my sugar lumps are two of a kind / sweet and white and highly refined

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2009.01.28
So, it's very 2007 to be hating on My Humps - though the truly epic badness of lyrics like "my hump, my hump / My lovely lady lumps" seems worthy of ridicule even now.

So to that end, and only like a year late, Alanis had the ballad version down cold:


I have never seen such a strong lesson in how much these songs are about sound and mood, and the right setting and voice can make even the most insipid lyric seem decent. The video is about as whatever-ish as the original, but I got the MP3 for this.

But then the ever-amazing Trunkbutt posted this:


Perfect.


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