Well, at least you are trying.
Ok, how to liven up a chicken that you want to roast.
Take about 5 cloves of garlic, peeled and halved (so, 10 pieces)
Cut little holes in the chicken in the breast and legs and various places.. slot the garlic in, through the skin.
Take a lemon, zest the lemon over the chicken. Squeeze the lemon over the chicken, put the pieces inside the chicken.
Sprinkle chicken with a tablespoon of dried basil.
Roast the chicken. Eat the chicken.
Easy eh? And the juices in the roasting pan with the lemon juice and basil leeched into them make a great base for a gravy.
I made this up, but it works well and has a second user recommendation from "S"