If you "want to learn culture, history, mythology," then you really need to dive deeply into Tori's song catalogue and into her writing and her interviews. I am not comparing the style of her writing in any way to Shakespeare's, but Tori's music encompasses the full breadth and depth of the human experience to the same extent Shakespeare's writing does-that includes everyday matters of love, loss, politics, religion, familial and fraternal love, but it also includes spirituality, mythology, magic, language, fantasy's roles in reality, intuition, justice and injustices, our innate and nonsensical capacities for cruelty and kindness, and so much more. And she does it in an unfathomably broad range of musical styles to the extent that, like Shakespeare, she seamlessly mashes together genres to the extent that she can only be considered a genre of her own. Since people inevitably compare her with Kate Bush, I will invoke Kate's name to point out that their similarities are obvious but mostly superficial. (I recorded a rambling video discussing them.) I consider Kate to be an avant-garde performance artist and a musical short story teller above all, while I consider Tori to be a superior musician and something of a shaman/wise woman (Anyone may judge me for that, but that is the role she plays in my life.), and a musical confessional poet and philosophical essayist. Tori teaches through her empathetic music. It's not like any other music I have ever heard, and her music even stimulates my visual synesthesia at a far greater rate than the music of any other artist. I really think she has one hand on the ivories and the other drawing from another dimension of being. Her intuitive spirituality really began to come out with her third album Boys for Pele, her album Scarlet's Walk is more a kind of meditative and studied experiential spirituality, and then (IMO) her albums Night of Hunters and Native Invader represent an overt, almost 'coming out,' acceptance of her shamanic nature. She's been overlooked by most forever and she is not 'for everyone,' but if you really are now in a phase of your life in which you want to investigate all manner of being, follow the breadcrumbs Tori scatters around and you'll start to see the bigger picture created by her whole career that has mesmerized and taught so much to the people who understand her music and are in awe of her wisdom.
Thank you for that! You somehow described my feelings in a very structured and assertive way. Tori really "is" the real thing and she has also been my spiritual guide for the last 30 years or so. Opened my mind to SO many subjects and changed my mind on as many. What more could you ask from an artist?
She did two Montreux shows, both shows were sold in a single DVD labeled 91/92, but you can tell which show by what she's wearing, she wore a blue top in 91, and a red top in 92.
Tori didn't do Lilith Fair, but did do a co-headlining tour with Alanis Morissette in 1999. I was a fan of both at the time and it was a better match up, imo. I don't think she wouldn't have fit at Lilith. she had said the same herself too - "You walk into my show, you walk into a world -- it's a film every night. I can't impose that on Lilith and vice versa."
@@WhatTheHellEverything fair enough. Let me learn ya something. Tori learned to play piano by ear by age 2. Admitted to Peabody Conservatory at 5 and kicked out by 11 because she preferred to play rock music...the Beatles at 11. Got her start chaperone by her minister father at all the gay bars in DC to all the closet case Republicans and the gays and cut her teeth at stardom in a failed hair band with future Guns and Roses drummer Mart Sorrum before the release of her super successful official debut Little Earthquakes and cover Nirvama shortly thereafter. Lilith lol...punk rocker yes!
beautiful song. maybe i should listen to more of her music
tori is a musical genius and treasure. definitely dive head first into that rabbit hole - it's so worth it.
If you "want to learn culture, history, mythology," then you really need to dive deeply into Tori's song catalogue and into her writing and her interviews. I am not comparing the style of her writing in any way to Shakespeare's, but Tori's music encompasses the full breadth and depth of the human experience to the same extent Shakespeare's writing does-that includes everyday matters of love, loss, politics, religion, familial and fraternal love, but it also includes spirituality, mythology, magic, language, fantasy's roles in reality, intuition, justice and injustices, our innate and nonsensical capacities for cruelty and kindness, and so much more. And she does it in an unfathomably broad range of musical styles to the extent that, like Shakespeare, she seamlessly mashes together genres to the extent that she can only be considered a genre of her own.
Since people inevitably compare her with Kate Bush, I will invoke Kate's name to point out that their similarities are obvious but mostly superficial. (I recorded a rambling video discussing them.) I consider Kate to be an avant-garde performance artist and a musical short story teller above all, while I consider Tori to be a superior musician and something of a shaman/wise woman (Anyone may judge me for that, but that is the role she plays in my life.), and a musical confessional poet and philosophical essayist. Tori teaches through her empathetic music. It's not like any other music I have ever heard, and her music even stimulates my visual synesthesia at a far greater rate than the music of any other artist. I really think she has one hand on the ivories and the other drawing from another dimension of being.
Her intuitive spirituality really began to come out with her third album Boys for Pele, her album Scarlet's Walk is more a kind of meditative and studied experiential spirituality, and then (IMO) her albums Night of Hunters and Native Invader represent an overt, almost 'coming out,' acceptance of her shamanic nature.
She's been overlooked by most forever and she is not 'for everyone,' but if you really are now in a phase of your life in which you want to investigate all manner of being, follow the breadcrumbs Tori scatters around and you'll start to see the bigger picture created by her whole career that has mesmerized and taught so much to the people who understand her music and are in awe of her wisdom.
Thank you for that! You somehow described my feelings in a very structured and assertive way. Tori really "is" the real thing and she has also been my spiritual guide for the last 30 years or so. Opened my mind to SO many subjects and changed my mind on as many. What more could you ask from an artist?
She did two Montreux shows, both shows were sold in a single DVD labeled 91/92, but you can tell which show by what she's wearing, she wore a blue top in 91, and a red top in 92.
Tori didn't do Lilith Fair, but did do a co-headlining tour with Alanis Morissette in 1999. I was a fan of both at the time and it was a better match up, imo. I don't think she wouldn't have fit at Lilith. she had said the same herself too - "You walk into my show, you walk into a world -- it's a film every night. I can't impose that on Lilith and vice versa."
The Lilith fair days were epic! Such great music , I miss it!❤
If you havnt done "Winter" live at the Montrex 1991 that should be next. And the music video for "Crucify" after that!
love her. Me and a Gun is about her being r a p ed its chilling
Lol Tori is in her own lane and plain. She never did Lilith Fair. She's right up your alley so deep dive especially with her band!
I really only say my Lilith Fair phase because I unfairly lump in all the women artists I was listening to all the time 😂
@@WhatTheHellEverything fair enough. Let me learn ya something. Tori learned to play piano by ear by age 2. Admitted to Peabody Conservatory at 5 and kicked out by 11 because she preferred to play rock music...the Beatles at 11. Got her start chaperone by her minister father at all the gay bars in DC to all the closet case Republicans and the gays and cut her teeth at stardom in a failed hair band with future Guns and Roses drummer Mart Sorrum before the release of her super successful official debut Little Earthquakes and cover Nirvama shortly thereafter. Lilith lol...punk rocker yes!
Stop cursing it’s really bad
As bad as telling people how bad they are for saying words. I think fucking not. Have a great day 😁