Did Every Woman In 1990s Alt-Rock Want To Have Sex With An Angel?

All my years of research have led to one inescapable conclusion.

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These are the long days at the end of summer. The world slows down. The mind wanders. One is free to ask the questions that really matter. For instance: Did every single female vocalist in 1990s alt-rock and/or adult contemporary want to have sexual congress with an angel of the Lord?

The answer is that they did. I’ve examined the catalog for years now, and the evidence overwhelmingly supports my claim.

First, we need to define our parameters. For instance, men also sing about angels, and some of them did it during the 1990s. However, The Heights’ “How Do You Talk to an Angel,” which is about sex with an angel, is not alt-rock; Live’s “Lightning Crashes” is alt-rock, but no-one fucks the angel. (See video for proof.) Massive Attack’s “Angel” was released in 1998, it’s trip-hop and thus connected to the “alternative” zeitgeist, and the angel fucks, but it’s sung by a man. The vocal is honestly kind of androgynous, though, so let’s throw it in.