Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
Music video by KT Tunstall performing Black Horse And The Cherry Tree. 2005 Universal Music Operations Limited A song by KT Tunstall from her 2004 debut album, Eye to the Telescope.
It was a hit in Canada, the US and New Zealand, and inspired by a summer in Greece and a concert by Son of Dave. Black Horse and the Cherry Tree is inspired by old blues, Nashville psycho hillbillies & hazy memories. It tells the story of finding yourself lost on your path, and a choice has to...
With a big black horse and a cherry tree (woo-hoo, woo-hoo) Now I won't come back, 'cause it's oh so happy And now I've got a hole for the world to see, yeah (woo-hoo, woo-hoo) And it said, "Nooo, no... nooo, no, no, no" It said "Nooo, no... you're not the one for me" "Nooo, no...
nooo, no, no, no" It said "Nooo, no... you're not the one for me" Learn about the inspiration, symbolism and lyrics of KT Tunstall's hit song "Black Horse and The Cherry Tree".
The song is a metaphor for good and evil and a choice to be made, based on a personal experience of a wild horse in Greece. Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on Later...
with Jools Holland. There's nary a black horse nor a cherry tree to be found in the Sophie Muller-directed music video, which shows Tunstall and her band performing the tune in a dark room. And the story goes, she came upon an urgent decision to make between a big black horse and a cherry tree.
I agree that the horse stands for danger and love, and the cherry tree is practicality. It may have even literally been a lover who asked her to marry him. When the big black horse said, "Hey lady!" {When the big black horse said, "Look this way"} Said, "Look this way, will you marry me?" {Said, "Hey, lady, will you marry me?"} So I stopped it dead for a beat or two.
With a big black horse and a cherry tree. The big black horse and the cherry tree metaphors represent respectively the love that is never to be and the heart that is shattered. The lyrics of black horse & the cherry tree predominantly highlight the sequence of emotions of heartbreak, angst, reflection, despair and solitude.
