GangstaFam said:

as long as i get to be gladys, because i'm always making that gesture anyway.

Anxiety said:

and I'm always watching.

icke4presidant said:

I never heard of this person, I don't even know what this person looks like, sounds like... and I don't know any of thier music....


so please tell me how this person is the greatest female artist ever....

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

The man has said it all right there.

Except, you may not need the singles since many of the important b-sides are on the Piano box set.

i have to admit i do like the Amos,been listening to her since i was in 8th grade..then i listen to kate bush..kate bush is more refreshing cause she experiments more with sound,compare to amos.

i think amos would do a great version of "babooshka" or "dream of sheep"

weepingwall said:

She does a cover "And Dream of Sheep".....not bad, but I still prefer Kate's.

"does"
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I just don't see how one can listen to one album ( a greatest hits) and declare someone as the greatest of all time. "Tales" doesn't even capture all of Tori. I have a love/hate relationship with Tori Amos.....so times like this is when I start hating her It was the same the first time I heard Kate Bush's music after going on and on about Tori.

Anxiety said:

Y'all are silly.

AnckSuNamun said:

oh really do you have a copy of it..or is it on youtube?

weepingwall said:

http://www.yessaid.com/so..._sheep.mp3

yessaid has pretty much everything.

AnckSuNamun said:

thank you,you're very kind..its pretty good...not as dreamy as the original one.

weepingwall said:

You're welcome.

TotalAlisa said:

precious

AnckSuNamun said:

Enough said.

Has she gotten plugs yet? Everytime I see her I she has lost more hair. I always feel real bad for woman whose hair thin out because at least it happens to a lot of men and it's not an unusual site but woman you can't help but look.
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POOK said:

You talk like my boyfriend's 70 y.o. Filipino dad.

Xagain said:

hey, you live near my sister. small world.

POOK said:

Awww. I love my monkey. It's true. No artist can be genius throughout their entire career. And there indeed seems to be a trend with both Tori and Prince, losing their ways.

The reason why they lost their way in it's own right is interesting to watch and ponder on. In Tori's case, I think she only became great because she channeled the ghosts in the closet.
Her later work, logically, levelled out and the musings she had were maybe not on the same level as at the beginning of her solo career.

To my ears, her albums since Choirgirl are not on the same level as those before. The ideas behind the albums are interesting, it is just the way she channels them into music that is not so captivating anymore. Most albums since then sound timid where she used to make albums with songs that stood out between the others and still told a story.
These days she tells stories told through personalities I cannot identify with anymore, except maybe the few Monkey boy spoke of. And albums like Scarlet's Walk and The Beekeeper are, to me (and this is my opinion), borfingly even in their overall sound without standing out to my ears; normally when I listen to an album I have ONE instant favourite and both these albums really stood out to me as neither delivered me such a song, leaving me a bit bewildered at first.

Now, the latest albums at least delivered four of such songs, even though I did not like the rest of it a lot, it got more play outa me than the albums since 1999.

And, if you liked Tales Of A Librarian, you might have a feeling about her; if you wanna get into her (then go for album one, move your way up) or if you want to keep it casual, then I'd suggest get the Piano box, which is an introspective of her entire career plus some bonus b-side material. In an awful beautiful box.

Enjoy!

PS. I might seem to moan, but when you look at my overall most listened to artist, Tori is still nr two after Prince. And even a boring Tori Amos song is worth to listen to, just cuzza that voice.

Tori IS the greatest female artist ever. People who compare her to Kate Bush probably only know one or two Tori records and are just highlighting their own ignorance.

The day Kate Bush can write something as profoundly moving as "iieee" or "Siren" or "Zero Point" will be the day that pigs fly!

sosgemini said:

Case closed.

sosgemini said:

In P'cola? Where she live?

MattyJam said:

I think it's because Tori mostly writes on a personal level where Kate Bush is a story-teller most of the time.

It's just much easier to like Tori and feel her songs. Raped daughter of a priest turned rebellious and feminist singer songwriter.

I think it's just fascinating that Kate has that kind of a fan base who can relate to her on a personal level considering that she is mostly a narrator in her music.

MattyJam said:

lol

Xagain said:

in Navarre. I flew up there a couple months back after the Miami invasion...its...uhhhh....ummm...nice and slow there.

icke4presidant said:

Of course: Tori's a writer & composer, a true artist, when the girls u mention r just "products" of the pop industry.

If u like Tori u should give a try 2 Kate Bush, which is an extraordinary artist (don't start with "The Red Shoes" or "Aerial", which have a more "common" sound, but more likely with any of her first 6 albums. u'll like it or not but i can guarantee that very few artists have such a personnal, original & emotionally strong universe.
Other women who r great composers with a true universe of their own include Akiko Yano (a true genius), Björk (another true genius), Suzanne Vega, Poe, Donna Lewis, Ricky Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Kahimi Karie and... Wendy & Lisa. Taja Sevelle's third (a unfortunatly last as 4 now) album, 1998's "Toys Of Vanity", is also a small gem featuring intelligent mature lyrics & great music, completly different from her silly 1st 2 albums.
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Cloudbuster said:

i know..

shaomi said:

I'm not interested in any other women; they don't do it for me(only in the sack)