 Genius Meanings
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Nirvana – Son of a Gun
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Nirvana performed their cover of “Son of a Gun” by The Vaselines on October 21, 1990 for BBC Radio 1 with John Peel.
Other Vaselines songs covered by nirvana are “Molly’s Lips
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The Vaselines – Son of a Gun
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[Verse] / Swing, swing up and down / Turn, turn, turn around / Round, round, and roundabout / And over again / Gun, gun, son of a gun / You are the only one / And no one else
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Key Glock – Son of a Gun
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[Intro] / (Let the band play) / Glock / Yeah (Yeah), yeah (Yeah), yeah / Yeah, I'm a nineties baby, lately, I been goin' crazy / I been goin' crazy lately, I been goin' crazy
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Nirvana – Sliver
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“Sliver” is about a child whose parents are going to a show, so they drop him off at his grandparents' house. It features drummer Dan Peters of Mudhoney, while the music video
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Nirvana – Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam
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A recording for Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance in 1993, this track was originally written by the Vaselines as a cynical twist on an older Christian hymn ‘Jesus wants me for a
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BigWalkDog – Son of a Gun
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[Intro] / Nah-nah, nah-nah, nah / (Pablo crazy for this, motherfucker) / Nah-nah, nah-nah, nah / (Yo, what's the word Scotty?) / Nah-nah, nah-nah, nah / Ayy Scoota, we got another
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Nirvana – In Bloom
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Cobain’s lyrics poke fun at the people outside of the underground music scene that began showing up at Nirvana shows after the release of the group’s debut album, Bleach.
Nirvana
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Nirvana – Dive
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“Dive” was the second song on the setlist Nirvana played during the Smart Studio sessions from April 2 to 6, 1990. It was planned to be released on Sheep, which would have been
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Fall Out Boy – Novocaine
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The seventh track from FOB’s 2015 album, American Beauty/American Psycho, this song is about feeling numb after an excess of pain. Its namesake is primarily a numbing agent used in
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Nirvana – Aero Zeppelin
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This song’s title fuses the name of two huge hard rock bands of the 70s: Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The lyrics are mainly about the trendiness of big showy metal acts, making fun
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Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is the 9th track of Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction. The song became GNR’s most successful single, topping the Billboard Hot 100.
The
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Carly Simon – You're So Vain
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“You’re So Vain” is an infamously mysterious song about someone’s arrogance. It was inspired by several subjects — Simon told People in November 2015 that the second verse is about
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Nirvana – Aneurysm
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“Aneurysm” was recorded on November 9, 1991, on BBC Radio 1 with Mark Goodier. According to LiveNIRVANA.com, these lyrics allude to the first time Kurt Cobain hung out with Tobi
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Nirvana – Mexican Seafood
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If you know much about Cobain’s biography, you know he suffered from chronic stomach pains. He’s said in interviews that they influence his writing process, and this song is one of
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Pearl Jam – Jeremy
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“Jeremy” is based on two different true stories. The song takes its main inspiration from a newspaper article about a 16-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle from Richardson, Texas
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Nirvana – Beeswax
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“Beeswax” was recorded on January 23, 1988 in a recording session for Nirvana’s first studio demo tape.
The lyrics are not only utterly bizarre, filled with violent sexual imagery
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Beastie Boys – Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
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One day when Dust Brother John King was scratching elements of Pink Floyd’s “Time” over “Last Bongo in Belgium" by Incredible Bongo Band, MCA picked up his bass and began jamming
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Nirvana – Seasons in the Sun
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Nirvana recorded their cover of Terry Jack’s English translation of “Le Moribund” by Jacques Brel on January 22, 1993 while on tour in Brazil.
In this session, the band played each
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Weezer – Say It Ain't So
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Ranked as #10 on Pitchfork Media’s Top 200 Tracks of the 90s, #72 on Rolling Stone’s The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time in 2008, “Say It Ain’t So” is the third and final
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Alice in Chains – Rooster
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“Rooster” was the fourth single from Dirt. It was the highest-charting from the album in the US, reaching #7 on the rock chart in 1993.
It was written by Alice in Chains guitarist
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The Vaselines – Molly's Lips
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This song is track 2 on the Vaselines' second EP, Dying For It.
It was written about Molly Weir, according to band member Eugene Kelly, presumably because her Rentaghost
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Nirvana – Molly's Lips (Live At Pine Street Theatre February 9, 1990)
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This version was recorded at the Pine Street Theater in Portland, Oregon on February 9, 1990. It was originally released on a split 7-inch single alongside “Candy” by The Fluid, in
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Nirvana – Lithium
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“Lithium” is a perfect description of manic depression, where every line is both happy and sad, up and down, while having references to God recalling when Kurt lived with a devout
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Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
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The first single from In Utero, “Heart-Shaped Box” details the battle of wills inherent to a new relationship when one doesn’t quite feel so strongly about another person.
“Heart-
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Nirvana – Stain
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“Stain” was recorded in September 1989 for the Blew EP sessions.
The song portrays the typical ne'er do well in the eyes of Kurt, and probably touches base on some of the
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