Earlier today, while I was busy using official time for personal purposes, I heard some wailing in the background. I realized that one of my staff members had turned the radio on and a woman sounded like she was singing under severe pain. After catching on to some words, such as “my humps” and “what are you going to do with all that junk,” my eyebrows shot up.
“Who the hell is singing that?” I asked my officemate.
“I think it’s Alanis Morissette.” he answered. I listened closely to recognize the voice of the singer whom I idolized for having the balls to say “Would she go down on you in a theater.”
Gasp! It is Alanis Morissette…doing a bad rendition of “My Humps” by the Black Eyed Peas.
What the hell!?!?!?!?!
Is this the same girl who said “you took me out to wine dine sixty nine me but didn’t hear a damn word I said?” The one for whom I’d bought two copies of the same Jagged Little Pill album just in case the other one got damaged? The person whose words made me feel that it’s okay to be mad and that it’s alright to say exactly how you feel? The one who’s snagged the hunky, man-of-my-dreams, juicylicious Ryan Reynolds? I repeat, WHAT THE HELL?!?!?!?!?
If you’re still confused about how I feel about Alanis’ remake of the song “My Humps,” let me clarify it for you: WHAT THE HELL WAS SHE THINKING OF? Is she in some kind of funk? Has Ryan dumped her for some busty woman and this is her way of getting back at him?
I love Alanis Morissette. She represented a part of my life. She made me understand things I didn’t even realize that I needed to know. Her songs were the anthems of my youth. How could she have done this?!
Well, I suppose some good things never really last. Maybe genius isn’t consistent. I mean, even Albert Einstein must have had off days, right? I’m sure (hoping) that Alanis will bounce off this weird phase in her life.
“ And all I really want is some patience
A way to calm the angry voice
And all I really want is deliverance”
-All I really want, Alanis Morissette
