Thank U, Dave Coulier

Oh Dave Coulier, where have you gone over the years since Full House went off the air? Bob Saget was recently roasted on Comedy Central in hilarious fashion, John Stamos is the resident stud doctor on ER, Lori Loughlin is the hot mom on the new 90210 (to which I must say, Jim and Cindy Walsh were never that hot. My how times have changed). Hell, even the Olsen twins are still raking in the dough just from puckering their lips and looking strung out.

Yet Dave's career took a nosedive after the cancellation of America's Funniest People. Maybe because the show was crap. Maybe because anyone who gets paired with Tawny Kitaen automatically gets their career screwed (see: Whitesnake, OJ Simpson, Tommy Lee). But regardless, Dave has been MIA ever since, (except for that season of The Surreal Life). Yet I will always be thankful for Dave Coulier. Not for his contribution to TV, but to rock music. If you're a rock fan, then You Oughta Know what it is, but check after the jump to check it out!



So this past weekend, I went to go see Alanis Morissette at Hamilton Place, and to sum it up quickly, she rocked my socks off. During a 90 minute set, she played a fantastic string of new songs that, while I'd never heard them before, were still highly enjoyable and entertaining. Along the way, she peppered the set with her greatest hits, including "Uninvited", "You Oughta Know", "So Pure", "Head Over Feet", and a fantastic acoustic version of "Hand in my Pocket". She topped off the evening with two rousing encores, during which she belted out "You Learn", "Ironic" and "Thank U" while backed by her incredible (and seemingly very tightly-knit) band. What's more, Alanis rocked out on the stage, happily running back and forth and shaking her long hair in the air like a possessed demon. Her voice was pitch perfect the entire time, one of those rare occurrences where you discover the singer doesn't need any vocal enhancement. So amazing!!! Easily one of the best concerts I've ever attended (time to amend that Top 10 list).

So what on earth does this have to do with Dave Coulier? For those who are unaware, it has been revealed over the years that the majority of Jagged Little Pill, Morissette's 1995 legendary rock debut, was based around her relationship with Coulier during the mid-90's. Specifially, the songs "You Oughta Know" and "hands Clean" from 2002's Under Rug Swept are both about Coulier. Of course, "You Oughta Know" broke out in the mid-90's and launched Morissette's career as an international superstar, leading to the album becoming one of the highest-selling of all time. So while Morissette's fantastic career ever since then has been largely credited to her, I feel it's time Coulier got some props for inspiring her angry songs that made her popular in the first place. So Thank U, Dave Coulier, for being such a giant douche of a boyfriend. Otherwise I, like many others, may have never been able to experience the wonderfulness of Alanis.