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Big Long Now

Status
Nirvana Song


Song Author
Kurt Cobain
Krist Novoselic


Writing Period
Fall 1988


Recording Session(s)
December, 1988 Novoselic Residence, Aberdeen, WA

December 24, 29, 30, 31 1988 Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA


Notes
Jack Endino championed for Big Long Now's inclusion on Incesticide.  It was forgotten after its rejection from the Bleach track list (according to endino.com, Kurt thought there were enough slow, heavy tunes on the record).

Since the release of Incesticide, the Bleach Session outtake was the only version available.  The rehearsal session version on the With the Lights Out DVD was a real treat, and remains the only alternate version of the song.  Chad Channing claims the band performed this song live, but no recordings have surfaced.



 
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Alternate/Working Titles
None Documented


Common Mislabels
Blind
Can We Show Our Faces


Mislabels in the Bootography
None Documented


Lyrics
It's not cold enough
Please put this side up
She is moving through (She is new, improved ?)
Can we show our faces now?

I'm not interesting
She's not turning green
Shameful as it seems
Can we show our faces now?

In this clime
I am blind
Why can't I hear?
Color blind
Speak a phrase
Instantly grow
I am blind
Waiting in line

It's not cold enough
Please put this side up
She is moving through (She is new, improved?)
Can we show our faces now?

I'm not interesting
She's not turning green
Shameful as it seems
Can we show our faces now?

In this clime
I am blind
Why can't I hear?
Color blind
Speak a phrase
Instantly grow
I am blind
Why am I shown?

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