Bonus Song Thursday - Nirvana "The Man Who Sold the World"

The Great Albums

Bill Lambusta

Albums, Music Commentary, Criticism, Billlambusta, Brianerickson, Music

4.3 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2015

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It's Bonus Song Thursday! And Bill and Brian delve a little deeper into Nirvana's catalog by discussing the band's cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" from their MTV Unplugged performance. The guys talk about the elegiac nature of the song, how well the Unplugged performance works as an album, Nirvana's ability to bring a nuanced touch to their softer songs, and Pat Smear. Additionally, we talk about why we won't by discussing Radiohead's OK Computer anytime soon but where listeners can scratch that itch if they feel the need.

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0:00.0	We passed up on the stairs
0:03.0	We passed up on the stairs
0:18.0	Spoken wasn't well
0:22.6	Although I wasn't there
0:26.6	I said I was a friend
0:30.6	Which came as a surprise
0:34.6	I spoke to his
0:38.6	as I thought you died
0:41.4	alone
0:42.5	a long long
0:44.4	time we go
0:46.5	Oh no
0:50.5	Not me
0:52.3	We've never lost control.
0:58.0	The face to face of love is all the world.
1:07.5	Hello, I'm Bill.
1:09.1	And I'm Brian.
1:10.0	And this is The Great Albums podcast, Bonus Song Thursday.
1:13.8	Welcome to it.
1:15.2	Brian, what were we just listening to right there?
1:17.1	We're listening to Nirvana, covering The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie.
1:23.9	On Monday.
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