Kurt Coba's 1993 Advote Cover Story: 'I'm Gay Spir'

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• ALL APOLOGINIRVANATRACK 12 ON IN UTERO PRODUCED BYSTEVE ALBIAN ATIC FAN FAVORE, “ALL APOLOGI” HAS KURT COBA “APOLOGIZG” FOR HOW HE BEHAV, A WAY HE SUMMARIZED AS “PEACEFUL, HAPPY, FORT”. HE WENT ON TO DITE … READ MORE SEP. 13, 19931 VIEWER578.2K VIEWS133 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSALL APOLOGI LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE ULD I SAY? EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE ULD I WRE? I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU, EASILY AMEDFD MY NT OF SALT, EVERYTHG'S MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAME, AQUA SEA FOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURN, CHOK' ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, MARRIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE ARE64EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.
• "EVERYONE IS GAY"
• KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'
• EVERYONE IS GAYA GREAT BIG WORLDTRACK 7 ON IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? PRODUCED BYCHRIS KUFFNERA SONG RELEASED ON YOUTUBE 2013 BY A GREAT BIG WORLD, LATER RELEASED AS THE 7TH TRACK OF THEIR 2014 ALBUM IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?. “EVERYONE IS GAY" IS A GAY RIGHTS… READ MORE JUN. 30, 20131 VIEWER26.4K VIEWS23 CONTRIBUTORSEVERYONE IS GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]IF YOU'RE GAY THEN YOU'RE GAYDON'T PRETEND THAT YOU'RE STRAIGHTYOU N BE WHO YOU ARE ANY DAY OF THE WEEKYOU ARE UNLIKE THE OTHERSSO STRONG AND UNIQUEWE'RE ALL WH YOUIF YOU'RE STRAIGHT, WELL, THAT'S GREATYOU N HELP PROCREATEAND MAKE GAY LTLE BABIFOR THE WHOLE HUMAN RACEMAKE A WORLD WE N LIVE WHERE THE ONE WHO YOU LOVE'S NOT AN ISSUE[CHOS]'CSE WE'RE ALL SOMEWHERE THE MIDDLEWE'RE ALL JT LOOKG FOR LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLDWHAT IF THE WORLD STOPS SPNG TOMORROW?WE N'T KEEP NNG AWAY OM WHO WE ARE[VERSE 2]IF YOU'RE GAY THEN YOU'RE GAYIF YOU'RE STRAIGHT, WELL, THAT'S GREAT!IF YOU FALL BETWEEN THAT'S THE BT WAY TO BEYOU'VE GOT SO MANY OPTNSEVERY FISH THE SEA WANTS TO KISS YOU(MUAH! AWW!)YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]'CSE WE'RE ALL SOMEWHERE THE MIDDLEAND WE'RE ALL JT LOOKG FOR LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLDWHAT IF THE WORLD STOPS SPNG TOMORROW?WE N'T KEEP NNG AWAY OM WHO WE ARE[OUTRO]AND WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHERWE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO BREAKG DOWN THE WALLSEVERYONE IS GAYHOORAY! (HOORAY)11EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

ALL APOLOGINIRVANATRACK 12 ON IN UTERO PRODUCED BYSTEVE ALBIAN ATIC FAN FAVORE, “ALL APOLOGI” HAS KURT COBA “APOLOGIZG” FOR HOW HE BEHAV, A WAY HE SUMMARIZED AS “PEACEFUL, HAPPY, FORT”. HE WENT ON TO DITE … READ MORE SEP. 13, 19931 VIEWER578.2K VIEWS133 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSALL APOLOGI LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE ULD I SAY? EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE ULD I WRE? I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU, EASILY AMEDFD MY NT OF SALT, EVERYTHG'S MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAME, AQUA SEA FOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURN, CHOK' ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, MARRIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE ARE64EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

When Kurt Coba om Nirvana sand "everyone is gay" All Apologi, did he mean gay as stupid, or was he ally? What did Kurt mean by "God Is Gay"?

Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.

This is Everyone Is Gay, a lumn by Niko Stratis on genr and sexualy neti mic—and how pop culture failed to talk about at the time. Coba is the Gen X in who popularized alternative mic and culture, but on the 25th anniversary of his ath this week, I cherish another aspect of his legacy much more: his nsistent and vol support of gay rights. Coba’s “oh well, whatever, never md” attu about sexual inty, exprsed lyrics and terviews, changed the urse of my Coba might not be the first name you thk of when to gay rights, his band was never shy about s polics, pecially where LGBTQ issu were ncerned.

In 1992, Nirvana played a “No on #9” benef ncert and issued a public statement opposg Measure 9, a statewi anti-gay cizen ballot iative Oregon that would have required “all ernments” the state to treat homosexualy as “abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse.

” And the ler not of their album “Inctici, ” released that December, they warned: “If any of you any way hate homosexuals, people of different lor, or women, please do this one favor for — leave the f--- alone!

"EVERYONE IS GAY"

” The ler not to their next album, “In Utero, ” echoed that admonn: “If you’re a sexist, racist, homophobe or basilly an a--hole, don’t buy this CD. ” Coba himself repeatedly and publicly affirmed his pro-gay stance. In a 1993 terview wh the Advote, which I remember readg breathlsly a Borrs bookstore wh the ver fold over so no one uld tell what I was holdg, Coba lled himself “gay spir” and revealed that as a teenager, he often qutned his sexualy and sprayed “God is gay” graffi the small town of Aberen, Wash., where he grew up.

(The le “God is gay” later popped up the Nirvana song “Stay Away. All this played out the early ’90s, when AIDS jok and the word “fag” were mon, ias about allowg gays to openly serve the ary were nsired radil, and policians were wagg culture wars over “fay valu. ’s Michael Stipe, but Nirvana’s pro-gay gtur and s inoclastic sound were remarkable for any popular mic act.

The ia that you uld make mic that was aggrsive, hard and loud and be an ally to the gay muny seemed revolutnary, pecially for me, a closeted prep school graduate om Detro’s suburbs.

KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'

The publitn had characterized gay people as sad and pathetic, but I still volunteered at a bake sale to raise money for .

[Ser]Did Kurt Coba's Lyric "What else uld I say Everyone is gay" the song "All Apologi" beg the e of the phrase "That's so gay" society? Where/when did gay take on a lloquially different meang? He n't lerally mean everyone is a homosexual man.

And what ed him to e the term "gay" rather than somethg more offensive?

EVERYONE IS GAYA GREAT BIG WORLDTRACK 7 ON IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? PRODUCED BYCHRIS KUFFNERA SONG RELEASED ON YOUTUBE 2013 BY A GREAT BIG WORLD, LATER RELEASED AS THE 7TH TRACK OF THEIR 2014 ALBUM IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?. “EVERYONE IS GAY" IS A GAY RIGHTS… READ MORE JUN. 30, 20131 VIEWER26.4K VIEWS23 CONTRIBUTORSEVERYONE IS GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]IF YOU'RE GAY THEN YOU'RE GAYDON'T PRETEND THAT YOU'RE STRAIGHTYOU N BE WHO YOU ARE ANY DAY OF THE WEEKYOU ARE UNLIKE THE OTHERSSO STRONG AND UNIQUEWE'RE ALL WH YOUIF YOU'RE STRAIGHT, WELL, THAT'S GREATYOU N HELP PROCREATEAND MAKE GAY LTLE BABIFOR THE WHOLE HUMAN RACEMAKE A WORLD WE N LIVE WHERE THE ONE WHO YOU LOVE'S NOT AN ISSUE[CHOS]'CSE WE'RE ALL SOMEWHERE THE MIDDLEWE'RE ALL JT LOOKG FOR LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLDWHAT IF THE WORLD STOPS SPNG TOMORROW?WE N'T KEEP NNG AWAY OM WHO WE ARE[VERSE 2]IF YOU'RE GAY THEN YOU'RE GAYIF YOU'RE STRAIGHT, WELL, THAT'S GREAT!IF YOU FALL BETWEEN THAT'S THE BT WAY TO BEYOU'VE GOT SO MANY OPTNSEVERY FISH THE SEA WANTS TO KISS YOU(MUAH! AWW!)YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]'CSE WE'RE ALL SOMEWHERE THE MIDDLEAND WE'RE ALL JT LOOKG FOR LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLDWHAT IF THE WORLD STOPS SPNG TOMORROW?WE N'T KEEP NNG AWAY OM WHO WE ARE[OUTRO]AND WE'RE ALL HERE TOGETHERWE'RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO BREAKG DOWN THE WALLSEVERYONE IS GAYHOORAY! (HOORAY)11EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Everyone is gay. The men were proudly sexist and homophobic (Skid Row's Sebastian Bach famoly wore a T-shirt that read, "AIDS Kills Fags Dead"), on the other hand, was sensive and effemate -- someone who regularly spoke out for mori and lled out racism, misogyny, and homophobia.

While many remember Coba and his Nirvana bandmat wearg drs and kissg vios and live performanc, virtually fotten is the fact that Nirvana performed at a gay rights benef Oregon promotg Nirvana's late-1992 pilatn album Inctici -- which clud the followg statement s ler not, "If any of you any way hate homosexuals, people of different lor, or women, please do this one favor for : leave the fuck alone! In the Advote article, Coba displayed fort speakg wh an LGBTQ publitn and a faiary wh gay culture, often g terms like "homophobia" and "misogyny, " appreciatg the scriptn of Love as a "fag hag, " and rellg the time he saw the Village People are some of the choict quot om the terview wh journalist Kev Advote: I read the ler not you wrote on Inctici. I've never seen somebody on a major label say, "If you're a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, we don't want you to buy our rerds.