Alanis Morissette - My Humps

[Ksyrup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g

[cthomer5000]

the original is one of the songs that continues to drive pop music into the realm of "extremely embarassing for all of the human race."

This is pretty amusing stuff though.

[Pyser]

i dont get it

is she trying to say this is a bad song? we knew that before.

its much better when you take a pop song, rearrange it, and prove how good it is in other formats.

[JeeberD]

Holy crap, great find! That's quality stuff right there!

[Karlifornia]

HAHAHHAHAAHAHA!!!

[cthomer5000]

i dont get it

is she trying to say this is a bad song? we knew that before.


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position
</TH></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100)</TD><TD align=middle>3</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Pop 100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_100)</TD><TD align=middle>2</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Dance Radio Airplay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Radio_Airplay)</TD><TD align=middle>17</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Singles_%26_Tracks)</TD><TD align=middle>57</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Rap_Tracks)</TD><TD align=middle>10</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Hot Ringtones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Ringtones)</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>World Singles Top 40 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_World_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>2</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Austria Singles Top 75</TD><TD align=middle>4</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Irish Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Finland Singles Top 20</TD><TD align=middle>7</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Dutch Top 40 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Top_40)</TD><TD align=middle>4</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Eurochart Hot 100 Singles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurochart_Hot_100_Singles)</TD><TD align=middle>2</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>UK Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>3</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Australian ARIA Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_ARIA_Singles_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Sweden Singles Top 60</TD><TD align=middle>19</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>New Zealand Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Singles_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Swiss Singles Top 100</TD><TD align=middle>3</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Belgium Singles Top 50</TD><TD align=middle>3</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Norway Singles Top 20</TD><TD align=middle>4</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Lithuania Airplay Chart</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>German Top 100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Control_Charts)</TD><TD align=middle>4</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Czech IFPI Chart</TD><TD align=middle>7</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>France Singles Top 100</TD><TD align=middle>11</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Latvian Airplay Top (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_Airplay_Top)</TD><TD align=middle>12</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[Karlifornia]

<TABLE class=wikitable><TBODY><TR><TH align=left>Chart</TH><TH align=left>Peak
position
</TH></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100)</TD><TD align=middle>3</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Pop 100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_100)</TD><TD align=middle>2</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Dance Radio Airplay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Radio_Airplay)</TD><TD align=middle>17</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Singles_%26_Tracks)</TD><TD align=middle>57</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Rap_Tracks)</TD><TD align=middle>10</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>U.S. Billboard Hot Ringtones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Ringtones)</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>World Singles Top 40 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_World_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>2</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Austria Singles Top 75</TD><TD align=middle>4</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Irish Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Finland Singles Top 20</TD><TD align=middle>7</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Dutch Top 40 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Top_40)</TD><TD align=middle>4</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Eurochart Hot 100 Singles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurochart_Hot_100_Singles)</TD><TD align=middle>2</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>UK Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>3</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Australian ARIA Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_ARIA_Singles_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Sweden Singles Top 60</TD><TD align=middle>19</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>New Zealand Singles Chart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Singles_Chart)</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Swiss Singles Top 100</TD><TD align=middle>3</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Belgium Singles Top 50</TD><TD align=middle>3</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Norway Singles Top 20</TD><TD align=middle>4</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Lithuania Airplay Chart</TD><TD align=middle>1</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>German Top 100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Control_Charts)</TD><TD align=middle>4</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Czech IFPI Chart</TD><TD align=middle>7</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>France Singles Top 100</TD><TD align=middle>11</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Latvian Airplay Top (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_Airplay_Top)</TD><TD align=middle>12</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

I know you're not implying that chart success represents artistic accomplishment, but in fact that it is quite often the opposite. Right? RIGHT!?! :)

[cthomer5000]

I know you're not implying that chart success represents artistic accomplishment, but in fact that it is quite often the opposite. Right? RIGHT!?! :)

No, im saying it's a pretty clear demonstartion that "we" do not know it's a bad song. The world is eating this shit up. Us guys in our witty FOFC world know it blows, but we ain't the world.

[kcchief19]

Popular doesn't mean it's good. See Cyrus, Bill Ray -- Achy Breaky Heart.

I don't think Alanis gets as much credit as deserves for her sense of humor. This is gold.

[Antmeister]

I love the parody, but I don't understand all the hate for the original song.

There are a number of songs that have the most horrid lyrics. But in my case, there are songs that I enjoy the music to. There are songs that I appreciate the lyrics and when I get the best of both worlds, I am happy.

So for the original song, I strictly enjoy the music.

[Easy Mac]

I found the "parody" extremely dumb and boring. I guess I don't get Canadian humour.

And I guess Morrisettalicious was too hard.

[kcchief19]

No, im saying it's a pretty clear demonstartion that "we" do not know it's a bad song. The world is eating this shit up. Us guys in our witty FOFC world know it blows, but we ain't the world.
That just proves that people are morons. "I Will Always Love You" is one of the most popular songs at weddings -- at least half the weddings I've been to in the last 15 years have featured that song. It's a break-up song, people!

I won't even get into the people who think "Every Breath You Take" is a love song and not a creepy ode to stalking ...

[dawgfan]

I've done a pretty good job of ignoring Alanis Morissette over the years - this a parody of which of her songs?

[Pyser]

I've done a pretty good job of ignoring Alanis Morissette over the years - this a parody of which of her songs?

exactly.

[Karlifornia]

I didn't know the the Scrooge convention was today!

[BrianD]

I'm not normally one for parodies (sorry Ant), but this was pretty funny.

[Maple Leafs]

Now Fergie has to retaliate by doing an overwrought ballad of "Always Too Hot".

[PackerFanatic]

Us guys in our witty FOFC world know it blows, but we ain't the world.

...we're not?

LIES!

[SirFozzie]

...we're not?

LIES!

He does lie.

We are the world.

Not only that, We are the children

In fact we are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving.

[cartman]

Chart Peak Position
Latvian Airplay Top 12


Hell, it has to be crappy song if it can't even crack the top 10 of the Latvian charts. Those folks in Riga really know their music.

:D

[Ksyrup]

BTW, can anyone show me how to embed a freaking youtube clip into a post? I tried, then gave up.

And btw, my first thought when I saw this was... how Tori-Amos-covering-Smells-like-Teen-Spirit of her.

[Easy Mac]

copy the link from the youtube video in the "embed" box.

[cartman]

BTW, can anyone show me how to embed a freaking youtube clip into a post? I tried, then gave up.



There is a field on the YouTube page labeled 'embed'. Copy and paste the contents of that field into your message here at FOFC.

[Ksyrup]

I did that. Let me try again.


<OBJECT height=350 width=425>

<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W91sqAs-_-g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></OBJECT> (http://<object width=)</P>

[Ksyrup]

Hey, whaddaya know!

[cartman]

It might not work if you are using the advanced WYSIWYG editor.

[Karlifornia]

nevermind...you got it

[Ksyrup]

You know what I think the point of this song is...


ISN'T IT IRONIC?

[cartman]

You know what I think the point of this song is...


ISN'T IT IRONIC?

I was thinking more along the lines of:

I couldn't help it, it's all your fault.

[cthomer5000]

Hell, it has to be crappy song if it can't even crack the top 10 of the Latvian charts. Those folks in Riga really know their music.

:D

It's funny, I considered editing some of those out - that one specifically, but then I was just laughing at the very thought of it getting any airplay there and decided it had to stay.

[BYU 14]

She is one wierd chick....funny stuff though

[Leonidas]

I guess this would have been really funny for me if I had actually heard the original song, or at least knew something about it. But I haven't and I don't so I'll just take everyone's word that it's funny.

[cthomer5000]

I guess this would have been really funny for me if I had actually heard the original song, or at least knew something about it. But I haven't and I don't so I'll just take everyone's word that it's funny.

just search youtube for the original. In 20 seconds you'll be amazed the original is a real song.

[Rizon]

That just proves that people are morons. "I Will Always Love You" is one of the most popular songs at weddings -- at least half the weddings I've been to in the last 15 years have featured that song. It's a break-up song, people!

I won't even get into the people who think "Every Breath You Take" is a love song and not a creepy ode to stalking ...

Or "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.

[cartman]

That just proves that people are morons. "I Will Always Love You" is one of the most popular songs at weddings -- at least half the weddings I've been to in the last 15 years have featured that song. It's a break-up song, people!

I won't even get into the people who think "Every Breath You Take" is a love song and not a creepy ode to stalking ...

Or "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.

Or a couple of U2 songs, "One" and "With or Without You"

[Leonidas]

just search youtube for the original. In 20 seconds you'll be amazed the original is a real song.I'm starting to suspect it would be three minutes of my life I'll want back.

[Ksyrup]

I've never heard the song, but I can imagine how crappy it is just by reading the lyrics. Really, this is just like Tori Amos' cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit - it's the juxtaposition between the original song and the performance of it as a weepy ballad, combined with the lyrics sounding so outof place in the new format. I think Tori's version was meant to be more serious than this one, but they're both kinda saying the same thing.

[cthomer5000]

I've never heard the song, but I can imagine how crappy it is just by reading the lyrics. Really, this is just like Tori Amos' cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit - it's the juxtaposition between the original song and the performance of it as a weepy ballad, combined with the lyrics sounding so outof place in the new format. I think Tori's version was meant to be more serious than this one, but they're both kinda saying the same thing.

I don't think they were trying to do REMOTELY the same thing, personally.

[BrianD]

Is there any context that goes along with this video? I'm assuming she isn't going to be releasing this as a single or anything. I'm also assuming it wasn't just "I want to mock a crappy song".

[rjolley]

I don't like the original song (liked the original group's material before Fergie joined), but I've got to say, this is pretty funny.

[Ksyrup]

I don't think they were trying to do REMOTELY the same thing, personally.

My point is, the effect is the same. This one almost feels like a carbon copy of Tori Amos' song, it's so similar.

[Rizon]

I've never heard the song, but I can imagine how crappy it is just by reading the lyrics. Really, this is just like Tori Amos' cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit - it's the juxtaposition between the original song and the performance of it as a weepy ballad, combined with the lyrics sounding so outof place in the new format. I think Tori's version was meant to be more serious than this one, but they're both kinda saying the same thing.

Some positive in this thread: The Melvins had a pretty kick-ass cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

[cthomer5000]

My point is, the effect is the same. This one almost feels like a carbon copy of Tori Amos' song, it's so similar.

I think we're on completely different wavelengths right now.

[AZSpeechCoach]

Heh heh...Lily is now cringing in the corner after that. It combines the two things in music she hates the mose: Fergie and Alanis...

[johnnyshaka]

Thought it might be a bit she did for the Juno's (Canuck Music Awards) that were held last night...but, that doesn't appear to be the situation. She hosted the Juno's a couple of years ago and it was here in Edmonton. My wife and I attended the show and she did several bits that were pretty funny...that's why I thought it might be related.

A little history here...we went to the same elementary school together, we, along with another dozen or so kids, also used to spend one day a week at another school in a Program for Advanced Learners...yeah, I had potential when I was a kid...whoops!!! Call me sentimental, but I always kept track of her in the news just because I do have fond memories from my childhood that she and her family are a part of. Anyway, this doesn't surprise me at all considering that she used to goof off just as much as any kid did and would do anything for a laugh. In fact, before she made it big in music she was on a TV show called You Can't Do That On Television that was a teen version of Laugh In or SCTV...it was pretty funny in the eyes of most pre-pubescent teens. But, we haven't really seen the silly side of her since she's been on this spiritual kick over the last 10 years...maybe this is a return to her "old" self...who knows.

[DougWyatt]

Very funny. Although, coulda been a little funnier if she'd have knocked out a Beyonce' song. Actually surprised she didn't, going the Beyonce' rout, she'd only have to have learned 5 or 6 words per song.

[Ksyrup]

I think we're on completely different wavelengths right now.

No, I understand where you're coming from. I see the difference in what each is attempting to say with their version, but the songs themselves are nearly identical in the way they are constructed and how they come off, IMO. Plaintively wailing "my humps, my humps" comes off just like "a mulatto, a mulatto."

I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I have to think the Amos cover was the inspiration here, even if the underlying message was completely different.

[MIJB#19]

I think it's a great parody of the rap-'song' scene, which seems to vulture on women's bodies so much. Given the title of the original, she couldn't have chosen a better song.

[Pumpy Tudors]

...before she made it big in music she was on a TV show called You Can't Do That On Television that was a teen version of Laugh In or SCTV...it was pretty funny in the eyes of most pre-pubescent teens.
For the record, YCDTOT would still be funny today.

"Ross' Egg-o-Rama! Route 12, King Side Road!"

Edit: I doubt anyone would air it in the US, particularly because of all the jokes about Lisa's weight.

[BrianD]

For the record, YCDTOT would still be funny today.

"Ross' Egg-o-Rama! Route 12, King Side Road!"

Edit: I doubt anyone would air it in the US, particularly because of all the jokes about Lisa's weight.

It used to be on HBO when I was a kid. Pretty funny stuff

[albionmoonlight]

Thought it might be a bit she did for the Juno's (Canuck Music Awards) that were held last night...but, that doesn't appear to be the situation. She hosted the Juno's a couple of years ago and it was here in Edmonton. My wife and I attended the show and she did several bits that were pretty funny...that's why I thought it might be related.

A little history here...we went to the same elementary school together, we, along with another dozen or so kids, also used to spend one day a week at another school in a Program for Advanced Learners...yeah, I had potential when I was a kid...whoops!!! Call me sentimental, but I always kept track of her in the news just because I do have fond memories from my childhood that she and her family are a part of. Anyway, this doesn't surprise me at all considering that she used to goof off just as much as any kid did and would do anything for a laugh. In fact, before she made it big in music she was on a TV show called You Can't Do That On Television that was a teen version of Laugh In or SCTV...it was pretty funny in the eyes of most pre-pubescent teens. But, we haven't really seen the silly side of her since she's been on this spiritual kick over the last 10 years...maybe this is a return to her "old" self...who knows.

I think that she is a smart entertainer who is willing to change and adapt for what the public seems to want. She was on YCDTOT* and sung bubblegum pop when that looked like it would work. Then she went edgy and "kinda crazy" with Jagged Little Pill. Then she did that acoustic thing with Starbucks. Now she's doing a parody song, kind of playing off of her "kinda crazy" image while injecting some humor into it.

I have no idea who she really is, but I have a feeling that for enough money, she will be whoever I want her to be. I have no problem with that--I think, as I said above, that it makes her smart. But it also makes it hard for me to think that I can have a sense of anything like her true self.

*What do you think was in those burgers, anyway?

[Young Drachma]

For the record, YCDTOT would still be funny today.



QFT

[Young Drachma]

I have no idea who she really is, but I have a feeling that for enough money, she will be whoever I want her to be. I have no problem with that--I think, as I said above, that it makes her smart. But it also makes it hard for me to think that I can have a sense of anything like her true self.



I'm not sure that put in the same situation and a particular set of circumstances that most people wouldn't be that way. Hell, a lot of us do it now for a lot less money. And it has no bearing on who we are or what those in our inner circles think of us. We just do what we gotta do.

[Ksyrup]

You Can't Do That On TV was on Nickelodeon for years.

[cthomer5000]

You Can't Do That On TV was on Nickelodeon for years.

Yeah, and i think it was a pretty big part of the beginning of Nickelodeon. Think of how important "slime" has been to Nickelodeon over the years. There is little doubt about where it originated from.

[Ksyrup]

I'm thinking that show is about the only reason I'd ever heard of Nickelodeon, until they switched to that Nick at Nite programming.

[Young Drachma]

Yeah, and i think it was a pretty big part of the beginning of Nickelodeon. Think of how important "slime" has been to Nickelodeon over the years. There is little doubt about where it originated from.

Yes indeedy. I saw it on Nickelodeon as a kid. One of my friends was over yesterday and we were marveling at how there are like 5 different nick channels now including old ones that show syndicated shows that are just reruns of their game shows. I'm like "wow, what must those kids be thinking now?"