After attending the 25th anniversary UK tour, emmaggarland looks back at Alanis Morissette's seminal 1995 album Jagged Little Pill and its indelible mark on today’s music landscape
. It felt like something that had always been there, like water, or Ant and Dec – a part of the fabric of everyday life. Always booming around the house and the back of the car; one of the only albums in my parents’ arsenal that I didn’t try to drown out with pre-teen angst, shitty headphones and a burnt copy of NOFX’s‘hitting’ around the age of 13, when it became the album of the summer for me and my girlfriends. We played it relentlessly at house parties, in parks, and on camping trips.
“Morissette found herself singing – often beautifully, often like a sick animal – about exploitation, control, revenge and sucking someone off in the cinema” – Emma Garlandwas a groundbreaking feat of female nerve. The charts at the time were flooded with the male-dominated genres of grunge, hip-hop and Britpop, while women were represented mostly by solo vocalists like Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston.
From there, Morissette and her band play the album in full, with brief instrumental segues of songs from later releases. When the setlist reaches, the screen rolls footage of Taylor Hawkins – the late drummer who, before joining Dave Grohl in Foo Fighters, served as Morissette’s drummer on thetours and appears in several of her music videos. It’s an emotional tribute, and a reminder of just how steeped in rock and roll history the album is despite its pop sensibilities .
Morissette’s mark on today’s music landscape is inescapable, particularly for women. She’s credited with kicking open the door for pop-rock artists like Pink and Kelly Clarkson in the 00s, and her influence continues to reverberate across all stratas of guitar music. It’s in the colossal intimacy of songwriters like Phoebe Bridgers and Olivia Rodrigo, and the boundary-pushing performances of pop stars like Halsey, Billie Eilish and Tierra Whack.
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