MUSI 1580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Tonton Macoute, Peabody Institute, Tori Amos
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When she came she reimburse the singer songwriter. Mix folk and more of main stream: this was evident in luka , about domestic violence, the focus of the song is about her vocals however its happier sounding. As a child she learned sing, dance, and write. Made a band called ton ton macoute. Her first album lion and the cobra. Her producer wanted her to sound like grace slick. Became pregnant, producer wanted her to have abortion, didn"t want to but so she went and kept baby. Then they wanted her to wear high heel boots and wear makeup, and have her long hair but she went bald. Her look was a political stand against beauty norms. Nothing compares 2 u the video was played a lot on mtv: talked about many topics about religion, politics, she was on saturday night live- sang bob marley"s song war. Youngest person admitted to preparatory division/ peabody conservatory of music.
