Can anything top Nirvana's legendary set from 1993? Here are the 30 best MTV Unplugged performances:
set was recorded in a small studio in Queens in front of fewer than 50 fans. Consisting of eight flawlessly performed songs , Pearl Jam set the bar high for every single artist who’d follow them on“State of Love and Trust”and his solo output. According to MTV lore, Sir Paul jumped at the chance to unplug his guitar.
” His relaxed performance boasted a number of blues covers, too, as well as an arresting take of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine.” This would be the first of manyfour months after it occurred.’s producers, who, in 1991, made him part of a special featuring hip-hop artists going acoustic. For the first time, rappers were asked to appear on the program, and they made quite an impression.