Davian 44,859 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Appreciation thread: Tori Amos I'm planning on making a little series of appreciation threads for music legends I recently discovered that deserve more recognition on this forum. You won't see well known queens who get the love and praise they deserve, but rather overlooked music legends/icons that are rarely mentioned on here. This time I want to share some light on a 90s alternative music-icon: Tori Amos! ABOUT TORI AMOS Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter and professional pianist. She is classically trained and has been playing piano at a very young age. She's also a unique songwriter and isn't afraid to speak her mind about sexuality, politics and feminism. Her first solo album Little Earthquakes was a big success and became a must-hear classic for all music lovers. It got rave reviews and is often named as one of the best albums of all time. The start of a legendary career! ALBUMS Spoiler Little Earthquakes (1992) Under the Pink (1994) Boys for Pele (1996) From the Choir Girl Hotel (1998) To Venus and Back (1999) Strange Little Girls (2001) Scarlet's Walk (2002) The Beekeeper (2005) American Doll Posse (2007) Abnormally Attracted to Sin (2009) Midwinter Graces (2009) [holiday album] Night of Hunters (2011) Gold Dust (2012) [compilation album with classical arrangements] Unrepentant Geraldines (2014) Native Invader (2017) PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I discovered Tori Amos this year and I'm in love Her voice is gorgeous and her albums are fantastic. She has a massive discography so I'm still taking everything in, but I'm listening to her several times a week now. She's already becoming one of my favorite artists of all time and one of my most played this year! It's impossible to rank her albums and songs yet, but albums like Little Earthquakes, Boys For Pele, The Beekeeper, From the Choir Girl Hotel, Scarlet's Walk and Unrepentant Geraldines are definitely standouts of me! Boys For Pele being my fav ESSENTIALS Wanna get into Tori Amos? Album-wise you can't go wrong with any of her first three as first experience. Amazing from start to finish! Since she has so many songs it's hard to pick a few, but these are some of the songs I'd say are essential: Spoiler Previous artist appreciation threads Spoiler Are you familiar with Tori Amos' music? Do you love her just as much as I do and what are your favourite albums/songs? Lemme know below and let's start a discussion and give this iconic, yet underrated woman the attention she deserves! What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 Don’t mind me crying in a corner xoxo What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HausOfAntonio 8,021 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 YAAAAASSSS THE BEST LYRICIST OF ALL TIME!!!!!!! STRAIGHT MEN PRAISED THROUGH HISTORY ARE SHOOK A Sorta Fairytale is top 10 best songs of all time. Maybe top 5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwerk 7,246 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Love her! In high school one of my friends introduced me to her (I had only heard Crucify before and the Professional Widow remix that was popular at the time). She was a big fan and I bought Little Earthquakes and fell in love with that album. I must say I haven't kept track of her lately but I often listen to her albums. Y Kant Tori Read is a current guilty pleasure. I saw her in concert in 2005 and in 2007. That American Doll Posse show was my fav cause that night she was Pip and I love her more raw rocky side. That year I got to film an interview with her. I operated the camera and my colleague (a huuuge fan) did the interview. It was orginally supposed to be 10 min. We had to wait for hours and feared we would only get 5 min or nothing at all. Finally we got up to the hotel room, Tori was so sweet, immediately commented on my Bambi necklace and told us to get comfy and have some cookies while they touched up her makeup. I set up the little camera and her mic. That 5 min interview turned into an hour long conversation. I joined in at some point too and we had so much fun. She literally said: I could talk to these 2 all day! Part of the interview: I rarely get to tell this story cause many people don't know her sadly. Her music videos alone are legendary. According to Gaga I'm a ****ing rad bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HausOfAntonio 8,021 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 9 minutes ago, Marjol said: Love her! In high school one of my friends introduced me to her (I had only heard Crucify before and the Professional Widow remix that was popular at the time). She was a big fan and I bought Little Earthquakes and fell in love with that album. I must say I haven't kept track of her lately but I often listen to her albums. Y Kant Tori Read is a current guilty pleasure. I saw her in concert in 2005 and in 2007. That American Doll Posse show was my fav cause that night she was Pip and I love her more raw rocky side. That year I got to film an interview with her. I operated the camera and my colleague (a huuuge fan) did the interview. It was orginally supposed to be 10 min. We had to wait for hours and feared we would only get 5 min or nothing at all. Finally we got up to the hotel room, Tori was so sweet, immediately commented on my Bambi necklace and told us to get comfy and have some cookies while they touched up her makeup. I set up the little camera and her mic. That 5 min interview turned into an hour long conversation. I joined in at some point too and we had so much fun. She literally said: I could talk to these 2 all day! Part of the interview: I rarely get to tell this story cause many people don't know her sadly. Her music videos alone are legendary. Omg what an amazing story Tbf I’m not massively into her ENTIRE discography but what I do love, I LOVE! Choirgirl is one of my favourite albums of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCgaga 4,324 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 God I love Tori. Literally one of my favorite musicians of all time. She is from North Carolina, like me. Her voice is perfection, her lyrics are poetry, and her skills on the piano are so advanced. She really understands the art of melody and the beauty of music. I always listen to her a lot in the Fall- her music sounds like Autumn to me. So yes, it's almost Tori Season. My favorites of hers: "Silent All These Years, Hey Jupiter(Dakota Remix), Sugar,Honey, Father Lucifer, Cornflake Girl, A Sorta Fairytale, China, Northern Lad, Her version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", Wednesday, Her version of "I don't like Mondays", Bliss, Oceans, Dragon, Maryanne, Spark, Pretty much anything from "Choir Girl Hotel" album. I know i'm forgetting more. There is a special place in my heart for Tori. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ssslyboy 3,273 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 She's sandwiched between Madge and Gaga as my favorite artists of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a french fry 1,565 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 I love her!!!! She’s really similar to Regina Spektor (my personal fave) so of course she’s iconic social experiment gone wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGDisbetter 2,187 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 boys for pele is my third fave album ever, it's so f*cking good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 10:49 PM, Marjol said: Love her! In high school one of my friends introduced me to her (I had only heard Crucify before and the Professional Widow remix that was popular at the time). She was a big fan and I bought Little Earthquakes and fell in love with that album. I must say I haven't kept track of her lately but I often listen to her albums. Y Kant Tori Read is a current guilty pleasure. I saw her in concert in 2005 and in 2007. That American Doll Posse show was my fav cause that night she was Pip and I love her more raw rocky side. That year I got to film an interview with her. I operated the camera and my colleague (a huuuge fan) did the interview. It was orginally supposed to be 10 min. We had to wait for hours and feared we would only get 5 min or nothing at all. Finally we got up to the hotel room, Tori was so sweet, immediately commented on my Bambi necklace and told us to get comfy and have some cookies while they touched up her makeup. I set up the little camera and her mic. That 5 min interview turned into an hour long conversation. I joined in at some point too and we had so much fun. She literally said: I could talk to these 2 all day! Part of the interview: I rarely get to tell this story cause many people don't know her sadly. Her music videos alone are legendary. Omg love this story!! Thanks for sharing! It's a shame you don't get to tell it more because she's so underrated. I didn't know her either until Apple Music suggested her because I was listening to Fiona Apple a lot and it was love at first hearing. She seems like such a sweet person too! (btw I'm Dutch too) What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 11:03 PM, NCgaga said: God I love Tori. Literally one of my favorite musicians of all time. She is from North Carolina, like me. Her voice is perfection, her lyrics are poetry, and her skills on the piano are so advanced. She really understands the art of melody and the beauty of music. I always listen to her a lot in the Fall- her music sounds like Autumn to me. So yes, it's almost Tori Season. My favorites of hers: "Silent All These Years, Hey Jupiter(Dakota Remix), Sugar,Honey, Father Lucifer, Cornflake Girl, A Sorta Fairytale, China, Northern Lad, Her version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", Wednesday, Her version of "I don't like Mondays", Bliss, Oceans, Dragon, Maryanne, Spark, Pretty much anything from "Choir Girl Hotel" album. I know i'm forgetting more. There is a special place in my heart for Tori. YES to everything you said! I couldn't agree more. Also that her music is very Fall-like. Also Winter-like imo. I discovered her this year in the early Spring so can't wait to listen to her music when it's getting colder What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 11:23 PM, ssslyboy said: She's sandwiched between Madge and Gaga as my favorite artists of all time. A legendary line-up! What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davian 44,859 Posted August 21, 2020 Author Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 11:54 PM, not a french fry said: I love her!!!! She’s really similar to Regina Spektor (my personal fave) so of course she’s iconic I'm not familiar with Regina Spektor myself but her music is similar to Tori? I might have to check her out then! What you want Lady Gaga🥂 What you want with Christina🥂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
not a french fry 1,565 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, Davian said: I'm not familiar with Regina Spektor myself but her music is similar to Tori? I might have to check her out then! Thier music is not sonically very similar, but they both write incredible yet quirky lyrics, both have very similar styles and mannerisms, both make super unique music videos, and are both CRIMINALLY underrated. I’ve always kind of associated the two with one another, I love them both! social experiment gone wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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