It's not often that The Muppets are accused of being rapists, but when Courtney Love goes on tape, anything can happen.
This week, Love alleged that Disney and the Muppets "raped" the memory of her late husband Kurt Cobain when they covered "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the new Muppets movie.
The quirky characters sang the song in a barbershop quartet style in a scene with Jack Black, as seen in the player below.
Love claims she is personally responsible for deciding when and where Nirvana songs are used commercially, and says she never gave permission for the song to appear in the kids movie.
But this isn't true, according to TMZ. It is believed that Love sold half her rights to the Nirvana catalog to Primary Wave Music, a licensing company who have the exclusive rights to distribute Nirvana songs.
The licensing company secured permission from Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic and approved the song for use by the Muppets. Grohl clearly approves, as he also appears in the movie.
At least Love and her daughter Francis Bean Cobain will be paid a cut of the soundtrack profits.
Watch a clip of the song in the movie below. It's not great quality, and the audio cuts out by the second half, but it gives some context to how the song was used. Maybe Love missed the line where Jack Black cries "you're ruining one of the greatest songs of all time!"
... It's the Muppets... How in the world can one hate the Muppets, especially when they're just singing a song? Jeez, Courtney Love, I didn't realize you insane enough to be THAT pissed off at the Muppets covering a song...
any article about this bitch should be deleted. first she's complaining that she doesn't get enough $$ from nirvana's royalties now this. someone do the world a favor and send this stupid bitch to mars.
"raped" the memory of her late husband Kurt Cobain when they covered "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the new Muppets movie.
Umm... shall we forget about you getting drunk and sentimental and talking about Cobain and bashing Grohl during the entire 2011, then? I mean, using the guy's name to get attention is not a good way to preserve his memory...
In other words, focus on your career and Hole. Cobain is dead and left a big contribution to music. If you wanna keep his memory intact, let the man RIP.
In terms of the internet slang meaning, it's sad that I don't think anything she does is satirical or ironic. In terms of the traditional meaning, i.e. the evil monster lurking the bridge, then you are correct.
Look at her right eye. Now look at her left. Now back to me. Now back to her right eye. You are now noticing the difference in size. Now look in her hand. Drugs! Now back to me. Now back to her. Now look in your hand. Duct tape! Now back to her. You know what to do...
I wonder if Courtney ever realizes how much she basically ruins Nirvana...It's not like when they released their music that the music is for no one but them. Oh yeah, **** yeah Dave Grohl.
What is the difference between the muppets raping SLTS and X Factor contestants doing it? Seems Courtney only deems it rape if she hasn't given permission for it and quite frankly, I'd would rather see the muppets covering Nirvana than some reality TV show wannabes
"Love claims she is personally responsible for deciding when and where Nirvana songs are used commercially, and says she never gave permission for the song to appear in the kids movie."
What was she expecting? It's the Muppets! She's just pissed 'cause the licensing company went to Grohl and Novoselic for permission and not her... as it should be. By the way, to this day I still laugh whenever Beaker talks. Funny how they gave him the line "My libido", haha.
Courtney Love is clearly running out of people to hate on. She had to resort to claiming rape on puppets. Granted, it wasn't one of the best cover when I saw it in theaters, but that's why Jack Black had his line making note of it. That's what sold the entire bit for me.
Anyone else want to create a petition to stop UG from posting pointless Courtney Love articles? This isn't news, it's just an attention-seeking junkie trying to find some way to stay in the media.
Anyone else want to create a petition to stop UG from posting pointless Courtney Love articles? This isn't news, it's just an attention-seeking junkie trying to find some way to stay in the media.
Waste of time, lets start a petition to have Courtney Love executed by Dave Grohl while Smells like teen spirit plays in the background
I was actually amused by that snippet, Jack Black is a good guy.
But, even though she's getting more and more retarded by the day, the pic of her on the main page, and the one here in the article, are definitely the only two pictures I've ever seen of her that I find her attractive in.. usually she's so strung out she can't even open her eyes..
But in all seriousness, it wasn't bad at all. I love the Muppets and Nirvana, and it was pretty well done in a different genre (despite it being so short).
It is also not often that people give a damn about what Courtney Love says. In fact, it is so uncommon, that the last time someone HAS is not on record!
The whole point of that part of the movie was to make fun of how bad the cover was, they were covering the song poorly on purpose, it was part of the joke...
"It's not often that The Muppets are accused of being rapists, but when Courtney Love goes on tape, anything can happen."
XD seriously that killed me...
Kurt raped the legacy of nirvana when he took the easy way our. Fuck idolizing a junky and **** courtney love
Nobody idolizes a junkie, they idolize a musician. If I want to play guitar because of what he, or Hendrix or Dimebag did that doesn't mean I'm going to start doing drugs. We remember the good not the bad. If you honestly think people that look up to any troubled musician think that there drug habits are the reason they should be idolized then you sir are an idiot
Courtney love feels like the muppets 'Raped' "Smells like teen spirit".....she clearly hasn't heard Miley Cyrus covering it. now this Courtney is what you call rape
Dear UG,
Please stop posting anything regarding Courtny Love. Her opinion is WORTHLESS. Sure you get a lot of clicks when a "news" article has her name but, come on. Have some integrity...
"Love claims she is personally responsible for deciding when and where Nirvana songs are used commercially, and says she never gave permission for the song to appear in the kids movie."
Not true. What a complete idiot this little girl is.
Then again, maybe she called a lawyer, posed as her dead husband, and said that she will be calling all the shots for Nirvana.
I mean didn't she pose as Dave's wife and call the bank and get info on how he was spending his royalties from Nirvana???
When I heard the clip, I hated it, but when you see it in the context of the movie, it's a classic Muppets moment - especially with Jack Black groaning in agony. Obviously, she's got no sense of humour.
Is there anything about her that isn't terrible and wrong?
Sorry, Love, but we like the Muppets. We like Henson and the things that his company have produced. The man was a visionary and his death is still mourned. Not that I would expect somebody like her to relate to people with talent.
I remembered this article from three months ago, and now that I've got an account, I can come back and comment that yes, gypsie50, I am extremely terrified of the idea of Muppet rape.
