I was in LA for a couple of days the week of the conclusion of the OJ trial. I was driving up the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu when a girl in a summer dress pulled up beside me with the windows of her car down. This song was playing. True California moment. Kept hearing the song over the next couple of days. Strongest song on the album. She's from Ottawa. Me too. Killer Song.
Her music touches me so much now that I'm older. She really digs into the heart. God bless Alanis. She is beautiful inside and out. I just remember as a teenager being sad for her. I knew she had problems, but man she's a survivor. Life is a bitch. I would have loved her and Beck collaborating.
I remember the very day I listened to this song the first time. Alanis was not really known all over the world. I was on a beach drinking beers with a friend who exposed me to his amusement: "man, that is a very, very crazy song!". Back to 1994 or 95. I was a teen. He died three years ago...
I wish there was an official video but this hits the spot. I hope everyone who looks for this song to remind themselves that they're a badass in times of struggle feels it too. And if you don't then hey! You! Yeah you reading this. You're a badass and you can do anything ❤️💜❤️
This is the official video of "All I Really Want." We're lucky there's an official video at all, since the song was never released as a single in the U.S.
"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?"
Alanis Morissette was only 20 years old when she co-authored “All I Really Want” (1995) with producer Glen Ballard. Ballard stated : “[Alanis] had this feral sound in her voice and it really communicated the lyrics. It was like a hunger for the right kind of connection. She was looking for justice and communication. Five months after we wrote this, she would emerge as ONE OF THE MOST CHARISMATIC AND POWERFUL WOMEN ON THE PLANET, but on this day in January of 1995, she was quite fragile and pale, and she’s never been more beautiful.” 💜🎶💚
Dude, literally EVERY generation says that. 😂 When this album came out, my parents’ generation thought it was an example of how our generation “doesn’t know good music”. When our parents were listening to legends like Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles, our grandparents were complaining about how our parents “didn’t know good music”. When our grandparents were listening to Jazz and Swing, our great grandparents… Well, you can see where I’m going with this… It’s such a lame game that we always play and always will. There’s actually more good music available today than ever before. The difference is that you have to find it yourself online instead of having it spoon fed to you by the radio and TV.
I miss music that tells a story. Like a journey for your ears. Today's music is repetitive Bs about money, sex and drugs. Hereford to you, all of you that write songs like poetry. Thank you for for expressing yourself
+Colin MacAskill You don't even have to look hard. Rise Against - Tragedy + Time Mumford & Sons - Ditmas The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten Breaking Benjamin - Angels Fall Each is popular, recent, and most importantly, heartful. There's always been repetitive BS about money, sex, and drugs, and there's always been beautiful stuff like this. And now, I'm off to listen to more like this.
I remember getting this CD in the post from Columbia records along with Oasis What’s the story Morning Glory and Tina Turners Simply the best greatest hits back in 1996 don’t think we ever paid for it 😂
Gracias Alanis por tu música, me identifico con tus letras, es genial cuando una artista es capaz de expresar lo que muchos sentimos y no somos capaces de hacerlo. La mejor!
Listen to the full album…every song better than the next. One of my favourite and I’m 54 and into The Beatles, Stones, Neil Young, The Doors, Radiohead, U2, Dylan, etc.
Lyrics For This Song: “Do I stress you out? My sweater is on backwards and inside out And you say, how appropriate I don't like to dissect everything today I don't mean to pick you apart you see But I can't help it And there I go jumping before the gunshot has gone off Slap me with a splintered ruler And it would knock me to the floor if I wasn't there already If only I could hunt the hunter And all I really want is some patience A way to calm the angry voice And all I really want is deliverance, ah Do I wear you out? You must wonder why I'm relentless and all strung out I'm consumed by the chill of solitary I'm like Estella I like to reel it in and then spit it out I'm frustrated by your apathy And I am frightened by the corrupted ways of this land If only I could meet the maker And I am fascinated by the spiritual man I am humbled by his humble nature, yeah And what I wouldn't give to find a soul mate? Someone else to catch this drift And what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred? Ah Enough about me, let's talk about you for a minute Enough about you, let's talk about life for a while The conflicts, the craziness and the sound of pretenses is falling All around, all around Why are you so petrified of silence? Here can you handle this? Did you think about your bills, you ex, your deadlines Or when you think you're going to die? Or did you long for the next distraction? And all I need now is intellectual intercourse A soul to dig the hole much deeper And I have no concept of time other than it is flying If only I could kill the killer And all I really want is some peace man A place to find a common ground And all I really want is a wavelength, ah And all I really want is some comfort A way to get my hands untied And all I really want is some justice, ah It's all I really want, some patience A way to calm me down And all I really want is deliverance A place to find a common ground..”
@@richardmcmillan4307 not sure what my nationality has to do with anything. i was making a reference to her playing God in the movie Dogma. words might get overused but this was a joke.
Dig this song! It's electric just as she is!! Finally got to she Alanis in concert in August! Waited a decade. She played tribute to T. Alot of people can't relate to her music or just don't like it. Well I guess they don't have TASTE! Alanis is a great talent & she is AWESOME. She sang this tune first, sporting blonde long hair + tee-shirt jeans & sneakers. How hip is that?!😉😊☮️✌️
For Steven harrold 😍 hell yeah! I used to own this album. I remember back in high school I used to blast her music in my room and my mom liked it too. Lol if you have ever heard of rebellious grunge kids from the 90s? Lol that was me. I mostly stayed to myself and had very few friends because I used to not trust people and I did my art and jammed out. Lol I'm definitely overcoming that now. Are you f serious?? This isn't the full version.
Do I stress you out? My sweater is on backwards and inside out And you say, how appropriate I don't like to dissect everything today I don't mean to pick you apart you see But I can't help it And there I go jumping before the gunshot has gone off Slap me with a splintered ruler And it would knock me to the floor if I wasn't there already If only I could hunt the hunter And all I really want is some patience A place to find the common ground And all I really want is a wavelength, ah
If you karaoke this song, the hardest part is the “and I am frigh’ tened by the cu’rupt’ed waysofthisLand ‘ … That’s uniquely crushed by Alanis, among many other parts in her songs, you could steal the lyrics but never capture the spirit and passion, nor the singular genius that she brings.
