Tori Amos

Buttermilk

Just to know if there are other Irish Tori Amos fans on this site.
She is a legend! Love "Cornflake Girl":cool:

Spicy Lauren

I'm not a fan but I like her stuff.
Went to see her last winter in Vicar Street, thought it was great.
Got a bit bored after a while though.

I don't like that fact that she's famous for doing covers of other peoples songs though... Not sure either if that's how she got famous...

I've one of her albums at home. Her 'I don't like Mondays' cover is awesome!

dearheart

I'm not 'a tori fan' either, but some of her songs really hit the mark. Under the Pink [that song 'bells for her'....shiver] is beautiful & her Vicar Street show was amazing. I think it's important to hear her out.

John

Spicy Lauren wrote:

I don't like that fact that she's famous for doing covers of other peoples songs though... Not sure either if that's how she got famous...

No she's famous for being a great songwriter for the past decade or so. Her last album (or the album before, can't remember which) just happened to get a lot of press because it was Tori doing covers of songs you wouldn't expect her to.

john^doyle

i like her covers

smells like teen spirit (nirvana)
i dont like mondays (boomtown rats)
bonnie & clyde 97 (eminem)

i have Strange Little Girls - I loved the Professional Widow dance remix thing 6-7 years ago - it kicked ass.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i have a few albums, tales from a librarian and the latest one.. loved them both but haven't really checked out anything else.

love her cover of teen spirit, prefer it to the original

John

Me and a Gun. One of the most powerful songs ever.

Buttermilk

Mordeth wrote:

i have a few albums, tales from a librarian and the latest one.. loved them both but haven't really checked out anything else.

love her cover of teen spirit, prefer it to the original

Yeah I prefer it too to the original too. Her cover on "lovesong" the Cure is amazing I much prefer her version to the original.
Tori's piano playing in "Cornflake Girl" is really good and fantastic!:)

dearheart

John2 wrote:

Me and a Gun. One of the most powerful songs ever.

Hahah I was at this party where one of these 'sensitive' girls started singing that in front of everyone. Everyone was like ''Hmmm yeh so MOVING ON THEN...". Great sad song, but there's proof it can be f#cking hilarious too.

dearheart

She did a gorgeous cover of Kylie's 'Can't get you out of my head' on her tour the week Kylie was diagnosed. Very apt, I thought.

John

dearheart wrote:

Hahah I was at this party where one of these 'sensitive' girls started singing that in front of everyone. Everyone was like ''Hmmm yeh so MOVING ON THEN...". Great sad song, but there's proof it can be f#cking hilarious too.

Well I don't think a party is the place for that song. When Tori sings it, it's amazing. That situation does sound pathetic. I hate people who sing at parties and try to bring down the mood, worse when they pull out an acoustic guitar and demand silence.