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Alanis bashing.
I don't get it. I understand it's very "Western Culture" to rip someone
to shreds when their personal fame clock hits 0:15, but I kinda like a
lot of her stuff.
"Thank you India, providence, disillusionment,
nothingness, clarity, thank you silence" --
is a pretty clever and well performed bit that essentially describes her
last two years out of the light. The single's well produced [maybe
that's what turns some of you off (?!)] and is "real". Though I realise
that people can have diverging musical interests from mine, it
simultaneously baffles me as well. Quite the paradox.
I saw her in Japan in early Nov 95, when her first US radio add was "All
I Really Want" and "You Oughta Know" was just beginning to be pushed to
radio. I knew nothing else of hers, and thankfully she played a
familiar cover tune ("Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead) to keep me
awake. Quite the fun performance; three live were culled for the
"Ironic" US CD single from that show. I didn't get heard hollering at
the end of any songs, like Dug's "Fever" bit on "Besides" but you'll
have that...
Bruce
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