Courtney Love is here to stay!!
By Yahoo! Shopping User Apr 15, 2004 | 2 out of 2 found this America's Sweetheart review helpful
Pros: awesome screams, awesome singing...
Cons: uh...NONE!! :)
I started listening to Courtney Love and her band Hole with 1994's "Live Through This." It had the defiant, I-won't-take-nonsense
-from-anyone, screaming banshee wails, with unpolished/raw guitars and melodies as a backdrop. Courtn...ey's lyrics, as well, helped pave the way for a new rock 'n' roll era. "Celebrity Skin" was a radical makeover. But now, after all the bad limelight that Courtney has suffered from then until this year, she came back with an even MORE brilliant album, deceptively titled "America's Sweetheart." Courtney Love has once again brilliantly brought back the raspy, crafted signature screaming voice she had when she was with Hole. She also has crafted much more masterpieces on this record than any other alt-rocker could EVER throw in your face!It was only fitting for Courtney to bring to fans (and even non-fans) the following lyrics in the first track (one of my favorites), 'Mono': 'Is this the part...where I gotta come and save the day/did you miss me/did you miss me?' Indeed, YES, COURTNEY LOVE WAS MISSED!! :) My other favorite part of the song is when she sings, 'Is this just a sad side show/can't make a hooker come...'My second favorite track on the album is the fourth one, 'Sunset Strip'. I love the chorus part where someone sings the "aah" as Courtney finishes said chorus. It is very reminiscent of the Hole song, 'Malibu'. Courtney brilliantly crescendoes her screaming voice as she finishes the third chorus until the final end of the song. This is what I call , TRUE rock 'n' roll that only Courtney could give to her true fans!! (like ME) :)Another favorite track of mine is 'I'll Do Anything'. From the start of the song it makes me want to dance. The best part on the song is after each of the two bridges, when the distorted guitar is blaring!Courtney once again rants and screams on the ninth track, 'Life Despite God'. But hey, this is Courtney we're talking about, right? Which is why it's so cool to hear that part of the song: 'What's that stain under your skin/can't wash it out/cuz I'll wash it in!' :)My final favorite track is the rip-off of you-know-who: 'Zeplin Song' (purposely spelled that way??) It's another rock-out danceable tune as 'I'll Do Anything' suggests, as Courtney complains about why Led Zeppelin plays on the radio and how sick of it she is (and rightfully so). So as the final guitar licks end the song, Courtney chants "SHUT UP!!" GO, COURTNEY!! :)Courtney finally ends with the ballad, 'Never Gonna Be The Same'. This is the ONLY track that she DOESN'T yell, but even THAT doesn't weaken the rest of the album one bit. Therefore, EVERY track deserves praise, but the favorites that I listed above are what you need to listen to the most.Have fun rocking out to Courtney Love!! :)Joshua DealyP.O. Box 873Carson City, NV 89702 Read more Less
