Nirvana B-Sides

aneurysm

dive

hard for me to think of 'big cheese' as a b-side since the only version of bleach i've known is the one where it's included

Which was the hidden track on Nevermind? I can never remember its name.

endless nameless

Molly's Lips it is for me

Most of those songs appear on the Hormoaning and Incesticide compilations.

But I'm voting for Aneurysm anyway.

why "Stain" and no "Been a Son"? weren't they both the B side to the 'Blew' EP?

for me it's between "Stain" and "Dive" aaand .. "Dive" it is. I remember vividly like it was yesterday when I first bought that "Sliver"/"Dive" single at the Dr. Wax in Hyde Park, and hurridly took it home to my apt so psyched to hear the latest dispatch from Kurt and the boys...

Yeah, my first thought was "Been a Son."

is the version of "Milk It" that was a b-side any different from the one on In Utero?

Also, 'D-7' was on the Lithium E.P.

It's close between Aneurysm, Dive and Marigold - but I think Aneurysm edges it.

aneurysm is their best song really.

I'd have picked "Been a son" too, as that Tupelo 12" was the only time the studio version got released.

A pedant strikes - Oh The Guilt surely an AA side? And if A-sides not on (non-compilation seeing as half of Incesticide is here) albums count then Sliver should be on here.

Got to be Aneurysm though really. Dive also awesome.

Another vote for "Aneurysm" (best heroin metaphor song since "Gimme Shelter"), but I also really like "Moist Vagina" (which I think was labeled as "MV" on the back of the single, wasn't it?). I also like "Marigold," with Grohl's only lead vocal...I think he later re-did this with the Foo Fighters, but it kind of blew. I like the super flanger on "Curmudgeon." Shit, these are all great.

Yeah, these are all fantastic. Indie me wants to vote for Molly's Lips, but I'm tempted by Stain.

which I think was labeled as "MV" on the back of the single, wasn't it?

yes, and 14yr-old sea cadet me thought it meant this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_vessel

mollys lips - i <3 nirvana + vaselines 4eva

Aneurysm is my fave Nirvana song!

Would've voted Been A Son, will probably vote Molly's Lips. For some reason (possibly called "buying the cassette version") I have trouble matching Incesticide tracks to titles and the non-Incesticide tracks I mostly haven't heard in a good while, so I hesitate to vote without listening.

Voted 'Oh the Guilt' because it doesn't get enough love and I love that they helped out Jesus Lizard with that split. What a fine split it is ...
Really like aneurysm too, though.

"Dive". "Even In His Youth" is the best of the post Nevermind B-sides by an even bigger margin.

I really like "Milk It," but it isn't a non-album track. As much as I enjoy "Molly's Lips," I can't bring myself to vote for a cover either, so I think I'll go with "Dive."

Here She Comes Now is an a-side FWIW.

I fucked it all up. :(

Most of those songs appear on the Hormoaning and Incesticide compilations.

When I said "excluding compilation tracks," I was referring to songs such as "Do You Love Me" or "Spank Thru" (from the Kiss tribute and Sub Pop 200, respectively).. was trying to keep it all b-sides and not just "non-album tracks". I guess Been A Son and D-7 could have been included.. For some reason I thought "Been A Son" was only on the Lithium single as a live version.. I forgot that it was on Blew.. and for D-7 I normally just think of the BBC sessions.. my copy of "Lithium" has 3 tracks and no D-7. Whoops.

Does anyone else love Curmudgeon?

the whole lithium single is great... but D7 especially.

There's also "Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flowing Down the Strip" on some In Utero-era 12". Not a patch on Aneurysm, but hety what is?

Hidden tracks and b-sides are different.

I totally predicted that people were going to get all weird about what was included vs what wasn't included.. Labelling certain songs in Nirvana's catalog as b-sides / EP-tracks / etc can get very confusing at times.

And I find it strange people seem to be complaining that too many songs from Incesticide were included, considering that compiling b-sides and non-album tracks was the whole fucking point of that release.

xpost that was the extra track on "In Utero", it wasn't hidden.

the whole lithium single is great... but D7 especially.

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"Molly's Lips" forever

Aneurysm, of course. What a build and release!

Dive is great as well.

Aneurysm

altho it's the version that's on MUDDY BANKS... that i love best.

IT's a shame Verse Chorus Verse/Sappy/Happy/whatever it's called never saw the light of day. Maybe my favourite CObain track.

Dive

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actually i heard "I hate myself and want to die" a couple days ago on the radio, and that was prolley one of the coolest things to happen to me in the last couple of months...i didn't vote (prior to this, been a son was the only answer) but now i kind of wish i had voted for ihmawtd.

it's so garagey, even if the title still touches a bunch of nerves.

plus >:( for no one voting for the WL/WH cover...

No idea why everyone loves "Aneurysm" that much. Not even the best B-side on that single.

i mean, i wasn't going to...but still...

xpost: Aneurysm is long, and therefore, = epic.