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Article: Whine of the times - Why are Alanis and other '90s girl rockers so bitter? Dylan oughta know.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- February 18, 1999
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With the arrival in Boston next week of the so-called alpha bitch of the new breed of angry young women rockers, let's examine the state of equal-opportunity whining in American rock.
Alanis Morissette - who performs Monday at the FleetCenter - hit the airwaves in 1995 with "You Oughta Know," a self-pity-fueled tribute to a failed love affair, rendered in the sort of raw harpy screech that makes grown men duck and cover or hide the kids' bunny.
There are lines we can print: "Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity? I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner. It was a slap in the face, how quickly I was replaced." And lines we can't.
That tune, ...