From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V3 #177 Reply-To: precious-things@smoe.org Sender: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "precious-things-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. precious-things-digest Monday, May 11 1998 Volume 03 : Number 177 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: i'm confused [Nadyne Mielke ] Modern Rock Live/Real Audio [Molly Marguerite ] Re: Hotel [Nadyne Mielke ] Re: I know why ["Mark Oldfield" ] Hi fellow Toriphiles [Phoenix ] Thoughts on choirgirl Northern Lad [Molly Marguerite >>>>> [Music518 ] Re: Blue Dress [geministar@webtv.net] Re: Eric??? [Jack Lobingier ] Re: Modern Rock Live/Real Audio [~*jenn*~ ] Tori extravaganza ["K. Fischer" ] Re: Lyrics and Question [Nadyne Mielke ] help [Little Queen ] Re: Hotel ["stasia halyn" ] Weirdness at work ["Capriccio 191" ] my thoughts on New Tori [Ellen Morris ] Re: Hotel [woj ] IMPORTANT QUESTION [MLP5549 ] Tour Question AND Modern Rock Live [MLP5549 ] Re: Thoughts on choirgirl Northern Lad [orgiastic rebirth ] Re: Hotel [A Faerie ] Re: Eric??? [~*jenn*~ ] Re: Hotel [LuIIabyX ] Houston Chronicle Zest Section Review [forsythia_in_the_spam@juno.com (Du] No live Tori tonight... :-( [Tripp Gwyn ] MTV Online Review ~ Tori Amos [JupiterCMS ] Eric and Northern Lad... [ToriPyro ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 14:34:27 -0400 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: i'm confused At 12:49 PM 5/9/98 -0500, a lip gloss boost wrote: >Ok, I'm confused, is Tori's summer tour going to be Plugged? I only thought >it was going to be her and Caton. On the tickets it only says "Tori Amos" >no "Plugged 98" like the other ones do... Because if she isn't doing >"Plugged" they wont sell the Raspberry Swirl Girl necklaces anymore, right? >I mean, hm, anywho. If anyone has info, please let me know! Everything she has said thus far indicates that the full band will be on tour with her for the US tour as well. :) /nad ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 14:49:07 -0500 From: Molly Marguerite Subject: Modern Rock Live/Real Audio I'm going to try and catch Modern Rock Live on real audio...if anyone knows that their radio station is on in Real Audio and will be airing the Modern Rock Live show, could you please email and tell me so I will know when to tune in...thanks, or if someone else is catching it in Rela Audio please tell me where you're getting it from. Molly Marguerite ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 14:35:47 -0400 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: Hotel At 11:18 AM 5/9/98, ~*butterfly*angel*~ wrote: >Okay....this is just my opinion on Hotel.. >with the line: >'Kings Soloman's Mines, Exit 75, I'm still alive, I'm still alive" >Do any of you think that maybe this has to do with the rape again and >instead of sticking with singing Me and A Gun, that she'd come out with a >new modernized version? I mean, the song does feel like it goes through a >variety of emotions and it clearly states in the beginnning that she 'met >'em in a hotel'...which makes sense as meeting him for the very first time >and perhaps she got raped and then at the end she's thankful to be alive? >Like I said, this is just my opinion on it, so if any of you know the real >interpretation, then I'm sorry.... Tori has said that she had such a bad hotel experience in Binghampton, NY, that she wrote a song about it. If you take a look at a map, exit 75 on I-81 is the Binghampton exit. :) /nad ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 14:05:48 -0500 From: "Mark Oldfield" Subject: Re: I know why >she informed me that many of her friends didn't get tori tickets in >minneapolis due to the fact that the Smashing Pumpkins are giving a FREE >concert that same day to promote their new album. Ya, I forgot about that, one of the people in line said they were fans of both, but would rather pay to see Tori :). I can't picture a lot of fan-base overlap. >FRONT ROW MINNEAPOLIS TIX (btw, i am so jel :P). Still like a dream, gotta take 'em out every hour and look at them ;-). BTW, tickets were $30 with service charges - what a deal! One of the guys in line bought $105 tickets for Mellencamp on his last tour - yikes. Now, this I can't believe, I just called Ticketbastards and there are still tickets available in the 34th row on the main floor! This is a 4,800 seat theater. Also, virtually NO advertising - no ad in today's paper, only a quick blurb on 105 FM and City Pages. Is it like this in other cities??? - - Mark "Give me a bud and a slice And leave me alone If I want your advice, I'll ask ya" - Joe Jackson ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 13:49:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Phoenix Subject: Hi fellow Toriphiles Hi, I just joined this list and thought I'd introduce myself. You may call me phoenix. I'm 21 and I live in Chicago (yes, I got tickets yesterday...i've never sat further back than row M on the main floor so i dunno how im gonna deal with the back of an arena..heh). Umm..what else..I'm currently a student, but I'm graduating next month (yay!). I've been listening to Tori since 1992, when I saw a young woman rolling around in a box on MTV. Picked up the album and thought "hey! this is really good!" despite the fact I was listening to stuff like Pantera at the time. FTCH took a few listens to grow on me, but then I really started to like it. "Playboy Mommy" makes me want to cry, even though i've never actually had direct experience with miscarriage. probably my other faves are "Black Dove" and "Rasberry Swirl". Actually I put up a review/interpretation on the web, check it out if you'd like: http://shrike.depaul.edu/~adondzil/choirgirlreview.html (no, i will not incessantly advertise my website, but thank you for your concern =) One last Tori item then I'll shut up: last week I attended the "Take Back the Night" vigil/march at school (it's an anti-sexual assault event), and during the candle lighting, they played a tape of "Me and a Gun". with sexual assault statistics spoken over that. Very powerful. Phoenix we live in a society that would rather see two men fight than two men kiss - --author unknown ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 14:40:22 -0500 From: Molly Marguerite Subject: Thoughts on choirgirl Northern Lad I've been reading everyone else's an thought I'd post mine. Some of these songs I'm sure she wrote before she was pregnet and I think Northern Lad is probably one she wrote early BFP or even during, we know she has so many songs she could have pulled it from any time. When I listened to this album I tried to see it as a separate from all the others; the first three were considered a kind of trilogy right? So I didn't try to relate any of these songs to older ones but during the end of NORTHERN LAD when she is singing "because of the rain" it just reminded me so much of the singing at the end of Hey Jupiter. And I feel that both are about Eric even though in an interview she said that Hey Jupiter was about a love affair between the Earth and Jupiter... I think it is safe to say that not every song in this album is going to be about the baby; I just don't think the molasses is referring to the baby even though it probably does in Liquid Diamonds...I just don't think she would throw that thought in there with a song about an ex-lover. "But I feel this cake isn't done" is a perfect metaphor coming from a cook...just another way of something is wrong here even though it may look okay. I just love "girls you gotta know when it's time to turn the page/when you're only wet/because of the rain" that's perfect, I always have friends that stay in relationship even when the fire, the attraction is gone just because it's comfortable. You gotta know he's not turning you on anymore, he's not doing it for you anymore...great advice, a little dirty but true. Okay I'll quit thanks for everyone posting about the album it's interesting to read the different ways we interpret the same lines...she's doing her job I wouldn't like it so much if every song was straight forward...this way our life's affect how we hear it... Molly Marguerite (still no tour date coming near me) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 17:40:56 EDT From: Music518 Subject: IM IN NY?NJ >>>>>> Guys, Sorry to bother you all but does anyone know of a station that I can tune into tonight to hear modern rock live??? Is there a listing anywhere on the net??? Thanks to all Music518 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 18:57:23 -0400 From: geministar@webtv.net Subject: Re: Blue Dress The first thing I thought of when I heard the line about the blue dress was the blue dress Tori wore on the cover of "Little Earthquakes". You know, as if she's putting that era of her life behind her now. "And I have to get to TEXAS . . . and I'll give away my blue blue dress . . ." Any thoughts? ~~geministar* ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 15:45:36 -0500 From: Jack Lobingier Subject: Re: Eric??? It was also was on the YKTR album. Lisabeth Nadyne Mielke wrote: > At 12:44 PM 5/9/98 PDT, Sonya Harway wrote: > > > >On a similar note, does anyone know what single 'Song for Eric' is on? > >It's in my BeeSides book, but I can't find it in any discography or > >anything. If you have info, let me know please! > > "Song for Eric" is on the UK limited edition SATY single {which also has > "Ode to the Banana King (Part One)" and a live version of "Happy Phantom"}. > > /nad ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 19:10:44 -0400 From: ~*jenn*~ Subject: Re: Modern Rock Live/Real Audio just so everyone knows, wpla planet radio 93.3 here in jax has modern rock live *and* is on the net with real audio! their url is http://www.planet93.com go under the "noiz" section and you'll see in the bottom right corner the link to "live planet". rock on! :) - -- ~~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~* We are all Faeries living underneath a leaf on a lily pad.~Tori ~~*Come dance in Jenn's Faerie Ring*~ http://www.jacksonville.net/~jenn/tori.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 13:52:18 -0700 (PDT) From: "K. Fischer" Subject: Tori extravaganza I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, but there is a small blurb in the latest issue of Spin about Spinonline doing a thing with Tori. On p.28 it says, "And after imbibing our review of Tori Amos' new joint, From the Choirgirl Hotel, check in on May 22 for our Tori Amos Online Extravaganza and a chance to win the disc and other little pink things." I have a bad feeling that this will only be available for people on AOL, because that is where Spin is. Please let me know if there is a way to access it without AOL. No time of day was given for this online extravaganza, but I will post it if I find out. Karin fischera@u.washington.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 17:54:21 -0400 From: Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: Lyrics and Question At 03:49 PM 5/7/98, ~*butterfly*angel*~ wrote: >Does anyone think that Cooling sounds really familar? I mean, I've never >heard Tori perform it before and it sounds like something that I've heard. >Anyone know? Tori performed this song in October of 1996 in Florida, actually, so you might well have heard it. :) >And also, is there the complete lyrics to the b-sides >anywhere? Not just anyone's guess? of course, anyone's guess would be good >too, just as long as their accurate. Can anyone help? Lyrics to several b-sides are available in the sheet music book called "The Bee Sides" {which, even if you don't play piano, is still cool to have 'cause of the artwork included}. There are webpages with lyrics, but I don't know any off the top of my head. Your favorite web search engine should be able to help you out here. /nad ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 16:13:19 -0700 From: Little Queen Subject: help do any of you guys going to the zurich concert june 20th have an extra ticket or know how i can get my hands on one? the ticketline page is in german and i really really want to see this show! i appreciate your help ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~rain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * moon....big white moon....white as milk moon....youre all i can see from my window, here in the dark. your light falls silver and white across the walls of my cell. the night-tide surges strong in me. so strong i can feel the grip of their drugs loosen. they fancy themselves high priests. their gods have names like Thorazine and Lithium and Shock Therapy. but their gods are new and weak and cannot hope to contain me much longer. for i am the handiwork of far more powerful, far more ancient dieties. very soon my blood will learn the secret of the inhibiting factors the white-coated shamans pump into my veins. and then things will be very different, my beautiful moon..... my big moon........white as milk moon......red as blood moon..... ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 15:01:27 PDT From: "stasia halyn" Subject: Re: Hotel ==Do any of you think that maybe this has to do with the rape again== I thought so too when I heard that line 'King Solomon's mines/Exit 75/I'm still alive' A little confusion from me on the choirgirl artwork. Okay, peoples, go get your choirgirl booklets, go on, go. Now, open it up to where the two full-body shots of Tori are, you know where it unfolds to four page widths? Okay now in the second and third shots but the second especially, is there a man standing with the blonde woman behind Tori? Because in the second shot, where the people in the background are holding hands, doesn't the hand of the person to Tori's right look more manly than it does feminine? And if you'll notice, the chest of this person is a lil bit hairy. S/he is also quite a bit taller than the blonde. In the third picture over from there (your booklet should still be open) the face of the person to the right has more masculine features. The artwork for this album is beautiful, and so are the models, male or female. I just think that the one on the right is a man. But if not, the model is still very good looking. Doesn't Tori look amazing though? She is my queen. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 16:19:33 PDT From: "Capriccio 191" Subject: Weirdness at work Well, Tori sales are not at all what I had expected, and I think I am beginning to get on the managers' nerves at work by playing Tori so much. I want this album to sell like mad! Anyways, this guy came in today...we call him "Tornado Man". He's this homeless guy who will come in and listen to CD's for like 3 or 4 hours every other day or so. Today as he was checking in his bag he picked up the Tori postcard (everyone run to your nearest Blockbuster Music and pick up a FREE Tori postcard.) (I have a few if anyone needs one...it's just the album cover) he started telling me about the weirdest stuff. Wait...I wrote it down...lemme get it out of my pocket... [Tornado man picks up Tori postcard] TM: "I took 5 of these up to TGI Friday's last night cause she looks like my sister. The security guard (Jenn note: there are no security guards at TGIF's) was lloking at me funny so I told him my name was Tim, and it is, so he wouldn't think anything of it. Just then a red fire truck drove by and I thought hmmm.....and I had these [Tori postcards] cause she looks like my sister and I thought she'd understand." I just thought I'd share...he's as ambiguos as Tori is sometimes. :) (Tori sometimes, him all the time) Jenn ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 17:44:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Ellen Morris Subject: my thoughts on New Tori hello fellow toriphiles , happy mothers day for all of you out there. i couldnt help think of tori today and things she must be feeling, and all other mothers in this world....my heart goes out to all of you, motherhood is the cradle of our society and in todays modern world it often is underappreciated for its importance...(sorry i will stop and get back to tori) i just really felt like adding a few words today after reading a few emails on the new album...i ususally dont post interpretations & opinions all that often so...here i go! i think that trying on a new dress or new style is always uncomfortable at first, and in all the new releases, including the first one LE, i had a strong unlike reaction to each album at first ear...so all i really feel like sharing i think, is that if any of you experience that first reaction to tori's masterpieces and then grow to love them like a best friend, just keep that in mind...i dont think i am having as strong as a reaction as the other times, i think i have come to expect that first feeling of uneasiness as we step into a new world that tori presents to us..but i strongly feel something already for this album. i feel as if my dreams have taken on a new color and that the sky is the same but i see it differently...i feel open to her and her music. its difficult to completely express it all, especially when it all doesnt quite exist yet for me, spend some time with the choirgirls and get to know them and appreciate them and love them :) me tori agape (with tori love), eleni what is beautiful is good, what is good will soon also be beautiful -sappho ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 23:07:42 -0400 From: woj Subject: Re: Hotel also sprach /nad: >Tori has said that she had such a bad hotel experience in Binghampton, NY, um, binghamton. no "p". thank you. ;) (inexplicably, i get defensive about the biggest city near my hometown.) >that she wrote a song about it. If you take a look at a map, exit 75 on >I-81 is the Binghampton exit. :) well, not quite. interstate 81 and new york route 17 merge, go through binghamton, and then split again. route 81 continues northward to syracuse and 17 heads west. exit 75 is actually the exit off route 17 onto i-81 south at the merge south/east of binghamton. the binghamton exits off i-81 are #3-5. sorry about this, i'm just a bit of a road geek. woj ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 20:35:22 EDT From: MLP5549 Subject: IMPORTANT QUESTION what station is modern rock live on in san francisco?! ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 20:08:26 EDT From: MLP5549 Subject: Tour Question AND Modern Rock Live Does anyone know when the tickets for Tori's Sept 14 &15 concert are in Oakland and Sacremento? I called ticketmaster and they have no information and I looked it up online and again, no cigar.. Please would anyone who knows the details contact me..? ALSO!!! If anyone is taping the tori interview, can you PLEASE contact me, I will pay for it!!!!!! Love and other things Tori, Elisabeth ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 18:42:48 -0500 (CDT) From: orgiastic rebirth Subject: Re: Thoughts on choirgirl Northern Lad In the Spin article (about the "hammer and the goddess" or something along those lines) from about a year ago or more, Tori was asked about her current relationship at that time, and she said she was seeing a "northern lad," which was after her breakup with Eric. That doesn't mean it could not be about ERic, (that was my initial presumption) or that it couldn't be about both, but there were other men in TOri's life. We just don't know about them. - -anita from houston ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 01:26:58 +0100 From: "Northern Lass" Subject: Re: Blue Dress hmmm...when tori sings about getting rid of the blue dress, i think of it as getting rid of unhappiness, horrible moods, etc. I see the dress as something she is wearing, but not physically...like, if she said she was wearing a red dress, she'd be angry, a yellow one - happy...see what i mean? =) Julie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...who could ever say you're not simply wonderful... ...who could ever harm you... - --Tori Amos - "Merman"-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 20:11:15 -0500 From: A Faerie Subject: Re: Hotel stasia halyn wrote: > is there a man standing with the blonde woman behind Tori? > Because in the second shot, where the people in the background are > holding hands, doesn't the hand of the person to Tori's right look more > manly than it does feminine? And if you'll notice, the chest of this > person is a lil bit hairy. S/he is also quite a bit taller than the > blonde. In the third picture over from there (your booklet should still > be open) the face of the person to the right has more masculine > features. In interviews Tori has talked about this boy and girl (whom are real life brother and sisters) are from the Spark video (the two kids in the car that decide not to help her in the end) She mentioned that in the artwork for the album they look like Angels, but in the video they give off a different feel totally opposite of that. In the artwork, the one on the left is the girl and the right is the boy....also did you notice that on the last pic in that 4 pic 'series' there are two redheaded 'plump' people with their backs turned to tori? I thought it was pretty damn cool when i noticed it! :) Danica - -- http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/5612/torimp3.html - - Tori Amos: A Realm of Mp3's Website ....I guess I'm an underwater thing, I'm liquid running http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/5612/glittermain.html All That Glitters....Is Sour (my homepage) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 20:23:20 -0400 From: ~*jenn*~ Subject: Re: Eric??? it may be on a YKTR *bootleg* but not the original album Jack Lobingier wrote: > > It was also was on the YKTR album. > Lisabeth > > Nadyne Mielke wrote: > > > At 12:44 PM 5/9/98 PDT, Sonya Harway wrote: > > > > > >On a similar note, does anyone know what single 'Song for Eric' is on? > > >It's in my BeeSides book, but I can't find it in any discography or > > >anything. If you have info, let me know please! > > > > "Song for Eric" is on the UK limited edition SATY single {which also has > > "Ode to the Banana King (Part One)" and a live version of "Happy Phantom"}. > > > > /nad - -- ~~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~*:~* We are all Faeries living underneath a leaf on a lily pad.~Tori ~~*Come dance in Jenn's Faerie Ring*~ http://www.jacksonville.net/~jenn/tori.htm ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 21:00:39 EDT From: LuIIabyX Subject: Re: Hotel i've seen on mtv the artist cut of the spark video, where tori talks about the video & gives her insights.. there's a scene with the same 2 people, she said they were brother and sister, so you are right, one is male & the other is female.... she made a comment the same people are in the album artwork..so there you go :) ~~regina In a message dated 5/10/98 8:02:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, happy_once@hotmail.com writes: > A little confusion from me on the choirgirl artwork. Okay, peoples, go > get your choirgirl booklets, go on, go. Now, open it up to where the > two full-body shots of Tori are, you know where it unfolds to four page > widths? Okay now in the second and third shots but the second > especially, is there a man standing with the blonde woman behind Tori? > Because in the second shot, where the people in the background are > holding hands, doesn't the hand of the person to Tori's right look more > manly than it does feminine? And if you'll notice, the chest of this > person is a lil bit hairy. S/he is also quite a bit taller than the > blonde. In the third picture over from there (your booklet should still > be open) the face of the person to the right has more masculine > features. > The artwork for this album is beautiful, and so are the models, male or > female. I just think that the one on the right is a man. But if not, > the model is still very good looking. Doesn't Tori look amazing though? > She is my queen. > > > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 12:27:27 -0500 From: forsythia_in_the_spam@juno.com (Dust A Bunny) Subject: Houston Chronicle Zest Section Review Found this in Sunday's paper: There^Òs really not much different about Tori Amos^Ò new album from her previous works. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Amos made her name with a gothic piano, intricate and unusual rhythms, and lyrics written more for sonic than literary effect. The above coupled with a surly yet often enchanting stage presence, has gained Amos a fierce following in the alterna-pop world. These fans are unlikely to be disappointed by her new record. Others might be less than floored but they^Òd also be remiss if they lumped Amos into the Lilith Fair mode. Amos demonstrates a lot more edge and blunt, seething anger in her performances than most of the Lilapalooza participants. From the Choirgirl Hotel reflects the edge, which Amos keeps under control to good effect. The opening cut, Spark, is driven by a spooky guitar line, subtle percussion and a mix of metallic-sound lead vocals countered with angelic-yet-sensual backups. Amos often delivers sharp, vaguely difficult songs, but she also concocts some exceedingly pretty compositions. Best of this category is playboy mommy, a forlorn shuffle marked by Amos^Ò trademark rolling piano riffs and colored with sad horns and a mournful vocal. As Amos^Ò previous efforts, the album can be a bit wearying taken as a whole. While Amos should be commended for keeping the thematic focus, but the latter halt of the work, you may crave a shot of say, Hanson cotton candy. *** (out of 4) Steve Crawford Makes you think? Take care. bi bi. Me, the Flea "I'm a winter girl; I like coming out when things are desolate and everybody's ready to slit their wrists." - -Tori Amos _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 22:50:53 -0400 From: Tripp Gwyn Subject: No live Tori tonight... :-( Apparently Caton is playing with former YKTR member Matt Sorum on the new Guns N Roses so Tori will no be performing live on MRL tonight...hmmm, that saddens me just a little...SOmeone ask her an interesting question...PLEASE! Tripp Gwyn tgwyn@infoave.net ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 21:52:20 EDT From: JupiterCMS Subject: MTV Online Review ~ Tori Amos Tori Amos from the choirgirl hotel (Atlantic) If you're a big Tori Amos fan, then you don't really have to read this. Maybe you've heard some stuff on the Internet before anybody else, or somehow managed to get a copy of the album early. You knew you'd love this album and you were more than right. 'Cause you're a Tori fan and you are so loyal that no matter what she does, Tori can do no wrong. She speaks your language. She speaks right to your heart and you are only reading this review to make sure that nobody is going to trash your Tori. Hey, loyal fans are nothing to sneeze at, and Tori Amos has managed to amass one of the most loyal groups of fanatics since the Grateful Dead. She must be doing something right. Tori Amos is for girls what Metallica is for boys. Sort of a pure distilled female hormone on CD. A flowing ball of estrogen for the masses. This doesn't mean you have to be a lonely teenage girl to like her. But it helps. from the choirgirl hotel is pure Tori, from the seemingly random use of capital and small letters in the titles of the songs to the imagery of pain and water. But somehow it kinda succeeds. She has a talent for sucking in the most cynical ears. Once you are in the depths of her floaty, piano-driven world it is hard to get out. She layers sounds in a way that makes it feel that there are instruments both far away and oh-so-close to your head. The album starts with "Spark." Once you get over the opening guitars that sounds exactly like the HBO theme music, the song unfolds into a story (though exactly what it's about is a little sketchy) and Tori spins a web of words and music that keeps your interest in both. The song "black-dove (january)" starts with a mystical piano part that really does sound like rain deep in the woods. When she later sings "by the woods, by the woods by the woods," the listener is transported with her to some fairy tale land. She uses techno beats and hard-edged guitars that groove in some offbeat land of time that works but you are never sure just why. A little bit folk, a little bit techno, a little bit rock'n'roll -- there is something here for everyone. And whether you're a wispy girl or a weight-lifting boy, if you listen carefully you might just be moved. - -- Jay Blumenfield ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 23:02:46 EDT From: ToriPyro Subject: Eric and Northern Lad... I just wanted to add something else....people have been writing about ties between Eric and Northern Lad....I remember in the SPIN march issue of 1996, there was a bit about her breakup with eric, and in it she was saying how they were so close, and how he needed his arm back, and she needed hers (kind of like a metaphor of saying they were joined at the hip, i suppose) back....she was saying how he needed to play his instrument. Then, I thought about how Charlie (cpoole@indiana.edu) said <> and I remembered that Eric played the guitar....so then: There's a line in there, as well, that says "i guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars" that's all i have to offer...take care =) loveintori, Vicki ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V3 #177 *************************************