From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V10 #207 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, December 1 2005 Volume 10 : Number 207 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Femyle Jim Morrison [e m ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:56:10 -0800 (PST) From: e m Subject: Re: Femyle Jim Morrison I am sure tori took a page from jim morrison, but i think she is far more musically talented than he is. a lot of musicians improv before, after, and during their songs. she has a lot of musical influences...i find a lot of her pronooonciatians to be not unlike dylan, yet her own unique "accent" to her own, but the idea of making the sound of the words your own is not unlike it. then she plays her instrument in many ways, but we all know she studied page & hendrix rather than elton john so she wouldn't "steal"... but i think she was probably strongly influenced by all (including mr. morison) the great artists of her time, and the classics she studied at peabody... - -eresos - --- Amanda Bradley wrote: > > I was watching a documentary about The Doors on the > channel Ovation last night. And I had an idea. > I think Tori is a femyle Jim Morrison. > He was an enthralling entertainer, not that I > have first hand experience or anything, but I did > watch the footage on the doc. I was just as fixed > upon him on TV through all these decades as I would > be in that concert hall that night. And Tori is > capable of the same talent. I mean, that's no > shocker. I'm sure all of us on this list will say > that when you are lucky enough to witness her live, > it's as if she's only singing to you. And the power > she exudes... > And then, Tori and Jim both begin, squeeze in, or > end with improvs. And amazing, long, beautiful > improvs. It never ceases to impress me how she can > come up with these brilliant half-songs before > singing girls that are masterpieces in themselves. > This was also apparent on the footage of The Doors > concert footage. > Another similarity is their sexual power on stage. > Watching Jim last night reminded me that he is > like a wolf. His eyes are dark, yet shining; > moving erotically around on stage. And if you've > ever read any article on Tori you know they mention > her relationship with her piano stool. Not only > that though. The way she smiles, the way her eyes > show that she knows. She knows even without being > told. The way her music moves through her and > floats toward us. ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V10 #207 **************************************