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- "All Apologies" was written by Cobain in 1990. In a 2005 interview with Wes Orshoski of Harp, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl recalled that the song was "something that Kurt wrote on [a] 4-track in our apartment in Olympia.
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"All Apologies" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It appears as the final track on the band's third and final studio album, In Utero, released by DGC Records in September 1993.
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Kurt Cobain died about four months later. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait wanted Cobain to do an "All Apologies" video that would have Cobain playing Lee Harvey Oswald in a re-enactment of the JFK assassination (the two had met and become friends at a radio show in Ann Arbor, Michigan).
- Verse 1
- Chorus
- Verse 2
- Outro
- Cobain’s Goodbye Message to The World?
- Live Performance of “All Apologies” For MTV Unplugged
In the first verse, the lyricist is questioning what direction he should take in life. He is doing this not in the sense of actually requesting an answer but more rhetorically. He rather implies that every decision he makes yields some type of undesirable result. Cobain ultimately apologizes for this at the end of the verse.
The prepositional phrase “in the sun” is repeated throughout the chorus. This phrase is actually said to be a reference to Nirvana’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. Aberdeen is noted for being extremely cloudy. Cobain longed to be somewhere other than the place. Apparently he desired to be somewhere warmer – somewhere sunny. The chorus ends with ...
Some of the lines of the second verse, such as “choking on the ashes of her enemy” are difficult to interpret. However, within the setting of the paragraph and indeed entire song, sound as if they are referring directly to Courtney And being that Cobain and Courtney were in the most-intimate relationship possible, the audience may never know what h...
The only line exclusively repeated in the outro is “all in all is all we are.” This would imply that Cobain acknowledges his own humanness, in addition to the person he is directing the lyrics to. In other words, he recognizes his own faults as well as those of his wife and basically resigns himself to the belief that that’s just the way ‘they are....
Many consider this song “a farewell message from Cobain”. Why? Because he committed suicide a couple of years after it was written and shortly before it was officially released. Based on his suicide, it can be seen that his repetitive recognition of these human frailties is not something he took with a grain of salt, as the somewhat-comical tone of...
Below is Nirvana’s famous appearance on MTV Unplugged in 1993. The band performs the acoustic version of “All Apologies” on the show. This MTV Unplugged version was later released in 1994 as a promotional single.
Jun 7, 2020 · Despite being coated in layers of sarcasm, it seems impossible not to view the apologetic tone of lyrics like “everything’s my fault” and “I’ll take all the blame” as a premonition of Cobain’s suicide. But there’s a lot to unpack behind the song’s deceptively simple formula.
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Sep 13, 1993 · An acoustic fan favorite, “All Apologies” has Kurt Cobain “apologizing” for how he behaves, in a way he summarized as “Peaceful, happy, comfort”.
"All Apologies," the final song on Nirvana's third and last studio album, "In Utero," holds a special place in Cobain's legacy. Though written before his marriage to Love, the lyrics of the song take on added meaning when dedicated to his wife and daughter.
Dec 21, 2023 · As the last track on what would unfortunately become Nirvana’s final studio album, ‘All Apologies’ has often been viewed through a retrospective lens, regarded as a prelude to frontman Kurt Cobain’s tragic demise a mere year later.
