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Some great insight, but I do wonder if it was ghost-written. Courtney certainly didn't give up her Prada pants, nor has she fully quit the machine: in 2004, she
by imissmyjuno 14y ago
Some great insight, but I do wonder if it was ghost-written. Courtney certainly didn't give up her Prada pants, nor has she fully quit the machine: in 2004, she released a solo LP on Virgin records, and in 2010 she released another as part of reformed Hole on Mercury, a Universal Music subsidiary.
EDIT: On the other hand, Kevin Shields of the My Bloody Valentine whom Courtney mentions has made some great choices by waiting for digital distribution to mature and self-releasing his long-awaited album. Good work.
- stewdio 14y agoSee above comment by @pashields. These are Steve Albini’s conclusions that Courtney is merely riding on—and continuing to get credit for it seems. I think Albini’s original-original was actually printed in The Baffler before it was printed in Maximum Rock 'N Roll.
- singular 14y agoI think that's a little unfair, can't 2 people talk about the same subject from different angles? Also Steve Albani, while a respected producer, is not a highly popular musician like Love, it's nice to see an opinion from somebody in a different position.
- stewdio 14y agoWhat you’re saying is fair enough, but in this specific case if you compare what the two are saying it is obvious these are not “separate angles” but one is the original composition and the other is a watered-down version of the exact same angle. And the result is perhaps not Courtney’s fault—when my peers say something interesting I love to quote them on it. Just here it seems to have been done without the credit.