Fun Music Information -> Alanis Morissette

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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:

These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.

Alannis Morrisette, Alanis Morrissette, Alanis Morrisette, Alanis Morisette

Music Quotes:

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humour in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to - in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet - very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman.

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

Well, I didn't smile for a long time.

- Alanis Morissette

Singers Who Act:

Notable Acting Credits	Comments & Submitter Name
"Dogma"	She appears for a short time in Dogma as God. - Julie

Better Names for Current Songs:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"Iconic"	"Ironic"	Kaylie L
"A String of Oxymorons"	"Hand In My Pocket"	rocky
"Cryonic"	"Ironic"	Flux 7
"Moronic"	"Ironic"	Bobo
"Bubonic"	"Ironic"	katiej

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name	Comments & Submittor Name
"What's My Age Again?"	"You Oughta Know," Alanis Morissette	Anais
"You Look So Fine"	"Thank You," Alanis Morissette	Gary Rogers
"I Hope I Didn't Just Give Away The Ending"	"You Oughta Know," Alanis Morissette	...Exactly. - Jonathan S.
"One Never Knows, Does One?"	"I Don't Know," Alanis Morissette	Sam Fisher
There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"You Lean" originally "You Learn"

Meg Owens

"You Earn" originally "You Learn"

nally

"Ionic" originally "Ironic"

Architectural or chemical?

April Fleming

Add a Letter To a Song Title:

"Handy In My Pocket" originally "Hand In My Pocket"

Edyth Bowen

"21 Things I Want In A Plover" originally "21 Things I Want In A Lover"

Plover = a short-billed kind of shorebird.

Heather Brockwell

"21 Things I Want In A Clover" originally "21 Things I Want In A Lover"

Heather Brockwell

"So Purse" originally "So Pure"

Like Gopher from The Love Boat.

Naomi Swanson

"So Purge" originally "So Pure"

Naomi Swanson

There are additional song titles with a letter added available.

Change a Letter In a Song Title:

"21 Things I Want In A Mover" originally "21 Things I Want In A Lover"

Alanis More Upset

"21 Things I Want On A Lover" originally "21 Things I Want In A Lover"

Candace Mercer

"21 Things I Want In A Rover" originally "21 Things I Want In A Lover"

Candace Mercer

"21 Things I Want In A Liver" originally "21 Things I Want In A Lover"

Candace Mercer

"Hard In My Pocket" originally "Hand In My Pocket"

Edyth Bowen

There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.

Song Parodies:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Hand in My Pocket"	"Hand in My Brackets"	Michael Pacholek
"Head Over Feet"	"I Blame Their Parents (Alanis' Therapy Song)"	Wendy Christopher
"Hand In My Pocket"	"Hand In Your Pocket (The Gold-digger's Anthem)"	Wendy Christopher
"You Oughtta Know"	"You've Caught A Cold"	Wendy Christopher
"Uninvited"	"Undecided"	Kagendo
"You Oughta Know"	"Your Mom is Slow"	Ethan Mawyer
"21 Things You Want In A Lover"	"17 Things You Know About Sesame"	Tokusou Sentai Blessranger
"21 Things I Want In A Lover"	"21 Things Girls Love 'Bout The Charnstar"	The Charnstar
"Hand In My Pocket"	"Hand In Your Pocket"	Sarcastic Paranoid
"Ironic"	"So Tragic"	BleedingWrists
There are additional song parodies available.

Untapped Commercial Ideas:

Song Name	Product	Submittor
You Learn	Learn Direct	Figgy
Precious Illusions	Psychic Hotline	stoic_squirmer

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Eight Easy Steps	War Amps	diablos901
You Oughta Know	Any of the other 'You Can't Do That On Television' kids	Supervaca
Hands Clean	NAMBLA (North-American Man-Boy Love Association)	stoic_squirmer
Ironic	MLA (Modern Language Association)	stoic_squirmer
Head Over Feet	Gymnastics group	moonset87
There are additional on hold music ideas available.

Duets Not Yet Performed:

First Band/Song Name	Second Band/Song Name	New Song Name	Submittor
All Within My Hands Metallica	Hands Clean Alanis Morissette	All Within My Clean Hands	Joey Lawrence (no, not the actor)
Under Pressure Queen	No Pressure Over Capuccino Alanis Morissette	Under Pressure Over Capuccino	Fields
With Arms Wide Open Creed	Hands Clean Alanis Morissette	With Hands Clean And Arms Wide Open	DJKaito
You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette	The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine	You Oughtta Know, The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You Consider yourself warned	Raphael
There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.

If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :

Alanis Morrissey

Alanis Morissette combined with Morrissey

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet.

Submitted By: Mae Beam

Misheard Lyrics:

"You Oughtta Know" Misheard Lyrics: An older virgin like me. Original Lyrics: An older version of me.	"All I Really Want" Misheard Lyrics: And I am frightened by this curr of dead-beats in the land Original Lyrics: And I am frightened by the corrupted ways of this land.
"You Oughtta Know" Misheard Lyrics: I know the virgin of me. Original Lyrics: An older version of me	"You Oughtta Know" Misheard Lyrics: And I'm here, to remind you, of the cross-eyed baby you gave to me Original Lyrics: And I'm here, to remind you, of the cross I bear that you gave to me.
There are additional misheard lyrics available.

Misheard Lyrics Story:

"Your House"

Misheard Lyrics:

Would you forgive me, love
If I s*** in your shower?

Original Lyrics:

Would you forgive me, love
If I dance in your shower?

Story about this misheard lyric by: Regina Haniger

Yes, that's really how I heard it. As hard as it might usually seem to mishear 'dance' as 's***', in the case of Alanis Morissette's singing, She seems to sing at least 50% of her words as if she had a mouth full of livermush. So no mishearing is particularly surprising when it comes to her songs.

There are additional misheard stories available.

Song Parody Fragments:

"You Oughtta know"

Better Lyrics:

Of the cross-eyed bear that you gave to me

Original Lyrics:

Of the cross I bear that you gave to me

Submitted by: BayWolf

"Joining You"

Better Lyrics:

If we were our sexy selves

Original Lyrics:

If we were our successes

Submitted by: Gerald

"One Hand In My Pocket"

Better Lyrics:

And when it comes down to 'there'
And that everything's gonna be dry, dry, dry
Cuz I got one pad in my pocket
And the other one is under my fly

And what it all comes down to
Is that everything is just dry, dry, dry
'Cuz I got one pad in my pocket
And the other one is stuck to a taxi cab

Original Lyrics:

And what it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine
'Cuz I got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is givin' a high five

And what it all comes down to, my friends
Is that everything is just fine, fine, fine
'Cuz I got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab

Submitted by: The Desert of the Real

Funny Lyrics:

"All I Really Want" The Funny Lyrics: Do I stress you out? My sweater is on backwards and inside out And you say 'How appropriate.' Why They're Funny: One of the funnier lyrics of a song where Alanis tells some guy to go away because he's a jerk, pretty much. It's just quoting an insult to Alanis's intelligence. Submitted by: Peter Barbatsis	"Ironic" The Funny Lyrics: Meeting the man of your dreams then meeting his beautiful wife Why They're Funny: How Very,very true Submitted by: Isa love
There are additional Funny lyrics available.

Repetitive Lyrics:

"You Oughta Know"

The Repetitive Lyrics:

You, you, you, you, oughta know!

Why They're Repetitive:

No, no, no, no, WAI !? After four repetitions, who wouldn't know?

Submitted by: Syeberus

"Hand in My Pocket"

The Repetitive Lyrics:

'Cause I got one hand in my pocket

Why They're Repetitive:

Take your damn hand out of your pocket! It's not like it's gonna kill you.

Submitted by: wadded beef

Nonsensical Lyrics:

"Ironic"

The Nonsensical Lyrics:

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down, he thought 'Well isn't this nice...'
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think

Why They're Nonsensical:

Actually most of the song is nonsensical as Alanis has no concept of what irony is. The examples in the song are about misfortune, not irony. What would be ironic is if Mr. Play It Safe, who's afraid of flying took a bus, car or train and crashed doing that instead.

Submitted by: Captain Quark

"Ironic"

The Nonsensical Lyrics:

It's like ten thousand spoons when all ya need is a knife

Why They're Nonsensical:

1) That's not ironic, that's just stupid
2) Who the hell has ten thousand spoons? Imagine the size of that cutlery drawer.

Submitted by: Megan

There are additional nonsensical lyrics available.

Insincere Lyrics:

"Hand In My Pocket"

The Insincere Lyrics:

'I'm young and I'm underpaid'

Why They're Insincere:

Young: yes... underpaid: er... ahem...

Submitted by: StarChild

"Ironic"

The Insincere Lyrics:

Its like a traffic jam when you're already late
A no smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
It's like meeting the man of your dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife
Isn't it ironic?

Why They're Insincere:

Umm.... no it's not ironic at all. These are examples of very bad luck, (or even coincidence) but do not constitute irony. For example, 'a traffic jam when you're already late' would only be ironic if you were the town planner, and because of your mismanagement of the roads, you were stuck in said traffic jam, which then made you late for work, as a town planner!

Submitted by: Sam

There are additional insincere lyrics available.

Misrhymed Lyrics:

"Ironic"

The Misrhymed Lyrics:

It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful husband

Why They're Misrhymed:

The lyrics on the original version ('...all you need is a knife ....meeting his beautiful wife') _did_ rhyme. However, Alanis saw fit to change it on her accostic album just to make a politcal statment (never mind that gay marriage is already legal in her native Canada).

Submitted by: Bjennet

"You Oughta Know"

The Misrhymed Lyrics:

An older version of me
Is she perverted like me?
Would she go down on you in a theatre?
Does she speak eloquently?
And would she have your baby?
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother

Why They're Misrhymed:

Do I really need to explain why 'theatre' and 'mother' don't rhyme?...

Submitted by: Rock Princess

There are additional misrhymed lyrics available.

Inappropriate Lyrics:

"Ironic"

The Inappropriate Lyrics:

10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.
Meeting the man of my dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife.
(Just a couple of examples.)

Why They're Inappropriate:

All of the lyrics are wrong! Everything she says is 'ironic' is something that 'just sucks'. It works! Just replace 'Isn't it ironic' with 'Doesn't that just su-uck'

Submitted by: Renee

"Isn't It Ironic"

The Inappropriate Lyrics:

It's like rain on your wedding day

Why They're Inappropriate:

Due to the rules of the site, I couldn't post the entire song. Alanis Morissette wouldn't know ironic if it slapped her in the face. For example, the above line would only be ironic if the person singing were a meteorologist. Go through the lyrics and I dare you to find a single bit of irony in it anywhere!

Submitted by: John Karakash