'As a little girl taught to believe in other people’s moral codes, Alanis was one of the few figures in my life then who said that I could think for myself'
MANILA, Philippines – It might seem strange to be an enormous Alanis Morissette fan when you’re a nine-year-old girl. Alanis’ groundbreaking 1995 albumis, from the outset, replete with adult themes: abuse, depression, treachery, sex, anger. Lots and lots of anger.
She taught me, for one, that female singers did not have to sound “pretty” – you could screech, you could wail, you could sound just on the verge of collapse, and this boisterousness, this audacity to yodel instead of doing clean runs and measured octave changes, would be precisely why a song was beautiful.
Guess who was a sobbing mess from the very first song. Hearing that opening blast of harmonica for “All I Really Want,” and seeing her run out onstage with her long, wild hair and huge grin – it was already a lot for me emotionally. But it was when she started singing that really did me in.
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