Alanis Morisette ~ My Humps

It struck me as just a little bit funny, last night, to find Alanis Morisette in the Joel Plaskett YouTube mix. When this song came up, though, it donned on me. They are more similar than they are different, especially being Canadian! And that is how Canadian artists roll.

I realized this during this song because I like the original version of it by Black Eyed Peas. I know - BEP is a favourite band of mine...judge me ALL you want, I like how they drop their beats! This version of their song, My Humps, is definitely my favourite, played by another artist I love...in the YouTube mix of a fellow Canadian I adore. And, so, somehow, life makes sense again...

Check out the video here.

Alanis Morissette Perfect

Thursday night, my mountain began to crack...



Really, it began Thursday morning when I just really couldn't handle having to be the Mountain for everybody else! Why can't everybody else just be happy on their own?!? ...

And that's why putting the positive energy out there is so much more important...the world needs more love...the world needs more positive energy...the world needs to punish the vortexes out there, no longer allowing them to bring the rest of us down. Yes, that's right. I think negativity should be locked up in a jail and not allowed out until the pessimists of this world are too old to reproduce...Until then, I'll just cry about having to be Perfect :-(

Some New Workout Songs I'm Testing Out...

I heard this song, not even on purpose, three times today. It was the first on my way to work...it shuffled onto my workout list...and then it randomly appeared on the 90s on 9 channel in my mom's truck. It's definitely a sign that I need to have just ONE more day of anger. However, of all the versions I heard today, none of them were as peaceful as this elegant performance by Alanis here.

That being said, feel free to crank it up, belt it out and sing along to EVERY word - even the ones the bleep out!



And then...well, who can't resist at least a little bopping to what will.i.am puts down, even as Moto Moto. I feel bad for the man watching me get off the lrt this morning, 'cause he couldn't hear the beat I was grooving so much to...Then, later that morning, it made an EXCELLENT warm-up song on the treadmill - I can get a good rhythm going with this at 4.6. Nice warm-up speed for me right now - highest it's been all month!



On the same album, who couldn't resist being "physically, physically, physically round..." and then "shake up the ground.... ants in my pants"
As goes my saying for the week, GEEZ, I can't sit still with a little will.i.am in my ear....even the chair-dancing while I write this is contagious.... Day-um, as my BFF would say...



And then, you're a bit tired...so you need a rest? Okay. Take the first thirty seconds of this song to do that...maybe walk at an incline at a lower speed (that's how I roll the treadmill, these days, anyways). Suddenly, though, you'll be unstoppable. You'll catch the beat. You'll need to let it out. Maybe you need to get up RIGHT NOW and have an amazing dance party in front of your computer...just you, me, and a little Vampire Weekend...wouldn't be the first time...



And, then, just because you haven't gotten all that ANGER out of your system - here's some heavy metal. That's right, folks...mayhaps the first and ONLY time you find some heavyness on this blog...and only 'cause it was recommended by a dear friend of mine, and I do find the beat good for a nice pace to keep. Thanks, DeeDee!

There you go - five new songs added to my iPod for the most bestest workout tunes EVER!

Day 93: Alanis Morissette ~ Head Over Feet

For everybody who ever needs a Jagged Little Pill, there is Alanis Morisette...

Who would've thought this squeaky clean girl from Ottawa would become the symbol of female romantic angst in the nineties? Well, history likes to repeat itself...look at the next decade's version of Alanis, Avril Lavigne... Why are some of the most famous Canadian female artists so full of rage?

This song, though, is a love song...

I've been asked to sing a few times in my life. The people who ask are not people who have ever heard my aty karaoke night. Of course, after a pitcher or two of bravery, who doesn't sound terrible? I always find myself singing along to any song on the Jagged Little Pill album. Somehow, my voice is able to wrap itself around the lyrics coming out of Alanis' mouth much more easily than most other artist's lyrics. Does this mean I'm filled with romantic angst? Or is it merely my voice...

Earlier, I posted the video to her angrier songs - You Oughta Know, Ironic, etc. - but fate would have it that those songs could not be displayed on my blog. I think that was a good choice. Alanis does get seen as a very angry woman, but this song is anything but that. Listening to it again this evening, I have a deeper appreciation for it. She's done the break-up songs so well, but she can sing about falling in love at a decent level, too.

Enjoy!