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Space is not a traditional element. However, space does represent the region beyond the earth's atmosphere. Space is boundless and extends in an endless direction. It can be expressed as both life and the lack of life, as a boundless abstraction of spirituality and expression. Space is an opening to fantasy and the bizarre. It opens the doorways to the unconscious in dreams and visions. No particular emotion is expressed, but more of an unconscious balancing between them. The imagery and nature of space is reflected throughout Tori's album, To Venus And Back. From the album art to the lyrical expression, to even the musical nature: it is, in one work, ethereal. "Venus is very much about sound effects," Tori explains. "She's of the ether, so sonically and lyrically, the sound of her is very--it's the extreme from the live record. The live record has no overdubs to it...the guys tarted her up a lot, but it's about having been there, and the principles are different at work for a live record that is of the third dimension than a work that's coming from Venus, which is really from the ether trying to materialize here on Earth in this space.To Venus And Back opens the doorway to the unconscious and to a balancing of expression as illustrated in Tori's statement, "and I'm always trying to go behind the heart, to that place where the unconscious lives. I don't think it lives in the brain; I think it is behind the heart. And one of the women said to me, 'Could you see yourself like a little astronaut? If you could, would you go to Mars?' And I said, 'Jesus Christ! Oh, no. Not me and Mars. Even though the studio is called Martian. That's all to male for me.' And the other woman said, 'You'd go to Venus, wouldn't you.' And I just looked up and said, 'That's it! To Venus And Back!' I can literally see Venus circling around her heart, seeing different perspectives." |
Songs with a Space affinity:
| Glory of the 80's | "...I don't find that remotely funny even on the space cake high...I took a taxi from LA to Venus in 1985..." |
| Riot Poof | "...black sahara I'm stepping into your space oddity it will find its way in time blossom, riot poof the sun is warming my man is moistening..." |
| Suede | "...it can swallow swallow her whole star intact..." |
| Datura | "...and not need more blood from the tip of your star..." |
| Mrs. Jesus | "...I know there's Heaven there and then Empty arms that comes with the Morning Star..." |
| 1000 Oceans | "...over silbury hill through the solar field you know that I will follow you..." |
| Space Dog | "..He's our commander still Space Dog...." |
| Black Dove (January) | "...you don't need a space ship they don't know you've already lived on the other side of the galaxy..." |
| Hey Jupiter | "...Hey Jupiter nothing's been the same so are you gay..." |
| The Waitress | "...there're too many stars and not enough sky..." |
| Twinkle | "...sure that star can twinkle..." |
| Floating City | "... is it weak to look for saviors out in space little Earth....tell me are we the only planet that can't conceive..." |
| Cool On Your Island | "... i want you more than the stars and the sun..." |
| Ribbons Undone | "...there will be time to chase the sun with Ribbons undone..." |
Images with a Space affinity:
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