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Tori Amos gave a beautiful new performance of “The Wrong Band” in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2011.
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an intense, beautiful song about a lake, a ghost, and a dreaming dog. Kate Bush, “Lake Tahoe” - from her new album, 50 Words for Snow.
lyrics:
Lake Tahoe.
Cold mountain water. Don’t ever swim there.
Just stand on the edge and look in there.
And you might see a woman down there.
They say some days, up she comes, up she rises, as if out of nowhere.
Wearing Victorian dress.
She was calling her pet, “Snowflake! Snowflake!”
Tumbling like a cloud that has drowned in the lake.
Just like a poor, porcelain doll…
Her eyes are open but no-one’s home.
The clock has stopped.
So long she’s gone.
No-one’s home.
Her old dog is sleeping.
His legs are frail now.
But when he dreams,
He runs…
Along long beaches and sticky fields.
Through the Spooky Wood looking for her.
The beds are made. The table is laid.
The door is open - someone is calling: It’s a woman.
“Here boy, here boy! You’ve come home!
I’ve got an old bone and a biscuit and so much love.
Miss me? Did you miss me?
Here’s the kitchen - There’s your basket.
Here’s the hall - That’s where you wait for me.
Here’s the bedroom - You’re not allowed in there.
Here’s my lap - That’s where you lay your head.
Here boy, oh you’re a good boy.
You’ve come home.
You’ve come home.”
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Last night in Oslo, Norway, Tori Amos performed a cover of the 1985 hit “Take on Me” by A-Ha (a band from Norway). The recording is from an iPhone (thanks to @frokva on twitter), but it’s still interesting to hear. This post will be updated when a better version surfaces. [mp3]
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Tori Amos, “Star Whisperer” live on Radio 3, Poland (October 12, 2011). An amazing performance! [mp3]
lyrics:
Lost star whisperer
where
where
where have you gone?
Lost star whisperer
will your Cloud Riders come?
why
why have you locked up your sky?
Night Sky whisper me back to life
Night warns of an eastern threat
North calls reinforcements from the west
Lost all reason guarded by the wise
sing to life the Seven Lords of Time
Lost star whisperer
send for your Cloud Riders to come
why
why have you locked up your sky?
Night Sky whisper me back to life
then I heard you scream
from the other side of the mountain
I saw a “you” I didn’t want to see
I heard you scream
from the other side of the mountain
[musical break]
Then I heard you scream
from the other side of the mountain
you saw a “me” I didn’t want to see
I heard you scream
from the other side of the mountain
Lost star whisperer
where
where
where have you gone?
Forged of fire and song
you warn Hate shadows Love
why
why have you locked up your sky?
Night Sky whisper me back to life
This is an amazing solo version of “Sugar” by Tori Amos, live in Milan, Italy, on October 7, 2011. She’s finally working away from the 1998 version a little, and it’s always fun when Tori’s songs evolve.
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Kate Bush, “Wild Man”, from her upcoming album, 50 Words for Snow (Nov. 21, 2011).
“Wild Man” lyrics by Kate Bush:
They call you an animal
The Kangchenjumga demon
Wild man
Metoh-kangmi
Lying in my tent
I can hear your cry
Echoing round the mountainside
You sound lonely
While crossing the Lhakpa La
Something jumped down from the rocks
In the remote Garo Hills by Dipu Marak
We found footprints in the snow
The schoolmaster of Darjeeling said
He saw you by the Tengboche monastery
You were playing in the snow
You were banging on the doors
You climbed up on the roof
Roof of the world
You were pulling up the rhododendrons
Loping down the mountain
They want to know you
They will hunt you down
Then they will kill you
Run away, run away
Run away
While crossing the Lhakpa La
Something jumped down from the rocks
In the remote Garo Hills by Dipu Marak
We found footprints in the snow
We found your footprints in the snow
We brushed them all away
From the Sherpas of Annapurna
To the Rinpoche of Jinghai
Shepherds from Mount Kailash to Himachal Pradesh
Found footprints in the snow
You’re not a Langur monkey
Nor a big brown bear
You’re the wild man
They say they saw you drown
Near the Rongbuk glacier
They wanna hunt you down
You’re not an animal
The lamas say
You’re not an animal
this is a beautiful new version of “Purple People” by Tori Amos from her September 30, 2011, concert in St. Petersburg, Russia. ..the last few seconds are cut off, but it’s all still wonderful.
Tori Amos debuted “Siren” in Moscow tonight with an amazing new string quartet arrangement by John Philip Shenale.
wow, Tori Amos concerts just keep getting better. this performance of “Cruel” from the opening night of her 2011 Night of Hunters tour (Sept. 28 - Helsinki, Finland) is amazing. Love the strings.
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Björk - “Hollow” (from Biophilia, 2011)
lyrics:
Hollow, my ancestors have access
Hollow, I’m falling down the abyss
Hollow, looking for some answers
Generations of mothers sailing in
Somehow they all were shipfolks
Hollow, the ground is opening up
Swallows, me up
The trunk of DNA
Trunk of DNA, trunk.
Now come forth
All species
Come forth
Hollow.
Like a bead in necklace
Thread me upon this chain
I’m part of it
The everlasting necklace
Jewels after jewels after jewels after
Jewels after jewels after jewels
Breathe out
I yearn to belong, let me belong, let me belong
Tori Amos: Night of Hunters, official DVD interview/documentary (2011).
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Tori Amos: “Shattering Sea” — the opening track of Night of Hunters — thanks to toriamos.com for sharing this song today!
lyrics:
That is not my blood on the bedroom floor
That is not the glass that I threw before
He gets his power from tide and wave
The grains of sand are my domain
His tempest surged an angry flash
Then through my arms formed a sea of glass
Shattering sea, closing my eyes
Shattering sea, closing my eyes
Shattering sea, closing my eyes
Every line, every curve, every twist, every turn
of every brutal word
Every turn, every line, every twist, every curve
of every brutal word
That is not my blood on the bedroom floor
That is not the glass that I threw before
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It has been suggested that this song influenced the new Tori Amos track, “Nautical Twilight”.
Songs without Words Op. 30 No. 6 in F# Minor (Venetian Gondola Song) - Felix Mendelssohn
