Decided to backtrack a bit with Tori Amos and I'm listening to To Venus and Back. Anyone want to enlighten me on what I'm listening to here? @jamesmchapman.bsky.social I'm especially looking at you cuz you always seem to know what's up! I just always skim over this album. - ThreadSky

lilcoppertop.bsky.social • 12 days ago

Decided to backtrack a bit with Tori Amos and I'm listening to To Venus and Back. Anyone want to enlighten me on what I'm listening to here? @jamesmchapman.bsky.social I'm especially looking at you cuz you always seem to know what's up! I just always skim over this album.

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jamesmchapman.bsky.social•12 days ago

For me Venus wasn’t quite on the level of her previous four, though Concertina, Josephine and Spring Haze are some of her best songs and Datura is an exceptional and very experimental piece. Overall I prefer the live disc as Tori Amos is quintessentially a live artist - she excels most on stage.

jamesmchapman.bsky.social•12 days ago

Do you know Scarlet’s Walk which came a couple of albums later? For me that and Boys for Pele are her twin masterpieces.

lilcoppertop.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yeah, I got to Scarlet a few months ago. I think it's second to Earthquakes for the sole reason that Earthquakes was my first love and I'm a rather nostalgic person.

brionneeleyryder.bsky.social•12 days ago

SW is glorious, IMHO

brionneeleyryder.bsky.social•12 days ago

I mostly agree, although TVAB has a special place in my journey as it was the first new release for as an EWF

lilcoppertop.bsky.social•12 days ago

What's an EWF?

brionneeleyryder.bsky.social•11 days ago

Ear With Feet - name for Tori fandom

lilcoppertop.bsky.social•11 days ago

Actually, this brings to mind that weird-ass music video for A Sorta Fairytale.

lilcoppertop.bsky.social•11 days ago

That's the craziest fandom name I've heard yet! What's the story behind the name? Do you know?

jamesmchapman.bsky.social•11 days ago

In 1996 Tori Amos said “just know that I really respect you, not as... I hate the word fans, I'd like to call you Ears with Feet, and never use the word fan again because you're Ears with Feet.” She never fully explained the name except to say she felt her fans were on a journey with her.

brionneeleyryder.bsky.social•11 days ago

It came from Tori herself. She described her fans as "ears with feet"

https://youtu.be/_RPWMkkzS00?si=88Th8WiUvweAJHmF

boscotron.bsky.social•12 days ago

I recently decided I like this one a lot more than I thought a did. Bliss has always been a jam, too

lilcoppertop.bsky.social•12 days ago

What changed/shifted for you? I've listened to this album a few times over the years, but always quickly went back to Earthquakes/Pele/Pink and the occasional foray into Choir girl Hotel. But I don't know why Venus doesn't hold me... thought others might have insight.

boscotron.bsky.social•11 days ago

I'm having a hard time trying to come up with an explanation! I feel like I have aged into a few of her albums tho, this one included. I think I always liked most of the songs, but this past year it all felt more cohesive to me as an album.

lilcoppertop.bsky.social•11 days ago

OOO! I love that perspective! I've had that happen with some other things, so it makes sense that it would also happen with music.

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