# Converted Tori Amos Fan: A Sort of Fairytale with You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155 "2002-11-22T15:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/1 "2002-11-22T15:22:12Z")
Until _A Sort of Fairytale with You_ came out, I couldn’t stand Tori Amos, mostly because of her cheesy, overly-dramatic piano playing. But I LOVE THIS SONG! At first I didn’t know it was Tori Amos; when I found out, I had to put my annoyance with her in abeyance. That girl can write, that girl can wail! ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/2 "2002-11-22T15:34:34Z")
Yeah. I don’t tend to like Tori much either, but I do love the song _Spark_. However, I can’t seem to find enough else to like to actually be a fan. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/3 "2002-11-22T15:56:35Z")
I love Tori’s playing and her composing abilities, but her voice and her lyrics make me want to stab her with a pointy stick. So I don’t call myself a fan. That said, certain songs of hers aren’t bad on the lyrical/vocal delivery front and are sonically beautiful (viz., most of the _Under the Pink_ album and the songs “Horses,” “Marianne,” and “Not the Red Baron”). ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/4 "2002-11-22T16:34:21Z")
Do y’all agree with me on her cheesy, overly-dramatic piano playing? Now that’s pointy stick material if I ever saw it. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/5 "2002-11-22T16:46:42Z")
Welllll…if you mean the way she acts when she plays (head-tossing, bench-rocking, etc.), yes. God, yes. But when just listening to her CDs, I quite like the way she plays. ---
**Author:** ![Lao\_Tsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lao\_Tsu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lao_Tsu)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/6 "2002-11-22T17:00:13Z")
Mmmmm… Tori Amos. Makes me wish I were a little piggie. Well, maybe I am. I just wanted to be the first to say it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/7 "2002-11-22T18:14:50Z")
I love Little Earthquakes, and very much enjoy Under the Pink… Beyond that and a number of singles I have little love for her songs. Next week I’ll be visiting with a friend who has the new album, so I’ll listen to it then. I’m not overly fond of A Sort of Fairytale though. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/8 "2002-11-22T18:37:03Z")
It’s worse than you think – the song is actually called “A Sorta Fairytale.” _shudder_ I have the new album, however, and it’s not bad. The songs have a sort of mature, laid-back vibe to them all. The piano has been mixed to the back, and there are a lot of guitars (real? synthesized?) floating about. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/9 "2002-11-22T19:01:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gallows fodder \* > **Welllll…if you mean the way she acts when she plays (head-tossing, bench-rocking, etc.), yes. God, yes.** That’s what I mean. Uh. Noy. Ing. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converted-tori-amos-fan-a-sort-of-fairytale-with-you/138155/10 "2002-11-22T19:07:14Z")
Hey, the piano’s orgasmic. Cut her some slack. 😉