Well, I finally brought myself to listen to Eminem's version of this song, and all I can say is... wow. His voice is so disconnected from what's happening, it's like he really is just singing about typical rap things. He could just as easily be singing about money and cars and wouldn't have to change his tone at all.
Tori's in comparison is ... I don't know, it's just so different. She gave the mother a voice, but I think what she did even more is help the listener understand the seriousness and insanity of the story being told. Before I heard the Eminem version, I would listen to Tori's, and think that, yes, that is exactly how a man, especially, a man who would kill his wife, would sound. Not the voice and obviously not the pitch, but the intonation, just the very WAY Tori speaks in that song. Eminem does sound disconnected, but not in the denying way a man who killed his child's mother would. He just sounds like "I'm rapping. It means nothing." Now that I have heard him do this song, I can really see just how Tori manipulated it, and she did it perfectly. She really revealed this song for what it was, horrible and inappropriate, not to be taken lightly because it's JUST a song.
em's version is sick. juxtaposing how much he loves his daughter to how much he hates his baby's mama. idk where you're coming from saying he is disconnected and whatnot. the tone is innocent for a reason.
em's version is sick. juxtaposing how much he loves his daughter to how much he hates his baby's mama. idk where you're coming from saying he is disconnected and whatnot. the tone is innocent for a reason.
it's a narrative, and he's talking to his little girl. of course he's not mirroring his words with his tone! he'd scare hay-hay right into the water along with her mom, stepdad and stepbrother!
it's a narrative, and he's talking to his little girl. of course he's not mirroring his words with his tone! he'd scare hay-hay right into the water along with her mom, stepdad and stepbrother!
Well, I finally brought myself to listen to Eminem's version of this song, and all I can say is... wow. His voice is so disconnected from what's happening, it's like he really is just singing about typical rap things. He could just as easily be singing about money and cars and wouldn't have to change his tone at all. Tori's in comparison is ... I don't know, it's just so different. She gave the mother a voice, but I think what she did even more is help the listener understand the seriousness and insanity of the story being told. Before I heard the Eminem version, I would listen to Tori's, and think that, yes, that is exactly how a man, especially, a man who would kill his wife, would sound. Not the voice and obviously not the pitch, but the intonation, just the very WAY Tori speaks in that song. Eminem does sound disconnected, but not in the denying way a man who killed his child's mother would. He just sounds like "I'm rapping. It means nothing." Now that I have heard him do this song, I can really see just how Tori manipulated it, and she did it perfectly. She really revealed this song for what it was, horrible and inappropriate, not to be taken lightly because it's JUST a song.
em's version is sick. juxtaposing how much he loves his daughter to how much he hates his baby's mama. idk where you're coming from saying he is disconnected and whatnot. the tone is innocent for a reason.
em's version is sick. juxtaposing how much he loves his daughter to how much he hates his baby's mama. idk where you're coming from saying he is disconnected and whatnot. the tone is innocent for a reason.
it's a narrative, and he's talking to his little girl. of course he's not mirroring his words with his tone! he'd scare hay-hay right into the water along with her mom, stepdad and stepbrother!
it's a narrative, and he's talking to his little girl. of course he's not mirroring his words with his tone! he'd scare hay-hay right into the water along with her mom, stepdad and stepbrother!