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
Some cool quotes here
http://toriforum.proboards.com/thread/4518
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:16 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/zquOSuE.jpg14. Doughnut Song218 points, 8 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
How cool is it that pj references Tori’s “no angel came” lyric from Juarez on one of her new songs?
(Side point I know)
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
xp that looks like a decent site thanks Ross.
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
:) welcome
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:26 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/SWCG4I5.jpg13. Hotel230 points, 8 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
I thought this was a lock for top 5
give me moooooooooooooore
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
Wow three of my favourites all in a row.
― Tim F, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:37 (five years ago) link
truly a track that sounds like no one else
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/YGWa5UG.jpg12. Crucify232 points, 6 votes, 2 #1 votes
the only track to get multiple #1 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
Surprised by how low yes Anastasia and putting the damage charted
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Ld5mjFM.jpg11. Tear in Your Hand242 points, 6 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
High five fellow Crucify At Number 1 gang. Thought it’d be at least top 3 for sure!
― piscesx, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
“tear in your hand” was my no. 2
no hopes for my no. 1 placing at this point despite the low ballot count
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
Tear In Your Hand coming after Mother is such a fantastic moment on Little Earthquakes. it's such a generous song, it's overflowing with melodies
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/hFuX2RL.jpg10. Spark242 points, 9 votes
one on Choirgirl Hotel where she takes a song that could have easily been on one of her earlier albums as a mostly solo piano song and gives it a perfect full band arrangement that really elevates it to being the peak of that sort of song
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/YzSzNYE.jpg9. Precious Things258 points, 9 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/WYUtb9f.jpg8. Caught a Lite Sneeze262 points, 10 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
So far, top 11 is my-tastes-inclusive. Let's keep it going.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
Caught a lite sneeze is such a perfect song
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LkcrDQd.jpg7. Liquid Diamonds264 points, 8 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
Fuck yeah!
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
Everything about this song screams water The drum beat is essential n this has some of my favourite jazzy Tori playing
― Ross, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
one thing that's really missed from Scarlet's Walk onward is how unconventional her percussion sounds were, especially in Boys for Pele and Choirgirl Hotel. the last two songs really highlight this
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
lol yeah my no. 1 ain't placing
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
The drum beat is essential n this has some of my favourite jazzy Tori playing
― Ross, Friday, September 14, 2018 8:27 AM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agreed. i'm also a sucker for live drums over drum machine patterns
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
the percussion on Caught a Lite Sneeze reminds me a lot of Donkey Kong Country percussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qp0_NE8M1c
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/yrkWB6U.jpg6. Hey Jupiter268 points, 11 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
first tori song that made me cry lol
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
Hey Jupiter is nice and obviously the little Purple Rain reference rules but it feels relatively ordinary as far as Boys for Pele tracks go so I was a little surprised to see it so high. I'd assumed I'd vote for it but it didn't end up making my ballot
Dakota Version is so much better though and listening to it again now maybe I should have tried to squeeze it in after all
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Nj6sRi7.jpg5. Winter270 points, 8 votes, 1 #1 vote
*pours one out for Take to the Sky*
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
og "hey jupiter" >>> dakota version but i know i'm pretty alone there. that opening chord is so tense and frail and the rest of the song's construction responds to that
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
shouts out to mick foley's favorite tori song ("winter")
https://i.imgur.com/8sNYPki.jpg4. Mother284 points, 8 votes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
really happy to see this one so high, it's the heart of Little Earthquakes
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/FSFvv1k.jpg3. Father Lucifer292 points, 10 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
my #1
the bridge is her overlapping vocal lines at its very best and the way the first chord of the bridge hits is perfect
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
WHOA
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
my no. something but this song has the lightest possible touch for something so devastating
hey
https://i.imgur.com/GRhKhvh.jpg2. Pretty Good Year370 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote
https://i.imgur.com/ypLyieG.jpg1. Silent All These Years404 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
i didn't have much idea what would be #1 before doing the poll but Silent All These Years was my best guess and it's completely deserving. the song that got me into Tori, i was completely blown away the first time i heard it
years go by!
― ufo, Friday, 14 September 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
Pretty Good Year was my #1
Wonderful to see "Mother" so high
It's so weird to see Tori's catalogue ranked like this, I'm starting to think she's not a "singles" artist nor an "albums" artist but this kind of "zeitgeist" artist, it's more her entire existence and strategies toward music-making as a whole that I find so important
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
The first time I listened to "Little Earthquakes" my take-aways from "Crucify" were "the line about 'dirty sheets' is really good and might mean something to me when I'm not 14" and "that clave is really mixed loud" and "this song has one too many choruses". My take-aways from "Girl" were "this snare drum is really boring" and "those MIDI strings are frustrating" and "what do flying pigs dream about?" Then "Silent All These Years" came on for the first time and I just was floored, I don't think I'd ever been so immediately sure that a song was perfect upon first listen as I was when I heard that song.
― fgti is for (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
"silent all these years" if anything is MORE powerful now than when i first heard it
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 14 September 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link