eh be tori iyiki de coverladın elini attın bu parçaya denir ama gene de dinlenmesi sakıncalı şarkılar kategorisinden kurtulamaz bu eser naçizane fikrime göre, kaybetmiş olmayı, ya da bunun insana neler verdiğini anlatır da anlatır sade bir şekilde. ha bir de unutmadan şu efsanevi dizelere de evsahibliğ yapar:

"ooh, it's so hard to love when
love was your great disappointment"

(nasedo - 13 Kasım 2006 12:55)

tori amos'un strange little girls adlı cover albümünden bir lloyd cole and the commotions yorumu:

jodie wears a hat although it hasn't rained for six days
she says a girl needs a gun these days
hey, on account of those rattlesnakes
on account of those rattlesnakes

she looks like eva marie saint
in on the waterfront^*
she reads simone de beauvoir
in her american circumstance
hey..

she's less than sure if her heart has come to stay in san jose
and her neverborn child haunts her now
as she speeds down the freeway
as she tries her luck with the traffic police
out of boredom more than spite
she never finds no trouble, she tries too hard
she's oblivious^* despite herself
hey..

she looks like eva marie saint
in on the waterfront, she says
all she needs is therapy
all you need is love is all you need
ah-ahh

jodie never sleeps 'cause there are always needles in the hay, hey
she says a girl needs a gun these days
hey, on account of the rattlesnakes
hey, on account of the rattlesnakes

she looks like eva marie saint
in on the waterfront
she reads simone de beauvoir
in her american circumstance
her heart's like crazy paving
upside down and back to front, she says
ooh, it's so hard to love when
love was your great disappointment

oooo
on account of those rattlesnakes
she says a girl needs a gun these days, hey
uh..uh..hhmmmmm
she says a girl needs a gun these days
hey, on account of the rattlesnakes
hey, on account of those rattlesnakes

bazı dergilerdeki röportajlarda ve haberlerde şu şekilde yer almıştır:

spin: tell me about some of these women. who's this? i like the kiss jacket.
tori: she's from the lloyd cole [and the commotions] song "rattlesnakes."
[tori amos; spin magazine, oct 2001]

rattlesnakes" is her personal favorite. she used a "rhodes delay back and forth" to create the sound of a rattlesnake's tail. tori "refuses to name a few anonymous pals who added extra overdubs to the cut."
[ice magazine, sept 2001]

"and in "rattlesnakes," i loved the way that he^* was so aware of the pain that she was in, for her never-born child. and he was able to, i think, feel her in a way that sometimes that i haven't been able to feel her."
--tori; new york times "critics choice" w/ ann powers, january 12, 2002

şarkıyı dinlerken gözleriniz kapatıp hayal edersiniz: route 66'de 50'lerden kalma^* bir convertible da seyahat etmektesinizdir. arabayı kullanırken yanınızda oturan tori'ye bakıp gülümsersiniz. o sırada tori silahını temizlemektedir. "we are almost there honey" dersiniz. sanki sizi duymamış gibi o hala silahını temizler...

(arsonist - 30 Haziran 2002 19:04)

çok şahane bir cover diyelim.

her yer çıngıraklı yılan dolu mazallah bu yüzden bana bir silah lazım inşallah bence en önemli mısra şudur: "she reads simone de beauvoir in her american circumstance", elinde simone de beauvoir, etrafında ise teksas'ın sığır çobanları yani, hayli trajik bir kahramanımız var.

(the tempest - 13 Mart 2013 19:36)

tori'nin hayalkırıklığı yaratmış cover albümü strange little girlsün tek elle tutulabilir parçasıdır ne yazık ki. ama bu şarkı ve tori'nin bu şarkıdaki söyleyiş biçimi öyle nefistir ki, albümün geri kalanını unutuverirsiniz.

(iwillshowyouwhatitmeans - 15 Eylül 2004 15:31)