The original Courtney:
Courtney Love-The Second Most
Beautiful Girl In the World mp3
K Records EP, 1990
Lois Maffeo is a national treasure, and the three 7"s she made with Patrick Maley (drummer and YoYo Studio guy) under the name Courtney Love (two on
K, One on Feel Good All Over) are all to be prized. (Someone really ought to round them up on a CD.) Her peculiar haunting melodic sense and beautiful wordplay have touched us many times, but this song is probably our favorite.
No relation to that other Courtney Love, that one whose band sounded like Sonic Youth until grunge took over and she realized she'd hopped on the wrong carousel. The one who represented the very apex of alternarock self-absorption with "Doll Parts." The one who sold millions of records and landed a spot on
Spin's "Top 100 Alternative Albums" list. The one who was so traumatized by the death of her husband that she no longer appears to be able to write songs. The one who at present amounts to nothing except a punchline of a joke that is now more pathetic than funny.
