Jill Sobule
Jill Sobule (born January 16, 1961 in Denver , Colorado ) is an American singer , songwriter and film actress . Her best-known songs are the radio hit I Kissed a Girl and the supermodel from the soundtrack to the film Clueless - What else! .
history
The debut album Things Here Are Different was released in 1990. In the following sixteen years she released five more albums , three EPs and one greatest hits album. Despite good reviews, it never got beyond the status of an insider tip.
In 2000, Sobule played in the short-lived band The Negatives of Lloyd Cole .
In 2004 she played one of the five leading roles in the film Mind The Gap . She also had a guest appearance on the television series The West Wing - In the Center of Power.
style
Sobule combines virtuoso guitar playing with partly ironic, partly autobiographical texts, which deal, for example, with homosexuality ( I Kissed A Girl ), anorexia ( Supermodel and Lucy at the Gym ) or the relationship between Christians and Jews ( Jesus was a Dreidel Spinner ) goes.
Discography
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Studio albums
- 1990: Things Here Are Different
- 1995: Jill Sobule
- 1997: Happy Town
- 2000: Pink Pearl
- 2004: Underdog Victorious
- 2009: California Years
EPs
- 2000: It's the Thought That Counts
- 2001: Be Mine ... Please
- 2004: The Folk Years 2003-2003
Compilations
- 2001: I Never Learned To Swim: Jill Sobule 1990–2000
Singles
- 1990: "Too Cool to Fall in Love"
- 1990: "Living Color"
- 1995: "I Kissed a Girl"
- 1996: "Good Person Inside" (radio version)
- 1996: "Supermodel" (Radio Remix)
- 1997: "Bitter" (PG-13 Edit)
- 1997: "When My Ship Comes In"
- 2000: "One of These Days" (radio version)
- 2000: "Rainy Day Parade"
- 2001: "Stoned Soul Picnic"
- 2004: "Cinnamon Park" (PG Edit)
Contributions to soundtracks
- 1995: "Supermodel" from Clueless - What else!
- 1996: "Where Do I Begin" from The Truth About Cats & Dogs
- 1996: "Truth Is You Lied" from Grace of My Heart
- 1996: "The Secretive Life" from Harriet the Spy
- 1999: "Rainy Day Parade" from Mystery Men
- 2003: "Tel Aviv", "Nothing Natural", "Bitter", "Somewhere in New Mexico", "Freshmen", and "Vrbana Bridge" from Mind The Gap
- 2005: "Love Is Never Equal" from Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Love
Jill Sobule also offers various songs for free download on her website. This includes a 1½ hour live concert on July 7th and 8th, 2007.
Others
For the production costs of a new studio album, Jill Sobule collected donations from her fans through her website in the first few weeks of 2008. The necessary funds of around US $ 80,000 were available at the beginning of March. For staggered donations, the donor received at least one advance copy of the new album (for US $ 25) up to a personal house concert by Jill Sobule (for US $ 10,000). A total of three house concerts were "donated", one of which, according to Jill Sobule, should take place in Germany.
The fundraising campaign aroused great interest from the trade press, as it was seen as a further step towards new business models for the production and distribution of music. In addition, this increased the artist's independence from specifications by record companies and producers as well as the participation of the consumer in the artistic creation process.
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| SURNAME | Sobule, Jill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer, songwriter, and film actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denver , Colorado |