Fed Up 'T' Fan - Excellent job...I happen to be a big "Tori" fan, myself...there is certainly some truth in this piece, though. You have to be a little careful before you plunge into some of the "extra" stuff of her's that's been made available of late. I bought 2 disks of the "Authorized Bootleg" series (I believe there were a total of 6 disks available). They were from her 2005 Spring Tour and while I found them somewhat interesting I wasn't wowed by the audio quality of the recordings. It didn't sound like they did a good job of 'mic-ing' it, which surprise the heck out of me. It WAS interesting to hear the different versions, but for that tour especially to really appreciate the performances really required being there, I think, because she performed without the band...I don't think that translates well to CD listening...you just don't pick up the mood of the event...at least I didn't. I went to her last show of the Fall Tour in 2005 at the Greek Theatre out here in Los Angeles, and I enjoyed it immensely, as much as the previous time I saw her (2003 - Greek Theatre) when she had Jon & Matt with her. So I wasn't tempted to buy the rest of the disks from that "Boxed-set". I also bought her recent release of...um...I think it's called 'Fade to Red"(?)...A two-disk DVD collection set of her videos. I wasn't initially all that thrilled with it...some of the videos seemed to detract rather than add to the songs...but after I listened to the "bonus" audio commentary I found that the collection kind of grew on me...even though I have to say that the concepts behind some of those videos are truly weird...lol...best test: I've have watched it several times since then and found myself enjoying it more each time... Anyway, you did an excellent job of matching "Money for Nothing" and a good job of clearly laying out your complaints...and, yes, a good job of weaving all of those "Inside references" into it...I was familiar with all of them and they all drew chuckles from me...nonetheless, I'm still a fan...Oh, I have generally stopped doing this, but since YOU are familiar with her stuff you might like to visit MY take on waiting in line for her Signature Autograph last year at one of those Record Store signings... 5's on your piece here, of course ~ ~ ~

Uh, "Fed-Up"...I apparently don't know how to plug a link to another parody piece in this site correctly, so I'll just mention my piece is called "(I Wore Out) A Pair of Soles" to Tori's OS "Parasol", the opening track on "The Beekeeper" CD from 2005. I wrote most of it while I was actually standing in that line that day...all of the items mentioned were actually happening - some to me and the others to the various folks I was standing in front or in back of in line...I had to write it on a small bit of a torn envelope since that was the only paper I had with me at the time...except the ending, because I didn't know how it would end at that point...or how I would react to it later when I had time to reflect a bit...which is an interesting story (at least to me...lol), but WAY too long story to go into here...

I know how you feel, FUTF....though not a big Amos fan, this does sound like she's taking the mickey. Here's $555 so you can buy her stuff...

Not that it matters to anyone but me, but I revisited that "Boxed Set" I referred to before and the audio quality actually is fine...my CD player needed to be cleaned. I still wouldn't recommend to anyone who isn't a "Tori Fan", but I found them very interesting and enjoyed them when I listened to them last weekend.