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Tori Amos Sings an Ode to Britney Spears
- Posted on Sep 12th 2007 6:30PM by Jessica Robertson
Between her underwhelming VMA peformance last Sunday -- lest we mention the evening's subsequent crotch shot -- and this summer's series of unfortunate head-shaving, paparazzi attacking events, one would be hard-pressed to find someone with heartfelt sympathy for Britney Spears. One, however, need not look any further than Tori Amos.During the singer-songwriter's concert in Melbourne, Australia on September 11, a day when most words addressed tragic fare of another kind, Amos turned her attention to the embattled pop star. "I have a comment," Amos began. "We've all seen it on the news." She then launched into a lilting, if melancholy, improv, singing, "Britney, they set you up/ ...This is what it looks like when a star falls/You're a mother but you need a mother to pick you up/I'm a mother but I need a mother to pick me up."
"You see a lot of women today -- maybe in magazines -- crawling out of cars and thinking it's sexy," Amos recently told Spinner. "[And] for the most part, you don't hear guys going, 'Wow! I am just blown away by that beauty or by that woman's way. There's something about her.' No. Do you know what they do? They laugh. They laugh when we're spreading our legs and crawling out of a car. It's tragic. Ultimately, we demean ourselves."
Amos is currently on tour in support of her latest album, 'American Doll Posse.' Hear the full Britney improv after the jump.
- Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News, Tour
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Imarie Glez
Dear Britney,
I pray that God touches your heart and you can find your way.
I can't speak for others, but, I miss your fresh, clean, talented dances without the extreme sexual things that you have been doing. Remember you are a talented young lady who a lot of teenager's look up to. Some day,
wether you believe in Him (God), or not, you will be accountable to Him for what you did. We are praying for you! We would like to see that beautiful
young lady -- that started -- whom I used to admire.
God bless you!
Imarie Glez
Britney, I miss your young, talented dance, without the pornographic and
worldy -- like everyone elses!!! -- new stuff. Remember you are a young lady who other teenagers look up to. Someday, God will make you accountaable for what you are doing. Money, sex and fame is not everything in the world, ask your friend Madonna, I am sure she learned that the hard way. God bless you!
Siren Doll
I wonder if Britney has actually heard this song ode to her?
I wonder did it make her cry?
Goddess Tori we love you
jessica-cooool
hi britney you are my best songer i wish you good luck and best wishes
September 29 2007 at 2:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
ambientguy
What Tori's saying is that MTV set Britney up, because they knew she would be awful (they even made Brit change the performance really close to the show time). Tori also references Disney because Britney used to be a Mouseketeer. Her parents shoved her into the limelight when she was just a child. No wonder she's fucked up - no wonder she doesn't want to deal with her parents (especially her mom who kind of reminds me of those creepy child beauty pageant queen moms from LA.) Really that whole star falls down thing is a comment on our celebrity obsession since we can't deal with reality or our own lives, yet we are happy to send people to die in a war so we can keep driving our fucking Hummers and stuffing our faces and buying iphones. You know what? Fuck Disney and fuck MTV and all their vapid commercialized bullshit. Maybe that's what Britney was saying in her "I don't really give a shit" performance on the VMA's.
diana
tori's so beautiful :)
September 19 2007 at 5:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Jessie
Tori Amos is amazing... what a beautiful song.
September 17 2007 at 3:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
goodnews2
No one set her up but herself. Britney is not a child, she knew what she was doing. She drank and drugged all the night before the MTV awards show then drugged some more before the show. The vacant look is DRUGS, not "poor Britney looking so scared". She probably had no idea where she even was. She thumbed her nose, big time, at MTV. She was never really any good, if you look back. She was just skinnier, younger with other people taking care of the "FLASH" in her shows. She's no longer a sexy, pop singer. She's just one of many talentless females who has had their 15 minutes of fame. In reality she has turned out to be a skanky, slutty, lousy Mom self centered loser.
September 16 2007 at 11:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Damien
#9, your the only loser.
September 15 2007 at 7:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Ryan Winnick
This song is so beautiful and every word of it is so true. It's amazing that while everyone is so busy criticizing everything that Britney's done lately, Tori took the time to write an understanding song about her. I love you Tori!
September 15 2007 at 12:55 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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