RIP Taylor 💔 When Dave was looking for a drummer, he asked Taylor who he thought would be a good drummer to ask, not asking HIM because Alanis was a MUCH bigger artist at the time than Foo Fighters, and he didn't think Taylor would accept. But Alanis knew Taylor would be drumming for Foos long before Dave asked, because whenever they crossed paths on the road, Alanis could see that Taylor and Dave were two peas in a pod. Taylor talks about his time playing with Alanis in her doc, Jagged. So sad that he's gone😭
I think you'll also really like Alanis' song "The Uninvited", the video of her live performance is best - her voice is so beautiful in that performance. Another really good song is "Head over Feet"
Have they ever reacted to no doubt tracks? That would be a good female Friday because Gwen Stefani is the boss of that band. Then there's another old song from back in the '90s by a lady and I can't remember the name. It says nobody calls on the phone except maybe the Pope maybe in Rome. Maybe is Sarah McLaughlin but I don't know for sure cuz I wasn't around. Those would be suggestions for female Friday. Even the Go-Go's which is the only all female band that will throw music sing it and play the instruments before and there's never been another one since. I just watched the documentary on them yesterday so that's how I know. The Go-Go's would definitely be a good one for female Friday
If you want a woman with amazing vocal control and a gorgeous and unique voice, please try Sarah McLachlan. She had opera training early in her life and although her music is not even remotely operatic,, the mastery it gave her over her instrument is incredible and the emotions she can make you feel with a note... she is amazing.
You should see the video for this as well, it's quite good. Alanis was in a lot of ways a challenge to the status quo, and I'll always love her for that. She had a real tendency to push the bounds of 'acceptable', and not even in a profane way really. She just said things that coming from a woman, made some people uncomfortable. And she should get some kind of award just for that.
Julie and I drove an hour and a half to see Tori open on the 9 weeks tour. Couldn't stay for AM's entire show, as Julie was a teacher and we had to face Friday morning. The only thing that made it easier was the vast number of female teenagers who converted a concert into a boy band show-like fan fest.
I think Tori and Alanis co-headlined that tour and played similar-length sets. But Tori did go on first, as Alanis had experienced that huge chart and album sales success. I did a lot of driving to see that show.
When my late gorgeous wife, Andria and I were married, it started to sprinkle while I waited at the gazebo on that beautiful Sunday afternoon. No, no rain, this can’t be happening, and just as Andria stepped into the hedged off garden the clouds separated, the sprinkling stopped, and the sun began to shine with all its glorious golden rays that moved your heart to nothing but positivity. We were married 20 wonderful years before an aneurysm took my Sweetie away from me in the middle of the night on August 19, 2020. I love and miss you my love.
The thing I loved about Alanis is just didn't give a fuck about what ppl thought about her art. She was just honest and put it in your face to like or not like. loved her attitude and that voice. amazing artist.
I saw Alanis in concert in Hawaii back in the 90's, and she was amazing. She is really tiny, probably not much over 5 feet, but she has a massive stage presence! She was bouncing all over the stage like a five year old on a huge sugar rush, and she went back and forth from singing, to playing the guitar and harmonica at the same time, to pushing the drummer off the drum kit and going ballistic on the drums! She made the energizer bunny look tired and slow!
my favorite song by Alanis is track 1 from Jagged Little Pill, All I Really Want. It has one of my all-time favorite lines. "Why are you so petrified of silence? Here can you handle this?" then goes silent for 3 seconds. it's brilliant
Gotta say it - this has never been one of my favorites of hers, probably because I've heard it too many times. There are quite a few others that, in my brain, will never grow old. You've seen her embrace her rough side ("You Oughta Know") and her playful side (this and "Hand in My Pocket"), but if you want to see another side of Alanis, a fuller, deeper, richer side, do "Uninvited". "Thank U" is also a testament to how damn brilliant she is at lyrics. If I had to pick a third to recommend, it'd be "You Learn". And PLEASE, do more 90s artists - Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, and Garbage all had (and still have) huge fanbases, and they deserve a shot at winning you over.
@@AL13NM I love Sarah McLachlan's song "Elsewhere" so far have NEVER heard ONE youtuber react to it. I wish they would get more into Sarah, Tori, Jewel and MORE Kate Bush!
Alanis Morissette is to the city of Ottawa what Celine Dion is to the the city of Montreal...queen bee. Well known in her own city, fame did not come until the release of this song. At that point, most of us Ottawans figured that her career was waning and that her claim to fame would be as a child singer/actress (co-stared in the Kids' TV hit 'You can't do that on Television' }. Destiny had other things in mind.
I said this last time you did Alanis... My favorite song by her is "Uninvited" from the soundtrack for City of Angels. (copied from previous post) I love the way it slowly builds with the swelling music floating around her voice... Till the full band/orchestra kicks in with the strings. If you do the live version you might not get the strings that the studio version has. The studio version uses an upright bass. This song has always reminded me of "Kashmir" by Led Zepplin in how it builds and its dynamic orchestra sound.
Alanis is a phenomenal vocalist and a fearless songwriter, as you noticed. Also listen to the way she does her cadence, which syllables she chooses to stress and when and how. I think no one since Frank Sinatra did so much with the way they time their words. She is incredible.
Head Over Feet, You Learn, and Mary Jane are wonderful songs you should react to by Alanis Morissette. Ironic is a great song and a fabulous video and I’m glad you checked it out!
I heard that Alanis morissette was originally pop singer in Canada and then it didn't really work out too hot and that's when she started to go this different genre. Just what I heard by a few people
@@choice12ozborne So says her wikipedia entry. I'd thought Jagged Little Pill (mid-90's) was her first after she outgrew You Can't Do That On Television, but she did have 2 dance albums released in Canada in the late 80's-early 90's apparently.
@@choice12ozborne To hear her tell it, she outgrew that phase of her music. The Canadian music industry had her pegged as a teeny pop singer and she wanted to do something different, so she took a gamble and moved to LA.
You two should really check out Thank You by Alanis! She bares her soul on that song, it's really powerful. She recorded it after her long trip to India, she's stated that it saved her life and created a new perspective on her life 🙂✌️
Alanis is so cool. My FAVORITE song is Uninvited, from the City of Angels soundtrack. It's haunting and beautiful. I also love her song Head over Feet. Another really great song by her is Forgiven.
History has been a lot kinder to this artist (and this album) than the critics and fans of more aggressive music (who saw her songs as little more than self-indulgent temper tantrums) were when this was released in 1995. I wasn't really a fan myself (of course, this came out when I was a record store manager, and I saw and heard this album ALL DAY), but I listen to it now, and it's solid 90s pop/ rock, up there with Collective Soul or Live or Deep Blue Something or Better Than Ezra. Thanks for the trip down memory lane I didn't think I was going to enjoy . . . but did. :)
I heard that someone told Alanis morissette in an interview that none of the things in this song are actually ironic by definition. She said yeah I know, that's why it's called ironic. True story.
I love the song, but Amber, you're right it isn't ironic but more unfortunate. You should watch the video on RU-vid where Irish stand up comedian Ed Byrne slates this song for not being ironic!!! It's genius!!!
And I still feel exceedingly old every time I see/hear Alanis. I still remember watchiong You Can't Do That on Television and seeing her as a kid when I myself was a kid. #FeelsOldMan My hands down favorite Alanis tracks Not the Doctor and Wake Up.
Fun fact: In 1997 Before joining Foo Fighters, the drummer Taylor Hawkins was in the pop singer Alanis Morissette band. He was on her band during 1995 and 1996on “Jagged Little Pill” and “Can’t Not” tours.
Man I was in love with her when I was a teenager. I used to tell my wife I would leave her for Alanis Morissette if she showed up at the door and said let's go.
I was waiting for a while for you guys to do this song, it’s absolutely amazing! I wanted you to start your journey with her listening to this song first. Next you absolutely have to listen to Uninvited, I think you will be blown away 😊😊
@@AZambri1 Yes, they did Hand in pocket and you outta know. I was hoping Ironic was the first one they reviewed. I felt like it showed her talent much more than the 2 they reviewed. Thank you for the reply ☺️
This was back in her nihilist days. She soon after went on a long spiritual journey to find her meaning in life. I love it when people have enough insight to know there is more to life than things.
This was playing in the Taxi when my wife and I were heading to the Registry Office to get married. 9th August 96’ My son was also there inside mums Taxi 😉👍🏼 It was a beautiful sunny day that day 🌞 We didn’t have much but we had each other and that’s all that actually matters. 🙏🏼❤️✝️❤️🙏🏼
The Righteous Brothers - Rock & Roll Heaven 1974. If there's a rock n' roll heaven. Well you know they've got a hell of a band, band, band Jimmy gave us rainbows, And Janis took a piece of our hearts, And Otis brought us all to the dock of a bay.... The Righteous Brothers - Rock & Roll Heaven 1974 A must listen.
Alanis has a very special voice & delivery! Melanie, from the late 60s, early 70s, could play with her voice in a similar way in "Brand New Key (The Roller Skate Song)"'. But her most famous song is "Lay Down" which she was inspired to write after WOODSTOCK. VERY POWERFUL!! Fiona Apple, mid 90s, would bounce up & down the scales: "Criminal".
We definitely need some Melanie.....PLEASE....Check out her Woodstock performances....Start with Beautiful People. Yes, her studio versions of the cover of Ruby Tuesday and her original hit, Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) are great as well. She has that HIPPY vibe Amber loves.
Fun fact about this one: none of the events/circumstances in the song are actual ironies. Yet, that is what makes the title accurate- because the song is called Ironic, yet includes zero actual ironies, the song, in itself, is Ironic. I just adore that, so much.
She had a lot of songs that were big on the radio around 95/96. Ironic, you oughta know, hand in my pocket, you learn, head over feet. All from the same album.
Did you know that Taylor Hawkins was her drummer during these years. When he met Dave from foo fighters she knew he was gonna leave. They remained great friends. She is truly 1 of the greatest talents of all times.
OMG.. My girls wore this album OUT back in the day.. brings back some good memories.. everyone was loving Ms. Morissette. Jagged Little Pill. Nothing like a woman scorned! Something that I didn't know until just recently was that the late Taylor Hawkins was her drummer for a time.. not sure if he played on Jagged Little Pill or not.. but I think the vast and unpaid comment section will let me know if I am right. As always, love the channel!
Im happy for all the people who say none of the examples are ironic. You are blessed with being an optimist and positive person. Being a pessimist and expecting the worst at all times every example shows the irony of finally taking the risk and then it ends like this. That IS IRONIC. im happy for you if you missed the point it means you live an easier life than some of us!
This album has no bad song. 33 million albums sold doesnt' lie. Madonna signed Alanis to Madonna's label. Shows how smart Madonna is too. Alianis is a Canadian treasure.
This entire album is 🔥 spawned 5 hit singles! You oughtta know, ironic, hand in my pocket, head over heels and you learn. You should do the others you haven't checked out before moving on to uninvited and Thank U... different periods of her life and career.
Even though she already released 2 albums, her 1st 2 albums were not 'rock' or 'alternative ' so they don't really count, Jagged Little Pill' has to be in the top 10 debut rock releases, maybe top 15.🤷♂️
After the success of "You Oughta Know", the album's other hits helped send Jagged Little Pill to the top of the charts. "All I Really Want" and "Hand in My Pocket" followed, and the fourth U.S. single, "Ironic", became Morissette's biggest hit. "You Learn" and "Head over Feet", the fifth and sixth singles, kept Jagged Little Pill (1995) in the top 20 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for more than a year. Jagged Little Pill sold more than 16 million copies in the U.S.; it sold 33 million worldwide, making it the second biggest-selling album by a female artist (behind Shania Twain's Come On Over).
This entire album is amazing. There are some great tracks that didn't become hits. "Perfect" hits me emotionally every time I hear it. "Right Through You" and "Forgiven" are easily as good as the hit singles. Anyone who hasn't listened to this album probably missed the best album of the 1990s.
Two of Alanis’ songs you need to hear are Hands Clean and Everything. She is such a unique songwriter and singer that there is nothing in her catalogue I do not like. Plus she’s Canadian like me ☺️🇨🇦
After you did Bryan Adams the other day, it reminded me how many insanely good songs he has and I had to go on a Bryan Adams binge again. Definitely do some more Bryan Adams like Cuts like a Knife, Heaven, Somebody, Do I have to say the words, Straight from the Heart, Everything I do, and a few others.
Alanis is amazing - the music video for this song is very clever as well. She has so many great songs, but one of my favorites (and hopefully yours) is the music video for "Everything" - trust me!
CLASSIC great song and alanis is amazing from the 90s Alanis morssette was right when I was in high school or right after I graduated in 1995 good times .the had lilth fair were was all great women concert I went to I took my ex fiancé and Sara mclachlan and tons other amazing women all play one night was so many bands and singers was great concert.
It's a song about a turn of fate and bad luck....not irony. That always bothers me. "Uninvited" is her absolute best. My wife dragged me to a concert, where tens of us men fist bumped to show solidarity and manhood. Great concert actually, but she actually did Uninvited. I was floored.
“Uninvited” live performance from the Grammys (I believe it was the Grammys) is an experience you won’t soon forget. Also You Learn by Alanis is amazing.
Saw Alanis live back in the 90's, she's amazing live! That I would be good is an interesting song to check out, Perfect is great as well, and Mary Jane is one of my favorites
I listened to Alanis a lot while growing up in the '90s. I was introduced to her music when I was 10. Jagged Little Pill is an amazing debut album. She was unlike anyone I'd ever heard. I think she was/is one of the most underrated vocalists ever. She's so unique. I'm pretty sure she'll be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in the not too distant future. ✌️ and ❤️ to all...
So glad yourselves as well as others are appreciating her music. It is so easy to enjoy. Your House was a bonus track on Jagged Little Pill. She sings it A Capella. It is a great song that I bet you'll both really enjoy. I have recently watched the videos on You Tube to remind myself that it was a great discovery finding.that. great Bonus track.
This is a pretty good song and it embraces the colloquial view of irony, not the literal understanding of the word. It's a perfectly acceptable concept of irony. Many think sarcasm is irony. It isn't. Many think sympathy is empathy. It isn't. But for all practical purposes it might as well be. Language is a fluid and variable thing.
Alanis is great! I remember a time when she did pop music back in the day in Canada. I kinda wish you guys reacted to her music video of Ironic though, the visuals were great! ☺️
I would disagree on this one. Too many times they have concentrated on what was going on in the video and miss some important parts of the song. I always prefer they just have the screen off and just listen.
@@BoltManiac for me, when you think about the artistry behind an artist like Alanis Morrissette it's also about she brought to the table as an artist. Not just musically but what she put out there in terms of visual content; it's an essence, a time period that she captured in her style, her music videos AND her music/lyrics. She was doing something cool, something fun and something we hadn't seen/heard before.
@@MrEriczamorez i can and do respect that, but in most (?) cases the single is out there well before the “official” video and fans can just enjoy the song and let what they heard sink in and think about it. In either case, most reaction video creators are making their mission to react to the song. Most do. I know some clearly don’t even look at the video on their screen while listening (whether is just be basic or one with a lot going on in the video)
Still remember her on "You Can't Do That on TV". Saturday morning sketch comedy from the 80's. If anyone tries to look it up, her name on the show was "Alanis" (gasp!). Lol.
Thank you. You just reacted to my favourite Alanis song. I don't think I need to request you any more of hers after this 😊 EDIT: My partner requests you do "Head Over Feet". It reminds her of how we met ❤
She is a poet. Her lyrics are prose, every line a tome down a rabbit hole into a multiverse of worlds within worlds. A pure artist with an original voice, both literally and artistically and geyser of creativity and imagination. She's an idea farm. Listening to ten seconds of her cures any and all traces of writers block. Her follow up album has one of my favorite word combinations ever strung together in a row for a title: Former Supposed Infatuation Junkie. This Goddess, this lioness, poet warrior, she contains multitudes.
Taylor Hawkins (RIP) was her drummer (this was prior to him drumming for Foo Fighters). This album "Jagged little pill" EXPLODED when it came out. It was so great.
Alanis is so original and fun !! Thanks for this one. I was going to say one thing but Diz Jake already said it. lol Did you happen to know she played God in the movie Dogma? Just a bit of fun trivia for you. Oh and Hand In My Pocket is another good song by her.
