NMT 17
I don't know why I thought about this, but I did. The first time I saw this video, it was on VH1 late at night and I liked it straight away. I thought it was odd that I liked something on Vh1 because at the time, it was where they played the old people music (Now that we've all got 30 surrounded and they keep putting on our old videos, shit ain't that funny anymore).
To put some perspective, this was late 1992, Nirvana had broken into the suburbs and all that wonderful, loud angst was the order of the day. I was all in to it, 15-15 years old, white middle class suburbia, it was perfect. I remember the first time I heard Smells Like Teen..., it was on the way to school one morning and I knew then, that's where it was going to be at for me.
Anyway, in the midst of all of this, this weird little video with a girl in a blue chiffon dress on a stark white background, with a piano, a box and a little girl running around. I don't know what it was, but something about it drew me to it. It's a song about a girl talking to an ex or an asshole lover that she's finally speaking up to and I remember thinking the line "So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts.../boy you best pray that I bleed real soon/how's that thought for you" was really funny (few years later, it would become very unfunny, but at the time.)
I went to the Camelot Music in the Florida Mall the next day and bought the tape. I listened to it pretty much non-stop for like a month, much to the chagrin of my friend Nathan, who was bumming rides to school from me.
That's been the first and last album of hers that I've been able to enjoy front to back. The rest of her albums have had good moments, but have been uneven (Boys for Pele is almost completely useless save for one or two songs). I think it's just something to do with it being very open and innocent. Something being made not knowing if anyone will ever hear it and not knowing enough to be scared to open up completely. Like relationships; you're never throw yourself in to them the way you did before you got hurt the first time.
Anyways, I was thinking about it and decided to pick it for this week. It was nice to think about the time when I didn't know anything and right before the time when I still didn't know anything, but thought I knew everything.
So, from Newton, NC (and West Palm and England):
Tori Amos - "Silent all these years":
Bonus Tracks:
A song about Angels. The singer thinks this may be his greatest set of lyrics he ever wrote. He might be right.
Random pick of the week:
We're we ever this young? "..never said used to be so much..."
To put some perspective, this was late 1992, Nirvana had broken into the suburbs and all that wonderful, loud angst was the order of the day. I was all in to it, 15-15 years old, white middle class suburbia, it was perfect. I remember the first time I heard Smells Like Teen..., it was on the way to school one morning and I knew then, that's where it was going to be at for me.
Anyway, in the midst of all of this, this weird little video with a girl in a blue chiffon dress on a stark white background, with a piano, a box and a little girl running around. I don't know what it was, but something about it drew me to it. It's a song about a girl talking to an ex or an asshole lover that she's finally speaking up to and I remember thinking the line "So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts.../boy you best pray that I bleed real soon/how's that thought for you" was really funny (few years later, it would become very unfunny, but at the time.)
I went to the Camelot Music in the Florida Mall the next day and bought the tape. I listened to it pretty much non-stop for like a month, much to the chagrin of my friend Nathan, who was bumming rides to school from me.
That's been the first and last album of hers that I've been able to enjoy front to back. The rest of her albums have had good moments, but have been uneven (Boys for Pele is almost completely useless save for one or two songs). I think it's just something to do with it being very open and innocent. Something being made not knowing if anyone will ever hear it and not knowing enough to be scared to open up completely. Like relationships; you're never throw yourself in to them the way you did before you got hurt the first time.
Anyways, I was thinking about it and decided to pick it for this week. It was nice to think about the time when I didn't know anything and right before the time when I still didn't know anything, but thought I knew everything.
So, from Newton, NC (and West Palm and England):
Tori Amos - "Silent all these years":
Bonus Tracks:
A song about Angels. The singer thinks this may be his greatest set of lyrics he ever wrote. He might be right.
Random pick of the week:
We're we ever this young? "..never said used to be so much..."
posted by Richard at 1:52 PM
3 Comments:
1) Tori - wow, I so used to love her, really only about 2 or 3 of her songs (and this one is included). Now, not so much although when I hear my 2 or 3 faves, I turn the volume way up.
2 & 3) Back off on the being old comments, I'm not quite there yet (got a little less than 5 months to go). But lordy, these are super old and I can't believe how young they look.
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1. Not a huge fan of hers, but this is a really good one.
2. One of my most favorite songs ever, hands down. Actually - one of my most favorite bands ever, too. I need more of their stuff too, as they are one of the few groups that I can always count on - instead of getting annoyed with them after a couple of months. One of my goals in life is to see them live.
3. Holy lord - I didn't even recognize them.
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