Word: peled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other striking thing about her lyrics in Boys for Pele is perhaps the gay subtext that surfaces in a few of the tracks. In "Blood Roses," for example, she sings, "You think I'm a queer/ I think you're a queer/ I think you're a queer/ Said I think you're a queer." Or in "Hey Jupiter...
...classical training as a child. The harpsichord appears in the first single from the album, "Caught a Lite Sneeze," but is used to even greater effect in tracks like "Blood Roses," "Professional Widow," or "Talula," which apparently will be the next single to be released from Boys for Pele...
...dark and gothic atmosphere pervades Boys for Pele. Surreal, almost disturbing at times, Amos continues in the vein of her previous albums. For example, "Marianne" is about a suicide, while "Little Amsterdam" depicts an interracial romance intertwined with murder...
until you've seen Pele blow...
Here, also, the significance of Pele in the title becomes clear. Referring to the Hawaiian volcano goddess, Amos emphasizes the cathartic quality of her music--full of energy and fire, erupting and spewing forth what had been buried for too long...