See, here's the thing. I totally dig on her person. I am so intrigued by her disasterous and tragic stories and find that a very compelling part of her artistry. I only own 2 albums. Boys for Pele and The BeeKeeper. Now I have given Beekeeper a couple spins and it's not that I don't like it, I'm jsut not jazzed by it. I have to admit, that I love love love Professional Widow, and I'm not talking about the dance mix That song for me is the part of Tori that I crave and can't really get enough of. That song is her trippin the fuck out. I mean what the hell? The instruments, the lyrics and her delivery. All fucked up and I LOVE IT!.

I only liked some of Boys and so I never really checked out her other stuff. I think if I would have stuck with it as it was happening, it would have made an impression because I can't even begin to explain the impact that artists like Bjork and PJ have had on me especially considering my life around 94. That domestic abuse thread I wrote, well that is exactly the place I was in/leaving at the time so I think if I had stuck with Tori she would have made her mark on me. But it's not like I can go back and recreate that experience.

For me to pick up Tori now, it will have to be about something else, and what that will be will be for me to find out. I did really dig on many of the lyrics from Beekeeper so I think it's safe to say that it will keep me coming back for more. I dunno, I know there are treasures to be discovered and I will start by Choirgirl and working my way through. She is an artist that is just so respected by so many I respect that I feel it would be a disservice not to give her a full fledged chance.

Thank you for stoking the sparks I need on this

Second on the list:



Arcade Fire's "Funeral".

This is a great album I don't even know how to describe it. Sometimes as I sat listening to it, i heard glimpses of sounds that were like the best moments of 80s music but they are mixed with something else. I love the transitions during songs, just when you thought you knew what to expect of the song it switches up into a different creature altogether. The sound of this album is familiar and unexpected all at the same time. Vintage and new. The concept of the album, including the liner notes, create a feeling of discovering something lost.

I totally dig this Thanks to blackboab for the suggestion

As some of you know, I do not consider myself a huge Tori Amos fan. I did buy Boys for Pele when it came out and while I absofreakinlutely LOVE Professional Widow, I was kinda lost on much of that album. So I never really ventured into her music that much. All these years have gone by and I have definitely missed the Tori train.

GangstaFam recommended that I check out Tori's "Choirgirl Hotel" album:



I sent him this orgnote:




Well.....at GangstaFam's suggestion, I bought Tori's "Choirgirl" and I have one question:

WHAT




















THE




















HELL!?




Since Saturday I have been eating this album alive . This is her "OK Computer" for me. I absolutely loved Radiohead's "The Bends" and when "OK Computer" was released I didn't feel it, at all. I left it in the music store. Then some years later Radiohead released "KidA" and I only had to hear the first 5 chords of the first song to know I would be touched in an amazing way. That is all I heard, 5 chords, and I picked up that album without question. I can't even tell you how revolutionary KidA was for me. It wasn't until KidA that I went back and bought Radiohead's "OK Computer" and it was just one of those things I just wasn't ready for because when I listened to it the second time around it was fresh and alive and real and amazing. And I sat there thinkin....I have missed out on this for so long and it made the re-discovery all that more amazing. That is what Choirgirl is for me

And you know what? I do own Choirgirl. I told Gangsta that I only owned Boys and Bees but as soon as I saw the cover I realized that I do own this album as well. It's in storage though and I never bought a new copy or dug the existing one out of storage. I have no idea what was happening or why I did not connect with it at the time I bought it. Sometimes I get an album and get sidetracked from it and then it gets lost in the shuffle and then later I come back to it and think, "why didn't I feel this the first time?". Because I cannot imagine that this album wouldn't have had an impact on me all those years ago when I bought it. I mean I remember that I listened to it because the first song immediately sounded familiar but I don't remember the rest of it at all. This album is simply stunning and amazing.

It is the Tori I have been craving! The music, the lyrics. I just love this album. It makes me so less afraid to dive into her other works. I realize that this will be her most unique work for me but it does stoke the hunger I have needed for her music. My favorite songs are Spark, Black Dove (I really love this song), Rasberry Swirl (YES!), Liquid Diamonds, She's Your Cocaine (Tori in full effect ).....and Pandora's Aquarium....that song is gorgeous. Pandora strikes the most emotional right now. And I never stopped to consider how talented a piano player she is. The timing she exercises with her fingers on the ivory, it is what sets her apart from so many other piano divas.

Thank you so much Gangsta for recommending this to me. I truly truly love it. I can't wait for it to unfold on me. I will always think of you when I hear it

@ "Tori Brigade".

As some of you know, I do not consider myself a huge Tori Amos fan. I did buy Boys for Pele when it came out and while I absofreakinlutely LOVE Professional Widow, I was kinda lost on much of that album. So I never really ventured into her music that much. All these years have gone by and I have definitely missed the Tori train.

GangstaFam recommended that I check out Tori's "Choirgirl Hotel" album:



I sent him this orgnote:




Well.....at GangstaFam's suggestion, I bought Tori's "Choirgirl" and I have one question:

WHAT




















THE




















HELL!?




Since Saturday I have been eating this album alive . This is her "OK Computer" for me. I absolutely loved Radiohead's "The Bends" and when "OK Computer" was released I didn't feel it, at all. I left it in the music store. Then some years later Radiohead released "KidA" and I only had to hear the first 5 chords of the first song to know I would be touched in an amazing way. That is all I heard, 5 chords, and I picked up that album without question. I can't even tell you how revolutionary KidA was for me. It wasn't until KidA that I went back and bought Radiohead's "OK Computer" and it was just one of those things I just wasn't ready for because when I listened to it the second time around it was fresh and alive and real and amazing. And I sat there thinkin....I have missed out on this for so long and it made the re-discovery all that more amazing. That is what Choirgirl is for me

And you know what? I do own Choirgirl. I told Gangsta that I only owned Boys and Bees but as soon as I saw the cover I realized that I do own this album as well. It's in storage though and I never bought a new copy or dug the existing one out of storage. I have no idea what was happening or why I did not connect with it at the time I bought it. Sometimes I get an album and get sidetracked from it and then it gets lost in the shuffle and then later I come back to it and think, "why didn't I feel this the first time?". Because I cannot imagine that this album wouldn't have had an impact on me all those years ago when I bought it. I mean I remember that I listened to it because the first song immediately sounded familiar but I don't remember the rest of it at all. This album is simply stunning and amazing.

It is the Tori I have been craving! The music, the lyrics. I just love this album. It makes me so less afraid to dive into her other works. I realize that this will be her most unique work for me but it does stoke the hunger I have needed for her music. My favorite songs are Spark, Black Dove (I really love this song), Rasberry Swirl (YES!), Liquid Diamonds, She's Your Cocaine (Tori in full effect ).....and Pandora's Aquarium....that song is gorgeous. Pandora strikes the most emotional right now. And I never stopped to consider how talented a piano player she is. The timing she exercises with her fingers on the ivory, it is what sets her apart from so many other piano divas.

Thank you so much Gangsta for recommending this to me. I truly truly love it. I can't wait for it to unfold on me. I will always think of you when I hear it

.
[Edited 3/28/05 16:10pm]

First of all:

that's for not sitting down to appreciate this album sooner.

Second:

that's for finally listening to it an appreciating it


This is, without a doubt, one of the best albums ever made (imo)
it's one of those rare albums that conjure a world of their own.
It's Tori in full effect doing some amazing work that makes my
skin crawl with delight and fear at the same time.

It stands up next to Radiohead's "KidA/Amnesiac" and "Achtung Baby"
or even "Parade" in creating it's own world and dominating it.

Hey Supa, if you dig Chorigirl... wait til you hear the bsides to it... I think I'll make you a cd. Fair trade, huh?

By the way, Choirgirl is my fave Tori cd. I LOVE Cruel, Liquid Diamonds and Iieee... OMG this song kicks ASS live. It's her only cd that I NEVER want to skip a track on... unless I have a song I just HAVE to hear. The album just flows so well and has the perfect balance of electronic/electric with her piano. LOVE LOVE LOVE this album and the tour is even better. The way she revamped Blood Roses... I just really can't even put it to words. Fucking AMAZING.

So many PJ fans were very put off by the electronic element to "Desire". Was it the same for Tori fans with this album?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yeah, some of them. Not the cool ones!

I still haven't gotten into PJ. Maybe you can help me with that...

i didn't realize how important this album was to me until i lost it (this happened recently). because i'm poor, i decided to buy uh huh her first because it is new and exciting. bad move. is this desire is her most consistently good record. suprisingly, as it is pretty dark, it got me through the toughest summer of my life. usually it pisses me off that she can't write a song in a major key. this is especially distracting on uh huh her. it makes all the songs sound the same, drony, uninteresting while desparately trying to be interesting. the textures on is this desire? are incredible, yet it is still raw enough (as opposed to stories from the city...) to evoke intense emotion and imagery. i also think the excercise of moving outside herself made this album stand out from her body of work. she channels these characters so well that upon first listen you might not realize that this isn't about her. if there's one thing i hate about female artists, it's self absorption (i'm guilty of writing like i'm the center of the universe). self absorption only works when it strikes a balance between raw/angsty and a certain level of perspective. on this record, polly is making other characters self absorbed, and i like it. the title track is particularly moving and haunting. the sparseness of the arrangement lets her guitar work shine on the chorus while her voice is left vulnerable and lilting as she asks "Is this desire enough, enough, to lift us higher. Is this desire?" Now apply that to mary and joseph.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

If it's good enough for Supa... I'm in!
Thanks for the review!

I have absolutely no Tori B-sides! Not one.

A beautiful friend made me the most fantastic collection of her B-sides.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Dude! I just finished a killer Tori b-sides collection. I'll post my results soon. I'ma totally hook you up!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I wonder who that might be.

As some of you know, I do not consider myself a huge Tori Amos fan. I did buy Boys for Pele when it came out and while I absofreakinlutely LOVE Professional Widow, I was kinda lost on much of that album. So I never really ventured into her music that much. All these years have gone by and I have definitely missed the Tori train.

GangstaFam recommended that I check out Tori's "Choirgirl Hotel" album:



I sent him this orgnote:




Well.....at GangstaFam's suggestion, I bought Tori's "Choirgirl" and I have one question:

WHAT




















THE




















HELL!?




Since Saturday I have been eating this album alive . This is her "OK Computer" for me. I absolutely loved Radiohead's "The Bends" and when "OK Computer" was released I didn't feel it, at all. I left it in the music store. Then some years later Radiohead released "KidA" and I only had to hear the first 5 chords of the first song to know I would be touched in an amazing way. That is all I heard, 5 chords, and I picked up that album without question. I can't even tell you how revolutionary KidA was for me. It wasn't until KidA that I went back and bought Radiohead's "OK Computer" and it was just one of those things I just wasn't ready for because when I listened to it the second time around it was fresh and alive and real and amazing. And I sat there thinkin....I have missed out on this for so long and it made the re-discovery all that more amazing. That is what Choirgirl is for me

And you know what? I do own Choirgirl. I told Gangsta that I only owned Boys and Bees but as soon as I saw the cover I realized that I do own this album as well. It's in storage though and I never bought a new copy or dug the existing one out of storage. I have no idea what was happening or why I did not connect with it at the time I bought it. Sometimes I get an album and get sidetracked from it and then it gets lost in the shuffle and then later I come back to it and think, "why didn't I feel this the first time?". Because I cannot imagine that this album wouldn't have had an impact on me all those years ago when I bought it. I mean I remember that I listened to it because the first song immediately sounded familiar but I don't remember the rest of it at all. This album is simply stunning and amazing.

It is the Tori I have been craving! The music, the lyrics. I just love this album. It makes me so less afraid to dive into her other works. I realize that this will be her most unique work for me but it does stoke the hunger I have needed for her music. My favorite songs are Spark, Black Dove (I really love this song), Rasberry Swirl (YES!), Liquid Diamonds, She's Your Cocaine (Tori in full effect ).....and Pandora's Aquarium....that song is gorgeous. Pandora strikes the most emotional right now. And I never stopped to consider how talented a piano player she is. The timing she exercises with her fingers on the ivory, it is what sets her apart from so many other piano divas.

Thank you so much Gangsta for recommending this to me. I truly truly love it. I can't wait for it to unfold on me. I will always think of you when I hear it

.
[Edited 3/28/05 16:10pm]

I have yet to listen to Choirgirl and all I can say...hooray!!! More Tori to discover...! Still working The Beekeeper though. That album really speaks to me.

Not really sure but I hear he's heckaslammin

Arcade Fire's "Funeral".

Dude! I just finished a killer Tori b-sides collection. I'll post my results soon. I'ma totally hook you up!

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