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"Professional Widow" is a 1996 song written by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is a harpsichord-driven rock dirge and was included on her 1996 album Boys for Pele. The eponymous "professional widow" is widely rumoured to be Courtney Love, former wife of Kurt Cobain, whom Trent Reznor blames for the destruction of the friendship (whatever its extent) between himself and Amos. In 1999, Reznor's band Nine Inch Nails released a single called "Starfuckers, Inc.", with "Starfucker" being a word that appears in "Professional Widow".
Lyrically the song borrows directly from the short story "The Sphinx" by Edgar Allan Poe. Specifically the lyric "what is termed a landslide of principal proportion" is taken from the line "what is termed a land-slide, of the principal portion of its trees"; and the lyric "prism perfect" from the line "in shape a perfect prism."
It was remixed by house music producer Armand van Helden (marketed as "Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix"), and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the U.S. The song was then further remixed by artist Mr. Roy, spawning an entirely new CD-single of remixes that again charted.
Tori Amos: Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big) [Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix] Written and produced by Tori Amos Remix by Armand Van Helden 1996
Tori Amos - Professional Window (Remix) (Official Music Video) from the album 'Boys For Pele' (1996) 🔔 Subscribe to UPROXX Indie Mixtape and ring the bell to turn on notifications: https://uproxx.it/mrln2hd ✅ Subscribe to the newsletter for weekly music recommendations in your inbox: http://indiemixtape.com 🎧 Stream the official Topsify playlist: https://lnk.to/IndieMixtape FOLLOW UPROXX INDIE MIXTAPE ➕Website: https://uproxx.com/indie ➕Instagram: https://instagram.com/indiemixtape ➕Twitter: https://twitter.com/indie_mixtape ➕Facebook: https://facebook.com/indiemixtape ABOUT UPROXX INDIE MIXTAPE: Indie Mixtape is the go-to for all things indie music. We serve as a funnel to make sure that only the best music -- new and old -- is delivered directly to the people who care the most. I...
Provided to YouTube by Rhino Atlantic Professional Widow (2016 Remaster) · Tori Amos Boys For Pele (Deluxe) ℗ 1996 Atlantic Records 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment Programmer: Alan Friedman Bass Guitar: George Porter Jr Drums: Manu Katche Guitar: Steve Caton Vocals: Tori Amos Composer, Lyricist: Tori Amos Auto-generated by YouTube.
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Provided to YouTube by Rhino Atlantic Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) (Radio Edit) (2016 Remaster) · Tori Amos Boys For Pele (Deluxe) ℗ 1996 Atlantic Recording Corporation 2016 Remastered Rhino Entertainment Programmer: Alan Friedman Producer, Remixer: Armand Van Helden Bass Guitar: George Porter Jr Coordinator: Johnny de Mairo Drums: Manu Katche Guitar: Steve Caton Vocals: Tori Amos Composer, Lyricist: Tori Amos Auto-generated by YouTube.
90's Dance Classic
Slag pit Stag shit Honey bring it close to my lips Yes Don't blow those brains yet We gotta be big boy We gotta be big Starfucker just like my Daddy Just like my Daddy selling his baby Just like my Daddy Gonna strike a deal made him feel Like a congressman It runs in the family Rest you shoulder Peaches and Cream Everywhere a Judas as fas as you can see Beautiful anbgel Calling "We got every re-run of Muhammad Ali" Prism perfect Honey bring it close to your lipls Yes What is termed a landslide of principle Proportion boy it better be big boy Starfucker just like my Daddy Just like my Daddy selling his baby Just like my dady Gonna strike a deal make him feel LIke a Congressman It runs in the family Maother Mary China white Brown may be sweeter She will sup...
Tori Amos -- Professional Widow Label: Atlantic -- 0-85499 Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM Country: US Released: 02 Jul 1996 Genre: Electronic Style: House, Speed Garage Professional Widow's Armand van Helden mixes contain uncredited samples of "Trinidad" performed by John Gibbs and the US Steel Band.
"Professional Widow" is a 1996 song written by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is a harpsichord-driven rock dirge and was included on her 1996 album Boys for Pele. The eponymous "professional widow" is widely rumoured to be Courtney Love, former wife of Kurt Cobain, whom Trent Reznor blames for the destruction of the friendship (whatever its extent) between himself and Amos. In 1999, Reznor's band Nine Inch Nails released a single called "Starfuckers, Inc.", with "Starfucker" being a word that appears in "Professional Widow".
Lyrically the song borrows directly from the short story "The Sphinx" by Edgar Allan Poe. Specifically the lyric "what is termed a landslide of principal proportion" is taken from the line "what is termed a land-slide, of the principal portion of its trees"; and the lyric "prism perfect" from the line "in shape a perfect prism."
It was remixed by house music producer Armand van Helden (marketed as "Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix"), and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the U.S. The song was then further remixed by artist Mr. Roy, spawning an entirely new CD-single of remixes that again charted.
Slag pit
Stag shit
Honey bring it close to my lips
Don't blow those brains yet
We gotta be big boy
We gotta be big
Starfucker just like my Daddy
Just like my Daddy selling his baby
Just like my Daddy
Gonna strike a deal made him feel
Like a congressman
It runs in the family
Rest you shoulder Peaches and Cream
Everywhere a Judas as fas as you can see
Beautiful anbgel
Calling "We got every re-run of Muhammad Ali"
Prism perfect
Honey bring it close to your lipls
What is termed a landslide of principle
Proportion boy it better be big boy
Starfucker just like my Daddy
Just like my Daddy selling his baby
Just like my dady
Gonna strike a deal make him feel
LIke a Congressman
It runs in the family
Maother Mary
China white
Brown may be sweeter
She will supply
Mother Mary
China white
Brown may be sweeter
She will supply
She will supply
She will supply