| "Ode to the Banana King (Part One)" | |
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 B-side from Little Earthquakes | |
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Released |
August 1992 |
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Length |
4:06 |
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Label |
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Writer |
Tori Amos |
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Producer |
Ian Stanley |
"Ode to the Banana King (Part One)" is a B-side from Tori Amos's 1992 debut solo album Little Earthquakes.
Background[]
"Ode to the Banana King (Part One)" was released on the "Silent All These Years" UK Limited Edition CD single in August 1992.[1] The character Lucy in the song recurs in "Pretty Good Year" from Tori's 1994 album Under the Pink.[2]
Other releases[]
The song was included on the bonus disc of the reissue of Little Earthquakes in 2015.
Live performances[]
"Ode to the Banana King (Part One)" was first performed live during the 1996 Dew Drop Inn Tour and has only occasionally been played on Tori's tours since.[3]
Lyrics[]
Turning back ten thousand years,
It's all a blur
Where the taxis go
Monster man
A willing friend
Lucy serves the melon cold
violent and delicious souls
Four red trucks dressed illegally
Our mother knows how the bugle blows
Gonna get caught
Gonna get caught
Gonna get caught in her rug, babe
Oh... now, c'mon.
This is not a conclusion
No revolution
Just a little confusion
On where your head has been
Boats made out of paper float
Dreams made up for the Banana king
Darling crumbs, you have lapped freely up
How devious we all have been
Violent and delicious souls
Violent and delicious soul
This is not a conclusion
No revolution, no
Just a little confusion
On where your head has been
Personnel[]
Credits taken from "Silent All These Years" UK Limited Edition single.[4]
- Producer — Ian Stanley
- Mixed by Ross Cullum