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In my platforms I hit the floor
Fell face down didn't help my brain out
Then the baby came before I found
The magic how to keep her happy
I never was the fantasy
Of what you want wanted me to be
But don't judge me so harsh little girl
So you've got a playboy mommy
But when you tell them my name and
You want to cross that bridge all on your own
Little girl they'll do you no harm
Because they know your playboy mommy
But when you tell them my name
From here to Birmingham, I got a few friends
I never was there, was there when it counts
I get my way you're so like me
You seemed ashamed, ashamed that I was
A good friend of American soldiers
I'll say it loud here by your grave
Those angels can't ever take my place
Don't judge me so harsh little girl
You got a playboy mommy
But when you tell them my name and
You want to cross that bridge all on your own
Little girl they'll do you no harm
Because they know your playboy mommy
But you just tell them my name
You tell them my name, I got a few friends
Somewhere where the orchids grow
I can't find those church bells
That played when you died
Played Gloria, talking about Hosanna
Don't judge me so harsh little girl
You got a playboy mommy come home
But when you tell them soldiers my name
You cross that bridge all on your own
Little girl they'll do you no harm
'Cause they know your playboy mommy
But I'll be home, I'll be home
To take you in my arms
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 07:46 handyrae 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. 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. |
| Mandible | Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 07:44 Stefen wrote: What is a playboy mommy? "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."  |
| Boston_Ed (Boston) | Posted: Mar 10, 2009 - 06:15 Tori in the morning. It's going to be a good day after all. |
| hippiechick (Heaven, a place where nothing ever happens) | Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 16:28 Great song, both sad and funny at the same time. This album is one of my faves of Tori's. |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Feb 06, 2009 - 16:26 sexy smart sassy tori! |
| Stefen (West Hollywood, CA) | Posted: Jan 06, 2009 - 00:44 What is a playboy mommy? |
| songbirdfemme (syracuse ny) | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 10:53 Primitive wrote: Thanks for sharing.... I think |
| songbirdfemme (syracuse ny) | Posted: Dec 05, 2008 - 10:45 handyrae 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. 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! |
| handyrae (Zero Point Field) | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 07:58 rrmusicguy wrote: I've never had much truck with artists who feel they are SO much smarter and more sensitive than their audience. Blech. 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. |
| happy4penguins (Former Women's Bathroom) | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 07:56 IMHO — best song from an underappreciated album. |
| songbirdfemme (syracuse ny) | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 07:56 rrmusicguy 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. 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?? |
| hippiechick (Weekendland) | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 07:54 Love this!!!!! |
| Thistle (Peg City) | Posted: Oct 03, 2008 - 07:52 She always sounds like she is making up the lyrics as she sings. |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 09:04 rrmusicguy 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.  Wo, back up excitable boy  , just a song afterall...2 questions: The music aside, is your friend blind...or gay? WTF is blech? |
| rrmusicguy (Rocky River (Cleveland), Ohio) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 07:05 Moak 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. 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. |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 03:20 rrmusicguy wrote: 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????
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. |
| TanteJensen (one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 03:13 jmpeck wrote: At the moment I can't think of another artist on RP that elicits such passionate discourse.
Natalie Merchant? |
| rrmusicguy (Rocky River (Cleveland), Ohio) | Posted: Jun 30, 2008 - 14:11 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???? |
| Mari (île de lesvos) | Posted: Mar 07, 2007 - 22:34 hippiechick wrote: Sad song, about the baby she lost. Love you Tori! ... yea  so poignant! Luv U 2 |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Feb 20, 2007 - 07:37 SuperWeh wrote: Nothing says subtlety like all upper case text! YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!! Where's that coffee spewing smiley? |
| hippiechick (In the world but not of it) | Posted: Feb 20, 2007 - 07:32 Sad song, about the baby she lost. Love you Tori! |
| ssg (Redmond, WA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2007 - 00:11 Sounds like "Cornflake Girl" singing added to Jeff Buckley's "Dancing in the Moonlight" cover. |
| auburntigerrich (Mesa, AZ) | Posted: Jan 21, 2007 - 09:18 Agreed! Well put. jmpeck wrote: At the moment I can't think of another artist on RP that elicits such passionate discourse. I've always thought that this was the sign of a true artist for to them nothing is as offensive as indifference. |
| auburntigerrich (Mesa, AZ) | Posted: Jan 21, 2007 - 09:17 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: 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. |
| slowhand (South!!!!!!!!!!) | Posted: Dec 08, 2006 - 17:18 Tori-Tori-Tori..crappy movie great artist! |
| kazuma (Austin, TX) | Posted: Dec 08, 2006 - 17:18 SuperWeh wrote: Nothing says subtlety like all upper case text!
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!!!! |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Nov 10, 2006 - 14:45 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: 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. |
| mrrmt (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Nov 09, 2006 - 12:21 jmpeck wrote: At the moment I can't think of another artist on RP that elicits such passionate discourse. I've always thought that this was the sign of a true artist for to them nothing is as offensive as indifference.
insightful! |
| BillG (Paradise, CA) | Posted: Nov 09, 2006 - 08:00 ploafmaster wrote: WTF?
I've never been a Tori fan, but I at least acknowledge her piano chops. So why ON EARTH would she open one of her songs with fakey-crap synth sounds? The contrast between cheesy instrument sounds and her natural acoustic piano playing is more grating than I can bear. 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. |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 06:06 jmpeck wrote: At the moment I can't think of another artist on RP that elicits such passionate discourse. I've always thought that this was the sign of a true artist for to them nothing is as offensive as indifference.
Nice comment |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 06:03 WTF? I've never been a Tori fan, but I at least acknowledge her piano chops. So why ON EARTH would she open one of her songs with fakey-crap synth sounds? The contrast between cheesy instrument sounds and her natural acoustic piano playing is more grating than I can bear. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 06:03 Oh good. Time for a bathroom break. |
| jmpeck (Metuchen, NJ) | Posted: Sep 26, 2006 - 14:17 At the moment I can't think of another artist on RP that elicits such passionate discourse. I've always thought that this was the sign of a true artist for to them nothing is as offensive as indifference. |
| milehighYinzer (Denver) | Posted: Sep 26, 2006 - 14:14 I found more girls that always loved Tori. She probably identifies more with the females. I think her music is great, but brings my mood down and I like to listen to her when I am not too happy. |
| hippiechick | Posted: Sep 26, 2006 - 14:14 vallatese wrote: Tori is ok, but IMHO, she's really Kate Bush Light.
NOT! |
| hippiechick | Posted: Sep 26, 2006 - 14:14 vallatese wrote: Tori is ok, but IMHO, she's really Kate Bush Light.
NOT! |
| mrrmt (Baltimore, MD) | Posted: Aug 28, 2006 - 07:31 this song is so heartbreaking. tori, your are beautiful! |
| PeeBee | Posted: Aug 28, 2006 - 07:29  |
| SuperWeh (51° 59' 46" N, 4° 21' 13" E) | Posted: Aug 28, 2006 - 07:28 kmh wrote: TORIS MUSIC,TO ME, IS LIKE A PAINTING,,, YOU NEED TO STUDY THE SOUNDSCAPE & LAYERS UNTIL YOU SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SUBTLETIES... YOU WON'T "GET IT" STRAIGHT AWAY... Nothing says subtlety like all upper case text! Don't know which I find more annoying, TA herself or her followers... |
| vallatese | Posted: Jun 01, 2006 - 12:29 Tori is ok, but IMHO, she's really Kate Bush Light. |
| kmh (new york) | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 08:32 bkrontz wrote: Eddie Vedder is easier to understand... and bitches a lot less.
TORIS MUSIC,TO ME, IS LIKE A PAINTING,,, YOU NEED TO STUDY THE SOUNDSCAPE & LAYERS UNTIL YOU SEE THE BEAUTIFUL SUBTLETIES... YOU WON'T "GET IT" STRAIGHT AWAY... |
| bkrontz (Houston, Texas) | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 08:26 Eddie Vedder is easier to understand... and bitches a lot less. |
| rabbitsongs | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 08:26 FANTASTIC SONG!!! Thanks for playing it. |
| kmh (new york) | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 08:24 I LOVE HER... I'LL SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF TOPS! DID YOU HEAR ME????? 
SHE'S AMAZING.... |
| hippiechick | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 08:24 One of my favorites. Love you Tori! |
| kmh (new york) | Posted: May 03, 2006 - 08:22 B-dub wrote: the lyrics never make any sense so it doesn't really matter if they are unique or special to each song.  THE LYRICS ARE ABOUT HER MISCARRIAGE |
| B-dub (Durham, NC) | Posted: Dec 22, 2004 - 13:26 Dianyla wrote: Yes, I agree. The lyrics might be unique and special to each song, but the music always sounds the same. the lyrics never make any sense so it doesn't really matter if they are unique or special to each song. |
| Dianyla (Portland, OR) | Posted: Dec 22, 2004 - 13:19 stubbsz wrote: I thought Bill was only playing one song... ...no my mistake. Yes, I agree. The lyrics might be unique and special to each song, but the music always sounds the same. |
| schmoooz (Tampa, FL) | Posted: Dec 07, 2004 - 19:18 Keep it up RP. More Tori Angloray wrote: I will admit there is a lot of Tori on RP, though. I'd understand if the # of Tori songs played got scaled back a bit. :( |
| trekhead | Posted: Nov 08, 2004 - 05:47 Ughhh! Less Tawdry Anus. A 2. |