That ol' Banana King question.
THOMAS SHEILA MARIE
I'm not sure we've adequately solved the mystery of Part Two. Sure,
there is a girl named Lucy in both songs, but what of it? We know why
Tori wrote Pretty Good Year, and it wasn't as a sequel as far as we know,
it was in response to a really bummed letter from a young guy in
England. So how come this is supposedly the sequel to Banana King?
Maybe I'd buy this explanation if I could figure out all the words to
Banana King. Could someone post them or e-mail them to me?
I'm determined to get to the bottom of this.
Sheila/Elusis
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+ "And my priest says, "You ain't savin' no souls..."" T. Amos +
+ "the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses" e.e. cummings +
+ "Ralph, are you eating the paste?" "Mnof Miffiv Hmoofer." Simpsons +
+ "Theatre is life. Film is art. Television is furniture." T-shirt +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Phamos818
but the single it's on, I forget which one, is out of print and I can't
GET IT!!. If anyone has a bootleg or something with this on it (and good
quality, mind you) would they dub it or sell it to me? Thanks, you're all
good people.
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Maggie T. Morris
Pham...@aol.com
"screamed at the makebelieve, screamed at the sky, til you finally found
all your courage to let it all go" -Cure
"(i think i made you up inside my head)" -Sylvia Plath
"we are who we are, and what do the others know?" -Sundays
"And then she woke up. I suppose there are worse endings." -Rose Walker
"I know I've got some magic buried deep in my heart" -Tori
Pierre Becquey
: Where can I get "Ode to the Banana King" anyway? I have the sheet music,
: but the single it's on, I forget which one, is out of print and I can't
: GET IT!!. If anyone has a bootleg or something with this on it (and good
: quality, mind you) would they dub it or sell it to me? Thanks, you're all
: good people.
<wheezez after snipping that elaborate .sig>
Kay...
I jsut got that from Aimee, she has the Little Rareties boot which it's
on. I'm taking it's also on More Pink.
I'll be gloating for weeks... Aimee for four days and I got to tape a
crapload of Toristuff... <joybaaaaah!>
=-Pierre..just got back from a.m.n.. damn it's good to be home!
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Angela Reid
: So I've been thinking about this Banana King Part One issue again, and
: there is a girl named Lucy in both songs, but what of it? We know why
: Tori wrote Pretty Good Year, and it wasn't as a sequel as far as we know,
: it was in response to a really bummed letter from a young guy in
: England. So how come this is supposedly the sequel to Banana King?
Well, Tori seems to have built off of the emotions in the letter, which
for some reason she sees as sequential to the emotions in Ode to the
Banana King. On the other hand, the only reason that I know of that Tori
has given that the song should be considered a sequel is that Lucy
returns. Here's the lyrics as I have them, followed by "what Tori said."
Angela
Ode To The Banana King (part one)
Turning back ten thousand years it's all a blur where the taxis go
Monster man a willing friend Lucy serves the melon cold
Violent and delicious souls four red trucks dressed illegally
Mother knows how the bugle blows gonna get caught in her rug babe
This is not a conclusion
No revolution
Just a little confusion
On where your head has been
Boats made out of paper float dreams made up for the banana king
Darling crumbs you have lapped freely of devious we all have been
Violent and delicious souls
This is not a conclusion
No revolution
Just a little confusion
On where your head has been
* * * * * * *
from the unedited Anthony Horan interview with Tori eventually published
in Beat Magazine:
AH: "Here In My Head" you've said during a show that you wish it had been
given more prominence as well [as well as Upside Down, which Tori said
she wished had been on LE].
TA: Yeah, but that was written after the album was way out. I would have held
it for "Under The Pink" - I was gonna hold it, because I was writing it just
when I started writing "Pretty Good Year", and should have done that. "Pretty
Good Year" is really part two of "Ode To The Banana King". "Ode To The Banana
King" is part one - as you see, Lucy reoccurs. That's part two, "Pretty Good
Year". So I'll probably write part three.
Peter Caira
> I jsut got that from Aimee, she has the Little Rareties boot which it's
> on. I'm taking it's also on More Pink.
Actually, no....it is on Little Rarities, but not on More Pink. The
other compilation bootleg that it's on is Little Earthquakes: Outtakes
and Demos.
But, if you are really desparate, you can get the whole song from my web
page in .wav format:
http://supernova.uwindsor.ca/staff/caira/tori.html
have fun...(:
Peter Caira
ca...@server.uwindsor.ca
http://supernova.uwindsor.ca/staff/caira
Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again
Rick Cowgill
: On 4 Jan 1996, Pierre Becquey wrote:
: > I jsut got that from Aimee, she has the Little Rareties boot which it's
: > on. I'm taking it's also on More Pink.
: Actually, no....it is on Little Rarities, but not on More Pink. The
: other compilation bootleg that it's on is Little Earthquakes: Outtakes
: and Demos.
Don't forget Banana King is also on the Upside Down 2cd boot
collection which I take is becoming the first illigitimate collector's
item, if there is such a thing.
Sacred Scriblings from Cat named Easter
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## your just an empty CAGE Girl if you kill the bird - Tori Amos ##
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THOMAS SHEILA MARIE
Peter Caira <ca...@server.uwindsor.ca> wrote:
>On 4 Jan 1996, Pierre Becquey wrote:
>
>> I jsut got that from Aimee, she has the Little Rareties boot which it's
>> on. I'm taking it's also on More Pink.
>
>Actually, no....it is on Little Rarities, but not on More Pink. The
>other compilation bootleg that it's on is Little Earthquakes: Outtakes
>and Demos.
Er, no. Sorry Peter, you rmta page God you, but I have Demos and
Outtakes and it's definitely not on there. The only place I have it is
on my YKTR boot, along with other "extras" on the end. :>
THOMAS SHEILA MARIE
Peter Caira <ca...@server.uwindsor.ca> wrote:
>On 5 Jan 1996, THOMAS SHEILA MARIE wrote:
>> >Actually, no....it is on Little Rarities, but not on More Pink. The
>> >other compilation bootleg that it's on is Little Earthquakes: Outtakes
>> >and Demos.
>>
>> Er, no. Sorry Peter, you rmta page God you, but I have Demos and
>> Outtakes and it's definitely not on there. The only place I have it is
>> on my YKTR boot, along with other "extras" on the end. :>
>
>Outtakes for some reason....anyway, ya, it is on one of those YKTR "and
>other rarities" bootlegs...
>btw, YKTR is amazing....
I knew it was only a temporary lapse. :>
And I agree: YKTR is really incredible. Not at all like the Tori we
know and love, but fun and charming in its naivite. I really wish she'd
get past her embarassment about it and let it be re-released; the only
people who would buy it love her any way. I'm fortunate: the boot I
picked up is very good quality, and has all the lyrics besides (not to
the rarities, though).
Sheila/Elusis
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+ "Your blood's on my hands/It's kind of a shame, 'cos I did like +
+ that dress" T. Amos +
+ "out of the ash i rise with my red hair & i eat men like air" Plath+
+ "Be purple, obsequious, and clairvoyant" Steve Martin +
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edmi...@freenet.vcu.edu
the Banana King, Pt. 1" would go here, except I'm to lazy to do
editing right now]
Well, in some interview, Tori did say something to the
effect of PGY being part 2, because Lucy showed up again. I
don't know where I read this or heard this, but I remember it.
Don't know if I'm helping or not.
Eden
--
"My heart's on fire, but my blood is frozen."
-Juliana Hatfield
e.kil...@gmail.com
> So I've been thinking about this Banana King Part One issue again, and
> I'm not sure we've adequately solved the mystery of Part Two. Sure,
> there is a girl named Lucy in both songs, but what of it? We know why
> Tori wrote Pretty Good Year, and it wasn't as a sequel as far as we know,
> it was in response to a really bummed letter from a young guy in
> England. So how come this is supposedly the sequel to Banana King?
>
> Banana King. Could someone post them or e-mail them to me?
>
> I'm determined to get to the bottom of this.
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> + "And my priest says, "You ain't savin' no souls..."" T. Amos +
> + "the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses" e.e. cummings +
> + "Ralph, are you eating the paste?" "Mnof Miffiv Hmoofer." Simpsons +
> + "Theatre is life. Film is art. Television is furniture." T-shirt +
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++