June 21, 201015 yr whilst Kate Bush is still alive and kicking, I really don't see any point whatsoever in Tori Amos who, at best, is a karaoke Kate. Since when did a karaoke singer write great songs? When Kate can connect to me on an emotional level with the constancy that Tori did in the 90s then I will entertain a discussion on the matter. Kate is superior experimentally and influentially but that doesn't mean squat when you're sitting there in tears because Tori has yet again turned your insides to mush. Never mind the fact that Tori is a better piano player.
June 21, 201015 yr Kate is superior experimentally and influentially but that doesn't mean squat when you're sitting there in tears because Tori has yet again turned your insides to mush. And if Kate doesn't do exactly the same thing then I would consider you to be partially dead inside.
June 22, 201015 yr Call the doctor...I'm flat-lining. Maybe 5 Kate songs have any emotional effect on me - A Woman's Work, The Man with the Child in His Eyes, maybe This Will Never Be Mine. That's not to say I don't find another 20 odd Kate songs to be brilliant, I do. She rarely brings a lump to my throat.
June 22, 201015 yr Every time I play one of Kate's album, at least one track would bring the old lump to my throat. Never had that at all with Tori.
June 22, 201015 yr Absolutely. At least you like some of Kate's stuff. Unfortunately Tori's music leaves me completely cold.
March 10, 201114 yr Ok, I have re-jigged Under the Pink and made some changes I now have it as Pretty Good Year Honey Sister Janet Past the Mission Baker Baker The Wrong Band Over It Cornflake Girl Icicle Cloud on My Tongue Space Dog Yes, Anastasia It's now flawless
March 13, 201114 yr Absolutely. At least you like some of Kate's stuff. Unfortunately Tori's music leaves me completely cold. You gotta be kidding! Kate was great but Tori, well, she's just the greatest (IMO).
March 13, 201114 yr I find Tori's Winter is more emotional than any Kate Bush song. The first time I heard it I was in tears.
March 13, 201114 yr Just made a b-sides and rarities cd. Needless to say it's better than most albums ever recorded.
March 13, 201114 yr not in this order - I can't remember the order but the covers all went at the end Here in My Head Upside Down Sugar Flying Dutchmen Song for Eric Sweet Dreams Take to the Sky Smells Like Teen Spirit Thank You Over It Honey Sister Janet Losing My Religion Cooling Bachelorette Purple People Siren Carnival Mountain
March 13, 201114 yr You gotta be kidding! Kate was great but Tori, well, she's just the greatest (IMO). Erm, not at all. Kate's output has been far greater (IMO)
March 13, 201114 yr let's not argue about this. It's evident that Kate is more influential and experimental but some of us prefer Tori.
March 13, 201114 yr If you made a 80min compilation of the best work of both then I would struggle to say which I prefer. However Kate's would be quite clear cut where as I'd have to cut down from about 40 Tori tracks.
March 13, 201114 yr Based on an 80 min compilation I'd go with Kate for the wow factor (no pun intended) but, like Dandy, I think Tori just has more great songs.
March 14, 201114 yr I'm utterly gobsmacked that anyone in public can honestly, hand on heart, say that they prefer Tori Aimless over Kate Bush. The people who prefer Aimless over Bush are probably just too young to remember the actual impact Bush made. It's like, to take this to base level, people saying they love GaGa but loathe Madonna - it's a bizarre chicken/egg scenario. There simply wouldn't be one without the other, and whilst imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - there comes a time where surely any true artist finds a niche of their own. Aimless hasn't - album after album, we're hearing the same Kate-lite songs - not similarities, but... well... pastiches. "Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be....". Aimless has made one decent album - Little Earthquakes. 'Precious Things' is incredible. However, her turgid ditties about rape, abuse, blah blah bloody blah... it's like 6th form poetry for beginners. I find her absolutely toe-curlingly bad after Little Earthquakes'... deliberately, laughably obtuse... and just a bit.... sad and desperate (I seriously hate how she sits astride her piano stool in gigs and tells 'kooky' stories about her 'kooky' life. It's like Cyndi Lauper goes serious). My absolute least favourite artist.... I thought she was a Kate Bush for the Americans who simply didn't 'get' Kate..... :angry:
March 14, 201114 yr I am gobsmacked that you dont get the concept of someone prefering an inferior artist. I know full well Kate was and is an innovator but I'd be lying (hand on heart) if I said I prefer her body of work as a whole to Tori's. This is the same with lots of artists. There are people who prefer Oasis to Stone Roses, people who prefer Coldplay over U2, people who prefer Gaga over Madonna. Just because you hate her does mean she has zero talent. She's clearly an accomplished piano player. Edited March 14, 201114 yr by tonyttt31
Create an account or sign in to comment