say goodbye to a glitter girl...
Okay, so now I think I'm an official Tori Amos fan
since I saw her in concert and could name all the songs. I was quite proud
of that since that has only happened with three other bands.
I think Tori is hard to like. I never liked her until I saw the video to
Hey Jupiter. It was one of those songs that snags your heart, one that
you know you have never heard before yet it is so familiar to you. So I
bought the single. Next, instead of buying one of her albums, I bought
a bootleg I found, the Mtv unplugged performance. I did this so I would
have exposure to different levels of her music instead of just that of
one album. I liked it. Six months later I bought Under the Pink. Three
months later I bought Boys For Pele. (Heehee...After hearing the remix
of Hey Jupiter and the unplugged version I could barely stand listening
to the album version.) I bought Choirgirl Hotel the day it was released
and I just recently bought Little Earthquakes, I think it's one of my faves.
A couple of months ago, I had to give an oral report on a famous person
for English class. I did it on Tori because not only is she the only solo
singer I listen to but she is also the only female artist I listen to.
I opened my report by showing the video to God. Hehe, I didn't even have
to watch the TV, I knew which parts it was on by how my class was reacting.
(I feel so sorry for them...first i did a report on my cememteries and
then I did one on Tori and showed them that video) I talked about her for
five minutes and then took questions which included "What is she saying?"
(I was suprised because one girl could actually tell what she was saying)
"Is she a lesbian?" and "Why does she have rats crawling
on her?"
Other than music, I admire Tori for her openess. From what I've heard,
she is very kind to her sometimes psychotic fans and never puts herself
above them though they look up to her like a goddess. She struggled for
a long time before reaching still non-mainstream success while other female
artists get instant hit singles and she still shows grace and raves about
their talent.
Some Favorite Songs of Mine:
Tear in Your Hand
Hey Jupiter
Liquid Diamonds
God
Honey
Talula
Northern Lad
Never Seen Blue
Tori Amos
