We’ll conclude by saying that as far as suicide songs may go, “Hey Man Nice Shot” isn’t the clearest, nor is it the most sensitive per se. But the vocalist does express some remorse, which is basically that he did use the opportunity to meet the addressee while such actually existed. Budd Dwyer. But even with that understanding in tow, some sections, such as the second verse, remain challenging to decipher. However, said passage also does imply that this song is not about Cobain but rather someone who committed suicide in front of others, who of course were significantly affected as a result.īut the lyrics are so metaphorical that how exactly they were affected isn’t specified, outside of witnesses being imbued with “a new kind of fear”. In any event, we do know that the writer himself has verified that this piece is about suicide and furthermore that of R. So with that in mind, it’s understandable why some people may be convinced that the subject is Kurt Cobain, regardless of what Patrick says, unless maybe he, as a rock musician, has some type of unusual desire to associate himself with corrupt politicians. the first verse and outro), it is obvious that the addressee is someone whom Richard looks up to. This brings us to the third aspect, which is that, at least based on some lyrics (i.e. a person who took another life and not his own, since the vocalist is communicating with him in a way that would imply he’s still alive. Second it is that none of the lyrics point directly to suicide. In fact in this day and age, it could be easily interpreted that the addressee is rather someone like a murderer, i.e. With the above out of the way, there are three aspects of this piece that should be further noted. First is that there are no proper nouns used in the song anyway, as in who the addressee is never being specified. Needless to say, Patrick was of course profoundly affected by it.Īnd you will note that Dwyer’s suicide was in 1987, almost a decade before this track dropped. So, once again according to Patrick, he actually wrote this song in 1991, i.e. So at that time, footage of Dwyer blowing his brains out was circulating on TV, and one of the people to view this was a young Richard Patrick. at a press conference that he personally called. He not only committed suicide but he did so on live television, i.e. Budd Dwyerĭwyer was a Pennsylvania politician who got caught up in a corruption scandal and accordingly was on the verge of receiving a hot plate of justice. But prior to being incarcerated, he decided to dumb out in full. What has been revealed, even though to this day many people still believe that Cobain is the subject, is that “Hey Man Nice Shot” was actually inspired by a much-lesser known individual in R.
That would logically be part of the reason why, according to Richard Patrick, some people deemed this song controversial upon discovering that it’s actually about suicide. Or let’s more realistically say that the title, all things considered, is obviously an act of sarcasm.įurthermore, many were under the impression, due to the fact that this track came out just a few months after Kurt Cobain’s own shocking suicide, that Filter was more or less trying to capitalize on that tragedy.
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