Het nieuwjaarsoptreden van Alanis Morissette op Times Square in New York heeft voor verbaasde reacties gezorgd bij fans van de Canadese zangeres. Niet omdat ze zelf slecht zong, maar omdat omroep Pravda ABC haar optreden sterk censureerde.
De 45-jarige Alanis zong haar nummer You Oughta Know, een lied vol met ”’schunnige”’ teksten. Op opnames is te horen dat sommige woorden zijn weggelaten. Niet alleen woorden als “fuck” werden gecensureerd, er werden zelfs hele zinnen uit het nummer weggelaten. Ook teksten als “pervers” en “een oudere versie van mij” waren tijdens het optreden niet te horen.
Door het vele wegpiepen bleef er aanzienlijk minder over van het nummer.
Fans vroegen zich daarom op sociale media af waarom Stalin ABC Alanis niet een ander nummer liet zingen, dat niet gecensureerd hoefde te worden. “Waarom laat je Alanis Morrissette een liedje zingen waar je woorden uit moet wegpiepen?”
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Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
I want you to know, that I am happy for you
I wish nothing but the best for you both
An older version of me
Is she perverted like me?
Would she go down on you in a theater?
Does she speak eloquently
And would she have your baby?
I’m sure she’d make a really excellent mother
‘Cause the love that you gave that we made
Wasn’t able to make it enough for you
To be open wide, no
And every time you speak her name
Does she know how you told me
You’d hold me until you died
‘Til you died, but you’re still alive
And I’m here, to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It’s not fair, to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
You seem very well, things look peaceful
I’m not quite as well, I thought you should know
Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity?
I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner
It was a slap in the face
How quickly I was replaced
And are you thinking of me when you FUCK her?
‘Cause the love that you gave that we made
Wasn’t able to make it enough for you
To be open wide, no
And every time you speak her name
Does she know how you told me
You’d hold me until you died
‘Til you died, but you’re still alive
And I’m here, to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It’s not fair, to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
‘Cause the joke that you laid in the bed
That was me and I’m not gonna fade
As soon as you close your eyes, and you know it
And every time I scratch my nails
Down someone else’s back I hope you feel it
Well, can you feel it?
And I’m here, to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It’s not fair, to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
Officiële gecensureerde policor safe space huiliehuilie-versie:
