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212: Raining Blood
[SIZE=4]Strange Little Girls (2001)
[SIZE=3]"Pierced from below
Souls of my treacherous past
Betrayed by many
Now ornaments dripping above"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuANh-F12JU
It's certainly an interesting rendition. Why higher than some of the songs already on the list, you ask? Well, because it has just the atmosphere I think it needs. I like a good atmosphere.
211: She's Your Cocaine
[SIZE=4]From the Choir Girl Hotel (1998)
[SIZE=3]"Bring your sister
Bring your sister
If you can't handle it
She says control it
Then she says don't control it
Then she says you're controlling
The way she makes you crawl"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-20w5YIZnI
Odd, yes. This was another that I never liked, but it grew a little bit closer. The sections are quite interesting, almost similar to Rose Dover, although that song came out 16 years later. Then again, my songs don't loop too often...
210: Here, in my Head
[SIZE=4]Crucify EP (1992)
[SIZE=3]"So maybe Thomas Jefferson
Wasn't born in your back yard
Like you have said and
Maybe I'm just the horizon you run to when
She has left you there, you are
Here, in my head"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWRnMwI-F4Q
Early 90's Tori... wish I was alive then :'( I wish I could say that I miss that Tori, but I guess I can't. So beautiful, that I don't want to rank it as low as 210, but I have to, because there are more coming, that I like... even more??
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209: 1,000 Oceans
[SIZE=4]To Venus and Back (1999)
[/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=3]"I'm aware what the rules are
But you know that I will run
You know I will follow you
Over Silbury Hill
Through the solar field
You know that I will follow you"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RTfCaj6beg
I have similar comments for this and Sleeps With Butterflies. I think I prefer this one a bit more because it still has a bit of the unique flavor. I'm not sure the background techno-y sound really fits the song though.
208: After All
[SIZE=4]Strange Little Girl EP (2001)
[SIZE=3]"Man is an obstacle
Sad as a clown
Oh by jingo
So hold on to nothing
And he won't let you down
Oh by jingo"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ikTaxOFXu4
This is a very beautiful cover of a David Bowie song. I'd just say, with her usual uniqueness, I think she could've made the awkward key changes a little less forced, and maybe found a way to flow into them.
207: Thank you
[SIZE=4]Crucify EP (1992)
[SIZE=3]"If the sun refused to shine
I would still be lovin' you
Mountains crumble to the sea
There would still be you and me"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d2I8bjrAcw
Thank you for making music Tori. That is all for now.
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I thought 'Thank You' was by Led Zeppelin??!??
'The purpose of life is a life of purpose' - Athena Orchard.
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Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that  It is a cover of Led Zeppelin's song, yes. Thanks for pointing that out.
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206: Silent All These Years
[SIZE=4]Little Earthquakes (1992)
Tales of a Librarian (2003)
Gold Dust (2012)
[SIZE=3]"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 head"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt9IkhdRK30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=120L80DH8qQ
Yeah I know, there's not that much of a difference between the LE version and the GD version, except for the GD version being WORSE. It loses the dynamic, and the singing surprisingly isn't as good. Also, this song is a little overplayed, which is why I ranked it as low as this. It's always the same song. Never changed. If she played it and it was slightly different, I would probably like it a bit more.
205: New Age
[SIZE=4]Strange Little Girls (2001)
[SIZE=3]"Looking at my hands today
Look to me that they're made of ivory
I had a funny call today
Someone died and someone married
You know that it's my fancy to make it with
Franky and Nancy"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmAuYvkjF8Q
There's just not enough ensemble for it to be a piece for the whole band. The part that features every part of her band feels very sudden and forced, the guitar in the chorus in particular. It was certainly an interesting start to the album full of covers.
204: Teenage Hustling
[SIZE=4]American Doll Posse (2007)
[SIZE=3]"Maybe the riddle of this accident
Goes back to your gossip
With a ferocious strategy
You play wounded in his cockpit
But I think you forgot my days
Of teenage hustling"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N1NPOKhxC0
The first time the doll "Pip" had a song on the album. From this song we can see Pip's personality quite well. Without picking apart the lyrics or anything, the music shows her personality quite well. I mean, those guitars are pretty angry-sounding in a way. It's certainly not a bad song, but well, you know, it's not the sort of thing I'm into in terms of music. This may mean the placement is a little bit biased, but I did also take the writing and unique level into account for this. It's quite different compared to most Tori songs.
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203: Bug a Martini
[SIZE=4]Scarlet's Hidden Treasures EP (2004)
[/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=3]"Your version coercion
My version elixir of quietude
Line up the dots
Music to spy to
Music to die to"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX5NDognOWw
Yes, this is my least favorite song originally from the Scarlet's Walk tour. It's still a pretty decent song, but it's one I actually find forgettable. I mean, there are a lot of B-sides out there but out of the ones I can call decent (that's a lot of them, the ones that aren't are all BFP and UTP B-sides which were never really that great) I could probably say this is the most forgotten B-side for me. Wonder what she was thinking when she wrote this song though. Something like, "I'm gonna make a groovy tune and put some super secretive lyrics"? Yeah that sounds about right. And for Posse Bonus she thought the same thing but instead of making the lyrics secretive, she decided to make them annoying and ruin the song completely...
202: Mr. Bad Man
[SIZE=4]American Doll Posse (2007)
[SIZE=3]"There's a gold star
On a gendarme
So she asked him
'Hey can you hold my song?
It's the one piece that I got left
So hide it well' she said"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzNuqs_ELXs
Oh, but why is this song number 7 on the list of the worst Tori songs? Just because you find that "doo doo doo" chorus annoying? ANNOYING? Honestly, with the spirit of the rest of the song, I think it works quite well. The ensemble of the song is almost... cute, actually.
201: Angie
[SIZE=4]Crucify EP (1992)
[SIZE=3]"Angie, you're beautiful
But ain't it time we said goodbye
And the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsYRxXv8A-E
Her piano covers from this era were absolutely perfect. This one is a cover of The Rolling Stones. And it's really darn good.
Next time we'll be in the top 200...
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200: Space Dog
[SIZE=4]Under the Pink (1994)
[/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=3]"Deck the halls, I'm young again
I'm you again
Racing turtles
The grapefruit is winning
Seems I keep getting
This story twisted
So where's Neil
When you need him"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cMQcOtETGk
A lot of people like the song, just for the piano part. I do like the song, and although the bass voice in the first part is weird, I actually like it for both parts. There's just one problem - they don't fit together.
199: I i e e e
[SIZE=4]From the Choir Girl Hotel
[SIZE=3]"With your E's
And your ease
And I do one more
I know we're dying
And there's no sign of a parachute"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWvjnNm52is
*Gets threatened with machetes and chainsaws* ...hear me out.
Yes, this is another popular one that a lot of people would disagree with its place on the list. I just think it's all a bit too... detached, if you know what I'm saying. I used to think the lyrics were stupid too, but the reason why she wrote this song is actually rather creepy. She told us this at storytellers in 1998 [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGA4p6uxxRE ] (Sorry for the subtitles). I did like the new version she did in 2014, Although I know a lot of people were disappointed because it lost all its dramatic feeling. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks1-m61M9PM ]
198: Strange Little Girl
[SIZE=4]Strange Little Girls (2001)
[SIZE=3]"She didn't know how to live
In a town that was rough
It didn't take long before
She knew she'd had enough
Walking home in
Her wrapped up world
She survived but she's feeling old
And she found all things cold"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu3IVh70Ugk
2001's cover album was pretty much the last of her good covers unfortunately. This is a good cover with the band, and it does all fit together, unlike most of New Age. Not a bad song to name the album after, but there are quite a few more I prefer on the album. (Strange Little Girl was originally written by The Stranglers.)
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197: You Can Bring Your Dog
[SIZE=4]American Doll Posse (2007)
[SIZE=3]"I'm not making any promises
You'll be too busy boy
To sue for her damages
I'm not making any promises
But you still that something pretty boy
You still got that something as a man
You still got something
Of this I know"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_KH-HqpHBg
More rock Tori! She had a few of those in this album. This song is sung by the doll Santa. I don't really have much I want to say about this one, so I guess I'm moving on.
196: Giant's Rolling Pin
[SIZE=4]Unrepentant Geraldines
[/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=3]"In case we have
Rolled our little world too flat
When the giant's rolling pin
Will roll the truth out
So that the whole world can dig in
To Beth and Marlene's pies"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEqoMMX8gxs
It's not really that bad, it just doesn't feel like a Tori song to me. Kind of like how the whole Night of Hunters album doesn't feel like Tori Amos at all (And how the Gold Dust album shouldn't exist at all). It almost feels too upbeat in a way. Still, even to be ranked as "low" as 196, I do like this song a lot.
195: Caught a Lite Sneeze
[SIZE=4]Boys For Pele (1996)
[/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=3]"Building tumbling down
Didn't know our love was so small
Couldn't stand it all
Mr. St. John just bring your son"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6oecf7JPZo
*Gets threatened with machetes and chainsaws* ...hear me out.
It's effectively a break-up album, so there are a few songs with lyrics like this. It's not really my jam but this one has a brilliant tune. I actually like the use of harpsichord in this one! It's the only song that I do. I think for the main melody, the harpsichord actually works better than piano for this one. This had the best ensemble of the album, even if the percussion isn't real drums. It does feel rather techno-y, almost a sneak peek for the next album, where Hotel would be a sneak peek at the album after that. I just think this song is way too overplayed. Honestly, as a piano solo, this song really bores me. Overall, as an album, BFP was a big hit for me the first time I heard it. The second time it really started to grow away. Completely the opposite to what Venus and Back did for me - To Venus and Back is now my 3rd favorite album (2nd being The Beekeeper and 1st being Scarlet's Walk).
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194: Devils and Gods
[SIZE=4]American Doll Posse (2007)
[/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=3]"Devils and gods, now that's an idea
But if we believe that it's they who decide
That's the ultimate detractor of crimes
'Cause devils and gods, they are you and I"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LpE8g0jh0k
Yeah I know, the lyrics seem kind of pathetic and it seems so unusually short. But I still quite like this short song. Of course, I always thought it should have been longer. Tori probably thought of that herself, as she extended it in the live shows. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxH8Ua3qew ]
193: Doughnut Song
[SIZE=4]Boys For Pele (1996)
[/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=3]"Devoted Satellite
Happy for you
And I am sure that I hate you
Two sons too many
Too many able fires"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOdve3NZTfU
Interesting. Being a break-up album it's kind of what you might expect. The tune along with the other ensemble instruments is quite well written.
192: Sweet Sangria
[SIZE=4]Scarlet's Walk (2002)
[/SIZE][SIZE=4][SIZE=3]"I know
You know every desperado
And sharp shooter
In the west
You say that I can't see behind
The mask of those who call themselves
The good guys in this"
[/SIZE][/SIZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxm_S3lig48
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I quite like Tori Amos. Interesting to see this sort of a personal list although my preferences already seem to diverge quite a bit as you have already gone through several songs that would probably make my top 50, such as:
248. Beauty Queen
245. Muhammed My Friend
228. Hotel
221. Mr. Zebra
218. Horses
209. 1,000 Oceans
200. Space Dog
199. Iieee
195. Caught a Lite Sneeze
193. Doughnut song
Like, I would seriously see this as a pretty solid list of favourite songs rather than bottom fodder from Tori! At least if you combine Beauty Queen/Horses into one like on the album.
But I'm interested to see where you are going with the top picks.
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