Whiskey into Rain
Last night went to see Tori Amos. I've never seen her before but I've liked her since that time I saw the video for "Crucify" on 120 Minutes. It was a total surprise. I used to set the VCR and record the show since it was on at midnight on Mondays and I had school.
Then I'd watch it and edit the vids I didn't want. I remember thinking she was gonna be some weirdo UK sort of person when the video started with an all white backdrop. Then suddenly she started singing and I was engaged for the whole time. I think her music in many ways saved me... from my own teenage self-destructive behavior.
So since that time to now I've liked her and yet never got to see her... The concert was amazing to me. Hearing her perform live wasn't new, I have bootlegs and various VHS tapes of her from tv specials. Seeing her and feeling the music in the room, along with the lights which were trying to catch the emotive quality of her work added to the whole show. Although sometimes the lights would pan out into the audience and blind... that wasn't much fun. It was like a bunch of trucks coming at you with high beams on.
Her new album is called American Doll Posse. The photos on it are of her dressed as several women who represent women throughout time that we know of - by myth, tales, and folklore. Each woman is also an aspect of a person. "Pieces of me you've never seen." If you go to her website you can read the statement of the new album and her bio. It's really interesting how she incorporated a feminist perspective into these various personas and then expresses them throughout the album. It wasn't a shocker to me that she was going to make an album comprised of different "people."
In interviews I've read over the years she has talked of reincarnation, spirits, fairies, and ghosts that all inspire her and talk to her. She's got this sort of delirium/desire/despair thing going on that makes her so appealing and yet so bizarre. No wonder I like her stuff.
This one is from last night:
Then I'd watch it and edit the vids I didn't want. I remember thinking she was gonna be some weirdo UK sort of person when the video started with an all white backdrop. Then suddenly she started singing and I was engaged for the whole time. I think her music in many ways saved me... from my own teenage self-destructive behavior.
So since that time to now I've liked her and yet never got to see her... The concert was amazing to me. Hearing her perform live wasn't new, I have bootlegs and various VHS tapes of her from tv specials. Seeing her and feeling the music in the room, along with the lights which were trying to catch the emotive quality of her work added to the whole show. Although sometimes the lights would pan out into the audience and blind... that wasn't much fun. It was like a bunch of trucks coming at you with high beams on.
Her new album is called American Doll Posse. The photos on it are of her dressed as several women who represent women throughout time that we know of - by myth, tales, and folklore. Each woman is also an aspect of a person. "Pieces of me you've never seen." If you go to her website you can read the statement of the new album and her bio. It's really interesting how she incorporated a feminist perspective into these various personas and then expresses them throughout the album. It wasn't a shocker to me that she was going to make an album comprised of different "people."
In interviews I've read over the years she has talked of reincarnation, spirits, fairies, and ghosts that all inspire her and talk to her. She's got this sort of delirium/desire/despair thing going on that makes her so appealing and yet so bizarre. No wonder I like her stuff.
This one is from last night:
