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"Me and a Gun" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos. It was released as the first single from her debut studio album ''Little Earthquakes''. It was released on October 21, 1991 by Atlantic Records in North America and EastWest Records in the UK. ==Background== The song is three minutes and 44 seconds long. Amos wrote the song about being raped in Los Angeles when she was 21. After she performed at a bar, a patron asked her if he could have a ride home. She obliged, and he raped her at knifepoint. (Many journalists mistakenly state she was raped at gunpoint, possibly due to the song's title.) She escaped. Years later, in London, Amos saw the film ''Thelma and Louise'' and was stirred. On the way to a show, she wrote the song in her head. That night, she performed the song a cappella. Tori Amos explains the experience: "I'll never talk about it at this level again but let me ask you. Why have I survived that kind of night, when other women didn't? This song did not take off very well as a single; in fact, the track was not the A-side to its own single. "Silent All These Years," another song from ''Little Earthquakes'', was the first track on this single, with "Gun" appearing third (or as the B-side on the 7" release). "Silent" was a more accessible song, and radio stations began to play that instead. Ultimately the single was re-released with nearly identical packaging but retitled as ''Silent All These Years.'' Amos made a habit of singing this song during live appearances. In 1994, the DC Rape Crisis Center awarded Amos a Visionary award for the song and the co-creation of RAINN. Ultimately Amos stopped singing the song live in December 2001 and did not sing it live again until September 2007 (with the exception of one performance in Istanbul in August 2005).〔(Tori Amos Setlist Database on Undented )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Me and a Gun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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