| HOME | ABOUT | VIDEO DOWNLOADS | FADE TO RED | IMPROV | PIANOS | MISC. | CONTACT | LINKS | FORUM | BOOK |

| FADE TO RED |
This section is dedicated to Tori's official videos.
You'll find downloads, quotes and other goodies here!

‡ the videos
[each time: right-click-and-save!]

¤ Era: The Beekeeper ¤ Song: Sweet The Sting ¤ Director: Alex Smith ¤ Released: 2005 ¤ Distributed by: Epic Records

¤ Format & Size: wmv- file [14,5MB] ¤ Download: // Sweet The Sting //

[TOP]

_________________________________________________

‡ fade to red
Here you'll find some extra downloads.
Tori's stories!

¤ Era: From The Choirgirl Hotel - 1998
¤ Details: Interview - MTV Live
Interview about the 'Spark' video.
¤ Picture:


¤ Format & Size: -rm file [10,4 MB]
¤ Download:
[right-click-and-save!]

// Interview //

__________________________________________________

‡ quotes
[taken from the 'Fade To Red' DVD]

"I loved the idea that this priest was really kind of the talk of the set because the women were saying, you know, ‘If we had a priest that looked like that, we’d go in to church a lot more often!’"
- Past The Mission -

...

"I’ve always had a thing for waitresses, and I thought that we needed some cheerleaders. […] I liked the idea that Anne Boleyn has these cheerleaders. I think she deserves some cheerleaders."
- Crucify -

...

"I remember coming out in a collared sweater because Karen Binns, the stylist, thought well, yeah, child—woman—girl—it all works in a sweater. And Cindy said, ‘What in the world is she in?’ And Karen said, ‘Well, I love the material.’ And Cindy said, ‘Well, do something to it, Karen.’ And [Karen] said, ‘Oh, girl, I’m gonna push knit in a way you ain’t never seen knit pushed.’"
- Winter -

...

"We wanted her to be kinda protected in this shroud. I was really into ‘Twin Peaks’ the first season when it came out, so I liked the idea of a complex story."
- Spark -

...

"I’d be on blue screen for hours and hours […] and they’re yelling, ‘You’re on a mushroom now!’
And I’d say, ‘I wish I were on many!’"
- Sleeps With Butterflies -

...

"This is sort of ‘Mean Girls’ before ‘Mean Girls.’"
- Cornflake Girl - U.S. Version -

...

"I liked the idea of ‘music box,’ trying to break out of it as a musician."
- Silent All These Years -

...

"This period of composing for me was a harpsichord and piano—timelines were crossed. If you think about it, it’s crawling inside the bloodline of the piano that leads to the harpsichord and back."
- Caught A Lite Sneeze -

...

"I didn’t really foresee . . . um . . . what it was going to be like having hundreds of rats crawling all over you. […] Karen Binns was threatening the rats, […] ‘You get anything on my garment!"
- God -

...

"I was humbled by this stark, gorgeous place I call home now. […] I stayed and watched until every last rock of the stone piano was pulled back to sea, and when I said goodbye,
I didn’t realize that I was really saying, ‘I’ll see you soon.’"
- China -

...

"The truth of it is: when you go live, there is no lip synch live. You know, there are artists that use DATs when they’re onstage; I mean that’s just because they’re not really musicians who can perform live. They’re artists who are studio-accomplished, but they’re very different things. And I sort of, I love the challenge of having to do it […] I think all of that makes it magical or, you know, a train wreck. That’s the danger of it. So, if you use DATs, then you’re really not very dangerous, are you?"
- Sweet The Sting -

[TOP]

_________________________________________________

‡ tori stories
'Tori Stories, her take on the videos' is a promo item from Atlantic Records. It was related to the video release: 'Tori Amos: The Complete Videos 1991-1998'. It is a little booklet, it's about 20 pages and is written by Tori in her own handwriting. Basically Tori writes fascinating comments about each video and even doodles a little as well. Tori must have written these things while on the Plugged '98 tour, because she refers to her Bosey becomig sick during the tour. I bought this booklet on eil.com a while back, and thought to share it.

... scans:

 |front|back|

 |1.|2.|3.|4.|5.|6.|7.|8.|9.|10.|11.|12.|13.|14.|15.|16.|17.|18.|19.|20.|21.|22.|

... transcripts:

SPARK
a parallel. obviously.
people have said to me
that they found the video
Disturbing. I guess facing
Death is just that.
I didn't want a play by play
on film of the literal meaning
of Spark. So I would spend
hours talking to James (Brown the Director)
about circumstances out of your
control and having to find this
will in yourself that you didn't
know you had. I've said before
that Spark is about a girl
having a Really Bad day.

Angels. I knew I wanted
"them" represented in some way.
Someone had said to me
after the miscarriage, "Well, at
least the Angels were with you..."
NO, I said. they went to a Rave
and why not. When the wolf
is at your door There is no insurance
no distracting
him
her
no angel can or has the power
to Break Universal law
not with this wolf
at my Door.

Water. The Rythm of the water
in the Tropics where I wrote
'Choirgirl' was the element that
Brought me Strength to my woman,
who was truly in NO MAN'S land
after losing the Baby.

So James said to me that
Water had to be the turning point
the pivot where my Character
transforms.

The ominous pulse
of the video was no
different than the feeling
I had
the Day
Spark is Based on
Death Lurking...

Hey Jupiter
I guess it's quite telling
when people, especially
people you know very
well
people who know you'd
gobble up Royal Jelly --
the most foul of
foul --
before you'd put
a flesh and blood
cigarette in your mouth
(I'm a BLOW-BACK girl myself)
Anyway, when they never fail to ask you
for a light . . .
MTV had a problem
with all the pyrotechnics
So we had to cut some
of the fire sequences Down
particularly the ending.
However, since this is
not their's or anyone else's
Release I've chosen to
Stand by the Ending that
Earl (Sebastian) and I
really felt was the truth
of the woman in Jupiter.
A craving of hunger
or Burning for Someone
is Seduction when she's
Kind. When she turns,
you are truely in hell
and the humiliation of
your need is the Cherry
on top for her.

Martyrs for a cause
are treated quite differently
than
Martyrs for love.
Buddist monks are
immortalized
the courage
the Respect

Rejected lovers
yes
immortalized,
the pity
the loneliness

CHINA
so Cindy called me up
and said I know what
he's building you. I said
Cin who's Building me
What. Your lover in the
video she said.
As I Remember, we
started to Dive into
the idea that creative
couples make "things"
that can Rip each other
and their images
of themselves - seperate
and together
seperate
and
together
Which makes them
Seperate together
Build walls seperately
Build walls together
Egos are delicate things
Unfortunately
Walls are not
Misperceptions Running
fast so fast
it helps set the stones
in place.
China was shot in North
Cornwall
Strangely enough were we
Recorded Choirgirl 5 1/2 years
later.
As in Spark you are seeing
Real water in Winter's glory
in England
My "love" in the video
built me two things which the
sea took with her -- and honest
to god Rock piano
and an upside down china teacup in the form
of a skirt.

JAckie's STrength
Sometimes I fall into the videos
like a Laven, a welcome
escape from my Real life
character and the dynamics that
Surround "her"

Jackie was one of these
Times where I could put
"Whatever" Somewhere.
I would Ride around in
this taxi for hours as a
pick-up truck with a Camera
on the back of it followed
and followed and followed
me as a truant Bride
The Mythic References for
Brides
are endless
. . .

This video was tricky because
it was close to the Bone,
having only Been married for
2 1/2 months.
Karen and I would talk about how
"She" - the girl in Jackie, the Bride in Jackie
was a parallel on some plane
Somehwere who had made different
choices in her life. A Medicine Woman
told me once that alternate dimensions
existed where a different you, a different
me play out Choices we could've made.

The girl in Jackie is an artist
of some kind but "it ain't neva gonna
happen" to quote Miss Karen as She and I
went Back and forth over this alternate 2x2x2x
Reality we re-built my life, with the
help of LL (fondly called Double L) who was
referenced in that Book -- The Top 100 Psychics

We knew what she ate I knew She
drew with pastels I knew she was
never going to make it to the church that Day
It's not that she didn't love him -- they'd been
together since they were Kids.

it's just about a promise
she had make to herself
a long time ago
When James called me for
the 17th time that day
and said -- I've got it
as you go through your old
neighborhood interspersed
with present and past
you finally Run into
young Tori.
We started to talk about casting
and Karen convinced us with the
help of Lesley (make-up) of course
that we could pull of young Tori.
Having to face my younger SELF
was pretty wild -- her position being
very clear -- "we had a vision you've
become numb, we may never succeed
but you never even tried." So the answer
is NO, I don't know if "she" ever
eventually marries her childhood love --
but she doesn't that Day.

Intermission 1.
we spend so much time
in Hotels where walls are
pretty thin And I can't
really say to you I'm
an eavesdropper by choice
but if you just sit quietly...