Courtney Love sells Nirvana songs to Martha Stewart

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SONG SALE £70M FOR COURTNEY

ROCK widow Courtney Love will net £70million by selling her late husband Kurt Cobain's songs.

The actress and rock singer is selling a quarter of the Nirvana frontman's back catalogue to disgraced US lifestyle guru Martha Stewart.

Released from jail this year after five months for insider trading, Stewart wants the songs as an investment.

A friend said: "It's an astonishing deal. It sorts out Courtney financially."

Cobain and Courtney, 41, wed in 1992. They had a daughter Frances Bean, now 11, before he killed himself with a gun in April 1994, aged 27.

Cobain rose to fame with songs like Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are. The album Nevermind sold over 10 million copies.

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/archive/archive/tm_objectid=16444555%26method=full%26siteid=62484-name_page.html

― brokenfuses (brokenfuses), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

hmmm...

"before he killed himself with a gun"

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

Haha, wow, what a stilted way of saying that.

― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

only on ilm would the first two reactions to this be about the wording of a phrase rather than the actual content.

― jonathan - stl (jonathan - stl), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:02 (twenty years ago)

True. But I'm just sort of speechless about the content, honestly, aside from the painfully obvious weirdness of it.

― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

Of course, this begs the question: will Martha Stewart become a rock and roll mama and perform these songs?

― Vinegar and Artichoke Hearts (Bimble...), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:05 (twenty years ago)

This is so awesome.

― 'Twan (miccio), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:11 (twenty years ago)

the best of all possible worlds

― dabnis coleman's ghost (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

its like she really wants him destroyed, once and for all.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

I have a feeling she's thinking more of Frances.

― 'Twan (miccio), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

Article's too vague for me to make sense of it -- I took it to mean her share in the publishing rights for Nirvana songs, which amuses me more than anything else.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

Kennedy and Bouvier married in 1953. They had four children before he was hit in the head and neck with bullets.

― gear (gear), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 04:23 (twenty years ago)

so fake. martha doesn't need to fuck around with 1/4 of nirvana's publishing rights.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 05:14 (twenty years ago)

____ died in 1990 when his heart was attacked by itself.

― Abbadabba Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)

The other 3/4 will be bought by Katie Couric, Oprah and Ellen. Then they will jointly produce "Heart-Shaped Boxes", a musical extravaganza with Justin Timberlake in his Broadway debut, opposite Lindsay Lohan.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 05:59 (twenty years ago)

Rights to "Rape Me" + Martha Stewart = ?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 06:10 (twenty years ago)

The best Christmas special of all time.

― Current Mood: Embarrassing Christian Laettner (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 06:12 (twenty years ago)

let's just hope martha dosn't release a nirvana cover album

― Robin Samples (Robin Samples), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 06:17 (twenty years ago)

― Current Mood: Embarrassing Christian Laettner (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 06:25 (twenty years ago)

Smells Like Home Cooking
Heart Shaped-Box With Festive Bow
In Bloom (Is Really the Best Time to Cut Roses)
Family-Friendly Fruitcake Shifters
Serve the Sevants
The Perfect Cup of Pennyroyal Tea
Sifting
Drain You (The Pasta Song)
-- Current Mood: Embarrassing Christian Laettner (gobac...), December 6th, 2005.
hahahahaahha - i was having a bad day until you ,yhankyou

penny royal teacakes
smells like somethings burning

― retroman, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:04 (twenty years ago)

hahaha gear

um, yeah, im gonna try to give courtney the benefit of the doubt on this too. but if i hear of her partying with pete doherty, im gonna be pissed (not that it matters at ALL)

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:18 (twenty years ago)

now i kinda want to hear a cover album

― Robin Samples (Robin Samples), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:23 (twenty years ago)

word has it she's been clean for a little while and is doing okay, and is working in earnest on her new album.

$70 million doesn't seem like that much for an entire publishing catalogue. if this story is for real, i hope she knows what she's doing.

― mies van der rohffle (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 09:07 (twenty years ago)

$70 million

pounds, even.

― mies van der rohffle (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 09:08 (twenty years ago)

I thought she didn't receive any money from Kurt's music, that it went straight to her daughter?

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 09:15 (twenty years ago)

i want the original story to be true so much;

its like she really wants him destroyed, once and for all.

this is why.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 12:43 (twenty years ago)

She's shit.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 14:06 (twenty years ago)

I don't believe it but I kind of hope it's true.

I like Martha Stewart.

"Maximum Rock and Roll. Better Homes and Gardens. What's the difference?" - Courtney Love

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

It's a good thing.

At least Dave and Krist will talk to Martha.

― js (honestengine), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

hey dude, JD - guess where im working on saturday!

― petesmith (plsmith), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:32 (twenty years ago)

so does this mean that Nirvana will soon become more inescapable than ever?

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

In other news, Brooklyn indie rockers are selling songs to NASCAR. Look for Jeff Gordon at Tommy's Tavern.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

i do continue to find it ironic that the guy who abandoned his child and any and all responsibility in the most selfish way possible continues to be valorized while the woman left behind to clean up the mess (however poorly or half-assedly up until now) is still attacked.

― dabnis coleman's ghost (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

Dude.... she killed him.

― GET EQUIPPED WITH BUBBLE LEAD (ex machina), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

pete- awesome

dabnis- OTM, but it doesn't make her beyond reproach.

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

toxic

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:02 (twenty years ago)

Jess OTM.

― Je4nn3 ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

Martha Stewart has released a number of complilation albums.

I particularly like the tracklist for her "Jazz for the Holidays" album. What, no Painkiller?? C'mon, Martha!

― vartman (novaheat), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 06:43 (twenty years ago)

"Fanny Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle"

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 December 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

anyone got Hole doing Hungry Like The Wolf?/

― dave culligan (dave culligan), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:10 (twenty years ago)

on the fucking money

I don't particularly love Courtney, the only song she's ever done that worked for me was "Malibu," but Kurt is the guy who ought to inspire a little more "what a fucking dick" than he does

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

(which is not to say of course that his death wasn't terribly sad or that his pain wasn't real, only that for a father to check out on his daughter that way is horseshit no matter how wrenching his internal demons are)

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

only that for a father to check out on his daughter that way is horseshit no matter how wrenching his internal demons are

Very true.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 8 December 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

it may have been worse for her to go through emotional rollercoaster of having a parent who doesn't want to live. i think that's pretty devastating. but i'll also give courtney a break since obviously many things are beyond people's control. yet, making babies when you can't handle them isn't. i blame them for procreating.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 9 December 2005 00:14 (twenty years ago)

nobody ever says this shit about ian curtis!

― latebloomer: The Corridor (Yes, The Corridor) (latebloomer), Friday, 9 December 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

though these are perfectly valid criticisms.

― latebloomer: The Corridor (Yes, The Corridor) (latebloomer), Friday, 9 December 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

many people probably don't even know/remember curtis has a daughter

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 9 December 2005 00:54 (twenty years ago)

suicide: act of the selfish or the mentally ill?

― whatever (boglogger), Friday, 9 December 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

"Fanny Farmer"!! Bravo, Morbius!

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 9 December 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

I had a friend who committed suicide, and I didn't think it was selfish. I wouldn't think someone who gave out information under torture was being selfish, either.

(But I do think that Courtney gets a raw deal.)

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Friday, 9 December 2005 21:15 (twenty years ago)

(And I don't think it was "selfish" for Courtney to take all those drugs. But I do understand that drugs and suicide hurt others.)

― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Friday, 9 December 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)

Scentless
http://www.thegreenhead.com/entertainment/images/martha_stewart_apprentice.jpg

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Friday, 9 December 2005 23:18 (twenty years ago)

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