Get Your Gunn (song)
- 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
Albums
- Portrait of an American Family (1994)
- Lest We Forget (The Best of) (2004)
Singles
- Get Your Gunn (1994)
Soundtracks
- S*F*W (1994)
The Manson Family Album Version
Versions
- "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.
Review by J7
- 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.
“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.