Music slash rock legends and their unplugged stints
Since its debut in late 1989, MTV’s ‘Unplugged’ has gotten artists of all genres to trade in their electric instruments for acoustics. Within a few years, it proved to be an artistically and commercially viable way for acts to recast their best-known songs in a new light, break out some obscurities (and/or covers) and promote their newest work. MTV Unplugged had been one of the very few MTV shows that had been indelible to human memory, and it is with this segment that we get to witness musicians and artists belt or rock their way out to become stars of their own generations. Listed below are some of the most memorable MTV Unplugged episodes that either you, or someone older than you, or someone from Generation X and Y would pretty much remember.
It was in 1992 when not-so-much-on-the-display singer Bruce Springsteen set foot in giving his very own MTV Unplugged session together with his band. Much to the viewer’s surprise, Springsteen performed his first solo song, the unplugged way, Red-Headed Woman. This is one of the most memorable Springsteen moments in music history.…show more content… Unlike most artists who have released recorded songs on their respective Unplugged moments, Aerosmith strayed away from the usual. It was in 1990 when they have been invited to belt their talents out and the band chose to not sing songs that are circulating the music scene at that era, hence, the performance of new singles. This had brought the whole music fandom into euphoria as they have been tuned into an Aerosmith show like they’ve never seen them before. And this is easily Steven Tyler’s longest moment of not jumping all over the stage as he and the rest of the gang remained seated the whole
