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| kathryn |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 08:29:30
Whiny self-important pianist who obsessively covers other people's songs or one of our times' best, most thought-provoking and overlooked singer/songwriters?
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| VoVat |
Posted - 10/24/2007 : 13:31:35
I was at the show at the Tower. Not sure if I want to buy the bootleg, though. I'm not generally one for listening to recordings of entire concerts.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 10/22/2007 : 06:09:28
Never really cared about her. There's something that I don't like in her music, her voice, but I don't know what precisely.
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| kathryn |
Posted - 10/20/2007 : 04:44:41
Please do!
Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands
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| Carl |
Posted - 10/20/2007 : 04:30:01
You're very welcome, Kat! Who knows, I may even post some Control articles, heh! |
| kathryn |
Posted - 10/20/2007 : 04:14:39
Thanks for that, Carl.
Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands
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| Carl |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 08:21:57
Paste Magazine.
TORI AMOS SELLS CONCERT BOOTLEGS TO FANS
Writer: Jeremy Goldmeier
News, Published online on 17 Oct 2007
Tori Amos, come on down! You're the next contestant on "Direct to
Consumer Tactics!"
The songwriter will make several live sets from her current American
Doll Posse tour available for fans to download via her Legs & Boots
website. The first show, Amos' Monday evening set at
Philadelphia's Tower Theater, is already up for consumption. The
material comes either as 256k mp3s (take that, Radiohead!) at
$9.99 or super hi-res FLAC files for $14.99. The mp3s will go up a
few hours after each show, while the FLAC versions will pop up 4-6
days after that. Those who purchase the FLAC package will receive
mp3 files to enjoy during the added wait time.
This move, of course, is not without precedent. Pearl Jam long ago
made a business of bootlegging, while the Pixies offered similar
"instant live" packages of their reunion tour concerts. Amos herself,
meanwhile, offered double-CD bootlegs for six separate shows back
in 2005.
Still, given the current record industry climate, every little move an
artist makes toward independence these days will be more carefully
scrutinized than ever before.
See Tori's tour schedule here.
Related links:
ToriAmos.com
Paste: Tori Amos - Scattered Shots
Paste: Tori Amos, alter-egos announce fall tour |
| VoVat |
Posted - 09/29/2007 : 07:53:34
When was the cereal commercial from?
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| treetime |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 14:50:58
I think Tori is good for us all. |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 11:38:38
she's gone political? i haven't heard any of her new stuff; i'll have to check it out.
she definitely owns her sexuality or whatever. indeed, i would never call her meek...right...but you can't deny that such an experience--her being raped--does command a little more respect, all the while giving us further insight on her view of the world, which is significant for any artist to possess, own, cultivate, explore, share and ... yes ... ravish
but seriously, Kathryn, I'm going to the CD store after work to pick up the new Iron & Wine ... tell me more about her new politcal stuff...it sounds like it could be really good.
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You're all a bunch of slaves! |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 08:44:44
Ew. Must we delve into heavy stuff? This is what I meant earlier about preferring her post-gender politics stuff.
Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands
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| coastline |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 07:41:08
As if she's some sort of meek little pixie because she was raped? Far from it. Tori owns her sexuality, and it's a huge part of her performing persona. It's the most impressive thing about her.
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 09/25/2007 : 07:29:53
I like her stuff. sure.
before any of you guys use the word "cunt" or "fucking" when talking about tori amos, you should know she was raped by a dude who gave her a ride home after a show many years ago. it explains a lot of the angst in her lyrics.
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You're all a bunch of slaves! |
| coastline |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 19:53:26
quote:
Originally posted by mr.biscuitdoughhead
um, the first one. but i still like her "teen spirit" cover.
 "How do you like that, Sir Harold?"
I feel like KOK and Carl tonight. Here's her doing that live. I think she had an orgasm while she played it.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| coastline |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 19:38:02
quote:
Originally posted by HeywoodJablome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjQ9oM5GtBE
It's cool she eventually got on with her own thing I suppose. But, she always reminded me of one of those girls in high school who was way into astrology, fairies and butterflies. There's a sort of unsettling vacuousness about her. She can play though.
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She can indeed play, HJ. Here's a cool vid of her playing the piano and the harpsichord at the same time -- all the while singing. And fucking the piano bench. And being hot. Sometimes I forget how much I like Tori.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 19:00:21
Oh man, Heywood. After that vid, I had to watch Cornflake Girl to cleanse the palate.
Happy hearts fall from my shaking hands
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| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 18:56:37
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjQ9oM5GtBE
It's cool she eventually got on with her own thing I suppose. But, she always reminded me of one of those girls in high school who was way into astrology, fairies and butterflies. There's a sort of unsettling vacuousness about her. She can play though.
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| Carl |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 09:04:59
quote:
Originally posted by HeywoodJablome
I liked her when she was on Divorce Court.
Huh?
Anyone for knob Marmite? |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 05:52:06
She seems like a bit of a twat to me.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 09/23/2007 : 18:10:00
I liked her when she was on Divorce Court. Either that or the Special K corn flakes commercial. All down hill from there.
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| coastline |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 18:53:25
Je-ee-ee-ee-zus.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 18:42:11
Not to be contrarian, but I've often been struck by how she sings the word "Jesus."
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| coastline |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 18:17:41
Lyrically, maybe. But the other one is delivered so much better.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 17:41:11
I love her. Her music has gotten more kickass as she's gotten older. Plus, her subject matter is more compelling since she worked thru her "I was a teenager in a Christian environment" issues and since she stopped writing about gender politics.
coasty, an even sharper line from Precious Things is, "So you can make me cum, that doesn't make you Jesus."
the cure make me want to die, but in a good way -- mr.biscuitdoughhead
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| VoVat |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 16:19:36
I like her first few albums a lot, although I don't find myself listening to them much anymore. I did have "Past The Mission" come up on random this morning, and I remembered that it's a great song. I've only listened to her most recent album a few times, but I think it's a clear improvement over her last two, which were pretty mellow and adult-alternative-sounding.
I don't think she humps piano benches anymore, for what it's worth. She seems to have worn herself out in her early years, and grown old before her time. She's still batshit crazy in other respects, though.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| Carl |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 15:51:52
First to albums and Song From The Choirgirl Hotel are great, don;t really know much of her other stuff.
Oh yeah, she may never have been a Cornflake Girl, but she was a Just Right girl:
Amos in Kellogg's shocker! |
| jimmy |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 11:07:34
don't really like her, but her new song "Big Wheel" is good
my friend posted MORE NEW paintings at http://myspace.com/landspeedsong |
| trobrianders |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 09:47:21
Nick Cave's comment - Green eyes and a twinkling cunt. That was funny. I have also seen her fucking her piano bench onstage. Might work in New York but a London crowd, well...
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Ed is the hoo hoo |
| Srisaket |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 09:24:42
I used to really like Kate Bush but when she went MIA, a lot of people (myself included) picked up on Tori Amos. I like her first album, but the appeal wore thin quite quickly and I really can’t be bothered listening to her more recent stuff.
For those who don’t know already she was also in a heavy metal band that released one album which bombed. It was after this that she went solo, changed her name and moved to London.
If you are a fan, I am sure that you won’t like reading Mark Prindle’s reviews of her albums. He really drags her over the hot coals.
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| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 08:36:20
and i'm so glad he didn't.
"How do you like that, Sir Harold?"
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| coastline |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 08:34:30
Loved loved loved her first two albums. But she lost me after that, when she started singing directly to girls. She's still really hot, though. I swear I've seen her have an orgasm, fucking her piano bench onstage.
My fave Tori lyric: "With their nine-inch nails and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart of every nice girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl." Frank never wrote a line with that much teeth.
Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 09/22/2007 : 08:33:37
um, the first one. but i still like her "teen spirit" cover.
"How do you like that, Sir Harold?"
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