2008: Alanis Morissette 'Hands Clean'

Alanis Morissette sat on a stool, mike on a stand. Intimate setting, adoring crowd. The Masonic Temple, Toronto, Canadian Music Week 2008. Singer-songwriter, with Joni Mitchell references. Confessional lyrics, delivered right in your face, a palpable sense of defiance driving the song. The directness of her lyrics, and her point, is almost as plain-spoken as the early country music of the Carter Family.
Performing her 2002 single “Hands Clean,” Alanis connected directly with the adoring audience, her legs crossed, hands resting in her lap, calmly singing softly to each individual in the Temple, speaking just to them. Given that connection, it’s charming when she’s surprised and delighted by the crowd response. Almost like she didn’t know how much they loved her.
Alanis Morissette is an international superstar, with sixteen JUNO Awards and seven Grammy Awards, and records that have all gone Gold and Multi-Platinum. Recording her first demo at the age of eleven, she later appeared on children’s television, and even recorded generic dance-pop, but her iconic 1995 album Jagged Little Pill made her a star, with 5 charting singles, topping record charts around the world. She has since gone on to sell more than 60 million albums worldwide.
2014 HD edit, assembled from 2008 SD line-cut.