Word: oughta
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...struggled to cast aside the stereotypes from her “angry female rocker” days. Supposed Former Infatuated Junkie, her sophomore release, was a tense, confessional album, more do-it-yourself therapy for Morisette than entertainment for fans impatiently awaiting the fury of “You Oughta Know,” Part II. To her credit, Morisette had moved on. Her confrontations with herself and various ex-lovers led to an unsettling solace on Junkie that brought out the psychoanalyst...
Sample lyric: “No matter who you are or what you feel is true/Truth of the matter is we all got work to do/If it distresses you it oughta hurt me too/Don’t let it bring you down/Just elevate your view.” (“Elevate Your View?...
...problem with Morissette's psychobabble is that her melodies feel contorted to fit around it. As a result, Under Rug Swept has no song that begs as urgently to be belted in the shower as her 1995 breakout single, You Oughta Know. It's music for the bedroom but not the pool hall...
Connecticut band The Zambonis warmed the crowd up with a set that consisted of songs pertaining entirely to, you guessed it, hockey. With lyrics like, “She’s the referee’s daughter, and I ougtha, and I oughta, She walks on Holy Water, and I oughta, and I oughta,” how could things go wrong. Well, uninventive drum beats and repetitive guitar riffs could spoil the fun, and did to some extent...
...feminist venom, unapologetic male-bashing and histrionic yelps. Indeed, it was not so long ago that Alanis Morissette and her badly-dressed disciples ruled the land, deflating bubblegum pop and appropriating "bitch" as a lovable epithet. (Speaking of Alanis, I was floored when I found out that in "You Oughta Know," she isn't carping about a "cross-eyed bear that you gave to me," but rather lamenting the "cross I bear." I really think my version is much cooler, especially considering there are too few songs that discuss the importance of stuffed animals in our daily lives...