My Favorites and Not so Favorites

Let's get the bad stuff out of the way first. These are my least favorite songs by album.

Little Earthquakes - China. It just sounds overly sentimental. The music has some redeeming qualities but not enough to listen to for more than 10 seconds.
Under the Pink - None really, although sometimes the Wrong Band comes on when I'm not in the right mood.

Boys For Pele - The music to Twinkle just seems to lack continuity to me. It reminds me of when I was a kid and tried to make up songs as I went along and sometimes I would falter, because I didn't know what to say. Also, I prefer the Dakota version of Hey Jupiter to the album version because the darker sounds convey more emotion to me.

From the Choirgirl Hotel - I have a habit of getting halfway through Northern Lad and turning it. Sometimes I can listen to it.. I really like the lyrics but Tori's voice sounds raw.

To Venus and back - This album has more unliked songs than any other. Tori matched up techno beats with piano good in choirgirl hotel but the techno tracks on this album just didn't seem to jive. I didn't like Datura, Suede, or Glory of the 80's. Datura was interesting listening to the first time and trying to decipher why she chose the words she did, but not very fun to listen to otherwise. The music isn't particularly fascinating.

Least Favorite Non-Album Song -
Sweet Dreams. It sounds so annoyingly peppy.


Favorite Girls By Album
Little Earthquakes - Considering how much I've played this album it's amazing I still like anything. But Leather and Precious Things still touch me. Leather's quiet desperation "oh god, why am I here?" and Precious Things backlash at being unpopular make these lasting favorites.

Under the Pink - Ever since I first heard the cd my favorites haven't changed. God, Cornflake Girl and Icicle are still ultimately my favorites. God and Cornflake girl rock and Icicle- well, gotta love a song that talks about religion and masturbation at the same time.

Boys for Pele - this is a tough one. It would probably be a tie between Blood Roses (love the harpsichord) and Father Lucifer. Blood Roses has excellent imagery and I love the pictures she paints of Lucifer as being a melancholy figure rather than an evil one.

From the Choirgirl hotel - iieee. The rhythm is like waves. And Hotel definitely has connections to Neil Gaiman's book Neverwhere- "Met 'em in a hotel beneath ground" could refer to London below, "where are the velvets" is specifically a reference to the vampiric characters called the velvets.

To Venus and Back - Most probably "Josephine". It has a very past life feel.

Favorite Girl- Here. In my Head: this is a very self searching song, and very sad too because it also contemplates a seemingly doomed relationship. It satisfies my analytical and emotional side.
Favorite Tori Video - I haven't seen any of the Tori videos for the new album but my favorite is a toss up between "caught a lite sneeze" and "god". Both have such beautiful imagery, in different ways.

Favorite Tori Picture
This changes some times but right now it's this one:

            

If you've ever played Final Fantasy 8 you should know who Quistis is (the picture on the right). Tori really reminds me of her with the glasses.