Songwriter: Kurt Cobain
Writing Period: 1990
Recording Session: 25/09/90, KAOS radio, Olympia, WA
Common Mislabels: Opinions
Kurt Cobain played this solo at KAOS radio on the Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. Only one recording has surfaced.
Jim DeRogatis from the Spin magazine wrote "Cobain performed this angry, acoustic diatribe against a sensationalistic media live on KAOS-FM in Olympia, Washington, in 1990, supposedly on the night that he wrote it. The lyrics seem prescient: 'Congratulations, you have won / It's a year's subscription of bad puns / And it makes your story our concern / And you set it up before it burns.' "
Lyrics to this song can be found in Kurt Cobain's Journals (page 126).
According to ex-Geffen employee Jim Griffin, an electric version was also recorded in a studio. Do not be fooled, though, by the FAKE electric version that has been traded and is available through file sharing -- it's not Nirvana! Nirvana's electric version has not surfaced.
The BMI listing for this song is "Opinions," and that title has been cited before by people such as Courtney Love when she described the song as "funny and sad."
from Disc 2 of "With the Lights Out"
Lyrics
Oh, this song's called "Opinion"
Congratulations, you have won
It's a year's subscription of bad puns
And a maice shift story of concern
And to set it up before it burns
My opinions. My opinions.
My opinions. My opinions.
And there seems to be a problem here
The scale of emotions seems to clear
You rise and fall like Wall Street stock
And they have an effect on our peace talks
Our opinions. Our opinions.
My opinions. My opinions.
Congratulations, you have won
It's a year's subscription of bad puns
And a maice shift story of concern
And to set it up before it burns
My opinions. Your opinions.
Your opinions. Your opinions.
Your opinions.
