Eek! I've got some catching up to do, so here comes a tri-fecta, starting with,
Day 15 - Your favorite from MTV Unplugged in New York
The Man Who Sold The World. The whole album is fantastic, as Kurt's voice is toned down for the most part in comparison to his singing efforts on the studio albums. This track in particular it feels like I'm hearing Kurt rather than just listening to him (cliché'd BS I know). "Who knows, not me, I never lost control, You're face to face, with the man who sold the world," is one of the most retrospectively heart-breaking lines of the whole album.
Day 16 - A song from the first album you ever bought
The only Nirvana album my sister didn't own was Incesticide, and once learning that Sliver was on that album I seeked it out. While I skip more tracks on it now than I did when I first had it, there are still some great songs I still regularly listen to. Son of a Gun and Molly's Lips were the 2 that stood out the most when I first heard it, but the brooding grungey atmosphere of Aero Zeppelin is what I'm going to go for here. They lyrics are amongst the most thoughtful that Kurt ever wrote and come across as a collection of negative thoughts surrounding parts of his life such as relationships, the direction of Nirvana and society as a whole.
Day 17 - Your favorite single
The double A side of All Apologies and Rape Me.
2 songs with contrasting moods that perhaps encapsulate the polar extremes of the feelings of Kurt. Though All Apologies isn't necessarily upbeat, "The songwriter told biographer Michael Azerrad that while the lyrics had nothing to do with his family, the song's mood (which Cobain summarized in the words "Peaceful, happy, comfort") was intended for them." (So sayeth Wikipedia.)
Rape Me however is a lot more negative and is about Kurt's feelings towards the mainstream success that he was having to deal with. The opening sounding like Teen Spirit is by no means an accident and send chills up my spine the first time I heard it.
