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^ a b "Richard Patrick of Filter Talks About 'Hey Man Nice Shot' and Kurt Cobain"."Top Ten Mediocre Post-Grunge / Alternative Bands". ^ Unterberger, Andrew (August 6, 2004). Nice Shot - Filter is set to rock the Deadwood Jam Stage Shoving a fist in the face of tradition has been Filters modus operandi since.Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. ^ "Filter Anthems for the Damned Review - Review of Filter Album Anthems for the Damned".Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. "The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999: Critics' Picks". ^ a b Unterberger, Andrew (April 8, 2019)."Song Of The Week: Filter's "Hey Man Nice Shot" ". White Like That (Dictaphone Version) (2:12).
Hey Man Nice Shot (Big Mac Instrumental) (8:43).Hey Man Nice Shot (1/4 Pound Instrumental) (4:59).All three of these versions feature footage with color effects being added in during the post-production of the video. The first version uses the album mix of the song a second uses the promo-only remix later heard in The Cable Guy and a third version uses the "Sober Mix". There are at least three versions of the music video for "Hey Man Nice Shot". Musically, the verses of the song feature a "bed of ambient guitar" made with looped feedback as well as a distinctive palm-muted bass line, contrasting with the louder, guitar-heavy choruses and ending. 357 Magnum revolver during a press conference without injuring anyone else.Īlthough singer and songwriter Richard Patrick frequently clarified this in interviews, as well as the fact that he had first written the song in 1991 before the band even had a record deal, the song's popularity was augmented by a widespread perception that it was about the 1994 suicide of Kurt Cobain. Professing his innocence and decrying the legal system, Dwyer shot and killed himself with a. Dwyer had been convicted of bribery charges in December 1986, and was expected to receive a long sentence from U.S. Budd Dwyer on January 22, 1987, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The song was written about the public suicide of Pennsylvania state treasurer R.