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my stori. i first heard tori 2 years ago. i was spending the night at a friend's, and she played under the pink. my first tori song was past the mission. then i went and got the hey jupiter ep. ever since then, i've been an addict. that year happened to be the same year i was going through a lot of changes in my life. i was losing friends, and gaining new ones that i wasn't sure about. things were confusing, and i was changing inside and out. there were many times in that area of my life i was very depressed, and considered suicide. tori's music pulled me through that rut in my life. in a way, tori amos saved me. my favorite song, marianne, really helped me. the part where tori sings "won't you just hold down", i repeated that in my head every time i thought i was just gonna float away. i wish tori knew how much she has strengthened my being.
*hallowed heart*
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had heard tori's songs on the radio and enjoyed them. one morning i was listening to wnnx (99x) in atlanta. there was a contest to win tix to see tori amos. I won!!!!!! I was so excited, but, I had no idea just how much seeing her in concert would effect me. it was truly amazing. i had never heard china before that night. that song blew my mind. i thought horses was beautiful. i think that the play list went something like this: cornflake girl, northern lad, sugar, god, silent all these years, spark purple people, she's your coaine, raspberry swirl, horses. that's just to name a few. needless to say it was absolutely amazing. i hope one day to meet the goddess. i've already had a dream about it, i hope that is a good sign.
in tori
*racheal*
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I just moved and for a very long time I was VERY mad and I wasfor angry music to relate to so that I could, in some vicarious, express me anger. I went through just some VIOLENT changes. I wasso angry at anything and everything. I wasn't happy and I didn'tany way to get rid of my anger. I was a christian...now recovering. See, the church would put things on top of my anger...wordsjesus and blood and savior. They could pile all sorts of thingsmy anger and all it would do was pile more things on to my anger. I listened to Tori it was very much a different thing altogether.of words and things piled over my anger Tori put herself andmusic underneath my anger and pushed it to the top. You have to getto get rid of anger, and you don't get rid of anger by puttiningon the bottom. Tori is the one who made me realize that in order tosomething (in this case my anger) you have to set it on fire
*puppet*
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A female friend of mine introduced me to Tori Amos and I think my first response was, "what that hell?" Anyway, she made me sit through most of "Boys For Pele" and I was not impressed. Then, she put on Tori's "Winter" single. I made her play "Take to the Sky" so many times I knew it by heart when I got my own copy. But, that's not the main part of this story. About a year and a half ago I was asked by one of my best friends over to his house to watch a movie he rented and he proceeded to try and rape me for about an hour. We were alone in the house and he was a good deal stronger than I am. I just kept thinking, "this isn't happening to me" or "I'm crazy." Anyway, after I started crying he got spooked and let up enough that I could leave. During the drive home, the smell of him on me was unbelievable. I can still smell it now. When I finally got home, I took a long shower and I could still smell him on me. I wanted nothing more than to die and end it all. I have have no idea why, but, I hit random on my cd player and "Take to the Sky" came on and instead of killing myself I went to bed. I even felt strong enough in time, thanks to Tori and RAINN, to tell my family and friends what he did to me. So, Thank you Tori, and thanks for helping me see the light at the end of the tunnel when I couldn't see it for myself.
Love,
Garrett aka Tornado Guy :o)
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hello i only started listening to tori like a year or so ago. the first cd i got was boys for pele from some stupid little cd club. i just thought she sounded cool, so ya know what the heck! my sister also had little earthquakes and under the pink. my best friend's sister is madly in love with her, and she had plenty of cds i could borrow. i liked tori before i met my best friend though. well actually i guess it was like 2 or 3 years ago. anyway, i just kinda got into her. i just saw tori last july in philadelphia. she was incredibly ill, but none the less, she was wonderful. she played: precious things, little amsterdam, crucify, cruel, honey, cornflake girl, hey jupiter (solo!!), landslide (solo!!), jackie's strength, tear in your hand, raspberry swirl, the waitress, 1st encore: she's your cocaine, horses (so cool!!), 2nd encore: playboy mommy it was such a wonderful concert, although, we did not have great seats. it was still worth it. tori is always an amazing exprience. i must say my second concert was just fantastic. it was so wonderful not only because tori was not sick, but we happened to get front row! she was so beautiful, and i cried a river! (haha) this set list was much more agreeable to me (well sort of): precious things, god, hotel, past the mission, bells for her, caught a lite sneeze,baker baker (solo!!), here. in my head (solo!!), northern lad, iieee, little earthquakes, the waitress, 1st encore: cornflake girl, raspberry swirl, 2nd encore: tear in your hand, pandora's aquarium (awesome!), song for eric (solo!!) this concert was just beautifl and very worthwhile. we waited out in the cold for at least 6 hours just to get front row, and we were lucky enough to get 'em!! after both concerts we went to the meet n greets, but unfortunately we did not get to meet the goddess! the second concert my little cousin squeezed her way up front and managed to get an autograph. my cousin was nice enough to give it to me, but i did not ask! she is so sweet! :) well that is my stori on tori! thanks for listening!
natalie santaniello
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Tori's been really important to me, because her music has helped me through a few really difficult periods in my life. There was about a year and a half where I was depressed, suicidal even. My stepmother has AIDS, and she was deathly ill for that period of time. I was 12 years old when this occured, and I had no idea how to cope with it. My philosophy was that if I buried my feelings deep enough, I could be spared from them, but it only made things worse. I felt horrible all the time, I would lock myslef in my room and cry nonstop. Tori was just about the only thing that kept me from giving up. I found such strength in her song "Mother," because I felt like it completely described what I was going through. The one line "Here, here now, don't cry, you raised your hand for the assignment. Tuck those ribbons under your helmet, be a good soldier" always gave me strength to withstand everything, because she seems to say "don't cry; dry your eyes and be strong." If I were to meet Tori today, I would thank her more than anything, because she is the reason I found strength enough to stay alive.
~peace
melanie
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