Monday, April 9, 2012

421. "Violet" Hole



"Violet"
Hole
Live Through This
1994

And there is a persistent rumor that Kurt Cobain wrote all the songs on Live Through This and Billy Corgan (Courtney Love's boyfriend at the time) wrote all the songs on Celebrity Skin.
I'm no Courtney Love defender - like pretty much everyone else on Earth, I think she is a terrible person. And I acknowledge that Live Through This sounds like what a Nirvana record in 1994 would have sounded like and Celebrity Skin sounds like what a 1998 Smashing Pumpkins record would like.
But, no, that rumor is wrong, if not outright sexist.
 I lost my Rhode Island accent within two weeks of moving to the west coast. When I later moved to Texas, I was saying "y'all" within about 15 minutes. I have a history of picking up annoying vocal mannerisms from friends and enemies alike, like "dude" and "right on" and "Awesomesauce". (Not "bro", though, if I ever say "bro" I think I would have to shoot myself right in the head.)
SO ANYWAY those guys didn't write those songs. But they were nearby, and Courtney Love just picked up their sensibilities like she would pick up an accent.
Too bad she never dated Jay-Z, I would have liked to hear about the housing projects of Olympia, WA.

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