I have seen two things that lend credit to the idea Go was written about/for Cobain. One being that I have heard Ed say at one of the shows, "This one is for Kurt" before he started into Go. The other being on the SNL performance in 94 during Go he opened up his shirt to reveal a "K".
I have that SNL show taped. Couldn't ever figure out what the "K" was for. As for the meaning of "Go"...no idea. I guess it could represent Cobain but I'm just not sure. Hell, I never am.
Originally posted by naut I have seen two things that lend credit to the idea Go was written about/for Cobain. One being that I have heard Ed say at one of the shows, "This one is for Kurt" before he started into Go. The other being on the SNL performance in 94 during Go he opened up his shirt to reveal a "K".
It's definitely possible.
It's possible that he re-interpreted it in Kurt's memory... I remember when Kurt attempted an overdose in Italy, Ed had some quote about "Don't go..." in a magazine
From Melody Maker, 5/21/94:
"I remember when he got sick in Rome -- I didn't realize then that it was actually a suicide attempt -- I was in Seattle. I went out to grab something to eat and I saw the headlines. That he was in a coma. I just freaked out, man. I went home and made some phone calls, tried to find out what the fuck was going on. Then I started pacing the house and started to cry.
But since the song predates both the attempted suicide and the actual death of Kurt, I think it's a misinterpretation. I also read that it was about an unreliable vehicle of Ed's...
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It's definitely possible.
It's possible that he re-interpreted it in Kurt's memory... I remember when Kurt attempted an overdose in Italy, Ed had some quote about "Don't go..." in a magazine
From Melody Maker, 5/21/94:
"I remember when he got sick in Rome -- I didn't realize then that it was actually a suicide attempt -- I was in Seattle. I went out to grab something to eat and I saw the headlines. That he was in a coma. I just freaked out, man. I went home and made some phone calls, tried to find out what the fuck was going on. Then I started pacing the house and started to cry.
"I just kept saying, 'Don't go, man, just don't fuckin' go... just don't go.' I kept thinking, 'If he goes, I'm fucked.'"
--quoted from http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/mm052194.shtml
But since the song predates both the attempted suicide and the actual death of Kurt, I think it's a misinterpretation. I also read that it was about an unreliable vehicle of Ed's...