Juliana Hatfield nasceu em 27 de julho de 1967, em Wiscasset, no afastado estado de Maine, extremo nordeste dos Estados Unidos. Entretanto, cresceu numa cidade costeira de Massachusetts. Quando garotinha, ficou fascinada pela cantora Olivia Newton-John e se apaixonou pelo filme Grease, a que assistiu seis vezes no cinema. Descobriu a banda The Replacements quando estava no colegial e foi amor à primeira vista. Através dessas duas inspirações musicais, Juliana se mudou para a cidade grande e foi estudar música em Berklee com o sonho de montar uma banda. Ela conheceu John Strohm e Freda Love e o trio fundou a banda Blake Babies em 1986. A banda gravou alguns discos, fez pequenas turnês pelos EUA e de desintegrou no início dos anos 90. Desde então, Juliana ostenta uma brilhante carreira solo. Wikipedia
“That's the harm in mystery, all you know is what you see.”
"I Got No Idols"
Become What You Are (1993)
Contexto: p>I'm a goddess in your eyes, and I will never die.
I was born of people's needs, and what they don't wanna believe.
But I am a liar, that's the truth, go home and think it through.
That's the harm in mystery, all you know is what you see.I got no idols.</p
“I've been sleeping through my life
Now I'm waking up
And I want to stand in the sunshine”
Sunshine
In Exile Deo (2004)
Contexto: I've been sleeping through my life
Now I'm waking up
And I want to stand in the sunshine
I have never been ecstatic
Had a flower but it never bloomed
In the darkness of my wasted youth
It was hiding in the shadows
Learning to become invisible
Uncover me
“Please forgive me for finding something real and pure and trueSomebody is waiting for me”
"Somebody Is Waiting For Me"
Beautiful Creature (2000)
Contexto: I never needed this
I never needed anyone
I meant every word that I said
It's true
I wasn't talking to you And I'm sorry that I must go so soon
Please forgive me for finding something real and pure and trueSomebody is waiting for me
“You pushed your greatest chance away
But still I really want to sayI forgive you.”
"Noblesse Oblige"
Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure (2000)
Contexto: I showed you how to touch a star
I helped you forget who you are
Baby, you can drive my car
Over to the right side of the tracksYou pushed your greatest chance away
But still I really want to sayI forgive you.
“There's a hole in the sky
I stood and stared
I feel it inside what isn't there”
"Hole in the Sky"
Made in China (2005)
Contexto: There's a hole in the sky
I stood and stared
I feel it inside what isn't there
The children are lost we can't find them anywhere Hole in the sky
I'm crying still crying for you.
“A heart, a heart that hurts, is a heart, a heart that works.”
"Universal Heart-Beat"
Only Everything (1995)
Contexto: Beauty can be sad. You're proof of that.
When the damage is done, you're damaged goods.
That's not to say it's not okay.
I wouldn't have it any other way.A heart, a heart that hurts, is a heart, a heart that works.
“I never really cared about achieving commercial success.”
Interview by Matt Ryan for MAGNET magazine http://www.magnetmagazine.com/interviews/hatfield.html
Contexto: I never really cared about achieving commercial success. As soon as I was signed to a record company, I felt like I made it because I was able to quit my day job. To me, success was just not having to have a boss and not having a day job. So I’ve been living my own version of success since the early ’90s when I first got signed and I haven’t had a job since then. I’m pretty happy about that. When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn’t suit my temperament at all. I’m a terrible public person. I’m happier where I am now.
“Reach inside carefully.
Feel my psyche.
Make it last.
Put this moment under glass.”
"Bottles and Flowers"
Only Everything (1995)
“The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.”
Interview by Matt Ryan for MAGNET magazine
“Okay I gotta go
Maybe I don't want to know
There's too much truth in this room.”
"Total System Failure"
Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure (2000)
"Total System Failure"
Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure (2000)
"President Garfield"
Become What You Are (1993)
"Universal Heart-Beat" · official video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMx8FVUgxIM
Only Everything (1995)
"What A Life" · official video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw3vqrBKtf8
Only Everything (1995)
