So, i finally buckled and picked up Paula Cole's This Fire and damn with the exception of (where do all the cowboys go & i dont wanna wat, two songs i despise) her vocal execution is very similar to Kate Bush...a lot more so then Tori Amos....




from the howling.....the vocal flickering.....its all there...

but i like it. i was really impressed by this album...anyone else like?


the joy of usedrecord store shoping.

The Kate bush comparison is the biggest bullshit some folk gave to Tori.

They are diferent like nite and day...

Love them both

miguelbulcao said:

im sorry, the org is over that now...please stick to the new color "gold", paual cole..

thoughts on *her*?

sosgemini said:

I don't like her...

allmusic guide cites both Sarah McLachlan and Kate Busk as influences.
I don't remember her music, sorry.

PANDURITO said:

well then, care to comment on the hair underneath her arms then?

I'm in favour

sosgemini said:

Is she still not shaving? I never really got into her music, but judging from a few of her older songs, she's decent. I just kinda forgot about her. I put her with the "lilith fair" bunch, so I'll give her new stuff a listen. If I like it, I may even backtrack and get more of her stuff.

I love Paula Cole. I heard she is trying to release a new album.

Warner Bros. dropped her after the 1999 album "Amen".

I thought it was a good album.

Nick715 said:

would you consider this her best album?

miguelbulcao said:

well said!

I wouldn't call myself a huge Paula Cole fan, but her track w/ Peter Gabriel, Hush Hush, is simply fantastic.

I don't get the Kate Bush comparisons, though. Honestly, if there is a female singer songwriter who is a little artsy and alternative in the past 20 years, she has to be a Kate Bush wannabe? I don't think so. I love Kate, but it's a little too easy to label someone as a Kate Bush wannabe.

sosgemini said:

Paula and Tori are two seperate vocal distinctions all together. Well, in all truthfulness and honesty, I must admit that Paula has a nice voice. Their is no way that I would compare Tori or her to Kate Bush b/c Kate's voice is much more refined then both of them. The only thing Kate has common with Paula is that they both worked w/Peter and have great respect from him as an artist. However, I will say that Tori tries to imitate Kate but has quite gotten to her level of perfection.

sosgemini said:

could be bushier do it or don't, yknow?

CinisterCee said:

I'm gonna puke