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Come As You Are [SINGLE] [EP] (CD)
Come as You Are
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Single Description
"Come as You Are" is a song by Nirvana. It is the third song on (and second single from) their 1991 album Nevermind. It was the album's second most successful single, surpassed only by "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Both songs are often credited with breaking Nirvana and grunge music into the mainstream.
In the Nevermind press kit, Kurt Cobain said "Come as You Are" is "an old-fashioned love song coming down in three-part harmony" (lyrics taken from Paul Williams's "Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song"). The song's prominent line "And I swear that I don't have a gun" actually meant that Cobain "had nothing to hide from anyone." Cobain was known for encoding messages in his lyrics, wanting fans to actually think about something instead of taking his lyrics as they were.
After the death of the song's author, the media paid much attention to the song's prominent line, and other songs on Nevermind that mentioned guns, though the album was written and recorded three years before Cobain's death and therefore it was taken as a mere coincidence.
For a while during its writing in February 1991, it was titled "Memoria."
Track listing
1. "Come as You Are" [LP Version]
2. "Endless, Nameless"
3. "School" [Live]
4. "Drain You" [Live]
Single Details
# Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
# Original Release Date: May 22, 1995
# Number of Discs: 1
# Format: Single, Import
# Label: Mca Import
# ASIN: B0000072KX
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Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana (Paperback)Book"My favorite book about Nirvana. For one thing, it doesn't sensationalize, but it doesn't gloss anything over. Having been active in the Seattle music scene throughout Nirvana's obscurity, fame, and demise, I can vouch for the accuracy of its description of the music community in the late '80s and early '90s and Nirvana's role. And being in a band that's currently climbing the ladder, I appreciated the many lessons this book has to offer about the workings of the recording industry.
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Labels: NIRVANA DISCOGRAPHY, NIRVANA EPS, NIRVANA SINGLES
posted by kanx1976 at
05:26
2 Comments:
The Best Nirvana Single!
I have all of Nirvana's singles, and I think this one is the best. In addition to the title track, "Come As You Are," this single features a good live version of "School" and the best live version of "Drain You" that I've ever heard, both recorded at the 10/31/91 show. It also contains "Endless Nameless," the hidden track on Nevermind. A must have for any Nirvana fan!
And I Swear That I Don't Have A Gun
Nirvana's two biggest singles were Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are. In my opinion, Come As You Are is the better one. Almost anyone who listens to the radio can recognize this song just by hearing that underwater-sounding intro. Most versions of this single have Endless, Nameless, on them. Mine does not (that's the U.S. version). Endless, Nameless was recorded in the Nevermind sessions when Kurt got real pissed and just did this improv- song (according to Guitar World, anyway). Endless, Nameless used to be a hidden track on Nevermind, but most versions today do not have it. This is probably because it is included on the With The Lights Out boxset. This single has two other songs on it, School and Drain You, both live at the Paramount Theater in Seattle on October 31, 1991, shortly after Nevermind came out. (Note: Negative Creep on From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah was taken from this same show, as is the version of Been A Son on the Lithium single.) School and Drain You are especially good songs, more than worthy of being on this cd.
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