Like your style HSB - as soon as I'm proven right you move swiftly onto another track!!
There is definitely one really first rate track on that album - but I don't think it's that one above. JUst had a look and think it's You Learn.
In fact reading the lyrics on their own I'd say they stand up better as poems without her screeching. You Learn is good tho, can I come back when we get to that one please HSB? Give me a nudge or a poke or whatever it is these days. thx
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Call me a Canadian lesbo, but I think it's a great album.
Ha! I saw her at a club in Toronto right when JLP came out and the place was lousy with Canadian Lesbos and they yelled at me. I usually have no beef with them. JLP was an awesome record for 1995, but I would be ok with never hearing it again as long as I lived. It's actually one of the three records we have duplicate copies of in my house, both I had it and my girlfriend had it before we moved in together. The other 2 are Automatic for the People by R.E.M. and Justified by Justin Timberlake.
I can see why you and your girl get on. You must be the only two people on the planet to have bought all three of those records and not dumped at least one of them (can you guess which one I would keep hold of??)
Having read your post several times now, I think that is close to being the funniest paragraph I've ever come across on the internet!! Can I put it as my signature please?
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Maybe the big picture irony was that she titled a song full of un-ironic puns, 'Ironic'.....don't ya think?
Yes if I'm being charitable I would say she has deftly crafted a satire about the barriers to our own shared misunderstandings of language.
However, more realistically I just think she is fucking confused!
either way...its more productive than what I did with my life as a teenager
She was a little beyond her teen years in the JLP days....but not here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re18R8QQF9E
The clip pretty much sums up my opinion of her music, too
I do have some respect for her as a person and an artist, after seeing a lot of interview footage and whatnot....her music just isn't my cup o' tea.
Call me a Canadian lesbo, but I think it's a great album.
Ha! I saw her at a club in Toronto right when JLP came out and the place was lousy with Canadian Lesbos and they yelled at me. I usually have no beef with them. JLP was an awesome record for 1995, but I would be ok with never hearing it again as long as I lived. It's actually one of the three records we have duplicate copies of in my house, both I had it and my girlfriend had it before we moved in together. The other 2 are Automatic for the People by R.E.M. and Justified by Justin Timberlake.
Really? Never hearing it again? I dont play it often, but when I hear something from it I won't complain.
The hidden track about catching the b/f cheating is what seals the album as classic for me. It's pretty heavy...reminds me of Eddie's "Im still here" in the way that it's an uncomfortably honest track.....except she put hers on the album. Imagine "Im still here" being tagged onto the end of Ten instead of being an unreleased track, it added some serious weight to the album imo.
PS: Automatic for the People didnt age for me, just sheer quality. have a copy of justified, but i never gave it a fair shot.
PPS: JLP had "You Oughta Know" which i think is the best angry, bitter, fuck-you-you-fucking-bitch/bastard-exgf/bf song that i've heard.
I thought it was brilliant at the time. I used to be a huge fan of hers and she actually came to my hometown back in 1999 and nobody ever comes here. She put on a pretty good show. I haven't really listened to her since about 2000, my taste of music has changed but I may just have to put Jagged Little Pill in my CD player on my way to work tomorrow morning for old time sake.
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JLP was my favourite cd for a while. Especially the hidden track, with just Alanis singing a capella. I once went to Vancouver to visit a buddy. We went camping in the mountains, had some beers, jumped in his truck (didn't drive, just sat there) and cranked that song up. It was magical.
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It's actually one of the three records we have duplicate copies of in my house, both I had it and my girlfriend had it before we moved in together. The other 2 are Automatic for the People by R.E.M. and Justified by Justin Timberlake.
As my friend said in high school when our English teacher gave us the lyrics for Ironic for a lesson. "This stuff isn't ironic. This stuff just sucks."
But anyway I happen to like the album. Wouldn't call it brilliant but it's good.
I'm sorry, but I've always thought of the song Ironic as unintentional comedy... the silly lyrics.. the ridiculous vocals... the copying of the soft verse, loud chorus formula that had already been used a million times by the time this song was released.
It reminds me of a funny college story though... there was this obnoxious moron who lived in the dorm room next to mine who hated that song (this was shortly after it was released) and so me and another guy down the hall borrowed the Alanis CD from our RA so that when the a-hole came home that day we blasted the song from my room and shrieked along with it as loudly as we could. That shut him up for a few days, haha.
Needless to say, I never got into Alanis, but I do like her song Thank You... probably the only song of hers I like... it's got a very etheral quality to it... quite beautiful in fact... a rare hit song about humility.
my dear heartshaped, why don't you give up already? i believe the definitive review of the album, in the spirit of this thread has already been posted: 'it's shit!'
hard to argue with that, a 2 word review in the tradition of spinal tap's 'shit sandwich'
kenny olav, your story reminded me of one of my college friends whose house adjoined a miserable old bastard who frequently banged on the walls when the music was too loud.
my friend discovered however that whenever he played 'are you gonna go my way' by terence trent d'arby (edit: obviously meant Lenny Kravitz! it was a long time ago!!) it somehow set the neighbours entire house alarm system blaring for about 15 minutes!
needless to say we exploited this and would come home at 2am to play some tunes but start with kravitz and watch the fun outside- i don't think his neighbour ever discovered the reason, but he became even more unpopular in the street than the students!!
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I was watching some VH1 best of the 90's or something that called this album the best of the decade. I don't see it. I never liked that "You outta know" song, nor any of the others. And before you go and say that I'm a guy and that's why, I am a huge Riot Grrl fan. This album just doesn't hold up either. Anyone go back and listen to it? Ugh. Also she didn't really do anything after that. And I believe she was married to the producer if I'm not mistaken. Sorta like Mariah Carey.
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can you be certain that you are not in fact alanis herself dangdang, and just masquerading as a normal bloke?
more to the point- can WE Be certain?
When I (not a bloke, but a bird, I guess they say) said "I never heard anyone EVER say all that before, besides myself, that is", I meant that I personally thought it in my head, and not necessarily with those words, so when those thoughts were materialized into words, I thought, well there that is. And THAT is what's brilliant.
When I (not a bloke, but a bird, I guess they say) said "I never heard anyone EVER say all that before, besides myself, that is", I meant that I personally thought it in my head, and not necessarily with those words, so when those thoughts were materialized into words, I thought, well there that is. And THAT is what's brilliant.
Sorry! I thought you were a guy probly from the handsome man in your avatar! (I am rather dim at times)
Hope I don't offend you I was joking- the original idea for this thread came from me and heartshaped having a miscommunication where neither knew if the other one was joking, and I said I was being 'ironic' in the British sense which americans don't always get. Anyway, that was some time ago and I'm probably digging meself into an unnecessary hole here - I just want to be loved!! is that so bad??
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When I (not a bloke, but a bird, I guess they say) said "I never heard anyone EVER say all that before, besides myself, that is", I meant that I personally thought it in my head, and not necessarily with those words, so when those thoughts were materialized into words, I thought, well there that is. And THAT is what's brilliant.
Sorry! I thought you were a guy probly from the handsome man in your avatar! (I am rather dim at times)
Hope I don't offend you I was joking- the original idea for this thread came from me and heartshaped having a miscommunication where neither knew if the other one was joking, and I said I was being 'ironic' in the British sense which americans don't always get. Anyway, that was some time ago and I'm probably digging meself into an unnecessary hole here - I just want to be loved!! is that so bad??
I/I'm:
--Not offended
--Missed the original intention of the post--(me dim too) but was attracted by the title
--think wanting to be loved is not so bad
--did not notice any hole--necessary or not
--think sarcasm isn't always apparent in writing
--belives my avatar is handsome too
--wonder if you know that you appear to have a bird in your eye?
--Not offended - kewl
--Missed the original intention of the post--(me dim too) but was attracted by the title - threads have a life of their own - this is a good one i think (one of my faves!!)
--think wanting to be loved is not so bad - at least we're human then!!
--did not notice any hole--necessary or not - great - will put away the shovel
--think sarcasm isn't always apparent in writing - too true, too true - ask Alanis :?
--belives my avatar is handsome too - sure you're not alone there!!
--wonder if you know that you appear to have a bird in your eye? - yes, I put it there last night
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my dear heartshaped, why don't you give up already? i believe the definitive review of the album, in the spirit of this thread has already been posted: 'it's shit!'
hard to argue with that, a 2 word review in the tradition of spinal tap's 'shit sandwich'
kenny olav, your story reminded me of one of my college friends whose house adjoined a miserable old bastard who frequently banged on the walls when the music was too loud.
my friend discovered however that whenever he played 'are you gonna go my way' by terence trent d'arby (edit: obviously meant Lenny Kravitz! it was a long time ago!!) it somehow set the neighbours entire house alarm system blaring for about 15 minutes!
needless to say we exploited this and would come home at 2am to play some tunes but start with kravitz and watch the fun outside- i don't think his neighbour ever discovered the reason, but he became even more unpopular in the street than the students!!
There's nothing wrong with me liking that album... I never said it was my favorite album in the world... geez!!! :roll:
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Like your style HSB - as soon as I'm proven right you move swiftly onto another track!!
There is definitely one really first rate track on that album - but I don't think it's that one above. JUst had a look and think it's You Learn.
In fact reading the lyrics on their own I'd say they stand up better as poems without her screeching. You Learn is good tho, can I come back when we get to that one please HSB? Give me a nudge or a poke or whatever it is these days. thx
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I can see why you and your girl get on. You must be the only two people on the planet to have bought all three of those records and not dumped at least one of them (can you guess which one I would keep hold of??)
Having read your post several times now, I think that is close to being the funniest paragraph I've ever come across on the internet!!
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take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
And then meeting his beautiful wife
ironic, or just plain bad luck?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1U29FZIZaM
"With our thoughts we make the world"
It's definitely not 'ironic'!
It's gutting, or at least unfortunate.
Yes I think that's it - the entire song works better if you replace 'Ironic' with 'unfortunate'.
'Isn't it Unfortunate?', by Alanis Morrisette
Could you duly amend the lyrics in first post dear heartshaped?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re18R8QQF9E
The clip pretty much sums up my opinion of her music, too
I do have some respect for her as a person and an artist, after seeing a lot of interview footage and whatnot....her music just isn't my cup o' tea.
Really? Never hearing it again? I dont play it often, but when I hear something from it I won't complain.
The hidden track about catching the b/f cheating is what seals the album as classic for me. It's pretty heavy...reminds me of Eddie's "Im still here" in the way that it's an uncomfortably honest track.....except she put hers on the album. Imagine "Im still here" being tagged onto the end of Ten instead of being an unreleased track, it added some serious weight to the album imo.
PS: Automatic for the People didnt age for me, just sheer quality. have a copy of justified, but i never gave it a fair shot.
PPS: JLP had "You Oughta Know" which i think is the best angry, bitter, fuck-you-you-fucking-bitch/bastard-exgf/bf song that i've heard.
It kind of reminds me of one of Jesus H Christ's best lines 'blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of me'.
HSB / Catef - how do you understand 'Man on the Moon'? That is a key track for me - I hear it as about 'faith' and 'miracles', and 'mystery' as in
'Here's a truck stop instead of st peter's'
'Yeah, yeah yeah' (Yeah right!)
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve, then nothing is cool
(Magic)
As in - what would it take for us to believe that the world is a wondrous place?
Infinitely better song than anything on JLP, infinitely better record.
Sorry to desecrate the idea of JLP, but it would be hard to beat Stipe when it comes to American lyricists.
Best British lyricists??
1. Morrissey
2. Waters
3. ?????
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Yes tremors :evil:
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"Oh, 'appiness "
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But anyway I happen to like the album. Wouldn't call it brilliant but it's good.
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I am actually surprised that this record is getting good reviews here. I personally think she is very underrated as an artist.
one of my fav songs from her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjTB6EG3xGo
It reminds me of a funny college story though... there was this obnoxious moron who lived in the dorm room next to mine who hated that song (this was shortly after it was released) and so me and another guy down the hall borrowed the Alanis CD from our RA so that when the a-hole came home that day we blasted the song from my room and shrieked along with it as loudly as we could. That shut him up for a few days, haha.
Needless to say, I never got into Alanis, but I do like her song Thank You... probably the only song of hers I like... it's got a very etheral quality to it... quite beautiful in fact... a rare hit song about humility.
alanis based.
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hard to argue with that, a 2 word review in the tradition of spinal tap's 'shit sandwich'
kenny olav, your story reminded me of one of my college friends whose house adjoined a miserable old bastard who frequently banged on the walls when the music was too loud.
my friend discovered however that whenever he played 'are you gonna go my way' by terence trent d'arby (edit: obviously meant Lenny Kravitz! it was a long time ago!!) it somehow set the neighbours entire house alarm system blaring for about 15 minutes!
needless to say we exploited this and would come home at 2am to play some tunes but start with kravitz and watch the fun outside- i don't think his neighbour ever discovered the reason, but he became even more unpopular in the street than the students!!
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I don't want to dissect everything you say, I don't want to pick you apart, but I caaaaaayayayayayan't help it.
and
All I need right now is in-tell-ectual intercourse,--a soul to dig the hole much deeper
and
and what I wouldn't give, to find a soul mate, someone else to catch this drift
I never heard anyone EVER say all that before, besides myself, that is.
The firetrucks are coming up around the bend.
can you be certain that you are not in fact alanis herself dangdang, and just masquerading as a normal bloke?
more to the point- can WE Be certain?
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When I (not a bloke, but a bird, I guess they say) said "I never heard anyone EVER say all that before, besides myself, that is", I meant that I personally thought it in my head, and not necessarily with those words, so when those thoughts were materialized into words, I thought, well there that is. And THAT is what's brilliant.
Sorry! I thought you were a guy probly from the handsome man in your avatar! (I am rather dim at times)
Hope I don't offend you I was joking- the original idea for this thread came from me and heartshaped having a miscommunication where neither knew if the other one was joking, and I said I was being 'ironic' in the British sense which americans don't always get. Anyway, that was some time ago and I'm probably digging meself into an unnecessary hole here - I just want to be loved!! is that so bad??
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I/I'm:
--Not offended
--Missed the original intention of the post--(me dim too) but was attracted by the title
--think wanting to be loved is not so bad
--did not notice any hole--necessary or not
--think sarcasm isn't always apparent in writing
--belives my avatar is handsome too
--wonder if you know that you appear to have a bird in your eye?
Send my credentials to the house of detention
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