History Music / MyBodyTheHandGrenade

''My Body, The Hand Grenade'' is [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole's]] only compilation album. Released on October 28th 1997, it features music recorded between 1990 and 1995, consisting of demos, B-sides and live performances. The album features musicians from the various lineups of Hole, such as Caroline Rue and Jill Emery (drummer and bassist for ''Music/PrettyOnTheInside'') and Patty Schemel and Kristen Pfaff (drummer and bassist for ''Music/LiveThroughThis'').

''My Body, The Hand Grenade'' received mixed to positive reviews, being praised for the strength of each song individually but criticised for its lack of a cohesive thread.

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''My Body the Hand Grenade'' is [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole's]] only compilation album. Released on October 28th 1997, it features music recorded between 1990 and 1995, consisting of demos, B-sides and live performances. The album features musicians from the various lineups of Hole, such as Caroline Rue and Jill Emery (drummer and bassist for ''Music/PrettyOnTheInside'') and Patty Schemel and Kristen Pfaff (drummer and bassist for ''Music/LiveThroughThis'').

''My Body the Hand Grenade'' received mixed to positive reviews, being praised for the strength of each song individually but criticised for its lack of a cohesive thread.

''My Body the Hand Grenade'' is [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole's]] only compilation album. Released on October 28th 1997, it features music recorded between 1990 and 1995, consisting of demos, B-sides and live performances. The album features musicians from the various lineups of Hole, such as Caroline Rue and Jill Emery (drummer and bassist for ''"Music/PrettyOnTheInside'') and Patty Schemel and Kristen Pfaff (drummer and bassist for ''Music/LiveThroughThis'').

* ShoutOut: "20 Years in the Dakota" shouts out: the RiotGrrrl movement, (who Courtney had had problems with), Music/TheBeatles, the song "Hey Jude" by the aforementioned Beatles, and the Dakota building, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived.

* ShoutOut: "20 Years in the Dakota" shouts out: the RiotGrrrl movement, who Courtney had had problems with, Music/TheBeatles, the song "Hey Jude" by the aforementioned Beatles, and the Dakota building, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived.

** The line "Sugar runs from my arteries" from "Burn Black" was also used in "Good Sister/Bad Sister" from ''Music/PrettyOnTheInside''. Both songs are commonly interpreted as being about Kat Bjelland.

--->'''Softer Softest''': "Pee Girl gets the belt/Your milk makes me mind."
--->'''20 Years in the Dakota''': "The Pee Girl burns to be a bride/Your ever lovely suicide."

''My Body the Hand Grenade'' is [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole's]] only compilation album. Released on October 28th 1997, it features music recorded between 1990 and 1995, consisting of demos, B-sides and live performances. The album features musicians from the various lineups of Hole, such as Caroline Rue and Jill Emery (drummer and bassist for Music/PrettyOnTheInside) and Patty Schemel and Kristen Pfaff (drummer and bassist for Music/LiveThroughThis).

* CarefulWithThatAxe: As is to be expected of Hole, there are several songs like this, mainly the ones written during the Music/PrettyOnTheInside era, such as "Burn Black" and "Dicknail."

* ShoutOut: "20 Years in the Dakota" shouts out: the RiotGrrrl movement, who Courtney had had problems with, [[labelnote:"Riot grrls think you can stop/And you're forever in her debt." [[/labelnote]] Music/TheBeatles, [[labelnote:"Well you, you don't fuck with the fabulous four/Or you spend the rest of your life/Picking things up off the floor."[[/labelnote]], the song "Hey Jude" by the aforementioned Beatles, [[labelnote: "Hey Jude/Hey Jude/Are they coming for me/Judy Judy/Are they coming soon?" [[/labelnote]] and the Dakota building, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived.

* ShoutOut: "20 Years in the Dakota" shouts out: the RiotGrrrl movement, who Courtney had had problems with, [[labelnote:]]"Riot grrls think you can stop/And you're forever in her debt." [[/labelnote]], Music/TheBeatles, [[labelnote:"Well you, you don't fuck with the fabulous four/Or you spend the rest of your life/Picking things up off the floor."[[/labelnote]] the song "Hey Jude" by the aforementioned Beatles, [[labelnote]] "Hey Jude/Hey Jude/Are they coming for me/Judy Judy/Are they coming soon?" [[/labelnote]] and the Dakota building, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived.

* RecycledLyrics: The line "Sugar runs from my arteries" from "Burn Black" was also used in "Good Sister/Bad Sister" from ''Music/PrettyOnTheInside''. Both songs are commonly interpreted as being about Kat Bjelland.

''My Body the Hand Grenade'' is [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole's]] only compilation album. Released on October 28th 1997, it features music recorded between 1990 and 1995, consisting of demos, B-sides and live performances. The album features musicians from the various lineups of Hole, such as Caroline Rue and Jill Emery (drummer and bassist for Music/PrettyOnTheInside) and Patty Schemel and Kristen Pfaff (drummer and bassist for Music/LiveThroughThis.

''My Body the Hand Grenade'' is [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole's]] only compilation album. Released on October 28th 1997 it features music recorded between 1990 and 1995, consisting of demos, B-sides and live performances. The album features musicians from the various lineups of Hole, such as Caroline Rue and Jill Emery (drummer and bassist for Music/PrettyOnTheInside) and Patty Schemel and Kristen Pfaff (drummer and bassist for Music/LiveThroughThis.

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* CoverVersion: 'He Hit Me' was originally performed by Music/TheCrystals. 'Season of the Witch' was originally by Donovan.
* RapeAndRevenge: 'Dicknail' is about driving a nail through a paedophile's penis.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: 'Dicknail' powerfully expresses Courtney Love's anger about rape.
* RecycledLyrics: The line "Sugar runs from my arteries" from 'Burn Black' was also used in 'Good Sister/Bad Sister' from Music/PrettyOnTheInside. Both songs are commonly interpreted as being about Kat Bjelland.

* RecycledLyrics: The line "Sugar runs from my arteries" from 'Burn Black' was also used in 'Good Sister/Bad Sister' from Music/PrettyOnTheInside. Both songs are commonly interpreted as being about Kat Bjelland.
* YokoOhNo: '20 Years in the Dakota' is about the parallels between Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno's marriage and Music/KurtCobain and Music/CourtneyLove's marriage and how both women were perceived by the media and public.
--> "This is the story of somebody's wife".

''My Body the Hand Grenade'' is [[Music/CourtneyLove Hole's]] only compilation album. released on October 28th 1997 it features music recorded between 1990 and 1995, consisting of demos, B-sides and live performances. The album features musicians from the various lineups of Hole, such as Caroline Rue and Jill Emery (drummer and bassist for Music/PrettyOnTheInside) and Patty Schemel and Kristen Pfaff (drummer and bassist for Music/LiveThroughThis.

''My Body the Hand Grenade'' received mixed to positive review, being praised for the strength of each song individually but criticised for its lack of a cohesive thread.

* YokoOhNo: '20 Years in the Dakota' is about the parallels between Music/JohnLennon and Music/YokoOno's relationship and Music/KurtCobain and Music/CourtneyLove's relationship and how both women were perceived by the media and public.

* CoverVersion: 'He Hit Me' was originally performed by Music/TheCrystals. 'Season of the Witch' was originally by Music/Donovan.

# "Asking for It" (live) (3:58)

''My Body the Hand Grenade'' received mix to positive review, being praised for the strength of each song individually but criticised for its lack of a cohesive thread.