Frogtoon Music - Song Info: A Sorta Fairytale
Amos-Tori - Scarlet's Walk
"A Sorta Fairytale" Is A Song Written And Performed By Singer-Songwriter Tori Amos. It Was Released As The First Single From Her 2002 Album Scarlet's Walk. The Song Reached Number 14 On The Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart And Number One On The Triple A Adult Album Alternative Chart. The Song Has Since Been Featured In Episodes Of The Television Shows Nip/Tuck And The L Word. There Are Three Commercially Released Versions Of The Song The Album Version 5 30 The 101 Mix 4 00 And The Original Single Version 4 01 . It Was Released As A CD Single UK/Canada With "Operation Peter Pan" As The B-Side And As A DVD Single US With The Music Video Co-Starring Adrien Brody. From The Promotional CD Scarlet Stories "I Think That There Is A Place Where She Scarlet Realizes That People Come In And Out Of Your Life. Sometimes For A Day Sometimes For Longer. And All Of Them Make You What You Are. You Can't Separate These People Out Of You. They Form Who You Are. Even The Ones That You Kind Of Say Well... You Know I Don't Know If I Wanna Be Formed By Them Anymore. Laughs But You Are In Some Way. You Are. That's Why Maybe You Don't Have To Look At Them So Harshly Because They Have Affected You. At The End Though You Know... It's Us As Individuals With Our... Mm... With Our Love For The Land. For Something Intangible That When Soulmates Come And Go You're Never Alone Even When You're Standing Just You In Your Shoes Because You Carry Them With You. "A Sorta Fairytale" Finds Scarlet Back In LA With A Man She Has Convinced Herself Is Her Life's Soul Mate. They Take The Big Trip In The Classic Car Up The Pacific Coast Highway And Across The Desert. But As They Go On The Masks Drop Away And They Discover The Fantasy They Have Of Each Other Isn't Who They Really Are. They End Up Back Where They Started And Scarlet Leaves. They Did Care. But Somehow They Lost Each Other. Which Is Why It's Only "A Sorta Fairytale." - Scarlet's Walk Bio " In A 2009 Interview Amos Was Asked About The Meaning Of One Of The Lines Interviewer I Have To Ask You This Because It's Been Killing Me For The Past Five Years. On The Song A Sorta Fairytale ... You Sing About Pulling Back The Hood. Are You Talking About The Hood I Think You're Talking About? Amos Oh I Want You To Think Whatever You Want To Think. Interviewer That Is Not An Answer! Amos I Want You To Take It There! I Want You To Take It There! Interviewer Because Then When You Sing About Tasting Heaven Perfectly— Amos And My Mom Thinks It's Talking About A Convertible! And You Know What? Let's Just Let Her Think That. The Music Video Directed By Sanji Features Amos As A Head Attached To A Disembodied Leg Falling In Love With Another Head Attached To A Disembodied Arm Played By Adrien Brody . The Two Creatures Show Signs Of Romantic Interest In One Another Until The Arm Accidentally Hurts The Leg's Feelings By Laughing At Her Crooked Fifth Toe. The Leg Then Flees By Jumping Onto A Passing Skateboard And Ends Up Alone On A Deserted Beach. The Arm Finds Her And They Consummate Their Love With A Deep Kiss. The Act Of Kissing Causes The Arm And Leg To Suddenly Start Swelling Up And Grow Their Extra Body Parts—they Finally Become Complete "whole" Humans By Realizing Their Love.
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"A Sorta Fairytale" is a song written and performed by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was released as the first single from her 2002 album Scarlet's Walk. The song reached number 14 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and number one on the Triple A (adult album alternative) chart. The song has since been featured in episodes of the television shows Nip/Tuck and The L Word. There are three commercially released versions of the song: the album version (5:30), the 101 Mix (4:00) and the original single version (4:01). It was released as a CD single (UK/Canada) with "Operation Peter Pan" as the B-side, and as a DVD single (US) with the music video, co-starring Adrien Brody.
From the promotional CD Scarlet Stories:
"I think that there is a place where she [Scarlet] realizes that people come in and out of your life. Sometimes for a day, sometimes for longer. And all of them make you what you are. You can't separate these people out of you. They form who you are. Even the ones that you kind of say well... you know, I don't know if I wanna be formed by them anymore. (laughs) But you are in some way. You are. That's why, maybe, you don't have to look at them so harshly because they have affected you. At the end, though, you know... it's us as individuals with our... mm... with our love for the land. For something intangible, that when soulmates come and go, you're never alone even when you're standing just you in your shoes, because you carry them with you.
"A Sorta Fairytale" finds Scarlet back in LA with a man she has convinced herself is her life's soul mate.
They take the big trip in the classic car up the Pacific Coast highway and across the desert. But as they go on, the masks drop away and they discover the fantasy they have of each other isn't who they really are.
They end up back where they started and Scarlet leaves.
They did care. But somehow they lost each other. Which is why it's only "A Sorta Fairytale." - [Scarlet's Walk bio]"
In a 2009 interview, Amos was asked about the meaning of one of the lines:
Interviewer: I have to ask you this because it's been killing me for the past five years. On the song A Sorta Fairytale ... you sing about pulling back the hood. Are you talking about the hood I think you're talking about?
Amos: Oh, I want you to think whatever you want to think.
Interviewer: That is not an answer!
Amos: I want you to take it there! I want you to take it there!
Interviewer: Because then when you sing about tasting heaven perfectly—
Amos: And my mom thinks it's talking about a convertible! And you know what? Let's just let her think that.
The music video, directed by Sanji, features Amos, as a head attached to a disembodied leg, falling in love with another head attached to a disembodied arm (played by Adrien Brody). The two creatures show signs of romantic interest in one another, until the arm accidentally hurts the leg's feelings by laughing at her crooked fifth toe. The leg then flees by jumping onto a passing skateboard, and ends up alone on a deserted beach. The arm finds her and they consummate their love with a deep kiss. The act of kissing causes the arm and leg to suddenly start swelling up and grow their extra body parts—they finally become complete, "whole" humans by realizing their love. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.