Tori, Tori, Tori...........Everybody Else's Girl!!

by SpiceItUp 18 Replies latest social entertainment

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  wonderwoman77

  I like Tori a lot. I saw her in concert with Alanis on the 5 1/2 week tour. It was awesome. Tori had an orgasm on stage. She was so moved by her music and got so into it. That is a true performer!!!
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  lastcall

  Hi Spice, I love your posts!

  That said.... I have to say that Ms. Amos depresses the hell out of me. I'm not begrudging her talent. I recognize it, just don't get into it. Her lyrics bring me down man.... and it's not like I need "shiny, happy " music. I dunno maybe it's that shrill voice, maybe I should revisit and see if I've grown into it. Maybe I saw the pic of her breastfeeding a piglet on her CD jacket and it CONFUSED me. Whatever.

  I saw a "before they were stars" thing on her and I think I liked her better when she sang 80's anthem rock.:)

  LC
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  SpiceItUp

  Hi Spice, I love your posts!

  awww geez..thanks!

  Ms. Amos depresses the hell out of me

  I have to say that even though her lyrics aren't the happiest, I relate to them... check out these and read between the lines...she actually gives hope..

  Silent all these years

  Excuse me but can I be you for awhile,

  My dog won't bite if you sit real still,

  I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again

  Yeah I can hear that

  Been saved again by the garbage truck

  I got something to say you know but nothing comes

  Yes I know what you think of me you never shut up

  Yeah I can hear that

  But what if I'm a mermaid, in these jeans of his

  With her name still on it

  Hey but I don't care 'cause

  Sometimes, I said sometimes

  I hear my voice and it's been here

  Silent all these years

  So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts

  What's so amazing about really deep thoughts

  Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon

  How's that thought for ya

  My scream got lost in a paper cup

  I think there's a heaven where some screams have gone

  I got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough

  To get us there 'cause...

  What if I'm a mermaid in these jeans of his

  With her name still on it

  Hey but I don't care 'cause

  Sometimes, I said sometimes

  I hear my voice and it's been here

  Silent all these -

  Years go by, will I still be waiting

  For somebody else to understand

  Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty

  And the orange clouds raining in my hand

  Years go by, will I choke on my tears

  'Til finally there is nothing left

  One more casualty you know

  We're too easy easy easy...

  Well I love the way we communicate

  Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape

  Let's hear what you think of me now

  And baby don't look up, the sky is falling

  Your mother shows up in a nasty dress

  It's your turn now to stand where I stand

  Everybody lookin' at you

  You take hold of my hand

  Yeah I can hear them...

  But what if I'm a mermaid, in these jeans of yours

  With her name still on it

  Hey but I don't care 'cause

  Sometimes, I said sometimes

  I hear my voice

  I hear my voice

  I hear my voice and it's been here

  Silent all these years

  I've been here

  Silent all these years

  Silent

  All these

  Silent all these years

  (I take this song to mean that its never too late to be who you are)

  putting the damage on
  

  glue 

  stuck to my shoes 

  does anyone know why 

  you play with an orange rind 

  you say you packed my things 

  and divided what was mine 

  you're off to the mountain top 

  I say her skinny legs could use sun 

  but now I'm wishing 

  for my best mpression 

  of my best Angie Dickinson 

  but now I've got to worry 

  cause boy you still look pretty 

  when you're putting the damage on 

  don't make me scratch on your door 

  I never left you for a banjo 

  I only just turned around 

  for a poodle and a corvette 

  and my impression 

  of my best Angie Dickinson 

  but now I"ve got to worry 

  cause boy you still look pretty 

  when you're putting the damage on 

  I'm trying not to move 

  it's just your ghost passing through 

  it's just your ghost passing through 

  and now I'm quite sure 

  there's a light in your platoon 

  I've never seen a light move 

  like yours can do to me 

  so now I'm wishing 

  for my best impression 

  of my best Angie Dickinson 

  but now I've got to worry 

  cause boy you still look pretty 

  to me but I've got a place to go 

  I've got a ticket to your lake show 

  and now I'm worrying cause even still 

  you sure are pretty 

  when you're putting the damage on 

  yes 

  when you're putting the damage on 

  you're just so pretty 

  when you're putting the damage on

  (this one means that it doesnt matter how much you have gone through you can still be a beautiful person)

  I like to think that even though they aren't the happy-go-lucky-cheery songs, they have much more meaning and depth to them. That is why I love her and her music. They give me inspiration to write.

  btw...her albums get better and better (although I have to say that Tales from the Choir Girl is my favorite)

  wonderwoman--

  Tori had an orgasm on stage. She was so moved by her music and got so into it. That is a true performer!!!

  OMG---I would have loved to have been there

  Spice
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  MrMoe

  Tori is cewl... one of my favs for sure -- Little Eathquakes is my fav album by her... fave songs are Little Earthquakes, Crucify, Tear in Your Hand, Pretty Good Year and Cornflake Girl. Tear in Your Hand has a lot of meaning for me...

  *~* Tear In Your Hand *~*

  All the world just stopped now
  So you say you don't wanna stay together anymore
  Let me take a deep breath babe
  If you need me, me and neil be hangin' out with the dream king
  Neil says hi by the way
  I don't believe you're leaving cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice-cream

  I think it's that girl
  and I think there're pieces of me you've never seen
  Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen

  Well...
  All the world is
  All I am
  The black of the blackest ocean
  And that tear in your hand
  All the world is danglin'...
  danglin'...
  danglin' for me darlin'

  You don't know the power that you have
  With that tear in your hand
  That tear in your hand

  Maybe...
  I ain't used to ....
  maybes
  smashing in a cold room
  cutting my hands up
  every time I touch you
  Maybe...
  maybe it's time
  to wave goodbye now
  Time to wave goodbye now

  Caught a ride with the moon
  I know I know you well
  well better than I used to
  Haze all clouded up my mind
  In the daze of the why it could've never been
  So you say and I say you know you're full of wish
  And your "baby baby baby babies"
  I tell you there're pieces of me you've never seen
  Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen

  Well...
  All the world is
  All I am
  The black of the blackest ocean
  And that tear in your hand
  All the world is danglin'... danglin'... danglin' for me Darlin'
  You don't know the power that you have
  With that tear in your hand
  That tear in your hand
  With that tear in your hand
  Tear in ....
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  SpiceItUp

  It just occured to me today why it is that I like Tori soo much. She is a battered womans, rape and abuse advocate. I think thats why I relate to so many of her songs. I was listening to her on the way back to the office and this occured to me....I had to fight back the tears as I was moved. Then the song "Time" came on and I did lose it at 2 of the lines (I have them in bold). Anyway I I wanted to share the entire song ...so here it is.....

  Well, the smart moneys on Harlow
  
  And the moon is in the street
  
  The shadow boys are breaking all the laws
  
  And youre east of East St. Louis
  
  And the wind is making speeches
  
  And the rain sounds like a round of applause
  
  Napoleon is weeping in the Carnival saloon
  
  His invisible fiance is in the mirror
  
  The band is going home
  
  Its raining hammers, its raining nails
  
  Yes, its true, theres nothing left for him down here
  
  Chorus:
  
  And its Time Time Time
  
  And its Time Time Time
  
  And its Time Time Time
  
  That you love
  
  And its Time Time Time
  
  And they all pretend theyre Orphans
  
  And their memorys like a train
  
  You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
  
  And the things you cant remember
  
  Tell the things you cant forget thatHistory puts a saint in every dream
  
  Well she said shed stick around
  
  Until the bandages came off
  
  But these mamas boys just dont know when to quit
  
  And Matilda asks the sailors are those dreams
  
  Or are those prayers
  
  So just close your eyes, son
  
  And this wont hurt a bit
  
  Chorus
  
  Well, things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl
  
  The boys just dive right off the cars
  
  And splash into the streets
  
  And when shes on a roll she pulls a razor
  
  From her boot and a thousand
  
  Pigeons fall around her feet
  
  So put a candle in the window
  
  And a kiss upon his lips
  
  Till the dish outside the window fills with rain
  
  Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
  
  And pay the fiddler off till I come back again
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  MrMoe

  A beautiful person once told me we can forgive but never forget...

  Perhaps we can forget in a sense, forget the ugliness of it all, and embrace the beauty of the sadness that moved us to become what we are.

  I find the word Survior to be rather beautiful. Strong, soft, and enlightened -- all becoming one beatuiful entity, intertwined like a rope made of metal and silk... if only you allow yourself to be...

  (((((((((CAROL)))))))))

  Amanda
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  2SYN

  Forgiveness is the at once a very difficult thing to do and also one of the greatest things one can do. And with stuff like Tori sings about forgiveness is very far from easy.
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  In_between_days

  I always liked her b - sides better than the stuff that was on her albums myself, especially "Here in my head" - best song ever.

  My other faves:

  Spacedog

  Yes, Anastasia

  Wonderful version of "Losing my religion"

  Honey

  Silent all these years

  Little Earthquakes

  And too many more!!
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  Bona Dea

  Tori is wonderful. It angers me beyond words when I hear someone insult this beautiful woman. She has done what many of us will (or can) never find the strength or courage to do. She tells the world of her pain, and puts it out there for everyone to see...to support or criticize her for it. She takes her beautiful voice and uses it as a weapon against those who have hurt her the most in her life...and resounds a pleasant yet firm "screw you" to them all!

  One of my fav excerpts from one of her songs is this:

  "...well, I'm not 17 but I've cuts on my knees....falling down, as the winter takes one more cherrytree....." Girl (Little Earthquakes)

  This statement stuck out to me and has come to mean so much to me. It reminds me off losing something precious and irreplaceable to something as cold as "winter".

  Bona

  Edited by - Bona Dea on 23 July 2002 14:43:35 Because I'm trying to do this whole neat-o colour crap

  Edited by - Bona Dea on 23 July 2002 14:44:53 same reason as above....next time will be last time I try...

  Edited by - Bona Dea on 23 July 2002 14:45:35