Bleach - The band was in California, andthey saw some people in a disease control campaign encouraging people tobleach their used needles to sterilize them. The joke was that bleach wasgoing to become an invaluable commodity. Produced:Jack Endino Drums: Chad Channing (unless otherwise noted)

Blew - The whole song conveys themes of entrapment

Floyd the Barber - A song about a small town that goes bad, thetitle is taken from a character on The Andy Griffith Show. Everyone turnsout to be a mass-murderer. The song also shows Freudian castration fears- Drums: Dale Crover

About A Girl - A song written for Kurt's girlfriend Tracy, shethreatened to kick him out if he didn't get a job

School - A song about the incestous Seattle Scene. The bandsseem to resemble high school cliques

Love Buzz - A cover song from the group Shocking Bluefrom the Netherlands

Paper Cuts - Part of the lyrics are based on a true story ofa family that Kurt was acquainted with, who locked their children in aroom. Other lyrics have to deal with parents, and neglect. - Drums:Dale Crover

Negative Creep - the first person narrative from an antisocialperson

Scoff - A song that's directed towards the people who didn'tbelieve in Kurt's musical aspirations

Swap Meet - A battle of the sexes put in the background of aSunday swap meet

Mr. Moustache - Speaks out against the stereotypical male machoimage

Sifting - seems to take on authority figures with it's mentionof preachers and teachers

Big Cheese - This song is written about Sub Pop man JonathanPoneman and the pressures he put on the band

Downer - Kurt's attempt at a political song. - Drums:Dale Crover

Nevermind - Not caring about anything, a“whatever happens, happens” attitude. - Produced: Butch Vig Drums:Dave Grohl

Smells Like Teen Spirit - An attack on the apathy of our owngeneration

In Bloom - An attack on people who listen to certain music forthe wrong reason. Imagine the macho, gun toting guy who sings along toNirvana, but has no clue what he's singing about

Come As You Are - A song full of contradictions on how we actversus how we think society thinks we should act

Breed - Growing up and being trapped by Middle Class America

Lithium - A first person narrative of a nervous breakdown, oran update of the Marxist description of religion as 'Opiate of the masses'.An ode to disconnection

Polly - Based on the actual kidnapping of a 14 year old girland her torture

Territorial Pissings - Multi-themed song that attacks macho men

Drain You - A song about (plainly and simply) love. Highly medicaltheme

Lounge Act - A song about having a certain vision and being smotheredby a relationship

Stay Away - An attack on any conformist clique

On A Plain - Many small lines of poetry having multi themes

Something in the Way - A song about Kurt's experiences livingunder a bridge when he was kicked out of home

Endless, Nameless - Previously called “The Noise Jam.” An experimentalsong created when one of the takes on Lithium (Territorial Pissings accordingto Guitar World) went bad

Incesticide - The killing of incestous people

Dive - Produced: Butch Vig Drums: Chad Channing

Sliver - A semi-biographical song about being deserted by yourparents - Produced: Jack Endino Drums: Dan Peters

Stain - Produced: Steve Fisk Drums: Chad Channing

Been A Son - Song about a girl whose parents wanted a boy - Produced:Miti Adhikari Drums: Dave Grohl

Turnaround - Cover of a Devo song - Produced: DaleGriffin Drums: Dave Grohl

Molly's Lips - Cover of a Vaselines song - Produced:Dale Griffin Drums: Dave Grohl

Son of a Gun - Cover of a Vaselines song - Produced:Dale Griffin Drums: Dave Grohl

(New Wave) Polly - Faster recording of Nevermind's “Polly”- Produced: Miti Adhikari Drums: Dave Grohl

Beeswax - Seems to be about sexuality and confusion. Also speaksof the objectification of women in society - Produced: Jack EndinoDrums: Chad Channing

Downer - see Bleach - Produced: Jack Endino Drums:Dale Crover

Mexican Seafood - Some people seem to believe this is about ayeast infection. Mostly likely another one of Kurt's songs where he justthrows a bunch of lyrics together - Produced: Jack Endino Drums:Chad Channing

Hairspray Queen - Produced: Jack Endino Drums:Chad Channing

Aero Zeppelin - Produced: Jack Endino Drums: ChadChanning

Big Long Now - Produced: Jack Endino Drums: ChadChanning

Aneurysm - Possibly about shooting heroin - Produced:Miti Adhikari Drums: Dave Grohl

In Utero - Literally means “in or of theuterus,” it's their most underdeveloped studio effort, making it somewhatlike a fetus still being in the womb. - Produced: Steve Albini Drums:Dave Grohl

Serve the Servants - An autobiographical song about the wholeNirvana experience, the 'witch hunt' on Courtney Love, and a sarcasticresponse to the emphasis placed on the divorce of Kurt's parents

Scentless Apprentice - Based on the novel “Perfume” by PatrickSuskind, about a perfume maker who kills virgins for their scent

Heart-Shaped Box - Themes of co-dependancy and many other themes

Rape me - In Kurt's words, the song is a sort of poetic justice.A guy rapes a girl, he ends up in jail, and is raped there

Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle - A song aboutthe story of Frances Farmer, who was declared insane and lobotomized

Dumb - Ignorance is bliss. There is a certain care-free happinessinvolved in being dumb. Drug related themes dominate the song

Very Ape - An attack on the stereotypical macho man

Milk It - A song about co-dependancy, it heavily carries themedical theme

Pennyroyal Tea - A song about making a tough decision and thedifficult choices around it and the guilt following it. Pennyroyal Teais an abortive substance

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter - According to Kurt this song isa throwaway. A bunch of random poetry lines thrown together. The titleis a reference to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and it's slick, radio-friendlysound

tourette's - This song has no meaning at all. Kurt just screamedalot. Based on tourette's syndrome, which causes one to shout out obscenitiesat any time

All Apologies - Contrary to popular belief, this song is notabout Francis and Courtney. He wrote it for them, but none of the lyricsreally apply

Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip [Import version]- More or less, a poem to words. This is an improv-style song

B-Sides, Rarities, & Compilation Tracks

Even in His Youth [Smells Like Teen Spirit single] - Those whowhere born to the burgoise, and never saw their way out of it, and howKurt is glad he wasn't one of them

Verse Chorus Verse [No Alternative CD] - About weeklings whocling to people with powerful ideas, even though they nay be sucking themselvesinto something that is less than possitive. Could also possibly be aimedat the church

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