Hole - Clouds (live Joni Mitchell cover 1990, RARE)

Performed at Raji's Club in Hollywood, July 26, 1990. Extremely rare since the song was seldom performed live. The song is a cover of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", and would eventually make it onto their debut album, Pretty on the Inside (1991).
Lyric transcription:
Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way
Moons and Junes and ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel when,
When every fairytale comes real
I've looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things that I could have done
But clouds got in my way
But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know,
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at clouds that way
Well now my friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, man, they say I've changed,
Well, something's wrong and rearranged
From living every...
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose, man, and still somehow,
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know,
I really don't know,
I really don't know,
I really don't know,
I really don't know life at all

[@hinder57]

Brings back memories of old English malt, liquor, and good punk rock. This is my favorite song by hole.🎶🎵

[@tree-huggersans-cur4371]

The ecstasy is peeking

[@sugararteries454]

There's so few live versions of this, tnx for uploading!

[@luposoli1667]

Longlivehole love 💕💕😘...yes that's them all 👍👍. right

[@hinder57]

Oh yeah.

[@ermertieplug]

The song is unrecognizable. How is this a cover?

[@hinder57]

Check out their first album and look for the song titled clouds. Then you should easily be able to match this medium distortion sounding version which we are so blessed to have.👌

[@ermertieplug]

@@hinder57 come on It's awful. It has nothing that even resembles the original classic and if you're just going to scream the lyrics and distort the melody then why even call it a cover? Anyone can make noise.

[@OSIRIS1980WHS]

Sound is akin to free jazz. Cliche to compare with SONIC YOUTH. Band could had gigged in late 70s early 80s jazz lofts in lower Manhattan. JOHN CAGE might like this. I loathe the people who blame HER for HIS death.

[@hinder57]

The ideal comment! I saw this band and got to meet them as well as sonic youth all playing together that Quinn Thurston and Kim had just a small baby and we took her video camera that queen there weren’t phones with cameras! Oh, how I missed those days

[@suzaneoleary810]

Is that Courtney Love playing the guitar?

[@pretendfriend1417]

Lol no. Eric does most if not all the guitar.

[@deadbird1229]

Her guitar is somewhere in the mix there, but I think Eric is the one with the wah pedal which gives it that effect

[@stevenmoors2195]

Of course it's Courtney playing guitar. I saw her do it sooo many times live!

[@tree-huggersans-cur4371]

It’s 2 chords D5 and G5 how hard can it be?