Customer Reviews

Tori Amos: Boys For Pele

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i can't tell you how much this has helped my piano skills. or at the very least, my confidence! i was completely amazed when i first bought the book that i was able to play virtually every song in the book without real difficulty.the arrangements seem very true on the piano songs, but on all songs done with harpsichord, half of the notes are missing. i like the fact that the piano part doesn't include the melody line.

To date I think this is one of the best arranged of the Tori piano books. It comes very close to Tori's own work (much better than Little Earthquakes did). If you love this CD you should get this book. It has color photos, lyric sheets, and a great score. I love it!

definately, if you liked the cd, you were constantly thinking" i wish i could play like that." Definately a good source to learn how to play the music that drives you.

Tori Amos has done it again! Here you will find the piano sheet music (and lyrics) to every song on her bestselling "BOYS FOR PELE" CD. Think classical music is more your style? Even if you don't dig the way Tori rocks, her piano mellodies are so beautiful, they'd even be appropriate for weddings. And they're not that hard to play! I encourage anyone with a piano to purchase this book -- it's a must have!!!

I have most of the other music books of Tori's and this is by far the best. One reason being large content (18 songs). The only disappointments as usual would be the simplification. As in Le for Leather, Mother, in UTP for Cornflake Girl, Icicle, Yes Anastasia, in this book Voodoo, and Blood Roses much to my dismay were simplified. I'm a beginner, and I doubt I could play it with much success, but it's always fun to fool around with Tori's stuff and see where it takes you. Overall a must for all Toriphiles.

You know, without this book, no one on the face of the Earth, no matter how talented, would be able to transcribe the main harpischord riff in Professional Widow. This book covers it all, and covers it VERY well. I am not a great pianist, and I never thought that I'd be playing Tori's tunes, but hey! I thought wrong.

If you like to play songs as close to possible as they're played on the album, then you will love this book. Almost every song is arranged for piano accompaniment with the exception of a few and they are very close to the album versions. It's a great book and I'd recommend it to any Tori fan.

Great Transcription. Probably the best of all the Tori sheet music books for accuracy. It's been discontinued because there is a picture of Tori suckling a piglet in a rocking chair, so if you get your hands on it it's a collector's item now. Treat it well!

Hmmmmm, tricksy this one. Tori Amos makes me sick. I took piano lessons for like three years and quit because I hated it. But, when you're ten years old and your fat, evil piano teacher slams your finger onto a key yelling "C!C!C!C!C!" when you accidentally played a D, it kind of has a way of ruining the magic of the moment. (She also made luscious smelling cookies all the time, and we had to sit there in our after school hunger and watch as she consumed them one by one) Anyway, Tori "I was playing better piano than you when I was two" Amos was the reason I decided to forget the tyrant Mrs. Evers and take up piano again. I struggle with some things in this book, but I retained enough piano knowledge to get through the majority of her songs. Horses is fun to play, so is the Doughnut Song. Marianne is pretty close to the CD (for all simplified purposes), nothing you can't listen to the song and add to. I have been disappointed with Not the Red Baron, though, because it just doesn't sound right. This book is also generally kind of hard. That could be because I'm not a great piano player and just can't get the flow rght. I would actually suggest getting the Anthology, as it is more simplified and has more variety. The simplification of the transcription in such books can be good and bad, but nothing you can't add to. I think it is better to have it easier to begin with, instead of so complex that it is intimidating. Come on, Tori's music is intimidating enough! For that reason I would suggest the Anthology over this book, at least to start with. Besides, there is so much more to play in it. If you get stuck or discouraged, there are many other songs to play that will boost your confidence, as opposed to this book which is all music from one CD, and one of the stranger Tori CDs at that. I give this book 3.5 stars, and suggest the Anthology. However, if you're just really into Pele and want to play some of the songs, go for it. If all you can do is read and play notes, you can do it. Be confident. Practice one song (Horses!) until you're lost in playing it. Then move on to another (Father Lucifer!). If you can't figure out how it is supposed to sound, put the cd on and listen to that part. Improv if you must! Just don't quit! Before long you'll be throwing your own private piano concert, lost for hours in ethereal Toryland. It's nice to visit her world for a while.

All of her music is touching, and this especially so. She is talented both with the composition and the performance, and this is a spendid showpice of her gifts.