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| "'''Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle'''" is a song by the influential ] ] band ]. It was released on their third studio album, ]. The title of the song refers to the ]-born ] ] who, among other things, was accused of being a Communist and an atheist, struggled with alcoholism, was declared "legally insane" due to paranoid schizophrenia and manic depression in 1944, and was kept in a psychiatric ward, where |
"'''Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle'''" is a song by the influential ] ] band ]. It was released on their third studio album, ]. The title of the song refers to the ]-born ] ] who, among other things, was accused of being a Communist and an atheist, struggled with alcoholism, was declared "legally insane" due to paranoid schizophrenia and manic depression in 1944, and was kept in a psychiatric ward, where according to her sensationalized autobiography, she was raped and had an illegal lobotomy performed on her. However this remains disputed. | ||
| Cobain's nature as an atheist radical led to himself being compared and comparing himself to Frances Farmer (hence many believe that he named his daughter, ], after her, although he and Courtney Love have denied this, and in fact Frances Bean was named for ] of ]) and therefore her revenge on Seattle could be interpreted as his own. | Cobain's nature as an atheist radical led to himself being compared and comparing himself to Frances Farmer (hence many believe that he named his daughter, ], after her, although he and Courtney Love have denied this, and in fact Frances Bean was named for ] of ]) and therefore her revenge on Seattle could be interpreted as his own. | ||
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"Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" is a song by the influential American grunge band Nirvana. It was released on their third studio album, In Utero. The title of the song refers to the Seattle-born actress Frances Farmer who, among other things, was accused of being a Communist and an atheist, struggled with alcoholism, was declared "legally insane" due to paranoid schizophrenia and manic depression in 1944, and was kept in a psychiatric ward, where according to her sensationalized autobiography, she was raped and had an illegal lobotomy performed on her. However this remains disputed.
Cobain's nature as an atheist radical led to himself being compared and comparing himself to Frances Farmer (hence many believe that he named his daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, after her, although he and Courtney Love have denied this, and in fact Frances Bean was named for Frances McKee of The Vaselines) and therefore her revenge on Seattle could be interpreted as his own.
The choice of Frances Farmer as a subject for a song might have been considered lurid by some bands; however, on In Utero Nirvana had included explicit topics for their songs throughout the album, including murder, rape, divorce, abortion and cancer (q.v. "Heart Shaped Box").
