Songs that have been ruined for you

[livviebway]

underjoyed said:

Prince, Schmince. I just like crazy ol' Sinead. Although, come to think of it, Julia Roberts' strangled squeaking in Pretty Woman ruined "Kiss" - the only other song by Prince I actually like(d). Now every time I hear it, all I can think of is Horseface in a bubble bath. Which is not an image I will ever want to recall.

Yay for crazy ol' Sinead!

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When I was fourteen, I went through an odd period, probably due to hormones. I was unhappy and cried a lot, I didn't have any friends, I wrote angsty journal entries (although I never wrote poetry), the whole nine yards. Anyways, my mother had some Aimee Mann CDs and I would listen to them all the time, to the point where today I can't hear Bachelor No. 2 or Lost in Space without regressing to fourteen years old. It's a shame, because the songs are beautiful and I want to be able to listen to them without turning into an angsty high-schooler.

[discoprincess]

Bumped. This just in: Dave Coulier admits Alanis Morissette's 'You Oughta Know' is about him

He's JUST admitting this now? This has been rumored to have been about him for years!

I can't see Alanis with this dodo-especially about the bit about the bj in the movie theater.

[kanding]

Why is he admitting this? Wasn't she underage when they were in that theatre?

[jaghetersimon]

Statute of limitations finally expired?

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That's what I'm thinking.

[kostgard]

Statute of limitations finally expired?

Heh. That and I think his career is going absolutely no where and he wants some attention.

But it does kinda ruin the song a bit when you think about Alanis and Uncle Joey in that theater - with him probably doing those stupid voices of his.

Geez, Alanis - couldn't you have hooked up with Uncle Jesse instead? I almost think that even Bob Saget would have been a better choice.

[normadesmond]

Nov 6, 2006 7:23:01 GMT -4 Shanmac said:

I used to LOVE "Singing in the Rain". Love it. And I sang it every time i played in the rain.

Then I made the mistake of watching "A Clockwork Orange."

So much as hearing mention of "Singing in the Rain" now completely disturbs me. Gonna go hug my puppy now.

This is a common experience for me. Reservoir Dogs ruined "Stuck in the Middle With You" and Silence of the Lambs ruined Tom Petty's "American Girl". Mesh a nice, upbeat song with brutal violence or sadism in a movie, and everytime - every goddamn time - I hear "American Girl" I think of crazy Buffalo Bill and his skin-flaying fetish. Nothing ruins a song like putting it in an unpleasantly memorable scene in a movie.

As for "You Oughtta Know" being about Uncle Joey, it reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza pretends to be some tough, rebellious, macho guy to impress some girl, who's very turned on by his bad boy attitude. Then he gets arrested for some minor misdemeanor of some sort and he starts sobbing, "Why did the policeman have to yell at me?" and his "dangerous" sex appeal goes up in smoke before the girl's eyes.

Fortunately, all of Alanis' subsequent stuff pretty much ditched the "Bad Girl," "Riot Girrlll" image - I don't think I could take her seriously if it hadn't. Knowing it's about Uncle Joey makes it impossible to listen to without laughing.

[carrier76]

But it does kinda ruin the song a bit when you think about Alanis and Uncle Joey in that theater - with him probably doing those stupid voices of his.

I just had to say, when I read this and thought about it, I almost spit out my gum from laughing so hard.

[forever1267]

If the radio plays "Bleeding Love" one more time, then there really will be blood bleeding.