From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V10 #17 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 Thursday, January 27 2005 Volume 10 : Number 017 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: The Beekeeper - My faith restored. [songchicky ] RE: billboard beekeeper review ["Pete Lambert" ] Re: billboard beekeeper review [Richard Handal ] Re: The Beekeeper - My faith restored. [Richard Handal ] Re: The Beekeeper - My faith restored. [Jeffrey Clark Subject: Re: The Beekeeper - My faith restored. Hi Jeffrey, It was kool reading your post because we seemed to share exactly the same views on Tori's last few CDs, and I haven't found too many people who feel that way. I adore Choirgirl - it's my favourite Tori album - and I found Venus really, really weak by comparison. Strange Little Girls I actually gave away because I could barely get through it. I just didn't work for me on any level at all. Scarlet's Walk didn't move me at first but grew on my slowly like ivy and now and I think it's absolutely lovely. So I'm hoping that based on our shared opinions, I will love The Beekeeper too. Sleeps With Butterflies hasn't done anything for me yet, but maybe that'll change... it sounds like it's a gem of an album. xo tanisha ps - Am I the only person who didn't really like Boys For Pele? ===== tanishataitt.ca Debut album Overflow available now. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:07:16 -0500 From: Kelley Subject: beekeeper well, i have only heard 2 songs from the release, and i'm holding at that until it's official. i have read the lyrics though, and i'm truly impressed at her wide knowledge of the gnostic writings, as reflected on this CD. it's an area of study that i'm very into, and i'm impressed that she could make it so contemporary, so relevant, and of course, artful. the lyrics of this release seem to be far more personal and a bit more hidden than most of her other stuff. i think because of all the theosophical/mythological references, which are far from mainstream even for a preacher's daughter, it could seem difficult to wrap around. i'm excited to hear it, but i'm at this point just really satisfied to see how she grows as an artist, and person. be well! - -- ~ kelley Soul Intent Arts http://www.soulintentarts.com ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Saferoom Project http://www.saferoom.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:39:01 +0000 From: "Pete Lambert" Subject: RE: billboard beekeeper review Now, I'm (finally) really loving SWB, but.... >Producer(s): Tori Amos >Writer(s): T. Amos >Genre: EASY LISTENING Thwack. This is going to take a lot of open mindedness on my part. Px change, my dear _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:52:31 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Handal Subject: Re: billboard beekeeper review Pete said: > >Genre: EASY LISTENING > > Thwack. > > This is going to take a lot of open mindedness on my part. Surely you don't put much stock in the categorization of a Tori Amos album by some record company hack, Pete. Because they said it's "easy listening" you're accepting it? I think you're smarter than that. Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:56:12 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Handal Subject: Re: The Beekeeper - My faith restored. Tanisha said: > ps - Am I the only person who didn't really like Boys > For Pele? Dear God, I certainly hope so. I'm curious if you can speak to this situation. Are there certain things you can point to that causes it to be that way for you? You're a musician, too, which does nothing but add to my confusion as to how this can be possible. Thanks, Richard Handal, H.G. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:41:48 -0500 From: Jeffrey Clark Subject: Re: The Beekeeper - My faith restored. songchicky wrote: >ps - Am I the only person who didn't really like Boys >For Pele? > > > We really do seem to have the same opinions. Some parts of Pele did grow on me, but there's really only a handful of tracks I really truely enjoy off if it, most of them being the singles. Professional Widow Father Lucifer Caught a Lite Sneeze Hey Jupiter Talula Those are really the only ones that I really listen to much, CaLS being one of my favorite songs of all time, though. I found the album to be kinda dark. Just another thing I found kinda interesting about beekeeper, which may be kinda similar to what others said about how it seems to go through all her previous albums... Several songs on beekeeper do sound rather inspired by her earlier songs, almost as if they're "sequels". I'll just put my list of what I think sounds like what. Parasols does remind me a lot of Crucify a fair bit. One song reminds me of Bachelorette, I think it's Sweet the Sting or Martha's Ginger. Barons of Suburbia sounds almost like a sequel to Pancake to me. Sleeps With Butterflies reminds me of Tear in Your Hand. General Joy sounds a bit reminiscent of Space Dog. Cars and Guitars sounds *very* closely related to Taxi Ride. Original Sinsuality... Okay, so this song reminds me a lot of Jewel's "Foolish Games".... Hootchie Woman reminds me of one too, maybe Ode to the Banana King or something with that heavy piano bass. Of course, I could be completely and totally nuts :D ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:12:00 -0500 (EST) From: songchicky Subject: Re: The Beekeeper - My faith restored. my favourite song on Pele is Putting The Damage On, which is, in my opinion, one of Tori's most beautiful songs ever. The others that I love are Hey Jupiter, Caught A Lite Sneeze, Hey Way Down (which could have been absolutely stunning as a full-length tune), Talula and Twinkle. i love Tori, but i must say that i found the album as a whole quite self-indulgent, like she basically threw everything she'd written during a certain period time on it whether it was a strong song or not. there are tunes on that record that to be honest, i can't even get through from start to finish. i also find it interesting that it was her first self-produced record, because i strongly suspect that another producer would have suggested trimming the fat and showcasing the 12 or so most well-developed compositions. just my humble opinion, t.t. - --- Jeffrey Clark wrote: > songchicky wrote: > > >ps - Am I the only person who didn't really like > Boys > >For Pele? > > > > > > > We really do seem to have the same opinions. Some > parts of Pele did > grow on me, but there's really only a handful of > tracks I really truely > enjoy off if it, most of them being the singles. ===== tanishataitt.ca Debut album Overflow available now. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:40:19 -0800 From: "Tony Fernandes" Subject: Fw: The Beekeeper - My faith restored. Tanisha wrote: "ps - Am I the only person who didn't really like Boys For Pele?" Yes! :-) Joking aside, Pele was by far my favorite album, and tragically, the last one I felt a real, emotional connection with. I hope Beekeeper proves more satisfying than the last few releases. And this time I'm staying very far away from reading any of the lyrics or listening to any of the music until I get a copy of the real thing in my greedy little hands!! Tony What's more likely? That an all-powerful mysterious god created the universe and then decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or, that he simply doesn't exist at all? And that we created him so that we wouldn't have to feel so small and alone. -Eleanor Arroway, Contact ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V10 #17 *************************************