355:". Erlandson then tried to record it in a different style, but Love demanded "this is how it should sound." The band left before midnight on November 10. Before the band left, Endino recorded the bass parts to "Beautiful Son", then Love recorded the final bass track to "20 Years In The Dakota." "Between us we had the bass done in about a half-hour," noted Endino and finally mixed the three tracks as he was getting tired and " want to stay here 'till 6am mixing three songs."
332:(1989) at the same studio four years prior. Incidentally, Cobain was due to partake in the sessions, mainly taking on bass duties, however, seeing as he arrived only on the last day, he had no contribution to the session. Rumours circulated that the Nirvana song "Talk To Me" was recorded with Cobain, however, Hole later recorded a demo version at Hanzek Audio, a related recording studio, in August 1993, during the initial recording sessions for Hole's second studio album,
424:. However, prior to the publication, Love stated in an interview that "Old Age" "is partly someone else's composition. It's something somebody had a little bit of and I said 'let me have the rest of it' and I wrote this thing in it and tried to make it goth. I found it, wrote it, and recorded it the same night." In actuality, "Old Age" was initially a Cobain-penned song, and recorded during the sessions for
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that "Kurt was featured as a young child on the cover, and played bass wearing one of
Courtney's dresses in the video (filmed before Kristen joined the band) - thus confirming the lyric, "You look good in my dress / My beautiful son". Although vague in its description, no evidence supports that an
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did not play bass at this session, nor was she even in the band at this time. Endino played bass on "Beautiful Son", and Love played bass on "20 Years in the Dakota". Endino described the atmosphere of the session as "quite negative" and that "it was really strange,
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as a child. The single's front cover complements this as it features a photograph of a young Cobain, at the age of around 7, surrounded by gift bows designed by Love. The "friends" in the lyrics who "clean the mess" are usually seen as a reference to
448:(1991), was originally due to be released in January 1993 and as consolation for the unexpected delay, Hole released "Beautiful Son," however, no actual confirmation supports this. Nevertheless, "Beautiful Son" was released in the United Kingdom on
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song. It just had a riff. It wasn't super smart but it sounded good and that's when I started learning things don't have to have lots and lots of notes. That the best songs are carried by simple lines and simple melodies."
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294:'s marriage. Love stated that the song-writing process was an attempt to "be a little dumber" and that she "was always trying to write a very complex song without ever having learned to write an easy
521:, incorrectly introduced the song as "Brother Son." It was also featured as regular song on setlists for the band's succeeding tours, however, was abandoned during the tours for
460:, the 7" version does not included "Old Age"." In support of the single release, Hole performed a short three-date tour of London, United Kingdom in March 1993, performing at
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Lamarr, Mark. "This is a band that has just come over and are playing exclusively for us, their new single, 'Brother Son,' it's Hole." Extracts of a transcription of
430:(1991), but after dissatisfaction with the song, gave it to Love. Love re-arranged parts of the song melodically and used entirely different lyrics.
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804:"Hole Studio Chronology | A Hole recording database"
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Wilston, Kathleen (1998). "Whose Song is it, Anyway?".
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The song was later released on the
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509:on March 26, 1993. Recorded at
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1572:Songs written by Courtney Love
1013:. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
886:"BMI | Repertoire Search"
779:. Omnibus Press. p. 415.
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860:Sanford, Christopher (2004).
1007:"Hole: Artist Chart History"
402:, other members of Nirvana.
254:, co-written by frontwoman
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310:" had been mixed, in
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282:Origin and recording
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488:DGC Rarities, Vol.1
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105:Seattle, Washington
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16:1993 single by Hole
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199:singles chronology
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1260:The First Session
1217:Nobody's Daughter
1203:Live Through This
1076:978-1-84449-640-2
1054:available on Veoh
957:Missing or empty
871:978-0-7867-0394-4
810:on March 24, 2012
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