Tori Amos Cornflake Girl Piano
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General Comment'The inspiration for 'Cornflake Girl' came from Alice Walker's novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, about a young African woman going through the ritual of female genital cutting. Amos was angered by the idea that a mother could subject her daughter to such a brutal act, and the song arose as an exploration of the idea of betrayal between women. In the song two factions of women are referred to: the 'Raisin Girls' are 'multicultural' and open-minded, while the 'Cornflake Girls' of the title are 'narrowminded and full of prejudice'.The reference to cornflakes and raisins comes from their distribution in a box of breakfast cereal, implying that 'raisin girls' are much harder to find than 'cornflake girls'. Amos has spoken in interviews about being referred to glibly as 'the Cornflake Girl' due to the song's title being applied to her, when she considers herself a 'Raisin Girl'. The mistake may be related to a pre-fame appearance that Amos made in a Kelloggs Just Right commercial in 1987.The term 'cornflake girl' also appears in the lyrics of the Billy Bragg song 'Body of Water' from his 1991 album Don't Try This at Home with the line 'Oh, to become a pearl / In the wordy world of the cornflake girl.' (Taken from wikipedia). General CommentMy take on it was different.
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I mean, I agree with Jupiter Masochist, because I believe that is a direct Tori quote. However I had it backwards of XmisfitXgirlX's interpretation, as the Corn Flake girls being those flakey rich girls, while the raisin girls were the ones with meaning. Because the not popular girls more often want to be friends with the popular ones. Never is it the other way around, hence 'Never was a cornflake girl thought that was a good solution hanging with the raisin girls'. Just my.02 cents. Song MeaningThe inspiration for 'Cornflake Girl' came from Alice Walker's novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, about a young African woman going through the ritual of female genital mutilation. Amos was angered by the idea that a mother could subject her daughter to such a brutal act, and the song arose as an exploration of the idea of betrayal between women.
In the song two factions of women are referred to: the 'raisin girls' are 'multicultural' and open-minded, while the 'cornflake girls' of the title are 'narrowminded and full of prejudice'.The reference to cornflakes and raisins comes from their distribution in a box of breakfast cereal, implying that 'raisin girls' are much harder to find than 'cornflake girls'. Amos has spoken in interviews about being referred to glibly as 'the cornflake girl' due to the song's title being applied to her, when she considers herself a 'raisin girl'. Moreover she specifically states in the first line of the song: 'Never was a cornflake girl.' (In concerts she has also said 'cornflakes' vs. 'raisins' was a reference to which girls had ready access to marijuana, Tori herself being bereft of the substance.) The confusion is probably related to her 1987 commercial for Kellogg's Just Right, made before her widespread fame.
Just Right includes both raisins and corn flakes, so the song and the cereal are related either through coincidence or intent. General CommentYou know, I read that this song is about the practise of female gential mutlation, or female circumcision.Which would explain why this song is described as a 'betrayal' & Jupiter Masochist's Tori quote - 'This song describes the irreversible damage and pain rendered by a woman betraying another woman; it's a tragedy, really. Not even their common experiences as females can save what is ruined.' As it is the women of the village who perform this upon the infant girls.And also: 'Peel out the watchword just peel out the watchword' could refer to this, & especially 'Rabbit where'd you put the keys girl' seems to apply, if you think about it.
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Tori Amos A Piano: The Collection/ /Tori's 5-disc box set, A Piano: The Collection, was released on September 26, 2006, by Rhino Records.