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Alanis Moris在1995年出的【小碎藥丸子】專輯裡的ironic...
專輯裡很多首歌寫的都是她的憤怒、她對生活的不滿，她用撕吼的方式唱出這些心聲。
專輯大賣，Alanis Moris一舉全球成名。
十年後，她將【小碎藥丸子】裡頭的歌目全部重新編曲混音，又錄製了一張【小碎藥丸子　紀念專輯】。


有一次在開車旅行的途中，跟朋友討論起這兩張小碎藥子的差別，
朋友說，十年後的這張毀了艾拉妮絲【小碎藥丸子】在她心目中接近神聖的地位。
「什麼嘛，沒有憤怒的艾拉妮絲，唱的軟弱無力....，那到底是什麼東西啊....」
而我當時沒有說出我的看法，不過，我是比較喜歡十年後的這張的。
沒有了憤怒......，不也挺好的嗎。


很多人問起艾拉妮絲，為什麼要在十年後把一件跟十年前一樣的事情再重新做一遍呢?
艾拉妮絲說，我希望透過這個過程，重新檢視自己一遍，到底跟十年前有了什麼不一樣，多了什麼，又少了什麼。
談起ironic這首歌的歌詞，她笑說，十年前她的確是把自己覺得令人諷刺的事情都寫進了歌詞，但十年後卻覺得歌詞裡的這些事情，不就是生活嗎?


會寫這篇文章的原因是.....
昈天我在超市生魚片區的櫃上方，看見牆壁掛著兩隻nimo。
於是我腦中浮起了這首歌。
就是這樣而已。(笑)



Alanis Morissette
June 13, 1995
Jagged Little Pill
Ironic


An old man turned ninety-eight
一個老頭活到九十八歲
He won the lottery and died the next day
中了彩票第二天就死了
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
白葡萄酒裏掉進了只黑蒼蠅
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
遲了二分鐘的死刑赦免
Isn't it ironic... don't you think
是不是很諷刺。。你不覺得嗎？
(chorus)


It's like rain on your wedding day
就好像你婚禮那天下大雨
It's a free ride when you've already paid
付過錢才發現還有免費的便宜可佔
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
好的建議你就是沒有採納
Who would've thought... it figures
誰又想得到。。人算不如天算啊


Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
安全第一先生害怕坐飛機
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
有一天他收拾好行李吻別了兒女
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
他這倒楣的一輩子就坐了這一次飛機
And as the plane crashed down he thought
當飛機墜毀的時候他還在想
'Well, isn't this nice.'
“嗯，不是很好嘛“
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think
是不是很諷刺。。你覺得呢？
(repeat chorus)


Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
生活會用一種滑稽的方式絆上你
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
當你覺得一切都好　一切都順利的時候
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
生活也會用一種滑稽的方式幫助你
You think everything's gone wrong and everthing blows up
當你覺得一切都出問題　倒楣到家
In your face
就快要當面搞砸了


A traffic jam when you're already late
都遲到了還遇上塞車
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
抽根煙休息卻看到禁煙標誌
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife
就好像有一萬支湯匙擺在你面前　但你需要的是一把餐刀
It's meeting the man of my dreams
就好像剛遇到你的夢中情人
And then meeting his beautiful wife
接著又遇到他的漂亮老婆
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
是不是很諷刺。。你覺得呢？
A little too ironic.. and yeah I really do think...
太諷刺了點。。我真的覺得
(repeat chorus)



Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
生活就是會莫名其妙地搞你一下
And life has a funny way of helping you out
又無厘頭地推你一把
Helping you out
把你推離困境