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Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

WindowAbove — Tue, 4 Aug 2015 17:30:53 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 08/04/2015 21:30

Tori Amos is great and she'd get my vote in a lot of matches (Little Earthquakes is better than most of Bjork's albums), but not this one. Vespertine and Vulnicura would get Bjork the vote alone but I like her a little more in general.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

Anonymous — Mon, 3 Aug 2015 13:31:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/03/2015 17:31

Bjork

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

Trendall — Mon, 3 Aug 2015 13:29:24 GMT

Author: Trendall

Posted: 08/03/2015 17:29

Bjork by a very very long way.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

Romanelli — Mon, 3 Aug 2015 09:34:49 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 08/03/2015 13:34

Applerill wrote:

Okay, I guess I better explain what I meant by "musical James Joyce".

Tori has been playing the piano by ear since she was 2 years old, and she was once the youngest person EVER to be admitted to the Peabody Conservatory of music. She knows what every tone (whether it be by piano, percussion, or vocal) conceptually means backwards and forward, and her art therefore isn't like a regular singer-songwriter, but as someone who ties contrasting tones together in pop music to make a special meaning. This is best shown on her masterpiece Boys For Pele, but you can even see it when she suddenly brings up Scooby Doo while talking about rape, or covering Britney Spears songs in a proggy melodramatic way.

Bjork is really smart, too, but her genius is much more as an aestheticist than as a conceptualist.

Well...she may have been accepted to Peabody at a very young age, but she also lost her scholarship and was asked to leave before her 12th birthday because she could not (and refused to) read music. I think the statement that she "knows what every tone (whether it be by piano, percussion, or vocal) conceptually means backwards and forward, and her art therefore isn't like a regular singer-songwriter, but as someone who ties contrasting tones together in pop music to make a special meaning."...may be a bit overreaching. She's a talented artist and a good songwriter, but "musical James Joyce" is probably stretching things by quite a bit.

Also, Bjork never did anything this horrifying...

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Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

sethzzzzz — Mon, 3 Aug 2015 08:11:20 GMT

Author: sethzzzzz

Posted: 08/03/2015 12:11

Byork

So I'm reading the comments...

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:01:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/24/2015 00:01

I'm reading all the comments and I reading that they are not really comparable, I guess your right. In terms of comparing. I thought it was tough because both artists have strong lyrics. If I ever do something like this again I'll try and make them more comparable.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

alelsupreme — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:28:36 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 07/23/2015 23:28

m39difain wrote:

bjork is way better, maybe if tori's music was a lot more electronic she would be as good be even then it probably wouldn't and even if bjork didn't do electronic music bjork would probably be better.

i would like to spend a weekend with tori more though

go to bed thom its late.

I prefer Bjork, but Tori definitely has her strengths. I was about to call her a better lyricist but that's probably unfair considering I don't think that English is Bjork's first language (not that i'm any expert on the Icelandic school curriculum), not to mention that Tori's music (singer-songwriter oriented alt-rock) gives more of a chance to indulge lyrics than Bjork's Pop-oriented (but increasingly experimental and conceptual) electronic stylings.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

m39difain — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:31:19 GMT

Author: m39difain

Posted: 07/23/2015 22:31

bjork is way better, maybe if tori's music was a lot more electronic she would be as good be even then it probably wouldn't and even if bjork didn't do electronic music bjork would probably be better.

i would like to spend a weekend with tori more though

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

meccalecca — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:55:59 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 07/23/2015 20:55

Applerill wrote:

I'm not quite sure how being a child prodigy makes Tori more of a conceptualist than Bjork. Both were child prodigies anyway, so it's not like Tori has an above and beyond understanding of music, tone, composition over Bjork.

Both are incredibly talented, but I enjoy Bjork way way way more than Tori

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

Applerill — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:29:22 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 07/23/2015 19:29

Okay, I guess I better explain what I meant by "musical James Joyce".

Tori has been playing the piano by ear since she was 2 years old, and she was once the youngest person EVER to be admitted to the Peabody Conservatory of music. She knows what every tone (whether it be by piano, percussion, or vocal) conceptually means backwards and forward, and her art therefore isn't like a regular singer-songwriter, but as someone who ties contrasting tones together in pop music to make a special meaning. This is best shown on her masterpiece Boys For Pele, but you can even see it when she suddenly brings up Scooby Doo while talking about rape, or covering Britney Spears songs in a proggy melodramatic way.

Bjork is really smart, too, but her genius is much more as an aestheticist than as a conceptualist.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

zdwyatt — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:50:02 GMT

Author: zdwyatt

Posted: 07/23/2015 17:50

Not really comparable, but...

Tori Amos has more total albums that I like, but I enjoy my favorite Bjork album (Homegenic) more than my favorite Tori Amos album (Under the Pink). I will say that I think Bjork has remained more consistently interesting.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

andyw110183 — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:35:05 GMT

Author: andyw110183

Posted: 07/23/2015 15:35

Bjork by a country mile.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

Skinny — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:18:12 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 07/23/2015 15:18

craola wrote:

i'm not sure how this doesn't also apply to bjork.

It does. Applerill's just being a contrarian. He does that (although he can often back it up).

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

craola — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:14:43 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/23/2015 15:14

Applerill wrote:

using her own songwriting language to make deep commentary on religion, feminism, and sex of all kinds.

i'm not sure how this doesn't also apply to bjork.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

craola — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:13:23 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 07/23/2015 15:13

they don't really have much in common? it's like comparing dave matthews band with burial.

but obviously b'rk is the better artist.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

Hayden — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:02:32 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/23/2015 15:02

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Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

Applerill — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 08:42:28 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 07/23/2015 12:42

You really can't compare the two, for they are both really cerebral in their own ways. Bjork is much more of a trend-hopping aestheticist, showing the new phases of music before anyone else. Tori, on the other hand, is a sonic James Joyce, using her own songwriting language to make deep commentary on religion, feminism, and sex of all kinds.

You guys should know who I prefer, but this isn't really a fair matchup, anyway.

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

pa — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 08:12:55 GMT

Author: pa

Posted: 07/23/2015 12:12

HazeyTwilight wrote:

Beyerk

lol

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

HazeyTwilight — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 05:51:08 GMT

Author: HazeyTwilight

Posted: 07/23/2015 09:51

Beyerk

Re: Byork or Tori Amos?

Skinny — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 05:49:39 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 07/23/2015 09:49

Björk, by about as much as is possible.