Cobain acknowledged to Nirvana’s biographer Michael Azerrad, that “I was trying to be Mr. This tune from Nirvana’s debut album Bleach tackles the macho attitudes that were a real turn off to Cobain. It was based on a comic strip that Kurt drew as a teenager, which lampooned the stereotypical rednecks that Kurt was confronted with in rural Washington. Originally released as the b-side to their cover of Shocking Blue’s “Love Buzz”, it was also included on reissues of Bleach. Even though their debut was released on the indie label Sub Pop, Cobain still had to deal with label heads who were trying to pressure the band into a certain creative direction. “Big Cheese” is a scathing attack on Sub Pop co-owner Jonathan Poneman who the band butted heads with in terms of creative direction. This song from Nirvana’s 1991 commercial breakthrough Nevermind starts off with a portion of The Youngblood’s 1967 peace tune “Get Together”. Even though not directly political, the lyrics are definitely socially aware.
The song talks about how we “gotta find a way, a better way” which is a sentiment which applies to a number of social issues. The song also tackles the patriarchy with the line “never met a wise man, if so it’s a woman”. Cobain makes it known that the current male centric power structures don’t work and needs to be dismantled. This tune from Nirvana’s 1993 album In Utero is one of Nirvana’s most controversial and misunderstood songs.
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