GangstaFam said:

I dunno if I trust your opinion either, mr. choirgirl hotel.

Anyone here love, love, LOVE 'To Venus And Back'? Talk to me.

GangstaFam said:

Seriously though, thanks for the orgnote and you're right. It sounds brilliant.

GangstaFam said:

just a couple so far

SHE'S BACK!!!!

sextonseven said:

I'm Pele's bitch, truth be told. And Venus is a 5 star album in my book. Love everything about it. So trust me.

sextonseven said:

How much ya listen to?

heartbeatocean said:

that's what I'm saying!

GangstaFam said:

First listen, I love "Body and Soul" to death. It has a Southern rock/blues, "boot stomping" vibe to it.....kinda reminds me of
Joan Osborne's "Help Me".
That one got the repeat button about 10 times. I picture a stripper dancing to this one in cowboy boots. I can
totally deal with Tori changing genres a little, like in this song and others along the same lines. "Big Wheel" has a similar vibe, but
it's just so , imo. It just sounds like a typical country/honky tonk song that I swear I've heard before over the years on some local
country station. Surprisingly I actually think it's the piano I don't like in that.
Others that I liked instantly and got the repeat were
"Code Red" (love the base line with the minor chords ), "Teenage Hustling", "You Can Bring Your Dog",
"Father's Son" (Interesting layering of vocals w/ somber piano & drum instrumentation), "Dragon". "Devils and Gods" (love the harp and acoustic guitar) along with
"Fat Slut" should be full length songs instead "Mr. Bad Man" and "Secret Spell",imo. Other than "Big Wheel", those are the
two that I don't see myself hitting repeat on. "Mr. Bad Man" after first listen is kinda annoying
in a Mr. Rogers too happy go lucky kind of way....musically, not lyrically. "Girl Disappearing" uses strings,
but I'm not really drawn to it, like I have been with her other songs with strings.
At first I was a little disappointed that she wasn't using the harpsichord and choosing to
go down a more rock driven path, but I ended up liking the heaviest songs from the album. I was kinda
hesitant about the number of songs too.....but it didn't really drag. "Body and Soul"
definitely makes up for my hatred of "Big Wheel", and lukewarm response to "Secret Spell". Why oh why is that the
first single? There are so many songs on that album to choose from. I heard it wasn't being played on radio stations because of "MILF". It'd only get play on
country stations around here anyway, and then with the banning of "milf", I doubt it's getting any
play at all. Maybe some college station will play it....not that I'll listen to it. The songs that were put out there as clips prior to
the album leaking are my least favorites....and it was really setting me up for a huge disappointment for the album. "Teenage Hustling" is supposed to be the second single, so
that's good. I wouldn't say it's Tori's best, but definitely not her worst. That title goes to Beekeeper,imo.

Why not just turn this one into a sticky, since people have already started posting on it?

my complaint on the LP is that some of the songs are much longer than they should've been

PricelessHo said:

Most of the songs are pretty average in length.

AnckSuNamun said:

I'm guessing you meant skip?
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AnckSuNamun said:

We definitely need one.

GangstaFam said:

The 12-minute sample was enough for me to know I won't be disappointed.

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sextonseven said:

GangstaFam said:

Maybe skip after another listen or two. "Mr. Bad Man" just reminds me of her Myra Ellen early years.

GangstaFam said:

that's true but it feels that way 'cause some of the lyrics are short so she'd be repeating a chorus for 1:50 minutes or so till the song fades out.

i'll add Digital Ghost to my list. Gorgeous track.

"i'm boycotting trends, it's my new look this season"

i'll fucking add Girl Disappearing to my list as well,, amazing strings

Ya know, I can say I honestly like every single song on this album and most of 'em I love.

Entertainment Weekly review:

sextonseven said:

lame-o

GangstaFam said:

ditto.

at 1st, i can honestly say i was pretty surprised by certain songs such as Mr.Bad Man, Secret Spell & U can bring your dog,,

now i can't help but find them so much fun.

P.S. Girl Disappearing is skyrocketing to the top of my list at the moment, thanks to the addictive strings.

Hey mods, can we please make one of these a sticky?

I'm still stuck like glue on "Devils and God", "Body and Soul" and "Father's Son". I love how my favorites are paired together on the track list. Genre wise, it's a nice contrast."Father's Son" sounds like it could've been on Scarlet's Walk.....the subtle tribal-like drum. These songs are making their way onto my favorite Tori songs of all time list. Has anyone read all of the blogs/myspace pages yet.....fans are responding to them like they're really different people. To me it's still Tori. Santa's listed as a gemini on the myspace page....oh god.

I wonder after the album drops world wide and the hype dies down if the blogs are gonna still be up? Who's keeping Santa's myspace page up. Is that account gonna eventually close?

I loved Big Wheel even more after seeing it's video.

She's o.k.

Another one of those singer/songwriters whom I don't undestand why they have such avid fans. But I'll give the album a try, since her songs don't strain my ears nearly as bad as Bjork.

Imago said:

it's Girl Disappearing VS Code Red

darm you Tori