Classic Album Tweets up soon Basically, I put on a well known album and tweet any insight I have on it as it plays. Jagged Little Pill 2nite
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014It's about to go down in just a few. Jagged Little Pill will get the Classic Album Tweets treatment. pic.twitter.com/c8WQ7VB8rK
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Just a little insight into my love for JLP: it was the first album I owned for myself. Most stuff I listened to was my stepsister's.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014My best friend in grade school dubbed a copy on cassette for me. He was the only other black kid that watched MTV as much as I did.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I couldn't believe my luck when he made a copy for me. I finally owned a rock album! Unheard of in a strictly R&B/hip hop household.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Thanks, Kendall. That tape further fueled me into the music obsessed guy I am today. #albumtweets pic.twitter.com/6H5sx6LXoE
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Now that you've got that little bit of background info, I'm pushing play on Jagged Little Pill right...about...now. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I usually forget that Alanis played harmonica. We remember the angst, but not the reed skills. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014"All I Really Want" sounded so massive that first time out. Big, heavy and all kinds of verbose. So many syllables. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I always thought she said "totally chilled intercourse" instead of "intellectual intercourse" on "All I Really Want." #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Loved her voice first time I saw "You Oughta Know" video. Was into Hole/Courtney Love at the time, but Alanis made frustration catchier.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I had no idea you could give head in a movie theater before this song. Thank you Ms. Morissette. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Ahh, "Perfect." The album kinda began here for me. First track to really blow me away. Wasn't about love or bad boyfriends. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014It was shocking for me to hear someone speak from the perspective of a disappointed parent. And actually make you feel for them!
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014"We'll love you just the way you are, if you're perfect." All kinds of menace and contradiction in that final line. I fell in love there.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I was already familiar with "Hand In My Pocket" since there was already a video. It felt cool to finally hear her say "chickenshit."
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I tried to convince so many of my friends that you could groove to "Hand In My Pocket" the same way you could Mary J. Blige. Little luck.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Oh my goodness, how was I listening to this album as a kid. I finally know what it means to wine, dine and 69 someone. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014"Right Through You" was another song with a huge chorus. I remember smiling the first time I heard it. Album was full of explosions.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014And oh my goodness. the flippin' hammer and kitchen sink was laid down during "Forgiven." Thematically and musically. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Ivan trivia: I know 97% of the lyrics to Jagged Little Pill. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Behind "Perfect", I think "Unforgiven" has probably my second favorite bridge. Just dripping with that angst once again. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014"You Learn." Great palate cleanser after the heaviness that is "Unforgiven." Love the sequencing on this damn thing so much. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Tried to get my friends to groove to "You Learn." Slightly more successful! Adult Ivan can say it has a huge Madchester influence.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Shhhh. "You've already wooon me over in spite of me." #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014@MsTBennett Me and Alanis were BFFs. This is fact. Couldn't tell me otherwise.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014And out of nowhere, Alanis hits you with a straight up love song. Some slight skepticism, but that's what made it feel so real. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014That chord change in the second half of that chorus? (I couldn't help it...) Absolutely meant to be an earworm. That is craft hard at work.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I have to admit that I was not the biggest "Mary Jane" fan at first. I wanted fireworks, man! But they were there the entire time.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I think it was the lack of distorted guitar on "Mary Jane" for me. It's basically a 70s singer-songwriter song updated for the era.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Looking back, "Mary Jane" is probably the 2nd best vocal performance on JLP behind "Perfect." I really like "Perfect." #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014First instrument you hear on "Ironic?" Acoustic guitar. Fits so damn well after a track like "Mary Jane." Like I said, great sequencing.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Glen Ballard produced this album. He did some work on Michael Jackson's Bad, just to explain why each chorus has that POW! factor.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I would always create my own music videosin my head. For "Not The Doctor," Alanis would be at a hospital trying to avoid patients/paramours.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014My music video had a very comedic tone because "Not The Doctor" was so bouncy. I had her stare into the camera when she said "heights!"
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014"Wake Up" was such a tease musically. Didn't have soft-loud dynamics of "Ironic" and "Unforgiven" but made you wait till climax.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Which is why there was no other choice for a closer than "Wake Up." Honestly, I understand how JLP sold 15 million. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Even though it's more subtle by comparison, "Wake Up" feels like she's giving more of herself than any other song. No tricks. #albumtweets
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014So glad they didn't go with this mix of "You Oughta Know" at the end of the album. Yes, you want ppl to know you have Flea, but too wanky.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014So my friend dubbed my copy from a cassette, which did not have "Your House" as a bonus track. I heard it for the first time a year ago.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Hmm, I wonder why "Your House" was acapella. Don't think there was much doubt she could sing. Trying to recall if it was a 90s trend or not.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Jagged Little Pill has come to an end! This about wraps things up for another edition of Classic Album Tweets.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014I try to separate nostalgia from quality, but I think the musicianship that went into JLP was pretty top notch. It felt like Radio or Bust.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Women weren't really commercial AND angsty around that time. It makes sense JLP would have several hooks of a lifetime for it to crossover.
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Join me every second Wednesday of the month for Classic Album Tweets. Haven't hit the 70s yet, so I'm doing Fleetwood Mac's Rumours in May!
— Ivan Mitchell (@hecticivan) April 10, 2014Next month: Rumours
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