And from the horse's mouth I just heard that she's bringing the harpsichord back on the new album!

Here's the exact quote...

GangstaFam said:

i just came a little.

lol. i was laughing at the discussions about the boxset not fitting in
with other boxsets and not having a defined place on a shelve yet lol.

that's like saying "oh boy, i've got two black haired boys and now we
got a red head girl so we best stick her in the attic since she wont
fit in with our other kids"



ps: i'm listening to the new songs on the boxset right now and they're
making me think i will go off into Tori-Obsessed-Territory very soon!!

GangstaFam said:

damn.....can almost taste that cereal.

IstenSzek said:

Can I come with you?

sallysassalot said:

How do you come just a little?

sallysassalot said:

Me too.

GangstaFam said:

sure you can! we need to get us a tourbus on the road



~if you see the fire eater's wife~

IstenSzek said:

DO A JIG!!!

GangstaFam said:

i'm listening to the new tracks right now and i hear so many things
on repeated listen!

the amazingly cool simplicity of "Fire Eater's Wife" that flows in2
"Beauty Queen" perfectly -making me wonder why on earth is was left
off the album. (probably so as not to make it even more inaccesible
with an intro to an intro, lol).

the bridge in "Take Me With You" is so melodic and beautiful that i
have to listen to it again and again! so well done, just perfect!!

you're all fuckers. i'm doing my best to hold off until next week but you're making me feel like a bulimic in a french pastry shop.

sallysassalot said:

you just have to hear this. i'm loving the tracks so much.

listening to "Not David Bowie" right now and it's brutal!!
great rhythm. it's got that tribal pulse and Tori sings as
if she's a voodoo priestess (though with cool urban flair
and no doubt a pair of pretty shoes lol).

"Ode To My Clothes" reminds me of her pre-choir girl b-sides
it's kinda silly really but the way she sings it makes it so
you can't but love it. she makes the subject seem serious in
a way only she can with these kinda things.

in the end she closes things off very spontaniously, kinda
like the track was recorded in one take as she says her last
goodbye to her clothes. i can't help but feel she probably
had a bit of a little girl's giggle after that. i wish she'd
included that too, lol.

i'm not sure where "Peeping Tommi" came from but it sounds
like it would have fit perfectly on 'Under the Pink' since
it has that stripped down piano + vocal sound.

at first listen i thought it was kind of bland, but that's
not true. it starts of low key and slowly gets laced with
some very pretty melodic lines "i heard you fine the first
time" *sigh*

it's these kind of tracks that make me drool for what else
she might have left in the vault.

"Take Me With You", once again i'm not really sure where it
came from since i'm just listening to the tracks and havent
read too much about them yet since i'd like the judge them
for what they sound like on first few listens to me without
me knowing what period it comes from.

It's hard to pinpoint though. Could be from The Beekeeper,
although I like the piano she plays on this much more than
I do with most of the Beekeeper tracks.

The melody is also more catchy, more direct with a rather
breezy, walking rhythm section and nice (live?) drums...

I think the Tori=Kate Ripoff people will have a field day
with this since her vocals on the bridge sound more like
Kate than she ever sounded on any song.

Though that's not a bad thing, especially if you hear how
beautifully she delivers the lines here and how well they
flow melodically.

This song really throws me off though. I can't help but
feel that it's pretty recent but it sounds like vintage
Tori. Even the lyrics sound a bit more pre-Venus.

But i'm probably completely wrong and it might just be a
BeeKeeper track, lol.

Now, "Walk To Dublin (Sucker Reprise)", that's got one
cool drumline. And there's a harpsichord *omfg*

Kinda reminds me slightly of "Caught a Lite Sneeze" in
parts. Probably because of the harpsichord.

Thought the rhythm reminds me more of later Tori with
songs like "Witness" (although i haven't heard that in
quite some time).

Pretty sure this is a 'Boys For Pele' era track. If not
it would still fit very well on that album!

The "Do a Jig" line cracks me up. That's a classic

Love love love her vocals on this one. Warm and sincere
and kinda twisted in places. She sounds like a woman to
reckon with. She'll have your cock off if you're not a
very carefull man, lol.

"Zero Point"



finally we get to hear this track! i've looked forward to
this one for ages and it's hard to judge it without being
subjective to the image i've built of it in my mind.

however, since i loved all the 'To Venus and Back' tracks
and this one really has the feel of that album, it goes
down very well with me.

i never quite understood why so many people fell off the
Tori wagon with that album since it's such a good mix of
vintage tori with just piano and slight instrumentation,
and a new, harder edged tori with sorta industrial beats
and noises and distorted guitars.

the interplay between the 'heavy' parts which open up to
light, sparkling atmospheric glimpses into another room
whenever the bottom falls out of the beat are just very
cool assets to the song. they make it lighter and give it
a real sense of hope (i know that sounds overwraught but
it's how it feels).

haven't yet heard the "creaming jesus still" line yet tho
but i probably just missed it.

gonna listen again now

oh and one more thing:



[you know who you are]

Simply awesome Isten! I'll write more soon.

GangstaFam said:

lots of practice.

IstenSzek said:

so happy you got these Isten ~ aren't great friends the most wonderful thing EVER

It's been a long time since I've connected with and loved a song as much as zero ground. Nice writing ~ thank you!

MoonSongs said:

It is cool, but it's all about "Me and You" for me lately.

IstenSzek said:

If any album could make an intro to an intro work, it's Pele. The words are an even better prologue to the album than "Beauty Queen".

IstenSzek said:

You were kinda not that thrilled with "The Beekeeper", were you? Do you think this would've fit?

IstenSzek said:

It definitely has that "Silly Songs" vibe of the Pele b-sides like "This Old Man", "Toodles Mr. Jim", "Frog On My Toe", "Sandwich Song", etc.

Since she mentions Ireland in there somewhere, I think it would've made a nice outro to "Ireland".

First she went to Ireland, then she lost her clothes, then she had to go meet the Beekeeper. It's a very spiritual journey.

IstenSzek said:

You are correct, sir. It was an outtake from "Under the Pink". And like "Honey", she's been kinda kicking herself that she left it off. It would've fit on there perfectly. The lyrics are really striking once you figure out what she's singing about.

IstenSzek said:

I thought the same thing about the Kate comparisons, and that's not something I'd readily admit. But it's all there.

And you definitely know your Tori, even with the confusion about this track.

She found an old instrumental demo from the Earthquakes sessions, dusted it off and wrote the words/sand the vocals this year.

So it's a nice bookend to the whole set.

IstenSzek said:

Pele, it is. I think of the new songs, this is my favorite. She sounds totally possessed in some parts and I can just see her cross-eyed and drooling like she was on that tour. Not glamourous, but very convincing. Aside from the "Do a Jig!" part, I'm loving "The lord needs my ass!"

Truer words were never spoken.

IstenSzek said:

I ping pong on this one. Sometimes I'm really feeling it, other times it kinda annoys me. And I'm guessing I might always feel that way because of how long and densely layered it is. When I'm in the right frame of mind, I can really get lost in it. And I love the subject matter. Other times, like in the morning it's just too much and a bit of a mess.