Is “Verse Chorus Verse” the real title of that song ?
When the song first turned up, Kurt called it “Sappy”. But later on it is believed to have switched name to “Verse Chorus Verse”. Chad Channing and a few other have said this. Though, since we don’t know for sure if this is correct – we will just refer to the song as “Sappy”. That title was confirmed by Krist Novoselic in November 1999 to be the name of the song on “No Alternative”. As for the Sappy/VCV thing, James Emmons provided an interesting theory which could very well be true; ” ‘Sappy’ had been around since at least 1988, when Kurt called it ‘Sad’- That song was recorded with Butch Vig at the Smart Sessions in April 1990. Later that year, Kurt wrote ‘Verse Chorus Verse,’ more commonly known as ‘In His Hands (or Room).’ Even early setlists showed ‘VCV’ when ‘In His Hands’ was played. Just because of this, everyone seems to think that the song on ‘No Alternative’ is ‘Sappy,’ because there couldn’t be two songs titled ‘VCV.’ What most people forget, however, is that after the orig
