Mudhoney – Into Yer Shtik

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You're so tormented
Demented
Indebted
To all the assholes
(Just like you)
Who've come and gone
(Before you)
predictable
Just plain dull
Why don't you
Blow your brains out, too
You're so into yer shtik

You're so hounded
Ungrounded
Surrounded
By scum suckin' leeches
Who will shovel your shit
Sweep your dirt
(Hoping for an...)
Feed your ego
They never tell you no
All of you
Make me sick
You're so into yer shtik

And they're all into your shtik

Well, Mitchell's got a new girl
She's nineteen
Hollywood model
Star of the screen
Well, she's up here
To support the scene
It's all part
Of his rock and roll fantasy

Stan was at the bar
With bandaged hands
They tried to dry him out
And he got mad
He cut his fist
Punchin' hospital glass
Made his myth
Now he's trapped

Susie's just a girl
Who's doin' her job
That came to New York
And wanted a car
Workin' with the management
To the stars
Kissin' ass
Is a part of her job

Well, it's part of her job
Yeah, it's part of her job
Oh she loves her job
What the hell
She does it so well

I'm not perfect
I live a life of mistakes
I'm not perfect
But there's one thing I can't take
You are into yer shtik
You're so into yer shtik
And they're so into yer shtik
Fuck you all, you make me sick

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    General Comment:The song is about Layne Staley , who was the singer of Alice In Chains. Mark Arm said it in the " Grunge is dead " book by Greg Prato .
    Flag linkous66on September 23, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Most of everyone hit it on the head with it about being about the commercialization of the grunge scene.
    Flag PintoMelovich92on December 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:the "blow your brains out too" line is probably about kurt, but i think the song or at least that verse is about artists who copy other artists who came before them. hes mocking the post-grunge bands saying, ok since youve copied everything nirvanas ever done, now that hes dead why dont you put a shotgun in your mouth and be really authentic. real angry song
    Flag Furthest1on November 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is great for anger management. :)

    It's so good in that it applies to just about any person (famous or not) who goes through life with an overinflated ego and/or a 'woe is me/poor me/you don't know what I've been through' mentality (and we all know how many of those types there are out there). But at the same time, you know who Mark Arm was likely directing the message to at the time he wrote it (Courtney Love and various other characters in the Seattle scene whose celebrity attitudes he'd grown sick of).

    The person who mentioned the current emo/post-grunge drudgery that is being beaten to death on the airwaves right now also had a good point. The overall meaning of the song just fits so many different situations and will always be relevant.
    Flag F2B&Gon June 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:the main person with the shtik is courtney love though the other verses are about the hole guitarist Eric something,who went out with drew barrymore at the time hence the hollywood model thing, the next is about layne stanley the alice in chains singer who hung around with them, the last one is janet sue billig part of nirvana/hole management.

    the whole song is mark arms disgust at what these people had become...

    one of the finest angriest garage songs ever written
    Flag youknowimrighton August 22, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:It seems like it's about people who've sold out and abandoned thier integrity for fame or money or whatever. "The blow your brains out too" does seem like its about Kurt to me, which makes me think the first verse is about the lovely Ms. Love (Please don't let this turn into a murder debate like EVERY Nirvana song.) I don't think it's necassarily disrespectful to Kurt it just seems like they're saying "Why don't you follow this trend aswell?" Also the timing is all wrong and I know this isn't what Mudhoney had in mind when this song was written but that first verse reminds me so much of the current emo phase we're in with music at the moment. Maybe once a genre goes mainstream it becomes like this as almost a default.
    Flag Atom of Edenon August 16, 2007   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:about the scene, and people that went head over heels for fame. I hope the "blow your brains out too" is NOT about Kurt Cobain. It may be though, the timing would be correct.
    Flag grungebaby92on July 08, 2006   Link

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