Comments on: It’s Ms. DiFranco To You http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/ I'm not bossy, I'm helpful Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Scott http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-887 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-887 Hmm, posted at 1:23pm. Hard at work at the new job, I see! Didn’t read the entry — once I saw “Tori” and “Ani” my eyes glazed over…

]]> By: kt http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-888 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-888 Ah yes, Scott. You were one of the former roommates I spoke of in the previous blog entry who hated my music. 🙂 Although I know you like a little dose of Tori now and then.

]]> By: Mark http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-889 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-889 The thing about both of those artists is that while, personally, I like both of them, I was too lazy to follow up on either of them. I got into “Under the Pink” for a few weeks back when it came out. I liked the fact that Amos was a bit of a space cadet (I mean that in a good way…) My guess is she had all of Kate Bush’s albums as a teenager and listened to them constantly; she seems like a very similar artist in a lot of ways. As for Ani, she did a few shows at the U of O when I was there, just before she sort of made a name for herself in the indy press. I never saw her, but picked up “Not a Pretty Girl” while I was at Western. I liked it a lot, but never bought any of her albums after that. Funny, but nowadays with the internet and a cd burner, it’s easier to check out an artist’s whole catalog than it was a few years ago.

Katie, your relationship to those two sort of reminds me of mine with Sinead O’Connor. She sort of dropped off the map after “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got”, but some of her stuff since then has been very good, (though “Faith and Courage” was a bit of a disappointment…) It seemed like the general public was turned off by the whole Pope thing, while her hardcore fans wanted to hear her do more screaming “Mandlinka”-style. Actually, she’s really good at quieter songs, but maybe that’s not what people wanted to hear from her. Anyway, I’m babbling. I liked the post.

]]> By: kt http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-890 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-890 Mark,
I too loved Sinead. I have every album actually, but “Lion and the Cobra” is probably my favorite to this day. I like the Mandika style, but I agree that her soft sound is just as amazing. I wish “Nothing Compares 2 U” could be stripped from her history. It’s not her. It’s Prince.

]]> By: jefff http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-891 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-891 I LOVE ANI DiFRANCO AND TORI AMOS!!!! THEY ARE AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!I HAVE ALL THEIR STUFF!!!!! wait a minute. I’m sorry I can’t go on with this awful charade. I lied. I am so ashamed. She looks kinda hot though. You know the hot um one.

]]> By: Kris http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-892 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-892 I think the backlash stems from the fact that each of their fan bases refer to them by their first names.

Way to defend your bands, though.

]]> By: Maddy http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-893 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-893 Um, back to the original entry by Scott…what a long entry for 1:23pm on a week day! Does that place have any openings?? 🙂

As for Tori, I will always be a fan. Ani lost me when she let politics enter her creativity.

]]> By: Natalie http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-894 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-894 KT I knew there was a reason I liked you! While I have never been too attached to Tori Amos, your description of discovering her reminds me of my early discovery of Sarah McLachlan (this in the VERY early days). As for Ani, she continues to be one of my favorite artists of all time. Alanis Morrissette? PLEASE! I happened to see her and Tori in concert a few years back and found myself wishing she would trip over her mic cord or her long-ass hair and put us out of our misery! Ani is an amazing live performer and an incredible artist in general. I have been a bit less fond of some really recent stuff, but I respect her for evolving. I was listening to her double-live “So Much Shouting . . .” the other day and it just amazed me how the arrangements with horns can transform classics into something new. Ani’s major strength in my mind has always been her songwriting abilities. I was listening to “Gratitude” and just thinking how amazing it was for her to put that experience into song. She is truly a poet. At the same time, though, her sound is unique and also has the power to really pull you in. I could go on and on but all the less-than-fond-of-Ani folks out there have probably already stopped reading!

]]> By: kt http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-895 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-895 Jeff? As in Blog hater Jeff? If so, I just wanted to point out that I never tried to push any of my music love on you since I knew how much you hated that talk. But underneath it all, I wanted badly to share my love of Ani DiFranco. Still, I enjoyed our Vanilla Ice/MC Hammer/top 40 listening times.

]]> By: jeff http://toftie.org/2004/01/its-ms-difranco-to-you/#comment-896 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.katiefrequently.com/?p=115#comment-896 sorry this jeff doesn’t do vanilla or hammer Top 40 rules though!!!!!!!

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