Floyd The Barber

Song Author(s):
  Kurt Cobain

Recording Session(s):
  April 14-15, 1990, Evergreen University, Evergreen WA
  April 17, 1987 - Evergreen College, The Skid Row demo, KAOS Radio show
  January 23, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
  December 24, 29, 30, 31 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}

Availability:
  Bleach

Working Titles and/or Mislabels :
  Freud The Barber
  Shy

Writing Period:
  1987

Song Notes:
This one is build over a TV show from the sixties called The Andy Griffith Show. Floyd, Barney, Opie and Aunt Bea are all characters in the show, that portraits an ever-happy idyllic small town in USA. In Kurt's version he goes to the barber to get a shave, only to end up tied to the chair, and sliced to death by the usually very nice townspeople.
The Andy Griffith Show was broadcasted on the station which Kurt's TV was turned on to when his body was found, so ironically this could be one of the last thing Kurt saw in this life.


Song Lyrics:
Bell on door rang, 'come on in'
Floyd observes my hairy chin
Sit down chair don't be afraid
Steamed hot towel on my face

I was shaved
I was shaved
I was shamed

Barney ties me to a chair
I can't see I'm really scared
Floyd breathes hard, I hear a zip
Pee-pee pressed against my lips

I was shaved
I was shamed
I was shaved

I sense others in the room
Opie, Aunt Bea, I presume
They take turns and cut me up
I die smothered in Aunt Bea's muff

I was shamed
I was shaved
I was shaved