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Rhythm 10.0
Melody 10.0
Instruments 10.0
Lyrics 10.0
Vocal 9.7
This song has been reviewed 7 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.
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Nirvana - Plateau Lyrics

Song details
TitlePlateau
ArtistNirvana
AlbumUnplugged In New York (1994) , Track 10
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Song lyrics
Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands

There's nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
You see a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words

When you've finished with the mop then you can stop
And look at what you've done
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen
And the work it was fun

There's nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
You see a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you got words

Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Some said it was in Greenland and some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could

Originally by the Meat Puppets
lyrics submitted by Daisy
lyrics corrected by a friend




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24-05-2004 12:00ForeverFalling is offline ForeverFalling 

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haha yes..i agree
24-05-2004 13:09HANNEpiah is offline HANNEpiah 

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I also agree
13-08-2004 00:43buchz0r is offline buchz0r 

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have you heard the original song from the meat puppets ? I think nirvana's version is 1000x better

same for lake of fire.
13-08-2004 00:48Sunflower is offline Sunflower 

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oh not at all, i like the meat puppets version better
13-08-2004 00:48Sunflower is offline Sunflower 

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besides it's not that different..during unplugged the meat puppets came onstage to do the guitar part anyway, so the only change between the two songs is the voice
13-08-2004 00:49TheDom is offline TheDom 

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I like this song and I'll be hearing the Meat Puppets version in about 20 minutes
13-08-2004 00:53court_lew_0216 is offline court_lew_0216 

508 posts
greatness
04-10-2004 02:38Laura_for_kurt is offline Laura_for_kurt 

115 posts
meat puppets suck at this song sorry but nirvana fucking rule!
11-10-2004 08:38on_mercury is offline on_mercury 

4 posts
'maybe your hand have skilled the ground facing a plateau [...]'
yeah, just to mention there's an other version of the lyrics on internet....
22-12-2004 22:22_porcelain_ is offline _porcelain_ 

110 posts
beautiful song
23-12-2004 07:28LedPinkNirvana is offline LedPinkNirvana 

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Kurts voice makes this song a masterpeice, kurt's voice would make the Mr. Roger's song a masterpeice, the greatest vocalist ever..
30-12-2004 19:08wikis is offline wikis 

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on_mercury .... There will be a lot of different versions ... because kurt wrote the songs like .... 40 odd times until they were perfect ... like the song "stay away" was origionally called "pay to play" ... intresting ye x x x
21-01-2005 20:48Sorken is offline Sorken 

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Good song, but what is it about?
24-01-2005 21:24JuhstinDMayhan is offline JuhstinDMayhan 

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Kurt didn't write the song 40 odd times. He didn't even write it once. It's a Meat Puppets cover, and the Brothers Meat from the Meat Puppets came onstage during Unplugged to play guitar and backup vocals. This version is a more cleaned up take with better vocals than the original in my opinion. But still. the Meat Puppets rock.
28-07-2005 11:407th is offline 7th 

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The song is great, both versions. But I do think that Kurt voice is way better than Curt Kirkwood..
28-07-2005 11:43Nacilme is offline Nacilme 

472 posts
I like both versions, but I think Nirvana's version is better even if they're not that different.
21-07-2006 20:07kurtcobain_love is offline kurtcobain_love 

18 posts
Nirvana is better .
21-07-2006 20:51kurtcobain_love is offline kurtcobain_love 

18 posts
Nirvana is better .
27-07-2006 11:46kurtcobain_love is offline kurtcobain_love 

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nirvana its the best band ever i promise u .
31-12-2007 00:58Petroviic is offline Petroviic 


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