GangstaFam said:

I suggested something similar a few pages back. Even though it's totally impractical, I wouldn't mind seeing the album as five separate 3" CDs with each different character on them.

sextonseven said:

What about the 6 beekeeper gardens, did you ever investigate or separate those out thematically?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I was hoping I was at least a sophmore by now.

heartbeatocean said:

No, I haven't. But I should!

I have made alternates of Pink, Pele, Choirgirl and Venus though and they came out really cool.

Maybe I'll try something with the new one tonight and post my results tomorrow.

GangstaFam said:

What do you mean by "alternates"? Rearranging the track order?

GangstaFam said:

I like how you jump in even though I was asking sextonseven. You're so enthusiastic.

heartbeatocean said:

Yeah. Plus, the running order in the promo for Under the Pink and the booklet for Choirgirl are completely different.

They make for a cool listen. I like mixing the b-sides in too.

GangstaFam said:

I just play them on shuffle a lot.

heartbeatocean said:

I'm a like that.

GangstaFam said:

I like to go deep too, but can't often find the time. I'm just a freshman.

SMOKEY JOE gets me feeling all intense.

okay she's doing that leaving-me-unable-to-speak thing again.

heartbeatocean said:

I meant that we entered Tori High school together Wherever you are you are, I'm doing my best to pass my grades too!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Aww, who's keeping score. Not me!

I don't think anyone gets to graduate Tori school but Tori. We're merely romper room in her crazy world.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It's a pretty high climb.

heartbeatocean said:

There are six beekeeper gardens? Shows you how much I listened to that album.

sextonseven said:

oh my gosh. You're a freshman too.

LOL

sextonseven said:

I had no idea either but maybe that's cuz I only listened to it a couple times

heartbeatocean said:

Nah. He just dropped a semester or 2.

GangstaFam said:

I certainly know sexton is no freshman. LOL More like a PhD.

heartbeatocean said:

Especially since he compiled those kick ass discs! How much do you love "Upside Down"? I am so obsessed with that song

^

I know you're not asking me, but I think it's one of her very best songs.

It's one of about 4 songs that made me a fan back in the day.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I'm listening to it now. I like it okay. But now I can see what you mean, it's really deep. (It's going to take me years to absorb everything on that comp). It makes me think of how her music has changed over the years. Her early work has such a purity and grandness to it, it's quite stunning. I love the later electrified stuff too, but there's something so remarkable about that early sound. It has a tautness and I love the power of the orchestral elements.

heartbeatocean said:

I absolutely agree with you To me, that song is breathtaking both in musical composition and lyrical content. Especially those lyrics....some kind of touch is better than none, even upside down.... To be honest, I'm still digesting the first disc. I like to move through that stuff from one disc to the next, moving on when I'm familiar with it. Ultimately I need to just get all her old albums and really dive in head first

heartbeatocean said:

The purity in the sound of her first album is what totally grabbed me. Back in 1992 I had ordered 'Little Earthquakes' from one of those music clubs along with Sarah McLachlan's 'Solace' and Alison Moyet's 'Hoodoo'. They all arrived together and I listened to all three concurrently. Tori blew those other two albums away so badly that I quickly got rid of them. I was so moved by the innocence that I heard on that first listen that for awhile I changed my attitude and outlook on life in general to reflect that.

I blame Tori for my total dislike of Sarah McLachlan.

sextonseven said:

I'm came to Tori late but more and more I appreciate her early stuff. I went home last summer and it was an emotional time for me and I had a rental car with a great stereo system and drove around and around playing Under The Pink. I just have to say it was pure bliss. Pure, pure bliss.

I think it's funny you have to get rid of albums you don't like, like they're contaminated. I just leave them on the shelf.

heartbeatocean said:

No, shelf space in my apartment is a hot commodity. Only the truly worthy can get it. Plus I don't like false representation in my collection.

I like when I can totally connect with an album while driving. That is an experience to be cherished.

sextonseven said:

I love that purist in you. False representation, huh

sextonseven said:

OK, I have to admit that I have actually snapped CDs in half at the disgust that they would even be in my collection But mostly shit I don't like that I bought just sits there. maybe I can have 2 sections. Storage for the shit I don't care for and the rest on my, well I don't have shelf space right now. Music lovers would faint straight out at the state of my music collection. all over the place. Thatnk god for my harddrive!

Tori has extended an invitation to the Pope to attend the first American Doll Posse show in Rome: