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Happy Holidays LAist Readers! Here's a nice treat for you. We have three pairs of tickets to giveaway for Tori Amos at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on Dec 16 at 8:15 p.m.
If you haven't been Downtown in awhile, the new LA Live development across the street from the STAPLES Center is really starting to change the neighborhood. All very exciting and all within a short walk from the Red and Blue lines.
To enter the contest, leave a comment telling us what your favorite Tori song is. Bonus karma points go to those who choose that song with a Los Angeles freeway reference in it (just realize that qualifying entries are chosen at random).
The contest ends at 11:59:59 p.m. on Monday, December 10, 2007. Good luck!
Photo provided by NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE
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baker baker
Much as I love "A Sorta Fairytale" (the song with the highway reference you speak of), I'm going to have to go with "Amber Waves" instead.
Ireland
Even though I love anything she does.
A Sort of Fairy Tale!!
I love the song, "Bliss".
Here. In my head
I'll try to downplay this with a bet about us...I'm going to go with "Honey," although "Father Lucifer" and "Black Dove" are fighting for that spot.
jackies strength
Precious Things
Talula
I like "Caught a lite sneeze."
silent all these years...
Amber Waves
I still love the Boys for Pele album (thanks for the gift back in 8th grade Carrie!) so anything off that is good. Doughnut Song. Or Putting the Damage On. Or Marianne. Jeez. I also really like her cover of Love Song.
Siren!
Yeah, it's pretty tough to choose.
But i'll go with "Pretty Good Year" just for the memories it invokes of my college years. :P Under the Pink release party at Discafe in La Jolla, then meeting Tori after her San Diego tour.
1000 Oceans. I must have discovered it during a break-up.
Ode To The Banana King
a real tori fan would never pick one of toris "girls" among the others. but a real tori fan also wants free tickets to her concert.
so i'd have to go with Honey.
Or Here. in my Head
Or maybe Leather.
dammit!
Silent all these years, and her piano playing, love it!!!!!!
"TWINKLE"
:)
Happy Phantom!
You are referring to A Sorta Fairytale, but for me it's Northern Lad, hands down.
Tear in Your Hand from Little Earthquakes still gets me everytime.
her cover of "Smells like teen spirit", then "Silent all these years", for sure.
my favorite song is China on Little Earthquakes. she has so much emotion behind it.
Black Dove
Baker Baker
winter is my favorite song
i would love to hear it live one day
For a long time my favorite song was "bells for her", but at the moment it is "Smokey Joe". I just can't get it out of my head. My CD player equipped alarm clock is playing it every morning...
Pretty Good Year.
A Sorta Fairytale, all of "Scarlet's Walk" really
Martha's Foolish Ginger.
It strikes people as an odd choice sometimes, I think, but it's the song that's been guiding me these last 3 years...
Here. In My Head
Flying Dutchman is one of my favorites... it's hard to pick, though!
Icicle.
I absolutely adore "Frog on My Toe" - it reminds me of my Dad. :)
Happy Phantom
"Yes, Anastasia."
Coincidentally, my actual favorite song!
("Driving on the VINE, over clotheslines, but officer, I saw, the sign...")
My favorite changes all the time. Right now it's "Dolphin Song" from the A Piano Box set.
Yay Tori!
As much as i LOVE A Sorta Fairytale and find it extremely magical, i am going to have to say that my favorite song of her's right now is Cool On Your Island
I also am in LOVE with Not David Bowie right now from A Piano Box Set
Ok, so i guess there are three songs that i am really stuck on right now and the third would most defintily be Spring Haze
gives me goosebumps everytime!
Mother.
Here. in my Head!
Seaside. Just beautiful and chilling. I hope to hear it live!
It's so hard to choose just one:
Purple People
Almost Rosey
Don't Make Me Come to Vegas
Happy Phantom
Fire on the Side
Putting the Damage On
Butterfly
Cool on Your Island
Sugar
1,000 OCEANS.
It's so tearful, but it's so beautiful.
leather
virginia
in the springtime of his voodoo
My favorite Tori song? Well, it changes from time to time. Right now, I would have to say Little Earthquakes. I love singing along to it in the car and have fun when people in other cars look at me funny. Specially when she starts wailing in the end.
Definitely Northern Lad!
cooling
A Sorta Fairytale-LA Freeway.
Also Yes, Anastasia mentions ...."driving on Vine.." a street in Hollywood.
Fav song-Frog On My Toe.
Baker Baker also has a mention of LA...
but I gotta say that Flying Dutchman is my all-time fav.
"Putting the Damage On" is a flawless song to me. It is the quintessential breakup song without being overly sappy or cloying. It gives me chills every time I hear it.
gold dust :)
Putting the Damage On!
I ve never seen her do FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT live on anything. I know its a cover but its fab. If not than SUGAR is great live
Siren
a sorta fairytale
Putting The Damage On
is my favorite
a sorta fairytale!!
Honey
My favorite Tori song is "Little Earthquakes". It's powerful, lyrically amazing, and musically beautiful. LOVE IT.
"A Sorta Fairytale", or, my actual favorite, "Here. In My Head".
peace.
Some of my favorites from Tori's 9 sonic masterpieces:
Tear in Your Hand
The Waitress
Little Amsterdam
Liquid Diamonds
Lust
Rattlesnakes
Carbon
Garlands
Code Red
sister janet
Little Amsterdam
"Yes, Anastasia"
it helped me fight addiction. i have been sober now for 7 years =)
My favorite song is "Purple People". Its a haunting ballad, beautiful music and lyrics...
she's your cocaine
"Cooling".
Precious Things (from Venus live)
Silent all These Years. The most classic of all Tori songs. The magic of the studio version only becomes more apparent when Tori does it live.
Cooling
Cornflake Girl
Sister Janet!!!
Gold Dust
China, but it really is a tie with "Cool on Your Island."
Alamo
Etienne Trilogy
very tough to pick but i'd have to say my all-time favorite is Spark.
bouncing off clouds
I do love "A Sorta Fairytale"..."up on the Ventura/101" (fwy) but my current favorite song is My Posse Can Do.
Honestly, can you really choose among all of them? But today, if I were forced to choose (and I guess I am being forced), I would have to say RASPBERRY SWIRL, especially the version she is doing on this tour.
northern lad
1000 Oceans! There is something out of this solar system about that song!
Putting the Damage On
or
i took a taxi form LA to Venus
glory of the 80s
Here. In my head.
Precious Things
I have many favorite songs from Tori Amos, for several reasons; however, I'd have to say that my favorite new song would have to be "Dark Side of the Sun." And the reason being is because my little brother will be joining the army, something the rest of the family disagrees with, yet we remain supportive of his decision. In it, Tori conveys a message of a useless war, which is how I feel now.
As I mentioned, many songs I love, but as usual, Tori is always there, musically, to encourage me, push me, and help me through the hardest times... DARK SIDE OF THE SUN!
mmmm. Purple People.
was and always will be.
My favorite song is "Concertina" Live. :)
Favorite song is "Glory of the 80's"
The Tori Amos song that hits close to home for me has always been 'Space Dog'.
It switches gears alot and is about communication & miscommunication. Perfect.
at the moment...i'm in love with "Datura," from Tori's album, "To Venus and Back."
The Los Angeles freeway reference comes from "a sorta fairytale", but I have to be completely honest, I think that "Sister Janet" is my favorite song right now...
Without hesitation, "Datura."
Flying Dutchman is my favorite...
Though the "P" version of Sugar live is always fun!
A Sorta Fairytale.
Caught a light sneeze
Caught a light sneeze!
Juarez (not that I could ever pick just one favorite)
lately, i love "putting the damage on", although i like every song she creates, and each song holds a special place in my life, head, and heart.
HORSES!!!!!!
I love Little Earthquakes. Second would be Virginia.
donut song
silent all these years
Tombigbee-
Like the faster tempo from live DVD version than studio. "help me hang these bones"
SORTA FAIRYTALE!!!
Butterfly
as always....PRECIOUS THINGS
Live version of crucify from Welcome to Sunny Florida.
'Putting The Damage On' is my all-time favorite Tori song.
'Cool on Your Island' is my favorite live song.
Alamo, Cooling, Mother, Spring Haze, Garlands, Little Amsterdam, Yes Anastasia...are also among my favorites.
Sugar is my favorite song. (The studio version).
Doughnut Song
Caught a Lite Sneeze.
Never Seen Blue :)
Precious Things is amazing, she has one for the best live shows, seen her now 4 times and cried each one
winter.
now gimme those tickets!!! :)
Buelah Land
Precious Things - it never gets old, and it's been my favorite for 16 years - half my life. Sometimes I think it's one of the reasons I still have one.
God
Tear in Your Hand. And Purple People/Bachelorette
"Baker Baker"
COOLING...
Cooling...
CoOlIng...
cOoLiNg...
COOLing...
coOLinG...
COolIng...
cOOling...
coolING...
CooLing.
winter
China
crucify is my favorite song.
I would love to win tickets too.
Michael Plaut
310-413-7030
Gold Dust
Gold Dust
Secret Spell
My favorite song is Lust. It was my song when I was 16. That is when I was coming out of the closet and I saw myself as the gender nectar. The best line was till her voices are remembered and his secrets can be told. That is how I felt at the time. I was lucky enough to be able to request this song in Dallas and she of course sang it for me.
Cooling
Cornflake Girl... or Jackie
Just love her!
Jackie's Strength...!
This is a very tough question, to pick just one!
I'd have to say "Gold Dust", but I love all of Scarlet's Walk so I'd list Taxi Ride and Carbon as close runners-up!
:)
A Sorta Fairytale
Silent all these years.
Garlands
My favorite song changes as often as the wind does, but "Silent All These Years" makes my heart swell every time.
Crucify
Well, if I must pick just one I have to say Almost Rosey, but Sister Janet is definitely a fave as well. Cool on Your Island is up there in my world right now too since it (unfortunately) applies to a current lover...
I also love, love, love Take to the Sky, Northern Lad, and 1,000 Oceans. I haven't heard Father's Son or Roosterspur Bridge live yet so I'd love to hear any or all of those before the tour ends!
Strange, Secret Spell, Concertina, Fairytale, and Black Dove are among my favorites too. My favorite cover is Case of You, but Tori really rocked Landslide last night in Oakland. It's been a Pretty Good Year! ;-)
Black Dove
marianne
silent all these years
A Sorta Fairytale rocks mah socks! I love it in concert!
FAMOUS BLUE RAIN COAT! also sugar or honey or pretty good year or code red. yipes chosing sucks
amy winners yet yall.
It's so hard to decide. She is my #1 favorite artist...how about Ruby Through The Looking Glass!!
does anyone know if they've announced winners yet?
does anyone know if they've announced winners yet?
Yes, the winners have been notified. Thanks for entering everyone!
My favorite always changes, but recently it has been "Mother."
So good!
how were they notified?