1 | * BrokenBase: Fans tend to be divided on ''Strange Angels'', her most overtly musical, most accessible, and (''very'' broadly speaking) "poppiest" album. |
2 | * GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: She is, or was at one time, very popular with the Japanese media. |
3 | * HarsherInHindsight: The lyrics of "O Superman" contain lines that, twenty years later, would seem to predict 9/11; a fact that was not lost on Anderson when she recorded a live version of the song in New York City only ''one week'' after the attacks. |
4 | * HollywoodHomely: The title ''The Ugly One with the Jewels'' was taken from something someone once called her. |
5 | * NightmareFuel: Depending on your feelings toward electronic music, most of her work could qualify. Special mention however, must go to "Walk The Dog" (found on the B-Side of "O superman"). The song features some rather sinister riffs, bizzare, vocodered dog barking, atonal screaming and the most insane, non-sequiter lyrics possible. These include random observations about trees, fancy parties, movies, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking spontaneous combustion...And a Dolly Parton impression]]. The fact that these lyrics are delivered in a childish-sing-song voice only adds to the aural discomfort. |
6 | --> "I came home today, and you were all on fire! Your shirt was on fire...And your hair was on fire...And flames were licking, all around your feet!" |
7 | * SignatureSong: "O Superman". However, except for a tour in 2001, she rarely revisits older songs in performance, preferring to debut newer works. |
8 | * {{Tearjerker}}: This line: |
9 | -->"Did you ever really love me?" |
10 | -->"Only when we were dancing." |
11 | ** ''Live In New York'', recorded the week after 9/11, contains a very emotional "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vLs4U7-CPw O Superman]]" that fully acknowledges the HarsherInHindsight nature of lines like |
12 | -->This is the hand, the hand that takes.\ |
13 | Here come the planes.\ |
14 | They're American planes. Made in America.\ |
15 | Smoking or non-smoking?\ |
16 | And the voice said: Neither snow nor rain nor gloom\ |
17 | of night shall stay these couriers from the swift\ |
18 | completion of their appointed rounds.\ |
19 | 'Cause when love is gone, there's always justice.\ |
20 | And when justice is gone, there's always force.\ |
21 | So hold me, Mom... |
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