{"id":802,"date":"2007-04-06T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/2007\/04\/06\/friday-night-videos\/"},"modified":"2007-04-07T18:48:27","modified_gmt":"2007-04-07T23:48:27","slug":"friday-night-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=802","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Videos: Strange Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Alanis Morissette: My Humps (2007)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/W91sqAs-_-g\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/W91sqAs-_-g\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My Humps&#8221; is one of the most annoying songs in recent memory, but Alanis Morissette has taken it and, by turning it into a slow ballad, shown us the sad person underneath the happy clown makeup. She lays bare the pathos that is at the heart of<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t finish typing that, I&#8217;m laughing too hard. When this song first appeared on that there computer internet, people debated whether this was a serious cover or not. The video makes it clear that Alanis is taking the piss.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hurra Torpedo: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1995)<\/b><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oIaz6zBz1go\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oIaz6zBz1go\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>At least for this moment, Wikipedia describes Hurra Tornado as &#8220;Norway&#8217;s most famous kitchen appliance band&#8221;. That seems about right. And no one covers Bonnie Tyler like hirsute Norwegians whaling away on kitchen appliances. For more, see their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MuZwnC9rB-A\">live performance of &#8220;All The Things She Said&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bonus video time!<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Sb7eLgaddI4\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Sb7eLgaddI4\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>If this video confuses you, you&#8217;ll need to go watch an episode of &#8220;Dora the Explorer&#8221;. As Maraka says, &#8220;Don&#8217;t question it, just do it!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alanis Morissette: My Humps (2007) &#8220;My Humps&#8221; is one of the most annoying songs in recent memory, but Alanis Morissette has taken it and, by turning it into a slow ballad, shown us the sad person underneath the happy clown makeup. She lays bare the pathos that is at the heart of I can&#8217;t finish &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=802\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday Night Videos: Strange Covers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}