Venue: Santa Barbara Bowl
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Hole Lineup: Courtney Love (Guitar/Vocals), Eric Erlandson (Guitar), Melissa Auf der Maur (Bass/Background Vocals), and Samantha Maloney (Drums).
-OLD AGE INTRO
-VIOLET
CL: Hi.
Audience screams.
CL: Ok, two things – Val, could you help me take off my coat? And Mike, could you just turn up my vocals in my ear? Just do it. Just help me.
Guy in Crowd #1: Told you she was gonna strip.
Guy in Crowd #2: She’s got an attitude.
-AWFUL
-DEAR PRUDENCE
Guy in Crowd: (During song) I want to see her hole.
Guy in Crowd: (During song) What’s it look like? I’m just curious.
-PRETTY ON THE INSIDE
-HEAVEN TONIGHT
CL: Ok, you guys have one really fundamental problem, being that you’re Santa Barbara, all of your parents are upper middle-class, you don’t know any pain, and it’s making me really annoyed. You know what? I know you like us, I know you bought our record, but I can’t fucking feel it ’cause your rich parents have made you SO FUCKING CYNICAL! STOP IT! STOP IT! You shits, you little credit card shits. You know what? Every single person in this band had to work a minimum wage job – did you? Ok, good, that’s great. You know what, punch out your neighbor, ’cause they didn’t. Fucking little trust fund kids, listen…(Laughs) what’s that, thank you…I don’t need a cig…see, you can afford a pack of cigarettes, that’s your problem in life, ok. Shits. Ugh, wealthy communities bother me. It doesn’t mean I don’t like you. I just want you to understand. Cynicism bad, enthusiasm good. HAHA.
Guy in Crowd: Did someone say grandstanding?
CL: What? Shh. Thank you. This is so beautiful, thank you. Is that for me? That is so nice. Oh my God, you guys are so nice. I love you. That is so nice. Would you like a tiara, Samantha? Check it out. HA!
CL: Ok, let’s go.
CL: If you’re white and rich and privileged, you need to use that privilege to help fucking people that aren’t white and rich and privileged. Please, I’m serious, just come on – and then I’ll like you, so much that I’ll want to fuck you – and I’m really good at that…and so is Melissa and Eric and Sam. We’re all really good, but only with white, privileged people that have decided the proletariats are great.
CL: Oh.
-MISS WORLD
Opening chords to Reasons to Be Beautiful.
CL: Merci, merci.
-REASONS TO BE BEAUTIFUL
CL: Alright, let me through. Shh. You guys be quiet, be quiet, we’re trying to play. Look at Eric, Eric is a God. Everyone cheer for Eric or you’re out.
Audience screams.
CL: Louder or I’m leaving. ERIC! (Laughs) I…I’m sorry. Shut up, you guys.
MADM: Hi, we’re Queens of the Viking age…
CL: Shh. Shh.
MADM: And that is, uh, the leading Viking, the male of the pack.
CL: You guys, like, you’re…you’re rich kids, if I come out into you, you should be jaded about it…
MADM: I’m sure there’s other kids here too.
CL: Don’t be fucking weird.
MADM: Not just rich kids.
CL: You’re rich kids, shut up. Shut up. You guys are rich? Yeah, see, you know someone I know. Fuck you, be normal then.
Courtney has climbed down into the audience. You can hear guys talking into the mic.
CL: ?? (Laughs)
CL: Oh, I need out of here, you guys are too weird. This is like stage diving. Come on, Steven. Oh shit, I really got myself in some trouble.
MADM: This is a song about really rich people.
CL: ?? rich kids would be such brats.
Opening chords to Malibu. Courtney changes the opening lyrics to be about spoiled rotten trust fund kids.
-MALIBU
Guy in Crowd #1: You’ll never ache like she aches.
Girl laughs.
Guy in Crowd #2: She wants you, dude.
Guy in Crowd #1: Yeah, I know.
Guy in Crowd #2: She wants you bad.
Guy in Crowd #1: She said that.
Girl in Crowd: Doll Parts!
Guy in Crowd #1: No, Rock Star is my favorite. I already have a intolerance for ?? If they don’t do Rock Star, I’ll be fucking pissed.
-DYING
Confetti pours down during the song. The audience screams.
Guy in Crowd: (During song) Where’s the lighters at?
CL: Turn on the lights. Hi brats. You little brats. I want to spank your little butts.
Guy in Crowd: Spank it, baby! Spank it!
CL: My voice is getting bad, you guys, I’m sorry. I like you…
Guy in Crowd: Did I say that out loud?
CL: Melissa likes you ’cause you’re rich, I don’t like you ’cause you’re rich. I’m trying to reconcile it. Melissa, tell them, be a Socialist, you know.
MADM: It’s just that we…we love you, Santa Barbara. No matter what, ’cause you rock, rock, rock.
CL: ‘Cause we know you’re not all rich. People that like us are not all rich. There’s a lot of poor people here and I’m totally into that.
MADM: It’s the ocean.
Girl in Crowd: We’re not rich!
CL: It’s ok to be rich too – my daughter’s rich. It’s ok, I forgive you for being rich. It’s a privileged aspect to this shit that really bothers me – but I’m getting over it. It doesn’t mean…it doesn’t mean I don’t like you ’cause you’re rich, it just bugs me.
Guy in Crowd: You’ve got more fucking money than I do!
CL: Just fucking play the shit out of it. I don’t care.
-PLAYING YOUR SONG
CL: (During song) Rich kids don’t know how to riot. Just get up here and I’ll let you up. You’re so rich you don’t even know how to riot. Just get up. ??
CL: You don’t even know how to riot. Wow. This is the only city in America that doesn’t know how to fucking get up on the stage. You guys don’t even know to…look, all you have to do is fight your way up. Your parents didn’t teach you this ’cause they gave you credit cards when you were 14 years old! Get your asses up here if you can! That’s the fucking point! That’s right. That’s right. Alright. That’s right. If you fucking can! If you can’t fight to get up here, I don’t give a shit. That’s right. Ok, you sit down.
Guy in Crowd: Fucking animals.
CL: Ok.
Guy in Crowd: They’re storming the stage. Fuck.
CL: If you’re up here, it’s about going against the rich kids, it’s about not being white, it’s about not being…sit down once get up on my stage, you sit your ass down. I’m gonna teach you how to be a rock star. Shut up, sit down. (Laughs) ??
MADM: Jesus.
Eric starts playing Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
CL: I don’t wanna see the fucking ?? up here. I don’t want to see the little snob assholes. You better shut up and sit down though. Once you get up here, don’t be obnoxious.
MADM: Just sit in front of us, you guys. Just sit in fucking front of us…
CL: That’s enough, that’s enough. That’s too many. Oh shit, what is this – a guest list of every music industry executive? Shut up, stop it.
MADM: Ok, we’re stopping.
CL: Alright, whatever.
Guy in Crowd: Oh shit.
CL: Shh. Stop it now, I’m done. Ok, you can riot if…ok…
MADM: ??
CL: (Singing) I am…
Doll Parts stops.
Guy in Crowd: Oh my God. They’re on the stage.
Courtney laughs.
Guy in Crowd: That’s way too many people!
MADM: Great, now we can’t play at all.
CL: Can I please play a show, you guys? Come on. You know what, shut up, this is really too much to ask you, sit down and show some character now. Now that you’ve shown some will, I’d like you to show some character. Character means to shut up and be considerate, ok. Alright. Help me out, you shouldn’t pull me down, and let me play a show. Ok, thank you. There’s a thousand people here who didn’t get on stage, right? Rich kids, be quiet. Shh. I’ll show you how to be a rock star if you guard my little guitar thing. Now be quiet or I’m kicking your ass off. Sit your ass down, girl!
MADM: I guess I’m not a Viking, ’cause I can’t seem to protect my fortress at all.
CL: Oh, for God’s sake! Shut up and sit down or we’re leaving! Shut up. I’m gonna count to three. No one else on stage for a while, that’s it. You go back. That’s plenty, ok. Shhh. Oh for God’s sake. Melissa, can you play?
MADM: Yes, I have room.
CL: Ok, I can play too. You all gonna behave? Ok, we’re gonna continue now so be fucking quiet, ok. Three chords, watch me.
-DOLL PARTS
CL: (During song) Get out of the way.
Guy in Crowd: (During song) Show me your hole!
CL: (During song) Down!
Courtney holds the mic out to the audience after she sings, “Someday you will…”
CL: That was good.
She does it again.
CL: Do it, you guys, come on.
She repeats this one more time, letting the audience finish the lyric.
CL: (Laughs) It’s our last show in America, why not fucking just…this is ?? This is our last show in America and we’re gonna fucking have a little riot, whether you like it not.
Audience screams.
CL: Where’s my guard? What’s the next song? Tell me what the next song is. It’s on there…it’s on there…some little asshole took the list? Ok, fine.
Opening chords to Northern Star.
CL: Shh. Stop it. Make sure you’re good.
-NORTHERN STAR (CUT)
MADM: ??
CL: Thank you. ??
-SHE WALKS ON ME
CL: (During song) Got through.
CL: (During song) MELISSA!
CL: ??
-BIGGEST SCAR
MADM: Everybody don’t move, just clap, ok? Just clap.
-CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE
-CELEBRITY SKIN
CL: (During song) You’ve gotta get up yourself, girl. ??
A female fan sings part of the song with Courtney.
CL: Goodnight, Santa Barbara. Alright, I will give this guitar to the poorest girl on this stage. Who is the poorest girl with the most ambition on this stage? You with the blue hair? I don’t think it’s about you, girl. No, sweetheart, your skin’s too good to be poor. Fuck you, your parents make 300 grand a year, no, you ain’t getting it. I know who it is – she’s right there. I want…I don’t want the rich girls. I just want the poor girls. Where’s my blue haired girl? Come here, girl.