Tori Amos - '97 Bonnie and Clyde (Eminem)

[cutienews101]

She is showing how creepy the lyrics are duhh. Can I be on the top comments too?

[TheAdie278]

DAFUQ IS THIS SHIT??!

[widdlepuddyfat]

@TheAdie278 All of Eminiem's misogyny without a beat set to it.

[Imxoneofthefallen]

HOLY SHIT.

[LadyBGlam]

I Like Eminem'song very much & I love Tori Amos cover a Lot too ! They are both necessary to get the real atmosphere of the song.When I listen to Tori Amos song I can't help it seing Eminem's face in my mind. The cover is so perfect that I have both their face singing together in my head.this is the aim of the whole song.The words are so disturbing that I don't wanna read any of your superficial comments. Music is the secret door to my soul & not to your opinions.I LoveTori's cover madly, deeply

[arilalala58]

It's a really cool idea to cover this song from Kim's perspective, but I don't like how it turned out. The music in this sounds like it's deliberately trying to scare you and it's not that enjoyable to listen to.

In em's the music is better, but it's not like that makes the song any less terrifying. I think it's scarier that he says all these things to his daughter like it's cute.

[pionstail]

@arilalala58 that's interesting. and even though I like what she's done (I think the scary music is quite effective) I kind of agree with you

[bitski488]

@arilalala58 agreed



[drstrangelove09]

spooky

[1435soren]

God, I love Tori's version of this song. :D

[Nathrakh2271]

I absolutely love this. Wow.

[gregscreations]

woah

[RaeJye]

that;s my bf opinion not mine!



[InSamnia95]

This makes me like the song more.

[ShotgunJustice666]

Its sick!..and its great!

[teababe27]

Creepy.

[8MJfan8]

>.> .....this is freakin AWFUL, holy crap, what the hell?

[HedzMusicUniverse]

@8MJfan8 you need to die

[gagidis2]

very dark, version Iike it!!

[MrHamit64]

She makes it sound all misterious and desterbing. Guess that's the point hU? How messed up the song really is once you get the words and the meaning of what he's saying.

[cynicdesign]

well, that was weird.

[Flex1334]

Wow...

[ZenisAP]

shes not even singing?

[pionstail]

@ZenisAP neither was Eminem?

[sapphiredragnfly]

Sick.

[StudioScarecrow]

Eminem is a great rapper but I like Tori's version of this song better, it really highlights how disturbing the song really is.

[CelTechWD]

@StudioScarecrow wrong

[emmylover4283]

Well, this was strange to listen to. I'm a huge eminem fan but I also like artists like tori. I guess I can say knowing them both that i'm a litlle shocked that she did this song. I don't think it came out too well but props to her for her effort. I think it validates eminem a little more so because as i said I could never imagine tori and all she stands for doing this song. Kick ass. A for effort!

[pvtjoshuahsu]

It's Kim's ghost repeating what she heard while she was in the trunk

creepy...

[Sharmilka]

That's a really great cover... And the music is brilliant, very disturbing.

[leschatsmusicale]

this song is even more powerful to hear now than it was 10 years ago when I first heard it.

[paolasykes9]

I'm scared...

[NandCHUCK]

OH MY GOOOD ! Eminem's version is so much better! :o Is she trying to have an orgasm?! -.-'

[bsangel93]

@NandCHUCK lol shes trying to show how disturbing the song really is, without the catchy beats and all

[widdlepuddyfat]

@NandCHUCK OHHH MY GOOOOOOOD! Are you too daft to she what she's trying to do? She's showing how creepy and fucked up the lyrics are.

[NandCHUCK]

@widdlepuddyfat It changes nothings, i think she abuse.

You never listened to Eminem's version. If you've did, you would never say that this song is creepy.. This girl has killed the song.

[spermangerman]

Thumbs down man. That's the point of a cover, to make it your own. And she took a great song and made it her own.

[NandCHUCK]

@spermangerman I'm a girl -.-' And this song sucks u.u

she did other good song but this one is horribly BAD.

[widdlepuddyfat]

@NandCHUCK Okay, you are seriously messed up in the head to think this isn't creepy. Also, your first sentence makes no sense.

[audiowhored]

Most people on here are too stupid to realize what Tori is about, especially while "covering" others' tunes..

[nowellsam]

@widdlepuddyfat uve gotta be kidding me :| shes my friend :| so plz dont do that anymore kay?

[juliefisher4000]

What the fuck is this... Weird shit.

[robatlolcwdotcom]

@kittykat0967 shut the fuck up

[widdlepuddyfat]

@pineapplebaron Why? A song that talks about killing and dumping your child's mom in the lake and sets it to a simple beat is somehow untouchable? Give me a break.

[pineapplebaron]

@widdlepuddyfat It has nothing to do with content, but everything to do with artist. To the avid Eminem fan, '97 Bonnie and Clyde is a classic. Classic songs by famous artists just ought not to be touched.

[widdlepuddyfat]

@pineapplebaron No.

[Yokonono99]

I love this song...it's so disturbing...

[theEMINEMrare]

i'm scarred.

[sheilaw12]

this a brilliant song..eminem really captured the essence of this common human tradgedy and tori amos nailed it....

[MikeHelehel]

i figured out what makes this song so creepy...its the background music, its horror movie theme music

[J0EWILLR0CK]

oh god im so stoned

[TheDrEamSpEcTraL]

This cover is interesting but seriously, the original has a meaning, it's not just a song with a catchy beat as someone said. He's talking to his daughter so there's a contrast between the horrible words and his tenderness towards his child. And his words are understandable if you know a little bit about his life and how women hurted him so bad.

[Koryteller]

@TheDrEamSpEcTraL "Hurted"?

[TheDrEamSpEcTraL]

@Koryteller Yeah, sorry I saw my mistake after. English isn't my mother tongue

[eternalmoon66]

@Koryteller Damn can't you find something better to comment on instead of other's grammar? Comment on the song, it's amazing.

[waitressboy]

@TheDrEamSpEcTraL

Wow, so basically you're saying that it's ok that Eminem is asking her daughter to help him while he murder his wife because she was a bitch and she hurt him a lot. Wow. Really, wow.

[chat099]

@waitressboy It didn't really happen, fiction is great that way,

[missrosiecass]

this is creepy, awesome, but creepy. soooo cool :)

[BlytheyBob]

wtf is this shit

[valky456rie]

i can't believe i'm listening to this at 12 pm

[luthierjustin1]

@valky456rie

listening to it at noon huh? man

[valky456rie]

this would have been creepier if she used mama instead of dada.

[nothing980454]

@valky456rie Agreed. It ruins the song for me. 

[pionstail]

@valky456rie at first I thought so, and then I thought, saying dada is more powerful, like she still has feelings enough for him to not bad mouth him to the child or try and brainwash the child against him

[lingtoness]

I understand what she's trying to do and it's effective but good god I cannot listen to it all the way through. Creepiest thing ever.

[297NASTY]

wow she talks eminem lyrics in a creepy voice amazing

[Hermione5445]

This could have been as easily my story if I hadn't broken up with my abusive bf

[jdneighbo1]

...A lot of brilliant music, poetry, literature, etc. have been written throughout mankind because of the emotions brought by relationships and love. Does she even register a reaction if he was homosexual and aiming the violent acts toward his male partner? O if it was a female writing those lyrics about killing her man? I don't know if she does...but I can say, it was just words, a fantasy, a journal entry, an emotion put to song. It takes balls to put something that personal for all to hear.

[jdneighbo1]

This song was, in my opinion, a genius piece of writing both lyrically, and in delivery that Eminem created for it. I certainly love Tori and consider her my favorite female artist ever, but was suprised and amazed by her complete distaste and negative comments she made about it. I do completely understand her hating the lyrics for the violent acts toward a woman that it portrayed, but i am suprised that she, as a fellow artist, did not see that it was just emotions pouring out in song....

[pionstail]

@jdneighbo1 I don't think it was the emotions pouring out in song that she objected to, I think it was the clinical, rhythmic justification of violence

[jdneighbo1]

@pionstail Justification doesn't really apply to that, it's a fictional tale, no different than violence portrayed in novels and theatre. At no point in the lyrics does he try to incite others or suggest to others that they should harm their spouse if they can take no more from the spouse. Is it graphic? Yes. Is it disturbing? Yes. I'm just suprised by Tori's reaction being that she is an artist also and knows that great music comes alot from strong personal feelings and emotions.

[pionstail]

@jdneighbo1 well music is a medium for her that I imagine is very real. So she responds in that way. I think for her, Eminem had dressed up a murder in a pretty dance tune because it was funny. And she wanted to strip the music away and show another side, show the irony for what it was and force the listener to interact with that. In a way, she's exposing the strong feelings that you refer to that are hidden by the beat.

[jdneighbo1]

@pionstail I turned on one of my longtime good friends to Tori's music when we were in Jr high and she became a huge fan, anyway, she showed me a copy of Spin magazine from years ago that has an interview where she expressed that she would like to cover G'n'Rs song "Patience" and that she really loved their album 'Lies'. That album has the song "Used To Love Her, but I Had to Kill Her". So i was even more suprised that she singled Eminem's song out after reading her quotes from that.

[pionstail]

@jdneighbo1 well, I can't really comment on that because I haven't heard the song or the album that you're referring to. But maybe she just wasn't inspired by that the way she was with Bonnie and Clyde, I mean, like I said, maybe it was the cheerful dance tune that made her think "I need to address this". And like you said, if there is emotion involved there isn't gonna be a lot of rational explanations....

[pilgrimsdoll]

God, I love her...she never ceases to amaze me...I am feeling really spooky, just like she wants me to...love you Tori

[MrUncutfire]

i think eminems version is better but still nice.... and freaky

[MegaRiotgrrrl]

wow....freaking amazingly creepy:)

[rkstallman99]

ahhhhhhhh i'm is scared!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 0_o

[skinnypuppy81]

Mama's messy isn't she?

[surfacingbliss]

i remember reading after this came out - Eminiem wrote the song, but after tori covered it - she OWNS it. I have always loved her version much more.

[TheLancasterDads]

Tori Amos did this cover so people could realize how horrible of a song it really was. Eminem's version doesn't seem too bad because the words are hidden behind a catchy beat. Tori's version is done whispering so you can really understand what's going on. Well done Tori! You are amazing.

[88GmG]

I thought she did a woman's version cuz she thought eminem song was disgusting...Like murdering the father. lol. So i guess she loved eminem's song to redo it the same way?

[MErEvolutionary]

I like this version better than Eminem's. It sounds really haunting coming from Tori.

[nthomas32]

This freaks me out so much!!!

[segismundo77]

A thousand times better than the original... at least.

[icedancerxx]

I honestly, thought this song was completely different from the original. I heard this before the original and when I was pretty young. My sister loved Tori Amos and used to play it and of course I would hang out with her and listen. I always thought this song was about a man who was having an affair with Tori, and the woman was the one who coaxed the man into killing and disposing of his wife or ex wife and Tori was trying to convince the daughter and herself of various things.

[icedancerxx]

Maybe this woman, Tori took a liking to the daughter and was making her her child in her mind. Like "Just the Two Of Us" to me, meant that her father was going to jail/prison/hell so Tori would take care of her and she'd become her daughter. I dont know, its just my opinion but maybe I got a little creative when I was younger. xP

[yahoothewife]

Great version. Listen to it in the dark. Will frighten the shit out of you.

[MoonWalker738]

The original is great. Tori just makes this song creepy !! -__-

[juggaloryda478]

Creepy woman she sounds psycho!

[Spinny78]

Angry white boy-music about a guy who butchers his woman while the daughter hangs on. This is the woman's time to shine. It's her voice - singing the same song - and that ghost of a shell is the epitome of the haunting sound you hear. 10/10!

[JRBobPrepster]

Fucking creepy

[trusttruth1985]

Why couldn't she replace the dada's with mama's.

[jsmyrski]

@trusttruth1985 *eyeroll*

[segismundo77]

@trusttruth1985 She didn't want to change the lyrics of any of the songs she covered. She's supposed to be singing it from the dead mother's perspective; hence, the breathy voice (from her throat having been slit).

[trusttruth1985]

@segismundo77 Yeah it doesn't work imo...

[EMBvideos]

Sorry but this has no flow at all. I know what shes trying to do, but it isnt fun to listen to

[frankgorshin]

@EMBvideos But I don't think she wanted this version to be "fun." She's intentionally breaking up the flow and forcing you to really listen to the lyrics and their disturbing imagery. I think the point is to make the listener fully contemplate the horror of what this song is about instead of focusing more on the beat and grooving to it. A great cover should make you hear the song from a completely different perspective, and I think this version accomplishes that.

[EMBvideos]

@frankgorshin Your right, it does force you to listen to the lyrics, but i think if it were just a little bit more like a song it would be perfect

[greendaybja13]

"Why you being bashful" creeeppyyy!!!! but, i love it

[JulietBader]

This is just weird as hell.

And that's coming from someone who loves the original song.

[justanotherdruid]

Eminem did it so much better. This is just dumb.

[omggoodnessr]

@justanotherdruid Except this isn't a "tribute" to Eminem. It's supposed to be horrible. It slows down the song just enough for you to hear what he's saying without the thrill of it being sung (she also changed the perspective to the mother without changing the lyrics).

[titusdeluxe]

@justanotherdruid you cannot compares an asshole and a so sullen guy with a tallented woman....!

[justanotherdruid]

@titusdeluxe An asshole? I suggest you go watch his recent 60 minutes interview.

And as for him being untalented? He's sold more albums than any living artist. I suggest you go listen to Despicable and find out why. Then again, you probably wouldn't be able to wrap your mind around the triple-meaning metaphor's and word play involved in his brilliant lyricism.

...There's a reason the man is one of the most exalted people in the music industry, and the rebellious voice of an entire generation.

[titusdeluxe]

@justanotherdruid I relly liked your reaction,good points and arguments.Probably Eminen is a tallented guy but the way he makes music is not the thing i use to like,i ve heard many of his songs and lyrics just to have the right chance to critice him so i am not being superfitial. I respect that you dont like T.Amos but if you REALLY aprettiate the tripe meaning and metaphor's on brilliant lyricism , you dont know the way this teacher is...A true beast at the stage, playing 2 pianos,By far...

[justanotherdruid]

@titusdeluxe I never said I don't like Tori. I have respect for her, she's original. I was just saying that this doesn't work. Em wrote the song from his point of view. It was something he was really feeling at the time (there's an interview from 1999 talking about it). He's talking from his mind, his life, his feelings.

Tori is coming in and trying to literally, word-for-word, display those feelings. And it doesn't work because she's not the artist. It's like Picasso drawing the Mona Lisa.

[titusdeluxe]

@justanotherdruid im not agree with you, she didn't make a cover, she gave to eminem's song a different interpretation, a whole fem sense. there s no necessary to make or change the lyric , actually the song has a lot of meanings (masculine or fem). if a singer is not the producer , the maker o composer no means that is not possible to "touch " the piece. That what the icons are for...Examples?

[jsmyrski]

@justanotherdruid As someone who thinks Eminem is moderately talented, you're embarrassing HIM with these comments--calling Tori's cover "dumb," and then trying to backpedal and say you have "respect" for her. You're welcome to not like the direction she took this track in; I wouldn't expect an Eminem fan to, anyway. But to seriously doubt that she didn't understand the track, even after listening to it in its entirety, is absurd.

[justanotherdruid]

@jsmyrski "moderately talented"? Please name a lyricist beyond Eminem's level.

[jsmyrski]

@justanotherdruid Dredg.

[thapoint09]

@justanotherdruid:

...Guru?

[widdlepuddyfat]

@justanotherdruid All I know is.... if one of his examples of his "brilliant" lyrics is him rapping about butchering a woman and dumping her in the middle of nowhere, than he deserves none of my interest or respect. That kinda shit will never be okay with me. Justin Beiber has also been ridiculously successful could also be considered a voice of of our generation, so big fucking deal...At least JB doesn't sound like a violent misogynist in his songs.

[spermangerman]

The brilliant aspect of his lyrics that people are referring to are his story telling qualities that other some artists fail to utilize as well.

[kenneth5455]

This song creeps my shit out

[markhodgson600]

@kenneth5455 haha it's great I've got the album so original ^_^

[Leanzo100]

This is one of my favorite songs, yet one of the most disturbing songs I've ever heard.

[TheEndKing]

I wonder what the original artist thinks of this cover.

[cigla05]

@TheEndKing he just does not give a fuck.