THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

623-Hole-Celebrity Skin.

1998-Number 19 single.

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Courtney Michelle Love was born on July 9th, 1964, in San Francisco, California, United States. Love formed the Alternative Rock band ‘Hole’ in 1989 with Eric Erlandson, who had answered an advertisement placed in ‘Recycler’ magazine in the summer of 1989. Hole were active until 2002, but reformed in 2009, and disbanded in 2012. In total there have been 15 different band members, and Hole have recorded four studio Albums, the first three all being critically acclaimed.

‘Celebrity Skin’ was the title track, and the first single release from the Album in 1998. It represented a departure from the bands first two Albums, which were more aggressive in melody, and less lyrically restrained. The song was co-written by Love, and Erlandson, and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins (see also best songs 374.) It is said that Love was in need of inspiration at the time, and brought in Corgan, who wrote the songs main guitar riff, as well as co-writing another four tracks on the Album. The lyrics were written by Love, as were all the lyrics on the Album.The song tells of the futility of celebrity, and fame, and is anti Hollywood.The lyrics contain literary references, the line ‘Oh look at my face/ my name is might have been,’ is directly lifted from the opening verse of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem ‘A Superscription’, and the phrase ‘Pound of flesh,’ originates from William Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice.’A line from the song ‘Beautiful garbage,’ inspired the Rock group Garbage to call their third studio Album in 2001, ‘Beautiful Garbage.’

‘When I wake up in my makeup, it’s too early for that dress.Wilted and faded somewhere in Hollywood.’