not too big a fan of alanis... but every now and then i hear something from her i like. this is one of those rare gems fo' sho'! 

I really don't understand why there is so much HATE for Alanis.  I can think of many other voices on Radio Paradise that I find much more grating (Bob Dylan or Van Morrison anyone?), and it's good for cranking up and rocking to.  Whatever.

It's too bad that way too many people "long for the next distraction".  She got it right in my book.

Why are you so petrified of silence
Here, can you handle this?










Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines
Or when you think you're gonna die?
Or did you long for the next distraction?

Excellent

Sorry haters - but the entire original album when it came out was a revelation - lyrically powerful feminism and great hooks. 9 for this song.

 tony99 wrote: 
In Poland we'd say that lyrics to 'Ironic' describe the 'irony of fate'... therefore I think the lyrics are all OK, even if they can seem so only to a Pole...

As for 'All I Really Want', this is my favourite rework on the JLPA album. A great version.

Marley wrote:
That's her??? I thought it was a 3 year-old.

And what I really want...is no Alanis.

Anyone who writes a song called 'Ironic' and fails to include one true example of said irony in the lyrics is suspect in my book.

Guess what, Alanis - coincidence or misfortune are not the same as irony ...

bluematrix wrote:

Or the least suckiest. :? But actually, I always had a soft spot for this song. I like this version--the strings sound kind of East Indian and her voice isn't as yelpy.

g-rod wrote:

That's exactly what I thought. It's pretty sad when you have to cover yourself, no matter how good it was the first time. At least she could have spent the last 10 years actually learning how to play that dammed harmonica!

Well, she's ten years older, more experienced, wiser, and capable of utterly sucking in dimensions we never even knew existed. We thought she sucked back then . . . we had no idea.

Annoying ... please go away, Alanis

Shit Sandwich

bluematrix wrote:

Agreed!

sorry to disagree with the critics here, but i always that was the best track on the original disk and i like this version too. the lyrics are clever and intelligent.

:headshake:
I'll take the original, thank you.

hmm. i'm in line with the non-accoustic, over production comments but the song does sound decent like this. five and a half anyways

According to what I've heard so far, I like this acoustic ("unplugged") version of Jagged Little Pill quite a lot, but I doubt whether that album would've been that successful if it had been released done this way. Because I know the original recording (sort of a revelation at the time), I can appreciate these acoustic versions (more).

It wouldn't surprise me if this is an idea of the record company, because it isn't the most creative thing to do, but foremost commercialy interesting.

An interesting variation, yes. But it's nothing new.

DrLex wrote:
Smells and sounds about as good as well.

Craptacular, in fact.

Didn't she used to have a career or something?

DJac wrote:
I heard massive overproduction by 10 sound engineers. This is as acoustic as my :butt:.

Pretty much screams out: I am officially bereft of new ideas.

I mean, a ten year old album?

TampaPurple wrote:

Seriously.

psycholynx wrote:


...thought I heard electric keys or synth?

Sounds like Tim Buckley. I've heard this guy is good but I've never had a chance to hear him. So far so good.

DJac wrote:

Added strings = acoustic ......i guess

Doesn't sound too 'acoustic' to me... ?

:-k

Cash grab.