Re: Tori, Kate and other natural flavors

[as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Tree of Schnopia)]

In <m0ncwE6-000ilXC@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu> chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams) writes:

>Chris here,


>>>I have no problem with Tori stealing some ideas from Kate's
>>>early years.
>>
>>What?  If you are implying that Tori "stole" her themes of sexual
>>oppression and religious guilt from  _The Kick Inside_, then
>>you'd best get your medication adjusted.

>   Tori didn't steal ideas from Kate, she has said so and I believe her.
>BUT - "Tori Amos" covers the work of a number of people; Tori does
>not direct her own videos as Kate does. Tori may well be unaware that
>the woman who directs her videos *and* shoots her album and single cover
>photos *is* quite aware of Kate's work. There are a number of obscure
>Kate videos that are directly quoted in Tori's videos, too closely
>to be accidental. Tori may be unaware of these, and it doesn't really
>matter if Cindy Palmano borrows bits for something as obscure as
>the "Die Eftling" videos.

But surely, Chris, the point was that Tori doesn't really steal ideas from
Kate for her *music*.  (Perhaps she was influenced by Kate, but that's
hardly the same thing.)

Oh, and Kate's done a few covers, too...:)

Drewcifer
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