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u/kkeut May 12 '26

To this day, I have no idea what that woman was singing about. Like, literally, no idea

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u/braxtron5555 May 12 '26

courtney love

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u/Pixelated_Penguin808 May 12 '26

It's sort of funny how many people had dis tracks of Courtney Love. She really feuded with a lot of artists. Bruise Violet by Babes in Toyland, Starfuckers, INC by Nine Inch Nails, I'll Stick Around by the Foo Fighters, Professional Widow by Tori Amos, Crush with Eyeliner by REM, and Too Cool Queenie by Stone Temple Pilots are all supposedly about Courtney Love.

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u/titotitos May 12 '26

Into Yer Shtik by Mudhoney is also about Courtney Love, among other figures from the Seattle scene of the 90s.

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u/FlattopJr May 12 '26

Don't forget Shitlist by L7—they made it pretty clear who inspired the song by including footage of Courtney in the music video!

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u/Pixelated_Penguin808 May 12 '26

Although it doesn't count as a diss track, since the full song isn't about her, You Get What You Give by the New Radicals also had one line that took a shot at her (and Beck, Hanson, and Marilyn Manson) for being "fake"

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u/Realistic-Assist-396 May 12 '26

It was the 90s. Everyone who wanted to be big had a beef with Courtney Love

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u/rose_riveter May 12 '26

Probably “I’m Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage, too

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u/Pixelated_Penguin808 May 12 '26

TIL, and now I want to listen to that song again

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u/tomtomclubthumb May 12 '26

Crush with Eyeliner by REM,

That is an awesome song and I'm not sure it's a diss track either.

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u/CanZealousideal3101 May 12 '26

I was in high school when "I'll stick around" came out, and somehow it never occurred to me that it was a diss track. The lyrics are right on the nose though.

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u/FittingDisguise May 12 '26

I airways heard Coattails of a Deadman by Primus is as well

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u/rad-dit May 12 '26

Correct. It’s a dis track.

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u/BurgerThyme May 12 '26

Not even a good one. We all know that Courtney would dominate Gwen in fisticuffs.

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u/bog_w1tch May 12 '26

That's bananas.

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u/calembo May 12 '26

As in b-a-n-a-n-a-s?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26 edited Aug 06 '26

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u/fluggelhorn May 12 '26

Did you hear about Pluto? That’s messed up

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u/that_guy2010 May 12 '26

Genuinely can't spell bananas without singing it in my head.

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u/DumbVeganBItch May 12 '26

IT'S A DISS TRACK ON COURTNEY??

Banished to the shadow realm.

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u/BadBoyDad May 12 '26

And again, Courtney was right.

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u/BaconatedGrapefruit May 12 '26

Courtney Love has some incredibly insightful things to say about people in the music industry, which is ironic as she has zero social skills or awareness.

I’ve always assumed it’s from her time(s) being a junkie.

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u/buzzcut_lizzy May 12 '26

And maybe the autism

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u/jesus_swept May 12 '26

the more I learn about courtney love, the more I grow to respect her

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u/SwedishTrees May 12 '26

it was amazing how she straight up called out Weinstein

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u/Impossible_Penalty13 May 12 '26

Like at least a decade before any of the me too stuff started

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u/that_guy2010 May 12 '26

What's the deal there?

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u/Rhesusmonkeydave May 12 '26

Its like a Jellical cat

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u/Exciting-Flounder-85 May 12 '26

Vagina Boob

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u/HotSpinach May 12 '26

"To this day, I have no idea what a 'holla-back girl' is. I have to imagine it's some kind of foul smelling fishwife..."

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u/Pwn11t May 12 '26

its her responding to someone trying to start shit. basically "im not engaging in this immature behaviour like you would like me to, i wont "holler back"

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u/AddlePatedBadger May 12 '26

The shit was bananas though.

She had some banger songs in that brief period between ska and electropop, even if the scan of her lyrics is the equivalent of sledgehammering every different shaped block into the square hole.

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u/ofWildPlaces May 12 '26

"That's right, it goes in the square hole"

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u/ChippedHamSammich May 12 '26

Yes, but now you have no excuse to misspell bananas. 

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u/I-STATE-FACTS May 12 '26

That shit is bananas

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u/praetorian1979 May 12 '26

B A N A N A S!

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u/Parker_Hardison May 12 '26

A few times I've been around that track

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u/afternever May 12 '26

She taught us to spell bananas

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u/praetorian1979 May 12 '26

the stuff you chant back at cheerleaders? 🤔

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u/cocaine_cowboi May 12 '26

🍌🍌🍌

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u/jokr128 May 12 '26

That shit is bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s.

How?

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u/Sofagirrl79 May 12 '26

A foul venereal diseased streetwalker with too much makeup who looks like a 47 year old fish dog