6. Rattlesnakes
(Clark/Cole, 1984)
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
 

“She’s from the Lloyd Cole song Rattlesnakes. She’s a showgirl, much older than the other women. She wants to be a stage actress, but things haven’t been going well for her. She hangs around with a lot of girls who do porn, and she doesn’t judge them; she just wants to love them. Her mentors are some of the old screen legends - like Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest. She lives in a fantasy world, in stories.” [Spin - October 2001]

Tori used a “Rhodes delay back and forth to create the tail of the rattlesnake.” [Ice - September 2001]

“Certain women walked after one listen straight through the door into my head, gave me their whole story and their voice. For others, I’ve had to wait longer. The woman on Rattlesnakes took so long that we almost had to drop the song. But on a day I was sitting in the garden and I saw a branch with many curves. The shape reminded me of a rattlesnake. And then, all of a sudden, she took possession of me. This mysterious girl, whom I still didn't understand, but wanted to be with from the beginning. I was curious about her lust for life, what moved her. I could live into the pain she felt because of her unborn child... It may be weird, but at first I didn’t feel much with this song. Maybe I didn’t let it happen, I don’t know. In any case, at once she appeared and she’s still in that one special place in my heart... I like her really much and of all the girls she probably has the most in common with myself. But have you ever seen me wear a leather jacket with the Kiss logo on it? She’s become a friend.” [Oor - September 8, 2001]

“She’s one of my favorites; she’s an enigma to me in so many ways. I have cups of coffee with her sometimes, and we have really good chats. But she’s very hard to penetrate. She has these dreamy eyes; she loves to drive into the desert.” [AP - October 2001]