It's [performed] by Nirvana. Fair enough I'd say, especially since Kurt is very careful to give credit to all original performers/songwriters in MTG Unplugged.

This cover is what got me into Bowie in the first place. Love both versions equally I'd say.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i didn't feel the need to credit Bowie as kurt already does at the end of the song

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly I think this is the greatest thing about the MTV performance. They're at the top of their fame, are asked to perform at MTV, and take it as an opportunity to showcase other songwriters they appreciate rather than themselves. Helped teenage me get into a lot of stuff that has stuck with me though the years.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

for sure. mtv werent happy that they weren't playing the hits and mtv wanted eddie vedder or some other hot name to be a guest instead of meat puppets. glad nirvana stood their ground

[–] superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do we have any love for the original by David Bowie?

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

Absolutely. For me it's one of those albums where I feel like I make the song injustice by listening to it in isolation. Everything just seems to fit together somehow.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's funny. Because of my age and culture growing up I didn't hear a lot of David Bowie. I heard a lot of his songs as covers first, and in many cases I prefer the covers over the original. Even when I heard the original first I sometimes prefer the cover

I think The Man Who Sold the World is a good example of that. I've known it's a David Bowie song since the first time I heard Kurt say "that was a David Bowie song". But I will always think of Kurt and Nirvana first when I hear it. Which makes me the Xennial equivalent of those kids that said the Beatles covered the Justin Bieber song Let It Be. And I accept that

[–] sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

thats a nice memory about your dad, and it makes me feel old.. as everyone is saying, its a bowie song, though

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This was the only version of the song I even knew about until MGS5 had Midge Ure's cover and from there I learned David Bowie did the original.

Among the 3, I think Ure's is the best.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6I6Zjwlx4LSE1iojm94za1