The band had a revolving line-up of bassists and drummers, their most prolific being drummer Patty Schemel, and bassists Kristen Pfaff (d. 1994) and Melissa Auf der Maur. In 2002 the group disbanded to pursue other projects. Eight years later in 2010, Hole was reformed by Love with new members, despite Erlandson's claim that the reformation breached a mutual contract he had with Love. The reformed band released the album Nobody's Daughter, which had originally been conceived as Love's second solo album. In 2013, Love retired the Hole name, releasing new material and touring as a solo artist.
Hole has been noted for being one of the most commercially successful female-fronted rock bands of all time, selling over three million records in the United States alone and having a far-reaching influence on contemporary female artists. Music and feminist scholars have also recognized the band as the most high-profile musical group of the 1990s to discuss gender issues in their songs, due to Love's aggressive and violent lyrical content, which often addressed themes of body image, abuse, and sexual exploitation.
Hole went on to become the most commercially successful female-fronted grunge band in history, selling over 3 million records in the United States between 1991 and 2010. In spite of Love's often polarizing reputation in the media, Hole received consistent critical praise for their output, and was often noted for the predominant feminist commentary found in Love's lyrics, which scholars have credited as "articulating a third-wave feminist consciousness". Love's subversive onstage persona and public image coincided with the band's songs, which expressed "pain, sorrow, and anger, but [an] underlying message of survival, particularly survival in the face of overwhelming circumstances." Music journalist Maria Raha expressed a similar sentiment in regard to the band's significance to third-wave feminism, stating, "Whether you love Courtney [Love] or hate her, Hole was the highest-profile female-fronted band of the '90s to openly and directly sing about feminism."
While Rolling Stone compared the effect of Love's marriage to Kurt Cobain on the band to that of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, they noted that "Love's confrontational stage presence, as well as her gut-wrenching vocals and powerful punk-pop songcraft, made her an alternative-rock star in her own right." Author Nick Wise made a similar comparison in discussion of the band's public image, stating, "Not since Yoko Ono's marriage to John Lennon has a woman's personal life and exploits within the rock arena been so analyzed and dissected." The band has been cited as a major influence on several contemporary artists, including indie singer songwriter Scout Niblett, Brody Dalle of the Distillers and Spinnerette, Sky Ferreira, Lana Del Rey, Tove Lo, Tegan and Sara, and the British rock band Nine Black Alps. The band ranked at #77 of VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists.
11.Playing your song
Hole Lyrics
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You're drunk on apathy
You burned right out
Hey you you're just a cripple now
They sell for millions now
They sold you out
And oh I had to tell them you were gone
And now they're playing your song
Hey you don't take it out on me
You're bored of everything
You burned right out
Hey you so bored and cynical
It's fucking wonderful
They sold you out
And, oh, they've bought and sold it all,
It's gone
They've taken it and built a mall
And now they're playing your song
Ooh, their innocence tastes like candy, yeah
Get so fat on it, it's a tragedy, yeah
Ooh, I can help you come to me, yeah
Just bring your innocence to me, yeah
Hey you, don't you dare blame me
You trusted everything
They sold you out
Hey, you, now when they call it cool
It's just so mean and cruel
They sold you out
And, oh, they bought and sold it all, it's gone
And every note of it is wrong
And now they're playing your song
In "Playing Your Song" Hole's lead singer Courtney Love paints a picture of the rise and fall of a musician who once had potential, but was used and chewed up by the industry. The song takes on a critical, almost condescending tone, as Love addresses the "you" in the song who is "way ahead of" her, but has now "burned right out" and become "just a cripple now." Love suggests that the industry turned the musician into a product and sold them out for millions, resulting in their downfall. The musician is now gone, and Love had to tell the industry that they were wrong.
The song is a critique of the music industry and how it can use and destroy talent. The lyrics are particularly poignant, as they describe a talented individual who was unable to withstand the pressures of the industry and gave in to apathy and cynicism. The image of the industry selling the musician out for millions and then building a mall over it is particularly striking, suggesting that the industry is willing to destroy creativity for a quick profit.
Line by Line Meaning
Hey you you're way ahead of me
You're further ahead in life than I am
You're drunk on apathy
You've become indifferent and uninterested in life
You burned right out
You used to have passion, but now you've lost it
Hey you you're just a cripple now
You're now powerless and unable to do anything
They sell for millions now
The things that used to be valuable are now worthless
They sold you out
They betrayed you for money or power
And oh I had to tell them you were gone
I had to inform them that you're no longer here
I had to tell them they were wrong
I had to correct their erroneous beliefs
And now they're playing your song
They're exploiting your legacy for their own benefit
Hey you don't take it out on me
Don't blame me for the situation you find yourself in
You're bored of everything
You've lost all interest in life and everything around you
Hey you so bored and cynical
You're now apathetic and distrustful of anything positive
It's fucking wonderful
You find your current situation satisfying, even though it's hopeless
And, oh, they've bought and sold it all,
They've manipulated everything for their own gain
It's gone
They've consumed and ruined all that once held value
They've taken it and built a mall
They've destroyed everything to build a monument to consumerism
Ooh, their innocence tastes like candy, yeah
The naivety and purity of others is an easy target for exploitation
Get so fat on it, it's a tragedy, yeah
They've consumed so much purity that it's become a tragedy
Ooh, I can help you come to me, yeah
I can provide a solution to this corrupted world
Just bring your innocence to me, yeah
Bring your purity and trust to me
Hey you, don't you dare blame me
Don't hold me responsible for what others have done to you
You trusted everything
You once had faith in everything, but it was misplaced trust
Hey, you, now when they call it cool
Nowadays, things are considered 'cool' but they're actually cruel
And every note of it is wrong
Everything about the current state of the world is wrong
And now they're playing your song
They're using your tragedy to make profit and entertainment
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Eric T Erlandson, Courtney M. Love
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