Venue: Rose Club
Location: Koln, Germany
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Jill Emery (Bass), and Carolyn Rue (Drums).
The recording cuts in while Courtney’s talking.
CL: …lies. Did that – is that a mistake? Oh wow.
-DOLL PARTS
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-GARBADGE MAN
–VIOLET
CL: Hi, we’re Poison Idea.
Smells Like Teen Spirit riff.
CL: That was a joke. Hahaha. Fucking, if you have a sense of humor ?? So yeah, um, we’re Mudhoney.
-TEENAGE WHORE
CL: Thanks.
Smells Like Teen Spirit riff.
-DROWN SODA
CL: La-da-di-da-da-da. (Laughs)
JE: Hi, you guys.
Audience: Hi.
JE: You know how we travel in a van? I have a story, because that’s my, you know. Anyways, so we travel in this van and on the way I had this dream. I dreamt that I was Christian and then I was, I was Irish and then after that, um, I wrote this song, something about Achtung Baby and then now we’re rock stars. Are you guys mad?
CL: Do you think she’s getting fat?
JE: I think somebody’s getting pregnant.
CL: Hello, Hello, Hello, hello…
JE: Wait, forget it.
CL: Fucking, we’re Cringer.
CL: This next song is dedicated to Jad Fair, ’cause I would never make fun of him.
-BERRY
Courtney pauses mid-song.
CL: Now’s your big chance to yell shit at us. GIVE ME A VALIUM!
-BERRY (continued)
Guy in Crowd #1: Good Sister/Bad Sister!
CL: We don’t do that song, ’cause it sucks live. Sorry.
Guy in Crowd #1: It’s ok.
Guy in Crowd #2: SCHLAMPIG!
CL: Did you just say schlampig? Now, you Germans (laughs) love to say that word. I know it sounds nice. Talk to Jill…wait, oh well, I think Eric’s the ??
– MRS. JONES
CL: On three, I want you all to say schlampig. Ready? One, two, three…schlampig. That’s my new German word. Thank you.
Guy in Crowd: Was it ?? or all of Nirvana?
CL: No, it’s just one of Nirvana, but all of Poison Idea…
EE: I did all of Poison Idea.
CL: And he did all of um, Mudhoney, right? Or, no TAD! I’m sorry.
EE: No, The Fuzztones.
CL: Oh, ho, ho, excuse me, The Fuzztones, that’s our…
Guy in Crowd: You both shagged Kurt.
CL: What, what, what?
Guy in Crowd: You both shagged Kurt.
CL: No, no, no. He did Rudi Protrudi, we’re talking about The Fuzztones. Germans, man, they’re funny. You guys are cute. It’s funny how you know my business. I don’t know how you do that.
-BABYDOLL
-THE ONLY RAPE I KNOW
-DICKNAIL
-P-GIRL
JE: Can we just do an encore because.. already, because I’m scared. Can we just do our encore right now, because we can’t get through the crowd and you know…or maybe you guys don’t want one, I don’t know.
Guy in Crowd: This isn’t Camden Underworld, you know.
CL: God, were you there? Do you want to get up here? They’re German, they don’t want us, Jill. They don’t want us that way. Oh my God, this is our little dialogue section. Can we just not go through all the rigamarole of going through there and coming back. We’ve only just started to do encores anyway and I want to know how you guys know about my life, is what I…
Guy in Crowd: Stage diving.
CL: Can you bring my guitar around?
Guy in Crowd: I think that cream suits you.
CL: Cream suits me? Thank you. (Laughs)
CL: Jill? Jill? Where did you stage dive to? Jill, you have to come back. We’re not a three piece. Where did she go? Jill, if you embarrass me like this, you’re fired.
Guy in Crowd: Good Sister.
CL: Well, I think we have to go ’cause Jill’s not here, so see you later. What’s she doing? Dark star. Enigmatic. Jesus Christ, I can’t believe this.
JE: Hey.
CL: Hello.
JE: Hello.
JE: This is our new hit song. Hello, hello, hello. Start the song, hello.
-WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT?
-P-GIRL
CL: Don’t ever say we’re not a pop band.
-BURN BLACK
-P-GIRL
-HOT CHOCOLATE BOY/FORMING
CL: Thanks.