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Michelle Shocked
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Michelle Shocked is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose music and performances seem influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style that her first major label producer likened to troubadors such as Joni Mitchell, Spider John Koerner, and Dave Van Ronk.
She was born Karen Michelle Johnston on February 24, 1962, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of a carpenter and a woman who would end up committing her to a psychiatric hospital twenty-something years later. She graduated from high school in Gilmer, Texas and received her bachelor’s degree in the Oral Interpretation of Poetry from the University of Texas in Austin. She was raised in a strict Mormon household and worked her way through college to pay for tuition.
Michelle’s stage name dates back to the name she gave when arrested in 1984 at a protest for fair housing during the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California. Her nickname was ‘Chel, so Michelle Shocked was a play on words intended to resemble the phrase “shell shocked”. The front cover of her (arguably) best-known album, Short Sharp Shocked, shows her restrained by the chokehold of a San Francisco policeman in a supposedly authentic photograph of this incident. However, some indie music critics of the time observed that the style of this image showed a strong similarity to a photo that appeared on an album cover from British punk band Chaos UK. This led some to assert that she plagiarized the concept, but the accusation was never answered nor seriously pursued.
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She was born Karen Michelle Johnston on February 24, 1962, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of a carpenter and a woman who would end up committing her to a psychiatric hospital twenty-something years later. She graduated from high school in Gilmer, Texas and received her bachelor’s degree in the Oral Interpretation of Poetry from the University of Texas in Austin. She was raised in a strict Mormon household and worked her way through college to pay for tuition.
Michelle’s stage name dates back to the name she gave when arrested in 1984 at a protest for fair housing during the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California. Her nickname was ‘Chel, so Michelle Shocked was a play on words intended to resemble the phrase “shell shocked”. The front cover of her (arguably) best-known album, Short Sharp Shocked, shows her restrained by the chokehold of a San Francisco policeman in a supposedly authentic photograph of this incident. However, some indie music critics of the time observed that the style of this image showed a strong similarity to a photo that appeared on an album cover from British punk band Chaos UK. This led some to assert that she plagiarized the concept, but the accusation was never answered nor seriously pursued.
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Short Sharp Shocked
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Kind Hearted Woman
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Mercury Poise: 1988-1995
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Captain Swing
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deviantpsyche wrote:
just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. Quality of Mercy is my favorite! love it.
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LuckyLuigi wrote:
I only heard Anchorage but I loved it and now I finally know her name I'll be sure to get some of her albums. Great Song ! :)
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wowugotit wrote:
I simply adore her latest album, Soul of My Soul. I saw her live for the first time recently and loved her performance.
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clareHusk wrote:
Where is her new album on this list???!! I wanted to listen to that amazing track about "seeing other people"
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rainy-dog wrote:
soul of my soul is actually brilliant
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kaiserzeitgeist wrote:
Goddamn if Michelle Shocked isn't strenuous.
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Owen47 wrote:
'Chelle's new record is available to download from her site and from iTunes - it's excellent!
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foxyluva wrote:
New album out May 12! http://www.songsillinois.net/2009/03/michelle-shocked-soul-of-my-soul-mighty-sound-records-may-12/
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mikestep1234 wrote:
cannot get any sound at all from Michelle, shocked and damn annoyed., Wotsup>.
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foxyluva wrote:
This current picture really stinks
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LondonLouis wrote:
There's something wrong with Graffito Limbo (no sound) and someone else reports that they've had problem on other of Michelle's tracks. Incidentally, it's a shame that more of her tracks are not available as full tracks. She's good.
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owlies wrote:
i want to start a michelle shocked cover band
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musicdish wrote:
Fans of Michelle Shocked should also check out Amy Speace...
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ihavesoldout wrote:
:O
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brudenell wrote:
MONDAY 10th NOVEMBER - MICHELLE SHOCKED plus ROBIN AULD - at BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS, UK - www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk / www.myspace.com/brudenell - Tickets onsale now from JUMBO RECORDS www.jumborecords.co.uk and CRASH RECORDS www.crashrecords.co.uk and GIGANTIC www.gigantic.com - Doors 7pm
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Roddelin wrote:
I would like to go to Gillmore to step where she's grown up - as bizriak wrote "she's brilliant" - Leadbelly would be pleased when listening from above everytime someone plays's one of her Songs :)
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bizriak wrote:
What a crime that there are so few listens to this brilliant woman.
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legbamel wrote:
Send me a dozen long-stemmed roses, I'll tell you what I will do...
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strajnic wrote:
Too little, too late!
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Dgold wrote:
I made the Top Listeners list for Michelle Shocked, YEAH buddy! Arkansas Traveler has been one of my favs since the early 90's. I have about 10 of her albums, which isn't nearly all of them. Planning to buy more.
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Recent Activity
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Nuhas, powerchuter and AusCham added Michelle Shocked to their libraries. 7 hours ago
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rodmacl tagged Michelle Shocked with alt-country, folk and female vocalists. yesterday evening
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rodmacl, gromor, kanosha007 and 10 other people added Michelle Shocked to their libraries. yesterday evening
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AaronWard tagged Michelle Shocked with singer-songwriter, female vocalists and folk. Monday afternoon
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LZY-7, mececil, colemamm and 10 other people added Michelle Shocked to their libraries. Monday morning
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GregorzIV tagged Michelle Shocked with ‘investigate’. last week
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neillywally, obrien6313, abelashes and 3 other people added Michelle Shocked to their libraries. last week
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IanAR connected Michelle Shocked to the group New Wave Crooner. 13 days ago
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GregorzIV tagged Michelle Shocked with texas, americana, alt-country and 3 other tags. 14 days ago
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