"Bust a Move"!
I dont think I ever knew Flea was in that, whoops!
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
i don't even think who it was about was revealed until a few years back, definitely not while the song was big
It wasn't too long afterwards.. I think it was one of those late-90's internet rumors, similar to "marilyn manson was on the wonder years" or "billy corgan was on small wonder."
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
Except that it's actually confirmed that Uncle Joey and Alanis dated. I just don't think it's confirmed whether "You Oughta' Know" is about him specifically.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
I heard that from some pretty major media outlets. I imagine there could be some libel charges flying around if it wasn't true...
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know if Alanis ever commented on it, but Dave sure has.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
Oh weird, I knew it was Dave Coulier but somehow, that was always Uncle Jesse in my head. I only realized now that it was Uncle Joey.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://drpezz.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/biggerunclejeesepic.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
I'll always remember him for Out of Control
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kvrZBRgWU
― how's life, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
which was undoubtedly when the nickelodeon-cast-member-on-nickelodeon-cast-member cinema bjs were being given in the first place.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
almost missed this
"Wonderwall" it is
lots of honorable mentions though. Bush, "Comedown" and Green Day, "When I Come Around" are pretty good
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
The thing that disturbed me about the Coulier story is that Alanis was still very young when You Oughtta Know came out so she must have been a teenager when she was dating him.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
oh that's right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1Q55CLrTkg
xxp
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
ILX needs a You Can't Do That on Television nostalgia thread tbrr
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, like even if she dated him in the early 90s, like it says on wikipedia, she would have been like 16 or 17. The world is gross and sucks.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
I am checking out a bunch of these songs I don't recognize by name. So far I don't remember having heard any of them; but that definitely doesn't mean I didn't hear them, since they are precisely the sort of songs I would not have remembered.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
You don't ever get to skip the commercials on youtube now? Sonsofbitchesmotherfuckers.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
this morning some DJ on a popular ATL radio station said that Breeders "Cannonball" ('93) and Garbage "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" ('95) are the same song. what a dumbass
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
this should of been the RHCP songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FFtlCtbtC8
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
"You Oughta Know" has more hooks in it than all these other songs combined.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
the whole yoUu youUU youUu OUGHTA KNOE line is balls
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
Come on, "Wonderwall" is all hook.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
it's like she's choking on a dick when she sings that
― we gotta move these refrigerators (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp171/deathguardian08/kAlRu.gif
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
it's so weird, given how alanis turned out, how fucking brilliant "you oughta know"s lyrics are, how viciously and concisely she tells her story
lol some of the worst lyrics ever written matched only by how wretched the delivery is. "in...a thyatrrr" is like a master class in how to be a terrible singer
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
that said, from this horrible list I actually take "hand in my pocket," a pleasant enough tune despite yet more horrible delivery in the verses. I stab myself in the stomach with a kitchen knife every time I hear her say "I...certainly do" or even think it. fuckin ouch
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
You're wrong: "All I Really Want" is worse. Much worse. She sounds like a chimp chewing on your earlobe.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
I heard "Good" on the radio today and while I never liked it as much as "In The Blood" or "Desperately Wanting" it has kind of grown on me over the years.
― some dude, Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
I confess before Almighty God and before you my brothers and sisters that I don't really think "Glycerine" is all that bad
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
Does she know how you told me you'd hold meUntil you died, till you diedBut you're still alive
This is some proto-Lavigne, right here.
― how's life, Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JAEbgyxDHM
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
That's a fast poll. Agree with everyone who sees decline from the '94 list. I'm bleah or worse on almost everything here except (blushing) Better Than Ezra's goofy song (which I used to like and had to check to discover it still sounds pretty good) and "Wonderwall," which I've heard too often. So another one for "Good"!
― clemenza, Thursday, 24 May 2012 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
the harmonica 'solos' on "hand in my pocket" and "head over heels" are the biggest pile of crap ever. she actually plays these annoying circular motifs around the same two notes in every fucking tune of her. shit gets on my nerves
― cock chirea, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
"in...a thyatrrr" is like a master class in how to be a terrible singer
OTM
― skip, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
even at age 12 I realized that Alanis was total shite...though to be fair that was after liking the album (one of probably ~15-20 I owned) for a couple months. I remember hearing her perform on Loveline around the time the CD came out and she did a pretty cracking rendition of "YOK".
― skip, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
alanis weird melisma predates shakira, that's for sure
― cock chirea, Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
Am I the only one who thought Alanis Morrissette's shtick was kind of a glossy ripoff of Ani DiFranco's style (similar to the Goo Goo Dolls' cut-rate 'Mats vibe)? There were a handful of mainstream artists around this time who I felt were probably signed on the basis of their ability to ape some unsignable quantity or another.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 24 May 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
i'm voting for JAR which is a nice lil tune that i'm not sick of
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
Never forget.
http://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/angus.jpg
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm in throes of grunge nostalgia, wishing for Mad Season's "River of Deceit."
― clemenza, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
is she perverted like me? would she go down on you in a theater?
― The Reverend, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:56 PM (6 hours ago)
every song on this list is pretty dire; i was a dj at a modern rock radio station at the time, so i was all too familiar with them. Somehow I managed to come away with fond memories involving the Alanis song, so that gets my vote.
― sarahell, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
clemenza, I'm witchoo. I started listening to that album a little while back to hear "River Of Deceit" and I just kept on going. It's pretty decent! Much better than an Alice In Chains side project had any business being, for sure.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
really dismayed that there are people reppin for alanis here
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:43 (twelve years ago) link
the way she pronounces "thyatrrr" is hilarious
― The Reverend, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
man i love "when i come around" for some reason
― horseshoe, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
the other songs on this list are hilarious but evocative. i totally remember this year.
― horseshoe, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
"j.a.r." but this is least-diseased-of-all-the-lepers territory here.
― me so fat (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
I forgot to mention before that "You Oughta' Know" feels, to me, like a series of messages left on an ex's answering machine (while he and his current girlfriend are trying to eat dinner in the next room, obvs).
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:53 (twelve years ago) link
I wish I could find the chainsaw version of you oughta know. It was dead-on. (and I'm not talking about some Jackyl thing either.)
― pplains, Thursday, 24 May 2012 03:59 (twelve years ago) link