I can`t remember the last time I saw the MTV version of Nirvana: Unplugged in New York and I`ve lost count of the number of times that I`ve listened to the CD. The fact that Kurt Cobain was dead only five months later makes the performance almost prophetic in hindsight.

With an intimate surrounding, in which fire regulations were stretched to the limit by the amount of people they had in the studio, and with an almost funereal set, dressed with starburst lilies and black candles, the gig was an immediate success and is more widely known than any other MTV Unplugged performance. When Nirvana turned up at Sony Music Studios for their MTV Unplugged session intending to play only one of their hits (`Come as You Are`) and covers of obscure songs by The Vaselines, The Meat Puppets and Leadbelly, eyebrows must have been raised. In the early 1990s, Cobain was described as the `voice of a generation`, with his angst-ridden lyrics reflecting the disillusionment of many with their lives and particularly the state of music. Conclusion For a section of my generation, the question `where were you when you heard that Kurt Cobain had died?` is the equivalent of my parents` generation being asked `where were you when you heard John Lennon had been shot?`.

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