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Alanis Morissette: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie era (1998-2002)
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Supposed former infatuation junkie:
I sink three-pointers and you wax poetically
:- from the song "So Pure"
In 1998, Alanis Morissette recorded "Uninvited", a song from the soundtrack to the motion picture City of Angels. The track was never officially released as a single, but nevertheless received widespread radio airplay.
Later that year, she released Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (
lyrics), an experimental album with a wordy title and lyrics to match. Morissette once again collaborated with Glen Ballard, but this time she helped produce the album as well.
Fans and critics alike were shocked. Morissette didn't release
Jagged Little Pill, Pt. 2, which would have been the commercially savvy thing to do. Obviously, Morissette was no longer pursuing commercial success. Most of the songs on the disc challenged "traditional" song formulas, including "The Couch":
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So here we both are battling similar demons (not coincidentally):
You see in getting beyond knowing it solely intellectually:
You're not relinquishing your majestry:
You are wise, you are warm, you are courageous, you are big:
And I love you more now than I ever have in my whole life
and "I Was Hoping", which recounts several experiences that shaped Morissette's life, including an encounter in a restaurant with a chauvinistic waiter:
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We left the restaurant where the headwaiter in his 60s said,:
"Goodbye sir, thank you for your business, sir:
You're successful and established, sir:
And we like the frequency with which you dine here, sir:
And your money", and when I walked by they said,:
"Thank you, too, dear". I was all pigtails and cords:
And there was a day when I would've said something like,:
"Hey, dude, I could buy and sell this place, so kiss it":
I too once thought I was owed something
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, breaking the record for the most albums sold in a single week by a female artist. As a follow-up to
Jagged Little Pill, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie had very little staying power. Its wordy, personal lyrics turned many fans off, and after only 38 weeks, it left the Billboard 200, selling "only" 2.5 million, a huge drop from
Jagged. In 1999, the song "Uninvited" won two Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. The first single, "Thank U", was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. That same year, Morissette released the live acoustic album MTV Unplugged.
Many critics wrote off the album as a flop; however, repeating the incredible success of
Jagged Little Pill was an almost impossible task that Morissette never expected nor set out to do. Many fans now consider Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie to be Morissette's strongest work to date.
In 1999, Alanis Morissette expanded her résumé by delving into acting. She appeared as God in the motion picture Dogma, directed by Kevin Smith. Smith, who claimed to be a big fan of Morissette, asked her to be in the film several times. She had to turn down the female lead, and by the time her schedule allowed her to participate in the film, only the role of God, which involves virtually no speech and appears at the very end of the film, was left.
She also appeared on the hit HBO comedies Sex and the City
and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and starred in the play The Vagina Monologues.
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NewsiTunes Blocked in China; Tibet Album Suspected
Itunes Customers in China were unable to download songs this week and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album, "Songs for Tibet," with music by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader.
Published: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:36:00 GMT - Source: News.Wired.Com - Read the article
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