Talk:Just a Girl

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[edit] Midwinter / POV and Factual Accuracy disputed tags added

I've put up the POV and Accuracy dispute tags on this page. The reason for this can be found in such examples as:

"Distinctive, totally original yet instantly familiar, America took this song to heart, as many people wanted something more than the overused grunge at the time."
Are you a fan, by any chance? Firstly, grunge was not as popular as it had been in the early 90s by 1995; in fact, with the death of Nirvana, all but the most manufactured of groups were moving on, developing their styles etc. Secondly, I'm not at all convinced that "America took the song to heart" or indeed that it was "totally original".

"For many girls, such expressions of the post-feminist paradox remained locked in a diary."
Um..did they? If this is a quote, please remember to put quotemarks around it - unless you're into making hideously far-reaching generalisations, that is..

"..such blatantly '80s keyboards, effects and retro sounds to the song, which the public hadn't heard since the heyday of new wave."
..Really? So, in fact, we had not heard such synthwork in the works of Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Nitzer Ebb, even The Cure? I am well aware that most of the bands I have listed are not in any way New Wave, but I'm not sure you're right in saying that it hadn't been heard since some time in the mid 80s..

"Upon its release in 1995, Just a Girl cut through the stagnant modern rock airwaves and brought a fresh pop sound to the radio. It also delivered an expression of feminine strength rarely realized in rock music."
Mkay..I'm going to deal with the last sentence first. You might want to look at the Janis Joplin, Hippie and Riot Grrl articles. That's all I'm going to say on that matter, other than to quietly boggle at the very idea of attributing the onset of feminine pride/strength in rock music solely to Gwen Stefani. I'm not sure you could call the airwaves at the time "stagnant" either, especially with bands such as Primus, White Zombie, Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden (having the massive hits Spoonman and Black Hole Sun only a year before), Alice In Chains, et al doing wonderful things with the boundaries of rock music.

"An anthem to young women all around the world basically."
Oh really? Factual evidence please? :P

Midwinter 01:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

your mean

[edit] Followup

I see you've removed the tags..I'm not going to put them back up, but could a fan of No Doubt please give this article a well-needed rewrite?

Thanks, guys.. Midwinter / ^pirate 03:01, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I deleted most of it so the article can start over from fresh.

Anyone want to re-write it? Bon945 6:04, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[[Jackie from Bishop says I love this song and I hope there willl be more songs like it in the feauture.]][[

[edit] Vocal Range

The part about her vocal range says it goes from B4 to E6. E6 means that Gwen was able to sing in whistle register (Mariah Carey), which is odd because I've listened to the song so many times and I don't hear it. Can anyone point out exactly when she achieves this?