America's Sweetheart: Courtney Love
Published February 01, 2004
I am still not entirely sure what I think about Courtney Love- besides the fact that she does write some very raw material and that I love her voice. If I have to put her in the class of a Rock and Roll Woman, then I love her because she seems to epitomize that reckless, raw, "just go for it" abandon that I think real rock and roll has lost. Sure, as she has become more popular, her production values on her records have climbed and she is a lot different than that rock floozy that we saw back in Seattle Grunge days but her voice hasn't changed and she knows how to give a good show.
The number one thing that I look for in a good rock band: Do they give good show? Do they make me want to get up, throw things, kiss a random stranger, whip my top off, and chug a beer? This is why I am looking forward to hearing the new album by Courtney. I have heard "Mono", which is okay, hell... in comparison to all the pop crap that come out from the likes of Britney, Christina, Beyonce, etc, it's actually quite refreshing to hear a woman's roar like that. I wanted to get on my motorcycle in my high heeled boots, go down to the local bar, get on top of the bar and kick a few blokes in the face and drink their beers (and damn it, isn't that what a "rock chick" does?)
Madonna has become such a wuss and such a disappointment. For all of Courtney's issues with anger, and drugs, for all her issue with the former members of Nirvana, Courtney is Courtney- an attention grabbing rock diva. She is Rock and Roll. She's trouble. And I gotta say, I do like a bit of trouble.
So I am thinking in the course of writing this, that I have decided that I do like Courtney, because she has the tits (boys, change "tits" to "balls" and you will understand what I am saying here) to do what she does. I only hope she goes pissing and cussing into her grave and not turn into a pathetic joke in her middle to old age like Madonna. I just wish she's lay off the plastic surgery. Courtney is starting to look super scary.
** I also want to add that I love the album art from what I see so far! Would make a great pin up tattoo!**
We need more piss and vinegar women in the world!
- America's Sweetheart: Courtney Love
- Published: February 01, 2004
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- Writer: Ms. Tek
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Courtney Love is back and it was worth the wait. It's about time she came back and showed all those little boy bands who think they're rock what it's really all about. The album is great and will not disappoint any fan of hers, although she doesn't really try anything new, why fix it if it isn't broken? It contains all the screaming guitars and vocals that are signature of Courtney. However, there are some parts where I wonder what she was thinking, one of the most out-standing being the chorus of Julian, 'I see Paris, I see France, I can see your underpants'. This lacks any conviction and is very disappointing since we all know how great a song writer she is. It makes me wonder if she was taking the p**s on this song which I certainly hope she was. However in saying that, it's still a great album from a great rock star. You show them how it's done Courtney!!!
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Courtney Love is coming to save rock n roll! Well ... maybe nothing that grand, but she is a great rock diva! She has never been a singer as much as someone who knows how to make a song erupt from her gut. Celine Dion may have technique, Britney Spears may be a good dancer, but Courtney makes you BELIEVE every word. She "fakes it so real she's beyond fake!" She's post-irony! And personally AMERICA'S SWEETHEART is one of my most eagerly awaited releases of this or any year! MONO is brilliant and sharp! "GOD you owe me one more song/ So I can prove I'm better than HIM!" Is she wailing about Kurt, Eminem, Fred Durst, or her Hole partner Eric Erlandson? Probably all of them at once! HIM is collective, and Courtney is here to prove that great rock is sexless! She may be a mess in real life, but she's gonna prove that three chords and a lot of estrogen are more powerful than anything!