Tori Amos - Precious Things
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Precious Things is a song from Tori Amos’ debut album ”Little Earthquakes” in which the singer-songwriter tells us about painfull events happening to her during her teenage years. The text basically paints the picture of a girl experiencing intense cruelty amongst a group of adolescents. She wrote the song in her early 20’s, looking back on this chapter of her life, trying to find ways to realease her pain. We do have both the girl’s and the young woman’s point of views expressed here.Tori Amos named it “Precious Things” ironically, since we all figured out that this song contains no pleasant memories.
She briefly describes what hurt her in this period of her life :
A boy with whom she seems to have been in a some kind of sexual relationship called her “an ugly girl”, but he liked the way she “played”. Despise that fact and even though it caused her sadness, she oddly thanked him. Daily, while dressing up she looked at his picture probably needing his approval or trying to prove him wrong.
Another theme here is other girls’ viciousness she’s a victim of. She describes them as “demi-gods with nine inche nails in liitle fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl”.
As a grown up person still suffering from all of that, she tries to let go by “letting it bleed and wash away”.
She sometimes sang the song live with additional lyrics such as “Wash me clean Daddy, wash this thing Daddy.” A good example is the Live Rainn version you can find on the most famous video website becoming by You and finishing by Tube.
She briefly describes what hurt her in this period of her life :
A boy with whom she seems to have been in a some kind of sexual relationship called her “an ugly girl”, but he liked the way she “played”. Despise that fact and even though it caused her sadness, she oddly thanked him. Daily, while dressing up she looked at his picture probably needing his approval or trying to prove him wrong.
Another theme here is other girls’ viciousness she’s a victim of. She describes them as “demi-gods with nine inche nails in liitle fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl”.
As a grown up person still suffering from all of that, she tries to let go by “letting it bleed and wash away”.
She sometimes sang the song live with additional lyrics such as “Wash me clean Daddy, wash this thing Daddy.” A good example is the Live Rainn version you can find on the most famous video website becoming by You and finishing by Tube.
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rezland wrote:
could tori amos music be represented in one song? maybe... this can be a good candidate
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MettaT wrote:
For every woman who ever was this girl, this song provides the catharsis she's trying to invoke. Amazing, harsh, beautiful song.
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Raisin-Girl wrote:
Check this vid out. Too bad it isn't on Last.fm (I don't know how to add it) Precious Things Rainn benefits.Best version of the song ever !!! http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhuiPtNciI
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liliaromo wrote:
He said youre really an ugly girl but I like the way you play and I died but I thanked him, can you believe that, sick sick...
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luke_suspicious wrote:
I still enjoy this song's more introspective piano live version than the one with the whole band. Anyway, this never gets wrong.
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ScottSnoozehead wrote:
Could the drums in this be any more brilliant?
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absolia wrote:
i just can't bring myself to use "cum" seriously. i guess i was just hissing because that guy assumed i wasn't using the words interchangeably.
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dodoriazarbon wrote:
@ absolla, to be fair, the official LE booklet does list them as "cum". :) This is probably THE song i'd recommend to a newbie wanting to hear Tori.
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luke_suspicious wrote:
precious
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ScottSnoozehead wrote:
Incredible indeed. :D
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laquesha wrote:
INCREDIBLE?
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absolia wrote:
oh and to the condescending bro who called me honey down there: i don't use the spelling cum because it's what 14 year olds use when they're cybering. i elevated the spelling to come. but thanks for the concern, dear.
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absolia wrote:
my old domain used to be littlefascistpanties.com. too bad they jacked up the price astronomically and i went postal. now i use gmail and flickr. whatevs.
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emocion wrote:
How can someone write lyrics like this. I adore her.
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PinkProgram wrote:
Another song I like ^_^
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danielle_v wrote:
<3 she has a special place in my heart forever.
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veruca_salt11 wrote:
that would be a perfect user name to something: nineinchnailsandlittlefascistpanties :D haha
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dodoriazarbon wrote:
Probably my favourite off LE.
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Arkham00 wrote:
I fucking love it and her.
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sunkeneyedgirl wrote:
with their NINE INCH NAILS and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girl. = Best lyrics to sing along with EVER.
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