Tori Amos - Ocean to Ocean

clowezra

clowezra

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SlowBurn said:
Noooo. Easily one of my favourite Tori songs. I love the changes from verse to chorus. I love songs that surprise like that. The melodies are utterly gorgeous.
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Same here, I'm surprised to see any dislike towards it! That final chorus when her vocals sweep in just with the piano gives me goosebumps.

I'm not sure if it's underrated or not, but one of my absolute favourite Tori tracks is Alamo-I don't see it get mentioned too often. It deserved to be on BfP imo.
 
enjoy

enjoy

I think she looked radiant at TVAB - SLG eras and then there are the Scarlet's Walk postcards which i still love looking at. Scarlet's Walk as an era / full package is so satisfying to look at retrospectively. I think she tried to capture the same cohesiveness in following years but only got it right fully with Native Invader.


On the topic of her most underrated songs... oh yeah i have a lot of those. I think Merman is one of her most devestating songs and i always had the opinion of Sister Janet being that Under the Pink era b-side instead of Honey. Here, In My Head and Flying Dutchman also deserve some praise.

In the "Fori" eras i always found most of the ADP deep cuts overlooked. Smokey Joe, Dragon, Beauty of Speed and Almost Rosey are good as some of her classics tbh.
 
dodoriazarbon

dodoriazarbon

I’ve spent too many hours poring over the SLG and SW era imagery. She looked incredible in both sets of artwork for wildly different reasons but whew. I have the Time cover for my copy of SLG, but any of them would have been stunning.

And yeah @enjoy I think that ADP is far and away the album from “modern” Tori with the most gems that should be better regarded.
 
P'NutButter

P'NutButter

I got around to watching the long chat with Noah, and I was laughing so hard at her being so enthralled by her previous notepads. The woman must have thousands of songs unheard!

I wonder if "Mermaids" became 'Selkie'?
 
dodoriazarbon

dodoriazarbon

I'm falling back into a major Tori phase after this current Madonnathon I've been on. It's been ages since I've really sat with these albums that genuinely shaped my life for about 2-3 solid years. The DAYS I spent listening to her music. The way Suede SMELLS like the trip to Florida I was on when I got TVAB and listened to it incessently. How Boys for Pele reminds me of cold evenings killing time before my post-school Life Drawing classes. I could go on...

That said, about to listen to Gold Dust for the first time...in full.. ever. I think. I'm ready to hate it.
 
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dodoriazarbon

dodoriazarbon

(Gold Dust has been fine so far. Like...no, none of these really better any of their originals, but it's a nice breezy trip through memory lane, and the song selection is lovely and eclectic. Maybe I'm just reminded of why the originals are fab, but still!)

EDIT: Silent All These Years still giving me chills. This version is cute with the melodic changes in the glorious bridge. A slight Joni Both Sides Now tea in that we have a version from the beginning of her career and then this more seasoned version... the meaning takes new form.
 
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enjoy

enjoy

Gold Dust is alright on its own and i have a weak spot for the Flavor re-arrangement but considering that the Night of Hunters tour with the quartet where there were new imaginations of songs like Cruel, Suede, Big Wheel etc. and we got none of that in Gold Dust... It was a huge disappointment in my case.
 
Verandi

Verandi

enjoy said:
Gold Dust is alright on its own and i have a weak spot for the Flavor re-arrangement but considering that the Night of Hunters tour with the quartet where there were new imaginations of songs like Cruel, Suede, Big Wheel etc. and we got none of that in Gold Dust... It was a huge disappointment in my case.
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Well I've always enjoyed the album but I've just searched for Big Wheel and now I'm mad nn.

Where the Beekeeper bootlegs the last ones to ever be released?
 
enjoy

enjoy

Verandi said:
Well I've always enjoyed the album but I've just searched for Big Wheel and now I'm mad nn.

Where the Beekeeper bootlegs the last ones to ever be released?
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Um don't tell me you have not heard about legs & boots until now!? Tori and Mark have released quite a bunch of shows from ADP era. They are all available on streaming platforms

Also there is a live recording that has been released in the post AATS times, called "From Russia With Love". It is not available unfortunately, at least not for me.
 
Verandi

Verandi

enjoy said:
Um don't tell me you have not heard about legs & boots until now!? Tori and Mark have released quite a bunch of shows from ADP era. They are all available on streaming platforms

Also there is a live recording that has been released in the post AATS times, called "From Russia With Love". It is not available unfortunately, at least not for me.
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Oh yeah I forgot about Legs&Boots being post-ADP. I suppose there are not offcial bootlegs for the Night Of Hunters tour then.

I found a link with "From Russia With Love" last year on a "alt/quirky girls" blog dddd
 
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dodoriazarbon

dodoriazarbon

God the Legs and Boots era was me at my frothy mad standom best/worst. Tori really showed every other artist how it’s done by recording and releasing what feels like every show in its entirety. Queen. Some of these hussies can’t get a single show recording out...
 
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