![]() ![]() LESS FACT-CHECKED: Her future partner in the Wreckers, Jessica Harp, also posted on Hanson message boards, and APPARENTLY, according to certain Internet gossip communities that start with O and end with D(elete from History), that is either the place they met or the place they got into flame wars.Ĭrystal: As far as “In Popular Culture” sections on Wikipedia go, the one for “Everywhere” is pretty great: ![]() ![]() Katherine: FACT: Michelle Branch’s break came when she was doing “ shameless self-promotion” on Hanson’s message board, which got to the Rolling Stone website and eventually to Hanson’s team. Most of them ended up working with John Shanks (Hilary Duff, Ashlee Simpson, Lillix, post-”You Oughta Know” Alanis, pre- Bangerz Miley), but Michelle Branch was basically the first. Katherine: Michelle Branch was the first of many post-teenpop, kinda-post-Lilith “look guys it’s the anti-Britney and she makes REAL MUSIC with REAL INSTRUMENTS!” singer-songwriters, which sounded like bullshit even when I was in my teens and had never heard the word “rockism” (SORRY). 2002 will bring us Vanessa Carlton and Avril Lavigne. “Everywhere,” oddly, sounds AHEAD of its time. Sure, the Billboard Year-End #1 in 2001 was Lifehouse’s “Hanging by a Moment,” but there was also Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson, and Jennifer Lopez & Ja Rule in the Top 5. From the comments section: “Like if you think this song was sung by Avril Levine before finding it on YouTube”Ĭrystal: I like Michelle Branch, too! Blame it on Igloo Australia, but I find this era of music infinitely more diverse. ![]()
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