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{{Song | {{Song | ||
| Name = Get Your Gunn | | Name = Get Your Gunn | ||
| − | | Cover = | + | | Cover = PortraitOfAnAmericanFamily.png |
| Artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] | | Artist = [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] | ||
| − | | Album = [[Portrait of an American Family]] | + | | Album = [[Portrait of an American Family (album)|Portrait of an American Family]] |
| Released = July 12, 1994 | | Released = July 12, 1994 | ||
| Recorded = August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig | | Recorded = August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Pig | ||
| − | | Genre = Alternative | + | | Genre = Alternative rock |
| Length = 3:18 | | Length = 3:18 | ||
| − | | Label = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | + | | Label = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] |
| Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | | Writer = [[Marilyn Manson]] | ||
| Composer = [[Daisy Berkowitz]], [[Gidget Gein]] | | Composer = [[Daisy Berkowitz]], [[Gidget Gein]] | ||
| − | | Producer = | + | | Producer = [[Trent Reznor]], Marilyn Manson |
}} | }} | ||
| − | "'''Get Your Gunn'''" is the first single | + | "'''Get Your Gunn'''" is the first single of the first album ''[[Portrait of an American Family (album)|Portrait of an American Family]]''. The song was inspired by the murder of OB/GYN doctor David Gunn who was killed in Florida by an anti-abortion activist. Vocalist Marilyn Manson described his murder as 'the ultimate hypocrisy'. The boy on the cover sleeve of the CD single is bassist Twiggy Ramirez's half-brother Wes Brown. |
Get Your Gunn was also the first release from [[Nothing Records]]. | Get Your Gunn was also the first release from [[Nothing Records]]. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Appearances== |
| − | * ''[[ | + | ===Albums=== |
| + | * ''[[Portrait of an American Family (album)|Portrait of an American Family]]'' (1994) | ||
| + | * ''[[Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]]'' (2004) | ||
| − | === | + | ===Singles=== |
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Get Your Gunn (single)|Get Your Gunn]]'' (1994) |
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| − | + | ===Soundtracks=== | |
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| − | === Soundtracks === | + | |
* ''S*F*W'' (1994) | * ''S*F*W'' (1994) | ||
| − | == | + | ==Versions== |
| − | + | * "Get Your Gunn" <small>— Appears on ''Portrait of an American Family''.</small> | |
| − | + | * "[[Get Your Gunn (High School Drop-outs)]]" <small>— Appears on promotional versions of the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small> | |
| − | + | * "[[Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn]]" <small>— Appears on the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small> | |
| − | + | * "Get Your Gunn" (Live) <small>— Appears on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]'' DVD.</small> | |
| − | == | + | ==Music video== |
| − | + | [[Image:GetYourGunnScreenshot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Manson playing in the music video]] | |
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| − | = | + | The [http://youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0tBKGF-R8 music video], directed by Rod Chong, features [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] performing in a damp "attic-like" scene, intertwined by footage of band members and two feisty teenage girls. It did not receive much video play. It is one of the three music videos featuring Manson not wearing makeup. |
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| − | + | ==Lyrics== | |
| − | + | goddamn your righteous hand | |
| − | == Lyrics == | + | i eat innocent meat |
| − | + | the housewife i will beat | |
| − | + | the prolife i will kill | |
| − | + | what you won't do i will | |
| − | + | i bash myself to sleep | |
| − | + | what you sow i will reap | |
| − | + | i scar myself you see | |
| − | + | i wish i wasn't me | |
| − | + | i am the little stick | |
| − | + | you stir me into shit | |
| − | + | i hate therefore i am | |
| − | + | goddamn your righteous hand | |
| − | + | goddamn, goddamn, | |
| − | + | goddamn, goddamn | |
| − | + | pseudo-morals work real well | |
| − | + | on the talk shows for the weak | |
| − | + | but your selective judgements | |
| − | + | and goodguy badges | |
| − | + | don't mean a fuck to me | |
| − | + | i throw a little fit | |
| − | + | i slit my teenage wrist | |
| − | + | the most that I can learn | |
| − | + | is in records that you burn | |
| − | + | get your gunn, get your gunn, | |
| − | + | get your gunn, get your gunn | |
| − | + | pseudo morals work real well | |
| − | + | on the talk shows for the weak | |
| − | + | but your selective judgements | |
| − | + | and goodguy badges | |
| − | + | don't mean a fuck to me | |
| − | + | i am the vhs | |
| − | + | record me with your fist | |
| − | + | you want me to save the world | |
| − | + | i'm just a little girl | |
| − | + | pseudo-morals work real well | |
| − | + | on the talk shows for the weak | |
| − | + | but your selective judgements | |
| − | + | and goodguy badges | |
| − | + | don't mean a fuck to me | |
| − | + | get your gunn, get your gunn, | |
| − | + | get your gunn, get your gunn... get | |
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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* After the lyrics "I am the vhs/Record me with your fist/You want me to save the world/I'm just a little girl" (Which occur at 2:29) a clip from Budd Dwyer's suicide can be heard. | * After the lyrics "I am the vhs/Record me with your fist/You want me to save the world/I'm just a little girl" (Which occur at 2:29) a clip from Budd Dwyer's suicide can be heard. | ||
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[[Category:Songs from Portrait of an American Family]] | [[Category:Songs from Portrait of an American Family]] | ||
[[Category:Songs from The Last Tour on Earth]] | [[Category:Songs from The Last Tour on Earth]] | ||
[[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]] | [[Category:Songs from Lest We Forget (The Best Of)]] | ||
[[Category:Songs appearing on soundtracks]] | [[Category:Songs appearing on soundtracks]] | ||
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