# Does Francis Bean have talent?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-francis-bean-have-talent/479204>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 30, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-francis-bean-have-talent/479204 "2008-12-30T12:04:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ginman999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-francis-bean-have-talent/479204/1 "2008-12-30T12:04:44Z")

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I am a fan of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love not so much. Looking up their 16 year old daughter finds a few articles about her modeling and such but nothing about any musical talent. I don’t think I have ever heard her talk or give an interview. Does she have any musical talent; has she ever talked openly about her father?

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-francis-bean-have-talent/479204/2 "2008-12-30T15:11:10Z")

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I don’t know the answer to your question but after seeing what fame from the music industry did to her parents I doubt that a kid with any sense would want anything to do with it.

Also, just because one parent\* has musical talent doesn’t mean the kid would.  
\*I am aware that both her parents were/are considered musicians but I meant what I said, only one parent had talent.

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-francis-bean-have-talent/479204/3 "2008-12-30T17:19:18Z")

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> [@Wile\_E](#):
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> \*I am aware that both her parents were/are considered musicians but I meant what I said, only one parent had talent.

I thought she was Cobain’s kid, not Grohl’s?

😃

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**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-francis-bean-have-talent/479204/4 "2008-12-30T17:52:05Z")

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> [@Casey1505](#):
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> I thought she was Cobain’s kid, not Grohl’s?
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> 😃

Eek! Don’t even make me imagine Grohl and Love together! _shudders_

I was trying to be nice and give a little credit to the dead parent. The semi-living one has absolutely no talent, I have never understood her “fame”. I love that episode of Family Guy that shows a clip if Kurt Cobain had lived, someone walks up and says “Kurt, I love your latest album!” and Kurt says “Thanks, have you met my wife, Courtney Love?” And the guy responds, “Who?”. And Love just sighs sadly. I laugh every time I see it.