Venue: Le Transbordeur
Location: Lyon, France
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Patty Schemel (Drums).
Another artist’s music is playing.
Audience screams.
CL: Bonjour.
Audience cheers.
CL: If you’re quiet during one of our fucking shows, I’ll kick your ass. I don’t like polite French people, I like rude French people.
CL: Go.
-CINNAMON GIRL (TEASE)
-PLUMP
CL: You’re too fucking quiet.
There are some screams from the audience.
CL: Merde. (Fake girly voice) Alright, you want to hear quiet songs? We’ll play quiet songs, we’ll play girls, you wanna hear girls? We’ll be girls, here you go.
-SUGAR COMA
-BEAUTIFUL SON
Courtney pants heavily into the mic.
CL: What, you weren’t hot? What did you do, Eric?
-MISS WORLD
-DROWN SODA
CL: ??
(Cut)
The recording resumes while Melissa’s talking.
MADM: ??
CL: Melissa Auf der Maur. What did you say? Tell them they’re too fucking calm. Tell them to be rude.
MADM: Je vous trouve très très calme…trop. (Translation: I find you very, very calm…a bit too much).
CL: Merci, Melissa.
-ASKING FOR IT
CL: What? My guitar’s wet…
Courtney tries to wipe the water off of her guitar and it makes a cool sound.
CL: Now I’m Sonic Youth.
CL: I love you so much, I think I’ll shit my pants!
-GUTLESS
-IMPROV (ME AND YOUR WIFE)
Guy in Crowd: I love you!
CL: Well, come on up, what’s stopping you? Are you the ‘I’m too sexy for my pants’ guy? Does that shirt actually say ‘I’m too sexy’? (Singing) ‘I’m too sexy for my pants, for my cat, for Milan…’
CL: Oh, how did that song go?
Guy in Crowd: I can’t remember!
CL: You can’t remember? No, ’cause you’ve been listening to fucking…to Big Black ever since, ’cause you’re cool.
-JUST DO IT
CL: We made that up…it’s…no…it’s a PJ Harvey cover…no, it’s not.
CL: Melissa, a rainbow.
Girl in Crowd: I play the guitar! Fuck you!
CL: You guys can’t even say ‘fuck you’ rudely? Say it loud, ‘fuck you.’ FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU! That’s good, that’s…it’s still kind of shitty, you can do better…one more time, c’mon. One… two…three – FUCK YOU! No, so wussy.
Guy in Crowd: Fuck you!
CL: ?? Wait, why, why did you pay money to call me… stand in the front row and call me a bitch? And you’re a girl, that’s stupid. What, what, wait, what kind of country is this? Girls aren’t supposed to do that to other girls, I’ll kick your ass.
-INSTRUMENTAL JAM
CL: No, see, it’s my favorite dress, that’s the thing. I’m debating whether, um, I want to play anymore. I wouldn’t care, but it’s my favorite dress, you stupid c*nt. No, it’s her…girls don’t call girls bitches, it’s not how it’s done. 101 feminism – females don’t call other females bitches. It’s just stupid, fucking logic – are you stupid?
Audience: Yes!
CL: Well, my grandmother’s from Lyon, so that makes me stupid – or maybe it’s Lorraine, I forget – which is the smarter people?
-SOFTER, SOFTEST
CL: Bonjour.
CL: Eric, I don’t know what to play right now ??
-TAKE AWAY JAM
CL: Since you’re being so boring, we’re gonna try and practice something. Ha.
-IMPROV JAM
CL: I like that. That’s good. It sounds kind of like, um, too…my guitar is too insane, it’s gotta be on the off beat. Well, it’s your fault for being boring, so we’re just gonna practice. We’ll play Freebird, ever heard of that song?
Girl in Crowd: Good Sister/Bad Sister!
CL: Well, at least some girl called out for some song that wasn’t girly. I thought you want us to just stand up here and pretend we’re Mazzy Star. Fine, get your fucking tambourine, Patty. I’ll be feminine, ok? What do you call that in French – a mew, a mew? I’ll be loash with a mew? Jodelay. (Laughs). (Note: These aren’t actual French words). Merde is shit. Merde is shit.
Audience screams.
CL: Hey, you know, my baby’s name is Frances – we’re in France. Show me some fucking respect. Frances, France.
-I THINK THAT I WOULD DIE
CL: Thank you.
-BEST SUNDAY DRESS
Girl in Crowd: Good Sister/Bad Sister!
CL: Agua.
Audience screams.
CL: No, I’m a good pitcher at baseball. You come to hear the pretty girl’s song? Well, fuck you. Here’s a pretty girl’s song. It’s all about pretty girls.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-CREDIT IN THE STRAIGHT WORLD
Guy in Crowd: I love you!
-TEENAGE WHORE
CL: We should cover it. I want to cover it.
-DOLL PARTS
-VIOLET
CL: Jebby, they gave me some more pot.
Audience cheers.
Girl in Crowd: Can we have some?
CL: I don’t smoke it. Thanks though. I’ve got a friend who does.
-SUGAR COMA
CL: Au revoir.