Courtesy of "In Defense Of Kurt Cobain website

[HippieChild]

This excerpt came from the 1998 update on the website describing Courtney at the Reading Rock Festival. I've removed the emotional commentary by the webmaster to insure the readers ability to draw their own conclusions.

This is a transcript of between song banter by Courtney Love at the Reading Rock Festival,
England on August 25th 1995.


CourtneyLove: "This is Melissa, it's the first anniversary of her joining the band. And she's got a f**kin
needle hanging out her neck."

Launches into the song Plump.

Launches into Kurt's song Miss World.
When she's finished this song, she sings as follows:

"Like a reptile under your skin,
don't mess with it, I will always win.
Like a snake I am under your skin,
don't mess with it baby, I will always win."

Courtney Love: "This song is about chickens-hit motherf**kers,"
Launches into the song Gutless.
When she finishes this song she sings;

(?) a rose and the s-hit it grows,
I don't even know the hole that's supposed to go.
Have you ever seen a cripple dance,
he takes your body (unintelligible.)
Like a reptile I am under your skin,
don't forget that I Will always win.

Then she talks to the crowd thus:
"All the celebrities are right there (points,) should I like, pour beer on them?. All you kids paid 30 bucks
and all the celebrities got in for free."

Launches into Asking For It.

Courtney then throws bottles of water to the crowd to help them cool down.

Launches into the song Sugar Coma.

Launches into Kurt's song Pennyroyal Tea.
And destroys it.

Gives the one finger salute to the crowd.

Launches into Credit in The Straight World.

Finishes this song, then sings stuff thats unintelligible then: " My fist will be everywhere you turn."

Then she says to no-one in particular:

"Mum, am I pretty?"
"Well honey, you have a lot of character."
"But mum, am I pretty?"
"Honey, character's what counts."

Then she says to the crowd:
"I hate to piss you off but Blur's never gonna make it in America. I'm sorry. You guy's do the
trainspotting thing and go down by the river and shoot Bud cans, OK. It's not gonna happen. I'm sorry
to tell you -but since I'm the one that gets picked on all the time I figured I should be the one. It's gonna
be Elastica....Yes Elastica! f**k, yes! If I hear a lack of respect for Elastica I'm walking off the stage
now.

"This song is about getting into a lot of trouble OK."

Launches into Best Sunday Dress.

Waffles on about stuff, mentions "Billy Pumpkin."

(someone in the crowd says, "play some music, you silly girl.")

Courtney: "Green Day is next, they're great. Alright -I'm the sleeper, she's the virgin (points to
Melissa.) The virgin knows. She's the f**kin Pisces."

Launches into Softer Softest.

launches into She Walks On Me

(during this, she replaces a couple of lines with:

"I want him, he's all gone." and

"WE ARE POISON. WE BOTH KILLED HIM."

She then sings stuff that is unintelligible, then sings:

"And when you take your next breath think about a lovely death you want so bad.
Your mouth is shut.
Your secret's safe -I'm all shut up.
You are my (?)

Courtney: "Frances Bean was three years the other day. She looks just like her Daddy, and she could
stare down this whole f**kin crowd if you don't shut up. She hates me.

Courtney : "Alright, here's a song about a jerk....I love you too" (to the crowd.)

Courtney asks Eric: "Are we doing Doll Parts?"

Courtney: "I love you too, but you gotta love me more than you love Billy Pumpkin, 'cos we're having
a contest OK (laughing.)"

Then Courtney makes a heart shape with her hands and says:
"It's a heart, a heart.....Heart. Some people on this festival don't have them."

Launches into Doll Parts.

Finishes Doll Parts, then Courtney says:

"I love Everett True."

Launches into Kurt's song Violet. She replaces the line: 'And the sky was made of Amethyst
and all the stars were just like little fish' with 'and the sky was made of Amethyst and all the
stars were just like my fist'.

Then she sings:

"Just do it baby, 'cos no-one cares,
you are nothing but a waste of space,
and a waste of f**kin air.
Just do it baby, or I f**kin will,
you have nothing left but time,
time left to kill.Yeah, yes, No, No.
Just do it baby (unintelligible) or I f**kin will.
You have nothing left but time and you're the one I killed
NO, NO, NO, No, (keeps shouting this.)
God no. God Knows the truth. The truth is you.

Knocks over microphone, drums etc, tries to look upset but frankly doesn't make a good job of it.

[rocket]

interesting read. Sounds like the 'normal' Courtney rambles and insults she hurls at concerts. It's just normal stuff for her. However, kurt had been gone just over a year and some of the references made were about him in a 'courtney I'm a train wreck' kinda way. . The woman must have been an emotional wreck, who can blame her?

[Danielle Loves Kurt]

People are going to make a big deal out of the fact she said 'We killed him'. But I think it's natural for Courtney to say that in the way that she feels she didn't do enough to prevent Kurts death. Rockets right Kurt had only jjust killed himself she would've been an emotional wreck with guilt, sadness, lonelines and complete helplessness. I've heard all about this gig and I don't think it's any different to the nuts she usually pulls on stage and who can blame her?, she is there to entertain, it's a f**ken rock show. There is most likely tons of drug references in most rock shows. I can't see why Courtney shouldn't be any different. It's slim pickings really. Sounds like it was good gig actually.

People need to understand that rockstars do create images for themselves. They want to appear loud, crazed and drug f**ked. It sells records and gets people to your concerts. I'm sure Courtney is aware of the power of controversial press. She lives on it just like Madonna, Princess Diana and many others.

Courrtney usually changes the lyrics in the songs. Which I think is pretty cool. Who wants to go to concert and hear the exact song on the album? At least it's different. And she quite poetic off the top of her head.

I'm still not convinced that those are Kurts songs. I can't understand Violet. Why would Kurt write song about the female rivalry between two friends?