"Hands Clean" by Alanis Morissette

[JazzManJim]

I'm not really a fan of pop music, but I loved Alanis' first album. I thought it was spectacular.

I thought her second album sucked huge rocks.

I just got tohear hew new single "Hands Clean". Man this thing knocked my socks off. It's not nearly as angry as her first album, but it's full of the passion I've come to love from her music. Her sing-song, nearly spoken verses weave very well into the shuffle-rock faux-electronica background music which is neither distracting nor badly done.

The choruses are the kind of "wall of sound" that Phil Spector would have admired. It accents her own vocal quality without overpowering it at all.

The lyrics are the sort of personal relationship conversations which are her hallmark. They actually say somethign without being overly preachy (thankfully) or smarmy.

I'm very impressed. I look forward to heraing more from this album.

 

[Spinaroonie]

First Post by SD

Yes First good, second bad, God Good.

 

[llee69]

After listening to the song several times now I think it is about a record exec who was screwing her.

I cant help but to wonder if that is the case and who it was.

 

[nakedangelina]

JazzMan

you rock.
Alanis is the queen. I totally agree, this cd is much better than her 2nd, although I enjoy her regardless. I feel like I see her soul when I listen to her music, it is so personal.
I love "Unsexy" and "Hands Clean."

 

[Ms_Lilith]

I saw an interview about Hands Clean.
It was a boss of hers when she was 14 years old, and he was 32, and she loved him, but he asked her to keep it quiet (for obvious reasons), and she thought it was a relationship, and now she's getting it off her chest, after so many years, and she's wiping the slate clean. She will not release his name, cus it's blown over now, why open old wounds.

I too, love the song. I think it's soulful, melodic, and in short, beautifully done. It reminds me of past lovers, bad situations,a nd it helps me to try to let them go.

Well done, Alanis!


PS- Canadian chicks kick ass!