Alanis Morissette - Crazy (2005)
** (of four)
I dream comical, oddball shit like this - left-field, unnecessary cover songs performed by random artists you might not have heard much from in awhile. I had a dream that Hootie and the Blowfish earned themselves a legitimate comeback on the strength of their remake of “She’s a Beauty” by The Tubes. One time I dreamt I was at a Green Day concert and they put on a showstopping acoustic rendition of Toto’s “Hold the Line” that had 12,000 fans in the audience singing along.
But I never dreamed I’d hear Alanis do a techno-tinged remake of “Crazy,” Seal’s signature dance/alternative/adult contemporary hit from 1991. It may seem an arbitrary choice, but think about it - Alanis and Seal have a few things in common. Both are unconventionally attractive, socially conscious and probably upset that their careers peaked in 1995.
“Crazy” is the token new song off Alanis’ greatest hits collection. (I’d be willing to put money on “You Oughta Know” being Track 1 and “Crazy” being Track 17.) It’s mediocre in every sense of the word - not bad, not good, and definitely not worth remembering or seeking out. There’s a cool rhythm guitar effect, and that’s about it. Thanks to Napster and a bored August afternoon five years ago, I know Alanis does a killer concert cover of “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead - why not record and release that? Not a famous or upbeat enough song for VH1 to put on their “Jump Start” morning show, I suppose.
The video for “Crazy,” which earned director Meiert Avis a higher-than-scale paycheck and an even more firm mattress of flames to sleep on in hell, is as bland as the song. Alanis walks down the street looking pissed and determined. She stands around her apartment looking pissed and determined. She performs this song looking pissed and determined with a band in a small club.
And eventually, Alanis shows up at a party, pissed and determined, and tracks down a pair I can only assume is her ex-boyfriend and his new blond girlfriend. Screams the climactic bridge of the song at him and throws her drink in his face while the blond has a put-out, mouth-agape expression. See, that’s her, that’s the angry Alanis we all remember from ten years ago. So let’s all cue up Track 1 of her greatest hits and never listen to this generic shit again.
I dream comical, oddball shit like this - left-field, unnecessary cover songs performed by random artists you might not have heard much from in awhile. I had a dream that Hootie and the Blowfish earned themselves a legitimate comeback on the strength of their remake of “She’s a Beauty” by The Tubes. One time I dreamt I was at a Green Day concert and they put on a showstopping acoustic rendition of Toto’s “Hold the Line” that had 12,000 fans in the audience singing along.
But I never dreamed I’d hear Alanis do a techno-tinged remake of “Crazy,” Seal’s signature dance/alternative/adult contemporary hit from 1991. It may seem an arbitrary choice, but think about it - Alanis and Seal have a few things in common. Both are unconventionally attractive, socially conscious and probably upset that their careers peaked in 1995.
“Crazy” is the token new song off Alanis’ greatest hits collection. (I’d be willing to put money on “You Oughta Know” being Track 1 and “Crazy” being Track 17.) It’s mediocre in every sense of the word - not bad, not good, and definitely not worth remembering or seeking out. There’s a cool rhythm guitar effect, and that’s about it. Thanks to Napster and a bored August afternoon five years ago, I know Alanis does a killer concert cover of “Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead - why not record and release that? Not a famous or upbeat enough song for VH1 to put on their “Jump Start” morning show, I suppose.
The video for “Crazy,” which earned director Meiert Avis a higher-than-scale paycheck and an even more firm mattress of flames to sleep on in hell, is as bland as the song. Alanis walks down the street looking pissed and determined. She stands around her apartment looking pissed and determined. She performs this song looking pissed and determined with a band in a small club.
And eventually, Alanis shows up at a party, pissed and determined, and tracks down a pair I can only assume is her ex-boyfriend and his new blond girlfriend. Screams the climactic bridge of the song at him and throws her drink in his face while the blond has a put-out, mouth-agape expression. See, that’s her, that’s the angry Alanis we all remember from ten years ago. So let’s all cue up Track 1 of her greatest hits and never listen to this generic shit again.
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