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{{Song
 
{{Song
 
| Name        = Get Your Gunn
 
| Name        = Get Your Gunn
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| 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 rock
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| Genre      = Alternative metal
 
| Length      = 3:18
 
| Length      = 3:18
| Label      = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
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| Label      = [[Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Writer      = [[Marilyn Manson]]
 
| Composer    = [[Daisy Berkowitz]], [[Gidget Gein]]
 
| Composer    = [[Daisy Berkowitz]], [[Gidget Gein]]
 
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
 
| Producer    = Marilyn Manson, [[Trent Reznor]]
 
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"'''Get Your Gunn'''" is the first single and the seventh track of the first 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'.  
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"'''Get Your Gunn'''" is the first single and the seventh track of the first 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'.
  
 
Get Your Gunn was also the first release from [[Nothing Records]].
 
Get Your Gunn was also the first release from [[Nothing Records]].
  
==Appearances==
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== Cassettes ==
===Albums===
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* ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''
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=== Albums ===
 
* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Lest We Forget (The Best of)]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[Lest We Forget The Best Of]]'' (2004)
===Singles===
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=== Singles ===
 
* ''[[Get Your Gunn (single)|Get Your Gunn]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Get Your Gunn (single)|Get Your Gunn]]'' (1994)
===Soundtracks===
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=== Soundtracks ===
 
* ''S*F*W'' (1994)
 
* ''S*F*W'' (1994)
  
==The Manson Family Album Version==
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== Video ==
<youtube>pR-FlqURwwg</youtube>
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{{Videos
==Versions==
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| x7ZOG0Aztsg = Portrait Sessions
* "Get Your Gunn" <small>&mdash; Appears on ''Portrait of an American Family''.</small>
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| S4OOS4V39nU = The Manson Family Album
* "[[Get Your Gunn (High School Drop-outs)]]" <small>&mdash; Appears on promotional versions of the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small>
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* "[[Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn]]" <small>&mdash; Appears on the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small>
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* "Get Your Gunn" (Live) <small>&mdash; Appears on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]''.</small>
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==Music video==
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[[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.
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==Lyrics==
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<Pre>
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Goddamn your righteous hand
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I eat innocent meat
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== Versions ==
The housewife I will beat
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* "Get Your Gunn" <small>— Appears on ''[[Portrait Sessions]]''.</small>
The pro-life I will kill
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* "Get Your Gunn" <small>— Appears on ''[[The Manson Family Album]]''.</small>
What you won't do I will
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* "Get Your Gunn" <small>— Appears on ''[[Portrait of an American Family]]''.</small>
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* "[[Get Your Gunn (High School Drop-outs)]]" <small>— Appears on promotional versions of the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small>
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* "[[Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn]]" <small>— Appears on the "Get Your Gunn" single.</small>
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* "Get Your Gunn" (Live) <small>— Appears on ''[[The Last Tour on Earth]]''.</small>
  
I bash myself to sleep
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== Music video ==
What you sow I will reap
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[[File:GetYourGunnScreenshot.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Manson playing in the music video]]
I scar myself you see
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I wish I wasn't me
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I am the little stick
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The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phjXoYqYE2U 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.
You stir me into shit
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I hate therefore I am
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Goddamn your righteous hand
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Goddamn (ooh, lord)
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Goddamn (ooh, lord)
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Goddamn (ooh, lord)
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Goddamn (ooh, lord)
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Pseudo-morals work real well
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On the talk shows for the weak
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selective judgements
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And goodguy badges
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Don't mean a fuck to me
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I throw a little fit
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I slit my teenage wrist
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Most I can learn
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Is in records that you burn
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Get your Gunn
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Get your Gunn
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Get your Gunn
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Get your Gunn
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Pseudo-morals work real well
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On the talk shows for the weak
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Selective judgements
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And goodguy badges
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Don't mean a fuck to me
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Pseudo-morals work real well
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On the talk shows for the weak
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Selective judgements
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And goodguy badges
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Don't mean a fuck to me
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Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no
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Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no
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Oh no, oh no, oh no
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I am the VHS
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record me with your fist
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Want me to save the world
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I'm just a little girl
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Pseudo-morals work real well
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On the talk shows for the weak
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Selective judgements
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And goodguy badges
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Don't mean a fuck to me
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Pseudo-morals work real well
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On the talk shows for the weak
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Selective judgements
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And goodguy badges
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Don't mean a fuck to me
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Get your Gunn
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Get your Gunn
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Get your Gunn
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Get your Gunn
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Get
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</Pre>
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==Trivia==
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== Lyrics ==
[[Image:Scott-Putesky-Get-Your-Gunn-Set.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, on the set of the "Get Your Gunn" music video.]]
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    goddamn your righteous hand
*"[[Snake Eyes and Sissies]]" was initially meant to be the album's lead single, but "Get Your Gunn" was released instead.
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    i eat innocent meat
*According to photos on his MySpace profile, former Marilyn Manson guitarist Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, can be seen playing a Jackson Soloist in the song's music video. Putesky also states the video was filmed in Texas.<ref>[http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=20040870&albumID=1538771&imageID=28158424 ''In Texas on the set of Get Your Gunn - Ouija Jackson Soloist - lots of fog machine action'']. MySpace Music. [[Scott Putesky]].</ref>
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    the housewife i will beat
*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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    the prolife i will kill
*The song's spelling of ''Gunn'' is in reference to the murdered abortion specialist, Dr. David Gunn; Manson cited this as the ultimate irony.
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    what you won't do i will
*The line "I hate, therefore I am" is a play on the phrase "I think, therefore I am", which was originally stated by René Descartes.
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    i bash myself to sleep
*"The title is spelled with two n's because the song was a reaction to the murder of Dr. David Gunn, who was killed in Florida by pro-life activists while I was living there. That was the ultimate hypocrisy I witnessed growing up: that these people killed someone in the name of being "pro-life." - Marilyn Manson
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    what you sow i will reap
*"Get Your Gunn", along with "[[Coma White]]" and "[[Tourniquet]]", was made available to download as a playable track on ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'' on February 8, 2011 as part of the February Megapack.
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    i scar myself you see
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    i wish i wasn't me
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    i am the little stick
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    you stir me into shit
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    i hate therefore i am
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    goddamn your righteous hand
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    goddamn, goddamn,
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    goddamn, goddamn
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    pseudo-morals work real well
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    on the talk shows for the weak
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    but your selective judgements
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    and goodguy badges
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    don't mean a fuck to me
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    i throw a little fit
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    i slit my teenage wrist
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    the most that I can learn
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    is in records that you burn
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    get your gunn, get your gunn,
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    get your gunn, get your gunn
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    pseudo-morals work real well
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    on the talk shows for the weak
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    but your selective judgements
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    and goodguy badges
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    don't mean a fuck to me
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    i am the vhs
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    record me with your fist
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    you want me to save the world
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    i'm just a little girl
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    pseudo-morals work real well
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    on the talk shows for the weak
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    but your selective judgements
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    and goodguy badges
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    don't mean a fuck to me
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    get your gunn, get your gunn,
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    get your gunn, get your gunn... get
  
==Review by J7==
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== Trivia ==
*This section is only for archive purposes and has not been confirmed by any authority, and is only J7's interpretation written for your pleasure.
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[[File:Scott-Putesky-Get-Your-Gunn-Set.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, on the set of the "Get Your Gunn" music video.]]
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* "[[Snake Eyes and Sissies]]" was initially meant to be the album's lead single, but "Get Your Gunn" was released instead.
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* According to photos on his MySpace profile, former Marilyn Manson guitarist Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, can be seen playing a Jackson Soloist in the song's music video. Putesky also states the video was filmed in Texas.<ref>[http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=20040870&albumID=1538771&imageID=28158424 ''In Texas on the set of Get Your Gunn - Ouija Jackson Soloist - lots of fog machine action'']. MySpace Music. [[Scott Putesky]].</ref>
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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.
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* The line "I hate, therefore I am" is a play on the phrase "I think, therefore I am", which was originally stated by René Descartes.
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* "The title is spelled with two n's because the song was a reaction to the murder of Dr. David Gunn, who was killed in Florida by pro-life activists while I was living there. That was the ultimate hypocrisy I witnessed growing up: that these people killed someone in the name of being "pro-life." - Marilyn Manson
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* "Get Your Gunn", along with "[[Coma White]]" and "[[Tourniquet]]", was made available to download as a playable track on ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'' on February 8, 2011 as part of the February Megapack.
  
“God Damn Your Righteous Hand” are the first whispered words heard on the lead single to Portrait of an American Family, Get Your Gunn. The more upbeat song Snake Eyes and Sissies was initially meant to be the album’s lead single, but the more frantic Get Your Gunn was released instead. Brian seldom reveals what he wrote a specific song about, but since the spelling of the word “Gunn” would probably raise questions, Manson revealed the inspiration for the track: “The title is spelled with two n’s because the song was a reaction to the murder of Dr. David Gunn, who was killed in Florida by pro-life activists while I was living there. That was the ultimate hypocrisy I witnessed growing up: that these people killed someone in the name of being pro-life.” The song is a dark, angry chant about the Conservative Christian Right, and Manson’s rejection of their “pseudo-morals” and their natural subservience to authority figures such as preists and policemen. The best line in the song is “I hate therefore I am” a play on the phrase by Rene Descartes, “I think therefore I am.” Get Your Gunn was one of the best tracks off of Portrait of an American Family, and probably the best single released. The song’s “Fuck your hate” message is still relevant even today, and makes for a hell of a good song.
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== References ==
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==References==
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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]]
[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs With Music Videos]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson songs with music videos]]
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[[Category:Gidget Gein]]
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[[Category:Sara Lee Lucas]]
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[[Category:Scott Putesky]]
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Latest revision as of 09:31, 6 February 2024

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. This article is about the song
"Get Your Gunn"
Get Your Gunn cover
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album Portrait of an American Family
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
Genre Alternative metal
Length 3:18
Label Nothing, Interscope
Writer Marilyn Manson
Composer Daisy Berkowitz, Gidget Gein
Producer Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor

"Get Your Gunn" is the first single and the seventh track of the first 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'.

Get Your Gunn was also the first release from Nothing Records.

Cassettes[edit]

Albums[edit]

Singles[edit]

Soundtracks[edit]

  • S*F*W (1994)

Video[edit]

Portrait Sessions
The Manson Family Album


Versions[edit]

Music video[edit]

Manson playing in the music video

The music video, directed by Rod Chong, features 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.

Lyrics[edit]

   goddamn your righteous hand
   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

Trivia[edit]

Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, on the set of the "Get Your Gunn" music video.
  • "Snake Eyes and Sissies" was initially meant to be the album's lead single, but "Get Your Gunn" was released instead.
  • According to photos on his MySpace profile, former Marilyn Manson guitarist Scott Putesky, better known as Daisy Berkowitz, can be seen playing a Jackson Soloist in the song's music video. Putesky also states the video was filmed in Texas.[1]
  • 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.
  • The line "I hate, therefore I am" is a play on the phrase "I think, therefore I am", which was originally stated by René Descartes.
  • "The title is spelled with two n's because the song was a reaction to the murder of Dr. David Gunn, who was killed in Florida by pro-life activists while I was living there. That was the ultimate hypocrisy I witnessed growing up: that these people killed someone in the name of being "pro-life." - Marilyn Manson
  • "Get Your Gunn", along with "Coma White" and "Tourniquet", was made available to download as a playable track on Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock on February 8, 2011 as part of the February Megapack.

References[edit]

  1. In Texas on the set of Get Your Gunn - Ouija Jackson Soloist - lots of fog machine action. MySpace Music. Scott Putesky.