Whats the point of HeyFoxyMop

The first couple times Iistened to "Vitalogy," FoxyMop terrified me. I avoided it from then on.

Years later, I got curious, and listened to it in headphones hell bent on making it through to the end. Since then, I love it. I'll sometimes listen to it in the dark, just to scare the shit out of myself. One of the things I like most about listening to it, is that to me, it FEELS like a secret. I don't know how to explain it any other way.

The movie "Session 9," about an abandoned asylum being explored by several guys hired to remove the asbestos, helped solidify my appreciation of the song. I'm fascinated by the workings of the mind, especially psychosis and insanity.

I think the song, in a small way, helps bring the stigma of mental illness, suicidal ideation, etc, into the discussion. Here we all are, 15 years after the release, talking about what it might mean or what it means to us individually.

Listening to it scares me, that's for sure.

In the aftermath of Kurt Cobain's death, Stupid Mop is far from simply "filler". To me it's the dark heart of Vitalogy. It's the aura of the whole record laid bare right at the end. Confused and confusing, frightened and frightening, disturbed and disturbing. And those 23 seconds of silence at the end are the more terrifying than anything that came before. It's what vitalogy is about and I don't think the album would be complete without it.




Oh, and blondieblue, I think that it has been played live, in a way. Here's the 2nd last "song" from one of the first shows after Vitalogy was released. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XP9TH9YQ.This, to me, was an attempt.

I absolutely love it. Crank it up to 12 on the hi-fi....can't wait for Jeff's bass line to come through....and Jack's drumming...."She prides herself on her fingernails." Perfect Ending