an album that sucked.


Of course she uses 'some' electric guitar. But a plugged and unplugged version of any of her songs just isn't THAT much different. That's all.

Of course the album is still great - Jagged Little Pill is a masterpiece and is one of those albums that will go down in history. I love Alanis - I'd never say she isn't any good or that particular album isn't any good. I just don't see the big deal rehashing a masterpiece. It makes no sense to me. Hmm, and IF you want to compare the acoustic version to the original - it sucks - the anger is gone - the emotions have passed - it does not hold up.

The whole thing confirmed my belief that artists must create from their experiences/hardship/lifestyle/pain and if they do, there might be just a jewel in there along the way. However, one can never simply 'create' art - it must come out of the pit of ones stomach. They can teach you art in school, there are classes on painting/writing/sculpture, but it only teaches the mechanics, never the true art of it. One cannot subscribe to a formula and treat songwriting, painting, writing, etc. as a craft - if one does, you get crap. Crap as a relative term. We've got a lot of that craft type music out there and a lot of once-great songwriters, end up washed out desperately trying to recreate a certain formula. (Alanis does not do that by the way - 3 Doors Down do )

Alanis will never be able to write another album that would be as profound as Jagged Little Pill and any version of the original, will never be as good as the original.