Celebrity Skin
by Hole

Album: Celebrity Skin (1998)
Charted: 19 85
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Courtney M. Love, Eric Erlandson, William Patrick Corgan
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 12

  • Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganI woke up this morning with this song ringing in my head like a bad hangover. While that doesn't always happen with good songs (that stupid pop song with dumb lyrics or that YouTube video made for toddlers that you're forced to listen to ad nauseam because you have young siblings), but it does only happen with catchy, memorable tunes, and this one's got more hooks than a box full of old Christmas ornaments. I have to give props to Eric Erlandson for the riffs and it has great melodies and lyrics, too. In all honesty I'd rather have this song stuck in my head than "Baby Shark" any day.
  • Corey from Ede, Bhutanthis song is awesome i love it
  • Kait from Somewhere, OhIt does refer to merchant of venice
  • Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnI'm still in love with this song. Courtney can do no wrong.
  • Austin from Smallsville,new England, --This song was featured on the video game Rock Band.And yes I did like this song before the game.
  • Sibella from Pretoria, South AfricaI wonder whether 'pound of your flesh' refers to The Merchant Of Venice...?
  • Paige from Brisbane, Australiai think it is about the fakeness of holywood and just how hard it is to make it
  • Roxy from London, Englandthe song title is a reference to a hollywood magazine that prints unortharised pictures of naked celebrities, the band is also a reference to that magazine.
    "why celebrity skin?"
    Courtney: "because i've touched so much of it"
  • Madalyn from Greensburg, Panot my favorite hole song but still pretty good
  • Leah from Humboldt, Iagood song. kind applies to trying to be who everybody wants you to be.
  • Kira from Edmonton, CanadaOne a Hole's hits. This song was pretty good, post grunge. Shows the ficklness of Hollywood - "hooker, waitress, model, actress - oh just go nameless!"
  • Teri from Lewisville, TxThis is also a reference to the LA band Celebrity Skin... I think this was written not only "about the pressures of being a public figure" but also Courtney's personal experience of being made over, into someone acceptible and accessible in the industry, as opposed to being a "Grunge Queen". Remember all the fuss made about her appearance at the Oscars (I think) after she had her make over and suddenly she became a media darling (for a while at least)?
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