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Rape Me is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana. The song was released as the second single from Nirvana’s 1993 album In Utero, packaged as a double a-side along with “All Apologies.”
“Rape Me” was written by Nirvana singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in an apartment in Los Angeles, California in May 1991, around the time the band’s second album, Nevermind (1991), was being mixed. It was first performed live on June 18, 1991, at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California, and subsequently played several times at Nirvana concerts during the next two years. These early live versions featured a dissonant, semi-improvised “anti-solo” after the second chorus, which was replaced by a bridge in the song’s final incarnation.
The band had wanted to debut it at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 9, but MTV insisted on them playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” instead. According to the Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, the network’s reasoning was not so much due to the controversial usage of the word “rape,” but rather because they assumed Cobain was using the song to jab at the media (and MTV) for their abuse of his celebrity status. (Only weeks earlier, a Vanity Fair article depicting Cobain and his wife Courtney Love as unfit parents nearly resulted in the removal of their newborn child Frances Bean Cobain from their custody. MTV News was one of the media sources who reported this story.
“Rape Me” was written by Nirvana singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in an apartment in Los Angeles, California in May 1991, around the time the band’s second album, Nevermind (1991), was being mixed. It was first performed live on June 18, 1991, at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz, California, and subsequently played several times at Nirvana concerts during the next two years. These early live versions featured a dissonant, semi-improvised “anti-solo” after the second chorus, which was replaced by a bridge in the song’s final incarnation.
The band had wanted to debut it at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 9, but MTV insisted on them playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” instead. According to the Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, the network’s reasoning was not so much due to the controversial usage of the word “rape,” but rather because they assumed Cobain was using the song to jab at the media (and MTV) for their abuse of his celebrity status. (Only weeks earlier, a Vanity Fair article depicting Cobain and his wife Courtney Love as unfit parents nearly resulted in the removal of their newborn child Frances Bean Cobain from their custody. MTV News was one of the media sources who reported this story.
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CursedEvil wrote:
I like the title of the song.
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freepcgame wrote:
rape me!
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Lure_ wrote:
rape me !
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hiroyas wrote:
왠지 이 사이트 좋은거 같은...
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Dexterpunk92 wrote:
Oj ma napewno :)
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karolekkkk wrote:
ta piosenka ma powera na maxa :o O_o
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NevermindLuke wrote:
This is an anti rape song you retards.
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acoger20 wrote:
I loved this song!!!!
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jeejeee2 wrote:
I loved this song evan thought is not rape me.Its Even in his youth.
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XPLICIT1998 wrote:
FAIL
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Robert1295 wrote:
why does it play Even In His Youth
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maryjaneptt wrote:
hey its the right song now fuck yeah
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mvordeme wrote:
This song sometimes plays Even In His Youth. That is because there are multiple audio streams attached, and one of them is mismatched. The reason probably is that the uploads for the album Singles have been messed up. Join me on the Boulevard of Broken Streams if you would like to see streaming problems fixed.
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KapHeu wrote:
xD
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KapHeu wrote:
Maniac
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KapHeu wrote:
Извращенцы .
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MeisterJaeger42 wrote:
thats not rape me! :(
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BBMSKATEBOY wrote:
RAPE ME
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samb69 wrote:
not rape me epic fail! :(
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DannyTh3Man wrote:
Its not actually about raping you ignoramuses its about people leaching off him
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