Here’s a video for a song I used to love to death, because it starts off all brooding and builds up into some carthatic shouting.
It’s perhaps inappropriate for all you fun loving people out there because of the subject matter. As explained by the band themselves:
“The song ‘Hey Man, Nice Shot’ is a reaction to a well-documented public suicide, where the guy CLEARLY planted the gun in a manila envelope. Totally planned it. It is not a celebration or glorification of taking one’s own life. The phrase ‘hey man, nice shot’ is a reference to the final act itself; which, was a damn good shot and an expression of guts and determination of a person standing up for what they believe is right, i.e. self-murder, public-style. We are extremely sensitive and respectful to the family and friends of Mr. Dwyer. We have both lost friends to suicide and felt nothing but sympathy and loss for the victims, and those involved in such a tragedy.”
Pennsylvania state treasurer R. Budd Dwyer had been convicted on bribery charges in December 1986, and was expected to receive a massive sentence from U.S. District Court judge Malcolm Muir. Professing his innocence and decrying the legal system, Dwyer shot himself during a press conference with a .357 Magnum.
The song, at first, was believed to be about Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide in April 1994.
Enjoy!
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