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Alanis: Ironic (aka The Iconic Canadian Winter Video)

submitted by maudlin

1 decade 7 years 10 months 1 week ago

22 Comments

I'm not a huge Alanis fan, and yeah, she misses the definition of "ironic" several times over. But I love this video because I know that weather, that lowering winter light, that salt-scarred car, and those colourful wool clothes. I can smell that damn car, too, with its mixture of old cigarette smoke and that dank underground garage odour.

So call this submission a combo of nostalgia and synaesthesia. Proust had his madeleines, I have Alanis.

(And thanks to firefly for this video, which reminded me to look for this one.)

you're welcome maudlin!

This does not represent my current Canadian winter. I was just outside stretching, shirtless in the sun.

Well upvote for the winter that we can no longer enjoy. Because skiing sucks now.

<Looks sadly at artificial snow on cliffs>

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Saving this video from queue deletion, sending it to the top of the queue for one more try. Originally submitted on Tuesday 2nd January 2007 (save called by gold star member choggie)

And happy cheers to ya with fiidy!

Aw, thanks, chog!

Today is really winter in Toronto, too -- brrr!

bout 48 degreesFar., 6.1111111 degree Celsius and 60 per cent humidity....rain...shovel snow and love it, sucker!

always enjoyed this video way back when and don't forget this great parody! http://www.videosift.com/video/Jimmy-the-Cab-Driver-Ironic

Upvote for Canadian winter, which is kind of AWOL this year. (Edges out the novote for poor interpretation of "ironic".)

*femme *Canada - go!

Who opposes *rocknroll?

*happy for the nostalgia triggers.

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'morissette, snow, toques, synesthesia' to 'Alanis Morissette, ironic, morissette, snow, toques, synesthesia' - edited by Krupo

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