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Territorial Pissings
by Kurt Cobain

Intro sung by Krist:
"Come on people now
smile on your brother
everybody get together
try to love one another
right now"

When I was an alien
Cultures weren't opinions

[Chorus:]
Gotta find a way
to find a way
when I'm there
Gotta find a way
a better way
I had better wait

Never met a wise man
If so it's a woman

[chorus x2]

Just because you're paranoid
Don't mean they're not after you

[chorus x4]

Archivist's note: To read a feminist meaning Kurt gave to these lyrics, click here.

"I'm not proud of the fact that we have tons of MTV junkies and Guns N' Roses lugheads at our shows now. These are the kinds of people who are screaming out 'Do Teen Spirit!' during Polly. How are these pinheads going to appreciate the subtleties of something like 'Territorial Pissings' when they're doing it themselves out in the hallways? It's about a violent female revolution based on Valerie Solanas's book, The Scum Manifesto. How are these typical, macho American males gonna appreciate that?"

-Kurt, Propaganda Magazine, Spring 1992

Archivist's note: Read the lyrics to Territorial Pissings here.

It's nice to see that Kurt took The Scum Manifesto literally, as I believe it was intended to be read. Both Valerie and Kurt experienced some of the worst horrors of male violence in their lives, Kurt as child watching his mother being beaten (and probably sexually assaulted) by her horrible boyfriend(s) and Valerie, of course, through her economically-coerced involvement in prostitution.

quote of the day

"God is gay and so am I."
-Kurt
Journals (hardcover ed.), pg. 123
.

links

The Suicide Of Kurt Cobain: A Victim Of The Binary And Biphobia?

page summary

rocknroll1968 - Lyrics: Territorial Pissings
rocknroll1968 - Quote: Territorial Pissings & Valerie Solanas

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