Jill Sobule is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, story-driven character studies and emotive ballads, a duality reminiscent of such 1970s American songwriters as Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III, Harry Chapin, and Randy Newman. Autobiographical elements, including Sobule's Jewish heritage and her adolescent battles with anorexia and depression, frequently occur in Sobule's writing. An appreciable percentage of her work is also dedicated to detailed accounts of both her own fictional female creations and such troubled but celebrated women as Joey Heatherton and Mary Kay Letourneau, whose stories are usually used to make ironic comments about fame and celebrity.
In 2009, she released an album funded entirely by fan donations, one of the early pioneers of crowdfunding.
Jill Sobule is the second album by the Americansinger-songwriterJill Sobule, released in April 7, 1995. The disc contained the singles "Good Person Inside", "Supermodel" and "I Kissed a Girl".
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jill Sobule & Robin Eaton, except as noted.
The first release of the album does not contain "Supermodel". After "Supermodel" appeared on the Clueless film soundtrack and was released as a single, the album was reissued with the song.
Katy Perry song
The singer Katy Perry used the title "I Kissed a Girl" for her own song, "I Kissed a Girl", which appeared on her 2008 album One of the Boys. The song received a mixed reception, and was unfavourably compared to Sobule's original by some commentators: Hiponline.com wrote that the song is "not nearly as interesting or exciting as you’d expect. It’s not even half as good as Jill Sobule’s song 'I Kissed a Girl'".Glitterati Gossip wrote that Sobule's song "was ten times better, because there was actual emotional content to her lyrics". Sobule shared her feelings about Perry's song and use of the title in a July 2009 interview with The Rumpus:
English-born guitarist Vernon Reid had formed a number of bands, and after a few years, he formed Living Colour in New York in 1984. Reid assembled a number of bands under the name Living Colour from 1984 to 1986. They grew out of the Black Rock Coalition, a non-profit organization founded by (among others) Reid for black musicians interested in playing rock music. Reid was well known on the downtown New York jazz scenes because of his tenure in Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society.
Living Color is a 1992 thriller about a cat and mouse game between Molly (Kim Denman) and killer Christian (Michael Julian Knowles). The film was shot in Brisbane between 5–21 January 1992 and was not released theatrically.
Couldn't find this video on YT, so I uploaded it. I do not own any rights.
Clueless OST
published: 30 Aug 2012
America Back (Official Music Video) - Jill Sobule
Just one day after Drumpf's historic trip to Mexico, I present to you the "exclusive world premier" of the video to my song "America Back". The video, featuring tuba and mariachi, as well as stoner and copulating marionettes, retells the history of immigration and anti-immigration sentiment in the US of A.
The song is the first single from the upcoming all-star album, "Monster Protest Jamz...Volume 1". It is just one of the fab offerings from "My Song Is My Weapon".
http://www.pledgemusic.com/mysongismyweapon
I hope you enjoy it. And would you mind passing it along to all your friends who you think would like it, as well as family members whose politics are diametrically opposed to your own?
My song is my weapon
What's yours?
Some asked for the lyrics:
Remember the garden of Eden?
...
published: 01 Sep 2016
Jill Sobule "Merry Christmas from the Family"
This is Jill Sobule's hilarious cover of "Merry Christmas from the Family". It's about a dysfunctional family Christmas gathering. Enjoy!
published: 11 Dec 2010
Jill Sobule - Bitter
Jill Sobule Bitter. 1997 single charting at #74 in Australia in June 1997. From the album 'Happy Town'. Official music video HQ 90s 90's I don't wanna get bitter I don't wanna turn cruel I don't wanna get old before I have to like you. ohnoitisnathan
published: 10 Apr 2018
Jill Sobule - I kissed a girl (the original)
Jill Sobule - I kissed a girl (the original) before Katy Perry.
published: 01 Aug 2009
Jill Sobule - Living Color
Music video by Jill Sobule performing Living Color. (C) 1990 Geffen Records
published: 17 Jun 2009
Resistance Song (bouncing ball lyric video) - Jill Sobule
We took Jill's "Resistance Song" and added video (mostly) from an actual French Resistance documentary to produce this video. We also added the words so you can sing along! Video edited by (and bouncing ball technology by) Tony Camas.
Get the new album Dottie's Charms here:
http://jillsobule.spinshop.com/
For more information:
Website: http://www.jillsobule.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JillSobule
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillsobule
Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/u/jillsobule
published: 16 Aug 2009
Jill Sobule - Too Cool To Fall In Love
Music video by Jill Sobule performing Too Cool To Fall In Love. (C) 1990 Geffen Records
published: 16 Jun 2009
Good Person Inside
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Good Person Inside · Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule
℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programmer: Brad Jones
Unknown: Brad Jones
Masterer: Greg Calbi
Guitar: Jill Sobule
Lead Vocals: Jill Sobule
Background Vocals: Richard Barone
Assistant Engineer: Robin Eaton
Producer: Robin Eaton
Background Vocals: Robin Eaton
Mixer: Roger Moutenot
Contributor, Writer: Jill Sobule
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Just one day after Drumpf's historic trip to Mexico, I present to you the "exclusive world premier" of the video to my song "America Back". The video, featuring...
Just one day after Drumpf's historic trip to Mexico, I present to you the "exclusive world premier" of the video to my song "America Back". The video, featuring tuba and mariachi, as well as stoner and copulating marionettes, retells the history of immigration and anti-immigration sentiment in the US of A.
The song is the first single from the upcoming all-star album, "Monster Protest Jamz...Volume 1". It is just one of the fab offerings from "My Song Is My Weapon".
http://www.pledgemusic.com/mysongismyweapon
I hope you enjoy it. And would you mind passing it along to all your friends who you think would like it, as well as family members whose politics are diametrically opposed to your own?
My song is my weapon
What's yours?
Some asked for the lyrics:
Remember the garden of Eden?
Before eve hung out with that snake?
You could walk down the streets not worry bout thieves
All the kids could go trick or treating.
Then those foreigners started coming in
Like the Germans in 1790
Then the Irish arrived, the potato blight
The neighborhood started changing
Life was better, we lived right,
Life had a paler shade of white, when they sing
“We want our America Back”
Before there was Ellis island
And that statue we got from the French
That whore’s still alerting, with strangers she’s flirting
Inviting them into our beds
The guineas, the coolies, the wetbacks, the reds
The Jews, now those terrorists
And who let in the woman who looks after my kid
And the one who is cleaning my mess?
Before the gays had their agenda, before the slaves were free
Before that man from Kenya took the presidency
Life was so righteous, life was so clean.
Send em all back including me
When they say, “we want our America back”,
Our America back, our America back.”
When they say, ” we want our America back”
Well, what the…fuck do they mean?
Just one day after Drumpf's historic trip to Mexico, I present to you the "exclusive world premier" of the video to my song "America Back". The video, featuring tuba and mariachi, as well as stoner and copulating marionettes, retells the history of immigration and anti-immigration sentiment in the US of A.
The song is the first single from the upcoming all-star album, "Monster Protest Jamz...Volume 1". It is just one of the fab offerings from "My Song Is My Weapon".
http://www.pledgemusic.com/mysongismyweapon
I hope you enjoy it. And would you mind passing it along to all your friends who you think would like it, as well as family members whose politics are diametrically opposed to your own?
My song is my weapon
What's yours?
Some asked for the lyrics:
Remember the garden of Eden?
Before eve hung out with that snake?
You could walk down the streets not worry bout thieves
All the kids could go trick or treating.
Then those foreigners started coming in
Like the Germans in 1790
Then the Irish arrived, the potato blight
The neighborhood started changing
Life was better, we lived right,
Life had a paler shade of white, when they sing
“We want our America Back”
Before there was Ellis island
And that statue we got from the French
That whore’s still alerting, with strangers she’s flirting
Inviting them into our beds
The guineas, the coolies, the wetbacks, the reds
The Jews, now those terrorists
And who let in the woman who looks after my kid
And the one who is cleaning my mess?
Before the gays had their agenda, before the slaves were free
Before that man from Kenya took the presidency
Life was so righteous, life was so clean.
Send em all back including me
When they say, “we want our America back”,
Our America back, our America back.”
When they say, ” we want our America back”
Well, what the…fuck do they mean?
Jill Sobule Bitter. 1997 single charting at #74 in Australia in June 1997. From the album 'Happy Town'. Official music video HQ 90s 90's I don't wanna get bi...
Jill Sobule Bitter. 1997 single charting at #74 in Australia in June 1997. From the album 'Happy Town'. Official music video HQ 90s 90's I don't wanna get bitter I don't wanna turn cruel I don't wanna get old before I have to like you. ohnoitisnathan
Jill Sobule Bitter. 1997 single charting at #74 in Australia in June 1997. From the album 'Happy Town'. Official music video HQ 90s 90's I don't wanna get bitter I don't wanna turn cruel I don't wanna get old before I have to like you. ohnoitisnathan
We took Jill's "Resistance Song" and added video (mostly) from an actual French Resistance documentary to produce this video. We also added the words so you ca...
We took Jill's "Resistance Song" and added video (mostly) from an actual French Resistance documentary to produce this video. We also added the words so you can sing along! Video edited by (and bouncing ball technology by) Tony Camas.
Get the new album Dottie's Charms here:
http://jillsobule.spinshop.com/
For more information:
Website: http://www.jillsobule.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JillSobule
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillsobule
Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/u/jillsobule
We took Jill's "Resistance Song" and added video (mostly) from an actual French Resistance documentary to produce this video. We also added the words so you can sing along! Video edited by (and bouncing ball technology by) Tony Camas.
Get the new album Dottie's Charms here:
http://jillsobule.spinshop.com/
For more information:
Website: http://www.jillsobule.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JillSobule
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillsobule
Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/u/jillsobule
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Good Person Inside · Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule
℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International In...
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Good Person Inside · Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule
℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programmer: Brad Jones
Unknown: Brad Jones
Masterer: Greg Calbi
Guitar: Jill Sobule
Lead Vocals: Jill Sobule
Background Vocals: Richard Barone
Assistant Engineer: Robin Eaton
Producer: Robin Eaton
Background Vocals: Robin Eaton
Mixer: Roger Moutenot
Contributor, Writer: Jill Sobule
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Good Person Inside · Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule
℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programmer: Brad Jones
Unknown: Brad Jones
Masterer: Greg Calbi
Guitar: Jill Sobule
Lead Vocals: Jill Sobule
Background Vocals: Richard Barone
Assistant Engineer: Robin Eaton
Producer: Robin Eaton
Background Vocals: Robin Eaton
Mixer: Roger Moutenot
Contributor, Writer: Jill Sobule
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Just one day after Drumpf's historic trip to Mexico, I present to you the "exclusive world premier" of the video to my song "America Back". The video, featuring tuba and mariachi, as well as stoner and copulating marionettes, retells the history of immigration and anti-immigration sentiment in the US of A.
The song is the first single from the upcoming all-star album, "Monster Protest Jamz...Volume 1". It is just one of the fab offerings from "My Song Is My Weapon".
http://www.pledgemusic.com/mysongismyweapon
I hope you enjoy it. And would you mind passing it along to all your friends who you think would like it, as well as family members whose politics are diametrically opposed to your own?
My song is my weapon
What's yours?
Some asked for the lyrics:
Remember the garden of Eden?
Before eve hung out with that snake?
You could walk down the streets not worry bout thieves
All the kids could go trick or treating.
Then those foreigners started coming in
Like the Germans in 1790
Then the Irish arrived, the potato blight
The neighborhood started changing
Life was better, we lived right,
Life had a paler shade of white, when they sing
“We want our America Back”
Before there was Ellis island
And that statue we got from the French
That whore’s still alerting, with strangers she’s flirting
Inviting them into our beds
The guineas, the coolies, the wetbacks, the reds
The Jews, now those terrorists
And who let in the woman who looks after my kid
And the one who is cleaning my mess?
Before the gays had their agenda, before the slaves were free
Before that man from Kenya took the presidency
Life was so righteous, life was so clean.
Send em all back including me
When they say, “we want our America back”,
Our America back, our America back.”
When they say, ” we want our America back”
Well, what the…fuck do they mean?
Jill Sobule Bitter. 1997 single charting at #74 in Australia in June 1997. From the album 'Happy Town'. Official music video HQ 90s 90's I don't wanna get bitter I don't wanna turn cruel I don't wanna get old before I have to like you. ohnoitisnathan
We took Jill's "Resistance Song" and added video (mostly) from an actual French Resistance documentary to produce this video. We also added the words so you can sing along! Video edited by (and bouncing ball technology by) Tony Camas.
Get the new album Dottie's Charms here:
http://jillsobule.spinshop.com/
For more information:
Website: http://www.jillsobule.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JillSobule
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillsobule
Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/u/jillsobule
Provided to YouTube by Lava
Good Person Inside · Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule
℗ 1995 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programmer: Brad Jones
Unknown: Brad Jones
Masterer: Greg Calbi
Guitar: Jill Sobule
Lead Vocals: Jill Sobule
Background Vocals: Richard Barone
Assistant Engineer: Robin Eaton
Producer: Robin Eaton
Background Vocals: Robin Eaton
Mixer: Roger Moutenot
Contributor, Writer: Jill Sobule
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Jill Sobule is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, story-driven character studies and emotive ballads, a duality reminiscent of such 1970s American songwriters as Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III, Harry Chapin, and Randy Newman. Autobiographical elements, including Sobule's Jewish heritage and her adolescent battles with anorexia and depression, frequently occur in Sobule's writing. An appreciable percentage of her work is also dedicated to detailed accounts of both her own fictional female creations and such troubled but celebrated women as Joey Heatherton and Mary Kay Letourneau, whose stories are usually used to make ironic comments about fame and celebrity.
In 2009, she released an album funded entirely by fan donations, one of the early pioneers of crowdfunding.
I once saw it in a book I had God was by my side My name in lights up there on the marquee And God was very proud I've been a miner for a heart of gold A dreamer who just won't wake up I thought I'd plunge into the deepest vein It wasn't deep enough And I will fall a hundred stories And open up my hand And scatter all my dreams of glory Like seeds upon the land Still have your picture on my wall of faith Next to the grocery list I keep forgetting I should take you down I'm gonna take you down And I will fall a hundred stories And open up my hand And scatter all my dreams of glory Like seeds upon the land And I'll join the league of failures And I will be resigned To fall a hundred stories And leave it all behind And I will promise to forget the ones Who took more than they gave At least I'll have some peace of mind As I dig their graves And on my way down I hope to see The one I hurt the most Perhaps he'll open up his window And we'll fly this ghost And I will fall a hundred stories And open up my hand And scatter all my dreams of glory Like seeds upon the land And I'll join the league of failures I bet that I'll be glad To fall a hundred stories And I'll have peace at last And I'll set this house on fire And burn the whole thing down My laurels turned to ashes