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Joan Osborne - One Of Us


One hit wonder from the 1990s. What happened to Joan. Where did it all go wrong?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K1hckf1C3I

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Haven't heard of her before, but her song makes me think of this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzuTI82tmxw
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I think Joan was being ironic.

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This type of music was in fashion for about two years.

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I actually liked her follow up single Saint Teresa.

One of Us is such a melancholy song, and i noticed in 1996 there was a lot of that. The question 'would you want to see if seeing meant that you had to believe in Jesus and the Saints and all the prophets', I've realised that most would say 'I don't want to see' as they don't want to change their lives or what they like doing.

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The Christian kids in my school seemed to like it a lot.

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I think they missed the point.

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I think the last line about the Pope makes pretty clear it isn't really a religious song. Not sure why a song mentioning saints appealed to them, seeing they were Protestant.🤷‍♀️

I think the song is quite catchy, but it makes me think of these dumb kids every time.

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LOVE ME SOME JOAN...IN HIGH SCHOOL MY BEST FRIEND PETER MAYO AND I DID A STAGE INTERPRETATION OF THE SONG...GOOD TIMES.🙂

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was anyone dressed as god?

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NO...HE WAS A FLASHLIGHT WE TAPED TO ONE OF THE STAGE SUPPORTS ABOVE THE CURTAIN.

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it was turned on?

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YEAH...

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fairly creative

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WE THOUGHT SO...FUN FACT:THAT WAS THE ONE AND ONLY TIME ANYBODY HAS EVER HEARD ME SING...CAUSE I SUCK.🙂

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HAHAHA

I love how you ask "Where did it all go wrong" and then answer yourself with a YouTube link.

THAT'S where it went wrong. That stupid song. That super annoying song that Doctor Evil wrote.

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Tom Cruise sings it in Vanilla Sky, too.

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It didn't go wrong. She's timeless.

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you would think she would have more hits

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I attended this show. It was a Phil Lesh & Friends concert (maybe posted by a fan who would like to think otherwise). This was her most memorable part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFYe4WTUkfI

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