quarta-feira, 30 de setembro de 2009

Artigo: Flavorwire - "The 50 Essential Women-in-Music Albums, Ranked"

The 50 Essential Women-in-Music Albums, Ranked
4:08 pm Friday Sep 18, 2009
by Brian Underwood

Now that we’ve revealed all 50 of our essential women-in-music album selections, we thought we’d do a brief recap of all of our picks, ranked in order of influence. Our list was diverse so it was a tough job, but we think we nailed it. We also picked five up-and-comers we think could wind up on a list like this ten years from now. Once you’ve finished reading our rankings, it’ll be time to tell us what you think. Did we get it right? Which albums did we leave off the list entirely? Who should’ve been ranked higher/lower? Let us know [...]

31. Boys For Pele (1996), Tori Amos



Boys For Pele is Tori Amos’s break up album. But instead of “You Oughta Know,” she gives us “Blood Roses,” a song composed primarily on the harpsichord and featuring lines like, “I’ve shaved every place where you’ve been boy.” Recorded at the height of Tori’s popularity, Pele’s dark and eccentric nature is a bold statement of professional independence on her part (and a foreshadowing of the tensions to come between Tori and her record label). While the source material for many of the songs – her experience “visiting” the devil while high on hallucinogenic drugs; the idea that God’s feminine nature has been stripped from mainstream religion – is obscure, the strong melodies temper the impenetrable nature of Tori’s lyrics and make Pele a truly moving listen [...]

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Fonte: toriphorums e Flavorwire.

domingo, 27 de setembro de 2009

sexta-feira, 18 de setembro de 2009

Midwinter Graces

terça-feira, 15 de setembro de 2009

Sinful Attraction Tour: Munich, DE - Circus Krone (14/09)

Set List:

Give
Body and Soul
Cornflake Girl
Black Dove (January)
Glory Of The 80s
Hotel
Icicle
Pancake

Lizard Lounge:
Baker Baker
Silent All These Years

(band returns)
Pretty Good Year
Little Earthquakes
Fast Horse
Precious Things

Encore:
Strong Black Vine
Raspberry Swirl
Heart Of Gold
Big Wheel

domingo, 13 de setembro de 2009

Sinful Attraction Tour: Basel, CH - Grosser Festsaal Messe (13/09)

Set List:

Give
Beauty of Speed
Cornflake Girl
Josephine
Take to the Sky
Liquid Diamonds
Pandora's Aquarium
Martha's Foolish Ginger

Lizard Lounge:
Cloud on my Tongue
Ribbons Undone

(band returns)
Horses
Siren
Girl
Curtain Call
Talula
Precious Things
Strong Black Vine

Encore:
Big Wheel
She's Your Cocaine

sábado, 12 de setembro de 2009

sexta-feira, 11 de setembro de 2009

Sinful Attraction Tour: London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo (11/09)

Set List:

Give
Body And Soul
Cornflake Girl
Little Amsterdam
Hotel
The Power of Orange Knickers
Putting The Damage On
Welcome to England
Virgina
Bells For Her

Lizard Lounge:
Mr Zebra
Not The Red Baron
Ophelia

(band returns)
1000 Oceans
Marys Of The Sea
Siren
Fast Horse
Precious Things
Strong Black Vine

Encore:
Big Wheel
Tear In Your Hand

-> atualização 12/09/09 <-

Carta do agente de Tori Amos: 'Edison M. Amos'

Após criar um musical chamado Virginia, o fã brasileiro, Eduardo Roza, eviou uma carta à assessoria de Tori pedindo a autorização para usar suas músicas no musical. O resultado foi uma carta enviada por Edison M. Amos, o pai da Tori, à todos os fãs. Veja as fotos abaixo:

quinta-feira, 10 de setembro de 2009

Sinful Attraction Tour: London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo (10/09)

Set List:

Give
Caught A Lite Sneeze
Cornflake Girl
Flavor
Space Dog
Pancake
Icicle
Carbon
Concertina
Jamaica Inn

Lizard Lounge:
Cooling
Winter

(band returns)
Lady In Blue
Bliss
Talula
Precious Things
Strong Black Vine

Encore:
Raspberry Swirl
Big Wheel

-> atualizado 11/09/09 <-