Post by Julie on Jun 11, 2005 16:04:24 GMT -5
ORIGINAL SINSUALITY
There was a garden in the
beginning Before the fall Before
Genesis There was a tree there
A tree of knowledge Sohpia would
insist You must eat of this Original
Sin? No I don't think so. Original
Sinsuality Original Sin? No it
should be Original Sinsuality
Original Sin? No I don't
think so. Original Sinsuality
Yaldaboath Saklas I'm
calling you Samael You are
not alone I say You are not
alone In your Darkness
You are not alone Baby
You are not alone
So much of religion is focused on sin. And in this song she is telling you that eating from this tree of knowlege...in other words, experience, it is no sin at all; it is sinsuality. No one is alone in their "sins". We all do it. Not all of us think of what we do as a sin but in the opinions of strict Christians we will go to Hell for our acts. While she's saying, "No, I don't think so."
Here's Tori's description of it:
"The Beekeeper really explores the story from the creative mother's perspective, because we know from The Bible the creative father's perspective and in this garden we do not call this the "Garden of Original Sin" we call this "The Garden of Original Sinsuality" you will see when you open up the album, The Beekeeper, which songs live in which gardens and you can take a journey with them. They are their own Garden of Eden, they are their own shape. It is a sonic shape so it is not a physical space. This is a place where male or female can enter its, um, not just emotions of a woman. We all experience disappointment and we all experience transformation and we all experience passion, even if it is not passion for another human being but passion is an essence in itself."
-- Tori; The Beekeeper Limited Edition Bonus DVD
Tracks like Original Sinsuality, uses biblical imagery to suggest we need to look long and hard at ourselves if we want to grow into more rounded beings. "The Beekeeper is based on this woman who eats from the Tree of Knowledge" explains Amos. "She's all women - 'Woman.' Sophia, who was the Mother of God in the Old Testament, advises her that if she's eats from the Tree, she'll attain wisdom and open her life to new emotions and experiences, the songs captures her journey from passion to enlightenment."
-- Tori; Diva Magazine (UK), Mar 2005
"I think that being a mother has changed me on every level. I think mellow is a curious word because I think that you can sonically make a choice because you want to have a certain effect. Scarlet ['s Walk] was very much about Americana and we wanted to have an Original Sinsuality. Now that is called penetrating the patriarchy, that is called highlighting the female prophets that were censered and edited out of The Bible for 2000 years. Now maybe, quite possibly, we decided to make these albums beautiful because they are probably the most political of all the records. When you're going to go after certain leaders and their agendas, sometimes, to be most effective, 'You must be as wise as a serpent but as gentle as a dove.'"
-- Tori; MSN Online Chat, Feb 22, 2005
I: There seems to be a biblical theme running through the album from Original Sinsuality to Marys of The Sea. TORI: I’ve always incorporated religious characters into my music, but they’re particularly prevalent in The Beekeeper, because as I was researching it I started to think about how much attention is focused on religion and the need that people have to argue about their beliefs to the point of war. As I started to dissect the ideas and ideologies behind both parties, I found myself going back to The Bible and some of the stories contained within it. Original Sinsuality for example, tells the parallel story of Genesis and suggests it’s not sin you find in the garden, it is Original Sinsuality.
I: It’s interesting you've written a song about sin and sensuality when the biggest moral debates in the US are about abortion and gay rights...
TORI: America is such a land of extremes. On the one hand, you have this puritanical ideology that lots of people have adopted and on the other you have a huge porn industry that exploits everybody and makes lots of money. The thing that’s missing from both is sensuality and I think that’s the sign of a damaged society. It’s not healthy for sex and sexuality to always be portrayed as dirty or depraved and what it takes to turn people on sometimes shocks me. There are a lot of damaged women out there who can’t respond unless they take on another character because they haven’t been taught they can just be a worker bee. I’m a worker bee and I love being a worker bee.
-- Tori; Uncut.com, Mar 2005
"This album is exploring relationships. In the garden of "Original Sinsuality," because Sofia has insisted that my character eat from the fruit of the tree of knowledge - as opposed to the god in Genesis that it exiles you if you eat from it - in our garden, the character has to eat. Because she eats from it, she experiences all the different possibilities within relationships." [St. Petersburg Times - March 31, 2005]
There was a garden in the
beginning Before the fall Before
Genesis There was a tree there
A tree of knowledge Sohpia would
insist You must eat of this Original
Sin? No I don't think so. Original
Sinsuality Original Sin? No it
should be Original Sinsuality
Original Sin? No I don't
think so. Original Sinsuality
Yaldaboath Saklas I'm
calling you Samael You are
not alone I say You are not
alone In your Darkness
You are not alone Baby
You are not alone
So much of religion is focused on sin. And in this song she is telling you that eating from this tree of knowlege...in other words, experience, it is no sin at all; it is sinsuality. No one is alone in their "sins". We all do it. Not all of us think of what we do as a sin but in the opinions of strict Christians we will go to Hell for our acts. While she's saying, "No, I don't think so."
Here's Tori's description of it:
"The Beekeeper really explores the story from the creative mother's perspective, because we know from The Bible the creative father's perspective and in this garden we do not call this the "Garden of Original Sin" we call this "The Garden of Original Sinsuality" you will see when you open up the album, The Beekeeper, which songs live in which gardens and you can take a journey with them. They are their own Garden of Eden, they are their own shape. It is a sonic shape so it is not a physical space. This is a place where male or female can enter its, um, not just emotions of a woman. We all experience disappointment and we all experience transformation and we all experience passion, even if it is not passion for another human being but passion is an essence in itself."
-- Tori; The Beekeeper Limited Edition Bonus DVD
Tracks like Original Sinsuality, uses biblical imagery to suggest we need to look long and hard at ourselves if we want to grow into more rounded beings. "The Beekeeper is based on this woman who eats from the Tree of Knowledge" explains Amos. "She's all women - 'Woman.' Sophia, who was the Mother of God in the Old Testament, advises her that if she's eats from the Tree, she'll attain wisdom and open her life to new emotions and experiences, the songs captures her journey from passion to enlightenment."
-- Tori; Diva Magazine (UK), Mar 2005
"I think that being a mother has changed me on every level. I think mellow is a curious word because I think that you can sonically make a choice because you want to have a certain effect. Scarlet ['s Walk] was very much about Americana and we wanted to have an Original Sinsuality. Now that is called penetrating the patriarchy, that is called highlighting the female prophets that were censered and edited out of The Bible for 2000 years. Now maybe, quite possibly, we decided to make these albums beautiful because they are probably the most political of all the records. When you're going to go after certain leaders and their agendas, sometimes, to be most effective, 'You must be as wise as a serpent but as gentle as a dove.'"
-- Tori; MSN Online Chat, Feb 22, 2005
I: There seems to be a biblical theme running through the album from Original Sinsuality to Marys of The Sea. TORI: I’ve always incorporated religious characters into my music, but they’re particularly prevalent in The Beekeeper, because as I was researching it I started to think about how much attention is focused on religion and the need that people have to argue about their beliefs to the point of war. As I started to dissect the ideas and ideologies behind both parties, I found myself going back to The Bible and some of the stories contained within it. Original Sinsuality for example, tells the parallel story of Genesis and suggests it’s not sin you find in the garden, it is Original Sinsuality.
I: It’s interesting you've written a song about sin and sensuality when the biggest moral debates in the US are about abortion and gay rights...
TORI: America is such a land of extremes. On the one hand, you have this puritanical ideology that lots of people have adopted and on the other you have a huge porn industry that exploits everybody and makes lots of money. The thing that’s missing from both is sensuality and I think that’s the sign of a damaged society. It’s not healthy for sex and sexuality to always be portrayed as dirty or depraved and what it takes to turn people on sometimes shocks me. There are a lot of damaged women out there who can’t respond unless they take on another character because they haven’t been taught they can just be a worker bee. I’m a worker bee and I love being a worker bee.
-- Tori; Uncut.com, Mar 2005
"This album is exploring relationships. In the garden of "Original Sinsuality," because Sofia has insisted that my character eat from the fruit of the tree of knowledge - as opposed to the god in Genesis that it exiles you if you eat from it - in our garden, the character has to eat. Because she eats from it, she experiences all the different possibilities within relationships." [St. Petersburg Times - March 31, 2005]
