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Artist:Tori Amos [ more ]
Song:Glory of the 80's
Album:To Venus and Back [ info ]
Released:1999
Last Played:Jun 12, 2013 - 00:25
Avg. Rating:6.8  (Total Ratings: 312)
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1 votes: 13 (4.2%)2 votes: 12 (3.8%)3 votes: 9 (2.9%)4 votes: 10 (3.2%)5 votes: 19 (6.1%)6 votes: 37 (12%)7 votes: 91 (29%)8 votes: 61 (20%)9 votes: 21 (6.7%)10 votes: 39 (13%)
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 12:34 


Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
merrickw
(New York)
Posted: Dec 05, 2012 - 11:43 

Make's me think Madonna's Ray of Light
MinMan
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 23:18 

Makes me think of Joni Mitchell singing to Peter Gabrial rhythms. Not that it's a bad thing.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 20:16 



love this song...

 
shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 12:31 

Daaaaaannnnnggggg!  Tori!!!???  Not bad!
ddbz
(The Midwest)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 12:30 

Not a big fan of Tori, but this was excellent.
MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 12:29 

 trissi wrote:

yes, what a treat! I think I might like one other song by her, too.
 
{#Roflol}

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 12:27 

Oh shit. I must have a fever. I actually am liking this.
I do not like any Tori amos songs ever. Until this.
I don't want to , but I do. 
trissi
(allupinya)
Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 12:27 

 planetclare wrote:
Wow, a Tori Amos song I can stand...
 
yes, what a treat! I think I might like one other song by her, too.
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 20:34 



I'll dance to this...

 
StoneyG
(Just east of The Rockies; north of the 49th)
Posted: May 16, 2011 - 20:33 

Nice Matt Chamberlain drummage there.
unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 06:56 

 romeotuma wrote:

 
Nice!  {Romeotuna supplies the dancing silicone party Barbie desribed in the lyrics!}  By the way, this is the first time I've (knowingly) heard Tori Amos.  Lyrics are great, music is good.
ReneeB
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 11:15 

Thank you for playing Tori! Such a great song too! This is why I listen to Radio Paradise... never know what I'll hear next, but I love it all!
Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 11:07 

Her two kids, in high school,
They tell her that she's uncool
'Cause she's still preoccupied
With nineteen, nineteen eighty-five...


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 11, 2011 - 11:04 



We be dancing...  love it...


 
LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 04:44 

One of her best tunes.
Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 14:48 

You are excuse - Bill!
Nobody is perfect!

PS
Tori certainly does not belong here!

PPS
FREE JULIAN...!
planetclare
Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 19:49 

Wow, a Tori Amos song I can stand...
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 08:00 



This really is a great song...  we be dancing in memory...

I took a taxi from LA to Venus
In 1985 I was electromagnetically sucked
Back in to a party going on that night
It was the glory of the 80's
With karma drawn up in lines
And two bugle boys models saying "baby
It's a freebee you sure look deprived"
I had the Story of O in my bucket seat
Of my wanna be Mustang
Auditioning for reptiles in their
Raquel Welsh campaign
In the glories of the 80's
You said, "I'm not afraid to die"
I said, "I don't find that remotely funny
Even on this space cake high"
And then when it all seemed clear
Just then you go and disappear
Silicone party barbies
To the left and
Joan of Arcs to the right
No one feeling insecure
We were all gorge and famous in our last lives
In the glories of the 80's
You said, "the end is nothing to fear"
I said, "blow the end now baby
Who do I gotta shag to get out of here"
And then when it all seemed clear
Just then you go and disappear
Sure you're out there
orbiting around
Wish I had you back now
I met a drag king call Venus
She had a velvet hologram
She said, "my husband ran off with my shaman
But they love me as I am"
In the glories of the 80's
I may not have to die
I'll clone myself
Like that blonde chick
That sings "Bette Davis Eyes"
And then when it all seemed clear
Jut then you go and disappear
I took a taxi from LA to Venus in
Nineteen eighty- nineteen eighty- nineteen eighty- 1985.

 


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 07:58 

GIRLI HYPE!
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 07:40 



This song is glorious...  love it...


 
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 10:44 



Very groovy...  love it...

 
lysisphere
(largest contiguous ponderosa forest)
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 14:40 

I've loved Tori Amos since I was 16.  Some of her old tunes pluck the strings of my soul.  Now that I'm "all grown up," I can access all the tenderness and sensitivities I used to hold via her music.  Timeless.
ptooey
Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 15:19 

 annie_fannie wrote:


i've loved Tori since i was 14. everyone kept making these kate bush references, so i decided to check her out. blech! i don't even know how that comparison got started?? women who sing emotionally with piano accompaniment are automatically all grouped together? does anyone consider content? kate's lyrics are far less poetic & more simplistic...and the melodrama in her videos...puhleeeeze.

 
Really?

I like both artists, but I've definitely never considered Kate's lyrics to be simple in any way.  She's written some pretty amazing ones - Like this, for instance.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 15:14 







annie_fannie
(Iowa)
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 08:07 

 Rick_V wrote:

Exactly.

 

i've loved Tori since i was 14. everyone kept making these kate bush references, so i decided to check her out. blech! i don't even know how that comparison got started?? women who sing emotionally with piano accompaniment are automatically all grouped together? does anyone consider content? kate's lyrics are far less poetic & more simplistic...and the melodrama in her videos...puhleeeeze.

Vandy005
(dreaming of Jeanie in Cocoa Beach)
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 08:00 

jbunniii wrote:
I don't usually like Tori Amos, but this is not bad at all. She can't restrain herself from yodeling a few times, which lowers the rating a bit...

Now that's funny... I don't care who you are.

{#Lol}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 - 07:58 



love it...


Exene
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 22:21 

What language is she singing in?
Rick_V
(New Orleans)
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 08:47 

 brighthue wrote:
Not bad but, I prefer the real Kate Bush.
 
Exactly.

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