Crumbface; expanding the mind of Malach

9.28.2006

You all know how much I hate the song Ironic by Alanis Morrisette . .
Or, how I just generally detest Alanis. Why do I hate Ironic? My argument is that Ms. Morrisette has no clue irony is. Just check the song lyrics.

An old man,
turned 98
He one the lottery,
and died the next day
It's a black fly in your chardonnay
It's a death row pardon,
two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?

It's like rain,
on your wedding day
It's a free ride,
when you've already paid
It's the good advice,
that you just didn't take
And who would've thought?
It figures

Mr. Play-It-Safe,
was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase,
and kissed his kids goodbye
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?
It's like rain, on your wedding day
It's a free ride,
when you've already paid
It's the good advice,
that you just didn't take And who would've thought?
It figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out
When you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face

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

Now this is more bad luck than irony. Rain on you wedding day? Black Fly in your Chardonnay? The Definition or irony is. None of the above is irony.

Now along comes Crumbface, he asks me today in Dear Malach:

Dear Malach,
Is making a song about Irony and utterly missing the point ironic?

NOW THAT IS IRONIC. So Alanis made this song about irony, and the song has nothing to do with irony, but that makes the song ironic. I am sure this was not Morrisettes intention either. Crumb gets a raise.

So those of you older than thirty.
Want a serious case of Deja Vu? Check this out. By the way, The Electric Company, arguable the best kids show ever made.

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