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MTV Unplugged

Korn - MTV Unplugged Audio CD

A fair review of the Korn "MTV Unplugged" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Korn reviews here, or go back to the Korn tabs.

Band: Korn
Title: MTV Unplugged
Rating:

Release Date: 2007-03-06
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Blind 2: Hollow Life 3: Freak On A Leash feat. Amy Lee from Evanescence 4: Falling Away From Me 5: Creep 6: Love Song 7: Got The Life 8: Twisted Transistor 9: Coming Undone 10: Make Me Bad / In Between Days feat. The Cure 11: Throw Me Away

It's about time!
Thank goodness it finally happened! Their show was awesome and getting to hear their classics in new ways and listen to them play with their guests, The Cure, I just don't think it could've gotten any better. I've always been a fan of the un-plugged series and was hoping that sooner or later someone would think to ask Korn to perform. Pick this up, watch it, listen to it and enjoy the great band they are.

"Korn: MTV Unplugged" is excellent!
All of the tracks are excellent!

Track Listing
1. "Korn: MTV Unplugged" is excellent! This is an excellent set from Korn. Blind (Live)
2. Hollow Life (Live)
3. Freak On A Leash (Live) (My favorite track)
4. Falling Away From Me (Live)
5. Creep (Live)
6. Love Song (Live)
7. Got The Life (Live)
8. Twisted Transistor (Live)
9. Coming Undone (Live)
10. Make Me Bad / In Between Days (Live)
11. Throw Me Away (Live).

Laugh Out Loud
I thought it was a god awful idea. truth be told, when I read that Korn would be doing an unplugged album I laughed out loud in the quiet library I was sitting in. time passed. one day while listening to the radio I heard the unplugged freak on a leach with Amy Lee. I was actually surprised I didn't totally hate it. I didn't think it was that good but it was at least exceeding my expectations. then when the album came out I made the mistake of listening to a copy from the library. They took Blind, an incredibly powerful song great for live shows and took a steaming dump on it. they should have known that a song such as this could not possibly benefit from being played acoustically, it's a loud and proud song by nature. now, I would be able to forgive them for this album if they didn't seem so convinced that what they were doing was a good idea. what I mean is, any artist can make a mistake such as releasing an album thats over ambitious and indulgent and not get a positive reaction. this is not the case with this album because no matter what the band claims, this album is not ambitious at all. in fact, it sounds like a totally lazy effort. it's like they all got together and said "hey guys, lets make an unplugged album! it'll make us relevant on MTV again and it'll prove were a 'serious' band". please, korn have never been a serious band and they never will be. they should really just stick to what their best at which is helping teenagers let out their aggression.

and one more thing, words cannot describe how awful the cover of creep on here is. why does Jonathan think he can sing like Thom Yorke? HE CAN'T!!! .

Don't listen to the hate.
From what I have read, there are two types of people cutting on this performance. People are shredding this so much I felt I had to step in with my first Amazon review to give a realistic two cents. 1) Metal obsessed meatheads that would not know a lick of good music if it slapped them in the face. 2) People that shred any new metal because it is not Death, Speed or Old School metal.

I have been a Korn fan for years. Their material has worn quite thin ever since "Follow The Leader. " and has done so in a progressively worsening fashion. However, this offering is wonderful. Jon Davis and company have put together a true "music" piece, the likes of which those meatheads I mentioned earlier could never appreciate, since it isn't played at 100 miles per hour and full of growls and screams. Korn and their backup crew put such an interesting and truly original twist on their music in "unplugged," that I would call it the best one MTV has done since Alice In Chains performance. "Blind," "Freak On a Leash," "Falling Away From Me," "Got the Life," and "Coming Undone," (a song I hate the studio version of) are standouts, and the rest of them are almost equally as moving and unique. Tracks are peppered with seemingly other-worldly instruments like glass harmonicas and Japanese war-drums. "Hollow Life," in my opinion is the only track on this record that truly suffers, and they should have stayed away from Radiohead's "Creep. " Does not translate well.

If you are a real music fan, and like harder music in general, you likely have loved this band at one time or another. Many people out there (and reviewing here) hate Korn because they hate anything they deem as "trendy. " Buy this. . . . . . period. Even with the edited swearing, which are very few, this is truly a musical piece to behold, regardless of what the "METAL ROOLZ!!!!" fools have to say. .

DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY
I am a music fan, collector, and historian and this is one of the worst ideas in music that was ever conceived, and not only that, but the fact that a musician the likes of Robert Smith would even think about appearing on this makes me lose what little respect that I had left for him. Okay, first of all, let me start by stating that I am not a Korn fan, at least not since the first album which was good.
For those that are unaware, Korn is the band that gave birth to the mid to late 90's aggro rock craze, brought us the fad of whining about our parents to distorted guitars, a rocker wearing a jogging suit, and down-tuned so far that all you hear is deep rumbles of guitars and a clicking sound out of the bass.
Someone thought it would be a great idea to rip away all of the distortion so we can really hear what they sound like. Now we, the haters of this band, have real evidence to the fact that their riffs are weak at best, they wrote a total of two drum beats that appear on all of their albums, and Jonathan Davis cannot sing or write a good lyrics for the life of him.
I did get this album (Though I did not Korn my money) just because someone had to preserve this for history's sake.
I know Mtv has been horrible for a long time, but the Unplugged concerts were usually pretty good. This is the worst exception and quite possibly the lowest point for Mtv (which is saying a lot).
DO NOT BUY THIS ALBUM. DO NOT MAKE PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA!
If you do, the next thing that Mtv will be trying to force feed us will be Slipknot unplugged or Limp Bizkit unplugged or any of the horrible musicians they play on their station in this stripped-down fashion.

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