Cerro de Casa
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Yes, you got it right.
Kicking off later today.
Kicking off later today.
I've given up on Tor after a less than thrilling attempt to get into ADP, so I'll be with Funk on the SUBS BENCH
I know. But what can I say, I just can't bear to listen to it unless it's in the context of the album.. and even then, it's an excruciating listen. Perhaps ten years ago it would have been in my top 20. I think I'm channeling Tori in a way - notice that she has tellingly scrapped it altogether from her live set over the past few years whereas it previously was a regular fixture. I think having a family has finally helped her overcome the whole thing. Or at least I hope so.But no Me and a Gun - WELL
Quickly then, 53-51.
52. Lovesong
Her take on The Cure song is beautiful and poignant, performed without Robert Smith's annoying bravado and the band's cheesy panpipe rubbish (yes, I hate them). Again, this must be heard live to be properly appreciated. She performed it when I saw her in Paris 2 years ago and it was absolutely one of the highlights.
Missing out..
"Me and a Gun"
"Professional Widow"
"China"
"God"
"1,000 Oceans"
Quickly then, 53-51.
53. "Cool on Your Island"
From the ill-fated Y Kant Tori Read album, the '80s production may have dated rather badly but the lyrics are trademark Tori ("If you don't treat me better/ Baby, I'll just run away.. I'm much stronger than you know") and if anything it proves that she was at some point capable of writing 3-minute pop songs at the drop of a hat. She may look back at this period with immense disdain but even she can't deny this song, frequently popping up in her live sets in the form of a haunting, solo version.
52. Lovesong
Her take on The Cure song is beautiful and poignant, performed without Robert Smith's annoying bravado and the band's cheesy panpipe rubbish (yes, I hate them). Again, this must be heard live to be properly appreciated. She performed it when I saw her in Paris 2 years ago and it was absolutely one of the highlights.
51. Spring Haze
I was rather obsessed with this when I first heard it on To Venus and Back - it really is rather unsetling, especially when it builds up to the menacing bridge of "Why does it always end up like this?" Over the past few years, however, I have fallen out of love with it. I can appreciate it and occasionally listen to it but it doesn't have the gobsmacking effect it once did - like much of Venus, really.
There's at least 5 Beekeeper tracks I prefer to that one...
Now I like a bit of "Parasol" but it just reeks of the self-important Tori of recent-year that I have fallen out of love with.Parasol is definitely the high point of that album for me though.
I would love you forever if I could get 'Butterfly' as an mp3. Through sheer laziness I've simply been replaying the live youtube version ad infinitum.By the way, if anyone wants a song at any time just give me a shout and I'll upload!
There's at least 5 Beekeeper tracks I prefer to that one...