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Alanis Morissette: So-Called Chaos era (2004-present)
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I want to be naked, running through the streets:
I want to invite this so-called chaos that you think I dare not be
:- from the song "So-Called Chaos"
In response to the Super Bowl halftime controversy that occurred earlier in 2004, and the stricter Federal Communications Commission regulations that followed, Morissette changed the first line of her song, "Everything", from "I can be an
asshole of the grandest kind" to "I can be a nightmare of the grandest kind" for radio.
"Everything", the first single off of Morissette's fourth international studio album So-Called Chaos, was released to radio in March 2004.
In April 2004, Alanis Morissette hosted the Juno Awards of 2004, which was held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Sporting a short, new hairdo, Morissette looked like a drastically different person from the angry, long-haired woman who once wrote and sang "You Oughta Know".
At the event, Morissette satirized the public outrage caused by
Janet Jackson's breast-baring incident during the Super Bowl. Stepping out of a nightgown and wearing a semi-nude bodysuit, Morissette said,
"We live in a land Canada where we still think the human body is beautiful and we're not afraid of the female breast."
The joke was, however, that Morissette was still forced to "remove" her pasted-on nipples and pubic hair because they were not allowed to be shown on public television.
Morissette's music video for the single "8 Easy Steps" featured various video clips spanning her career in music, film and television. Beginning in present day and passing through former videos, movie and T.V. clips and eventually childhood footage, the clips were digitally edited to make it appear that Morissette was singing the song at all of those times.
In May 2004, Morissette released So-Called Chaos. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 chart to generally favorable critical reviews. On May 18, 2004, the cable channel Oxygen taped an unprecedented eight hours of live footage, showing Morissette in New York City promoting the release of her new album.
In June 2004, Morissette announced her engagement to actor
Ryan Reynolds. The date of the wedding has not yet been finalized.
In July 2004, Morissette appeared in the motion picture
De-lovely, a tribute to composer
Cole Porter. She performed the song "Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love", and had a brief acting role as an anonymous stage performer.
On 11 February 2005, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States while still maintaining her Canadian citizenship. Morissette refers to herself as a Canadian-American.
In February 2005 she did a guest appearance on the Canadian television show ' along with Dogma co-star
Jason Mewes and director Kevin Smith.
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NewsiTunes Blocked in China; Tibet Album Suspected
Itunes Customers in China were unable to download songs this week and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album, "Songs for Tibet," with music by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader.
Published: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:36:00 GMT - Source: News.Wired.Com - Read the article
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