Forgotten Moments In Music History -Private Eye 6 Sept

[barnaclebill58]

On page 23 there is a woman holding a large wine glass in her left hand. The glass is about half filled with white wine and has a fly in it saying "Ironic my a r s e, Alanis!" (spaces inserted by me in case of profanity filter) .
What is the song being referred to, please?

[Mamyalynne]

?

[donny48]

Uninvited ?

[The Builder]

"Ironic" by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette

Early 90s. Made fun of because just about everything she refers to as "ironic" is really simply, well, bad luck ;o)

[Toorak]

Ironic by Alanis Morissette

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html

[barnaclebill58]

Ah "It's a black fly in your Chardonnay". Never heard of her which probably shows my age.

[brainiac]

Ed Byrne skewers her brilliantly:

[Old_Geezer]

In fairness she was asking the question, "Isn't it..." and in the tradition of newspaper headlines, the answer to the question is, "No !"

[THECORBYLOON]

She said about the song, "For me the great debate on whether what I was saying in 'Ironic' was ironic wasn't a traumatic debate. I'd always embraced the fact that every once in a while I'd be the malapropism queen."

How is the incorrect use in this instance, a malapropism?

[Old_Geezer]

Ask Ed