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
Hello
Courtney Love Lyrics
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I'm about to take all your innocence for free
In the end you're gonna want to pay me any and everything
Shut up
I'm about to tell you how I won the war
Won't tell you what or how or when
In the end you're never ever ever gonna ask what for
Are you talking to me
Hello hello hello hello hello hello
Breathe, baby, breathe
Shut up
I'm about to tell you about the difference you'll never make
And win the war with no regrets no hurt no pain no shame
Shut up
I'm about to tell you some secrets you'll never know
Now don't ask what don't moan don't cry don't even ask what this is gonna go
Hello hello hello hello hello hello
Are you talking to me
Hello hello hello hello hello hello
Breathe, baby, breathe
What's the matter?
My babys dead
His heart went blind on me
My dress caught fire with one match that you gave me
And all that's left is your bail and the breath I got
I won't change and you're missing me 'cause your phonecalls gone and...
No-ones coming
No-nes coming
No-ones coming
No-ones coming for you
Hello hello hello hello hello
My dress on fire
Hello hello hello hello hello
It's burning down
Hello hello hello hello hello
I got no desire
Would you believe this
Same day
Same year
Ring around the rosey
Yeah addicted to all that shit
Pocket full of real estate
Tax return
Don't you hate when it all burns down
Die die dust dust
Fire baby, fire baby, fire baby, fire baby
Fire
The lyrics of Courtney Love's song "Hello" are highly metaphorical, making it possible to interpret them in multiple ways. One interpretation is that the lines "Shut up, I'm about to take all your innocence for free. In the end, you're gonna want to pay me any and everything" describe the singer's intention to seduce someone and take away their purity without asking for anything in return. In essence, she is taking advantage of that person, and they will eventually become attached to her and be willing to do anything for her. The themes of sexual dominance and manipulation are prevalent in this part of the song.
However, the song also touches on themes of regret, loss, and destruction. Love sings, "My dress caught fire with one match that you gave me, and all that's left is your bail and the breath I got." This line suggests that the singer may have been reckless, possibly engaging in self-destructive behavior with someone who has caused her harm. It is not clear whether the person who gave her the match is responsible for this situation, but the imagery of a burning dress is highly symbolic of the singer's life going up in flames.
In general, the lyrics of "Hello" are highly poetic, using metaphor and imagery to convey complex emotional and psychological states. The song touches on themes of power, control, submission, and destruction, and it is open to multiple interpretations.
Line by Line Meaning
Shut up
Please be quiet
I'm about to take all your innocence for free
I'm going to do something bad to you without any cost
In the end you're gonna want to pay me any and everything
You will be wanting to repay me in any way after I take your innocence
I'm about to tell you how I won the war
I'm going to talk about my victory
Won't tell you what or how or when
I won't reveal the details
In the end you're never ever ever gonna ask what for
You will never ask me for a reason
Hello hello hello hello hello hello
I'm trying to get your attention
Are you talking to me
Am I being addressed?
Breathe, baby, breathe
Take a deep breath
I'm about to tell you about the difference you'll never make
I'm going to talk about how insignificant you are
And win the war with no regrets no hurt no pain no shame
And I won't have any guilt or regret after winning
I'm about to tell you some secrets you'll never know
I'm going to keep some secrets hidden from you
Now don't ask what don't moan don't cry don't even ask what this is gonna go
Don't ask what's happening or complain or cry, please
What's the matter?
What is wrong?
My babys dead
My baby has died
His heart went blind on me
His heart stopped beating
My dress caught fire with one match that you gave me
My dress caught fire easily with the match you gave me
And all that's left is your bail and the breath I got
All that remains is your help to get out of this situation
I won't change and you're missing me 'cause your phonecalls gone and...
I won't change and you're feeling my absence because you can't call me now
No-ones coming
No one will be coming to help
It's burning down
It's all on fire now
I got no desire
I have no intention of doing anything
Would you believe this
Can you believe it?
Same day
On the same day
Same year
On the same year
Ring around the rosey
A reference to a nursery rhyme
Yeah addicted to all that shit
I'm addicted to all those bad things
Pocket full of real estate
I have a lot of expensive assets
Tax return
Returning the taxes
Don't you hate when it all burns down
Don't you hate when everything catches fire?
Die die dust dust
Dying and turning to dust
Fire baby, fire baby, fire baby, fire baby
Reference to things catching fire
Lyrics © TEAMJBTUNZ, BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: GERARD JOHN BEST, COURTNEY M. LOVE, LINDA PERRY, PATRICIA THERESA SCHEMEL
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