The Traumas and Rock Stars That Inspired Courtney Love on LIVE THROUGH THIS

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[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

Generation X were a bunch of communists

[@justmissjamey]

@@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 lol why would you say this??

[@shadowsanddust2]

Cleanliness is next to GODLINESS.. @TrashTheory That is on the Banner in Violet video.. and a Smashing pumpkin lyric

[@michaelhall5429]

Hey is old age the same basic melody idea as that song that dude wrote for Karen o that went "I won't runnnnnn far, I will always be here etc"? If that's too vague I'm willing to clarify.

[@michaelhall5429]

@@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 good for them.

[@alejandroescalante6338]

I was on the verge of suicide, dealing with PTSD after surviving rape, Live Through This was not only the soundtrack of my recovery (or at least the start of it) I wouldn't have survived it without it. Regardless of my experience it's a great piece of honest and crude art.

[@amethyst1267]

I'm glad this album got you through those times. Much love to you

[@sharon-bp9pk]

I love you. Thanks for sharing!

[@RoxanneLaWinSTABBY]

It seemed to land at a really important moment in time for so many people. Such an important record. I’m glad to hear you’re still here. I’ll think of you the next time I hear those jangling opening notes of Violet. (Probably this afternoon. It’s my best record)

[@fatbitch7168]

i'm terribly sorry that you went through such a horrible experience and i really hope you're doing better now!! sending you tons of love and support wherever you are ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@somerandomarmydude]

Mine was Mushroomhead and Korn albums.

[@jess-zo5hl]

Live Through This is like nothing I've ever heard before. I first heard it when I was 14 and listened to it for 6 months straight. It continues to be my favorite album of all time and everytime I listen to it, it feels new

[@demun6065]

And through nostalgia, people actually think 'Friends' was a good tv show.

[@lolagranola77]

indeed

[@ShakespearsCyst]

"I hexed him. Now he's losing his hair." Absolutely amazing 😂

[@scottbutkowski5803]

I got scared when I heard her say that. I, Uh, Have a Courtney story of my own. She meant that shit.

[@olorinKI]

She's right, I need more girls to make angry records. Fuel that fire!

[@joejellyfish]

Yes!

[@jumpman93LP]

you should listen to spiritbox!

[@mariamiamonteleone]

Yessss

[@zoeyknipstein3701]

listen to Bikini Kill!

[@madpoetsociety2917]

@Insomnia No aggro but... I really fucking hate that description, "young and hungry". So, they make nice music? Okay. But don't make them sound like fuck dolls.

[@fezzian]

No musician has changed my life quite like Courtney has. I've survived childhood abuse, domestic abuse, and many other traumas. Her music has always allowed me to take the power back. I owe her so much.

[@user-bt7ix6sw2g]

I feel you so much, she was the only one with me in my darkest times

[@avoiceinthedark2028]

Me too! Live through this saved my life, I was 13 when I got it

[@Dustpuma1]

And she ruined Kurt so yea gj loser

[@lobotomyscam1051]

"Musician"? Listen to her isolated guitar tracks from live concerts. It sounds like a four-year-old getting his first guitar.

[@stocks7765]

Mine also, she killed my hero😡

[@Cookie_DDD]

Courtney Love is a brilliant artist and "Live Through This" is a genius record. For women my age (teens or young adults when the record dropped) this album is sacred. Such a gift to the world. Thank you Trash Theory for delivering a video that is worthy of Courtney, Hole, and this tremendous album.

[@90sArchive]

@@lukehanlon3814 What a load of crap

[@sumayyahazhar5954]

Honestly, just for women in general. I discovered live through this as a fifteen year old twenty two years after its release and it's sacred to me too. Stuff of legend, I'm envious you got to experience it first hand :)

[@PollyGammy]

I was 12 or so when this dropped. It shaped my adolescence. Doll Parts was such a mind blowing experience. Somebody finally talked about how I felt. Violet, the title track, Jennifer’s Body. I fiercely support this album and always will.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

@@90sArchive he’s been spamming nearly every comment thread with that crap. Reported multiple times. Hopefully it’ll be deleted.

[@davidellis5141]

Just became like #200

[@CounterFleche]

What a refreshing change to watch a video about Courtney Love that isn't full of toxic hate or conspiracy-theory nonsense. *Live Through This" is an amazing album.

[@Tornado1994]

Courtney Love loved Kurt, She would have NEVER wanted or brought any harm to him. She tried to help him, but he didn't want to help himself.

[@fionappleswings]

im not even kidding, live through this saved my life

[@Elwyn_the_Weird]

same.

[@squid-ink74]

me too 🖤🧿

[@Maudluvv]

Tbh idk if it saved my life but the first time i played violet i felt so much peace and i felt like i actually knew who i was for the first time :)

[@Sam-xe2bz]

mine too. 🖤

[@erickmcmillan7062]

Same here

[@AGrrrlsTwoSoundCents]

I don’t care what anybody says, I will always love her and her music will always be my emotional crutch. She got me through the hellish pits of girlhood and I am forever grateful for that 🖤

[@saintnicole3209]

seriously!! live through this is such an important album. especially for sexual assault survivors. this album helped me heal in ways that have never been matched

[@lydiatankersley8154]

She said the n word at a concert lol

[@kaziasantos5460]

@@lydiatankersley8154 Cool.

[@mrqs1549]

I love Miss Love. We all know there is a lot of sexism against her.

[@take5transfat]

@@lydiatankersley8154 k

[@entertain7us148]

I was about 14 when I first heard Live Through This, and I don't think any album has effected me more than that one. I was young and didn't understand every word, but the strength of the female artistry came through in every single bar - I resonated so strongly with those themes of discomfort in one's female body, feeling like your body doesn't belong to yourself, feeling as though you're a toy to be passed around, feeling that you're making yourself sick with insecurity and love. coming back to it at 21 is even more intense - I feel like I'm rediscovering a part of myself that exists in all young girls, but now with greater clarity.

[@_sam_ddn]

I honestly don't like Courtney Love as a person. But "Live Through This" is an underrated gem of 90s Grunge albums. I wish more people listen to Hole rather than dismissing the band.

[@zlamb8589]

totally true, courtney love has openly said very racist things but live through this is amazing

[@doodleyourexampaper7995]

@@zlamb8589 sources?

[@chrissy3875]

FR

[@devon2667]

@@doodleyourexampaper7995 literally just look it up

[@dextermoore278]

Courtney is extremely intelligent and very talented. She is a really good Actress and I love her Music. Hole was a great band. I love Courtney ❤ 😍

[@marcus8176]

The more stuff I watch about Courtney the more I realize that main stream media, and jealous types really changed her persona. She was a renaissance women in a world not ready for her. Another awesome video m8 !

[@shulabayley6270]

No no noo. Research Kat bjelland please

[@micnik3573]

@@shulabayley6270 And?

[@Pretermit_Sound]

@@shulabayley6270 Kat is a legend in her own right. Being a native Minnesotan, I’m so proud she made her home in Minneapolis. Her and Courtney were in a band called Sugar Baby Doll together before she formed Babes in Toyland.

[@xForgottenSorrows]

Live Through This is literally my comfort album I love it in its entirety so much

[@HeatherMButler]

Courtney Love is the anti-product of bands like The Runaways, Vixen, and presents a deeper feminist perspective than riot grrrl (which I love just as much). She is a victim who has absorbed the violence around her, just as many victims of trauma do. Unfortunately, she can’t make great music without it, or without contesters screaming that it was “written” by the men around her - Billy, Kurt, etc. Just as Krasner couldn’t escape the legacy of Pollock. I truly love Courtney and appreciate her music, and without her I wouldn’t be as confident in myself as I am today. She is a force to be reckoned with, and unfortunately a lot of “Grunge enthusiasts” still cannot reckon with her power. Sidenote: She isn’t perfect and still has abusive streaks, but look at every male rockstar that has ever been, and tell me they’re perfect, clean angels.

[@stella-vu8vh]

Riot grrrl is horribly transphobic tbh. It's sad

[@stella-vu8vh]

It isn't okay she's a shit person sometimes but it isn't shocking to see knowing her life story

[@stella-vu8vh]

you are loved Riot grrl while important, excluded anyone who wasn't born into being a woman and there's a lot of vehement anti trans takes. I'm glad it's dead, and been replaced with transphobic pseudo intellectual "post leftist" theory. I have never experienced bigotry anywhere in the world like in oly, while at the same time experiencing progressive shit that only exists there. Wether riot grrl is transphobic or phobic of any other people, depends on the lens the person you're asking is looking thru, week to week. Go read some of the zines.

[@DOLLH4US]

Mostly because it was written by Kurt, at least the music aspect. He did most of the riffs and made the guitar shit. This entire album is just watered down nirvana album.

[@DOLLH4US]

@you are loved 🙄 I didn't because Courtney isn't a good person but from every report I've read, her music has been ghost written. Not the lyrics, those are her own, but the music itself isn't her own.

[@mrrodriguezHLP]

Sunday morning in LA, sat down to have my coffee and what should surprise me on my KZbin feed? Another gem. Thank you Trash Theory.

[@KS-oh9no]

Courtney love as a person is controversial but as a musician she is brilliant

[@Raitor33]

it's really sad, because if it wasn't for all the stupid shit she's said and done, I'm sure people would recognize her talent and see her more as a legit artist like Kurt.

[@90sArchive]

@Dan D Listen to Garbadge Man and try saying that again...

[@90sArchive]

@Dan D This video covers this. Hole is more than just Courtney and a lot of LTT was written in 1991.

[@90sArchive]

@Dan D How about you actually watch the video you're commenting on... it literally covers that. Also nearly half of In Utero was written in 1991 or before, this kind of stuff isn't uncommon.

[@90sArchive]

@Dan D Incesticide is a compilation album, mostly consisting of songs from the Bleach era. None of it had songs recorded in 1992. Citation needed? Google is your friend. There are literal live performances, radio sessions, demos etc. of these songs from years prior, same goes for Hole.

[@wlewisiii]

Saw her perform just a few weeks after Kurt's suicide. That was, in a certain way, the most utterly punk performance I ever witnessed. Especially when she pulled a guy on stage, sang with him, stripped off her dress and then blamed him for stripping her and trying to beat the shit out of him while the band got him away. Yeah, last song of the set but what a set. Verruca Salt opened.

[@asong4thedead]

She didnt play a "few weeks" after Kurt's death

[@elisegilmer6290]

I saw that same tour too in high school 😃

[@DanceMonkeyArtMan]

@@asong4thedead yes she did, i went to the same tour, i saw a toronto show. same opening act. it was amazing.

[@asong4thedead]

@@DanceMonkeyArtMan on what date?

[@BeeHatGuy]

I'm suspicious of this claim. Her bassist died not long after Kurt did & the band hired a new bassist and didn't start playing again until that fall

[@fatbitch7168]

she gets shamed for threatening to leave Kurt so he would go to rehab, but imagine having and raising a baby with an addict. The dimension of the problem goes unnoticed by many people

[@buddingvenus81]

Courtney was a huge addict as well.

[@Tornado1994]

@@buddingvenus81 She kept quitting Heroin because L.A and Seattle Welfare wanted to take Frances away from her and Kurt.

[@Amalia-no7xt]

I have always been a fan of Courtney, but Kurt wanted to divorce her and she was a drug addict year's before they even met.

[@Tornado1994]

@@Amalia-no7xt So was Kurt.

[@Godloveszaza]

She gets shamed because she was involved in her own band members death and treated kurt and many others like 💩...she was a horrible person in her past and she's still suffering the consequences. Frances doesn't even like Courtney.

[@Littlestraincloud]

Thank you for covering this album, TT. I grew up listening to this album because it's as old as I am, and it's like a part of me now. All that rage and disgust I didn't know how to express, it's on there. Thank you for representing Courtney as she is, and not some evil punk jezebel. I always appreciate the work you put into your videos.

[@scottfree2248]

I am glad Kristen Pfaff was credited in this. She was a phenomenal bassist, musician, and artist. Truly a beautiful spirit who left this world way too soon.

[@soaribb32]

You should talk about PJ Harvey too. Rid Of Me or To Bring You My Love.

[@roskvamoller6655]

pj suuuuuckss

[@witchhousetwerkteam]

yessssssssss!!!!!!!

[@Maudluvv]

@@roskvamoller6655 everyone is entitled to their own opinions but pls never say that again🤚🏾

[@ieatkids03]

@@Maudluvv exactly PJ is a legend 😤

[@soaribb32]

I came from the future to say I got what I wanted 💙💙💙

[@aurorareynolds585]

Live Through This is one of my favorite albums of all time and it makes me so happy to see it get the recognition it deserves.

[@gardenboydon]

Thank you for documenting the importance of Love. As someone who is younger, I felt as if her legacy got overshadowed by Kurt's death and her controversial life

[@sstaners1234]

I know people trash talk Courtney Love but, I think she can write some good f**king lyrics. 20 years in the Dakota is one of my favorite Hole songs. I kinda wished it was on ‘live through this’.

[@SuzanBerberich]

She Def can. I can relate. Dating when I was single. Horror shoe

[@ruthnaranjo957]

"i'm not a woman, I'm a fucking force of nature" courtney love

[@RandomEye1131]

I need to buy a copy of Live Through This. It seems like something I would like. Excellent video as always.

[@Raitor33]

If you like 90s grunge/alt rock, by all means give it a try

[@barilochebarracuda846]

oh yes! this album is so great, it's a punch in the stomach.

[@safespacebear]

DO IT! Give it a couple listens and you'll be a true believer! It's great if a bit brash in places.

[@drugstoreeyeliner9936]

i love this album so much. you should definitely do that!!

[@teoremadethalys]

you should do a video on bjork's debut and how it was immersed in british club culture

[@timvanboening9432]

Yup! Her and her “jetto blaster!”

[@stella-vu8vh]

Tim Van Boening SHAHA FUCK

[@stella-vu8vh]

Tim Van Boening oh my god this is the funniest björk comment i ever did read on the youtube, and i thank you for that quip. I wish social media would reach the late stage of entropy where i can just pay a fee and get one liners that are good beamed to my spinal cord and frontal cortex on a steady content drip

[@crysdee461]

I started off as a Nirvana fan and for years I didn’t like Courtney Love because of her persona and how the media portrays her... until one day I decided to just listen to Live Through This just to see if her music was any good and I’ve loved that album ever since... it’s a near perfect album. Hole definitely doesn’t get the credit they deserve.

[@Diocane81]

that's because Cobain wrote most of the album, mate.

[@Danathema]

@@Diocane81 No, he didn't. Cobain had severe writers block at the time it was written. He could barely finish In Utero, he had to use old songs and get Grohl's help. Many of the songs were written before Love met Cobain and there are dozens and dozens of people who worked on the record confirming that they saw and heard Hole writing the songs together without any input from Cobain who wasn't even in the vicinity.

[@Diocane81]

​@@Danathema I'd never believe a word of what Courtney Love or anyone of her close circle of people say

[@Paula-kr2gj]

@@Diocane81 you’re very dumb, the songs are from a total female pov, ask any girl about the what they think about when they listen to violet, asking for it, and then, ask to a man…

[@Paula-kr2gj]

@@Diocane81 there are archives of her playing Violet in 1991!

[@phoenixivyroots7084]

Live through this profoundly affected me as a teen, giving me a place to express the abuse, suffering and anger I experienced growing up. The brilliance of her music and the meaning in the music is intense - with a different perspective of feminism I had not been exposed to. It was the beginnings of me understanding myself which propelled me further in exploring the topics she sings about and more. Great video. It is appreciated.

[@stella-vu8vh]

thanks for objective content instead of just being a dummy. most people who don't like courtney also are full of bad takes about women, and rage against them, and are usually pretty misogynistic. I have complicated feelings about her, and kurt was right about why she gets shat on, but, goddamn, there are too many questions and it was such a big deal you'd think there wouldn't be

[@justacatwhocantype]

Live Through This was one of the most important albums of my life. Really love it, and forever greatful that someone wrote me a soundtrack.

[@pigguy]

Maybe I'm a heretic, but I've always found Hole way more interesting than Nirvana

[@sophitsa79]

I confess I never really "got" Nirvana like others seem to

[@fionappleswings]

same

[@klawis]

Same. I love Nirvana but I became into that band because of Hole

[@arthurfleck816]

Same. Hole’s earlier albums were great.

[@karlasanchez5119]

Same

[@ciudadanakane8743]

live through this, NIN, PJ Harvey, John waters and Juliette lewis were everything to me at my childhood.

[@Sam-xe2bz]

I love John waters and Juliette lewis omg

[@ciudadanakane8743]

@@Sam-xe2bz the 90's were the best on movies and music!!!

[@maxoliver1564]

I'm always shocked when documentaries, podcasts and the likes, covering the subject of females in rock, continually overlook or fail to mention the band L7!!! Its seriously like the band that never existed when it comes to female influences in rock history. L7 was one of my favorite bands when I was in high-school and helped fueled my fire (pun intended) to learn how to play guitar. I wonder if anyone else even remembers this band or also thinks that its a little strange they rarely get a shout out or the credit they deserve. 🤔

[@mysteriiis]

L7 is the shit!

[@planetmotherfuckers]

i get really frustrated because i never get to gush about this kind of music with anyone for the most part, and then I can and drop L7 and am met with crickets. I fucking Love L7. I feel like Hole was like the primer for me to get into them in a way. I needed something angrier and more “I don’t really give a FUCK “, and their music is so much more androgynous i guess? Not exactly the word I want to use but the best I’ve got right now. It’s just easy listening for me. I fucking love L7.

[@mysteriiis]

@@planetmotherfuckers That totally makes sense. It's not 'girl music', it's just metal.

[@mysteriiis]

@@planetmotherfuckers If you haven't, you should check out Otep. Savage frontwoman, lots of dark and personal subject matter, and political as hell.

[@mysteriiis]

@@planetmotherfuckers I really, really wish I'd discovered these bands when I was in high school. I'd heard Hole's cover of 'Gold Dust Woman' on the Crow: City of Angels' soundtrack; but never thought to go further. I must have discovered L7 off the 'Natural Born Killers' soundtrack. Several years after it came out.

[@julesvan]

1) Flyers from August 1991 have some "Violet" lyrics written on them. 2) "Doll Parts" was written when Courtney found out Kurt was seeing other women just three weeks after their first s*xual encounter while on tour on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. They got serious after that (Nov 91). 3) an early "Softer, Softest" was being played during POTI's tour in 1991. 4) "Credit on the Straight World" is a cover. 5) "I Think That I Would Die" was written in collaboration with CL's friendenemy, Kat Bjelland... What did Kurt exactly write? The liner notes on the booklet?

[@vanessa.jasmine]

This. 100%. Hole was more of a band than Nirvana because they wrote music as a band vs. relying on one person to write an entire album.

[@thatgirlcrazy]

Oh cool what's the name of your band?

[@yy-hj4br]

Live Through This and Pretty on the Inside are bangers. Pretty on the Inside is one of the few female fronted hardcore punk albums I know of.

[@maurofernandez8916]

You should listen babes in toyland and l7

[@vexingvexillologist7554]

Personal Best by Team Dresch is a good one

[@Aaine784]

I'm 50 this year and I still listen to this album regularly. It came out when I was going through a really dark period personally and from the first listen I was absolutely hooked. Love her or hate her, this album is a masterpiece.

[@dadevi]

I grew up in a religious household not knowing a damn thing about rock music until my parents finally got cable in '98. I missed out on Hole's earlier albums, but Celebrity Skin was a revelation. I have mixed feelings about CL as a person, but she's one hell of an artist. Shout out to her for breaking the mold.

[@fatbitch7168]

that abusive episode from part of the crowd is horrific; no one deserves that and that must have been truly scarring and traumatizing

[@alisterfolson]

Courtney Love is some kind of muse for artists, good and bad. *"I don’t care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right."* - P.T. Barnum

[@beercheersrccrawlers]

This album is still in my rotation..I think "Plump" has a lot for a simple track.

[@DavidDatura]

That was a great mini-documentary! The best I’ve seen on this channel so far.

[@acetate909]

Back when we had interesting rock stars and artistic guitar sounds were regularly heard on radio.

[@necr0_nobody]

im not a fan of courtney as a person really but live through this is an amazing album and deserves all the credit it has. it was important as fuck for the time, for music in general, and for me as a woman.

[@ciaraskeleton]

I just adore the way she writes. I can't get enough! The way she's able to put dark topics into beautiful understated words is phenomenal. I truly admire her as a person for her consistent ruthlessness. Until this day she has held the same morals, views and opinions. She spoke up for women long before anyone gave a shit about us, she got so much shit for everything even though she was no worse than any man in punk/alt/grunge.

[@Danathema]

I love both Hole and Nirvana and you have to love the way that the people who call her a "disgusting junkie" absolutely worship Kurt Cobain without any sense of irony at all.

[@ciaraskeleton]

@@Danathema Absolutely same, I'm a huge fan of both! People shit on Courtney and forget that Kurt literally loved the woman yk?? 🤣

[@Danathema]

@@ciaraskeleton He told people that too. Many times. He also told anyone who didn't like it to go fuck themselves. I don't think they listened. Also, the ones so fixated on what they believe his suicide note is in relation to their stupid conspiracy theories would do well to actually read it - focusing on the "I have a goddess of a wife" bit.

[@soaribb32]

That album is a blast

[@tedlogan5628]

I know when it comes to Love and her ties to Kurt, it becomes a minefield. Most people I know who liked the alternative stuff from that era don't really care for Love. So her albums usually get over looked or dismissed outright. Nice to see vids like yours doing deep dives into what went on and why.

[@FetishonyoutubeURL]

They don’t care about her cause they think she killed kurt.

[@tedlogan5628]

@@FetishonyoutubeURL Most of them do. Haha

[@LeshaAnn]

@@FetishonyoutubeURL Then they're dumbshit conspiracy theorists.

[@mysteriiis]

They ones that hate her can't accept that their grunge messiah blew his brains out for no good reason. The dude had a kid; and could afford mental health care his most troubled fans could only dream of accessing. A number of whom committed suicide after his death.

[@Einnor084]

​​@@mysteriiis I blieve El Duece, saying she tried 2 hire him 2 do Cobain n, BUTT I don't think she ended-up hiring sumbody 2 do him n. Nor do I blieve Kurt unalived himself. These ( KC & KP ) were ( 27 club ) ritualz, & they r arranged by higher-upz n our ILLustrious, society.

[@ennuibarbie]

Live Through This and Fiona Apple's Tidal truly saved my life.

[@braxdawusky1087]

Billy Corgans birthstone is Aquamarine. Kurt's birthstone is Amethyst

[@jessicanowakowski8475]

I thought Kurt was a Pisces? Hence the lyrics in Heart Shaped Box... “She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak” If we are going by sun signs. I am an Aquarius sun and my birthstone is Amethyst.

[@braxdawusky1087]

@@jessicanowakowski8475 kurt is a pisces. His birthday is Feb 20th. Feb = Amethyst

[@robinbradbury6493]

March Pisces is Aquamarine, Feb Pisces is amethyst.

[@jessicanowakowski8475]

@@braxdawusky1087 Awesome. Thanks for the info. ☺ makes sense now.

[@starrynight6629]

@@robinbradbury6493 true. Are u really that Robin?

[@elm1230]

This woman is a true poet! and to me, the embodiment of raw, true, unbridled, female essence. She really personifies ideas of unhinged feminine nature and emotionality. I think that’s why she resonates with so many women, her music gives women permission to be women, untethered from the masculine forces that work to keep the more chaotic natures of women “rational”. She’s not afraid to show the ugly parts of femaleness, and that’s what gives her so much punch. Even in her most unlady like behavior, she remains undeniably feminine.

[@safespacebear]

I detest Courtney Love but "Live Through This" was one of the greatest albums in the 90s. "Violet" is an amazing track that any artist would be jealous of. "Softer, Softest", "Jennifer's Body", gosh...pretty much everything but "Gutless" (which isn't bad just isn't as good as the rest) are an amazing set of songs. I was a huge Nirvana fan but my appreciation for that album had nothing to do with her connection to Kurt and it offends me as well when people claim that Kurt must have helped her write it. I do think Love being exposed to Kurt's brilliance rubbed off on her a bit and without his greatness to challenge her creativity we'd never have seen this album....but it is entirely from Hole.

[@safespacebear]

@Dan D yeah probably, also when you factor in the death of her band mate and husband and that she tried her hand at acting it makes sense she wouldn't equal that effort.

[@caranelson7457]

Best comment I've seen!

[@mack7329]

Gutless is one of the best songs on LTT , it’s fucking perfect!

[@dahliasdarkside1695]

I've resigned myself as a Hole fan to that fact that most people (predominantly men) are always going to give me shit for like Hole and Courtney and you know what fuck it im at peace with that.

[@tonosazules8221]

oh...come on...that hate for men...

[@dahliasdarkside1695]

@@tonosazules8221 no hate, it just be like that sometimes.

[@tonosazules8221]

@@dahliasdarkside1695 The reason idiots hate Courtney does NOT have to do with her gender, it's because that lie they say she killed useless Cobain, he killed himself, he was a coward.

[@Mrcityhorror]

I’m a guy and I think think live through this is a masterpiece my guy friends like to hate on hole and Courtney but it never stopped me playing these songs on full blast. There’s something about Courtney that really threatens certain males.

[@Danathema]

I like Hole and I'm a guy. I've only gotten shit from obsessed Cobain fans who are in some parasocial relationship with him and believe he's some kind of angel sent to Earth that she took from them.

[@klawis]

I agree she's not a great person- she's very broken but Courtney is an icon and an incredible female model. That's the best part about her, you can hate and love her at the same time. I adore her artistry so much. She painted flowers with her pain and became a prominent woman in her time. Courtney opened an avenue to talk about female angst. She inspired me that girls can pick guitar and conquer the stage with pure rage. She's a gem among a male-dominated industry and people need to recognize that. It's just that people who hated her are infested with misogyny

[@Jijohann]

''she's not a great person''. Do consider that she's been sober for many years. I beleive she even practices buddhism. She is far(and I stretch the word ''far'') from the chaotic Courntney Love of the 90s.

[@teethgrinder83]

Say what you like about Love, "Live through this" is a cracking album

[@JM-qz3hm]

Courtney Love is one of my favourites. Some of Hole's best work was in their lesser knowns/b-sides, I'd recommend 20 years in the Dakota, Drown soda, Be a man... and their cover of It's all over now, baby blue by bob dylan

[@stella-vu8vh]

Thank you this is my list too.

[@brandonpage7087]

I'm a Hole fan, always have been, & proud of it. You can say whatever you want about Courtney, idc, i'm still a fan of Hole. Also, I never have, & never will buy into the tired conspiracy theory, of how she supposedly murdered Kurt.

[@krissisnow6964]

People hate CL & call her a druggie, yet it was ok when it was KC bangin, I’ll never understand it 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Avinkwep]

easily my favorite album of the 90s

[@Ravioli-uw9uy]

Shes great, but its gotta be Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness for me

[@cornholio47]

@@Ravioli-uw9uy I love melon collie and in utero, they are both amazing albums

[@JacobLomax]

Live Through This has some of the best songs and they lyrically surpass anything Kurt Cobain did imo

[@knifeknerdreviews4609]

You know what, it does... She wanted to be better than kurt and truly she was... I'm not rocking out to Nirvana very much these days but I listen to Hole all the time. The Kurt influence clearly brought out the best in Courtney because she had a goal in mind, beat Kurt and she met that goal...

[@RoxanneLaWinSTABBY]

Live Through This has been my fav record since I bought it on CD in 1994, the same week Kurt died. I needed that record at that time, I think a lot of us did. Anyway, just needed to say I learned a lot from this video, despite it being in my frequent rotation for, shit, 27 years. I was at at Hole gig in 1994, just a 13yr old Riot Grl, when my dress was ripped to tatters in the mosh pit, due to being groped by dozens of adult men. The band stopped the gig, and I was pulled up onto the staged given water, cigarettes and a t shirt to cover myself before the launched back into Asking For It. I didn’t know until today that that song was borne of a far too similar incident Courtney experienced.

[@michiganjfrog366]

I bought Live Through This for everyone in my family at Christmas. I went to the concert (Veruca Salt) opened.. It was at St.Andrews Hall too.. 10/15or25/94 it still in my top 3 concerts. Patty Schemel was amazing.

[@ericab1302]

"I hexed him. Now he's losing his hair." I..... 🤣

[@Blisteryn]

The fact that Courtney is so hated makes me love her even more. She's the best!❤

[@abigailk2473]

I owe my mom to knowing Hole. I grew up listening to Hole, Courtney's solo work such as America's sweetheart, I grew up on Garbage, No doubt, and Fiona Apple. Beautiful vocals, strong lyrics and such amazing sounds, I appreciate each of these bands for their unique works and making my childhood and teenage years forever amazing.🤘🏻💕

[@sheltertwo7957]

I’m so glad to see a music channel finally give this woman some credit. Courtney survived a Britney-level beat down from the media & nobody looks back on that with a critical eye. Even Kurt couldn’t stand what they did to her.

[@JamesByronMusic]

You probably should mention how "violet" is a reply to The mentors "sandwhich of love" . It blew my mind listening to that song after listening to violet.

[@karlasanchez5119]

Live Through This is the best grunge album of all time I don’t make the rules, Courtney Love’s songwriting is top tier

[@manicpepsicola3431]

Period 💅

[@MaxOakland]

Now I want an in depth video about what inspired the songs on Pretty on the Inside

[@TheFashionsketcher]

Thank you so much for discussing one of my favourite albums ever

[@rnrpeg1]

Wow. Loved this. (No pun ). As Music Director of a then-important New Rock station in San Diego when this came out - I got caught up in the anti -Courtney hype and really wanted to hate this record. I hadn't been moved at all by their first release. But I still remember blasting the full cd over and over 3x before work one morning, and showing up at the station demanding it be added to our playlist immediately. I thought the entire record was brilliant. And frankly, if Kurt had written the songs, I couldn't understand why they were so much more in your face than anything on Nevermind. Went to a few shows soon after where she proved that if she was an asshole, she was the absolute real deal as a rock star. The band was fantastic. I saw Hole put on a swealtering rock barrage at The Hollywood Palladium, and you could never convince me Courtney lacked her own talent. Plus, those songs are so iconically female in perspective, that I doubt Eric had much hand lyrically. Kurt respected his wife too much to even try to write anything for her. Meanwhile...Francis Bean just married Tony Hawk's son here last week. Crazy. It's sad to think of how proud Kurt would have been at a time like this. 🥺

[@thegeecyproject]

You should do a video on Liz Phair’s Exile In Guyville!

[@josecuervogold1800]

That would be a better starting point if they wanted to dive into influential female musicians from the 90s.

[@caranelson7457]

Yes! Brilliant album!

[@colbyshea5915]

Live Through This was such an important album for me in the nineties. I totally emulated to fashion too, running around in petticoats and fishnets…. and it’s pretty cold where I live!

[@learnerlove6853]

a lovely, nuanced retrospective.

[@theHalken]

I never thought of the title being Live THROUGH This, always Live Through THIS. It's really interesting thing to think about how it changes the sentence when putting the emphasis on a different word.

[@xomarie]

personally, i love her. thanks for this

[@micnik3573]

Same

[@jpittmon1363]

Pretty on the Inside was mostly produced by Gumball's Don Flemming even Kim Gordon acknowledges in her memoir.

[@santadagama6420]

I love that courtney had so much bpd symptons that she literally used queen PJ harvey to keep her ego on check, Honey Live Through This Is Iconic Because you are

[@vanessaviolet74]

Great video and insight into the lyrics. Live Through This will always be one of my favourite albums, so much raw energy.

[@JennRighter]

Absolutely love this album and it holds such a place in my heart and nostalgia. SUCH a wonderful album. It was clouded by hatred of Courtney. I love, love, LOVE it.

[@golddustwoman104]

I've been a Fan-atic of Hole and Courtney Love since 91's "Pretty on the Inside". Of Course, I've seen just about every KZbin Video about her and I gotta tell ya, the way you structured this Video was Awesome, man! You surprised me, there were 1 or 2 bits of info I didn't know🙀 Great f***ing Topic done Brilliantly! You got a New Subscriber, My Friend.

[@kerrymihalik3795]

Live Through This is an epic album that I've listened to hundreds of times. So many good songs.

[@alysonm7757]

First listened to this album in middle school and now I have 'live through this' tattooed on my arm in my sister's handwriting. I couldn't even explain the significance this album has to me

[@esteovo7910]

I think it became the iconic masterpiece it is today because of how relatable it is. (Almost) everyone has to "Live Through It" at some point in their lives, and the album incorporates so perfectly how human and vulnerable one can be even while striving and reaching higher and higher success

[@BlakeBlackstone]

I bought the Live Through This vinyl a couple years ago. The record store asked if they could take a picture of my holding the album for their instagram. I guess I chose a good record to them. lol

[@moonlily1]

Why would someone assume that Courtney only wanted Kurt for the fame and money? Do they not think there's a good reason that someone would fall madly in love with him?

[@Bea-zt1pg]

Because Courtney has always been like this, she is attracted to those who bring her benefits. Why do you think she dumped her first husband? And that's not me saying, it's the people who know her personally.

[@dansimpson9214]

Please Do about how important PJ Harvey was and is. Two Mercury awards. Loved by her peers all over the world. She was and still is a powerful force in the uk and world .

[@beepboop3540]

I listened to Live Through This on repeat when I was in high school❤️ Thanks for making this video

[@ioneaxelrod7203]

Thank you for doing a good video on Courtney. She's really slept on as an artist.

[@alexanderapplewhite]

Every time I’ve met Courtney she’s been super sweet and kind and gracious!!!

[@yonkers_millyrock]

this video is great and i understand why you only talked about courtney love's music leading up to 1994, but im surprised there wasn't at least a mention of "julian, i'm a little older than you" from her solo debut... that song sure exists doesn't it

[@danielfurmage4381]

What an incredible album. I just missed out on these huge albums, becoming a fan of Nirvana in 95' when I was 14, and getting into this album around a year later. Just such a well crafted, beautiful piece of music; it's a shame in a way all the chaos and controversy around Courtney detracts from just how good it was.

[@TheRunawayOfToday]

Every time someone gives me shit for being a Hole fan, I dare them to listen to this album and pretend they don't know who the singer is. Regardless of your opinion on Courtney, there's no denying that Live Through This is absolutely genius.

[@ZazaLoveism]

I love Hole so much, not just Live through this. Somehow it just connected to me when I was a wee lass.

[@leahvogelsimpson]

I was lucky enough to see Hole 4 times in the 90's. 94, 95 at Lollapalooza and twice in 99. I saw from feet away how they ripped Courtney to shreds when she stage dove. It was a bit much for me, as a 14 year old who's mom had to drive them to the concert, but it was an amazing time. I love Courtney. ❤️

[@LynnE507]

Pretty on the Inside and Live Through this hold a special place in my soul.

[@Terry_Bell]

When TT makes a video about Garbage I'll go manic.I can feel it coming

[@mack7329]

Although Courtney Love knows that PJ Harvey’s record “Rid of Me” well “superior “, truth is PJ Harvey gave rave reviews on LTT. She called it her favorite album of 1994 and the title song was a “gorgeous” song.

[@mrpedantic]

This series does better than Behind the Music. Keep it up.

[@takitogoestoNY]

This video was insightful. For every Courtney Love there’s like 10000000 overproduced and overhyped “dua lipa’s” releasing a new collaboration with David Guetta and twerking. So yeah we should be thankful we had Courtney Love, and Kat Bjelland, and L7 and the distillers. Cos they were offering something different, and they were challenging culture. Too bad the world didn’t care much and chose the complete oposite of individuality. So now we have artists and bands that sound all the same sending all the wrong messages to young people, like you have to be extremely pretty and slutty if you wanna be successful. And what artists do we have today to challenge this trend, Olivia rodrigo?