your milk turns to cream.....

When I first started listening to the record "Live Through This" by the band Hole in 1994 - I knew in my gut that I stumbled upon something unique in sound and revolutionary. You can say whatever you want about the personal character of Courtney Love, but during late 1993, she and the other existing band members of Hole recorded a collection of songs that were brilliant and classic at a recording studio in Atlanta, GA. Every time I listen to the record, I become entranced by subtle nuances and sounds that I've missed during prior listens. The mixing/mastering was epic, the playing was epic, and it defined a period in the early to mid 90s that was unfortunately overshadowed by the suicide of Kurt. I covered "Softer Softest" because for me it is the song that epitomizes a child that was never accepted by most. Courtney was ridiculed and considered an outcast throughout much of her early adolescence and adulthood. This song captures that rejected feeling and the melancholy behind it. I sang it in junior high, high school, college, early adulthood and to this day. It provides me continual solace, and it's a beautiful song from start to finish.