Okay here are some song lyics that I have moved from Tommy's
Quotes Thread over in the
The Ivy Bush Tavern even though we don't normally moderate taverns for being off topic, They just better fit the scenery over here, something about ambiance I think (seldom if ever at all).
PlasticSquirrel posted on 13/9/2002 at 12:27 Quote:
Love Tori Amos as well, good one Prog.
ProgHead777 posted on 13/9/2002 at 16:47 Quote:
So Tori isn't a no-no? Well, in that case I just HAVE to do this.
Some of my favorite lyrics from any song. And it's not just the words but the delivery.
Excuse me but
can I be you for a while?
My dog won't bite
if you sit real still.
I got the anti-Christ
in the kitchen
yellin' at me again.
Yeah I can hear that...
Been saved again
by the garbage truck.
I got something to say,
you know, but NOTHING comes.
Yes I know what you think of me
you never shut up.
Yeah I can hear that...
But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his
with her name still on it?
Hey, but I don't care
Cause sometimes, I said
sometimes I hear my voice
and it's been
HERE...
... silent all these years
So you found a girl
who thinks really deep thoughts?
What's so amazing
about really deep thoughts?
Boy you best pray
that I bleed real soon...
...How's that thought for you?
My scream got lost in a paper cup.
You think there's a heaven
where some screams have gone.
I got 25 bucks and a cracker
do you think it's enough
To get us there?
But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his
with her name still on it?
Hey, but I don't care
Cause sometimes, I said
sometimes I hear my voice and it's been
HERE...
... silent all these ...
...Years go by will I still be waiting
For somebody else to understand?
Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty
And the orange clouds raining in my head.
Years go by will I choke on my tears
Till finally there is nothing left?
One more casualty
You know we're to easy easy easy
Well I love the way we communicate.
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape.
Let's hear what you think of me now,
but baby don't look up...
...The sky is falling
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress and
It's your turn now to stand where I stand:
Everybody lookin' at you...
Here, take hold of my hand
Yeah I can hear them...
But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it?
Hey, but I don't care
Cause sometimes I said
sometimes I hear my voice
I hear my voice
I hear my voice
And it's been HERE...
...silent all these years
I've been here
Silent all these years
Silent all these
Silent all these years
"Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos
Sorry about that, I guess I got carried away. Oh well, it took too long to go back and delete now...
Ungoliant posted on 13/9/2002 at 17:28 Quote:
Woohoo! Tori Amos session! One of my favourites, Prog!
Happy Phantom
And if I die today I'll be the HAPPY Phantom
And I'll go chasin' the nuns out in the yard
And I'll run naked through the streets without my mask on
And I will never need umbrellas in the rain
I'll wake up in strawberry fields every day
And the atrocities of school I can forgive
The HAPPY phantom has no right to *****
Oo who the time is getting close
Oo who time to be a ghost
Oo who every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we been
So if I die today I'll be the HAPPY phantom
And I'll go wearin' my NAUGHTIES like a jewel
They'll be my ticket to the universal opera
There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand
And then these seven little men get up to dance
they say Confucius does his crossword with a pen
I'm still the angel to a girl who hates to SIN
Oo who the time is getting close
Oo who time to be a ghost
Oo who every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will I pay for who I been
Or will I see you dear and wish I could come back
You found a girl that you could TRULY love again
Will you still call for me when she falls asleep
Or do we soon forget the things we cannot see
Oo who the time is getting close
Oo who time to be a ghost
Oo who every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will I pay for who I been
And if I die today
And if I die today
And if I die today
Chasin' the nuns out in the yard
Ungoliant posted on 13/9/2002 at 17:33 Quote:"When you gonna make up your mind?
When you gonna love you as much as I do?"
The last chrous when she sings that really sends chills up my spine. Still love that album, after all these years. **** I'm old!
ProgHead777 posted on 14/9/2002 at 06:16Quote:
Golly, I love "Happy Phantom". Not many songs out there about death that are quite so upbeat and...well...happy." Winter" is also one of my favorites (actually, every song Tori's ever written is one of my favorites!). I know what your saying about the last chorus, very moving the way she sings it. The WHOLE song is moving. Oh hell, here I go again... no one minds, do they?
Snow can wait
I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose
Get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart
When I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove
I run off where the drifts get deeper
Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice
"You must learn to stand up
For yourself
'Cause I can't always be around"
He says,
When you gonna make up your mind?
When you gonna love you as much as I do?
When you gonna make up your mind ?
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear
Boys get discovered as winter melts
Flowers competing for the sun
Years go by and I'm here still waiting
Withering where some snowman was
Mirror mirror where's the crystal palace?
But I only can see myself
skating around the truth who I am
But I know dad, the ice is getting thin
When you gonna make up your mind?
When you gonna love you as much as I do?
When you gonna make up your mind ?
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear
Hair is grey and the fires are burning
So many dreams on the shelf
You say I wanted you to be proud of me
I always wanted that myself...
When you gonna make up your mind?
When you gonna love you as much as I do?
When you gonna make up your mind?
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the WHITE HORSES have gone ahead
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear
"Winter" by Tori Amos
For those who aren't familiar with Tori (despite the fact that she's sold millions of albums around the world, she still seems to be relatively unknown), I should mention that the main instrument in nearly all of her songs is the piano. Her voice is rather unique and her singing style is very emotional and powerful, if a bit quirky. Her first album, Little Earthquakes, from which all of the above songs are taken with the exception of "The Waitress", is unquestionably one of the best albums of the 1990's. After LE, her songs have become successively more cryptic and thought provoking. If you like brilliant lyrics with real depth and feeling, you MUST hear Tori's work.
God, I sound like a rock journalist or something...
Ungoliant posted on 14/9/2002 at 20:31Quote:
Man, I love Winter! Brilliant song, that. I only bought the first two albums - how are the rest? Are they worth buying?
*hunts around for old Tori Amos album*
Can't find it!
I think that her lyrics are superb, and only second to Kate Bush's. Now, those are strange ones...but deep, often moving and yet funny at the same time. I've said elsewhere that I thought that Tori was the '90s version of Kate Bush.
Check out Babooshka, Army Dreamers, Rocket's Tail, In Search of Peter Pan, Cloudbusting, Moving, In Search of Peter Pan, The Wedding List, Oh England My Lionheart, Wuthering Heights, Egypt, Hello Earth, Deeper Understanding...gosh, now I'm getting carried away. Great songs as well...
A very good site for her lyrics is this one: http://www.alwaysontherun.net/kate.htm#aaaaaa
ProgHead777 posted on 15/9/2002 at 02:03Quote:Quote:
Man, I love Winter! Brilliant song, that. I only bought the first two albums - how are the rest? Are they worth buying?
That's a pretty tough question. My first thought was to respond a definite YES but after Under The Pink, her second disc, things get really strange and her lyrics become quite cryptic and even more risque, and comparisons to Kate Bush become far less warranted.
Boys For Pele, her 3rd album, is very dark and actually downright creepy in places. In addition to the piano, she also plays the harpsichord on a lot of the tracks which, believe it or not, works very well and lends a semi-heavy-metal feel to the album. Overall I really like it a lot but I've heard some other fans of LE and UTP weren't exactly thrilled by it because it is so very different.
Her fourth is "From The Choirgirl Hotel" and is another departure in that she uses a lot of electronica and synths along side her usually brilliant piano work but the harpsichord is gone. The lyrics on this one are only slightly more accessible than those on BFP, with the acceptions of "Spark" and "Playboy Mommy" which are her most accessible since Little Earthquakes and are about a miscarriage she had recently experienced. "Spark" is especially personal reminding me a little of "Me And A Gun" on LE in the way it sort of haunts you:
She's addicted to nicotine patches
She's addicted to nicotine patches
She's afraid of a light in the dark
6:58
Are you sure where my Spark is?
Here, here, here
She's convinced she could hold back a glacier
but she couldn't keep Baby alive
Doubting if there's a woman in there somewhere
Here, here, here
Say you don't want it
Again and again
But she don't, she don't really mean it
Say you don't want it
This circus we're in
But she don't, don't really mean it
Her next 2 discs are"To Venus And Back" which is a double album consisting of half live tracks and half new studio work, and "Strange Little Girls" which is made up entirely of cover songs with a twist: originally written by men but performed by an assortment of female characters of Tori's own creation. They take on some pretty surprising new meanings. For instance, Eminem's "Bonnie And Clyde '97" from his first CD provoked one of two reactions from people when they heard it: outrage or morbid laughter. But with Tori's version, all you feel is a sense of horror and disgust at what is truly a sick, sick individual, namely, Eminem. And she accomplishes this without changing one single word.
Her next disc will be called Scarlet's Walk and will be out at the end of October.
Anyway, I've rambled on long enough. Perhaps we should take this discussion to another thread before we get ourselves moderated.
That is of course, if your interested.
BTW, I'm gonna check out the Kate Bush songs you recommended.
Tommy, sorry about taking up all this room in your thread. I get on certain subjects and I can't help myself!
Prog's thought was my desire; therefore his unspoken wish was my command.
BILBO BAGGANS...
Usually I just hope that tangents, if left alone, will be short lived, and will come back on topic without intervention by the 'Thought Police'. 
) a few months ago, and there's some really early stuff on one of them (pre Gates of Dawn era). Several of the tracks I'd never even heard of before, and I've always concidered myself to be a bit of a Floyd freak.
The only problem with the track is it's just not long enough (15mins)... You just don't want it to end.
Now what was the tune? This from one who hasn't recognized any of the bands or their music in this thread. Yes, I'm clueless 
about any pop music after the mid-sixties. The music of the Beatles I know, while that of the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones I don't, nor even that of Jimmy Hendrix who happened to grow up in this neck of the woods. 
