Re: isn't it ironic? Re: celebrating e.e. cummings' birthday
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Tue, 28 Oct 1997 13:01:59 -0500
Lisa said, quoting Tim:
>> I'm not looking to cause a war to erupt here 8-), but what's behind this
>>hostility?
>
> Okay Tim, Seeing as no one really mentioned it ;) Alanis is known for the
>song
> 'you outta know' which came out in 1995, which dealed, more or less, with
> broken heart, and being angry at a breakup.
I know -- I, ah, am totally illiterate about pop culture, and I saw lyrics
from one of her songs, liked what I saw, and went to the record store to
ask about this person I'd never heard of (assuming the guy at the counter
might not have heard of her, either). When I asked if he'd heard about
her, he looked at me as if I were from Mars, and tossed a disk from a pile
of about a zillion copies of "Jagged Little Pill," and that is how I
learned who Alanis M. was.
I guess it's right up there with saying, "Hey, did you know Paul McCartney
was in a band before Wings?"
Anyhow, I've grown to like the album a lot. I didn't know anything about
her "falling out of favor," but will definitely buy her next record,
whenever it comes along. I respect that kind of anger; I can't stand it
when people allow themselves to be mistreated (though we all seem to do it
at times), and would rather hear a singer engage in what Lou Reed once
called "rage, pain, anger, and hurt" than toss off a bit of fluff.
ObSalinger: I have no obligatory Salinger message to insert. Except that I
finally located a copy of the complete E.E. Cummings anthology at a price I
could afford.
--tim o'connor