What gets me is they always act like they're the first to realize it. 😀 I specifically remember reading an article at the time of release where an English teacher bitched about it.
Throughout the 90's and half of the 00's any time this song came on anywhere in the world, every douchebag know-it-all within earshot would stand up and proudly announce that none of these examples are actually irony. Millions of people beat you to it by over 25 years, Alex.
I loved the whole Jagged Pill album but especially a song called “Forgiven.” It’s so good! Also a song she did for the City of Angels soundtrack called “Uninvited” is a really good one
Funny you say that, Forgiven was always my favorite and back then, I saw her do it live and she was doing this spinning dance while singing (and not missing a note!) and it was like she was in trance. Magical! Her new album is the best thing she's done since JLP. The song "Nemesis" is particularly haunting.
@@sorv5790 I haven’t seen a live version of Forgiven! I’ll have to try to find one and see if she does the spinning. She’s an incredible musician. I was always a fan of hers.
I'm a huge metalhead and I don't care what anybody thinks or says.. Alanis morissette is or was badass.. I will jam the jagged Little pill album everyday 😉
Oh she still is, every once in a while she pops her head up and gives a crazy dynamic performance then poof. Must be a Canadian thing because Amanda Marshall has been doing the same thing for over 2 decades. Ran the table, multiple multiple hits, then POOF gone for over a decade. Then she shows up unannounced at a Tragically Hip concert in Trenton Ontario on a Canada Day, and asks the Promoter, mind if I do a set. Damn right you can, blew the place up, then disappeared for 5 more years. Wash Rinse Repeat. I love it, they just show up and still have the talent to mesmerize you.
Alanis once said in an interview that the title itself was meant to be ironic. The whole Jagged Little Pill album is amazing though. Great reaction!! 🙂
Same! 50 year old metal guy. Jinjer, Semblant, In This Moment, The Pretty Reckless and Spiritbox most of the time but can't deny that whole album is great. A lot of emotion comes through in her music.
The funniest part about the video is that she was at a gas station when it started, and it ended with her running out of gas. To chime in with my fellow Alanis fans, she's extraordinarily raw & powerful & fragile all at the same time. It was refreshing to to hear back then & it's even more refreshing to hear now. I highly doubt you'll find a song of Alanis's that you don't like. 💙 from Texas!
She's said in many interviews that for the last 25 years she's had to listen to people tell her that there's nothing ironic about this song. She's a great songwriter though with an amazing voice and very unique and fun singing style.
I agree with everyone in the comments you really should review her whole album jagged little pill you won't be disappointed. Uninvited,hand in my pocket, forgiven the list goes on and on. I'm 43 and i will most definitely rock out to this album till the day i die. And i loved how you paused it to analyze every lyric normally that would annoy the crap out of me lol but not with your videos i actually quite enjoy it when you do that to be honest😀 Edit: also if you haven't reacted to metallica and Miley cyrus nothing else matters or mileys cover of zombie by the cranberries you should do it like i will be honest i love miley but i thought in all honesty it wasn't gonna be that good but she blew me away with this. Like i know she had vocal surgery but damn that girl has an amazing voice. And when her and james voices mesh together it's like so good. I've always been a miley fan but for some reason when i saw her and metallica doing one of their songs together i never thought in a million years it would happen. I just hope she does more rock songs. Her new album is fire. And the song nightcrawling she did with billy idol whoo! One of my favs and also the song she did with joan jett is just so good. There are also a few tear jerkers on the album as well ngl. Have a dope ass day or night everyone✌💜
an Irish comedian called Ed Byrne famously did an entire routine in the 90s about how nothing she claims in the song to be Ironic is ironic (they were all just unfortunate)....its absolutely hilarious! That said, its still a great song though, and jagged little pill is still a classic album and has aged pretty well
Just go through the whole Jagged Little Pill album and you won't be disappointed. The only cd that when put on didn't get changed before the last song had played. If you want a song with a video that really suits the song, go for "head over feet"
It never took actual talent to be a world renowned artist, it's just that the actually talented ones have stood the test of time and we're still listening to them. :)
Dude, your literary lesson on this video is just what I wanted to hear this morning! lol You are the man! You are smart AF, and an all around good human. As a Canadian who hails from the same hometown as Alanis, I'm happy that you are getting into her music and reacting to it. May I suggest Uninvited and Thank You next? Thanks Eh! ;)
What's pretty crazy is that if I remember correctly I think she was like 18-19 when she made this album, something like that if my math was correct a few years ago, which is pretty nuts to get that famous making your like second CD at that young of an age.
They’ve actually created a musical based on the Jagged Little Pill album (or maybe just Alanis music in general) believe. I’ve seen some of the performances abs they are phenomenal. Check out You Learn, Uninvited, Mary Jane, you will not be disappointed. I’d love to see more Alanis reaction videos from you.
Listen to her live stuff. She’s an amazingly talented person. That I would be good (she plays the flute in the beginning and end) and uninvited in particular. Then her studio stuff like Hands Clean, Unsent, Perfect, Hand in My Pocket, MaryJane, You Learn, Thank You are all some of my favorites.
yeah weve all been there...... uninvited live is superb as a next step, there is a particular one, i dont know, someone will tell you. Alanis is very special. You should listen to Rest, it got me through 4 months of lockdown recently in Sydney, every night, before bed. Thank you
You talk about the ironies, several years ago, Alanis re-did this song in a parody version with James Corden with the 'ironies' updated for the time, and one of the lines they sing is "It's like singing 'ironic' and there are no ironies"
About the "ironic" I would propose since it's a song the question is not if what you literally hear is ironic but what the singer has in mind decides if it's ironic. So to me it's up to us to see the surrounding story that carries the irony. e.g. if the one thing you use to proof to your self you are high class actually proves you are living next to a barn that is ironic, aka fly in the chardonnay glass… and so on.
Shit man, you might as well just do a full album reaction to Alanis Morissette. You're two songs deep in the same album. It's called jagged little pill or something like that. It was a fantastic album
Might as well repeat everyone else: React to Jagged Little Pill in full. Itll be one of the greatest experiences of your life. Its freakin brilliant from start to finish. So just do it, ok?
Alex, this video was hilarious. Alanis is my idol. Beautiful messages in all of her songs. You should hear Front Row from Supposed Former Infatuation Junky.
My Chris Farley reincarnation of a best friend sings you oughta know while I play drums and my other buddy plays guitar ... its hilarious and beautiful all at the same time. 🤘🤘
I was literally 12 talking about how the song was not ironic. I think anyone who took 7th grade english gets it. We had these conversations decades ago. Funny how it's being talked about now like a new thing.
Your Interpretation of the word "Irony" is TOTALLY different than the understanding that I have had for 69 years. And I Majored in English. So, I don't know . . . .
Just have to say I laughed my ass off during this video, watching you geek out over the "irony" of the song and just yelling fuck me as you're going through and pausing it made my day lol
Like so many already have written; you should do the whole album. It’s sooo amazing. I was about 9-10 when it was released and I still listen to it like 50 times a year. To me it’s one of the ten classic albums you have to own.
Chick is a beast man. I am a old metal head hard rock dude and i will drop Alanis on the turn table any day. She had 2 or 3 real monster albums. Lady is an icon man.
Drove out of state to see family for Thanksgiving. After watching the HBO documentary, my wife and I decided to spin up this album on the drive home and we were in tears the whole time. All the emotions of that time just flooded back. That album is just such a milestone in history for a lot of people. And "Perfect" made me feel like shit now that I'm a parent.
I think the irony in the chorus is more that rain on your wedding day is opposite of what you would be feeling, since your wedding is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life. Same idea with the free ride after you paid.
The whole Jagged Little Pill album is a classic, must-hear release. Then, there's the song the song is "Uninvited". It crushes me with its emotional power every time I hear it.
All her Songs are like emotions, even more so the once she made for Soundtracks like City of Angels or Dogma, which by the way you should check out coz they give goosebumps and tears man, but never the less she is just awesome with each of her albums…… I hope you actually read post on your older videos i made so many in the past 4 days…. lol.. in your words have a dope ass day…
I know you've just listened to Citizen Soldier two weeks ago, but they've just released a few new songs and I honestly think they're pretty good. I like the song "Isolate" because it sounds like heavy metal/rock music and I know you've been calling yourself a Metalhead.
The irony is the song itself, It is a song called Ironic, that is about irony, but is almost completely devoid of irony, It's a double negative irony. As Bart would say "The Ironing is delicious".
Tell me that if you were not 16-25 when this video came out you would not be like _"I want her! Yep, for a girlfriend, I want someone just like her. She is singing about tragedy after tragedy with a smile, tossing hats at people (herself), hanging out the window, laughing and eating chips while talking about life blowing up in your face...yep, I am on a mission to find someone just like this chick."_ Not even bc she is insanely beautiful, but she was just so cool. Then she sold 33 Million Records/Cassettes/CD's at $20 a pop while selling 193 shows at $45-$9000 per ticket and she had the audacity to actually be happy which reflected in her songs...and that was the end. Still love her though. '90s music is up there with '67-78. So many great artists.
I remember when this album came out. My sister who loves classic rock even got her album. The whole album is amazing, I think you need to check out Mary Jane, the emotion you feel in the whole bands performance just makes this song so much more. ua-cam.com/video/4NeSUcL-qQU/v-deo.html
I’m going to keep requesting Chasing Shadows/Alleviate by Imminence until it happens because I know for a fact you’ll love it and it will give you literal chills 😩 🖤 and if I’m wrong you can block me from viewing your channel forever. That’s how sure I am.
This whole album was great. When my musical tastes were of maybe a dozen punk bands, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Grunge n Alternative music. She hit the radio waves and it was good music you could listen to with ur gf if they didn't care for loud fast aggressive music
I love when she performs the song live and instead of meeting the wife of the man of her dreams, she ends up meeting the husband of the man of her dreams. A nice switch up.
Depending who you talk to Rain on your wedding day could be a good thing. My family considers it a good sign of things to come, it's like if no where in the forecast do they call for rain but then it rains it's like God himself finding your wedding so Heaven weeps. It rained at my one uncles wedding, they stayed married until she died almost 30 years later
Yeah, since the song came out almost 30 years ago everybody knows the verses are not ironic. The irony is the song called Ironic has no irony in it :) Still a blast though! React to the whole album, its a masterpiece and a staple of 90`s music.
I was a college student at the time when this song came out, and all those dudes who tried to tell me this song was not actually ironic were middle-aged NYT reader, Seinfeld watchers. I was like… doesn’t everybody including her knows it? It is just a mood of a youth put onto words. It’s sad to see people who cannot read the air but just try to read into little things with their narrow intelligence being trapped by definitions.
Thanks, Alex - yep, it's been said many times that the situations she quotes are not exactly "ironic" - but more "coincidental" - but if you can ignore the technicality of the use of the word "ironic" - it's still a great song!
I didn't read ALL the comments. But maybe because people are to young or didn't remember or care to say, is that this song was banned from radio after 9/11. For the man who " Waited his whole damn life to take that flight, and as the plane crashed down , he thought , well isn't this nice" lyric.
I've heard people point out that the statements in the song aren't technically ironic, but I would like to know what are they actually considered then? Even though all the scenarios may not have fit the literary definitions of irony, our modern culture has a slightly different common perception of what ironic means. What eventually always happens over time is that definitions get changed or extras added based on popular understanding and usage. Even words that technically are not real words become real if people use them enough.
Winning the lottery and dying the next day is Ironic because of it being such a epic life change moment of life followed by dying the next day and never getting to use any of it. It's ironic that the win happened right the day before his life ended.
I never cared how ironic or not the lyrics were. All that mattered is that I sang along with it sooooo many times in my car, and it felt good. The words were good. They felt right and relatable. It's pretty much about how life can suck. Who cares about the technicality of a label, right? When a song is good, nothing else matters :)
Isn't it ironic that so many years later people are still talking about how unironic this song is?
What gets me is they always act like they're the first to realize it. 😀 I specifically remember reading an article at the time of release where an English teacher bitched about it.
I see what you did there. Well played lol
Throughout the 90's and half of the 00's any time this song came on anywhere in the world, every douchebag know-it-all within earshot would stand up and proudly announce that none of these examples are actually irony.
Millions of people beat you to it by over 25 years, Alex.
"Isn't it ironic?"
"Not really." Dead🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
Dontcha think?
Don’t ever doubt Alanis for anticipating all this irony from her un-ironic song. She’s a real smart cookie
I think Alanis is too good of a song writer to not realize she wasn't being ironic
I loved the whole Jagged Pill album but especially a song called “Forgiven.” It’s so good! Also a song she did for the City of Angels soundtrack called “Uninvited” is a really good one
Uninvited
Uninvited is amazing
I love Forgiven!! ❤️
Funny you say that, Forgiven was always my favorite and back then, I saw her do it live and she was doing this spinning dance while singing (and not missing a note!) and it was like she was in trance. Magical! Her new album is the best thing she's done since JLP. The song "Nemesis" is particularly haunting.
@@sorv5790 I haven’t seen a live version of Forgiven! I’ll have to try to find one and see if she does the spinning. She’s an incredible musician. I was always a fan of hers.
I'm a huge metalhead and I don't care what anybody thinks or says.. Alanis morissette is or was badass.. I will jam the jagged Little pill album everyday 😉
Oh she still is, every once in a while she pops her head up and gives a crazy dynamic performance then poof. Must be a Canadian thing because Amanda Marshall has been doing the same thing for over 2 decades.
Ran the table, multiple multiple hits, then POOF gone for over a decade. Then she shows up unannounced at a Tragically Hip concert in Trenton Ontario on a Canada Day, and asks the Promoter, mind if I do a set. Damn right you can, blew the place up, then disappeared for 5 more years. Wash Rinse Repeat. I love it, they just show up and still have the talent to mesmerize you.
Same brother. Huge metal head who was also a lead in a thrash metal band in the 90's. Jagged Little Pill was the best goddamn album of the decade.
A metal head tends to appreciate music.
Alanis once said in an interview that the title itself was meant to be ironic. The whole Jagged Little Pill album is amazing though. Great reaction!! 🙂
As a life long rock and metal guy, Alanis is my guilty pleasure. Dont judge me lol.
Nobody is judging you for the music you like bro. Listen to whatever you want with pride.
I think this actually qualifies as rock (in Wikipedia the words "Hard Rock" even pop up amongst genres).
Nah man, 42 year old manly man here. Something about her and her music that gets to some people.
You’re a rock and metal guy, but you like Alanis Morissette. Isn’t that ironic?
Same! 50 year old metal guy. Jinjer, Semblant, In This Moment, The Pretty Reckless and Spiritbox most of the time but can't deny that whole album is great. A lot of emotion comes through in her music.
The funniest part about the video is that she was at a gas station when it started, and it ended with her running out of gas. To chime in with my fellow Alanis fans, she's extraordinarily raw & powerful & fragile all at the same time. It was refreshing to to hear back then & it's even more refreshing to hear now. I highly doubt you'll find a song of Alanis's that you don't like. 💙 from Texas!
She actually did a 2020 version of this with updated ironies. FYI
If you take the "irony of life/fate" then "ironic" of the song fits perfectly.
She's said in many interviews that for the last 25 years she's had to listen to people tell her that there's nothing ironic about this song. She's a great songwriter though with an amazing voice and very unique and fun singing style.
You need to continue this with "one hand in my pocket" 🙂
I agree with everyone in the comments you really should review her whole album jagged little pill you won't be disappointed. Uninvited,hand in my pocket, forgiven the list goes on and on. I'm 43 and i will most definitely rock out to this album till the day i die. And i loved how you paused it to analyze every lyric normally that would annoy the crap out of me lol but not with your videos i actually quite enjoy it when you do that to be honest😀 Edit: also if you haven't reacted to metallica and Miley cyrus nothing else matters or mileys cover of zombie by the cranberries you should do it like i will be honest i love miley but i thought in all honesty it wasn't gonna be that good but she blew me away with this. Like i know she had vocal surgery but damn that girl has an amazing voice. And when her and james voices mesh together it's like so good. I've always been a miley fan but for some reason when i saw her and metallica doing one of their songs together i never thought in a million years it would happen. I just hope she does more rock songs. Her new album is fire. And the song nightcrawling she did with billy idol whoo! One of my favs and also the song she did with joan jett is just so good. There are also a few tear jerkers on the album as well ngl. Have a dope ass day or night everyone✌💜
an Irish comedian called Ed Byrne famously did an entire routine in the 90s about how nothing she claims in the song to be Ironic is ironic (they were all just unfortunate)....its absolutely hilarious! That said, its still a great song though, and jagged little pill is still a classic album and has aged pretty well
I came here to direct him to Ed Byrne but you beat me to it.
I'm positive the irony is a song called ironic with zero irony in it.
Uninvited is an excellent song. Gotta give that one a listen
React to halestorm uncomfortable or the new song back from the dead
The whole Jagged Little Pill album is good! I remember when it came out listened to a lot.
Just go through the whole Jagged Little Pill album and you won't be disappointed. The only cd that when put on didn't get changed before the last song had played.
If you want a song with a video that really suits the song, go for "head over feet"
"ONE HAND IN MY POCKET" Live Acoustic performance, on Howard Stern!
It’s like raAIAAAAAAAN on your wedding day! I fuckin love this song as a metal head haha
Is this when we start just going through the whole album? Maybe with "hand in my pocket" next?
It never took actual talent to be a world renowned artist, it's just that the actually talented ones have stood the test of time and we're still listening to them. :)
Dude, your literary lesson on this video is just what I wanted to hear this morning! lol You are the man! You are smart AF, and an all around good human. As a Canadian who hails from the same hometown as Alanis, I'm happy that you are getting into her music and reacting to it. May I suggest Uninvited and Thank You next? Thanks Eh! ;)
Head Over Feet has always been my favorite 👌
Definitely worth checking out
This WHOLE album is a 90s classic
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This entire album was raw emotion.
What's pretty crazy is that if I remember correctly I think she was like 18-19 when she made this album, something like that if my math was correct a few years ago, which is pretty nuts to get that famous making your like second CD at that young of an age.
Long time viewer, first time commenter. More 90’s 2000’s bangers! Love ya
Such an interesting song reaction and lyrics analysis that I’ve watched recently!
Alanis has a rawness to her voice. Which is probably why I like her music.
The ironic thing is the song itself. Isn't it ironic, that a song about irony has no ironic examples.
I was going to comment the same thing. 😂
I think I'm love of all 4 Alanis...
I was born in the 80s I grew up on her this is my favorite so you nailed it when you said its timeless its a true gem...
The whole album jagged little pill is iconic. Please do it
my request ... finally.. thanks alex
They’ve actually created a musical based on the Jagged Little Pill album (or maybe just Alanis music in general) believe. I’ve seen some of the performances abs they are phenomenal.
Check out You Learn, Uninvited, Mary Jane, you will not be disappointed. I’d love to see more Alanis reaction videos from you.
Listen to her live stuff. She’s an amazingly talented person. That I would be good (she plays the flute in the beginning and end) and uninvited in particular. Then her studio stuff like Hands Clean, Unsent, Perfect, Hand in My Pocket, MaryJane, You Learn, Thank You are all some of my favorites.
yeah weve all been there...... uninvited live is superb as a next step, there is a particular one, i dont know, someone will tell you. Alanis is very special. You should listen to Rest, it got me through 4 months of lockdown recently in Sydney, every night, before bed. Thank you
One of the first albums I ever purchased was Jagged Little Pill back in 95 or so. 25 years later it's still amazing.
You talk about the ironies, several years ago, Alanis re-did this song in a parody version with James Corden with the 'ironies' updated for the time, and one of the lines they sing is "It's like singing 'ironic' and there are no ironies"
As a Metalhead I was suprised by this CD by girl. Jagged little pill was suprisigly fun
About the "ironic" I would propose since it's a song the question is not if what you literally hear is ironic but what the singer has in mind decides if it's ironic. So to me it's up to us to see the surrounding story that carries the irony. e.g. if the one thing you use to proof to your self you are high class actually proves you are living next to a barn that is ironic, aka fly in the chardonnay glass… and so on.
Shit man, you might as well just do a full album reaction to Alanis Morissette. You're two songs deep in the same album. It's called jagged little pill or something like that. It was a fantastic album
THANK YOU!!! These situations were merely happenstance!
Dude, as soon as I saw the length of the video and the word "review" in the title, I knew what was up. lol
Might as well repeat everyone else: React to Jagged Little Pill in full. Itll be one of the greatest experiences of your life. Its freakin brilliant from start to finish.
So just do it, ok?
Alex, this video was hilarious. Alanis is my idol. Beautiful messages in all of her songs. You should hear Front Row from Supposed Former Infatuation Junky.
My Chris Farley reincarnation of a best friend sings you oughta know while I play drums and my other buddy plays guitar ... its hilarious and beautiful all at the same time. 🤘🤘
I was literally 12 talking about how the song was not ironic. I think anyone who took 7th grade english gets it. We had these conversations decades ago. Funny how it's being talked about now like a new thing.
Do the whole album!!! It’s amazing!
Your Interpretation of the word "Irony" is TOTALLY different than the understanding that I have had for 69 years. And I Majored in English. So, I don't know . . . .
Alex🤘🤘 jagged little pill is an amazing album,love how genuine you are, lotsa 💖💖 from 🇳🇿🇳🇿
Just have to say I laughed my ass off during this video, watching you geek out over the "irony" of the song and just yelling fuck me as you're going through and pausing it made my day lol
Allanis said she purposefully left out irony because she thought it ironic that the song had no irony.
"Uninvited" is a must. One of her very best.
Check out "Uninvited" live at the grammys, a pure Rock masterpeace
I forgot how good this video is, and it took me like 20 years to know how good Alanis Morissette really is rather than just pop songs in high school.
All the memories are rushing back. 😂 Yeah, we went through the whole irony discussion when the song came out. Great album!
There's a live performance from an MTV unplugged performance of Uninvited that is amazing!
Like so many already have written; you should do the whole album. It’s sooo amazing. I was about 9-10 when it was released and I still listen to it like 50 times a year. To me it’s one of the ten classic albums you have to own.
Great reaction
Legendary tune🔥
I totally loved how you were analyzing every lyric
While being absolutely obnoxious isn't that ironic
@@sparklebaby22 not at all. lmao, totally entertaining 👍🏽
Thank u shows a lot of her vocal capability.
Chick is a beast man. I am a old metal head hard rock dude and i will drop Alanis on the turn table any day. She had 2 or 3 real monster albums. Lady is an icon man.
Finally got my wife to check out one of your Reactions. Turned out all it took was her favorite song!
Drove out of state to see family for Thanksgiving. After watching the HBO documentary, my wife and I decided to spin up this album on the drive home and we were in tears the whole time. All the emotions of that time just flooded back. That album is just such a milestone in history for a lot of people. And "Perfect" made me feel like shit now that I'm a parent.
Nobody ever talks about "Perfect". That's a frigging tear-jerker, IMO
alex...i love you...from your start...but this is your best reaction ever..honestly...wow...alanis is 1 of the best female artist i've heard
Ive always thought it might be intentional that the irony of this song is that nothing detailed in the lyrics is ironic.
The whole point of the song is that it’s ironic that she’s singing about things that are not ironic. She knew what she was doing
I think the irony in the chorus is more that rain on your wedding day is opposite of what you would be feeling, since your wedding is supposed to be one of the happiest days of your life. Same idea with the free ride after you paid.
I love, love, LOVE this reaction!!! Please do "Uninvited" and "One Hand in My Pocket" pleeeaassseee!!!!
The whole Jagged Little Pill album is a classic, must-hear release. Then, there's the song the song is "Uninvited". It crushes me with its emotional power every time I hear it.
All her Songs are like emotions, even more so the once she made for Soundtracks like City of Angels or Dogma, which by the way you should check out coz they give goosebumps and tears man, but never the less she is just awesome with each of her albums…… I hope you actually read post on your older videos i made so many in the past 4 days…. lol.. in your words have a dope ass day…
I always loved Uninvited for its melancholy. And Thank you for its great lyrics.
Alanis...another Canadian icon!! * who was engaged to ANOTHER Canadian icon, Ryan Reynolds!😍😍
Alanis Morisette and Dolores O'Riordan beautiful talented females with amazing voices 🙂🙂🙂 fantastic memories of my childhood ⭐⭐
I know you've just listened to Citizen Soldier two weeks ago, but they've just released a few new songs and I honestly think they're pretty good. I like the song "Isolate" because it sounds like heavy metal/rock music and I know you've been calling yourself a Metalhead.
Shes amazing
this whole album is timeless
so good so perfect
The irony is the song itself, It is a song called Ironic, that is about irony, but is almost completely devoid of irony, It's a double negative irony. As Bart would say "The Ironing is delicious".
Tell me that if you were not 16-25 when this video came out you would not be like _"I want her! Yep, for a girlfriend, I want someone just like her. She is singing about tragedy after tragedy with a smile, tossing hats at people (herself), hanging out the window, laughing and eating chips while talking about life blowing up in your face...yep, I am on a mission to find someone just like this chick."_ Not even bc she is insanely beautiful, but she was just so cool. Then she sold 33 Million Records/Cassettes/CD's at $20 a pop while selling 193 shows at $45-$9000 per ticket and she had the audacity to actually be happy which reflected in her songs...and that was the end. Still love her though. '90s music is up there with '67-78. So many great artists.
I remember when this album came out. My sister who loves classic rock even got her album. The whole album is amazing, I think you need to check out Mary Jane, the emotion you feel in the whole bands performance just makes this song so much more. ua-cam.com/video/4NeSUcL-qQU/v-deo.html
I learned something today🤔
I’m going to keep requesting Chasing Shadows/Alleviate by Imminence until it happens because I know for a fact you’ll love it and it will give you literal chills 😩 🖤 and if I’m wrong you can block me from viewing your channel forever. That’s how sure I am.
This whole album was great. When my musical tastes were of maybe a dozen punk bands, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Grunge n Alternative music. She hit the radio waves and it was good music you could listen to with ur gf if they didn't care for loud fast aggressive music
I love when she performs the song live and instead of meeting the wife of the man of her dreams, she ends up meeting the husband of the man of her dreams. A nice switch up.
Came for the reaction, stayed for the lessions!
Unforgiven is a masterpiece
You need to hear
Depending who you talk to Rain on your wedding day could be a good thing. My family considers it a good sign of things to come, it's like if no where in the forecast do they call for rain but then it rains it's like God himself finding your wedding so Heaven weeps. It rained at my one uncles wedding, they stayed married until she died almost 30 years later
Yeah, since the song came out almost 30 years ago everybody knows the verses are not ironic. The irony is the song called Ironic has no irony in it :) Still a blast though!
React to the whole album, its a masterpiece and a staple of 90`s music.
"Hand in my pocket" is also a goodie to dive into
I was a college student at the time when this song came out, and all those dudes who tried to tell me this song was not actually ironic were middle-aged NYT reader, Seinfeld watchers. I was like… doesn’t everybody including her knows it? It is just a mood of a youth put onto words. It’s sad to see people who cannot read the air but just try to read into little things with their narrow intelligence being trapped by definitions.
Thanks, Alex - yep, it's been said many times that the situations she quotes are not exactly "ironic" - but more "coincidental" - but if you can ignore the technicality of the use of the word "ironic" - it's still a great song!
I didn't read ALL the comments. But maybe because people are to young or didn't remember or care to say, is that this song was banned from radio after 9/11. For the man who " Waited his whole damn life to take that flight, and as the plane crashed down , he thought , well isn't this nice" lyric.
I've heard people point out that the statements in the song aren't technically ironic, but I would like to know what are they actually considered then? Even though all the scenarios may not have fit the literary definitions of irony, our modern culture has a slightly different common perception of what ironic means. What eventually always happens over time is that definitions get changed or extras added based on popular understanding and usage. Even words that technically are not real words become real if people use them enough.
Winning the lottery and dying the next day is Ironic because of it being such a epic life change moment of life followed by dying the next day and never getting to use any of it. It's ironic that the win happened right the day before his life ended.
I never cared how ironic or not the lyrics were. All that mattered is that I sang along with it sooooo many times in my car, and it felt good. The words were good. They felt right and relatable. It's pretty much about how life can suck. Who cares about the technicality of a label, right? When a song is good, nothing else matters :)
Uninvited is a hauntingly beautiful song! 90's Goddess!