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3	'''Jill Sobule''' is an American AlternativeRock/[[FolkMusic Folk Rock]] singer and songwriter.
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5	Sobule made her debut in 1990 with the Music/ToddRundgren-produced ''Things Here Are Different''. Unfortunately, nobody bought it and Sobule briefly left music to work for a wedding photographer. A few years later, she was picked up by Creator/AtlanticRecords for the release of her self-titled second album, which featured the hits "I Kissed A Girl" and "Supermodel," the latter of which was famously used in the Brittney Murphey film ''Film/{{Clueless}}''. Her follow up, ''Happy Town'', earned rave reviews, but [[AcclaimedFlop didn't repeat the commercial success]] of her previous album and she was dropped from the label.
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7	Despite her FifteenMinutesOfFame passing rather quickly, Sobule has kept busy ever since, recording and releasing music independently, joining Lloyd Cole's backing band, done some acting and contributed songs to the [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nickcom]] ''Series/{{Unfabulous}}'' and the Off-Broadway production ''Prozak and Platypus.''
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9	!!"I kissed a trope!"
10	* BrokenPedestal: The concept of "Heroes" is about how so many artistic and social ground-breakers were imperfect in increasingly problematic ways.
11	* ConceptAlbum: ''Dottie's Charms'' was inspired by a charm bracelet Jill had been given which her friend had found in a thrift store. She made up stories about who the previous owner had been and collaborated with a different writers for each song based on a different charm. She later joked that the only thing she knew for certain about Dottie was "she had shitty kids who sold her charm bracelet."
12	* CoolOldLady: The titular Claire in "Claire," a former WWII fighter pilot who may or may not have had an affair with Eleanore Roosevelt and is now a senile old lady. The narrator sings about how she wishes she could find out how many of Claire's stories were true.
13	* CoverVersion: She's done several, including "All The Young Dudes" by Music/MottTheHoople, "Merry Christmas From The Family" by Robert Earl Keen, "Christmastime Is Here" from ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'', "Never My Love" by The Association and "This Land Is Your Land" by Music/WoodyGuthrie.
14	* DownerEnding: "Lucy At The Gym." After a perceived several months of nonstop working out and starving herself to get a perfect body, the titular Lucy stops showing up at the gym and the narrator concludes that she literally worked herself to death. Also counts as Write What You Know, as Sobule struggled with anorexia for many years.
15	* GagNose: Downplayed. Her substantial nose is easily one of her most visually recognizable assets, but doesn't get called attention to much.
16	* GirlOnGirlIsHot: "I Kissed A Girl," a spoof on the "Lesbian chic" trend of the '90s.
17	* IntergenerationalFriendship: She was good friends with Music/WarrenZevon in his later years. The two of them bonded over having their only big hits be [[BlackSheepHit fluke novelty songs]].
18	* LonelyPianoPiece: "Lonely Eighty Eight" is this trope to it's logical extreme: it's a lonely piano piece about pianos and being lonely.
19	* MaskedLuchador: "Mexican Wrestler":
20	-->"Sometimes I wish I was a wrestler\
21	A Mexican wrestler in a red vinyl mask\
22	I would pick you up and body slam you\
23	And possibly cause you physical harm"
24	* NaughtyByNight: The appropriately-titled "Karen By Night."
25	* ProtestSong: "When They Say We Want Our America Back" and "Givin' it To The Dems."
26	* {{Sampling}}: "Cinnamon Park" is based around a loop of the hook from "Saturday In The Park" by Music/{{Chicago}}.
27	* SelfTitledAlbum: Her second one and the first of two she recorded for Atlantic.
28	* TakeThat
29	** As mentioned above, "I Kissed A Girl" is meant to call out the perceived chicness of lesbianism in the '90s.
30	** "When They Say We Want Our America Back" is a scathing attack on latent white supremacy.
31	** "Givin' It To The Dems" is a scathing attack on how conservatives are more obsessed with pissing off liberals, to the point of being TooDumbToLive, than doing anything of benefit to themselves or their country.

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