Courtney Love completely revamped Hole before recording their second album, keeping only Eric Erlandson in the lineup. That is one of the reasons why Live Through This sounds so shockingly different from Pretty on the Inside, but the real reason is Love's desire to compete in the same commercial alternative rock arena as her husband, Kurt Cobain. In fact, many rumors have claimed that Cobain ghostwrote a substantial chunk of the album, and while that's unlikely, there's no denying that his patented stop-start dynamics, bare chords, and punk-pop melodies provide the blueprint for Live Through This. Love adds her signature rage and feminist rhetoric to the formula, but the lyrics that truly resonate are the ones that unintentionally predict Cobain's suicide. For all the raw pain of the lyrics, Live Through This rarely sounds raw because of the shiny production and the carefully considered dynamics. Despite this flaw, the album retains its power because it was one of the few records patterned on Nevermind that gets the formula right, with a set of gripping hooks and melodies that retain their power even if they follow the predictable grunge pattern.
This one's been thrown around here a bit, but it seems the only song that gets noticed is _Violet_, and rightly so, it's great tune, but I kind of like this one for punk Tuesday. Oh yeah, back in the day it was this and _The Downward Spiral_ back to back pretty much daily in the January, February time period in 1995.
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..."Violet" is one of the handful of songs that I remember hearing for the first time...I clearly recall exactly where I was standing (it was in the doorway of the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club in Little Five Points, Atlanta about 13 years ago)...I just knew I had to go out and buy this LP once I figured out who it was (I was a little faded from the pitchers of Guinness I'd been drinking down the st...
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At noon I told myself I'd only be online for 30 minutes - two hours later I'm still here - listening to 1994 Hole and reliving the music I remember from 12 years ago. Between torrents and Multiply my laundry is piling up and my frig is empty! Mogsters are the best at sharing....thanks to the post recently about the multiply website/group.
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HoleI know a ton of people hate them...or her. And I know she has become somewhat of a trainwreck of a human being. And I know that everyone says that Billy Corgan or Kurt wrote most of 'Live Through This', but that is still one of my favorite records ever. Its stills sounds as angry and vital today as when it was recorded...The clip is of Hole doing one of my favorite Dylan songs...I am not s...
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I love being able to go to shows...by myself, with a friend, a group of friends..whatever, I have yet to find anything better to spend money on than live music...so here are the next couple of months...i have chosen ROCK as my sould mate!!Fri 09/29/06 Cracker Andyman's Tree House Thu 10/05/06 The Strokes Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Tue 10/10/06 Gomez Newport ...
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I think this is my all time favorite album closer....perfect!
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HoleI know a ton of people hate them...or her. And I know she has become somewhat of a trainwreck of a human being. And I know that everyone says that Billy Corgan or Kurt wrote most of 'Live Through This', but that is still one of my favorite records ever. Its stills sounds as angry and vital today as when it was recorded...The clip is of Hole doing one of my favorite Dylan songs...I am not s...
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She stood there by the one candle in the room excited to see me. We had just tasted that soft hello kiss we always shared when I walked through the door of her condo sized apartment. The kind of space only artists rent in places like New York in the movies. But she could afford it on her salary.She tasted like wine that was reflected in her hands, the glass was still half full. She leaned the g...
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I love being able to go to shows...by myself, with a friend, a group of friends..whatever, I have yet to find anything better to spend money on than live music...so here are the next couple of months...i have chosen ROCK as my sould mate!!Fri 09/29/06 Cracker Andyman's Tree House Thu 10/05/06 The Strokes Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Tue 10/10/06 Gomez Newport ...
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..."Violet" is one of the handful of songs that I remember hearing for the first time...I clearly recall exactly where I was standing (it was in the doorway of the Euclid Avenue Yacht Club in Little Five Points, Atlanta about 13 years ago)...I just knew I had to go out and buy this LP once I figured out who it was (I was a little faded from the pitchers of Guinness I'd been drinking down the st...
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Part of my day is spent taking care of children. As some of you know by now, a very cool little boy named Colm used to grace me with his presence. His parents finished school last week, so he no longer would be coming on a regular basis. So here I was, bummed out wondering what shit job I would search for out there in the real world with my useless psychology degree, having decided that maybe...
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This one's been thrown around here a bit, but it seems the only song that gets noticed is _Violet_, and rightly so, it's great tune, but I kind of like this one for punk Tuesday. Oh yeah, back in the day it was this and _The Downward Spiral_ back to back pretty much daily in the January, February time period in 1995.
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At noon I told myself I'd only be online for 30 minutes - two hours later I'm still here - listening to 1994 Hole and reliving the music I remember from 12 years ago. Between torrents and Multiply my laundry is piling up and my frig is empty! Mogsters are the best at sharing....thanks to the post recently about the multiply website/group.
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| 1 Violet |
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| 2 Miss World |
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| 3 Plump |
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| 4 Asking for It |
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| 5 Jennifer's Body |
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| 6 Doll Parts |
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| 7 Credit in the Straight World |
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| 8 Softer, Softest |
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| 9 She Walks on Me |
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| 10 I Think That I Would Die |
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| 11 Gutless |
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| 12 Rock Star |
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