Venue: Brooklyn Academy of Music (MTV Unplugged)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Patty Schemel (Drums).
CL: Uh, happy Valentine’s Day. This is MTV Unglued.
-MISS WORLD
CL: Thanks.
CL: This is our new song, sort of…it’s sort of new and sort of really old.
-BEST SUNDAY DRESS
CL: This song is about the girl that always smelled like pee in your class – and she was me, not Tabitha, I’ll tell ya that right now.
-SOFTER, SOFTEST
-DROWN SODA
CL: Thanks.
CL: This is a really sick song that we cover. It’s one of those Spector songs and it was written by Carole King, which you have to think. (To Eric) Go ahead.
-HE HIT ME (AND IT FELT LIKE A KISS)
CL: A nice feminist anthem.
-ASKING FOR IT
CL: Thanks.
CL: Alright, this song Kurt wrote…last…last song, almost…not…but, I’m…we’re kind of ?? we can’t do it very well, but we’ll try ’cause it’s Valentine’s Day and maybe he can hear it and he’ll go, ‘You really fucked up my song, Courtney, don’t even try it.’ But if it works, then, uh, it’s dedicated to my mother-in-law.
-YOU’VE GOT NO RIGHT
CL: Well, I’m sorry about that. That wasn’t a very good version.
-OLD AGE
CL: Thanks.
-HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
CL: My hot chord got lost…’cause…Chad…forget it, it’s over.
Audience applauds.
CL: Oh, it’s so spontaneous.
-DOLL PARTS
CL: Oh, this song…it’s a song, it’s new and it’s dedicated to, uh, someone who knows who they are…what? Oh, I got a new guitar. Someone who knows who they are and, uh, my friend Michael, so it’s dedicated to two people. I wrote this song about two people.
Guy in Crowd: Courtney!
CL: And it’s called, um, either, uh, I Slept With the Devil or Sugar Coma, I haven’t decided. No, it’s not called I Slept With the…it’s called Sugar Coma.
-SUGAR COMA
CL: That’s it. Bye bye!
Courtney goes over and kicks something in front of Patty’s drums. She jumps up and down in front of her. Then she goes over to Eric and bangs her guitar against his until he falls off his stool.
Courtney goes back to the mic.
CL: Happy fucking Valentine’s.
She knocks over her mic stand, then goes over to Melissa and says something inaudible to her. Melissa laughs.