I'm a child of the 80's, and having a brother who's 8 years older than me he tried to raise me to his taste in music. Helloween, Alice Cooper, AC/DC and Kizz were among the most played, and as a result of that I now listen to a lot of metal.
But one day he brought home a CD with the picture of a woman in a box on and said I should listen to it. I was a bit sceptic, but he said I should at least hear one song. And he played me Winter. I thought it was a beautiful song, but I didn't listen to the rest of the album. I didn't play it much either.
A couple of years went by and whilst watching MTV one day my brother pointed out a music video and said I had to pay attention to it. Cornflake Girl. This one intrigued me more, but again, when he brought the CD home I only heard it a couple of times and then forgot about it. It wasn't until I saw the video for Professional Widow remix I picked up the CD's again and had a proper listen.
That's the way it's been ever since, I listen to Tori's music for a period and then put the CD's away, and there are several of her albums I've bought and not listened to for 2-3 years. The last 7-9 years I've been listening to Little Earthquakes every night when going to bed, and as a result I sometimes have trouble sleeping if I'm not listening to Tori.
However, the last few years Tori's been returning to my ears more and more and since I bought A Piano in January ('08) I haven't been able to listen to anything else. I feel I have a lot of catching up to do, and a lot of neglect to repair.
The reason I haven't listened to most of her records is because I've felt Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink were so strong I didn't think anything could live up to them, and so refused to listen to the rest. I now realise I have been so utterly wrong in my judgement, and so have to listen everything else. And it's blown my mind, I can't stop...