[bF8CCmmr]

lettyt couldn't post this week's SOTW.

So here it is for you. Spread some love and your thoughts on Liquid Diamonds.

With band / 1998



Solo / 2005

[johnstylet]

"Liquid Diamonds" is one of Tori's most absolutely singable songs...partially because of the gorgeous melody, but also for me because it's in such a low register of her voice, so it sits right in the middle of my voice. I love it.

Plus, the imagery is so dark and murky and awesome. And the drum loop is spooky.

[Teomaderm]

I thought this song was a big bore at first, then after a few months listened to it and love it. I've no idea what the lyrics mean but it sounds great. :P

[aLZ9zKsO]

This is one of my absolutely favourite versions of this song. It was this video during this tour that left me dumbfounded about where this woman was in the studio. "Matty, bring me those beats."

I always used to hate Liquid Diamonds - and I always hated the title, but once I sank into it, i never got out. I love how it washes over itself, and her vocal is so clear and dry at the same time. It's a cunty sneer of a song, and it does things to sadness that she had never done before. The babbling poetry is superb and on top of the list when it comes to evocative lyrics. I also love the way it fades in and out (her only song to technically fade out) with those boat-through-the-cavern echoes. It's also a stellar jazz piano performance. Sultry without being neutered. The only other song where I feel she really gives this kind of performance is Do It Again, and you can totally hear how they informed one another.

[anfuckinggs]

If I were to name one Tori song that showcases her vocals the best it would be Liquid Diamonds. Such a superb song from the Choirgirl era. I love everything about it, and I hope to one day witness it Live. I really love the intro's she did for back in 2005. I'm interested in hearing everyone's interpretations of the song. Just the title sounds like the song is about intangible valuables. Not being able to hold onto something that you value very highly. I love the jazzy atmosphere that it provokes. I agree with andy that it sits next to Do It Again very comfortably along with another b-side-- Bachelorette.

[Yinekol]

Andy I took that video, woot woot!

Liquid Diamonds is one of my absolute favorites... I could listen to it on repeat.

I love the Matty line too.

[Nurfzerne]

One of her best ever songs on so many levels.

[provigil]

I adore Liquid Diamonds, it's one of my favourite songs from Choirgirl and I finally had the pleasure of hearing it live in Groningen in 2009.

One of my favourite performances is from the Melbourne L&B with the "you're a diamond to me" improv at the start. It is stunningly beautiful.

[zCLadw3R]

I love love love the You're a Diamond version. I especially love how she kept it going through the intro of the actual song. Memory might be failing me, but I can't recall her ever incorporating an improv into a song before. Usually the improv ends and the song begins, and that's that.

[bF8CCmmr]

^ She did that when she prefaced Carbon with the Little Green intro and then added those lines again in the song when it was performed on the Radio Uno show in Italy, 2002.

[7UENf0w7]

The production on Liquid Diamonds is fucking brilliant - She really nailed it on this one!

[Yinekol]

Little Green into Carbon???? I've got to find this!

[JeremyBalll]

I've never heard another song like this. It is one of the best songs ever made. period.

[vNQmO2BF]

Any ideas on what the song is about? "Must be flowing liquid diamonds" Tears? Menstrual blood? The miscarried baby?

[russianstallian]

I'm pretty sure "liquid diamonds" is a Sandman reference, right?

[Yinekol]

I always thought it was the miscarriage.

[Unamannuato]

Amazing song but what's with the fade-in intro?! I guess she had a blank moment.

[welihiedginly]

Amazing song but what's with the fade-in intro?! I guess she had a blank moment.

the fade-in at the beginning and the fade-out at the end always reminded/reminds me of the ocean tide coming in and going out.

[aLZ9zKsO]

The fade in and out reminds me of a song we sang in Cubs - "Hi, ho, anybody home, land or love or money have I none, but I will return again." That's the only lyric, it repeats, but you whisper it and then bring it up, and then take it down to a whisper again and it ends. It's supposed to emulate hearing someone go by you on a boat, down a river. I always had a feeling that's what was happening here - that she was sailing across the Styx, and we just hear a part of the journey - and the echoes sound like the drips echoing in a cave. If you've ever been on one of those underground, cave-river boat tours it's totally like that.

http://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=5075

HEIGH-HO / ROSE RED [Listen] Heigh-ho, nobody home Meat, nor drink, nor money have I none. Still I will be merry [repeat] Rose, Rose, Rose red, Shall I ever see thee wed? I will marry at thy will, sire At thy will [repeat] Ding ding ding dong Wedding bells on an April morn' Carve your name on a moss covered stone On a moss covered stone [repeat] Ding ding ding dong Funeral bells on a September morn' Rose oh rose is dead and gone, sire Dead and gone [repeat]

There's the song - it's a traditional song with hundreds of verses, but that's the verse we used to sing anyway.

[aLZ9zKsO]

ALso, I think the phrase 'liquid diamonds' is a lot of things - it's tears (obviously), it's becoming one with the water, it's the flow of the song itself. Also, the cover pic, for me at least, is a picture of this song, more so than it is Pandora. It just captures it perfectly.