Talk:God (Tori Amos song)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:35, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Why it wasn't played by commercial radio
"American radio was very hesitant to play the song because of its heavy use of guitars"? Sorry, I've heard of all sorts of reasons why certain songs are not played on the radio, but I've NEVER heard of a song not being played because it was too guitar-heavy. That's just stupid. By that logic, almost no major hard-rock band (Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, etc) in the past 40 years would've gotten big, because their music are all about heavy guitar sounds. I don't know who wrote this article, but whoever did it did a rather poor job. Where on earth do they get their conclusions? Has it ever occurred that the reason "God" wasn't played was because of the rather touchy lyrics that would almost certainly set off religious groups who in turn would protest the stations that played the song? 24.189.90.68 (talk) 02:09, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Removed details challenged as OR since November 2009
The following unreferenced details were removed after having been challenged as original research since November 2009:
 * The song was Amos' response to patriarchy and the repression of women through religion. Lyrically it was heavily confrontational of male-deity headed religions, with lyrics like "God, sometimes you just don't come through/Do you need a woman to look after you?" American radio was very hesitant to play the song because of its heavy use of guitars, so a promotional CD was released in the USA with two commercially unavailable mixes of the song: the "No Guitar" mix and the "Some Guitar" mix. The B-sides to the American release included Amos' reworking of the traditional song "Home on the Range", with new lyrics reflecting her Cherokee heritage, as well as a two-song instrumental piano suite. An American cassette single featured the b-side "Sister Janet".

Feel free to reinstate if you are able to document a reference. 67.101.6.160 (talk) 18:57, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Theological meaning
In view of the song's title, should this article have an analysis of the deep theological meaning of the song?Vorbee (talk) 09:07, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

Songs critical of religion
This article has been put in the category "Songs critical of religion" but the article does not really explain why this song is critical of religion. Vorbee (talk) 08:12, 7 September 2019 (UTC)