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Serissa
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 Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:56 am Post subject: Alanis Morisette Worship Thread |
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...well, she IS god, right?  </dogma joke>
I was listening to Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie yesterday (my favorite album by her) and was stuck by how musically perfect many of the songs are in sync with the words- especially "Sympathetic Character." She starts off kind of controlled and then lets herself go; we can hear her gasping for air by the end as if she's screaming at her tormenter, with the music beomcing more and more hectic in tune with the buildup of emotion. That's just the most superb example, many, many of her songs do similar things. Plus, when I listen, at least half the time (almost on every song on that album) I am thinking, "I could have written this. This is what I would be saying if I were a singer." |
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hecate
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Alanis Morisette Worship Thread |
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| Serissa wrote: | | ...well, she IS god, right? |
does that mean we can crucify her? 
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Larval
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Alanis Morisette Worship Thread |
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| hecate wrote: | | Serissa wrote: | | ...well, she IS god, right? |
does that mean we can crucify her? |
Oh God I hope so..... |
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Larval
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I loved "Hands Clean". |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Larval wrote: | | I loved "Hands Clean". |
Regular or acoustic? |
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Larval
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Serissa wrote: | | Larval wrote: | | I loved "Hands Clean". |
Regular or acoustic? |
Both |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:59 am Post subject: |
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I liked SFIJ. I don't know where she went wrong after that.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| TheBladeRoden wrote: | | I liked SFIJ. I don't know where she went wrong after that. |
She stopped hating men quite so vehemently. Though I do like many of her songs after, she never quite reached that same height of raw emotion IMO. ((Nor did she pose nude for the cover on any of the others that I'm aware! )) |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:40 pm Post subject: Swallow It Down |
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Hee~ she was a sexy God in Dogma
The only album I own is Jagged Little Pill, and I definitely loved it ^^ My friend Susan has all of her CDs, so perhaps she'll let me have some someday ^^
(See my current signature? That's an Alanis Morisette quote from the song Forgiven! AHH!)
I also really like that song from Under Rug Swept... Hands Clean, as you mentioned ^^ and that weird song from City of Angels, Uninvited. It's the shiz XD
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| Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Nor did she pose nude for the cover on any of the others that I'm aware! ))
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Ah but she can't be much of a feminist if she posed naked on one of her record covers.
What a hypocrite 
Although she does write good music. But then only for girls... |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| worsedale wrote: | | Quote: | Nor did she pose nude for the cover on any of the others that I'm aware! ))
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Ah but she can't be much of a feminist if she posed naked on one of her record covers.
What a hypocrite
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Uh, do you even KNOW the type of nudity we're talkibng about here? It's not pornographic! She wasn't doing it to be sexy- she was emotionally "naked" in the entire album! But I don't see how posing naked in any context makes her not a feminist. Please explain this, in as much detail as you can, so I can understand what thought processes lead to such a conclusion. |
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I came to that conclusion because I was being dogmatic and bowing to peer pressure. At that time I wrote that I think I had an argument as to why it was a bit hypocritical and possibly risque of her to pose naked on an album cover, and quite an intellectual one, but at the back of my mind was also something of an instinctive antipathy towards some of her songs, and this could only come out in terms of the language of an ignorant critic- 'she can't be much of a feminist...what a hypocrite'. In other words, the feeling in what I said was typical of someone who thinks bleating man haters don't deserve so much fame, so you only saw my statement for what it was, that is an over-emotive declaration, and didn't (naturally) think to receive it as an argument in itself.
In retrospect, however, Alanis Morrisette has written some amazing lyrics and I would always give her full credikt for that..
Hope this helps... |
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Sometimes I love her stuff. Mary Jane is potent for me... if I listen to it and it gets under my skin and I feeling like crying or something, that's a sign I'm in danger and it's time to pay attention. You Learn is awesome because I'm addicted to extremes. And Uninvited is just awesome cause it's true.
But the rest of it I can't stand and won't listen to. |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| pyraxis wrote: | Sometimes I love her stuff. Mary Jane is potent for me... if I listen to it and it gets under my skin and I feeling like crying or something, that's a sign I'm in danger and it's time to pay attention. You Learn is awesome because I'm addicted to extremes. And Uninvited is just awesome cause it's true.
But the rest of it I can't stand and won't listen to. |
Haha. I think the song that gets me to cry most easily ATM is simple together; just the raw misery of it.
I just bought "the collection" and have been listening top "crazy" over and over again... have you heard that one and hated it? It's been on the radio lately and is pretty different, musically from her other stuf... it's a remix, I think, thouh I'm not sure.
| worsedale wrote: | I came to that conclusion because I was being dogmatic and bowing to peer pressure. At that time I wrote that I think I had an argument as to why it was a bit hypocritical and possibly risque of her to pose naked on an album cover, and quite an intellectual one, but at the back of my mind was also something of an instinctive antipathy towards some of her songs, and this could only come out in terms of the language of an ignorant critic- 'she can't be much of a feminist...what a hypocrite'. In other words, the feeling in what I said was typical of someone who thinks bleating man haters don't deserve so much fame, so you only saw my statement for what it was, that is an over-emotive declaration, and didn't (naturally) think to receive it as an argument in itself.
In retrospect, however, Alanis Morrisette has written some amazing lyrics and I would always give her full credikt for that..
Hope this helps... |
I was pleasantly surprised to see you post so eloquently. Thanks. I don't oppose anyone hating her stuff; I just don't think she is hypocritical for that cover. I'm aware she has a HECK of a lot of man-hating lyrics (in fact, that's what draws me to her; in fact, the fact that she has LESS now is a bit of a disappointment), but her stuff is actually pretty vaired, from man-hating to sappy to comletely outside of relationship stuff at all.  |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Serissa wrote: | | I just bought "the collection" and have been listening top "crazy" over and over again... have you heard that one and hated it? It's been on the radio lately and is pretty different, musically from her other stuf... it's a remix, I think, thouh I'm not sure. |
Don't think I've heard it at all. A friend gave me MP3's of the Jagged Little Pill and MTV Unplugged albums a while back, so, that's all I'm going by. Except for Uninvited, that one I pulled off the net myself.
I did forget one in my list though - I don't mind Perfect. Not exactly on my easy listening list, but there are a few times when it fits perfectly. Not that my parents were like that... but I kinda am  . |
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