Hole - Beautiful Son

"Beautiful Son" by Hole, written about Kurt Cobain and how he'd wear dresses as a child.
Lyrics:
You look good in my dress
I'll get your friends to clean the mess
You look good in my clothes
I can feel you where the doctor goes
My beautiful son
My beautiful son
My beautiful son
My beautiful son
Yeah, I know
Yeah, I know
He had ribbons in his hair
And lipstick was everywhere
You look good in my dress
You look good in my dress
My beautiful son
My beautiful son
My beautiful son
My beautiful son
Yeah, I know
I know
You're barren like me
You're barren
Yeah, I know
Yeah, I know
My beautiful son
My beautiful son
My beautiful son
My beautiful son

[@robertpearson9137]

He does look good in her dress.

[@juliocarloz7839]

This is grunge! Love SCREAMS of Courtney!!!

[@raymanda3351]

She was the best screaer back in the day

[@claystablein9739]

This is actually equal to any hardcore punk out of California.

[@Vf46]

this song is a Hole classic

[@sugary_placenta5499]

Truth

[@ashleykidd9044]

He had ribbons in his hair and lipstick was everywhere....you look good in my dress.... love hole....fave band for over 18 years. They werent even popular when I got into them

[@sumayyahazhar5954]

Wow that's crazy I'm 18 and I got into them around two years ago and you've been into them for as long as I've been alive woah

[@maryjaskiewicz2342]

I have loved this since 1994 thank you so much❤❤❤❤

[@lisalentile177]

I like her so what if everyone hates her she's just wild and crazy that's all

[@chriskline7389]

Amen

[@ana-cx9ry]

she’s also racist 🤪

[@nympha6147]

clarissa really?

[@ot.productions7835]

have you ever googled her name

[@biggringus5499]

@Oscar Temple Lol exactly. She's a dangerous psycho.

[@geraldjenkins7719]

This is PURE Grunge at it's best and I've got to say that Hole was an AMAZING Band, Courtney REALLY deserves her do for writing and performing an AWESOMELY INCREDIBLE song.I never knew that Hole was this good.👍

[@sammi4982]

My son is beautiful no matter what he chooses to wear!!!

[@jounik8980]

But not throwing pink fly golf

[@vickirose1537]

Mine too 🌜

[@alvinhaglund5811]

my daughter loves dresses and my son loves dinosaurs ... does that make me hitler?

[@sugary_placenta5499]

@@alvinhaglund5811 HUH

[@didsthecat1503]

@@alvinhaglund5811More right wing loon talk. The desire to be persecuted is laughable

[@NNNNNNNNVVVVVNNNNNN]

It's crystal clear why Kurt married Courtney.

[@diamond-vm5sl]

Because they are the same?

[@elizabethdavis7922]

His favorite person is an understatement. I'd marry her in an instant.

[@micaela7159]

Elizabeth Davis Same :)

[@micnik4793]

Why?

[@anapaulacavalcante6600]

Maybe love maybe pregnancy who knows

[@nicolina429]

Kurt was a such a hottie.

[@lookatme5939]

Damn

[@scratch5191]

Eric's guitar is epic

[@diamond-vm5sl]

One of my favs by Hole...

[@TheAlexandra10122]

Why the hell was I not born in the 80’s damn..

[@grimmcalypso396]

You could of bern born in 1988 and still would of missed this era. You're thinking 70s/late 60s

[@lookatme5939]

This song came out in like 94/95

[@aaronwest2947]

You look good in my dress I'll get your friends to clean the mess You look good in my clothes I can feel you where the doctor goes My beautiful son Yeah, I know He had ribbons in his hair And lipstick was everywhere You look good in my dress You look good in my dress My beautiful son Yeah, I know You're barren like me You're barren My beautiful son

[@katierebeccawilson6845]

no, this is about the time kurt wore courtney's dress, you can see it in Montage.

[@jackdawson5490]

@hanajinks lmoa he wasnt gay

[@jackdawson5490]

@hanajinksWithout a doubt he was feminine but that does not mean gay. He literally says in an interview he experimented as a teen and even wished he was gay. Which makes it very clear to me that he wasnt. Why would you be open enough to say that you wished you were gay but not actually? Also i don't trust Courtney Loves account

[@micaela7159]

hanajinks Can you explain to me?

[@micaela7159]

Where? Cant find it?

[@micnik4793]

@hanajinks What biography? And when did he experiment?

[@gracejohnson3386]

Definitely not about him wearing dresses as a kid, he wore dresses as an adult, on and off stage

[@inb4thekill]

"Love is reported to have written the lyrics of "Beautiful Son" about Cobain's crossdressing as a child." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Son#cite_note-7

[@stevenmaffioli2]

fuckin love courtney

[@dsab381]

Fantastic!!

[@deansnyder2234]

This is one one of my favorite Hole songs-and thanks so much for making this video. 🤘🏼

[@MrBlackcandy85]

one of their best

[@PylonSalt]

DGC Rareties is a great CD all the way through.

[@vickirose1537]

He WAS very beautiful (in a masculine sort of way)..... 💓

[@andrewmark2783]

The point is that you don't need to add "in a masculine way". Kurt was completely opposed to the idea of hegemonic masculinity, as is Courtney. Boys and girls can be androgynous and beautiful.

[@introvertedalien3966]

Yep. You nailed it. He was completely anti machismo

[@johngilliam6764]

​@@introvertedalien3966except he was very masculine and nirvana wouldn't have worked if he was feminine

[@inb4thekill]

He was more androgynous than masculine

[@katie2275]

I think this is Hole’s sweetest song, it’s so tender

[@Oc3ans0fst4rs]

Listen to heaven tonight,i dont like it that much but its a cute song

[@cronotose8558]

this is actually probably my favorite hole song

[@grimmcalypso396]

Eric wanted to change the riff up he thought it sounded too much like SLTS lol

[@thesovgc]

Ngl I like this song more than SLTS

[@lovehearty42]

"You're barren Like me" JESUS. Talk about a punch right where my uterus should be (not on Love's part, she's fantastic, just the lyric).

[@athenahitchin7738]

I know right?

[@Rh-sl2kt]

You're not entitled to women's organs. There's no place in your body where "a uterus should be" because you don't have one. You don't get to have everything you want just because you're a man.

[@Rh-sl2kt]

@@sugary_placenta5499 I'm a woman. An actual one though, not the mentally ill man-in-a-dress kind.

[@gabriellacapodaglio7465]

❤❤❤

[@jessicaalexandramayorquinm6297]

Me fascina this song

[@johnnymk6874]

Simmm

[@destinyhero1]

Thanks for posting the lyrics too :D

[@iliketodreambutshewontcare4691]

He look good in my dresss

[@bowenmcconnie]

I'm in Bissett's "Freedom Poem" on youtube...

[@ot.productions7835]

sounds like mildred pierce by sonic youth

[@vickirose1537]

Interesting

[@ametyste0992]

Hmmm Yeah i Just check Sonic youth and they really sounds similar. A little. Both songs are great. Iam Hole fan👍

[@gowri7004]

@@ametyste0992 well kim gordon produced pretty on the inside so…

[@stephanegreget4068]

Nirvana 👍👍👍

[@anastazjasowska6754]

You look good in my dress I'll get your friends to clean the mess You look good in my clothes I can feel you where the doctor goes My beautiful son (x4) Yeah... I know (x2) He had ribbons in his hair And lipstick was everywhere You look good in my dress You look good in my dress My beautiful son (x4) Yeah..I know (x2) You're barren... like me You're barren Yeah... I know (x2) My beautiful son (x4)

[@ratgirlratgirl7928]

'As a *child*? --> 0:45

[@Mr.B.B.Wolfman]

yeah. school picture day.

[@inb4thekill]

"Love is reported to have written the lyrics of "Beautiful Son" about Cobain's crossdressing as a child." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Son#cite_note-7

[@scratch5191]

Guitar has HIJINXXX

[@somethinginspanish]

"as a child????"

[@inb4thekill]

"Love is reported to have written the lyrics of "Beautiful Son" about Cobain's crossdressing as a child." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Son#cite_note-7

[@leyahwatson4826]

This sounds like a nirvana song. 😭🖤

[@claystablein9739]

Not even close. Nivana NEVER reached this level of punk rock. EVER

[@sugary_placenta5499]

Alright…

[@niiii87]

Not really

[@mycellphoneisred]

Hole sounds so much like Nirvana sometimes it's crazy. I'm not bashing Hole at all, just saying that the similarities are striking.

[@thetruth72667]

Well that sort of thing usually happens when two groups have the same songwriter. lol

[@adrianamonterrey7492]

except,,, they don't...

[@bridget278]

probably mutually influenced each other, however i always had the impression she might have drawn influence from a nirvana song for this on purpose because it’s about kurt.

[@camilaibarra1929]

They were married. Of curse they have influenced each other at some point.

[@beeztrapp1612]

Yeah, it's almost like 2 members of the respective bands were sleeping together during their (debateable) creative peaks.

[@mimi-pw1ev]

Put on spotify pla

[@stbetsy]

it is on spotify

[@mimi-pw1ev]

@@stbetsy i cant find it!! howd you find it??

[@slowyourroll1146]

@@mimi-pw1ev just search up Beautiful Son should currently be the first result and the album cover has a toy on the front

[@agurobe]

I wish we could hear Kurt's demos when he was working on these songs.

[@zonapolicemana]

women actually arent all illiterate, hope this helps

[@agurobe]

@@zonapolicemana I dont get it??

[@zonapolicemana]

@@agurobe courtney can write, she doesnt need a man to do it for her and shes a much better lyricist than kurt was

[@agurobe]

@@zonapolicemana oh ok i c. Sorry. I wish she would make another album like this one today it would be soooo amazing!!! I would love to meet her i would be her yes man :) Seriously she is a very unique person super smart.

[@jasonstone2960]

i probably played this for you before.

[@romildagreen7718]

Dorothea dont wrote .gerda Heinz courtney Love and James moreland wrote. in 1992.

[@micnik4793]

james moreland? how do you know that?

[@leoguimaraes640]

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" riff..

[@PAULLONDEN]

It'll fit Grohly too.Don't like to see that Novo dude in a dress though.

[@louisea9607]

Is that Kurt?

[@louisea9607]

***** He was such a good looking guy.

[@diamond-vm5sl]

+Louisea We all know :)

[@stephaniekrawiec6758]

Makes you think twice about the rich and famous. Sadly, I d ont; I just want to be rich and famous! I fee l bad for Franceswhen Courtney had to tell her what her fAther did...,why she doesn’t have a dad...keep your head on Frances!

[@Robin-bv4es]

i know... when i think of Frances and people in similar situations, I just think, how would it feel if everyone in the world knew your family except you? yunno?

[@sofysixx]

this song sounds like nirvanaa ..

[@katierebeccawilson6845]

+sofia sarmiento it does actually

[@samuraidan44]

he wrote it and gave it to Courtney, the original is old age

[@anjelinavillalobos3973]

+The Amazing Ricochet im confused; this doesnt sound like "old age"

[@jackodonoghue3233]

katie rebecca Wilson no. Courtney wrote this. The hole version of old age is called old age.

[@thetruth72667]

El Jefe: Yea Kurt definitely wrote this.

[@mamanik7627]

Billy Corgan writes some good shit