. if you think this is a CD with music and videos then PLEASE go else where!
Rating:  - Kurt isn't here, but he'll always be here...
Without Cobain to interview afresh for this release the producers have had to cobble together old interview footage. And this is part of the tragedy of the situation because I for one would love to be able to hear what a grown up and more mature Cobain would of said about the album he is most famous for. Others may champion earlier stuff like Bleach but it's Nevermind that for the average punter is this band, and in fact the entire grunge movements calling card.
That's not to say that Cobain doesn't get to speak, as noted earlier there is a chunk of interview footage with him. And Novoselic and Grohl do a great job in giving thoughtful and considered insights into the process and mind set of the band. The are less amusing anecdotes here than are shared by some of the other bands featured in this series perhaps because of the rather sombre tone the tragic end of the tale culminates in. But there are a slew of interesting points to be found out about the bands genesis and their progression through the trials and tribulations of the underground scene to their explosion with this album, spearheaded by the hard rock anthem Smells Like Teen Spirit.
As per usual with the Classic Albums series some of the most interesting aspects of this release are provided by the associates of the band - management and producer types and some of the real talent behind the band is explained. Which for me as only a casual fan was really enlightening and some of my preconceptions were challenged. Which is a great thing to have happen sometimes.
Through my reviews of various products, pretty much all the Classic Albums series I've written about have scored four stars. They aren't life changing - hey I'd rather play an album than watch a show about it most of the time - but they are great for fans, even casual ones. This one deserves four stars but only just, as there is that overall feeling of loss, of the part of the jig saw puzzle that should be in the middle has been lost forever. But the understated yet appropriate production values, interesting discussions and the bonus material which takes the running time out to 74 minutes mean this is well worth your while especially if you can pick it up cheap.
Nirvana were always a flawed proposition. Feeding off the usual teenage feelings of alienation they were the right band at the right time. At a stage where teenage alienation had become a packaged parody of itself, offered up with bright lights and brighter profit margins to an ever more consumerist 15-24 year old market, Nirvana came along and scooped up millions of fans who were alienated from the pre-packaged alienation, if you take my meaning. They only held these fans in the palms of their hands for a couple of years but that was enough to secure their place in hard rock/heavy metal folklore. Because while some sections of their fanbase may be aghast at the idea, this is hard rock. This album did not convert people to liking loud music, this album sold to people who already did. And this DVD is a great exploration of some of the reasons they jumped so effectively into the fast lane of the mainstream and the creative process of how they formed the recorded statement for which they'll always be remembered.
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