My guess is that it's not a compilation album, but rather more redone songs a la Director's Cut, mixed in with new songs that compliment the old ones in theme or sound.

Or I'm totally off-base and it's just a Greatest Hits Part 2 with a few rerecorded tracks.

So maybe it's a "Director's Cut II" with songs from HOL/Dreaming this time?

Wow. I just thought she might have had this on the cutting room floor (as it were - yes I went there) when she released Director's Cut.

I've been wrong so many times this year that I shouldn't offer any opinion about reworking songs from The Dreaming/HOL except that IT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. But we'll see. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

I'm probably in the minority on this, but I'd love to hear it. She released a remastered TRS alongside Director's Cut, so maybe she'd do something similar in the future if she insists on reworking older material. Fans would probably be more forgiving of the new versions if she gave them shiny remasters of the originals. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

DC was compared a lot to TOAL but I thought a lot of the reworkings on DC were great. I love the new Lily, Red Shoes, and Moments of Pleasure so much. I listen to them more than the original versions. Even Rubberband Girl proved to be a grower. Maybe I only feel that way because TRS was my least favorite Kate album to begin with.

I loved DC, so I'd welcome more stuff like that. Even if they don't live up to the originals, I think it'd be an interesting venture. *subscribes*

Of *course* it will be interesting. I'm excited.

Melodramatic reaction - Jude Law grosses me out, the Olympics gross me out in a BIG way, RUTH doesn't need a new version, why is she doing this to me? Doesn't she understand my sense of entitlement when it comes to her endeavours?

I AM BURNING MY FAN CARD!!!

Oh please. It's been done.

Is it a safe bet that she won't be in the actual video? I'm kind of bored with Kate videos that don't feature Kate. The best things about her old videos were the dramatic eyes and wacky flailing dance moves.

Just another example of Kate copying Tori.

Imagine a Tori Amos Olympic album.

Tash and niece playing the roles of Wenlock and Mandeville, guiding a warrior woman posse of athletes through the embers of a dying relationship. Obligatory song about cleaning up after the riots ("what man has destroyed/we will rebuild/let me induct you into/the woman's guild").

A Tori Amos Olympic album is not beyond the realms of possibility.

Each song corresponds to a different Olympic ring, which in turn corresponds to a different Greek goddess (Ancient Greece! Olympics! Doll Posse!), and because the rings are linked, so too are the goddesses and therefore so are the songs! The deluxe edition features an Olympic Trading Card featuring a picture of "tori" dressed as whichever Olympic Ring she feels like that day, plus a little replica Olympic Ring trinket. So, like, there are up to 10 copies you need to get to get all the Olympic Trading Cards and Ring trinkets - but there's no guarantee that you'll get a different Trading Card or Ring each time! So you might have to scour eBay or do a special trade with a fellow fan.

The best part is the DVD which features olympettes depicting "tori" as each character doing a different Olympic event. It all adds up, you see, because the five characters = five rings = five events = pentathlon! It's all a bit Doll Posse Part II, but you know she loves a good concept. Or something.

Anyway, Kate.

And the ring trinkets double as cock-rings, so she can use lots of innuendo and double entendre during the press junket.

I can just see the hint of Botox-inhibited raised eyebrow now. "The rings represent the many facets of a woman. But they can have other uses. [pause]. Husband's not complaining" [smirks].

TORI AMOS' OLYMPIAD MARATHON TOUR 2012-2016

Buy ticket packages now!

BRONZE ($99) - Nosebleed seats, a bronze medal and a digital copy of the album (midi)
SILVER ($199) - Mid-range seats, a silver medal, designer discus and a wax cylinder copy of the album
GOLD ($499) - Front row seats and a chance to go to Krispy Kreme with Tori (your treat), Karen Binns' exclusive Olympian jumpsuit featuring ironically inverted American flag design, a gold medal, and a vinyl copy of the album with bonus track 'Tom Daily'

The first 200 customers will receive bespoke figurines of Tori engaging in Olympic events which will include a unique motion-activated set of recorded phrases designed to motivate you at work.

I'm going to be online at 9am to get that Gold package. I've heard whispers that the lyrics to "Tom Daily" are pretty racy.

It's all about that bronze package, yo. A midi version of the record? The audiophile in me is over the moon right now.

I'd prefer a Sex Pistols Olympic album.

Yeah, it's actually just Tori singing a transcript of a private conversation that ebby and I had. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/frown.gif

Actually, that sounds more like something Kate would do.

The olympette for Tom Daily will basically be Kylie's Slow but with more cheeto wig and lots of Binns bathing suits.