Opera Singer Reacts to Tori Amos Winter| Performance Analysis |
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- What's up CZcams it's me Jess and I'm an opera singer. Today's video is going to be a performance analysis of Tori Amos performing "Winter" live.
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Tori (born Myra Ellen) started playing the piano at 2 1/2 and was accepted into the Peabody Conservatory at age 5 (the youngest student there ever). She was very much considered a prodigy. She had a rough time at the conservatory though, because she wasn’t very interested in classical music (it was the late ‘60s and she quickly developed an interest in rock, especially Led Zeppelin) and she had trouble reading sheet music (she had been playing by ear before entering the conservatory). She has said in interviews that she realized that to be a concert pianist you want to be among the best in the world, and she wasn’t passionate enough about playing other people’s music to give her entire being over to becoming one of the best. She lost the scholarship at 11, and was by her own words a “failed prodigy”.
At age 13 her minister father brought her around the bars of DC and got her a piano bar job at a gay club (he was her chaperone), and she spent the next 10 years playing piano bars and hotel lounges. During those 10 years she honed her live performance skills and amassed a huge library of cover songs that she knows by heart. She moved to LA and eventually formed a rock band called “Y Kant Tori Read” (a nod to her difficulty reading sheet music at the Peabody). The band was signed by Atlantic, but by the time they recorded their album of songs that Tori had written, the band was basically broken up and they used session musicians. The album (also titles Y Kant Tori Read) was released in 1988 and was a commercial flop.
Tori took it really hard, but it catalyzed her into finding a more authentic voice, which led to her writing and recording her first solo album, Little Earthquakes, which was released in 1992 to acclaim and commercial success. This performance of Winter (from Little Earthquakes) was recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1991, and is probably one of the first times this song (and many other songs from the album) was performed live in front of an audience. It’s absolutely mind boggling that she had barely performed this song live before this show.
Tori has gone on to have a very successful career. She’s released 16 studio albums, written a musical that was staged at the National Theater in London, and has toured relentlessly. Her current tour is her 15th international tour, and she has performed some 1,400 shows since 1992. She’s considered one of the best live acts out there, and is probably the best piano player in the pop/rock world (give or take an Elton John).
Blah blah blah, you sound like a Wikipedia link, zzzzzzzzzz
I just saw her at the Count Basie in Red Bank NJ, probably the smallest venue I've had the chance to see her play yet. I've been fortunate enough to see her play going all the way back to her Under the Pink tour.
Still as incredible as ever live.
i love how consistently us Tori fans are like "oh, you're curious about Tori Amos? i got you, pull up a seat"
Thankyou for this. What an artist.
When she was in high school, we all knew she was destined for greatness. We just didn't yet know what flavor of greatness.
She is a genius,and a piano godess
Amen and Amen.
I saw her in concert twice. She also interacts with the audience really well.
She's been my favorite artist, unparalleled, since 1997. I'm always so happy to see younger people discover her and appreciate what she does. She is a musical genre unto herself, and a brilliantly insightful writer beyond her astonishing musical talents.
Little Earthquakes defined my 90's.
Playing epic piano is like breathing for Tori. Absolutely flawless.
Tori was one of the first singers that I ever hear that used her voice as a TRUE instrument. Breathless in some moments, like a weapon in others.... it's just hits you exactly where it needs to... Extreme dynamic choices is absolutely right!
Tori is such an underrated musical genius. But those who know .....know❤❤❤
I like that you pointed our her use of breathing during her performance. More than any other artist I can think of, Tori really does use her breathing as part of the music, rather than a necessary evil that needs to be hidden as much as possible.
Her breathing is almost sensuous in its grace.
When she was 11 years old I took my daughter to see Tori for her first concert.... She's 39 now and this is our song for sure.... So powerful and tender!
Awww you gave your daughter the gift of Tori. Hoping to do the same for my daughter ♥️
Tori is a treasure. When she performs, she goes someplace else, and you can hear that she feels everything that she is singing & playing. It's special. 🙂
In case you didn't pick up on it, the third verse and chorus are meant to be from Tori to her father, about the sacrifices he made for her dream, and asking him, when you gonna love you as much as I do. It's such a loving tribute, and her parents were in the audience for this performance, you can even see her glancing up at them during certain points, in particular, never change.
I was never sure if "when you gonna love you as much as I do" was them talking to her or not, she seems to have been filled with doubt for the first half of her life. Calling herself a nerd but being a beautiful prom queen. Voted most likely to succeed, etc. and singing about not being "where the pretty girls are"?
@@torilessThat line is her dad telling her to love herself, and to live the life that she wants, not what he wants for her. I always get hung up on “you say I wanted you to be proud of me - I always wanted that myself”… who is saying what? I *think* she’s still quoting her dad saying, in the last part, that he always wanted Tori to be proud of Tori. But I’m not entirely sure.
@@scottNNJI've always had the same sense of that line. Most folks don't seem to hear it that way, but it seems most in tone with the rest of the song.
I've been a fan for 20 years and I didn't know they were in the audience until now! Thank you!
@@scottNNJ Excellent point-I totally agree.
She re-engineers her songs differently every time she plays them, based on her mood and the vibe from the audience. It's an astounding amount of talent.
I love Tori beyond death.
This one still makes me cry my eyes out, without fail. There will never be another Tori Amos.
Tori Amos is The Siren. Sometimes plays two pianos and sings.
That's the most fantastic reaction I've heard of any song. So genuine and full of insight! As a non-musician its fascinating to have you point out just WHY this performance wrecks me. She's so vunelrable yet powerful and confident. Its like she is has no place to hide in this performance and she just lays herself out. Thank you! I hope you get a million subs.
Tori Amos, the classically trained pianist with the lyrics of a sage and the voice of a wise angel...the one that all metalheads still love. Add Kate Bush, Sarah McLachlan, Hope Sandoval, and Liz Phair...my youth was filled with incredible female talents...
Don’t forget Loreena McKennitt!!!!!❤
I literally cry every time I watch this performance... she is good!
The dynamics match the push and pull of a difficult father-daughter relationship: the tenderness vs. the conflict that is a loving relationship between a conservative father and his rebellious and wildly talented daughter. Genius. Your reaction made me cry. This song has never been one of my favourites because I couldn’t relate, but the way it affected you,and your analysis, gave me a deeper appreciation. And, I now have a teenage daughter of my own, which I didn’t have when I first heard this song.
Thank you for this!
So I've watched a dozen YT "reacts" videos for this song with the same emotional response and often tears. I'm old now, but lucky to have discovered Tori back in the 90's when I was in my 20's. Even though I usually defaulted to classic rock, techno, Beastie Boys, etc.. I couldn't ignore such immense musical talent and passion. I've seen her live 3 times - with the last time being a 1st date with a girl that I've now been married to for over 20 yrs.
You will never see a better performance of a magical song by any performer EVER. If I am right , this was Montreux Festival 1991, the very year Little Earthquakes was released. She is in her first year of touring, and using the electric piano which would later be replaced by her Beloved Bosendorfer Grand. Considering her lack of experience performing with large audiences, she has everyone in her thrall interacting with full eye contact yet total immersion in the song and the embryonic star is already in the ascendant.
Her voice here is crystal clear and fragile sometimes almost a spoken whisper but then incredibly powerful, but always in complete control. Her audible breathing brings a real humanity to her sound as she uses it as an extension of her vocal sound to emphasise key points in the song. This breadth of musical timbre is an extremely rare talent.
As a 64 year old man who loves Prog, especially Van der Graaf Generator and Peter Hammill, I have been massive a fan since day one. She encompasses everything I like in music - originality, great lyrics, fantastic themes and melodies, but above all integrity and open honesty.
I saw her live last week and she’s still as amazing live as ever (i saw her live 25+ years ago as well). She’s so talented and amazing. Def one of my favorite musicians of all time.
I have been to every performance she has done in WA, and Vancouver since 1992. Too many to count.
Tori went pro at age 13 when she started playing in piano bars in the DC area. She remained a hotel lounge singer until she was signed by Atlantic Records at age 23. No one knows how to capture an unsuspecting audience better than Tori Amos.
...and afterwards, she spent years as a "failure". As it was YKTR did not come out until she was 25 and spent a year not selling. It was not until she was 27 when she was sent to the UK that she stopped playing bars.
Great analysis - as a Tori fan of some 30yrs (lawdy I feel old) it is a treat to see new people appreciate her particular skillset. I don't think any other pop/rock artist has quite the same symbiotic connection to the piano or uses it so extensively to underscore the fabric of the song. That connection is what supports the meticulous dynamic changes and complex breath-work that lets her communicate the song exactly as she feels it in the moment. It's really lovely to see people with technical expertise giving their reaction. Thank you :)
Tori Amos is my favourite since middle school, I'm 42 now. She's been playing piano since age two. Thank you for this! ♡
I finally found a reactor who knows what they’re talking about
Her dynamics, both with her singing and piano, are some of the first things that made me go ‘whoooooa, who is this?’. I recall seeing her videos after a metal show on MTV and all these ‘macho’ dudes just staring in awe and dropping jaws at her performances. I feel she is so underrated, even amongst her contemporaries. Younger folks need to dig into her catalog and performances. Great reaction.
She was already a stunning performer in high school. We all knew she was going to be a legend... we just didn't know what kind. It's an honor to have been so close to greatness.
A fantastic introduction to Tori Amos. Hope you deep dive into her sixteen album catalog. Life changing.
man... when she hits those keys and then launches into the high part... chills, also, great point about breath, she really uses it, part of the song.. even on her albums you can hear her breathy parts... because she is the real deal, no tricks, no pro tools, she is just that amazing.
Omg! One of my favorite artist of all time. ❤
That song makes me crumble into tears.
You should try next “Blood Roses” and “Putting the damage on” live from Tori 😎 you’d love those ❤
To see her at her best, I would suggest reacting to her performing her song Precious Thins during a live sessions recording that she did in 1998, with top musicians, where they improvise both musically and vocally around that song and the results are fascinating.
Tori Amos - Precious Things (Live Session 1998) czcams.com/video/Kpk_ZjdGPnE/video.html
her bio will blow you away. I see this song/performance as a musical masterpiece.
Your amazing review of the incredible Tori Amos makes me respect you beyond words!
Love this song from Tori and so many more. She is her own artist---unique and special as is Kate Bush and more recently Aurora. Would like to hear your reaction to Aurora and think you would enjoy her as well. Great reaction to this beautiful song!
I must admit Winter was the first song i ever heard of Tori and i thought it was a Kate Bush song.
Lyrically what I always loved about the song was the repetition on the White Horses line. “All the white horses are still in bed” there is time [for dreaming], later “all the white horse have gone ahead” so there is missed opportunity and it ends with “all the white horses...(vocalizing)” which is denial or refusal to give up on your dreams.
This is one of the best analyses I've seen of my very favorite song - thanks for giving such incredible insight.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My fav artist of all time. Just saw her last week at Red rocks. She blew it out of the water
I adore the pic Cassie! I've loved Tori since '92. Imagine the far right's reaction if she were to release her album today with her nursing a cute little piglet. They would appear with a whiff of brimstone and a puff of smoke! 🤣✌
I find you absolutely magnetic as a reactor...
Thanks ☺️
me too....
New sub here! I watch a ton of reaction videos and by far I love how you do yours the best! The way you point out certain things and then go back to those parts in the performance, etc., is just refreshing (and I learn so much more that way compared to most other reaction videos). It's a type of reaction video "style" I've never come across before and I absolutely love it! You don't just react to something in your videos - you actually TEACH us viewers using your expertise in singing and performing (which is SO incredible and I've never seen anything else like it)! You are so unique in the way you do this reaction and I knew I was going to sub after only a few minutes in! ☺️
Ofc my favorite artist of all time has always been Tori!!!! I'm almost 45 yrs old and I started listening to her in the early-mid '90s when she first started out (she was very briefly in an '80s pop band named Y Kant Tori Read, where she tried incorporating the piano into, but it flopped miserably). She's still very embarrassed about it. One of her Y Kant Tori Read videos is still on CZcams, to my knowledge anyway. The song is called "The Big Picture" and it's kinda funny watching it; you get to see majorly fun '80s stuff (cuz ummm yeh, it's got hella'80s vibes ofc), and you still get to enjoy Tori's lovely voice. She still, as usual ofc, looks absolutely stunning even with a big perm! 😂
l've always thought she was (and still is) one of the most underrated musical artists; she was nominated once for a Grammy I think, but she's never won one and I just think that's soooo wrong, even though the Grammys, imo, have now mainly just become about mainstream stuff and ONLY mainstream stuff for quite some time. Might as well just finish auto-tuning the entire world now, right? It's just really too bad, bc like I said, Tori is massively and immensely underrated... today it seems all there really is is just so many other "generic, copy-cat" musicians that don't even come close to matching or exceeding her musical, artistic genius - you know, just that incredibly surreal and raw, soulful, beautiful artistry! As you can probably already tell by now, I'm a huge Toriphile, one of the kinda quirky monikers her devoted fans like me are called 😂 She's beyond amazing. I've only been able to see her live once, unfortunately, but it's definitely an experience I'll never, ever forget. The performance you reacted to here is when she was just starting out and it's one of her most well-known and loved live performances. Most reaction videos I've seen on Tori use this performance to react to, and it's a perfect one, imo, bc there's just so much great, phenomenal stuff to work with there (even tho imo every Tori song has so much depth and emotion to it that it's unreal). This particular song, "Winter", is definitely in my top 5 Tori songs, and it always makes me bawl every time I hear it (especially since I lost my dad 11 years ago; but even before he passed it still made me tear up every time I heard it). She is literally a genius prodigy - starting playing and writing piano music between ages 3-5 I believe - and a daughter of a preacher. 😊She was also a student at the prestigious Peabody musical institute, but they wanted her to play only classical piano while she wanted to play her own style - such a "Tori" thing to do - she was going to do exactly what she wanted, no matter how "prestigious" a school was or if they told her she didn't have any talent! She definitely knew there was way more to piano than just classical pieces, and I'm sure the Peabody Institute felt very limiting for her, just like when she was in that band, Y Kant Tori Read (which I'm so glad she didn't continue to pursue, bc she for sure knew that it just WAS NOT HER, and it would NEVER BE HER)! And, just like that, once she started going solo, she immediately just so naturally blossomed into who the real Tori was as a musical artist and talent! It just happened so smoothly and gracefully to the point where it was so obvious she'd made the exact right decision! Beautiful bit about her. 🌸 ❤
Also it never ceases to amaze me how she can write, literally, an entire album, including each and every instrument, etc. (she can also play the harpsichord and many other instruments); plus, like you pointed out, how she can play the piano without even looking at it AND sing at the exact SAME TIME w/o ever missing a beat anywhere (which I've always heard is an incredibly *difficult* thing to do, and I think your comments about that explained it so perfectly). Imo Tori encompasses everything, from small to big to whatever - she encompasses all that's possible to be a true, genuine, extremely talented ARTIST. Her natural, inborn mastery of being what a raw, true artist really is is what always (and continues to) impress me so much; she consistently bares her soul to all of us (even at the age of 60 yrs-young rn) through her medium of musical artistry, which continues to be absolutely stunning and real every time, bc THAT'S WHO SHE REALLY IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN...IT IS WHO SHE WILL FOREVER BE. I thank her, with such gratitude, for her help in getting me through so many lows in my life but also having her music during the ups in my life too - she's never let me down! Now I never take things like that lightly - not just anything or anyone can do that thru their music - at least not for me! 🫶🏻 ✨
Anyway, so sorry this comment got so long (and if anyone made it this far, bless your wonderful heart), but I really just wanna end it here by saying again just how much I really enjoyed your reaction to Tori, and how I'm looking forward to watching so much more of your reactions! You reacted to Tori similar to how I do too in regards to feelings and emotions (but I did learn a lot of new things I didn't know before either, like terminology, etc. SO COOL)!! I can tell you are an extremely knowledgeable, beautiful and talented woman who definitely knows her stuff! 😉 Love love love this video! Thank you so much! ❤
Edit (addition): btw - when you were talking about the wonderful effects of Tori's use of *silence*, I thought immediately about if I had been at that exact performance, I bet I could've heard a pin drop! When I saw her live on her Scarlet's Walk Tour (one of my fave Tori albums too) there were many silent moments when I swear you could've heard a tiny little feather drop! 🪶 It was seriously that intense, and there were amazing moments when I know I wasn't the only one there who was holding their breath while Tori performed. 😉 Many blessings, and I can't wait until your next video!
Musical genius, piano prodigy, incomparable in every way. Thank you for the reaction and look forward to more Tori videos. :)
I can’t listen to this song without having at least one tear. She makes it so intimate. And I feel she is perfectly sharing a father daughter dynamic that is so bittersweet. Oof.
This was a live performance, and the audience was completely silent. Completely amazed by the performance.
Tori has said she can see music, and imo I can feel that in her music. It's like colors swimming around my head. She's really special.
Stunning performance of a brilliant genius song. I don't know how this doesn't hit hard on an emotional level, given a really sensitive and beautiful topic of a father and daughter.
Fell in love with Tori Amos when I first heard this back in the 1990’s. Little Earthquakes is one of my favorite CDs. Saw her live in concert a year or 2 after she released Little Earthquakes. Great concert!
And she play on Bosendorfer Imperial Grand! She definitely gets extra credit for her piano choice.
4:58 she has the skills second nature. I think for her it just spills out because she knows exactly the emotion and connection she wants to communicate and it just happens, cuz shes willing to be totally vulnerable while at the same time commanding the stage. I can’t think of many performers in this category
This is one of my favorite performances ever, not just from Tori but ever. She's not necessarily one of my favorite artists but this performance is amazing. This is one of the most beautifully written songs ever, imo. "When are you going to love you as much as I do?" Is such a powerful line.
Her best live performance I've seen is Precious Things live. You'd love it!
Side note should check out any of Maynard James Kennans bands. He sings her lullabies when she can't sleep.
Tori has had a special place in my heart since 1999.. ❤
Deeply personal song for me. That line, "I tell you that I'll always want you near, you say that things change my dear" really hits home. Receiving unconditional love, but knowing that it won't last.
I love watching the reactions and analysis of the musically educated specifically to Tori's music and performances. She is one of a kind and her artistry is a gift.
This is exactly how she is live. I have seen her and she gives a lot. Should you get a chance to see her live, do so.
She definitely does some of the greatest performances I've ever seen. At least in those days. So much emotion, and such personal songs.
Tori is an absolute genius! She says she is visited by entities that give her melodies and lyrics. She’s truly otherworldly 🙌🏼
My favourite song of hers from her best album in my opinion. My wife and I love this song so much that we recorded a version and we play live regularly. Always goes down well.
I really enjoyed you just reacting, I was right there with you. Tori is a musical genius, or as another creator called her a “sonic shaman”
One of the most amazing live performances.......ever......
I didn't understood all those elements you told about piano mezzo, etc... it was 88, 89 when I first heard her, the piano and the voice wow! Loved her. That`s why I`m here today. Some people born with a gift.
Have seen her 2 times...badass piano Player and a genious singer with a light ( mezzo)soprano...her influence is Stevie Nicks
She has many influences
@@jartober for sure, Joni Mitchell is another one- but you can def hear her Stevie influence
and Led Zeppelin and Nirvana and Joni Mitchel and The Doors and ...
@@jartober Duh!
@@nagagab9224 I think every singer you could claim that, even Home Free.
Undeniably a prodigy.
Love her metaphors throughout this song.
This was great. Unique talent. Thanks.
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The women who signs this. Thana Harris
I happened to be watching muchmusic (canadas mtv) and saw the video for winter. immediately after the video, I went out and bought little earthquakes. And here it is 30 odd years later and she’s still on my most played playlist.
😭 Good God this song makes me cry like a toddler.
Been a fan since the 90s
She’s amazing. Hey Jupiter is a good one. Wonderful review
I too was astounded at her lovely extremes in dynamics, so delicate, yet powerful. Her voice and piano is so expressive. The organic way she presents this is awesome! I too love it.
I also love your appreciation of this performance. Now I have to see if you have reviewed any Phil Collins or Kate Bush.....two more artists with similar skills of expression.
She´s one in a million.
She was the youngest person to ever be admitted to Peabody Institute studying classical piano at age 5! However, she was kicked out at age 11 for playing Rock n Roll.
Yes. She studied classical piano at Peabody from 1968 to 1974. In 1974, when she was eleven, her scholarship was discontinued, and she was asked to leave. Amos has asserted that she lost the scholarship because of her interest in rock and popular music, coupled with her dislike for reading from sheet music.
I think the term they used was “musical insubordination”.
And refusing to read sheet music
@@se777en73120 Hehe, love her for that. I think she mentioned that she did piano covers of Led Zeppelin and they were not pleased.
She is and always will be a badass. Such an amazing artist.
Duh! Is this a 1995 post !!
Tori Amos is one of a kind 🙂
So glad you love it. I've been a fan or Tori's for like 30 years. She is captivating live. I see her every time she comes to town, must have seen her live over a dozen times.
Musical genius Goddess ❤
Been loving and in love with this woman for 20 yrs plus now and no one compares to the complex simple dynamic omg could keep going, beauty of this woman's mind and artistry 🥰
Loved your brilliant breakdown of my all time favorite artist!
Glad you enjoyed it!
A pleasure to watch you react to this.
Her voice is haunting
I am dying to see this woman live!!! The last time that she was in Maine, where I live, I found out that she'd been here just 3 days prior, but I had been working and had my head in the sand apparently.,
Good ear for recognizing how difficult it is to sing and play at the same time. Tori is especially adept at this because if you listen to her right hand, it outlines the harmonies around her vocal melodic line but she never reinforces it which is what most pianist/singers do. Mainly because it's difficult to not want to gravitate your vocal pitch to the notes that your right hand are playing. She also will use the piano to accentuate the rhythm but leaves enough space for her vocals - "Where the drifts get deeper (pling!)" for example. Then there's simply the posture. It's hard to sing sitting down and on top of that, she knows not to shade out the audience seated to left side. Guitar players can at least move their bodies around as needed but the piano really anchors you in one spot. And of course, the song writing - it's absolutely perfect and entirely her.
Tori has merged w her piano at this point. They are one. ❤❤❤.
I had a really good father. First starting out as a small child, we hunted elk together for years and years.
As a kid, freezing my butt off in cold and deep snow, he always had time to stop and warm me up.
I'm an old man and my dad has long since passed on. But this song makes me cry. He was a good son of a gun and Tori Amos is a genius pianists and songwriter. Probably a different sort of comment for an opera singer such as yourself but that is the glory of of music.
What a gorgeous song, and such an authentic performance.
Seeing as you've hit on Tori Amos, you should check out something by the genius of English art pop, Kate Bush. No better place to start than her extraordinary 1978 debut single, Wuthering Heights (inspired by the Brontë novel) which she wrote at 17, and released when she was 19. The vocal is arrestingly unique and really, really fukn high. It didn't sound like anything else at the time or since, and when it went to No 1 in the UK, it was the first self-penned song by a female artist ever to do so.
She blazed a path for other female artists such as Tori Amos to follow, but there are no bounds on the legions of musicians she has inspired, and continues to inspire.
Yeah, I would say China is her closest song to Winter.
No. Tori didn't need anyone to pave the way. That's a slap to female artists, esp to Tori
@@lesterine77that's ridiculous. Everyone has had a way paved. Especially female artists, and Tori would say that herself. Gladly.
I’m so glad you covered this one. I knew you would do it justice. I’ve heard it a thousand times and I cry every single time.
Because it's coming from inside. It's part of her at this point. It's the same as you or I sitting down and telling a story. It's the way it comes out. It helps that musically she's a genious and can relate colors to sounds and all that....
Great astute analysis Jess! There are plenty of tutored musicians with God given talent that can draw us in and move us and transport us, like - Franco Corelli, Sonya Yoncheva, Yuja Wang, and Janine Jansen, but there are also talented artists like Tori Amos that flirt with extensive training, but instead venture out on their own because of their drive to share and communicate their truths and messages through music. We can leave it to experts to evaluate and categorize her, but she is no doubt a powerful, lasting and relevant voice that can draw us in, move us, and transport us with the best of them!
She started playing the piano at 2 years old and already knew how to play!
Tori is a legend, a goddess.. I've been a megafan since the late 80s. Y Kant Tori Read days... but the 'spark' on her albums isn't there anymore. Somethings missing for the last decade... nothing can take away the legacy or her contributions but 90s Tori reigns supreme. After TVAB, she changed. Scarlets Walk is a good album with some great tracks... but i miss her original sound.
My theory on that is bittersweet; that seems to be the point where her personal life made her truly happy. She lost a lot of the genuine angst, anger, and depression that she'd vent through her music. Happy for her yes, but I do think her music suffered because of it.
YES! 💯
More Tori Amos reactions please.
You heard and respected Tori for what she does. Thank you.
I've watched this performance many times. I suggest listening to the studio version of "Mother".
Great reaction to Tori's song which is one of my favorite, i get quite emotional on this live performance .......I haven't heard you sing yet as i stumbled on your channel, i've subscribed and looking forward to that :)
And she often plays two pianos at the same time while straddling / riding the bench.
Tori Amos is a masterful story teller and I’ve always been impressed with her choices in dynamics.
Tori ist the best of the best
Your reaction is about the same as mine. It hasn't changed after 20 or 30 hearings of this epic performance.
One of my favorite signers!
I have a conf call at 11h EST 😡
I prefer her singing but have a few signatures too.
I love when folks get tore up today just like I did 30 years ago.. ❤
You understand music, beautiful one !!!!!!!!!
Just saw her (my fourth time) on her recent “Ocean To Ocean” tour. When I bought her debut album in 1992, I thought “she’s the Joni Mitchell of the 90’s,” and that’s high praise in my book. Worth a deep dive for sure.