With all this discussion about Alanis Morissette and ironic, I have to refer to this stand-up clip by Ed Byrne on the song and irony.
http://www.videosift.com/video/Ed-Byrne-on-the-irony-of-the-song-Ironic-not-being-ironic

http://www.videosift.com/video/Alanis-Morissette-No-Pressure-Over-Cappucino
Just whoring it up again, trying to push them through ya know You like Alanis right? Hoping you missed this one...

>> ^shuac:
I hate to keep doing this but...that's not irony. If the sign was "Bicycle Crossing" or some other bicycle-friendly signage, then maybe. A public service type of sign reading "Think Bicycle Safety" would be ironic.
The best kinds of irony are headlines like "37 Die in Safety Demonstration" or "Lifeguard Drowns".
This is funny, no doubt, but it's not irony. Also, rain on your wedding day is not irony. Nor is good advice that you just didn't take. In fact, nothing in that song is irony.


Ah yes, but a dangerous danger sign is ironic, is it not?
But I agree that Alanis's song is anything but ironic (which makes the whole thing ironic in itself - I think I'm going all cross-eyed again)

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Alanis Morissette:Hands Clean
From LyricWiki
This song is performed by Alanis Morissette and appears on the album Under Rug Swept (2002).

If it weren't for your maturity
None of this would have happened
If you weren't so wise beyond your years
I would've been able to control myself
If it weren't for my attention
You wouldn't have been successful, and
If it weren't for me
You would never have amounted to very much

Ooh this could be messy, but
You don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody, and
Overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast-forward to a few years later
No one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

You're essentially an employee
And I like you having to depend on me
You're a kind of protégé
And one day you'll say you learned all you know from me, and
I know you depend on me
Like a young thing would to a guardian
I know how you sexualize me
Like a young thing would and I think I like it

Ooh this could get messy, but
Ooh, you don't seem to mind
Ooh, don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast-forward to a few years later
No one knows except the both of us
I've more than honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?
What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
What with this distance it seems so obvious?

Just make sure you don't tell on me
Especially to members of your family
We best keep this to ourselves
And not tell any members of our inner posse
I wish I could tell the world
'Cause you're such a pretty thing when you're done-up properly
I might want to marry you one day
If you'd watch that weight and keep your firm body

Ooh this could be messy
Ooh I don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast-forward to a few years later
No one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

*beg

Upvote for good use of the true definition of irony (take that, Alanis!).

>> ^Payback:
Now, for those such as Alanis Morrisette who are confused with what, in fact, is irony? This video is ironic. Not a traffic jam when you're already late, or a no smoking sign on your cigarette break. However, those examples can be easily made ironic. A traffic jam, when you're already late for your interview to become the new traffic planner for the city. A no smoking sign on your cigarette break from your job at a cigarette packaging factory.


Is it possible to upvote a comment more than once? Must learn to hack website.

I've come up with a perfect, two word example of irony: lifeguard drowns. So yeah, I feel your pain.

Now, for those such as Alanis Morrisette who are confused with what, in fact, is irony? This video is ironic. Not a traffic jam when you're already late, or a no smoking sign on your cigarette break. However, those examples can be easily made ironic. A traffic jam, when you're already late for your interview to become the new traffic planner for the city. A no smoking sign on your cigarette break from your job at a cigarette packaging factory.

By reading your comments about how good Alanis looks and how lame the chord progression is, etc., I can tell that you guys have no idea what this video is about.

Gosh! I'm feeling really disdainful tonight.

I am same position as djsunkid:

Tatchedogbe - Angelique Kidjo
Cyberia - afro celts
bull in the heather - breeders
the day after - flash
if you want my love - depeche mode
9:45 - PM dawn
Solitude - Billie Holiday
Western Eyes - Portishead
his wife refused - talking heads
the poison mouth - skinny puppy
all star - smash mouth
doin the shout - john lee hooker
its only love - Nick cave, scott walker
let go - frou frou
sweet dreams - eurythmics
Jackie's strength (remix #1) - tori amos
cop - swans
21 things - alanis morrisette
antenna kraftwerk
kalimba - EWF
stand back up - sugarland

>> ^firefly:
1. Alanis Morissette - Wake Up
4. Linkin Park - Hit the Floor

I didn't know you were gay.

Just kidding, Lucky! Firefly!

1. Alanis Morissette - Wake Up
2. Nobou Uematsu - Symphonic Suite FFI (Final Fantasy S Generation soundtrack)
3. Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow
4. Linkin Park - Hit the Floor
5. System of a Down - Prison Song
6. Metallica - Wherever I May Roam
7. Live - The Dam at Otter Creek
8. Smashing Pumpkins - 17
9. Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
10. Foo Fighters - Walking After You

Ouch. That was a low blow.

>> ^Payback:
>> ^thinker247:
Is sarcasm lost on all of you?
>> ^thinker247:
I hope he was schooled in a religious madrasa, and I hope he is a crazy Muslim. If so, we know he can get something done. Hell, maybe he can solve the economy crisis with a box-cutter and an expired student visa.


You seem to have learned sarcasm at the same school Alanis Morrisette learned about irony.

>> ^thinker247:
Is sarcasm lost on all of you?
>> ^thinker247:
I hope he was schooled in a religious madrasa, and I hope he is a crazy Muslim. If so, we know he can get something done. Hell, maybe he can solve the economy crisis with a box-cutter and an expired student visa.



You seem to have learned sarcasm at the same school Alanis Morrisette learned about irony.

Promotion of My Humps parody causes Canadians to spam Video Sift with Alanis videos. Full story at 11.