Love began her professional music career with a brief stint as the lead singer of Faith No More in the 1982. Shortly, she was kicked out of the band, due to the band wanting a male singer. Three years later, she formed an all-female pop-rock band called Sugar Babydoll with Kat Bjelland and Jennifer Finch, and later - also with Bjelland - the Pagan Babies. Love had greater early success as an actress, appearing as the best friend of Nancy Spungen in Alex Cox’s Sid Vicious biopic Sid and Nancy in 1986, and in Cox’s Straight to Hell in 1987, as well as small roles on television episodes.
Returning to music in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Love claims she co-founded the all-female rock band Babes in Toyland with Kat Bjelland in 1987, but others deny it;. Acrimony between Love and Bjelland led to Love’s quick exit from the band. The band’s biographer claims she stole house receipts to a Butthole Surfers concert. In 1989, Love formed her own band, Hole, with guitarist Eric Erlandson. The band’s 1991 debut album garnered little critical or popular attention in the United States but was celebrated in the influential British alternative-music press. Already a star in England, Hole’s fortunes improved considerably wtih Love’s marriage to Kurt Cobain and the publicity about Cobain’s death.
Unpopular with some Nirvana fans (comparisons to Yoko Ono were made early on and persist to this day), Love’s image was further tarnished by a 1992 article in Vanity Fair entitled “Strange Love,” in which she admitted to using heroin in the early stages of pregnancy. As a result, Child Welfare Services briefly investigated the Cobains’ fitness as parents. Love claims to this day that she was misquoted, saying she had told author Lynn Hirschberg that she had stopped using it once she learned she was pregnant.
Like Axl Rose, Love was ridiculed in the press for her abrasive, sometimes erratic behavior, such as cursing at paparazzi and publicly harassing Cobain’s former girlfriend, folksinger Mary Lou Lord.
Shortly before the release of Hole’s breakthrough album Live Through This in April 1994, Cobain committed suicide. Love read his suicide note at a televised memorial a few days later, sobbing hysterically and alternately cursing her husband as a “fucking asshole” and pleading with him to come back. Hole's bassist Kristen Pfaff died of drug overdose two months later. She was replaced by Melissa Auf der Maur later that year.
Love was a fashion trend-setter. In her early career, she modelled a “kinderwhore” look, which she was accused of having ripped off from Bjelland, although other sources suggest that the ripoff was in fact in the opposite direction. Love stated that the look was inspired by Christina Amphlett of 1980s rock group The Divinyls, most famously in a lengthy phone message recorded and subsequently released by The Muffs, who had ironically titled their album Blonder and Blonder after a sarcastic quote by Love regarding lead singer Kim Shattuck. Love’s style has since evolved, and she has modeled for more sophisticated designer labels.
Love received considerable acclaim for her role as Larry Flynt’s wife, Althea, in Milos Forman’s 1996 film The People vs. Larry Flynt, opposite Woody Harrelson as Flynt. She was also praised for her supporting role in the 1998 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, which starred Jim Carrey as Kaufman. Other notable film credits include Basquiat, 200 Cigarettes, and Feeling Minnesota.
Love released solo album ‘America’s Sweetheart’ in 2004, which contained a lot of collaborative work with Brody Dalle of The Distillers. In 2010, she resurrected the Hole name with a new lineup and released ‘Nobody’s Daughter’; this album contains some tracks from the never released album ‘How Dirty Girls Get Clean’.
In late 2012, Love announced per a Twitter account that "Hole is dead", and confirmed she would return to performing as a solo artist under her own name. She also referred to an upcoming single she recorded, produced by James Iha. On December 29, 2012, Love performed an acoustic show in New York, and performed at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. Love has booked a tour of the east coast beginning in June 2013.
[2] Courtney Love is also the name of a band with Lois Maffeo and Pat Maley (Yoyo Recordings Founder). There are multiple explanations for the name, but this was before Love herself became famous. The duo would release three well-regarded 7” singles on K Records and a few compilation tracks, but no albums. They disbanded on 1991.
singles and EPs:
* Uncrushworthy 7” EP, 1990, K Records
* Highlights 7” EP, 1991, K Records
* Hey! Antoinette 7” EP, 1991, Feel Good All Over
compilations:
* “Don’t Mix The Colors”, Kill Rock Stars, 1991, Kill Rock Stars
* “Spray”, Throw: The Yoyo Studio Compilation, 1992, Yoyo Recordings
* “Baseball Bat”, One Last Kiss, 1992, Spinart
* “Motorcycle Boy”, International Pop Underground Convention, 1995, K Records
Almost Golden
Courtney Love Lyrics
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I'll never do to you
Oh no what you do, things I'll never do
Sorry 'bout the fire
Sorry 'bout the torch
Sorry I had to have my revenge
Send it in a note
Say you're sick, you can't get dressed
Come on be on fire
Come on be a liar
My dress is the prettiest
Cover me in burns
Everyone take a turn
Colour me humiliated
My oh my baby you do reflect the sun
And my oh my baby you were almost golden
My oh my oh how you do reflect the sun
And my oh my baby you were almost golden
Sorry 'bout the fire
Sorry 'bout the torch
Sorry I had to have my revenge
Send it in a note
Say you cannot come
Say you are still tied to the bed
When's he gonna come?
When's he gonna spring?
When's he gonna crawl out in public?
When's he gonna come, screaming bombs away?
When's he gonna kill me in this room?
My oh my he's in his glory, yeah
Watch his tearing me down with such a vengeance
Hold on to me
Yeah baby hold, hold on tight
Yeah we'll just see which one of us gets out alive
Oh honey do all the things I'll never do to you
Cover me in fire
Cover me in lies
That's just your entertainment
Sorry I'm upset
Walked a mile behind
I was stuck and you still in a daze
My oh my baby you do reflect the sun
And my oh my baby you were almost golden
My oh my oh yeah you do reflect the sun
And my oh my baby you were almost golden
The song Almost Golden, by Courtney Love, tells a story of a woman seeking revenge on her partner, possibly for infidelity. The lyrics reveal her anger and resentment towards him, as she apologizes for setting fire and carrying out revenge. She mentions that she will ask him to do things to her that she will never do to him, indicating a desire for power and control.
The chorus is poignant, as she reflects on how her partner reflects the sun and was almost golden. It is as if she is mourning the loss of what they once had, before the betrayal. She continues to apologize for her actions, even though it is clear that the relationship is beyond repair. She believes that her partner enjoys tearing her down, as she questions when he will come and "kill her in this room."
Line by Line Meaning
Honey do the things I'll never do to you
Please do those things to me that I am unable to do myself
Oh no what you do, things I'll never do
I am upset that you are doing the things I cannot do
Sorry 'bout the fire
I apologize for setting the fire
Sorry 'bout the torch
I apologize for using the torch
Sorry I had to have my revenge
I am sorry for seeking revenge, but I had to do it
Send it in a note
Send a message in writing
Said you cannot go
Told you that you cannot leave
Say you're sick, you can't get dressed
Say that you are too sick to get dressed
Come on be on fire
Encouraging someone to be passionate
Come on be a liar
Encouraging someone to be deceitful
My dress is the prettiest
I am proud of my dress
Cover me in burns
I want to be covered with burn marks
Everyone take a turn
I am fine with everyone taking a turn to humiliate me
Colour me humiliated
I am completely humiliated
My oh my baby you do reflect the sun
You are radiant and beautiful
And my oh my baby you were almost golden
You were almost perfect
Sorry I had to have my revenge
I am sorry for seeking revenge, but I had to do it
Send it in a note
Send a message in writing
Say you cannot come
State that you cannot come
Say you are still tied to the bed
Say that you are unable to move
When's he gonna come?
When will he arrive?
When's he gonna spring?
When will he come out?
When's he gonna crawl out in public?
When will he show himself in public?
When's he gonna come, screaming bombs away?
When will he come and attack?
When's he gonna kill me in this room?
When will he murder me in this room?
My oh my he's in his glory, yeah
He is enjoying himself
Watch his tearing me down with such a vengeance
He is destroying me with so much hostility
Hold on to me
Keep holding me
Yeah baby hold, hold on tight
Hold me tightly
Yeah we'll just see which one of us gets out alive
Let's see who will survive
Cover me in fire
I want to be covered with flames
Cover me in lies
I want to be surrounded by deceit
That's just your entertainment
You just find it entertaining
Sorry I'm upset
I apologize for being upset
Walked a mile behind
I was left behind
I was stuck and you still in a daze
Even though I was stuck, you were still unresponsive
My oh my baby you do reflect the sun
You are radiant and beautiful
And my oh my baby you were almost golden
You were almost perfect
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: COURTNEY M. LOVE, JAMES BARBER
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