Girl

“Now I don’t want to say that electronic instruments are anything bad. For example: the electronic arrangement for Girl is mine. Eric made the sounds on the Kurzweil and programmed everything, since I don’t have a clue.” [Keyboards (Germany) – June 1992]

“The beginnings were composed on an old upright piano in Virginia [at her parents’ farm]. It’s horribly out of tune, which is one of the things I love about it. The chorus was written but that’s about it. I threw it down on tape and forgot about it. Months later, I was cleaning the house (truly a happening) and was throwing tapes away. Eric intercepted this one out of a pile. I was chopping onions in the kitchen, he brought it in and said, ‘Listen’ - I did.” [Little Earthquakes songbook]