Status

Side Project

Song Author

Kurt Cobain

Writing Period

1985

Recording Session(s)

December 1985 Earl Residence, Burien, WA

Notes

This song is from Kurt Cobain's 1985 Fecal Matter demo Illiteracy Will Prevail. A mp3 file of this song surfaced on the Internet in March 2006

Drummer Dale Crover once stated that this song is called "Made Not Born," which is a line Kurt repeats several times at the end of the song.  This song is more than likely called Laminated Effect. It perfectly matches Michael Azzerad's description in Come As You Are that states that the song sounds like both Nevermind's "Stay Away" and the old MTV promotional bumper theme song.

Availability

Releases in the Bootography

Alternate/Working Titles

None Documented

Common Mislabels

Made Not Born

Mislabels in the Bootography

None Documented

Lyrics

Illiteracy Will Prevail demo version

Johnny was a homo
Kept his body clean
Moved to San Francisco
Caught a big disease
Raped by his Daddy
Told he was at fault
Living life unhappy
Covered up in salt

We’re living in a time of change
Too many things you feel afraid to
Think against the will of God
Maybe someday soon they’ll realize they’re wrong

Lucy was a lesbian
No, no fun in the sack
Moved to Acapulco
Nothing goes in her hole
Then she met Johnny
They dated, went to formal
He and she got naughty
Found out that it’s normal

We’re living in a time of changing
Too many things you feel afraid to
Doing many things against the will of God
Maybe someday soon they’ll realize they’re wrong

Made not born (6x)