what do you think of tori amos?
have you heard her cover of purple rain?

i love tori amos! she was worrying me for a few years, but it was great to hear Scarlet's Walk. I have heard her perform Purple Rain live. It is a realy good version. She always manages to make her covers her own. There's usually only a remnant of the original lying around. Have you heard her cover of "wrapped around your finger". It's so good!

One of my favorite artists. Her best are Little Earthquakes, Boys For Pele and To Venus and Back.

I've been a fan since '94 and have seen her 3 times in concert. I love her playing, her voice and her lyrics.

And, she's one of the nicest people I've ever met.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

the version of Purple Rain floating aroud the net is kinda average, but nice to know it sounds really good live.
Haven't heard "wrapped around your finger" though. Whose song is that

TRON said:

Couldn't agree more! (except for the ever met bit, as I haven't had the priviledge! I sooo see her being really awesome in real life though!!)

lust said:

"wrapped.." is a Police song. She has performed this amazing, soft, emotional version (a la Amos) live before and it just makes you weep! So brilliant.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Really? I am so going to try and find that song now!! Cheers!

lust said:

She performed Purple Rain the first time I saw her live, so that was a very nice personal touch.

After the show, my friends and I waited for her. She came out and was so gracious and warm to everyone. Didn't act like a star at all. I thanked her for playing 'Tear In Your Hand' cuz that was my favorite at the time. She could tell I was very moved by the performance. And she was like 'awww, you're welcome!' and reached her arms out to hug me. So I took her in my arms and kissed her on the face. She tasted like buttered popcorn and was very generous and genuine with her feelings. I love her. (L)

Tori Amos is an artist that swept me offa my feet with her first two albums, but since her third I have been slowly losing interest.

gooeythehamster said:

What do you think of Pele?

I've saw her for the 28th time two nights ago! What a performer. I have to agree, she was worrying me too before her amazing comeback album Scarlet's Walk. Tori played Purple Rain at the first of the 28 shows I've seen her do. I still have only heard it live once but I'll never forget it. Now maybe in the future I'll get to dance onstage with her like I did with Prince! (Only in my dreams...)

If Prince is the King of Funk, Tori is the Goddess of the Keyboards. (Renato being the God)

~Charles

TRON said:

Good excercise in free style composing and therefor not the firm feel that her two previous albums had.
I did not have the patience for her most obscure lyrics and the b-sides kind of sucked and hardly ever make any of my compilations.
Now, "Do It Again", the b-side of Spark, now that is a great song. That computer beat. I think someone should give that lady a Lynn computer and see what she comes up with.

I'm a big Tori fan, but what's funny is that Pele is my least favorite album next to Strange Little Girls, which sucked shit. Every hard-core Tori fan says Pele is the best, but I just can't get into it like that.

she's sexy

Unpretentious charisma.


Check out the CD with her covers of zeppelin,nirvana, & stones tracks.

EvilWhiteMale said:

It's by far my favorite.

Hey Jupiter
Caught A Light Sneeze
Little Amsterdam
Putting The Damage On
Twinkle
Not The Red Baron
Professional Widow
Horses
Father Lucifer

how can you deny these songs?

EvilWhiteMale said:

Heavily into Space Dog and Blue Skies at the moment

Or should I say BLUE SKIES?

gooeythehamster said:

Definitely one of the best.

Is she still pissing in the river now?

Do you know Blue Skies?

gooeythehamster said:

which blue skies are you talking about? There is the original version and tthen the BT remix which is f'n phenomenal. I like both, but prefer the remix (and that is really rare for me as far as tori is concerned).

EvilWhiteMale said:

Wow! Pele and Scarlet's Walk are my two favorites. She always has sincerity in her work (even when it's a cover) but i think Pele and Scarlet hold the most.

Tron wrote:

how can you deny these songs?

I'm just not much into the slow piano stuff. I do love "Hey Jupiter" though. The video is great too.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty wrote:

Wow! Pele and Scarlet's Walk are my two favorites. She always has sincerity in her work (even when it's a cover) but i think Pele and Scarlet hold the most.


I'm more into Under The Pink, Choirgirl Hotel, To Venus And Back. And I've actually grown really fond of Scarlet's Walk, though when I first heard it I wasn't thrilled.

EvilWhiteMale said:

Was that the one with the Dakota version?

I like that one even better

gooeythehamster said:

Yes! The video version is 10 times better. Great song to begin with. Classic song as a remix.

gooeythehamster said:

Urgh. No no no no NOOO. You did not just say that her
b-sides aren't good.

Most of her b-sides are as good, if not better than most
of the songs on here albums [which by the by are fcking
amazing most of the time].

Here are some of her b-sides and non album tracks. I've
made me a 3cd set of them.

DISC 1:

Merman
Never Seen Blue
Upside Down
Butterfly
Beulah Land
Sugar
Black Swan
Honey
Frog On My Toe
Home On The Range
Mary
Samurai
Losing My Religion


DISC 2:

Alamo
Here In My Head
Bachelorette
Cooling
London Girls
Only Women Bleed
Take To The Sky
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Flying Dutchman
This Old Man
The Happy Workers
Famous Blue Raincoat
Do It Again

DISC 3:

Carnival
A Case Of You
Sister Janet
After All
Siren
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Thoughts
Strange Fruit
Angie
Daisy Dead Petals
Muhammed My Friend
Thank You
The Sandwich Song



Her covers of "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Thank You" are
beyond description. I could babble about them all day.

Songs like "Never Seen Blue", "Buelah Land" and "Sister
Janet" could have easily been on any of her albums.
"Cooling" and "Sugar" and oh fuck it, I'll just rave for
another 600 words if I go on like this. Suffice to say
that I object heavily to claims that her b-sides are not
good enough.

Shame!!!

don't really have anything to add...just wanted to see tori's name on the first page!

I've been listening to those cdr's I mentioned in my above
post all afternoon yesterday. The "Choirgirl" bees made me
pull out that album again and it has grabbed me once more.

To me, that is a perfect album. Even better than P's Sign.
Ok, artistically it might not be on the same level as Sign
but it's the most wonderful, deep dark depressing haunting
and beautifully redeeming album I know.

It's soundscape is otherworldly.

IstenSzek said:

I need to give this album another chance. Most people seem to love it. This is where she lost me though. I had a lot of trouble with my favorites artists' output in 1998 - The Pumpkins, Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Tricky, and Tori is the last one on that list that I've yet to 'get'.