Talk:Jill Sobule

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i've rewritten my old rewrite of the Sobule stub to remove adjectives and limit the text to factual description in response to this info blurb about the article reading like an ad. If this meets your standards can we please remove this banner? I have no connection to the artist at all, and have written multiple entries on this site without ever receiving this kind of a dinging, and it kind of smarts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.167.111.237 (talk) 10:25, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversial

Just wondered about this; 'best known for the then-controversial song, "I Kissed a Girl"' Why was it controversial?Number36 22:32, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I think back when it came out it was uncommon for gay themed songs. Oreo 30 March 2007 _{Subscript text}

I believe (as does Jill Sobule, whom I know personally) that IKAG was the first song with an overtly gay theme to enter the pop music mainstream (it was a regularly featured MTV "Buzz Bin" selection for a while). At the time of its release, there were some radio stations (notably in the "bible belt") that refused to play the song outright, and at least one Nashville radio station that played the song only after airing some sort of disclaimer regarding its subject matter. I think the song can be fairly called controversial based on these facts, though some independent verification of them would probably be in order. BostonTony 06:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

This should mentioned in the article:

"This is the theme song from "Letting Go of God," the soon-to-be-released film version of the book.

Written by Jill Sobule and Julia Sweeney, and sung by the amazing Jill Sobule!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKCofjjoJI —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.154.21.193 (talk) 04:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)