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My little Nirvana record collection (I got the In Utero cassette today :3)
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My little Nirvana record collection (I got the In Utero cassette today :3)

u/Power_Crow — 7 days ago

A short interpretation of "Akido! (Neurotic/Erotic)"

I've always interpreted Akido! as a story of obsessive love:

A boy is madly in love with a girl, he stares at her every day, he is obsessed with her, he only has eyes for her, but he must be able to distinguish two "spheres": the Neurotic one (which constantly makes him think of a sort of Bad Ending if he were to declare himself, or thinking that she is not his type) and the Erotic part (which makes him intimately attracted to her).

Then there is also a sort of end to this story, which I theorized while listening to the 2015 Mix, that is, the more Rock and Energetic part that comes out at the end of the song:

The boy goes to declare himself to the girl, he is ready to talk to her, but he unexpectedly discovers that... she has a boyfriend, then the two spheres that I mentioned before merge, and the boy then he comes to the conclusion of killing his boyfriend, so as to be the girl's only thought after having committed the extreme act.

I think it's not 100% accurate but it's a good interpretation, since in some of Will Wood's songs (from what I've noticed) the dark part is always present, let me know what you think, and tell me if there are any inaccuracies (obviously all this trying to be constructive).

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u/Power_Crow — 14 days ago