At 4:36, Krist Novoselic opens the blinds and lets the light in.At 3:54, David Grohl is reflecting the same heart shaped box into the camera.At 3:51, the little girl is back in white robes and holding an open heart shaped box.This section is “Kurt as Narcissist” section with close ups on him and even a fan blowing his hair (like in the 80s hair bands). At 3:05-3:41, the three members of Nirvana are in a room topped by a heart.At 2:59, we see the IV drip is not really morphine, but an aborted festus and Kurt suddenly appears in the hospital room with his guitar and with the little girl in black.She was innocent and pure (white) and now she is corrupt (black). At 2:57, the little girl is now in all black – like a little witch.At 2:52, the little girls pointy white hat falls into a black puddle and turns black – like a witches hat.At 2:43, Kurt puts his hand over his eyes as if he’s closing his own eyes in death (rather ominous).At 2:15 Nirvana is now playing the creepy trees.At 1:58, the white robed girl appears and is now jumping up trying to reach the mitred old man on the cross. At 1:48, the old crucified man is now wearing a Catholic bishop’s mitre (a jeweled pointy hat) that is worn by Catholic pope’s and bishops.An overweight woman with human organs painted on her and with angel wings affixed to her back reaches out. The obese painted woman was not envisioned by Kurt Cobain but randomly added by Anton Corbijn to Kurt’s approval and delight.The second verse shows us a young girl in a white robe and peaked cap jumping and reaching for human fetuses hanging from creepy trees.Nirvana performs the song in the field of poppies, where Cobain’s face moves in and out of focus in the camera – with a lens that feels like a “nifty 50.”.The old man climbs onto a cross surrounded with crows.Suddenly the old man wearing a Santa hat is in a field of poppies – signifying the morphine which the old man is receiving through the IV drip.The video begins and ends with the band members in a hospital setting watching an old man lying in a bed over a black Latin cross on the floor and receiving a morphine IV drip.Anton said that the video was “15% mine” and 85% Cobain’s. Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” music video was visually created by singer Kurt Corbain and directed by Anton Corbijn (director of videos for Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence” (1990) and U2’s “One – version 1” 1991). Kurt drew out images for the video and would fax them to Anton Corbijn. Elsewhere, he honored late country legend and former collaborator Loretta Lynn with a cover of her song “Van Lear Rose.” Next up, the musician will switch to acting for a role in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon.What is the meaning of the “Heart Shaped Box” Video by Nirvana? This post goes second by second through the video and provides a likely meaning based on the lyrics, imagery, and Kurt Cobain’s history: He’s released two original albums, Fear of the Dawnand Entering Heaven Alive, as well as a set of covers that includes tracks by The Stooges, Mazzy Star, and Black Flag. After all, any Nirvana cover is a guaranteed crowd pleaser in 2022. The audience didn’t seem to mind these changes, however, joining White for a hearty scream-along of the song’s “Hey, wait” chorus. White may have been praised as the savior of rock and roll in the early 2000s, but he’s made his other influences clear over the years, and it’s equally evident in his rendition of “Heart Shaped Box.” He sings the tune a bit higher than Cobain once did, and his guitar veers more into blues rock than Seattle fuzz. If you’ve ever wondered what Nirvana would sound like with a bit of a rockabilly twang, Jack White has you covered thanks to a new live rendition of the grunge icons’ 1993 classic “Heart-Shaped Box.” Watch clips of his performance from a recent show in Malaysia below.
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