Day 41: All Apologies

All Apologies by Nirvana.

I have a confession to make now that I live in Seattle: when this album first came out, I was not aware of Nirvana or the burgeoning grunge music scene in Seattle and the Northwest. I was a middle school music teacher in Southern California. One of my students came in wearing a Nirvana t-shirt and I asked “Who’s Nirvana?” He gave me a rolling eyes look: “Really Mr. P.? You don’t know who Nirvana is? Man, and I thought you were cool…” He proceeded to give me the 5 minute School of Rock lecture on the great Seattle Grunge bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and others.

This is the live version from MTV’s Unplugged that aired in 1993, and the first time I saw the band and became an instant fan; not too long after I was shamed by that 8th grader. All Apologies to you my former student.