handyrae wrote: 

My problem with her is her music is offensive to my ears. I really don't give a damn whether she is smart or what she is even saying. If I don't like her voice or the music, what difference does it make? She is not a politician or policymaker, she is a musician and her music sucks to me. That is all.

 Stefen wrote: 

"Playboy Mommy dealt with my feelings of rejection - 'wasn't I enough to be your mother, didn't you want me? Well, don't come, then. Go choose some little right-wing Christian for your mother.' It's a human response."

"I was pregnant," she softly states. "I got pregnant on tour, it was a surprise, but I was deeply thrilled about it. I was almost three months pregnant... Christmas '96... and I miscarried. And it was very difficult. The sorrow was just really deep. I know some people who've gone through it and they move on quickly. Everybody responds differently to a loss. I got quite attached to the spirit of this being....It was a girl. That's why on Playboy Mommy, I sing, Don't judge me so harsh little girl. I had so many responses to it before I could get to the place where I am now. You see people hit their kids in stores and you just go, What force of judgment gives these people these little lives? I have a lot of questions right now. I know it's a free-will planet. Things happen. But you know that saying, Bad things don't happen to good people? That's a painful lie, and it hits you on such a core level. I know now that I have an appreciation for the miracle of life that I didn't have, but I don't believe in the saying that it all happens for the best... it's just not appropriate."
— Tori; Q Magazine, May 1998

"This woman in Playboy Mommy, she'll swallow. She'll swallow a billion seeds to protect this little girl."

Tori in the morning. It's going to be a good day after all.

Great song, both sad and funny at the same time. This album is one of my faves of Tori's.

What is a playboy mommy?

 Primitive wrote: 

Thanks for sharing.... I think

 handyrae wrote: 

yeah, i wish more musicians would go out of their way to show just how idiotic and insenstive they are. that would make music way more AWESOME!

 rrmusicguy wrote: 
My problem with Tori Amos isn't so much that she feels she's smarter and more sensitive than her audience (which she probably is), but that she goes out of her way to let everyone know just how smart and sensitive she is.

IMHO — best song from an underappreciated album.

 rrmusicguy wrote: 

I met Tori at one of her concerts. Don't care if you like her music but she does not project a "more sensitive, smarter" image at all. She is very happy to meet her fans at the end of shows. She recieved a very long line of people and spent a moment with each of us in the cold drizzle during the fall in Syracuse NY. Maybe she is just genuinely smarter and more sensitive??

Love this!!!!!

She always sounds like she is making up the lyrics as she sings.

 rrmusicguy wrote:

 

  Wo, back up excitable boy , just a song afterall...

2 questions:

The music aside, is your friend blind...or gay?

WTF is blech?

 Moak wrote:

 

What do you know about my attention span or my ability to appreciate complex ideas? Hmmm? I've listened plenty to Tori Amos...wincing the entire time. To quote someone who was dragged to one of her shows by his wife, "I'd rather have spikes driven into my ears than have to endure a torture session like that again." I've never had much truck with artists who feel they are SO much smarter and more sensitive than their audience. Blech.

 rrmusicguy wrote:



 

Yeah, Tori's songwriting may be a little too complex for your ears or attention span to deal with.  Actually I don't think you listened well at all to this one.  The melody is gorgeous, sad and moving, perfect for the story she tells.

jmpeck wrote:


Natalie Merchant?

I seriously think she goes over every song she writes and makes sure she sucks anything remotely like a melody out of it before she records it. Is there a tune in here somewhere????

hippiechick wrote:... yea so poignant! Luv U 2

Where's that coffee spewing smiley?

Sad song, about the baby she lost. Love you Tori!

Sounds like "Cornflake Girl" singing added to Jeff Buckley's "Dancing in the Moonlight" cover.

Agreed! Well put.

jmpeck wrote:

I agree, Bill. It's also used at the beginning of "Purple People", track 13 of disc 2 on the To Venus and Back album.

Nifty sound...

BillG wrote:

Tori-Tori-Tori..crappy movie great artist!

SuperWeh wrote:
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!!

I thought it sounded familiar, but even after hearing lots of harmonium clips, including Tori herself playing one in concert, the sound at the opening of this track still sounds like a synth...

I defer to your knowledge on this one, however, since I'm clearly not a Tori fan...but I'm still suspicious :-)

EDIT:
I went to Tori's site, and she linked to Everything Tori which contains details on past albums/songs. Looking in the song credits, I see Kurzweil, but not Harmonium - so I'm pretty sure it's a cheap synth knock-off (even though Kurzweil electric pianos aren't too cheap) of a harmonium, and that's likely why it's grating to me.

I'm really sorry if I'm coming across as a know-it-all, but I knew there was something about the opening of this song that didn't sound right.

Ciao,
Daniel

BillG wrote:

jmpeck wrote:

insightful!

ploafmaster wrote:
I do believe that's a harmonium - an acoustic keyboard reed instrument (vaguely related to the accordion, though with pedals rather than a squeeze box). It's commonly used in Indian folk music, & some gypsy & Eastern European music. Lovely sound, I've always thought. Wikipedia: click here.

jmpeck wrote:

Nice comment