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Ear-defiler Lana Del Rey covers Nirvana; legacy-destroyer Courtney Love objects

Make no mistake — Lana Del Rey defiles ears. That’s right. I said it. What other songbird could possibly inspire the level of vitriolic hate Lana has inspired in thousands upon thousands of (insert any demographic other than “deaf” here). And while Lana Del Rey might erstwhile have the voice of a (dead) songbird (eaten by a cat) (in the rain) (alone), she is no match for the sheer holocaust of personality that is Courtney Love.

First, here’s a video of Lana Del Why “singing” the Nirvana song “Heart Shaped Box” while in Sydney, Australia a few days ago. You don’t have to listen to the whole thing.

I know what you’re thinking:

But wait! It gets worse. And when I say that, I mean it. Enter Courtney Love.

So while it’s been 19 years since a) “Heart Shaped Box” was released and b) Courtney Love was anywhere close to being relevant, she now wants to hang on to the pass culture ship of Lana Del Rey like a shit-barnacle that can never be pried off. What’s more – YOU JUST RUINED “HEART SHAPED BOX” FOR EVERYONE, COURTNEY. And you made me lose my appetite, too. SMH.

Courtney, way to take a fucking lyric and literally turn into your vagina. It would be one thing if this was, say, the year 1994 and you said that, or even any year before 2000. People would have listened. But instead you spent 19 years cavorting around the world spending millions of dollars of your dead husband’s money on alienating your daughter and doing staggering amounts of drugs. You’re like a bumper car made of tears and failure being driven by Andy Dick’s only working nostril going the wrong way down a one-way road. If you weren’t already synonymous with being a terrible cultural force, this would have cemented it.

And don’t give me that crap about “hey fuck you, man, I was in Hole.” Even Stone Temple Pilots had a few good songs and at least they had the decency to stay out of the spotlight when they had nothing to say.

  1. July 30, 2012 at 11:31 pm, Erin Motter said:

    Wow! Not sure how to feel about this one….

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  2. July 31, 2012 at 12:11 am, JohnRussell Garten said:

    can a person not sing what they want? or appreciates?

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  3. July 31, 2012 at 2:32 am, Elizabeth Hale said:

    lana warbled her way through it…like she does…and courtney is just being the same courtney that she's always been….who says she's not still relevant? you're still talking about her….doesn't that make her relevant?

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    • July 31, 2012 at 6:22 am, Daniel Goldberg said:

      I don't care if Lana is a phony-baloney studio creation with a rich daddy: "Video Games" is astonishing. As for "Heart-Shaped Box," Kurt was quoted as saying that the song was inspired by a box Courtney once gave him, and the lyric "heart-shaped box" *does* sound more melodic than "Heart-Shaped Hoo-ha," so who knows (and let's face it: Kurt ain't talking).

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    • August 01, 2012 at 12:10 pm, Sally Hale Robinson said:

      Painful nonsense.

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  4. July 31, 2012 at 2:21 pm, Kristen May Lee said:

    I'm not saying I'm a Courtney fan, but as far as being relevant I suppose you mean in the music industry. For some odd reason the fashion industry and followers make a big deal out of her. Its a mystery to me.

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  5. August 05, 2012 at 1:37 pm, Derick Hildebrandt said:

    "You’re like a bumper car made of tears and failure being driven by Andy Dick’s only working nostril going the wrong way down a one-way road." One of my new favorite quotes.

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