Post by Julie on Apr 29, 2005 22:28:26 GMT -5
Never Seen Blue
some boy you are . to take me by the hand . through an elevator . got a little red line that tells you . boy . where the razor's been . you said . girl . if you think . you can turn that violator . you'll finally be that woman . yes . finally be that woman . that's been frozen in that pretty silver gown . I've never seen blue . like the blues he drives . in and around . and through me again . I said I've never seen eyes . like the blues he drives . in and around . and through me again . some boy you are . to wear my color red . to wear it very proudly . and wear it like a lady knows how to cross her legs where the birdie's been
I think this song is about a love that she had with a man who's eyes haunted her...maybe Eric.
Here's Tori's description of it:
"Ok, this is uh..this is another b-side. I think this was out on the Jackie's Strength thing. This was supposed to make Boys For Pele and it didn't. Then it was supposed to make this record and it didn't so - it's making BCN today!"
-- Tori; radio interview WBCN 104.1FM, Boston, MA, 11/17/98
"On Jackie’s Strength I have two unreleased songs that are coming out as part of the CD [single], as part of the Jackie package. Obviously Jackie is one, and Never Seen Blue, and the third track is called Beulah Land. These two songs were also written for Boys For Pele and recorded for it but weren’t right, so I held them, and now they feel current. They feel like their time is now."
-- Tori; TVGEN/Yahoo Chat, Aug 5, 1998
Tori said there was one thing that has been kept out of the media, and she can only thank her girlfriends (and some boyfriends) that have been loyal to her. In between her Sylvia Plath and heavy classics and non-fiction, she used to have books like The Flames of Love, etc. Trashy romance novels. She felt ashamed, but was so hooked on them. But one day she was talking to Beenie and was reminded how she used to always read them but not anymore, and why was that? "Because I met this guy, he's no white knight, but I wrote this for him." and went into Northern Lad. After she finished, she told us, "I'm really not supposed to talk about him, see we made a deal; I married him."
At this point, there was a problem with one of the lights, so everything stopped while Kevyn gave Tori a "Lip Gloss Boost" and then asked if the person with the last question wanted to ask it now during the break. Chris stood up and told her back in '96, he was one of about 8 people at this radio station and she had played a new song, that is now Never Seen Blue. He wanted to know where it had come from. Tori was a bit surprised; "I did? I sang that? Oh shit. See, it's about the same guy that I'm not supposed to talk about about and I lied about Northern Lad and I don't have another lie." And she played it. So beautiful.
-- an account of VH1 Storytellers on October 24, 1998 by Beth Coulter via The Dent
some boy you are . to take me by the hand . through an elevator . got a little red line that tells you . boy . where the razor's been . you said . girl . if you think . you can turn that violator . you'll finally be that woman . yes . finally be that woman . that's been frozen in that pretty silver gown . I've never seen blue . like the blues he drives . in and around . and through me again . I said I've never seen eyes . like the blues he drives . in and around . and through me again . some boy you are . to wear my color red . to wear it very proudly . and wear it like a lady knows how to cross her legs where the birdie's been
I think this song is about a love that she had with a man who's eyes haunted her...maybe Eric.
Here's Tori's description of it:
"Ok, this is uh..this is another b-side. I think this was out on the Jackie's Strength thing. This was supposed to make Boys For Pele and it didn't. Then it was supposed to make this record and it didn't so - it's making BCN today!"
-- Tori; radio interview WBCN 104.1FM, Boston, MA, 11/17/98
"On Jackie’s Strength I have two unreleased songs that are coming out as part of the CD [single], as part of the Jackie package. Obviously Jackie is one, and Never Seen Blue, and the third track is called Beulah Land. These two songs were also written for Boys For Pele and recorded for it but weren’t right, so I held them, and now they feel current. They feel like their time is now."
-- Tori; TVGEN/Yahoo Chat, Aug 5, 1998
Tori said there was one thing that has been kept out of the media, and she can only thank her girlfriends (and some boyfriends) that have been loyal to her. In between her Sylvia Plath and heavy classics and non-fiction, she used to have books like The Flames of Love, etc. Trashy romance novels. She felt ashamed, but was so hooked on them. But one day she was talking to Beenie and was reminded how she used to always read them but not anymore, and why was that? "Because I met this guy, he's no white knight, but I wrote this for him." and went into Northern Lad. After she finished, she told us, "I'm really not supposed to talk about him, see we made a deal; I married him."
At this point, there was a problem with one of the lights, so everything stopped while Kevyn gave Tori a "Lip Gloss Boost" and then asked if the person with the last question wanted to ask it now during the break. Chris stood up and told her back in '96, he was one of about 8 people at this radio station and she had played a new song, that is now Never Seen Blue. He wanted to know where it had come from. Tori was a bit surprised; "I did? I sang that? Oh shit. See, it's about the same guy that I'm not supposed to talk about about and I lied about Northern Lad and I don't have another lie." And she played it. So beautiful.
-- an account of VH1 Storytellers on October 24, 1998 by Beth Coulter via The Dent
