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RE: Tori/Alanis question
> Hmmm.
>
> Which one will be remembered in twenty years? Both. Definitely.
>
> I really don't think there would've been Lilith Fair if there hadn't been
> "You Oughta Know."
Don't tell Sarah McLachlan that.
> That song was a commercial explosion. Then the whole
> album was. Very few albums are that successful with that many singles.
Hmm...let's dredge up a few examples:
Pearl Jam _Ten_ had 5 singles (as I count it)
> That said, Alanis is, at the very least, growing as a musician and
> writer. And she hasn't produced anything that was teeth-shattering
> aweful. **Warning: disclaimer** She has had songs be
> **made** aweful,
> on the other hand, by supermegahowlingpleasegodhelpme over-playing.
I dunno, man. I thought her stuff was teeth-shatteringly awful on first
listen. Repeated listens didn't improve my opinion much.
> Among my personal rules: if I like a song, and I have the
> album, and it's
> new and frequently played, and it comes on the radio, I change the
> station. Non carborendum illegitimi. Or something like
> that. Don't let 'em kill your tunes, dude.
Do what I do - listen to your local NPR station. I heard Monk's live
'Tattoo' from _Blink_ a coupla weeks ago. Gave me chills, hearing Monk on
the radio.
> Tori's a genius. Tori did that amazing version of "Smells Like Teen
> Spirit." Tori's first album alone earns her props. She
> believes a lot
> of things I disagree with, but, from what I've heard, which is not
> enough, she makes complex, personal, moving art like nobody's
> business.
I think if you're gonna go into Tori's covers, her covers of 'Angie', 'I'm
On Fire', or 'Purple Rain' are more memorable than the Nirvana cover.
> Then, so will Debbi Gibson. Put her paragraph is shrinking (shoved in
> next to Back Street Boys, New Kids, Marky Mark, Take That, N
> Sync . . .
Marky Mark will be remembered for 'Boogie Nights' long after everyone
forgets his white-boy-rapified Lou Reed cover.
--
Chris Emery
chris.emery at ecoutlook_com
NP: Tori Amos - Vancouver, BC 7/19/1996
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