Ani Difranco-Both Hands

[virtue696]

you cant change the world by hating men..

[michele11804]

This is the best version of this song.

[DeltaDawnMarie]

I have zero musical ability, but I have a fantasy where I am singing and playing this amazing song for an audience. My ex "friends with benefits" is in the audience, and realizes the talent and depth I have. And then I realize how pathetic I am for even thinking of this scenario.

[motitamegs]

@DeltaDawnMarie haha this made me chuckle :)

[InterplanetJanet77]

EPIC

[apticeladycyn]

your first album was the only thing that meant anything.

[Debbyturner]

I just ordered Anis' Best of songbook. My birthday present to me.

If there is a better poet of the day, I must hear it. Never thought anyone could compare with Rod McKuen until I heard Ani.

When Ani speaks, I listen

Thank you for posting!

Debby

(country music poet, New York)

[somethingwitty93]

as a dancer, this song makes me want to dance like nothing i've ever heard

[mandolinjames]

i love the song where she says her cun 7&^%$ t is built like a wound that wont heal. its like hellloooooo...Polly-sporran any one. lol : )wtf?wwad ?

[mandolinjames]

i love thw song where she says her cun 7&^%$ t is built like a wound that wont heal. its like hellloooooo...Polly-sporran any one. lol : )

[JDMSful]

i don't know but she reminds me alanis morissette...anyway she's really great !!

[teodorussusanto]

@JDMSful ah that makes a perfect sense now

[limeprincess16]

beautiful song. makes me cry. :)

[adub22able]

i think it's kind of silly to assume just because a guy likes ani, that he must be gay (i am picking up this vibe from reading responses) There are lots of guys out there who are intellectual feminists.. does not mean they have to be part of a rally, but quite simpily appreciate& respect women, not only that but ani is very political. and blunt. who wouldn't appreciate her?for people who seem to claim to be so open minded, I find it kind of ignorant to think only gay males love ani...

[Cosbification]

@adub22able and to further complicate things there are straight guys, such as myself, who really enjoy ani, respect women and yet find feminists completely irritating.

[adub22able]

@Cosbification

haha.. yeah i have to agree it kinda frusterates me as well.. depending on where they stand and how pushy they are. Its the same as religion for me, it's a good idea, but people always find a way to ruin it.

[tripe4lunch]

@Cosbification I couldn't agree more!

[FraterAnarkhos]

@Cosbification I find the feminist stereotype generated by the common media irritating... and the feminists who basically use that word as an excuse to bitch incessantly about every man in the bar or every TV commercial, but that isn't a trait exclusive to feminists, that's just bitches, and the real feminists are some of the most necessary members of our society. It's ok - common mistake.

[Cosbification]

@FraterAnarkhos yeah it was the bitch next to me in high school art that ruined feminists for me. I just wanted to paint in peace and she just would not shut up.I had to start bringin headphones,just so I could get anything done. If her skills came even close to matching her pretensions I might forgave her her incessant rhetoric, but her attempts at art were just laughable and trite at best.

[saxophonejunkie09]

@FraterAnarkhos I don't think bitching about every man in the world constitutes feminism. I consider myself a feminist, and I don't "bitch" about men. I think the core idea of feminism is to want total equality for both women and men, and that involves demolishing the patriarchal system that hurts men just as much as women.

[FraterAnarkhos]

@saxophonejunkie09 I agree with you totally. I consider myself a feminist. I was basically saying the same thing you are. That there is a difference between being a feminist, and being a bitch.

[JDoloTheDon]

i love her voice and this song. shes amazing.

[Kandyycakees]

I've been listening to ani for a year & she's quite amaazing in my eyes :)

[itslifemusic1]

My dad introduced Ani to me, shes just a beautiful poet and singer. Definitely a remarkable artist. Love her sound and how different it is. Not only girls listen to Ani, like i said, my dad does and hes not gay, happily married etc. just amazing Ani.

[durdee11]

@spcnscan & SuperKeeney

Ditto here fellas. Married hetero male who is in essentially the same boat. For some reason I decided to listen to Ani today after years of neglect and I'm awash with the same awe I had when I first heard "Live In Clip" years ago. Unbelievable!!

[Comantzke]

....Ummm..... you can appreciate the song without being extremely gay you know.

[Convolutedtear]

lol 'obviously'

[jophus82]

I can hear andrew bird.

[calebpasour]

swans.....lol

[alkdfj2345]

so good

[Jussterr]

Anyone know if this version was ever released on a record? Previous poster suggested that it's off of 'Living in Clip' but I'm prettty sure they're two different versions. Also not the original from 'Ani Difranco'. Only other one I have in my collection on a record is the one from 'Canon' which is electric.

Any ideas?

[francoapple]

it's from the album "Like I Said (songs 1990-91)" which was released on 1993.

"Ani revisits songs from her first two albums with new arrangements and additional instrumentation"-rbr

Visit the rbr site for more info. ;)

[Jussterr]

:D I have that record! I just never even noticed this song was on it. Thanks!

[RENEEMONandGABFUNKLE]

which version is this?

[Lynzerlot]

off of 'Living in Clip'

[SamLuvsTheFunny13]

wtf?

[rexjackson]

i heard she's singing about a tampon mistress in this song

[bubbless564]

how is she singing about a tampon mistress? wtf

[StealthProj]

Ani is a brilliant song writer.

[DarkANBUKakashi]

ani difrancos music is so beautiful!

[eem282]

this is the best version of the sonnnng

[GreyMirror]

Beautiful.

My favorite version.

Sweet and passionate.

Totally erases the term "doin' the nasty."

[xdancer206]

this song is about doin the nasty

but other than that it is a beautiful song and the lyrics are beautiful

this song has been the inspiration for most of my songs!!

keep writing Ani!!!! <3 <3 <3

[danceaholic978]

i looooove this song!! <3

[thenscream]

wow i have heard this version i dont think... so beautiful

[OfficiallyOutOfInk]

alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ;)

[Emiliasnowwhite]

Another album which is totally a rite of passage for young females...very teenage angsty in a good way....

[spcnscan]

Females..? Who ever gave you the idea that females like Ani DiFranco??? Sheesh! =)

Male here, and this album/song/Ani in general were nothing less than a "rite of passage" for me. Here it is at least 4 (5?) years later, and I'm coming back for more once again. Ani is a poet, and she will go down in history as such. Beautiful, honest sentiment does not care about your gender. Sorry if it sounds mean; that was far from my intention.

[helloannemarie]

I am a female, and I do not find that mean in the least. I find it right to the core of what Ani's music has always meant to me. That music, poetry, equality and life know no gender. Thank you :].

[SuperKeeney]

@spcnscan Wow, I swear I needed to double take to ensure that this wasn't something I posted a year ago. Really I knew deep down, but honestly, I am exactly the same as you. 6 years ago now, I stumbled across this song on a disk I'd burnt of my downloads, and a deep infatuation was born, regardless of the stylistic variations across her career. Now I'm at the stage where I listen infrequently, but each time I return, I'm aghast at how enthralling she is. Thank you for being a man like me.

[arnoldjoe9808]

@spcnscan agreed man, agreed.

[cmgcmg1992]

i luv this song. my mom used to play this song ALL the time! i want it for my ring tone. i know all the words and every time i hear it i freak out and start singing it.

[Jazminerae3]

i loooooove this song!!!

[generalghruff]

this is the worst video I've ever seen.

[musicandbois12]

lol

[fpbpeace]

i love this song. its beautiful. :)

[Nya1993]

awesome song.

[dime4bag]

Masterpiece

[plaaaay]

love to sing this song :)

[QuilanaKat]

Buy one of her CDs! That way she makes some money and will stay in business :P

[Faythdance]

this so is soo deep i love it :)

[MagicShopperLife]

cutee song (:

my best friend Kaitlny got me hooked on this song !!

[cocktrapeze]

My girlfriend had a dream in which she was camping and trying to make food over a small camp fire and she was singing;

I am cooking out in the rain

listening for the low moan of the egg timer again

and i am getting nowhere with food and i can't let go and i just can't chew

oh both pans, please use both pans...

[AznEnrique]

HAHHAHHAHAHHAHHHAH!!! That's f*cking awesome!

[deur6]

haha genius

[tqiblawi]

LOL!

[FruitLoopUSA]

@cocktrapeze thats a nice start to a parody haha made my day ;)

[remix55k]

@cocktrapeze That is soooo funny. I l ove it. =D

[dishsoapheart]

it's the story of how hard they tried! listening to the dialtone, Again, getting nowhere. and in each others shadows they grew less and less tall, duh! she's using both hands, dont close your eyes, pay attention. god!!!

j/k, anyway awesome album

[halo511]

i like this song thanks for posting!

[carythalk1379]

I'm pretty sure it's about having your heart broken by a short-lived relationship... but yeah I know, it doesn't make a whole lot of literal sense and I feel sad every time I listen to it.

[cocktrapeze]

Does anyone know what this song is about? It always makes me cry and I have no idea why

[anothersongwriter]

It is the story of an intense and probably short-lived love affair that was highly sexual, and the frustration in trying to keep the relationship together.

"I am getting nowhere with you and I can't get through"

[KellyAKoehler]

Well, I always thought of the song on 2 levels: the more obvious level of it having sexual connotations...using both hands writing grafitti on her body...don't think I need to expand on that lol And of course the desperate attempt to salvage a fledgling relationship, you have to use both hands, you can't just sit back and not do the work required... anywho, that's what I got out of it ;)