Talk:Rape Me
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[edit] Delete covers section?
The fact that this song was covered by some cover band seems very insignificant. I think that that bit should be removed from the article. -D
[edit] Request for lyrics
adding the lyrics with specific passages highlighted might be useful here. if we can get away with that? Alkivar 03:56, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- What are the lyrics, anyway? I don't want to do a Google search, 'cause . . . you know . . . Purplefeltangel 06:37, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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- [link to copyvio website removed] Everyking 07:07, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
In what way was this song not released as a single? I seem to have a CD-single here which is All Apologies/Rape Me. 82.3.32.71 08:15, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Rape Me was Not the B-Side. Officially the single was a double A-Side. In fact every copy of the single released in every country lists Rape Me as an A-side aswell, the Artwork may differ slightly from country to country. So as far as the commercial single is concerned All Apologies and Rape Me were both A-Sides and Moist Vagina the B-Side. Promo singles may be different though. This was followed through, if you check www.everyhit.co.uk for Nirvana singles it lists the hit as All Apologies/Rape Me.
[edit] The Lyrics
Rape me Rape me my friend Rape me Rape me again
I’m not the only one (x4)
Hate me Do it and do it again Waste me Rape me my friend
I’m not the only one (x4)
My favorite inside source I’ll kiss your open sores Appreciate your concern You’ll always stink and burn
Rape me Rape me my friend Rape me Rape me again
I’m not the only one (x4)
Rape me! (x9)
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Whoever said this song was about actually being raped is very misinformed. The song is clearly about heroin. And where wrote "you always stink and burn" should read stick and burn". This song is about heroin nothing else. Chuck Page
-Kurt himself said it was an "anti-rape" song.
Yeah, it's definitely about heroin ¬_¬ NOT
[edit] Confusion?
I removed the line "A sort of poetic justice, where a guy rapes a girl, ends up in jail, and gets raped there." [1]" because i'm pretty sure the author is confusing "Rape Me" with "Date Rape" by Sublime.
[edit] Cobain's explanation for the song
He said it was a song of poetic justice, in which a man rapes a woman, is sent to jail, and ends up being raped there himself
Is it just me, or does it sound like Cobain was BSing the interviewer? (Assuming he really did say that.) I've examined the lyrics myself, and there is no way you could possibly infer that the song is about rape as poetic justice. (In contrast, Sublime's song "Date Rape" is pretty transparent in having precisely that meaning.) I'm not sure what the song does mean, but the lyrics never suggest that the setting is a prison. The lyrics don't really give any context whatsoever to the "rape" that's supposedly taking place. In fact, it sounds like what the narrator is describing isn't really rape at all but rather sadomasochism. Look at the title, for goodness sake: it's called "Rape me," not "Don't rape me"! We need not assume that the lyrics are even meant to be taken literally. You could easily read the song as an expression of nihilistic depression (a common theme in Cobain's songs). The "rape" could be a metaphor for drugs, the media, or just about anything. marbeh raglaim 01:21, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
