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Revision as of 18:23, 11 September 2011
- This article is about the song. For the single, see Get Your Gunn (single).
"Get Your Gunn" | ||
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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 rock | |
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.
Contents
Appearances
Cassettes
Albums
- Portrait of an American Family (1994)
- Lest We Forget (The Best of) (2004)
Singles
- Get Your Gunn (1994)
Soundtracks
- S*F*W (1994)
Video
Portrait Sessions
The Manson Family Album
Versions
- "Get Your Gunn" — Appears on Portrait Sessions.
- "Get Your Gunn" — Appears on The Manson Family Album.
- "Get Your Gunn" — Appears on Portrait of an American Family.
- "Get Your Gunn (High School Drop-outs)" — Appears on promotional versions of the "Get Your Gunn" single.
- "Mother Inferior Got Her Gunn" — Appears on the "Get Your Gunn" single.
- "Get Your Gunn" (Live) — Appears on The Last Tour on Earth.
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
Goddamn your righteous hand I eat innocent meat The housewife I will beat The pro-life 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 (ooh, lord) Goddamn (ooh, lord) Goddamn (ooh, lord) Goddamn (ooh, lord) Pseudo-morals work real well On the talk shows for the weak selective judgements And goodguy badges Don't mean a fuck to me I throw a little fit I slit my teenage wrist Most 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 Selective judgements And goodguy badges Don't mean a fuck to me Pseudo-morals work real well On the talk shows for the weak Selective judgements And goodguy badges Don't mean a fuck to me Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no Oh no, oh no, oh no I am the VHS record me with your fist Want me to save the world I'm just a little girl Pseudo-morals work real well On the talk shows for the weak Selective judgements And goodguy badges Don't mean a fuck to me Pseudo-morals work real well On the talk shows for the weak 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
- "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 song's spelling of Gunn is in reference to the murdered abortion specialist, Dr. David Gunn; Manson cited this as the ultimate irony.
- 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.