that's it for the b-sides on my ballot
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
arrangement of this song perfectly haunts the piano line
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
that sustained guitar feedback like flames licking at the song
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/U07SYeI.jpg24. Girl122 points, 3 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
my song!!!!
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/H0r6sja.jpg23. Raspberry Swirl140 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZEh3BTtLfA
i love the extra percussion in the live versions
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
ok so i first heard this song when i was 15, playing a low-quality video on a tori fansite, and it just knocked me out, i had never heard anything like it before. it sounded like what i wanted desire to feel like. anyway now i'm very gay, thanks tori
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ik0caKc.jpg22. Playboy Mummy142 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:33 (five years ago) link
sometimes this one is too heavy
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
it's too low, completely devastating song
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
Where does Honey originate from?
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
it's an under the pink b-side. originally slated for the album, replaced at the last minute by "the wrong band"
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IVzwdyw.jpg21. Blood Roses144 points, 4 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
Oh wow, never heard it before, I like it.
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
I found Blood Roses genuinely disturbing when I first heard it. Still shocking even now. I love it though.
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
it's a shame she replaced Honey for The Wrong Band which is easily the worst track on Under the Pink
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
― piscesx, Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:50 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
saaaame
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7BuIhdU.jpg20. Beauty Queen/Horses160 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
i was really fixated as a kid on music that was so Overwhelmingly Beautiful it gave me chills. Overwhelming Beauty is a pretty narrow aesthetic range, and i wish i hadn't focused on it at the expense of other music. but also: there was the first time i ever heard "beauty queen/horses," and i thought i was, at last, listening to the Most Overwhelmingly Beautiful Music Possible
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IJamJCm.jpg19. Icicle176 points, 5 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
oh wow i thought this'd be top ten
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
is there a better song about masturbating while your dad holds a prayer meeting downstairs
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
i think the good book is missing some pages!
this is definitely one that's up there in her most beautiful compositions, what an incredible bridge
nearly the entire top 20 was very much in flux the entire voting period
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/mxHBmAz.jpg18. i i e e e190 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
this is one that was in my top 10, sounds unlike anything else (except the potion shop theme from ocarina of time)
yeah it was in my top five
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
the chorus still gets to me
Ahhh these are all my favourite songs in the world. I voted pretty high for "In The Springtime of his Voodoo", "Icicle", "Playboy Mommy" and "Honey".
I'm glad that "Honey" is a b-side, it's such a self-contained perfect song (such great and unusually straightforward lyrics! "And you know what you're doing, so don't even"; "And I think I could leave your world / If she was the better girl").
Whereas "The Wrong Band" is a perfect piece of lightness in between "Baker, Baker" and "The Waitress" that would get lost outside of the album.
Actually Under The Pink was my first TA album when I was 13 and my favourite track used to switch around a lot but I think after initially being "Pretty Good Year" for a while it was "The Wrong Band" because of the sheer levity of the melody. Then for a while it was "Cloud on my Tongue" due to the soothing hypnotism of "circles and circles and circles again..." and then it settled on "Space Dog" for a long time. Coming back to the album now, "Icicle" was my easy favourite.
― Tim F, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/7rxRTo1.jpg17. Jackie's Strength192 points, 5 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
i really didn't expect this to place this high, it's good but not really one of the standouts on Choirgirl Hotel to me
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
Jeez that’s crazy low.
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
Jackie’s strength showcases Tori’s ability to write empathically and directly, something she doesn’t always do. Love this song
― dig me out requiem (Ross), Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QcIXSpQ.jpg16. Cornflake Girl208 points, 10 votes
― ufo, Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
last one for today
thanks for doing this ufo
cornflake girl way too low, but also a clear sign of how much quality tori has across the catalog
― dig me out requiem (Ross), Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Way behind here but the #1 vote for Northern Lad was mine, up until recently I wouldn't necessarily have picked it out as a favourite but it struck me just how much of an incredible vocal performance it is from start to finish.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
The top 5-10 could have a few surprises then I guess if the likes of Cornflake Girl are already counted for. Is anyone expecting a song from the post-Choirgirl years to still be ahead?
Great poll so far.
― piscesx, Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
Hotel or liquid diamonds hopefully.
― Ross, Thursday, 13 September 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
I was the #1 vote for "Girl," just a perfect song that never ceases to amaze me.
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 13 September 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
Indeed my man
Twinkle was my 1
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link
Yeah 'Girl' was near the top of my ballot, i thought it should have been a big single. It gets sorta-forgotten in the sweep of all that great stuff in the top half of Little Earthquakes but i always loved it.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
I find le hard to listen to objectively nowadays. What a big record. Transformative. When I was a teen it perfectly mirrored my disillusionment with Christianity. I think UTP did this even better tho - icicle and god. And hell father lucifer and bliss later on. But like I find it annoying how LE is the cool tori album critically.
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/CGH6jdS.jpg15. Marianne216 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:02 (five years ago) link
what a song
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
Marianne is the peak of a certain type of Tori song (the ever-shifting piano with a little orchestration ballads)
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
The ultimate Tori song, in some ways.
― Tim F, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
Amazing song
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:11 (five years ago) link
Yeah a banger. No idea what the opening line means even now.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link