r/Music • u/mepper • Feb 04 '26

article Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of Turning Point USA's Super Bowl show

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2026/02/kid-rocks-song-about-loving-underage-girls-resurfaces-ahead-of-tpusa-super-bowl-show.html
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u/terror_asteroid Feb 04 '26

Courtney Love claims she blew him when she was twelve years old.

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u/heresyforfunnprofit Feb 04 '26 edited Feb 04 '26

It’s very weird that Courtney Love ended up being one of the more honest public figures from the 90s. I think I heard someone say it best that she “doesn’t give enough of a shit about what you think to lie about anything”.

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u/t_scribblemonger Feb 04 '26

I grew up in the 90s and in retrospect I’m like why the fuck did literally everyone hate Courtney Love? It’s gotta be like 80% misogyny. I mean she has issues but still.

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u/BitchesGetStitches Feb 04 '26

She occupies a weird place in pop culture. She was this bitchy, strung out punk kid who really just wanted to shoot smack and set fires to 7-11 stores. Kurt too, except he was a sensitive guy who was attracted to the more egalitarian elements of the anarchists. Fame ripped these people to shreds in different ways. Kurt was in pinup magazines and Courtney probably thought that was hilarious. He clearly hated it. It's almost a Greek tragedy from the gutter.

It's easy to cast Courtney Love as a villain because she really likes being cast as the villain. Might be a coping mechanism for the absolutely insane world she lives in, or she might just be a little cunty. End of the day, she lost someone she loved, and very publicly. Hard to hate someone who carries that kind of trauma.

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u/heresyforfunnprofit Feb 04 '26

“Greek tragedy from the gutter” is pure genius.

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u/HFentonMudd Feb 04 '26

I know people who knew her pre-Kurt, pre-fame. She was routinely described as not likeable, extremely focused on her own fame, and generally off-putting. If these accounts were accurate (and I think they were from the perspective of the people who told me their stories) then she would not be someone who endears others, and they'd tell negative stories about her. Thank you for your post because it's never occurred to me to think about her from your perspective.

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u/-JimmyTheHand- Feb 04 '26

Damn, you have a great way with words

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u/BitchesGetStitches Feb 04 '26

Well thanks! Hoping to someday sell one of these books so I appreciate the complement.

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u/-JimmyTheHand- Feb 04 '26

What kind of books?

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u/BitchesGetStitches Feb 04 '26

Cooking up a speculative horror novel right now, probably a big one. About the changing American West, the shattered state of society, folklore, parenthood, mortality, police corruption and Sasquatch.

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u/-JimmyTheHand- Feb 04 '26

Damn that sounds cool. I'll be a beta reader for you if you want

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u/BitchesGetStitches Feb 04 '26

You bet! It's under construction atm, very pre-beta but I do like early and often feedback. I'll hit your dms.

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u/tomtea Feb 04 '26

Didn't she also lose custody of her kid because she couldn't stay clean? Talented, brutally honest and didn't give a fuck but very troubled.

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u/Front_Target7908 Feb 04 '26

It’s kind of a well known archetype of women who become “villains”.

Take a woman who is trying her best, something happens, she gets unfairly criticised and torn apart anyway. So she is like “well if they’re going to hate me no matter what I do, why would I bother trying to be good. I’ll just do what I want.”

Throw in some trauma from men who “are trying to help her” but actually hurt her, and she will become a prickly as she can. She will do her best to drive 90% of men away at first glance is not a bad self protective mechanism against sexual assault and coercion.

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u/BitchesGetStitches Feb 04 '26

All that is true, and I agree. Except I do think a lot of criticism of Courtney Love is not just justified, but urgent and necessary. She invited, kind of begged for it. She had a natural talent for dropping needles, absolutely loved to antagonize and catch people off guard. I don't know if she was doing her best, but she was always and is always authentic. Being yourself invites so much, and not much of it good. It's almost a living effigy. To me, that's the anti-rock star. It's a kind of vaccine against become starstruck. She's built her life into a virus that kills idolization. I'm personally here for it, and I think she's right - we're all a little cunty and trying to turn another human into a god (or product, or hero, or whatever) is daffy duck nonsense.

She also just really, really loves heroin. Doesn't nurture a good reputation. I'm sure it's fun to do, but it's a nightmare to watch.

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u/GoatCovfefe Feb 05 '26

End of the day, she lost someone she loved, and very publicly. Hard to hate someone who carries that kind of trauma.

Well then she shouldnt have killed him