Venue: Tempodrom
Location: Berlin, Germany
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Patty Schemel (Drums).
CL: (To Eric) I’m right, you’re wrong. Fuck you.
Audience cheers.
CL: In front of all these people, Eric, I want you to say ‘I’m wrong.’ ??
-PLUMP
Courtney pants heavily into the mic.
-BEAUTIFUL SON
CL: I have a cold. Fuck you!
CL: (Singing) Edelweiss, edelweiss, you look happy to meet me. Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow, bloom and grow forever. Edelweiss, edelweiss, bless my homeland forever.
-MISS WORLD
CL: Thank you.
Courtney picks up a bottle of water and pours it on the audience.
CL: This song is about how funny it is when you drown, how fucking funny it is how much you laugh.
-DROWN SODA
CL: That’s Melissa Auf der Maur.
Audience cheers.
CL: LOUDER!
Audience cheers louder.
CL: Danke.
CL: Melissa. Melissa.
-ASKING FOR IT
CL: (Singing) Jeremy spoke in class today. Jeremy spoke in, spoke in, Jeremy spoke in, spoke in, Jeremy spoke in class today!
Courtney looks up, pointing a middle finger at the ceiling.
CL: (To the audience) What? What are you doing down there?
She picks up a bottle of water and pours it on the audience. While the other band members play an instrumental version of Just Do It, Courtney continues to pick up bottles of water and pour them on the crowd.
A guitar tech brings Courtney a new guitar.
-JUST DO IT
-WHOSE PORNO YOU BURN (BLACK)
Eric plays the tune of If I Were a Rich Man, from the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
CL: (Singing) Do do…
Courtney walks over to Eric, then walks back to the mic.
CL: (Singing) Do do do do do do. All day long I’d do do do if I was a wealthy man.
CL: See, you have a problem with me. You know what it is?
Audience: No!
CL: Well, probably ?? lots of things, but you know what it really is? I’m a German and I’m a Jew, so you’re fucked (Laughs).
Audience cheers.
CL: You know, my German side, I’m right there with you, my Jewish side, I want to fucking kill you, how about that?
Audience cheers.
CL: But you’re paying me money, so…really my inner conflicts are none of your business.
Guy in Crowd: Pull your dress off!
CL: Pull my dress off, what? They didn’t say…they didn’t say if that was appropriate to say. It was ’cause I was Jewish, right? But I’m German too, so what can you say?
Guy in Crowd: Asshole!
CL: I’m an asshole for bringing it up, right? ‘Cause you’re in so much fucking denial, it’s annoying! Get your shit together!
Guy in Crowd: ??
CL: Yeah, I don’t wanna fuck you.
Guy in Crowd: Try!
Courtney starts to play the opening chords to Gutless, then stops.
CL: What? Come down there? With all you Aryans? Ok (Laughs).
-GUTLESS
-IMPROV
CL: Schlampig. It’s the one word I know in German – schlampig. Um…
Guy in Crowd: Play guitar!
CL: No, you come play guitar, you fucking asshole. Don’t give me fucking orders! I’ll spank your fucking ass!
Courtney picks up a towel and swings it around, whipping it at the audience.
CL: I’m a really good dominatrix, you know, I used to do that for a living. Don’t fuck with me.
Guy in Crowd: ??
CL: Uh, my hooters are perfect. See, I got the Aryan body, but I got the Jewish mind, so fuck you. No, why shouldn’t I? We all have the same bodies – weeded out the undesirables, didn’t we? Can you tell I wanna get in a fight? Just…I’m sorry ?? everybody (Laughs). No, I’m not.
CL: Shut up, we’re gonna get sensitive now.
-SOFTER, SOFTEST
(CUT)
-YES, SHE IS MY SKINHEAD GIRL
Courtney laughs.
CL: You know what this song’s about.
-I THINK THAT I WOULD DIE
Someone in Crowd: Eric!
CL: (Singing) Head like a hole, black as your soul, I’d rather die than give you control.
CL: Just kidding.
(CUT)
-BEST SUNDAY DRESS
(CUT)
The recording resumes while Courtney’s talking.
CL: …holding up the lighter thing.
(CUT)
CL: …not actually a fucking undone(?) thing in America they’ve evolved past. They’re like ‘Ooh, should I have a lighter for this slow song?’ ‘Oh, no, they have uteruses, forget it.’ Hi, lighter guy.
Guy in Crowd: Shut up!
CL: Shut up yourself, you little dick, get up here, I’ll kick your fucking ass. ?? You go to fucking Dachau someday, why don’t you look around, alright. I’m in the mood for a fight, I’ll take on anyone, ok? (??) I can still beat your ass with one hand, you prick.
CL: No, you’re wearing a Nirvana shirt, it’s ok. If you had a Pearl Jam shirt on, it would be a different story.
CL: This is for all you handsome Aryans, you’re so well bred. This song is about you.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
Courtney changes the word ‘ugly’ in the song to ‘schlampig.’
-CREDIT IN THE STRAIGHT WORLD
During the song, Courtney lies down on her back on stage with her head in the audience.
CL: That’s Patty Schemel. Do you know what she did? She’s the first woman in America to ever make it on to the cover of a drum magazine.
There are some cheers from the audience.
CL: Yeah, fucking big applause for that, you sexist fucks. Alright, Patty’s on the cover of a fucking drum magazine. She’s the first girl ever. I want it FUCKING LOUD APPLAUSE, YOU SHITS! NOW! You’ve got one more chance, I’m leaving. One…two…three…
Audience screams.
CL: Maybe this well help you out. On three, I want you to say ‘fuck you’ really loud, just get it out of your systems, ok. One…two…three – FUCK YOU!
Audience: Fuck you!
CL: That was so pussy, do it again, c’mon. One…two…three…
Audience: Fuck you!
CL: That was a little better, c’mon, a little German enthusiasm. I know you guys get passionate about things. One…two…three –
Audience: FUCK YOU!
CL: Yeah. Stupid. Yeah. Montreal does a better job.
CL: Stupid? You’re the one that paid 18 dollars. Ha.
CL: No, we’ve gotta do this now. Alright, we’ll do it now.
-TEENAGE WHORE
CL: ??
-DOLL PARTS
CL: Thank you.
Courtney walks past Melissa to the side of the stage and climbs up high on something. She shakes a water bottle into the audience. A guy comes over to help her. She swings down using a rope.
Courtney walks back to the mic.
CL: (Singing) You’ve got to pick up every stitch. Aye yai yai yai yai, must be the season of the witch.
CL: This is a song about a jerk I used to go out with a long time ago. Still a fucking jerk too.
-VIOLET
CL: What’s wrong with her? Get her out of there, man.
CL: Put her up here.
A girl is pulled up from the pit. Courtney leads her over to Melissa’s side of the stage.
-SUGAR COMA
CL: Auf Wiedersehen.
(CUT)
Cuts back in during Pennyroyal Tea. Courtney is on stage performing it by herself.
-PENNYROYAL TEA
Courtney waves goodbye and walks off stage.
(CUT)
Courtney is on Melissa’s side of the stage. She has climbed up a pole and is holding on to a rope. She gets down and goes past Melissa to the side of the stage (where she was before Violet). She climbs up another pole and swings around with a rope.
Courtney walks back to the mic.
CL: I want ropes so I can swing.
MADM: Wings of Desire.
CL: Wings of Desire. Yeah, we can be angels.
MADM: ??
CL: Who’s gonna buy me as an angel though? I mean. Well, I know God thinks I’m an angel, but these little shits don’t.
-HE HIT ME (AND IT FELT LIKE A KISS)
-SHE WALKS ON ME
CL: What’s wrong with her? What happened? What happened to that poor girl?
Audience cheers.
CL: Some fucking burly ass guy probably fucking was grabbing her tits – probably you. I want to see – are you wearing a Pearl Jam shirt? I swear to God, I’ll kick your ass. Anyone with a Pearl Jam shirt, leave now. I’ll give you a refund. You got one on – go to the front door and I’ll pay you back every penny you fucking…and five dollars more.
Guy in Crowd: Why?
CL: Because I fucking hate that goddamn band, that’s why. I can’t stand their presence near me. Because my husband hated that goddamn band, my daughter hates that goddamn band – it’s a family fucking tradition and I’m carrying it on. It’s the Jewish side of me. We’re very traditional, us Jews.
CL: (To Melissa) What’s next? What?
CL: Speaking of my husband – we wrote this song. I don’t know – do you deserve this song? It’s a goddamn good song. It’s called Old Age.
-OLD AGE
CL: The only lyrics I remember from that song ?? were ‘Oh babydoll there you go in your nazi car, babydoll what a whore you are.’ I don’t think you’d like it if I played that song.
CL: No, we’re gonna play a song we wrote in Brazil when we were all drunk. Another goddamn song with my husband – and Patty – with Patty and my husband. Fucking ghosts – fuck you!
CL: Hey, you know what Kurt’s favorite song was? We’re gonna sing it right now.
-HEY JUDE (CHORUS)
CL: Piece of shit.
She starts to play the opening chords to Drunk in Rio.
CL: Something’s wrong with my guitar. It’s out of tune.
She picks up a bottle of water and throws it into the audience.
-DRUNK IN RIO
Courtney picks up a bottle of water.
CL: I…I have one more wasser.
CL: Hey, don’t be fucking immature. Share it. Jesus Christ.
CL: You can’t swim? Is that a joke? Is that…is that German humor? Well, that’s a German and that’s a German and that’s a German, so I’m surrounded. Yeah, that would be a German thing to say – Purple Haze, right? Fucking David Hasselhoff, German ??, fucking goddamn hippies, have some fucking anarchy or something. Why aren’t there any girl bands out of this country? Wait…can you not play guitar? Wait. This is fucking stupid man. Anybody can play guitar, it’s totally easy. If girls don’t play guitar soon, we’re all gonna die!
Courtney brings a girl up on stage and shows her how to plays some chords on her guitar.
CL: She’s gonna play ??
The girl strums the guitar and Courtney sings into the mic.
CL: Now do the Sonic Youth thing. It’s really easy. Go like this.
Courtney shows her some chords.
CL: And then do Sonic Youth. It’s so easy. Just right here.
CL: Do that. Do it. Do it.
The girl plays the guitar the way Courtney just showed her. She gives Courtney a little hug and walks off stage.
CL: Now you know. It’s so fucking easy.
Audience cheers.
CL: You guys are so sexist and fucking weird, you Germans. What girl bands are from here? You said there was girl bands from here. Name one.
CL: Schlampig, what? What?
CL: De schein ?? Are they any good? Basta? Kiss my ass. I don’t care about guys, all you are are dicks, ?? poach your sperm and get rid of your fucking asses. We only need one man for every 50 of us, so fuck you. Alright, you elitist pigs.
-OLYMPIA/TOUCH THE SKY/I LIKE IT LIKE THAT/ROCK ‘N ROLL N*GGER
CL: (Still playing guitar) WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? Don’t you ever fucking forget what you fucking did – never! Your mother, your grandmother, your great grandmother – don’t you ever fucking forget what you fucking did! Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen, don’t you ever fucking forget what you fucking did!
Courtney puts her guitar down and stands on it in a surf pose.
She goes back to the mic.
CL: Don’t you ever forget what you fucking did! The sins of your fathers are on your fucking whole faces – don’t you forget, you fucking dicks, ever!