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Suzanne Vega vs Tori Amos |
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Icarium 
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 Topic: Suzanne Vega vs Tori AmosPosted: February 04 2019 at 16:25 |
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Two queens of songwriting, with rich sound and a will to go outside the standard pop structure.
Both experiment and have an artistic vision as artist. Which is your favourite? |
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jamesbaldwin
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Posted: February 04 2019 at 16:36 |
Wow!!!! I love both! Suzanne Vega I and Solitude Standing are wonderful. Tori Amos first four albums are wonderful. Tori Amos....(But How sensual is she??!!!)
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Posted: February 04 2019 at 16:49 |
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Suzanne Vega. I have a long history with her debut, and still play it quite often to this day. Love it. Some of her other releases are cool too, especially 9 Objects of Desire, and her Pentacles album was a nicer-than-expected surprise.
I do like Songs from the Choirgirl Hotel and sometimes I'll spin Little Earthquakes from Tori as well. But I prefer Suzanne overall.
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Posted: February 04 2019 at 17:19 |
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I like them both a lot, although both have hits and misses. Will go with Suzanne for a slightly higher number of hits, also I saw both of them live and liked Suzanne's gig slightly more (and Tori was not bad but too expensive for a solo show).
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Posted: February 05 2019 at 02:27 |
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Posted: February 05 2019 at 10:05 |
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Suzanne Vega is the better songwriter and much more pleasant to listen to (in my opinion).
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Posted: February 05 2019 at 12:32 |
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Suzanne Vega, though I love Tori's debut.
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Posted: February 05 2019 at 23:44 |
Yes. I appreciate and enjoy also Tori Amos quite a lot, but for several albums of Suzanne Vega I have much closer relationship than to any of Amos. Less proggy, for sure, but an excellent singer-songwriter with a lovely voice.
Edited by Matti - February 11 2019 at 07:14 |
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Posted: February 06 2019 at 02:27 |
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Tori Amos!!!
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 01:38 |
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I would say Tori Amos, since I haven't listened to Suzanne Vega that much. Little Earthquakes, Under The Pink, Boys For Pele, From The Choirgirl Hotel, To Venus And Back and (really!) Y Kant Tori Read are my favourites. I have listened to all her catalog of studio tracks, however, I prefer her first 6 efforts. Fact is that Tori was the reason I started listening to music other than metal. So - Tori Amos (with respect to Suzanne Vega).
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 01:41 |
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T - T - T - Tori |
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 07:08 |
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I enjoy both (I love singer/songwriter types, when they are so good at their craft as these two, but love Tori more. I have a beautiful signed outtake photo-poster of hers from Choirgirl Hotel and always enjoyed her live shows.
Edited by Snicolette - February 11 2019 at 07:09 |
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 11:01 |
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 11:15 |
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Tori.....
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 11:16 |
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I have not, will check them out. Starting out, Suzanne Vega used to play some of the little clubs that a woman that I used to manage played in Chicago, where they are both from, so I was familiar with her early on. There was a nice upsurge of singer-songwriters right around then.
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 14:10 |
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In Liverpool is a very good song that have a fantatic chorus
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 14:28 |
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Nice song, but I find Tori edgier....Sometimes Tori gets a little screechy, though, and Suzanne does not. Both are fine writers. I was at a Tori soundcheck for a Fillmore show back in '98, she was having so much fun playing with her vocals and the acoustics in the room (not screechiness)....Fun memory.
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 14:46 |
Though I am not familiar with all of their output, I have heard enough from these two excellent singer-songwriters to agree with you about Tori being edgier. Suzanne sounds almost polite, even when she sings about disturbing topics (as in "Luka"), while Tori can get definitely wacky.
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 14:51 |
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Yes, that's a good way to put it. And some of her lyrics are very pointy.
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Posted: February 11 2019 at 15:10 |
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I seem to have grown out of enjoying Tori Amos and her histrionics and sligthtly in to Suzanne Vega - who seem to be musically more interesting than I originally thought.
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