# Alanis Morissette--"My Humps"--I am experiencing horror. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539 "2007-04-03T09:51:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/61 "2007-04-04T04:45:34Z")
I suddenly find myself wondering what a Tori Amos cover of _Metal Machine Music_ would sound like. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/62 "2007-04-04T08:29:32Z")
**kung foo lola** , that would be all be true, and the end of it, if she wasn’t also known for all the covers she does in her live shows, done much the same style. Still, I’m not complaining - her cover of the actual song _Strange Little Girls_, while not as good as the Stranglers original (few things are as good as good Stranglers) is at least quite good, and I like listening to it. What more could one ask for? Oh yeah, a nice video, which it has. As for the Alanis - I love it, it is very funny (although I’m of the mindset that the BEP original is also a little tongue-in-cheek). I’ve thought Alanis looked really good since _One Hand in My Pocket_, though. Still, my ideal woman is Natalie Merchant, so it figures. ---
**Author:** ![Elsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b2d939/32.png) [@Elsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elsie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/63 "2007-04-04T08:48:45Z")
At least she’s smart enough to know she couldn’t do this without including self-parody. Fwiw, I’d think it’s more than a dig at vapid pop, I suspect it’s also a feminist not happy with some of the values and self-objectification she sees being celebrated and promoted by her fellow artists. Can feel the exasperation, well, anger really. Love the guys bustin’ their moves, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/64 "2007-04-04T15:15:40Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] Likewise. I never found her attractive in her “Ironic” days, but she’s strangely appealing in this. [/QUOTE] _Ironically_, I found her earlier “Ironic” incarnation much more attractive. In fact, I’m sort of appalled that some of y’all find her more attractive in this _parody_. And puzzled that you didn’t notice how hot she was before now. Makes me think all y’all really notice is the trappings (and that you have bad taste in trappings). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/65 "2007-04-04T16:06:32Z")
[QUOTE=JRDelirious] B) Tori Amos’ covers : If that’s the story (“spite album”), yeah, it was stupid of her. The way to do a contractial-obligation “spite” album is NOT to telephone in a performance that stinks. What you do is make a noncommercial album that totally wastes the label’s marketing money… but you STILL perform up to standard. [/QUOTE] Unless you’re the label and you gleefully dump a shitty album on the market to embarrass the departed star…see [_Dylan_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_(album)). ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/66 "2007-04-04T16:23:34Z")
OK, this is just _weird_ . I just finished watching it (loved it, funny as all get-out) and I swear, not 30 seconds later, MSNBC did a short piece about it. _ **doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo…** _ I’ve always liked Alanis, though her work can be inconsistent. This, however, was great! I like the original, too; I think that adds to my appreciation of her parody. Wonder what Fergie thinks of it? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/67 "2007-04-04T16:43:55Z")
Brillant! ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/68 "2007-04-04T16:57:42Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Wonder what Fergie thinks of it? [/QUOTE] I wonder if she _thinks_, period. ---
**Author:** ![8675309](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ea5d25/32.png) [@8675309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/8675309)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/69 "2007-04-04T17:22:48Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] Is there a reference I’m not aware of? What’s the significance of the luggage? [/QUOTE] In the original Humps video Fergie was sprawled out on Louis Vuitton luggage. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/70 "2007-04-04T18:20:36Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] _Ironically_, I found her earlier “Ironic” incarnation much more attractive. In fact, I’m sort of appalled that some of y’all find her more attractive in this _parody_. And puzzled that you didn’t notice how hot she was before now. Makes me think all y’all really notice is the trappings (and that you have bad taste in trappings). [/QUOTE] Nah, I was just looking at her face for the purpose of my previous statement. It could simply be a matter of where my tastes were back then, and tastes change over time. I heard a lot of guys mention how “hot” she was, but I didn’t see it at the time. But in this video, I _do_ like the way she looks. _shrug_ Maybe it’s the straight hair. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/71 "2007-04-04T18:35:51Z")
I loved it. It’s the funniest song I’ve seen since “White and Nerdy.” I liked the part where she dances around and practically humps all the guys’ legs, then lays a beating on them for daring to think of her sexually. And the “drama” part. 😃 I would like to know who all the guys in the video were. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/72 "2007-04-04T18:39:38Z")
Luckily (or not, I guess), the Black Eyed Peas “My Humps” was also on YouTube. I’m blissfully free of almost any pop music radio in my life, I’d never heard the original or seen the video. Where do people even see top 40 videos these days? MTV is all Jackass and stuff like that, they do still have Headbanger’s Ball, but I don’t remember seeing any actual “pop” videos on there in forever. But what’s up with Fergie? Seems like the last time I had to check out a BEP video it was her doing “Fergalicious” (or maybe it was her solo, who knows). Now this. Is that all she does, sing songs agout how fine she thinks she is? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/73 "2007-04-04T18:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=winterhawk11] Somehow after all these years I have managed to avoid ever listening to the original of this song,\_That_ (the original) was at the top of the charts? I weep for our species. [/QUOTE] [_That_ original won a Grammy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Humps). I wish to hell I was kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/74 "2007-04-04T18:52:33Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Wonder what Fergie thinks of it? [/QUOTE] She pees all over it. Or maybe she just happens to be really close to it when she pees all over herself and there’s some, y’know, collateral drainage. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/75 "2007-04-04T19:03:16Z")
[QUOTE=spoke-] _Ironically_, I found her earlier “Ironic” incarnation much more attractive. In fact, I’m sort of appalled that some of y’all find her more attractive in this _parody_. And puzzled that you didn’t notice how hot she was before now. Makes me think all y’all really notice is the trappings (and that you have bad taste in trappings). [/QUOTE] During her “Ironic” incarnation I was in the early stages of puberty and not willing to admit I could admire other girls as hot. I have an ironclad excuse! Woo! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/76 "2007-04-04T19:34:43Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] She pees all over it. Or maybe she just happens to be really close to it when she pees all over herself and there’s some, y’know, collateral drainage. Whatever. [/QUOTE] \ For the pop culture ignorant, I found you a [picture](http://www.ors2.state.sc.us/abstract/index.asp) to catch you up on things. ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/77 "2007-04-04T19:40:28Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] \ For the pop culture ignorant, I found you a [picture](http://www.ors2.state.sc.us/abstract/index.asp) to catch you up on things. [/QUOTE] …Fergie peed on South Carolina? ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/78 "2007-04-04T20:22:55Z")
that was absolutely hilarious! Just the fact that they bothered to produce it at all is just hilarious parody. I can’t wait to see if this gets a response from the Black Eyed Peas… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/79 "2007-04-04T20:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] …Fergie peed on South Carolina? [/QUOTE] Methinks we are witnessing a clipboard malfunction. [for the record](http://www.starblogs.net/archives/2005/08/fergie_pees_her.html) ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539/80 "2007-04-04T20:34:42Z")
That was great - and representative of what she’s really all about - funny, witty, ironic and ascerbic. I remember an album she released was reviewed in WIRED Magazine a couple years ago. The review said the lyrics “sound like the internal monologue of your psycho ex-girlfriend from college.” 😃 Brilliant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alanis-morissette-my-humps-i-am-experiencing-horror/398539.md?page=5)