Simply, Tori Amos is one of the great musicians of all time. She truly is. Thirty-three years later, "Little Earthquakes" also remains one of the great albums of all time. We all love you, Tori!
I lost my older sister 12 years ago today to Cancer, she battled hard for over 4 years! Tori & her music brought us together & we played it loud to get her through hard days
Sorry about your sister; I lost my mother almost ten years ago to metastatic cervical cancer. I hope playing Tori helps you get through your hard days...
Her songs are poetry, her piano playing is legendary, this woman is a QUEEN. I have had the privilege of seeing her live, she plays 3 pianos at the same time. She sits between 2 and has a harpsichord mounted above. Girlfriend sits sideways with feet on pedals from each piano, hands on the keys of each piano, and sings like the goddess she is.
@@Taylor.Dude. I think they’re called Millennials now 😜 As for me I’m a happy Xennial who thankfully had a station that played her during my high school years in the mid to late 90’s. I think they are still her main base, we’ve grown with her and she has the most devoted fan base I know of. Xennials are born between 1975-1985. There were so many of us they had to have a sub-generation. Tori is definitely UNDERRATED.
I fucking love Tori. She once played a show at my High School - Cottonwood HS - SLC UT circa 1993. All the skaters and stoners in the south parking lot loved her.
One thing I love about Tori, is her music isn't just about falling in love, being in love or losing love--it's about everything. Questioning why we do what we do, loss of innocence, questioning religion, and other relationships besides just with a significant other. She's one of the few musicians to talk about more than just love--it's pretty amazing.
That's why I like Kate Bush so much. Even her first single was about the antagonistic relationship between Catherine Earnshaw's ghost and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. Then she had songs about nuclear war from the perspective of a fetus, Houdini, robbing banks, war on multiple tracks, and even wrote an entire suite of music about being lost at sea and all the emotions and thoughts that cover that--The Ninth Wave from Hounds of Love which I still consider to be one of the best pieces of music ever written. If you like Tori, you'll be doing yourself a favor to check out Kate's discography.
@@MightyBiffer , I think she is writing from her life perspectives. I do know she was raped and that maybe why her lyrics are dark and thought provoking. She is just a amazing artist that deserves more recognition than she gets.
In grade nine a weird goth girl loner got up in front of our whole school and danced an incredible modern/jazz ballet routine to this song. I was mesmerized and instantly fell in love! 29 years later we have four kids and I’m still mad about her!
If you were a teenager when this came out....It reminds me of growing up and dealing with Anxiety/ Panic/ Depression. I wasn't diagnosed or on meds back then. But Alot of her songs dive deep into self- reflection.
Tori is part of my past. Growing up in small town being bullied and intimidated. Tori helped me find myself and realise what I had to do - get out, free myself and stop believing the bullies.
This song resonates so much to me I've lived through every single line of this song literally, figuratively, on the streets for 3 years of my life completely changed by the things that I saw and was forced to do trying to find a savior or even an angel but I have realized now the only savior is the one you find in the mirror when you eventually learn to save yourself thank you Tori. For always being there thru your music. It helped.
I'm 23 years old and I love this type of music this song helps me through some really harsh and cruel times and helps me cope with narcissistic abuse love you Tori Amos
I came lookin for this song in hopes my old self would come back again, and hoping someone in the comments would mention narcissistic abuse. ~a child of the 90s
‘Course, the song’s best line is cut from the video, ‘cause apparently _this_ was a bit too much for 1990’s MTV: “Got enough guilt to start, my own religion.”
Back when I was in High School I found her number in the phone book (her parent's anyway). I was with my friends and we decided to call. If I remember correctly, her mother answered the phone and told us she was in Australia on tour. We told her we were fans and that we really enjoy her music. She told us that she was grateful and will pass that on to her daughter. I've had other encounters with her parents. Really great people.
You better believe I'm gonna be looking at my box of cereal a little more closely now. If Cap'n Crunch is a Tori Amos fan, what does that make Honey Bunches of Oats a fan of? Do my other breakfast choices have musical considerations as well? Should my English muffins be listening to The Smiths or is that making too bold of an assumption they would prefer moody Brit rock?
i had the great pleasure of seeing her many many times, but my favorite was in London at the Royal Albert Hall, with all access ... my friend, (who played with clapton, and who got me tix to the sold out show) asked if we wanted to meet her... we did of course.. but did not wanna fan girl out.. so, when we went backstage, she was outside being her bad ass self, talking to fans.. instead we met and talked to her dad.. such a great man.. and we are all from NC, so there was that as a connect.. plus i am cherokee indian as well.. so.. he was the bomb.. so sweet.. but now, 20 plus years later, i wish i had waited and met her.. oh well.. still love her..
Ich habe sie so oft gehört als ich noch sehr jung war. Eine außergewöhnliche Musikerin und Sängerin! Wenn ich jetzt diese Lieder von ihr höre stelle ich fest, dass sie zeitlos sind. Sie passen auch in die heutige Zeit. Schade, dass man nicht mehr so viel von ihr hört! Aber sie war auch nie mainstream, sondern immer sehr außergewöhnlich und besonders!!
I had the album Little Earthquakes first on cassette tape and I played it so much I broke two copies of it. When I showed my parents the two broken tapes and I explained how much I listened to them, my parents finally bought me a CD player. Her music got me into writing in high school. I loved all the topics she explored in her songs, and that voice of hers was just mesmerizing. She's an amazing talent. I've since read that she has a condition that causes her to see sound. She is truly fascinating.
"Crucify" Every finger in the room Is pointing at me I wanna spit in their faces Then I get afraid of what that could bring I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert in my mouth Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets I've been raising up my hands Drive another nail in Just what God needs One more victim Why do we Crucify ourselves Every day I crucify myself Nothing I do is good enough for you Crucify myself Every day I crucify myself My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains Got a kick for a dog Beggin' for love I gotta have my suffering So that I can have my cross I know a cat named Easter He says, "Will you ever learn? You're just an empty cage, girl, If you kill the bird." I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets I've been raising up my hands Drive another nail in Got enough guilt to start my own religion Why do we Crucify ourselves Every day I crucify myself Nothing I do is good enough for you Crucify myself Every day I crucify myself My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains Please believe Save me I cry I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets I've been raising up my hands Drive another nail in Where are those angels when you need them? Why do we crucify ourselves Every day I crucify myself Nothing I do is good enough for you Crucify myself Every day I crucify myself My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains [Repeat:] Why do we Chains Crucify myself Never going back again to crucify myself again You know never going back again to crucify myself everyday...
"You're just an empty cage, girl, if you kill the bird", there's so many lines in this song that are so poetic, all of them probably. But I guess I can say that about all her songs. Such a cool video. 1:35 I adore this outfit.
I will always be crushed that more people didn’t pick her up. She’s so amazing and I wish I heard her music being played everywhere and recognized by everyone.
I think this is the wrong approach. Commercial success doesn't mean that the person is valid. Or even that they wanted commercial success in the first place. People who adore TA, like myself, and have listened to her forever know she's a ridiculously potent force in need of no recognition.
@@jessesanders647 exactly! Commercial success isn’t the main goal. There are way to ok many auto tuned “Ariana Grande’s & Demi Lovato’s nowadays. This was good, raw, meaningful deep music that current artists can’t hold a candle to. Tori sounded good live or acoustic as well as in the studio. Tori was my hero as a teenager. Also, “Cornflake Girl” makes it to like # 7 on the top 100 billboard.Many, many of us adored her. She had strong vocals, sex appeal, and talent! She was and is the real deal. The best piano play or pianist of all times, literally.
I still can never break that initial spell that Tori Amos cast with this album and this track...it was a beautiful moment in time those first few early shows when she was in the UK. If you ever wanted to see the power of a woman and a piano...she was a total goddess when she sang. There was no-one quite like her then and there still isn't now. I was watching some of her live performance on a SKY show this week. She can still cast an alluring spell and some woman just have that "Goddess magic" about them...
@@frostwitch7234 you don't get it. it's not about the empathy it takes to understand your woes. it's about everything we hear for ourselves. there's something inside the music for men too. ps if you feel ambivalent towards men, maybe you've been seeking out the wrong kind.
This video is a fu… ing masterpiece. The melody, the atmosphere, waterfall in a bathtub, this dress . I don’t know who decided to dress her like she is from a middle century but this was on point, she looks like she is from a Dutch painting. She is a timeless beauty and a great artist. I think this video is the best .
Tori Amos was the very first cds I ever had when I was a little girl my older sister worked at disco round got me all of her cds in my single digits believe it or not. As I have gotten older I appreciate her more and more because as a grown woman I really resonate with her energy and this is precisely how I feel as a grown woman 21 years later after being introduced to her music resonates even more
Tori is a genuine artist. As a soloist, she has been able to make music that has been present in our lives for three decades, just by captivating us with her astounding voice and with her unique musical arrangements. For those reasons, I consider she's an excellent musician.
I love and relate to this song so much, it sends chills up my spine... It both makes me happy and depressed because it reminds me so much of the abusive relationship I was in when I discovered this song and latched onto it. But I'm extremely grateful for it.
Ebony Collins wow, the day it came out I shut my mom brother Sister friends out until I could hear every song by myself so I could just soak it all in. she's so super bad ass!!!
I was lucky enough to see Tori live in a smallish venue: Crest Theatre in Sacramento, CA, circa 1990. she was mind blowing, raw and pure, just piano, voice and soul. A true artist. 💕
@@archetypal_man My music tends to jump from one genre to another. Check out my latest: "Looking for the Light" ruclips.net/video/VeP2dardrFc/видео.html, which is definitely more folk than "If I Were to Say."
For a individual who loves any genre of music, from the heaviest structures to the very safest,..seen many concerts, from following grateful dead to setting up musical events to being kicked out for being too much of a nuisance of the most hard core outfits...Tori Amos, I would say was my favorite concert.
Thomas Ashley I saw her at a bar when she was just starting out. It was just her and her piano, and she seriously kicked ass for the whole concert with no effects and no band.
My sister loves Tori--the first time I heard Little Earthquakes in 1993, I was 12 and HATED it. Literally would leave the room when my sis played it. Then I started to listen to it a little...and then I was hooked. I have five Tori albums and countless singles, and still buy songs when new music comes out.
Brings back memories! She was so beautiful back then! I'm pretty sure she's had "work" done and it wasnt needed since she was a stunner and always has been. I saw her live in Seattle on her Under the Pink tour and I was just amazed. she was incredible live
This song was heard by me in the dead of night on the radio in 1999 and my soul trembled... At that moment I didn't know who the singer was, but I remember there was something in the air.... something was coming... A few days later, I met a man with whom I fell in love immediately and forever. The very first day he invited me to a cafe where Tori Amos was singing on TV.... and my heart was mesmerized again...Today is the second anniversary...how he left ((My Sasha... love... forever🖤🙏
This song was my anthem during the dark days when my anxiety was at its worst. I have gotten quite a bit better but this still resonates deeply with me. Especially when she says "nothing I ever do is good enough for you" as I am always crushed under the weight of my brutal inner-critic.
The words are especially interesting in this song "Why do we Crucify ourselves Every day I crucify myself Nothing I do is good enough for you Crucify myself Every day I crucify myself My heart is sick of being I see my heart is sick of being in chains,ooo chains Why do we..." I understand the words of this song as an objection to God or to many Christians that God's demands for holiness, self-denial are too demanding, and we can never meet the standards of sanctification enough to please God or the people in the Church. We only have to deny, renounce everything and cross within ourselves everything we love, but even then we will not calm down the required standard of holiness and therefore there is a desire to break the chains of strict religiosity and abandon God and Christianity. That's how I understand the lyrics of this song. This interpretation is consistent with Tori Amos's rebellious nature and her relationship with her father who was a pastor.
Just saw her play this live last weekend (she's still got it) and I've concluded that I am constitutionally incapable of listening to this song without crying. It just can't be done.
13 year old me bought her cassette from BMG because I thought she was pretty. 20 years later (and literally hundreds of listens later )and I know dozens of her songs by heart. Anytime people ask me what kind of music I like, I tell them I like heavy metal and Tori Amos.
LOL, I hear ya!!! 1992 was my 1st year out of High School, Me a total metal head who played bass in a garage metal band taking classes at the local community college and this hippyish type girl is sitting in the grass behind me while I was at a table studying, was playing this album for her friend, and it was crazy how much Tori's music spoke to me, I asked her who this was bought the album on my way home and listened to it for weeks on end until I memorized every word, sigh and inflection ...... Have been a life long fan since.
Great song, remarkable talent, as we age we pick up life scars, how we deal with them makes us who we are, having artists like Tori helps us understand the journey we are on and helps us to realise we are not alone.
I've loved Tori Amos since high school. I once dated a girl who asked me to come over to her house. I walked in and she had a homemade Italian dinner on a small cafe table with lit candles and the lights turned low. She knew Tori Amos was one of my favorite artists and she had my favorite album of her's playing as mood music.
Tori Amos dedicated a large part of her career to composing confessional songs that, rooted in her experience as the daughter of a Christian minister, relied on the personal to talk about universal forms of structural oppression. His repertoire is a complex manual of feminism: "Me and a Gun" is a cappella narrative of the rape he suffered, "Raspberry Swirl" is a danceable celebration of the brotherhood between women, and his entire album Under the Pink surrounds the subtle ways in which the system encourages rivalry between them. But a particular point of interest for the pianist is the place of intersection between patriarchy and religion. In all her work, Tori denounces the canons of Catholic institutions, intoning about how religion took care of circumcising the feminine side of the deities in the collective imaginary; and how symbolic tools such as biblical archetypes (the dichotomous presentation of Mary as a virgin and as a prostitute) have served them to blame and thus repress female sexuality. Topics that deal directly with this are "Muhammad My Friend", "Mrs. Jesus" and "God", but perhaps none of them do it more directly and effectively than "Crucify".
lyrics "Crucify" Every finger in the room Is pointing at me I wanna spit in their faces Then I get afraid of what that could bring I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert in my mouth Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets I've been raising up my hands Drive another nail in Just what God needs One more victim Why do we Crucify ourselves Every day I crucify myself Nothing I do is good enough for you Crucify myself Every day I crucify myself My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains Got a kick for a dog Beggin' for love I gotta have my suffering So that I can have my cross I know a cat named Easter He says, "Will you ever learn? You're just an empty cage, girl, If you kill the bird." I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets I've been raising up my hands Drive another nail in Got enough guilt to start my own religion Why do we Crucify ourselves Every day I crucify myself Nothing I do is good enough for you Crucify myself Every day I crucify myself My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains Please believe Save me I cry I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets I've been raising up my hands Drive another nail in Where are those angels when you need them? Why do we crucify ourselves Every day I crucify myself Nothing I do is good enough for you Crucify myself Every day I crucify myself My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains [Repeat:] Why do we Chains Crucify myself Never going back again to crucify myself again You know never going back again to crucify myself everyday "
Tori and her music helped me to stand up against the BS along with the thoughts that surfaced within my mind during the 90's and I was a preteen during that time .
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Simply, Tori Amos is one of the great musicians of all time. She truly is. Thirty-three years later, "Little Earthquakes" also remains one of the great albums of all time. We all love you, Tori!
I had to hide it from my parents..along with Cosmo magazine and VC Andrew’s books. Awww, memories
I lost my older sister 12 years ago today to Cancer, she battled hard for over 4 years! Tori & her music brought us together & we played it loud to get her through hard days
😢😢
Sorry about your sister; I lost my mother almost ten years ago to metastatic cervical cancer. I hope playing Tori helps you get through your hard days...
@@sheldonrobertson5522 I'm so sorry for your loss, the music definitely helps, I hope it brings you comfort too
I’m sorry. Glad you have this memory though ❤
Love from France
Her songs are poetry, her piano playing is legendary, this woman is a QUEEN. I have had the privilege of seeing her live, she plays 3 pianos at the same time. She sits between 2 and has a harpsichord mounted above. Girlfriend sits sideways with feet on pedals from each piano, hands on the keys of each piano, and sings like the goddess she is.
❤
beyond words!
Happy 59th Birthday 🎂🎂🎂🎂 Tori Amos!Tori Amos Why do we Crucify myself
Is she… ginger PJ Harvey?
said it perfectly
The most underrated songwriter and singer on Earth! She has no Grammy as Grammy doesn't deserve her. Living legend! Love ya.
Another "underrated" comment, rife on youtube. She's not underrated at all.
@@riteasrain Except she is. Just because she has a fanbase doesn't mean the masses don't sleep on her talents
she is not underrated kid, and who care about grammy? another episode of "i need some likes"...
Or the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. It has to bother her a little when you see others winning 10 awards a night! F that!
@@Taylor.Dude. I think they’re called Millennials now 😜 As for me I’m a happy Xennial who thankfully had a station that played her during my high school years in the mid to late 90’s. I think they are still her main base, we’ve grown with her and she has the most devoted fan base I know of. Xennials are born between 1975-1985. There were so many of us they had to have a sub-generation. Tori is definitely UNDERRATED.
I fucking love Tori. She once played a show at my High School - Cottonwood HS - SLC UT circa 1993. All the skaters and stoners in the south parking lot loved her.
I was there with a friend.
The way she sings "My heart is sick of being in chains" is great.
Pentatonics
get me everytime
Sam Novick ??
Takes my breath away
First Tori song I’m listening to !! Can’t wait to hear her other works !!!
One thing I love about Tori, is her music isn't just about falling in love, being in love or losing love--it's about everything. Questioning why we do what we do, loss of innocence, questioning religion, and other relationships besides just with a significant other. She's one of the few musicians to talk about more than just love--it's pretty amazing.
Her depth is exquisite.
Rien Jen - check out Kate Bush
That's why I like Kate Bush so much. Even her first single was about the antagonistic relationship between Catherine Earnshaw's ghost and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.
Then she had songs about nuclear war from the perspective of a fetus, Houdini, robbing banks, war on multiple tracks, and even wrote an entire suite of music about being lost at sea and all the emotions and thoughts that cover that--The Ninth Wave from Hounds of Love which I still consider to be one of the best pieces of music ever written.
If you like Tori, you'll be doing yourself a favor to check out Kate's discography.
Absolutely unique, like very few artists are.
To me you don't necessarily have to lose your innocence.
Only if you were brought up that way or are into guilt.
Tori's music is like reaching the end of a rainbow and finding a pot gold. Bless her.
Amen💯💯💯💯
Very Well put. 👍
Little Earthquakes is a masterpiece.
She is everything that was right with the 90's.
I personally think Bjork is also great, though some people might disagree.
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@@BlackSnow2389 I don't have anything against Bjork but I always found her odd looking.
She is everything that is is right with the piano.
Yeah!
Brains, talent, energy, beauty. She has them all.
Yes shes amazing :)
she died???????
Then why are you describing her in the past tense?
Boys for Pele was suicide
She's still alive.
Why isn't Tory Amos in the Hall of Fame yet ? She is the most though proving artist with God given talent and raw emotion .
why aint a fox a domestic animal ? because its more beautiful in the wild and you cant tame it
Her melodies and vocals are beautiful. But the lyrics are ugly. It is hard to listen to the words and thus the songs.
@@MightyBiffer , I think she is writing from her life perspectives. I do know she was raped and that maybe why her lyrics are dark and thought provoking. She is just a amazing artist that deserves more recognition than she gets.
In grade nine a weird goth girl loner got up in front of our whole school and danced an incredible modern/jazz ballet routine to this song. I was mesmerized and instantly fell in love! 29 years later we have four kids and I’m still mad about her!
now that's a real romance! all the best to you all!
:D
does she ever repeat the performance? 🙂
Dude. This is the lamest fake internet story that I've read in the last five minutes. But congrats on the imaginary gf
What a wonderful story!
If you were a teenager when this came out....It reminds me of growing up and dealing with Anxiety/ Panic/ Depression. I wasn't diagnosed or on meds back then. But Alot of her songs dive deep into self- reflection.
Thanks for your love and support to my music, I have you all my fans to be most grateful for 🌹♥️
Tori is part of my past. Growing up in small town being bullied and intimidated. Tori helped me find myself and realise what I had to do - get out, free myself and stop believing the bullies.
@Athena K Your still young 40s is like the new 30s
Same here.
She's such a great lyricist, not just singer and musician. So good
This song resonates so much to me I've lived through every single line of this song literally, figuratively, on the streets for 3 years of my life completely changed by the things that I saw and was forced to do trying to find a savior or even an angel but I have realized now the only savior is the one you find in the mirror when you eventually learn to save yourself thank you Tori. For always being there thru your music. It helped.
Thanks for your love and support to my music, I have you all my fans to be most grateful for 🌹♥️
Thank you Dee, for your honesty and love.. dido
Sending love and light ✨🙏🏾 I’m deeply touched by what you shared. Peace.
Well said. . We are just chess pieces in this game of life.
Interesting that we were in similar situations but when I found my saviour; it was Jesus. No way I could be where I am now without him.
As a life long metal head, Tori is the best.
I agree. I grew up in the 80's on Maiden, Metallica, etc. But damn this album was good.
Totally agree.
I'm 23 years old and I love this type of music this song helps me through some really harsh and cruel times and helps me cope with narcissistic abuse love you Tori Amos
Kim you are seen❤❤. Always know that.
@@LuisElAngelito thank you sweetheart
Nothing wrong with that. The words move you just like did us when we were younger. I was a child when this came out andi still know every word ❤
I came lookin for this song in hopes my old self would come back again, and hoping someone in the comments would mention narcissistic abuse. ~a child of the 90s
your story resonates with my story a lot❤❤
"Just what god needs, one more victim" she's so witty I love it
‘Course, the song’s best line is cut from the video, ‘cause apparently _this_ was a bit too much for 1990’s MTV:
“Got enough guilt to start, my own religion.”
Songs like this make me miss the 90's. There was so much good music back then
and so much talented female singer-songwriters too.
There still is now- but I don't disagree that the nineties had its specific pedigree. Good stuff for sure
jeff brown where?
@@DawgPound86 Everywhere man. Should I list examples?
jeff brown please
Back when I was in High School I found her number in the phone book (her parent's anyway). I was with my friends and we decided to call. If I remember correctly, her mother answered the phone and told us she was in Australia on tour. We told her we were fans and that we really enjoy her music. She told us that she was grateful and will pass that on to her daughter. I've had other encounters with her parents. Really great people.
You better believe I'm gonna be looking at my box of cereal a little more closely now. If Cap'n Crunch is a Tori Amos fan, what does that make Honey Bunches of Oats a fan of? Do my other breakfast choices have musical considerations as well? Should my English muffins be listening to The Smiths or is that making too bold of an assumption they would prefer moody Brit rock?
MourningBreakfast you should meet her sister Marie..she’s a saint 🙏
i had the great pleasure of seeing her many many times, but my favorite was in London at the Royal Albert Hall, with all access ... my friend, (who played with clapton, and who got me tix to the sold out show) asked if we wanted to meet her... we did of course.. but did not wanna fan girl out.. so, when we went backstage, she was outside being her bad ass self, talking to fans.. instead we met and talked to her dad.. such a great man.. and we are all from NC, so there was that as a connect.. plus i am cherokee indian as well.. so.. he was the bomb.. so sweet.. but now, 20 plus years later, i wish i had waited and met her.. oh well.. still love her..
stalker =)
Phone book? What's that? ;-)
Tori’s music is so timeless, in that you can listen to it in any era and it’d just work.
Ich habe sie so oft gehört als ich noch sehr jung war. Eine außergewöhnliche Musikerin und Sängerin! Wenn ich jetzt diese Lieder von ihr höre stelle ich fest, dass sie zeitlos sind. Sie passen auch in die heutige Zeit. Schade, dass man nicht mehr so viel von ihr hört! Aber sie war auch nie mainstream, sondern immer sehr außergewöhnlich und besonders!!
I had forgotten how amazing this woman's voice was. She hits all the notes with utter perfection.
I had the album Little Earthquakes first on cassette tape and I played it so much I broke two copies of it. When I showed my parents the two broken tapes and I explained how much I listened to them, my parents finally bought me a CD player. Her music got me into writing in high school. I loved all the topics she explored in her songs, and that voice of hers was just mesmerizing. She's an amazing talent. I've since read that she has a condition that causes her to see sound. She is truly fascinating.
She is expressing what many of us think without finding the right words. She is a real artist. One of my favorite songs.
Mad props to Tori using her left foot on the sustain pedal. Piano goals.
"Crucify"
Every finger in the room
Is pointing at me
I wanna spit in their faces
Then I get afraid of what that could bring
I got a bowling ball in my stomach
I got a desert in my mouth
Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Just what God needs
One more victim
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
I crucify myself
My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains
Got a kick for a dog
Beggin' for love
I gotta have my suffering
So that I can have my cross
I know a cat named Easter
He says, "Will you ever learn?
You're just an empty cage, girl,
If you kill the bird."
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Got enough guilt to start my own religion
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
I crucify myself
My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains
Please believe
Save me
I cry
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Where are those angels when you need them?
Why do we crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
I crucify myself
My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains
[Repeat:]
Why do we
Chains
Crucify myself
Never going back again to crucify myself again
You know never going back again to crucify myself everyday...
I misheard it at first as 'fingers in my crotch'
Happy 60th Birthday Tori Amos!!!Why do we Cruify ourselves Tori Amos
"You're just an empty cage, girl, if you kill the bird", there's so many lines in this song that are so poetic, all of them probably. But I guess I can say that about all her songs. Such a cool video. 1:35 I adore this outfit.
I will always be crushed that more people didn’t pick her up. She’s so amazing and I wish I heard her music being played everywhere and recognized by everyone.
I think this is the wrong approach. Commercial success doesn't mean that the person is valid. Or even that they wanted commercial success in the first place. People who adore TA, like myself, and have listened to her forever know she's a ridiculously potent force in need of no recognition.
she was quite popular in the 90s
Those who have ears heard. Don't worry :) We heard...it's all that matters
@@jessesanders647 exactly! Commercial success isn’t the main goal. There are way to ok many auto tuned “Ariana Grande’s & Demi Lovato’s nowadays. This was good, raw, meaningful deep music that current artists can’t hold a candle to. Tori sounded good live or acoustic as well as in the studio.
Tori was my hero as a teenager. Also, “Cornflake Girl” makes it to like # 7 on the top 100 billboard.Many, many of us adored her. She had strong vocals, sex appeal, and talent! She was and is the real deal. The best piano play or pianist of all times, literally.
She playes with Maynard from Tool-he sings her lullabies 🎶
I lost my mother in 2017 to brain cancer. She loved this song. I cant tell you how hard I've cried.
@Jaydeee Lady! Heartfelt condolences
I lost my wife in 2018 to breast cancer. She also loved Tori Amos.. She was known as Cornflake girl in university in her younger days.
Sorry for your loss.
I'm so sorry 💔
🕯
I still can never break that initial spell that Tori Amos cast with this album and this track...it was a beautiful moment in time those first few early shows when she was in the UK. If you ever wanted to see the power of a woman and a piano...she was a total goddess when she sang. There was no-one quite like her then and there still isn't now. I was watching some of her live performance on a SKY show this week. She can still cast an alluring spell and some woman just have that "Goddess magic" about them...
I hear you
She’s so hot and personifies the coolest and sexiest aspects of 90s culture.
Exactly! But I wonder about the costume design choices. The velvet overall is gorgeous, the light blue dress however...
She's an inspiration and a hero. A true voice for women. I'll always love her.
I agree, but I can assure you that it's not only women who have been moved by this message.
Fair enough! Guys do have a heart too. ^^
@@frostwitch7234 you don't get it. it's not about the empathy it takes to understand your woes. it's about everything we hear for ourselves. there's something inside the music for men too. ps if you feel ambivalent towards men, maybe you've been seeking out the wrong kind.
This video is a fu… ing masterpiece. The melody, the atmosphere, waterfall in a bathtub, this dress . I don’t know who decided to dress her like she is from a middle century but this was on point, she looks like she is from a Dutch painting. She is a timeless beauty and a great artist. I think this video is the best .
This song was a huge hit in France, where I grew up. I still love that song. Thank you, Tori. The outfits were great too.
A true talent... Miss the 90s
My goodness this woman is GORGEOUS ♥️♥️! Not to mention, her music is deep and oh so beautiful
Torn is national treasure for sure. She sings like an angel and is a phenom of piano. I gotta love her. And stage presence? Amazing performer.
She's know the UK s and Irelands treasure
Just like Tori, alot of us are survivors of trauma, love her and love her music.
Timeless and beautiful.
Tori's music is detox for the soul. Like cloud watching on a summer Sunday afternoon laying on the grass. So soothing xx
Tori made me a beast of a teen girl. A war, a rampage. Thank you.
Shut the fuck up
@@ashspike5232 Who pissed in your cheerios?
That's fucking awesome.😍😍
Me too girl, me too.
Tori Amos was the very first cds I ever had when I was a little girl my older sister worked at disco round got me all of her cds in my single digits believe it or not. As I have gotten older I appreciate her more and more because as a grown woman I really resonate with her energy and this is precisely how I feel as a grown woman 21 years later after being introduced to her music resonates even more
The Chorus at the end with the back up harmonies, beautiful!
A very classic Irish beauty, and amazing artist.
Tori is a genuine artist. As a soloist, she has been able to make music that has been present in our lives for three decades, just by captivating us with her astounding voice and with her unique musical arrangements.
For those reasons, I consider she's an excellent musician.
The 90`s music was epic.
I love and relate to this song so much, it sends chills up my spine... It both makes me happy and depressed because it reminds me so much of the abusive relationship I was in when I discovered this song and latched onto it. But I'm extremely grateful for it.
Don't ask me why after nearly 20 yrs i'm just now appreciating this album. Ugh!
You're not the only one...brightside it's never too late thanks to RUclips :)
pcarebear1 Very true
Ebony Collins wow, the day it came out I shut my mom brother Sister friends out until I could hear every song by myself so I could just soak it all in. she's so super bad ass!!!
You're not alone! My GF just recently got me interested in Tori Amos' music, and I'm loving it so far :)
Better late than never! Welcome to coven LOL!!
I just want to go back to the 90s and stay
Thanks for your love and support to my music, I have you all my fans to be most grateful for 🌹🌹♥️.
@@toriamos2003 It is not your music because you're not Tori Amos. Nice try
This is a masterpiece...
Thanks Tori, you inspire me so much with your artistry!
Это любовь. В 20 лет я начала слушать Тори, сейчас мне 41. Ничего не изменилось. Это энергия, сила, талант!!!
Это - укол счастья и любви(слушаю с 1995,мне 46)
мне 40 но так тянет этаааааааааааааааааааааа из тех прожитых . и новыххххххххххххххххххххххххххххххх
Здесь то же самое, в том же возрасте. Я всегда буду слушать Тори Эймос.
Ээ нет, я с того самого 92 года, с 14 значит.)
Забавная она была вначале, но ее можно слушать до бойз фо пеле, дальше музыка для реднеков
This song is a masterpiece, alone the lyrics are perfect!
I swear, back in this time...she was the most beautiful, soulful, and alluring woman in the entire world.
I never get tired of listening to this great song.
I was lucky enough to see Tori live in a smallish venue: Crest Theatre in Sacramento, CA, circa 1990. she was mind blowing, raw and pure, just piano, voice and soul. A true artist. 💕
Thanks for your love and support to my music, I have you all my fans to be most grateful for 🌹🌹♥️.
@@toriamos2003 Crucify is my favorite song
Tori is very intense lyrically on this one. She really combines genres.
what genres would you say are combined here?
@@archetypal_man There is definitely a folk influence. And she isn't too far away from some New Wave either.
@@gwynnielsen5081 cool! sounds like a fun combo
@@archetypal_man My music tends to jump from one genre to another. Check out my latest: "Looking for the Light" ruclips.net/video/VeP2dardrFc/видео.html, which is definitely more folk than "If I Were to Say."
When I hear Tori, it takes me back to that agnsty 15 year old. I hated the time but, it made me who I am...
"my heart is sick of being in chains..."
amen...
This is pure medicine
She is just absolutely jaw-dropping. I love Tori Amos.
This song broke me free from my own self-imposed shackles. Crucify is auditory witchcraft. All hail the queen.
That’s the beauty of music it’s truly amazing cheers
❤❤
@Tori Amos ❤❤
@Tori Amos stop pretending to be Tori and scamming people!!!!
@@luckysiren 🤣🤣
Спасибо Тори,за песню "на все времена" !!!! Шикарная девушка,с шикарным голосом .
For a individual who loves any genre of music, from the heaviest structures to the very safest,..seen many concerts, from following grateful dead to setting up musical events to being kicked out for being too much of a nuisance of the most hard core outfits...Tori Amos, I would say was my favorite concert.
Thomas Ashley I saw her at a bar when she was just starting out. It was just her and her piano, and she seriously kicked ass for the whole concert with no effects and no band.
Chris Adams 51
My sister loves Tori--the first time I heard Little Earthquakes in 1993, I was 12 and HATED it. Literally would leave the room when my sis played it. Then I started to listen to it a little...and then I was hooked. I have five Tori albums and countless singles, and still buy songs when new music comes out.
Brings back memories! She was so beautiful back then! I'm pretty sure she's had "work" done and it wasnt needed since she was a stunner and always has been. I saw her live in Seattle on her Under the Pink tour and I was just amazed. she was incredible live
Where’s those angels when you need em.....❤️
This song was heard by me in the dead of night on the radio in 1999 and my soul trembled... At that moment I didn't know who the singer was, but I remember there was something in the air.... something was coming... A few days later, I met a man with whom I fell in love immediately and forever. The very first day he invited me to a cafe where Tori Amos was singing on TV.... and my heart was mesmerized again...Today is the second anniversary...how he left ((My Sasha... love... forever🖤🙏
This album changed my life.
Amazing what you look up when you cant sleep, great voice.
This song was my anthem during the dark days when my anxiety was at its worst. I have gotten quite a bit better but this still resonates deeply with me. Especially when she says "nothing I ever do is good enough for you" as I am always crushed under the weight of my brutal inner-critic.
I don't know why but this song makes me cry everytime I listen to it... ❤️
♥️♥️♥️🌟👍🇫🇷
The 90’s best years for me 🙏🏻😍
Thanks for your love and support to my music, I have you all my fans to be most grateful for 🌹🌹♥️.
Whenever I hear this song, I can't get it out of my head.
One of best songs ever written in the world so professional so honest.
The words are especially interesting in this song
"Why do we Crucify ourselves Every day I crucify myself Nothing I do is good enough for you Crucify myself Every day I crucify myself My heart is sick of being I see my heart is sick of being in chains,ooo chains Why do we..."
I understand the words of this song as an objection to God or to many Christians that God's demands for holiness, self-denial are too demanding, and we can never meet the standards of sanctification enough to please God or the people in the Church. We only have to deny, renounce everything and cross within ourselves everything we love, but even then we will not calm down the required standard of holiness and therefore there is a desire to break the chains of strict religiosity and abandon God and Christianity. That's how I understand the lyrics of this song. This interpretation is consistent with Tori Amos's rebellious nature and her relationship with her father who was a pastor.
she looks so stunning in this video 😍
Страшно и красиво, холодно и грязно, больно и обидно... Но надежда и вера остаётся, а добро победит❤
Just saw her play this live last weekend (she's still got it) and I've concluded that I am constitutionally incapable of listening to this song without crying. It just can't be done.
Thankyou Tori Amos
13 year old me bought her cassette from BMG because I thought she was pretty. 20 years later (and literally hundreds of listens later )and I know dozens of her songs by heart. Anytime people ask me what kind of music I like, I tell them I like heavy metal and Tori Amos.
Thanks for your love and support to my music, I have you all my fans to be most grateful for 🌹🌹♥️.
LOL, I hear ya!!! 1992 was my 1st year out of High School, Me a total metal head who played bass in a garage metal band taking classes at the local community college and this hippyish type girl is sitting in the grass behind me while I was at a table studying, was playing this album for her friend, and it was crazy how much Tori's music spoke to me, I asked her who this was bought the album on my way home and listened to it for weeks on end until I memorized every word, sigh and inflection ...... Have been a life long fan since.
Thank my mom for introducing me to Tori. She is so beautifully dark, and her lyrics speak to me. -Athena
What a complete package Tori Amos is. Incredible talent, fantastic voice and probably one of the most photogenic red heads ever!
WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS SONG?
It's metal as fuck.
Tori is immensely talented and so underrated!
She brings unique feelings into my music experience.
Great song, remarkable talent, as we age we pick up life scars, how we deal with them makes us who we are, having artists like Tori helps us understand the journey we are on and helps us to realise we are not alone.
I've loved Tori Amos since high school. I once dated a girl who asked me to come over to her house. I walked in and she had a homemade Italian dinner on a small cafe table with lit candles and the lights turned low. She knew Tori Amos was one of my favorite artists and she had my favorite album of her's playing as mood music.
Saw her at Madison Square Garden in the early 90s, still one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to this day. Love her!!!
Love Tori! Her voice and her lyrics are amazing. This song is my favorite song of hers.
Absolutely love her incredible voice and hauntingly beautiful lyrics. Such an incredible talent!
Tori Amos dedicated a large part of her career to composing confessional songs that, rooted in her experience as the daughter of a Christian minister, relied on the personal to talk about universal forms of structural oppression. His repertoire is a complex manual of feminism: "Me and a Gun" is a cappella narrative of the rape he suffered, "Raspberry Swirl" is a danceable celebration of the brotherhood between women, and his entire album Under the Pink surrounds the subtle ways in which the system encourages rivalry between them. But a particular point of interest for the pianist is the place of intersection between patriarchy and religion. In all her work, Tori denounces the canons of Catholic institutions, intoning about how religion took care of circumcising the feminine side of the deities in the collective imaginary; and how symbolic tools such as biblical archetypes (the dichotomous presentation of Mary as a virgin and as a prostitute) have served them to blame and thus repress female sexuality. Topics that deal directly with this are "Muhammad My Friend", "Mrs. Jesus" and "God", but perhaps none of them do it more directly and effectively than "Crucify".
Tori, you've created beautiful art. Thank you.
Happy 50th birthday to Tori Amos! May I look as good as she does when I'm 50.
Красота ,взгляд и ум все в одной женщине. Тори всегда веливеличественная и единственная.Ей нет замены и не будеть.
lyrics
"Crucify"
Every finger in the room
Is pointing at me
I wanna spit in their faces
Then I get afraid of what that could bring
I got a bowling ball in my stomach
I got a desert in my mouth
Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Just what God needs
One more victim
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
I crucify myself
My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains
Got a kick for a dog
Beggin' for love
I gotta have my suffering
So that I can have my cross
I know a cat named Easter
He says, "Will you ever learn?
You're just an empty cage, girl,
If you kill the bird."
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Got enough guilt to start my own religion
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
I crucify myself
My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains
Please believe
Save me
I cry
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Where are those angels when you need them?
Why do we crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
I crucify myself
My heart is sick of being, I said, my heart is sick of being in chains, oh, oh, chains
[Repeat:]
Why do we
Chains
Crucify myself
Never going back again to crucify myself again
You know never going back again to crucify myself everyday
"
Tori and her music helped me to stand up against the BS along with the thoughts that surfaced within my mind during the 90's and I was a preteen during that time .