The History Of Jop Part 17 aka I'm the kind of G the little homies wanna be like

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The amazing history of JOP reels round to 1995 - NINE ticks from 25 singles!


[Poll #856398]


1994 - Joptimism Unplugged

1. Girls And Boys (39 votes)
2. Sabotage (38 votes)
3=. Regulate (35)
3=. Here Come The Hotstepper (35)
5. Loser (34)
6. Gin And Juice (31)
7. Cut Your Hair (30)
8. Whatta Man (25)
9. Doll Parts (23)
10. Miss World (22)

Comments

'You Oughta Know' has really good lyrics

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Really good use of verse-chorus-verse pop song structure to tell you everything you need to know about the situation in three minutes, straight up, no messing, angry but funny enough to be more than just angry.

Every other lyric Alanis wrote wasn't just not-good, it was actively awful hippy-drippy shite, and by her next album she was laughing-stock bad.

Garbage's decline was also rather rapid too. Difficult to believe they were once decent!

Re: 'You Oughta Know' has really good lyrics

[koganbot]

Also amazing chords when she goes "I am here to remind you." Of course I can understand the people who find her voice a torment. I generally like it, since the voice is at odds with her basic tunefulness. Also, not only does she pave the way for Avril, but for Shakira and Ashlee as well. And I like what she's trying to say in "You Learn" (Ashlee's favorite song at age 10), though she ends up tripping over her own obviousness.

Re: 'You Oughta Know' has really good lyrics

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

By 1996 I was so confident of knowing ALL THE WORDS to EVERY SONG on the Alanis album that when I taped it for my chum K I gave her the cassette inlay sleeve as well...

By the time her next album came out I couldn't bloody stand her.

Re: 'You Oughta Know' has really good lyrics

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

(Alanis that is, not K)

Re: 'You Oughta Know' has really good lyrics

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

That's cos her next album was shit!

I probably still know all the words to 'You Oughta Know'.

Re: 'You Oughta Know' has really good lyrics

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yes, Alanis basically paved the way for an angsty female to be pop rather than rock or folk - everyone post-Avril, then, including obviously Ashlee, Lindsay, Kelly etc.

Her voice is actually much much more of a trial when she's trying to sing softer - the caterwaul on her big choruses works very well but when she's being folky it's just terminally irritating.

Jagged Little Pill is a pretty decent album, generally!