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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Are Catholics "Forgiven," Alanis?
It's good to be Catholic, but just for Mardi Gras
Catholic Canadian cool hippie gal Alanis Morrissette became famous in the U.S. when she released Jagged Little Pill. It had hit after hit, particularly "You Oughta Know." "Ironic" is dumb. "Head Over Feet" is so heartfelt. The seventh single should have been "Forgiven." It was a long run with millions of copies sold, making it double diamond (rather than just gold).
Her ironic sass and probing irreverence are cool
How this song didn't get promoted, I'll never know. It's like P!nk, who's not that good but heck a popular. She had one pretty good song no one seemed to think that much of about her dysfunctional family.
"We all had our reasons to be there. We all had a thing or two to learn," Morrissette and Ballard explain. "My brothers, they never went blind for what they did, but I may as well have. In the name of the Father, the Skeptic, and the Son, I had one more stupid question.... If I jump in thisfountain, will I be forgiven?"
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