Lyrics: Son Of A Gun (1992)

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Son Of A Gun
Written by The Vaselines

Up, up, up and down
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round about
And over again

Gun, gun, son-of-a-gun
You are the only one
Who makes any difference
What I say

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The rain it always starts
When you go away

Archivist's note: Notice the difference between Kurt's lyrics and the original song.

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Lyrics: Even In His Youth (1991)

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Even In His Youth
By Kurt Cobain

Even in his youth [x3]
He was nothing
Kept his body clean [x3]
Going nowhere
Daddy was ashamed [x2]
He was something
Disgrace the family name [x2]
The family name, he was something

He was born for your crew
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back a slave

Even in his youth [x3]
He was nothing
Kept his body clean [x3]
Going nowhere
Daddy was ashamed [x2]
He was the same, he was nothing
Disgrace the family name [x2]
Family name, going nowhere

Leave this one, for your brew
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back a slave
Aye-Yeah!

Leave this one, for your brew
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back again
I'm dying!

Even in his youth [x2]
Yeah, yeah

Archivist's note: For another song that uses the line, "kept his body clean" and features a dysfunctional father/son relationship, click here.

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Quote: Kurt is bisexual when he's single (1992)

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Interviewer: "Well, are you [gay]?"

Kurt: "If I wasn't attracted to Courtney, I'd be a bisexual."

-11 Sept. 1992, Monk Magazine

Archivist's note: This quote shows that Kurt viewed sexuality and its labels as more of a verb than an adjective--something that he does, not something that he is. He frames his sexuality in terms of his current activities: He is currently monogamous to Courtney, so his bisexuality doesn't currently apply.

Many bisexuals nowdays complain about this assumption: that they have "gone straight" just because they are currently in a monogamous straight relationship. This shows the opposite mindset from Kurt's: that a sexuality label is a descriptor of a fixed state of being, rather than an activity that happens in the present moment.

To me it looks like Kurt was deliberately reassuring Courtney about his intentions, since she was present at this interview. She sounded jealous, as she immediately threw a homophobic slur at him after he declared his bisexuality.