| Bob Seger – Manhattan Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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I've always felt this song was about Kurt Cobain's death. It's clearly about a heroin overdose, with reference to a sawed of shotgun and bad merchandise, but a few other details make me feel it it's more specifically about Cobain's suicide. Cobain started playing around with a shotgun before his death and the signs of how much trouble he was in were all over his persona and his music, making him Shakey Davey. Though both Manhattan and Seattle are on opposite shores, both are super famous for their skylines. "The first one's bird shot the next four are double aught buck The last one's a slug just for good luck" This feels like a reference to how overkill Cobain went to ensure his suicide was no accident, both using so much dope and basking himself in the face with a shotgun. Honestly, it's hard to read these lyrics and not think of Cobain. The most telling but of evidence was that the album It's A Mystery, on wish Manhattan was released came out in October 1995, one and a half years after Cobain's death. This trend was very common in Rock Music. It's similar to Bad Company's Shooting Star with a character named Johnny, clearly based on Jimmi Hendrix |
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