Hot on the heels of Live at Reading is this dolled-up 20th-anniversary (!) edition ofNirvana's debut, which barely hit the radar on its initial release butwhose resonance ballooned as the band scorched the earth. Now, itsnear-greatness is plain, most clearly on "About a Girl," in the abradedLennon-McCartney chord changes, and in the existential grunge howl of"School." The bonus live tracks, also pre-Dave Grohl — from Portland,Oregon, February 9th, 1990 — include both songs, plus revelatorytakes on "Been a Son" and the Vaselines' "Molly's Lips." Beginning with afeedback overture and ending with full-on instrument destruction, the liveset is a snapshot of a menacingly feral band about to become a beast.

“I Can See for Miles”

A foreboding accusation of lies and deception, "I Can See for Miles" was given a psychedelic hard-rock veneer by Pete Townshend's whiplash guitar riffs and Keith Moon's thundering drums. The song helped break the Who as stars in the United States, giving them a Top Ten hit in late 1967. "I swoon when I hear the sound," boasted Townshend in Rolling Stone. "The words, which aging senators have called 'drug oriented,' are about a jealous man with exceptionally good eyesight. Honest."