I should love Liz Phair, but I just don't. Sorry girl!
She made Alanis MoreUpset possible, so that's reason enuf to dislike.
I'll go out and say that I don't get the Alanis hate at all.
I think she was (at least on the first album) a completely fabricated artist. Her singing voice seems to me a total affectation. Someone's idea of what would sell to a particular demo. And "Ironic" is one of the worst songs ever -- no one thought to point out to her that she didn't actually know what the word meant?
Without checking, I believe most of the songs off of "Jagged Little Pill" were written by Glen Ballard. My theory r/ "Ironic" is that it was supposed to be called "Unfortunate", but it didn't quite sound as harmonic hence the word change. And yes, the lack of irony in that song has been mentioned a few times.
Was there a Top 40 hit prior to "You Oughta Know" that sounded nearly as angry? And I realize that it didn't chart Billboard, rather Radio-n-Records.
