Playboy Mommy, Almost Rosey, Snow Cherries From France and Hey Jupiter. So hard to just pick one. Carry and Gold Dust, too. Such an unfair question, lol : )
42. I was listening to “Under the Pink” just now, the whole album, and this played after. I’m sitting here confused. I’ve never heard this song that I can remember, but I knew every word. I started searching...was this a cover. NOPE! Apparently this was on Grey’s Anatomy...never saw an episode. I clearly have listened to this over, and over and over...but have no recollection of it and I’m KNOWN for my fantastic memory. I’m glad this gem found its way back into my life, and yes, I did instantly feel 17 again!
Absolutely. Exactly 40 as I sit here. Saw her in a small auditorium in Portland in 95', and she was amazing. The acoustics were perfect, and she made a point of telling us that she was under the influence of mushrooms. Such a unique, wonderful talent.
Tori Amos, Mazzy Star, Fiona Apple, Pj Harvey, the Sunday's, Alania Morissette, Portishead, Babes in Toyland, the Gits, 7 year Bitch... All fantastic female artists/female led bands.
That's because she's a beautiful soul, rather than a chaotic-cosmetic-catastrophy ... It's her inner-aesthetic that makes her a candle to our mothic personalities!
This song’s lyrics may be the best I’ve ever listened to. She captures the soulless desperation of depression and abuse so many of us have endured. Tori, you will always be an Angel, with the most beautiful soul.
Tori was big amongst college age girls where I lived in the south in my formative years, and this special song still can Evoke tears, due to the symbol of my mother's face. The song can be interpreted for different experiences, but the line "Years go by, will I still be waiting etc....years go by being stripped of my beauty (your best years) etc". My mom having fallen madly in love with my dad, who was a talented musician glowing with potential, was sold a defective product in him. I see the sentiment in her face of quiet desperation from the wasted time and sense regret. That Part is probably the story of a lot of lovers/those loved out there.
As someone who's childhood was traumatising, this song feels like I'm being liberated from all of my inner pain but at the same time I accept the pain and realise it's a natural response to trauma. Such a great song:)
@@kingfuzzy2 About what talkinglegs said, I wonder if I would have Queen Elsa Brown (from the "Frozen" saga) were to sing a cover of this very touching song as a reminder of her friendship with Kelsey Winslow, the Yellow Lightspeed Ranger and the NEW leader of the Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. MY tears would fall like a waterfall. Forgive an old Morphin War Horse for crying, but I wrote a chapter in MY Queen Elsa Brown story when she sang this touching song for Kelsey Winslow after SHE became a powerful Prime just like HER Prime, the great Rodimus Prime. This is MY opinion in ALL of this.
Sadly I'm 35 years old again. But, hey, it's all relative I guess. I remember so well sitting at my computer working, in beautiful Silicon Valley, with the windows open (most all the time), with this album playing and so many other great albums of the 90s. As usual, you never know you've reached the peak until you you are on the downhill side of it.
This song was soo empowering when i was a young girl 15, i have not been silent anymore, abuse is horrible, last year i had the courage to say my testimony. Thank you tori for making me strong
Tori Amos deserves to be more popular, even for young teenagers like me, In my opinion this is a lot better than todays pop music. I absolutely love her music.
this song holds for so many. i'm a 42 year old gay man, with disabilities. so i've lived the majority of my life dictated by the whims of others, but now for the first time i'm free to dictate the path of my own destiny and be who i am, completely and fully. i was never free to express myself for who i am for so long and now i don't HAVE to be silent anymore, i can just BE. i'm also a sexual abuse survivor myself.
Me too. I use to listen to this song while I was in it over and over and over in 2003 to 2004 in the end of it. I just now thought of this song from something else I am going through that has to do with another abusive situation I went through 6 years ago.
I recommend Suzann Vega too, for the same reason. Her songs got me through and out of an abusive relationship, and - 35 years later - helps remind me how difficult it was to leave and stay away (which helps in understanding and explaining to others "why women stay"
Thank you for speaking up. Your bravery has encouraged many others to do so. Amazing how a song can bring about bonding over such a traumatic shared experience. ♡
So sorry for your loss. Your Mom's an awesome lady being a Tori fan and all now I'll fill you in on something you never knew. Tori is not her given name. Her given name is Myra Ellen Amos.
I know this is an older comment, but NF has amazing lyrics as well. "How could You Leave Us?" and "Mansion" and so many more. In case you're interested.
I stent 3 years in Iraq. that was the early 90s 14 months in a 12man tent and little earthquakes put me to bed every morning. we didn't sleep at night to often. I am and always will be a gushing fan.
@@kateschwartz8757 I totally agree with you on this point. By openly writing about her most difficult experiences and the accompanying emotions, it' feels therapeutic just to listen. Like "Hey, I'm not alone."
"I've got something to say you know but nothing comes" This lyric gets me every time. It really describes some lost opportunities in my life. Yeah, silent all these years for real. I have so much tremendous difficulty communicating my thoughts properly. Such an immensely powerful song for me. This song means a lot of different things to different people but that's what it speaks to me.
>> "I have so much tremendous difficulty communicating my thoughts properly." Don't be so hard on yourself. I think you did just fine with your comment. ;-) Peace.
i’m 17 and it’s funny seeing all the 40 year olds in the comments saying that they feel 17 again. glad i can carry the torch of what it’s like to be 17 and listen to Tori Amos 😊
I saw Tori in concert in 1996 I think it was. I was 15 and it was just after the Boys For Péle album came out. She performed all of her songs from that album and the previous two, within which this song was included. I tell you it was so incredibly sacred to me to be there. It felt like what I'd always thought church should've been. It was healing and made you weep with so many emotions. Ahh nostalgia...
I know how you speaking of this experience (church) cause I know intimately. O to have been at those 90's shows, but her concerts always felt to me like church, carthatic & cleansing
Saw her in Philly in the same year. She was so great, full of energy, and should be referred to as the "piano woman" like Billy Joel is known as the "piano woman"
this song, her music, is like a whole lived life weaved beutifully, artfully, into a few moments. theres high drama here. but it feels like its played out with childlike wonder. really lovely.
Lifelong Rush, Iron Maiden, Yes, Queen fan here and this song is a masterpiece! So much emotion inside a song that doesn’t need layers of effects and studio gimmicks to grab you and make you open up and really listen. Anyone who’s gone thru deep trauma hears this song and says “yes”.
This song was my first introduction to Tori. Summer 1992. I had just turned 13 and my parents were going through a divorce. I remember packing up my room while MTV played in the background. Then this video came on. I looked up and was in awe of Tori's beauty and voice. There was something so comforting about her. She was a big influence on me throughout my teens and early 20s. It kinda feels like she raised me into womanhood, lol. I was fortunate enough to meet her when I was 17. She was so ethereal and just as comforting in person. Tori is truly one of a kind.
Me..I was 17 when I was introduced to her music. I'm 43 and have had an abusive husband..ive been silent all these years. Im in the middle of a nervous breakdown..shes helping me heal.
How are you doing hun? I'm a 47 y/o survivor of CSA, DV, and multiple rapes--most at the hands of the man who pledged to love me in front of "God"...when I believed in God. We were married 15 years. It does get better! But, it is always there. Hope you are in a much better place than you were than you wrote this reply. If you aren't, it's okay! One foot in front of the other and reclaim your voice and your life. 💜
Sounds familiar and it is bad when they have police and military and hospital and church connections and retaliate and call you crazy for reporting abuse and pay off people including your family to cover up.
"I lived through this horror, and no one can tell me I have to stay quiet. I have been silenced long enough, and I will not allow that family to silence me again. I will continue to speak out and make sure my voice is heard." - Erin Merryn
I was a victim of domestic violence for almost half my adult life and then..one day I decided life was too short...now I AM A SURVIVOR..and what happened to them? One just got out of prison and the other lives under a bridge....karma is a BITCH baby!
Ro Blakesley ..... yes i know how you feel I think most wemon were back when the police didn't care or ppl thought is was easy to just walk away with 3 children and no money so I know how you feel
Do young girls have an inspiration like THIS available today?! I doubt it. She crosses both sides of ALL genders, cultures, and inspirations. So beautiful...
Tori is my sister in so many ways. She lifted me from the mud and said you still matter your still a goddess anyway!!! Look at her reach out to women. What a movement of love and forgiveness for generation x women. The ones on drugs, alcohol and men!!! How's that a prescription from the doctor?? She liberated so many women!!! It's almost impossible to put into words the magick she worked in our souls and hearts. Love her!!! Always with respect and honor for her sacred talent!!!
Music and narrative therapy can be so spiritually gratifying. Life and time tick by so slowly when one is in pain and trapped, like a prisoner in an ugly and deformed human body. I'm trying to be socially responsible by learning to sing: changing my vocabulary; pitch; tone; accent; volume control; assertiveness & defenciveness; platonic persuasion, loving pillow talk; and commanding negation of interesting but perhaps fanciful ideas.
Tori Amos lit up what shaded us from recognition. I saw her in 1992 in Auckland. A couple of dolts had called out "go back to America!" within the first quarter of her performance. She replied "You don't have to be here!" She saved herself for the rest of us. She shared motivation, humility, respect, responsibility, objectivity and modeled self-disciple. We were fortunate. Thank you, Tori!!!
I'm almost 44 and have loved her since 14. This was the first album that I loved INSTANTLY - not a single song had to "grow on me." Saw her playing two pianos live in Boston back in the 2000s...the concert brought tears to my eyes. Such an underrated musician.
I'm 44 now... and even still when I hear this song, I instantly go back to my junior high mentality... This song helped me mature during the most awkward stage of my life. Tori Amos is and will always be 'epic' in my books. Big big love and so much nostalgia in her earlier albums. Life Changing is what it was... Thank you Tori.
Maire McCrystal I've come to the conclusion that it's about an unplanned pregnancy when the subject of the song (not necessarily Tori) was pretty young. "Boy, you best pray that I bleed real soon," Regardless of the meaning, it's a gorgeous song by an extraordinarily talented artist.
I was only 12 when this album came out. This album opened my ears. Fed my soul. Before this album I was listening to top 40 teen pop rubbish. My cousin bought the cassette, I borrowed it from her. I think I wore the cassette out. Lol
So agree Howard. I actually first came across Tori because of the movie Toys...and the songs with her voice just stood out from the rest. So decided to find out if she had an album and that she did. I still love Y Kant Tori Read as well, even tho its not Tori's favourite.
Addy B, Boys for Pele, Little Earthquakes and Venus and Back will always be my favorites. She's a musical genius. I can't wait to see Tori in November. BTW, Addy is my daughter's name.
I remember listening to this in the nineties and I thought I had things to hurt about. I had no idea what hurt was. I had the world in the palm of my hand. Now I know hurt. Now I have a reason to listen to songs like this and cry.
i was there!! i didn't think this song would have any effect on me after hearing it so much over the years, but Tori somehow drew me in and made it really magical
My sister played Tori Amos for me.. I was 10 or 11. And I just remembered thinking WOW... Everything about her is so beautiful. That was around the time my OCD was usually the only thing I could hear. But hearing her voice was a calming gift ... It still is. Thank you Lou
I first heard this at age 23. I played nothing but Little Earthquakes and Choir Girl Hotel during my psychology honours year. The music just seemed to coincide with the cognitive and emotional rite of passage I experienced during that highly challenging year, which was, essentially, a test of endurance.
You can't make up or contrive this depth of emotion and art. The layers and complexities to her music are so rich, you can't teach that to any of these up and coming artists (maybe a couple get it). But for the most part, I just get bored when I hear what's playing on the radio these days. Hopefully, someone will break the mold and inspire a new wave of this kind of musical genius.
The brilliance of this song is how it can perfectly fit with so many people’s different life stories. 21 years later I still can’t listen to it without crying. It’s so incredibly powerful on so many levels. ❤
This song brings me back to a dark place in my life, but I love this song because it helped me thru. I was in an abusive relationship in the mid ‘90’s and I truly felt like I was silent for 4 years. Then somehow I found my voice? Thank God I did. And thank god for this song for empowering me
I remember the firat time i saw this, I was mesmerized and tears started falling when she turns into the little girl. I bought Little Earthquakes and played it over and over and over. It was what i couldnt express translated into poetry and music notes. Tori's music is spiritual to many.
In college I USED to fall asleep to little earthquakes. It's intense and sublime all at once and a sea of emotions from an 18 year old struggling with identity. So yes it takes me back to my 18 year old self. SILENT all these years reminds me that the magic and answers im looking for start from within. In the silence with yourself is a good start. ❤️
This song was the soundtrack to my life in the 90s, being in my 20s and having a series of terrible romantic relationships that I didn’t realize at the time were totally being informed by my crappy childhood. Thank you, Tori Amos, for being my voice when I didn’t have one.
silent all these years lyrics Excuse me, but can I be you for a while My dog won't bite if you sit real still I got the Anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again Yeah, I can hear that Been saved again by the garbage truck I got something to say, you know, but nothing comes Yes, I know what you think of me, you never shut up Yeah, I can hear that But what if I'm a mermaid, in these jeans of his with her name still on it Hey, but I don't care 'cause sometimes, I said sometimes I hear my voice. And it's been here silent all these years So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts What's so amazing about really deep thoughts Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon How's that thought for you My scream got lost in a paper cup You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone I got twenty-five bucks an' a cracker Do you think it's enough to get us there Cause what if I'm a mermaid, in these jeans of his with her name still on it Hey, but I don't care 'cause sometimes, I said sometimes I hear my voice And it's been here silent all these Years go by, will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand Years go by, if I'm stripped of my beauty and the orange clouds raining in my head Years go by, will I choke on my tears 'til, finally there is nothing left One more casualty, you know we're too easy, easy, easy Well, I love the way we communicate Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape Let's hear what you think of me now But, baby, don't look up- the sky is falling Your mother shows up in a nasty dress Hmm, it's your turn now to stand where I stand Everybody lookin' at you, here taken hold of my hand Yeah, I can hear them But what if I'm a mermaid in these jeans of yours with her name still on it Hey, but I don't care 'cause sometimes, I said sometimes I hear my voice I hear my voice, I hear my voice, and it's been here Silent all these years. I've been here silent all these years Silent all these, silent all these years
How is it even possible that a person can be so all encompassingly beautiful inside and out? Her talent seems to be channeled from some greater place that truly touches so many of us through "all these years".
this whole album is masterful - sooooo unbelievably beautiful, well written, unbelievably well performed. Absolutely gorgeous and heart-breaking all at the same time.
This and Winter live in Sydney 1994 is a memory i'll hold for a lifetime. Awesome performer. Everyone raved about her. And China and Thank You and on and on and on.....................
+David R It is one of those songs that just sticks in your head for a loooooong time, a friend who is a brilliant musician, told me that after you've heard a song, if it keeps replaying in your head over & over, weeks, mths, yrs go by & it's still there, that's the sign of a brilliant song. I'm up near Newcastle & it just started to rain, is it raining down there ?? I have to make a trip & i do not want to drive in the rain...fuk that..
I’m a 51 year old man born and raised in East Los Angeles never really knowing peace. But I find myself captured by a woman expressing her feelings so beautifully in this song. When I hear it I’m at peace. They are feelings I could never express and I find myself envying her for doing so.
I still remember seeing her live with the morning crew from KROQ when I was young, and I can't believe how many years have passed by since then. Silence All These Years is still relevant and heartfelt when I listen to it recently. Hopefully a new generation of music lovers will discover the music of Tori Amos and the significance of it.
Dude this brings me back to a very distinct car ride in 2015 when my family was driving home from a hotel. I don't remember what the hotel was like. I don't remember what the highway was like. I just remember my dad pulling the minivan out of the parking lot and Tori playing while the suns rays shone through the car windows. Much like the rest of the people in this comment section, it makes me feel young.
It's weird I thought I was tired of these first albums of hers until I started revisiting these magnificent compositions, trying to select one to play for my teen students. I haven't played these CDs in ages, honestly! And now, every single note is resonating with me, so that I feel like I understand this particular song better now! And now the questions is will my teens be able to get into this composition? Will I be able to stay cool while viewing it and nit cry? Tori is no doubt a genius musician, who has stood the test of time and will do in the future.
I remember seeing this video for the first time on the chart show on Saturday morning in the UK when it was first released. It was so unique, confronting and just plain gorgeous. I have loved Tori ever since.
The beauty of words, is that they allow you to tell tell your own story. The beauty of songwriters like Ms. Amos, is that they put those stories to music.
I will never forget my first time hearing this ! I was instantly in love! I was in Junior high and I am still in love with her music at 41! She's so beautiful and her voice and lyrics have gotten me through so much over the years ! Thank you Tori for being the amazing artist you are!
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cornflake girl does it for me
Playboy Mommy, Almost Rosey, Snow Cherries From France and Hey Jupiter.
So hard to just pick one.
Carry and Gold Dust, too.
Such an unfair question, lol : )
Me!!! Omg! I was just letting my daughter hear her!!! Shes the best!! 💯💜💜💜
Me
EXACTLY. From 15- 18 major years. Exactly what you said.
This song holds your hands and takes you where you once were happy.
❤
Who else is 40 and plays this and you close your eyes and your instantly 17 again !
You're a mermaid
42.5.
Close. Im 48. Brings me back to 22 ;-)
42. I was listening to “Under the Pink” just now, the whole album, and this played after.
I’m sitting here confused. I’ve never heard this song that I can remember, but I knew every word.
I started searching...was this a cover. NOPE! Apparently this was on Grey’s Anatomy...never saw an episode.
I clearly have listened to this over, and over and over...but have no recollection of it and I’m KNOWN for my fantastic memory.
I’m glad this gem found its way back into my life, and yes, I did instantly feel 17 again!
Absolutely. Exactly 40 as I sit here. Saw her in a small auditorium in Portland in 95', and she was amazing. The acoustics were perfect, and she made a point of telling us that she was under the influence of mushrooms. Such a unique, wonderful talent.
Tori Amos, Mazzy Star, Fiona Apple, Pj Harvey, the Sunday's, Alania Morissette, Portishead, Babes in Toyland, the Gits, 7 year Bitch... All fantastic female artists/female led bands.
All my loves, add Bikini Kill
Don’t forget The Cranberries! She wrote pretty much all the songs too
Only Tori all those others rely on bands not tori
And the queen of them all - Ani DiFranco.
♥ kate bush , mitski, sinead o connor, sandy denny
31 years ago Tori sung the line "Years go by, if I'm stripped of my beauty." Well 3 decades later and she's still beautiful.
I saw her live over the summer she is very very beautiful!
She isn't. She old
That's because she's a beautiful soul, rather than a chaotic-cosmetic-catastrophy ...
It's her inner-aesthetic that makes her a candle to our mothic personalities!
@@idrinkmilk282being old doesn’t make you not beautiful. Aging is beautiful.
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This song’s lyrics may be the best I’ve ever listened to. She captures the soulless desperation of depression and abuse so many of us have endured. Tori, you will always be an Angel, with the most beautiful soul.
So brilliantly put.
Timless❤❤
I was not aware of PJ Harvey until Gilmore Girls.
I agree!
Tori was big amongst college age girls where I lived in the south in my formative years, and this special song still can Evoke tears, due to the symbol of my mother's face. The song can be interpreted for different experiences, but the line "Years go by, will I still be waiting etc....years go by being stripped of my beauty (your best years) etc". My mom having fallen madly in love with my dad, who was a talented musician glowing with potential, was sold a defective product in him. I see the sentiment in her face of quiet desperation from the wasted time and sense regret. That Part is probably the story of a lot of lovers/those loved out there.
As someone who's childhood was traumatising, this song feels like I'm being liberated from all of my inner pain but at the same time I accept the pain and realise it's a natural response to trauma. Such a great song:)
me too thanks
@@kingfuzzy2 About what talkinglegs said, I wonder if I would have Queen Elsa Brown (from the "Frozen" saga) were to sing a cover of this very touching song as a reminder of her friendship with Kelsey Winslow, the Yellow Lightspeed Ranger and the NEW leader of the Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. MY tears would fall like a waterfall. Forgive an old Morphin War Horse for crying, but I wrote a chapter in MY Queen Elsa Brown story when she sang this touching song for Kelsey Winslow after SHE became a powerful Prime just like HER Prime, the great Rodimus Prime. This is MY opinion in ALL of this.
thats quite beautiful honestly hope something that good happens for you
Right on.
This song was the peace to my chaotic childhood trauma. Sometimes this song will evoke healing tears
I hear this song and I'm 20 years old again.
Heather Fidler omg right?
Sadly I'm 35 years old again. But, hey, it's all relative I guess. I remember so well sitting at my computer working, in beautiful Silicon Valley, with the windows open (most all the time), with this album playing and so many other great albums of the 90s. As usual, you never know you've reached the peak until you you are on the downhill side of it.
Carolynn Alvarez
I‘m 14years old (really) but w this song i feel like if im born in 67 and this is my song.
I was 18 when I first heard her. Everyone needs to discover her:)
😎
This song was soo empowering when i was a young girl 15, i have not been silent anymore, abuse is horrible, last year i had the courage to say my testimony. Thank you tori for making me strong
wow, good for you for being able to finally tell your story! it must have been incredibly difficult to hold onto those feelings for so long.
Tori Amos deserves to be more popular, even for young teenagers like me, In my opinion this is a lot better than todays pop music. I absolutely love her music.
good job!
Look up Vienna Teng as well then
I hate this meme.
TheWickerMan1981 what meme?
Emily Spoons It's an infinite number of times better than today's music and that's an under exaggeration.
this song holds for so many. i'm a 42 year old gay man, with disabilities. so i've lived the majority of my life dictated by the whims of others, but now for the first time i'm free to dictate the path of my own destiny and be who i am, completely and fully. i was never free to express myself for who i am for so long and now i don't HAVE to be silent anymore, i can just BE. i'm also a sexual abuse survivor myself.
i am pleased you have made progress. This songs means so much to many different people, me included.
💙
Much love to you. I hope for all kindness and all the best to you.
❤️
Thank You for your voice, your self love and your courage. YES>
tori saved me from the brink of suicide. I'll never ever forget it.
Same.
Existantia Agree
I as well.
Glad you're still here with us
Tori just saved me, period.
I am a 36 year old self-proclaimed metalhead that loves Tori Amos! There, I said it! Phew...
You're not alone lol
Me too bruh
I’m proud of you dude.... So am I!
BTW.... 54 years here!!
I have nothing but respect for you then.
"Years go by will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand?"
Yup
I’m still waiting 😭😭
@@LittleLulubeeme too.
Little Earthquakes was one of the best albums of the 90’s. Don’t think I’ve ever made it through this song without crying.
It's 1992 again and I'm still in love with Tori...
Same❤️❤️
Yaaass!
This song reminds me of all the years I was in an abusive relationship. She got me through it... Silent all those years...
Thanks for sharing this post I am going thru a similar situation right now
Me too. I use to listen to this song while I was in it over and over and over in 2003 to 2004 in the end of it. I just now thought of this song from something else I am going through that has to do with another abusive situation I went through 6 years ago.
I recommend Suzann Vega too, for the same reason. Her songs got me through and out of an abusive relationship, and - 35 years later - helps remind me how difficult it was to leave and stay away (which helps in understanding and explaining to others "why women stay"
Glad to hear you got out.
Thank you for speaking up. Your bravery has encouraged many others to do so. Amazing how a song can bring about bonding over such a traumatic shared experience.
♡
Miss you, Mom. Thank you for showing me this song. I know it brought you so much comfort.
So sorry for your loss. Your Mom's an awesome lady being a Tori fan and all now I'll fill you in on something you never knew. Tori is not her given name. Her given name is Myra Ellen Amos.
Hard to believe this song is 30 years old and I still cry to this song.
Gotta love this song
Half the time I don't even know what she's singing about and she still makes me cry
Same ❤
Rick Beato's interview with Tori brought me...thank you Rick.
Same. Forgot about her. Nice to rediscover her
No artist today remotely comes close to her. Not one. This music is deep af.
Nope
Fiona Apple does
@@bluuegirl4 I think they meant a recent/new artist
I know this is an older comment, but NF has amazing lyrics as well. "How could You Leave Us?" and "Mansion" and so many more. In case you're interested.
@@bluuegirl4 oh yea but she’s from that period as well. I love her music too,
I stent 3 years in Iraq. that was the early 90s 14 months in a 12man tent and little earthquakes put me to bed every morning. we didn't sleep at night to often. I am and always will be a gushing fan.
that's a lovely image. thanks.
Thank you for your service and sharing your little earthquakes with us. 😘
@@divaink1313 I'm honored to be able to defend my and your children.
Thank you for your services!
Did you get Gulf War Syndrome?
My son died at age 16 of suicide. This was 6 years ago and I never sang again. Now I sing. Silent all these years. Thank you Tori.
Terrible to hear. Hope you are able to cope with that. My sister did the same when she was 18, I was 17. It has been terrible.
@@StefBon2008 Thank you Stef for your reply. I am sorry for your loss. Let our loved ones live forever in our hearts.
Platitudes. What I really want to say is that what happened to you really, really sucks.
Wow. Its amazing how different songs give everyone a different thought. Tori has helped so many people!
@@kateschwartz8757 I totally agree with you on this point. By openly writing about her most difficult experiences and the accompanying emotions, it' feels therapeutic just to listen. Like "Hey, I'm not alone."
"I've got something to say you know but nothing comes"
This lyric gets me every time. It really describes some lost opportunities in my life. Yeah, silent all these years for real. I have so much tremendous difficulty communicating my thoughts properly. Such an immensely powerful song for me. This song means a lot of different things to different people but that's what it speaks to me.
+wonkydude1 I got out of it that she was trying to tell her mother that she was pregnant but couldn't.
I get that.
>> "I have so much tremendous difficulty communicating my thoughts properly."
Don't be so hard on yourself. I think you did just fine with your comment. ;-) Peace.
wonkydude1 agreed!
It's horrible when you lack confidence and can't say how you feel. No one shows you how either.
This is a goddamn masterpiece.
i’m 17 and it’s funny seeing all the 40 year olds in the comments saying that they feel 17 again. glad i can carry the torch of what it’s like to be 17 and listen to Tori Amos 😊
Ahhh that's lovely. You'll always be cool so 😎🤗🙏
I have always felt like this song is a massive liberation.
I saw Tori in concert in 1996 I think it was. I was 15 and it was just after the Boys For Péle album came out. She performed all of her songs from that album and the previous two, within which this song was included. I tell you it was so incredibly sacred to me to be there. It felt like what I'd always thought church should've been. It was healing and made you weep with so many emotions. Ahh nostalgia...
she is having a concert next month!
I know how you speaking of this experience (church) cause I know intimately. O to have been at those 90's shows, but her concerts always felt to me like church, carthatic & cleansing
Saw her in Philly in the same year. She was so great, full of energy, and should be referred to as the "piano woman" like Billy Joel is known as the "piano woman"
I think I went to this one too in Detroit ... I was 9 !
One of the best albums of the nineties…melodies, lyrics, production…a perfect peach
this song, her music, is like a whole lived life weaved beutifully, artfully, into a few moments. theres high drama here. but it feels like its played out with childlike wonder. really lovely.
yes! i love it so much
Joey Ritchie nicely said😍😍
Perfectly said!
Lifelong Rush, Iron Maiden, Yes, Queen fan here and this song is a masterpiece! So much emotion inside a song that doesn’t need layers of effects and studio gimmicks to grab you and make you open up and really listen. Anyone who’s gone thru deep trauma hears this song and says “yes”.
This song was my first introduction to Tori. Summer 1992. I had just turned 13 and my parents were going through a divorce. I remember packing up my room while MTV played in the background. Then this video came on. I looked up and was in awe of Tori's beauty and voice. There was something so comforting about her. She was a big influence on me throughout my teens and early 20s. It kinda feels like she raised me into womanhood, lol. I was fortunate enough to meet her when I was 17. She was so ethereal and just as comforting in person. Tori is truly one of a kind.
Me..I was 17 when I was introduced to her music. I'm 43 and have had an abusive husband..ive been silent all these years. Im in the middle of a nervous breakdown..shes helping me heal.
♡ hope you are doing well, you know there will always be you, as a whole person apart from his abuse..
How are you doing hun?
I'm a 47 y/o survivor of CSA, DV, and multiple rapes--most at the hands of the man who pledged to love me in front of "God"...when I believed in God. We were married 15 years. It does get better! But, it is always there. Hope you are in a much better place than you were than you wrote this reply. If you aren't, it's okay! One foot in front of the other and reclaim your voice and your life. 💜
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@@summerdais325 Beautiful words.
Sounds familiar and it is bad when they have police and military and hospital and church connections and retaliate and call you crazy for reporting abuse and pay off people including your family to cover up.
Over 30 years later, and this song still makes me cry every time I hear it.
"I lived through this horror, and no one can tell me I have to stay quiet. I have been silenced long enough, and I will not allow that family to silence me again. I will continue to speak out and make sure my voice is heard."
- Erin Merryn
Emily Lowrance .... wow that's moving words
I was a victim of domestic violence for almost half my adult life and then..one day I decided life was too short...now I AM A SURVIVOR..and what happened to them? One just got out of prison and the other lives under a bridge....karma is a BITCH baby!
Ro Blakesley ..... yes i know how you feel I think most wemon were back when the police didn't care or ppl thought is was easy to just walk away with 3 children and no money so I know how you feel
Beverly I'm a survivor and thats my proudest accomplishment besides beating cancer!😁
Ro Blakesley .... oh i am sorry to hear that but glad you beat it
Do young girls have an inspiration like THIS available today?!
I doubt it.
She crosses both sides of ALL genders, cultures, and inspirations.
So beautiful...
Tori is my sister in so many ways. She lifted me from the mud and said you still matter your still a goddess anyway!!! Look at her reach out to women. What a movement of love and forgiveness for generation x women. The ones on drugs, alcohol and men!!! How's that a prescription from the doctor?? She liberated so many women!!! It's almost impossible to put into words the magick she worked in our souls and hearts. Love her!!! Always with respect and honor for her sacred talent!!!
Music and narrative therapy can be so spiritually gratifying. Life and time tick by so slowly when one is in pain and trapped, like a prisoner in an ugly and deformed human body.
I'm trying to be socially responsible by learning to sing: changing my vocabulary; pitch; tone; accent; volume control; assertiveness & defenciveness; platonic persuasion, loving pillow talk; and commanding negation of interesting but perhaps fanciful ideas.
Tori Amos lit up what shaded us from recognition. I saw her in 1992 in Auckland.
A couple of dolts had called out "go back to America!" within the first quarter of her performance. She replied "You don't have to be here!"
She saved herself for the rest of us. She shared motivation, humility, respect, responsibility, objectivity and modeled self-disciple.
We were fortunate. Thank you, Tori!!!
I'm almost 44 and have loved her since 14. This was the first album that I loved INSTANTLY - not a single song had to "grow on me." Saw her playing two pianos live in Boston back in the 2000s...the concert brought tears to my eyes. Such an underrated musician.
Tori has a voice that is like honey. It's sweet and soothing.
Perfect metaphor!
I'm 44 now... and even still when I hear this song, I instantly go back to my junior high mentality... This song helped me mature during the most awkward stage of my life. Tori Amos is and will always be 'epic' in my books. Big big love and so much nostalgia in her earlier albums. Life Changing is what it was... Thank you Tori.
I always feel like the lyrics mean so much more than I can understand yet are simplistic and that's the beauty of it
Maire McCrystal I've come to the conclusion that it's about an unplanned pregnancy when the subject of the song (not necessarily Tori) was pretty young. "Boy, you best pray that I bleed real soon,"
Regardless of the meaning, it's a gorgeous song by an extraordinarily talented artist.
That was the point
You should check out the poetry of William Carlos Williams if you haven't. In my opinion The Master of this.
this album has more personal meaning to me with each passing year..
This song still makes
me cry everytime I hear it.
Me 2
Still amazing after all these years. ❤️
This album was my heart and soul during high school. I think in some ways it shaped me to who I am today. Classic Tori Amos ♥
I was only 12 when this album came out. This album opened my ears. Fed my soul. Before this album I was listening to top 40 teen pop rubbish. My cousin bought the cassette, I borrowed it from her. I think I wore the cassette out. Lol
So agree Howard. I actually first came across Tori because of the movie Toys...and the songs with her voice just stood out from the rest. So decided to find out if she had an album and that she did. I still love Y Kant Tori Read as well, even tho its not Tori's favourite.
Addy B, Boys for Pele, Little Earthquakes and Venus and Back will always be my favorites. She's a musical genius. I can't wait to see Tori in November. BTW, Addy is my daughter's name.
"How would you feel if a child watched this video?"
Proud and satisfied for having taught a child great music
There is no one like her. Not then. Not now. Not ever. Her perfect mix of vulnerability and strength gets me every single time.
I remember listening to this in the nineties and I thought I had things to hurt about. I had no idea what hurt was. I had the world in the palm of my hand. Now I know hurt. Now I have a reason to listen to songs like this and cry.
Tori's music is like reaching the end of a rainbow and finding a pot gold. Bless her."
She has an ethereal look and sound that's very unique.
I got to hear her perform this song last week in Chicago. It was absolutely enchanting. So many tears.
i was there!! i didn't think this song would have any effect on me after hearing it so much over the years, but Tori somehow drew me in and made it really magical
She's beautiful and gifted....I still love her to this day🎉🎉
@MissyBlack Tori Amos Silent All These Years is one of my personal favorite song
My sister played Tori Amos for me.. I was 10 or 11. And I just remembered thinking WOW... Everything about her is so beautiful. That was around the time my OCD was usually the only thing I could hear. But hearing her voice was a calming gift ... It still is. Thank you Lou
I first heard this at age 23. I played nothing but Little Earthquakes and Choir Girl Hotel during my psychology honours year. The music just seemed to coincide with the cognitive and emotional rite of passage I experienced during that highly challenging year, which was, essentially, a test of endurance.
You can't make up or contrive this depth of emotion and art.
The layers and complexities to her music are so rich, you can't teach that to any of these up and coming artists (maybe a couple get it). But for the most part, I just get bored when I hear what's playing on the radio these days. Hopefully, someone will break the mold and inspire a new wave of this kind of musical genius.
The brilliance of this song is how it can perfectly fit with so many people’s different life stories. 21 years later I still can’t listen to it without crying. It’s so incredibly powerful on so many levels. ❤
"Years go by..." totally there tonight. 🥰
This song brings me back to a dark place in my life, but I love this song because it helped me thru. I was in an abusive relationship in the mid ‘90’s and I truly felt like I was silent for 4 years. Then somehow I found my voice? Thank God I did. And thank god for this song for empowering me
I remember the firat time i saw this, I was mesmerized and tears started falling when she turns into the little girl. I bought Little Earthquakes and played it over and over and over. It was what i couldnt express translated into poetry and music notes. Tori's music is spiritual to many.
This album helped me through losing my mum 26 years ago, and I still love it x
In college I USED to fall asleep to little earthquakes. It's intense and sublime all at once and a sea of emotions from an 18 year old struggling with identity. So yes it takes me back to my 18 year old self. SILENT all these years reminds me that the magic and answers im looking for start from within. In the silence with yourself is a good start. ❤️
30 plus years later and every line in this song still hits me hard, and then her voice and the arrangement. What a debut
I’m 45 and the little boy in me that was bullied and abused is just now starting to find his voice. It was silent for a lot of years, but no more…
Absolutely timeless iconic songwriting.
Still haunting after all these years
I've listened to this song for 20 years and just know fully feel and understand it. This is everything
What does it mean?
Same. Album came out when I was 15. Now I'm 43. Just got it for the first time.
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This song was the soundtrack to my life in the 90s, being in my 20s and having a series of terrible romantic relationships that I didn’t realize at the time were totally being informed by my crappy childhood. Thank you, Tori Amos, for being my voice when I didn’t have one.
This song always makes me cry
silent all these years lyrics
Excuse me, but can I be you for a while
My dog won't bite if you sit real still
I got the Anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
Yeah, I can hear that
Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say, you know, but nothing comes
Yes, I know what you think of me, you never shut up
Yeah, I can hear that
But what if I'm a mermaid, in these jeans of his with her name still on it
Hey, but I don't care 'cause sometimes, I said sometimes I hear my voice.
And it's been here silent all these years
So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone
I got twenty-five bucks an' a cracker
Do you think it's enough to get us there
Cause what if I'm a mermaid, in these jeans of his with her name still on it
Hey, but I don't care 'cause sometimes, I said sometimes I hear my voice
And it's been here silent all these
Years go by, will I still be waiting for somebody else to understand
Years go by, if I'm stripped of my beauty and the orange clouds raining in my head
Years go by, will I choke on my tears 'til, finally there is nothing left
One more casualty, you know we're too easy, easy, easy
Well, I love the way we communicate
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Let's hear what you think of me now
But, baby, don't look up- the sky is falling
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress
Hmm, it's your turn now to stand where I stand
Everybody lookin' at you, here taken hold of my hand
Yeah, I can hear them
But what if I'm a mermaid in these jeans of yours with her name still on it
Hey, but I don't care 'cause sometimes, I said sometimes I hear my voice
I hear my voice, I hear my voice, and it's been here
Silent all these years. I've been here silent all these years
Silent all these, silent all these years
Tori is great. Her voice is like magic. The sound of her music takes me away and soothes the soul.
How is it even possible that a person can be so all encompassingly beautiful inside and out? Her talent seems to be channeled from some greater place that truly touches so many of us through "all these years".
*CLASSIC TORI* and it's still as fresh as back in the day
Why have I just heard this song for the first time? It’s just incredible. It’s got me in the best way 🙌🏼
I love the way at the end her face fills the screen and she gazes right at us. Watching her, the words that come to mind are resilience and strength.
You changed my life 30 years ago with this song🎶🎵❤🌹
Tori Amos= one of my inspirations to keep practicing and aiming to be a singer and pianist.
this whole album is masterful - sooooo unbelievably beautiful, well written, unbelievably well performed. Absolutely gorgeous and heart-breaking all at the same time.
This and Winter live in Sydney 1994 is a memory i'll hold for a lifetime. Awesome performer. Everyone raved about her. And China and Thank You and on and on and on.....................
+David R It is one of those songs that just sticks in your head for a loooooong time, a friend who is a brilliant musician, told me that after you've heard a song, if it keeps replaying in your head over & over, weeks, mths, yrs go by & it's still there, that's the sign of a brilliant song. I'm up near Newcastle & it just started to rain, is it raining down there ?? I have to make a trip & i do not want to drive in the rain...fuk that..
Amen to that. Tori echoes always. What do you think of Chris Whitley's Poison Girl. And yes its raining outside. Nice to hear from you Dianne.
this song was the first song that i felt expressed how i felt.. all the silence.. all the secrets
I’m a 51 year old man born and raised in East Los Angeles never really knowing peace. But I find myself captured by a woman expressing her feelings so beautifully in this song. When I hear it I’m at peace. They are feelings I could never express and I find myself envying her for doing so.
I heard Tori Amos for the first time in 1993 and I was hooked. I’m a metal head, but her songs move me.
Still play this album, what a classic. My 10 year old daughter also loves Tories music.
Her music met me in a dark place and carried me through high school
I still remember seeing her live with the morning crew from KROQ when I was young, and I can't believe how many years have passed by since then. Silence All These Years is still relevant and heartfelt when I listen to it recently. Hopefully a new generation of music lovers will discover the music of Tori Amos and the significance of it.
Tori is an underrated legend.
💜💜💜💜💜 I hear my voice, I hear my voice...and it’s been...here...Silent All These Years.
Dude this brings me back to a very distinct car ride in 2015 when my family was driving home from a hotel. I don't remember what the hotel was like. I don't remember what the highway was like. I just remember my dad pulling the minivan out of the parking lot and Tori playing while the suns rays shone through the car windows. Much like the rest of the people in this comment section, it makes me feel young.
This song is so beautiful. Classic
Just on a little Tori Amos binge watching this morning. Occasioning RUclips comes up with some good recommendations.
Still sends chills down my spine
...that amazing voice
It's weird I thought I was tired of these first albums of hers until I started revisiting these magnificent compositions, trying to select one to play for my teen students. I haven't played these CDs in ages, honestly! And now, every single note is resonating with me, so that I feel like I understand this particular song better now! And now the questions is will my teens be able to get into this composition? Will I be able to stay cool while viewing it and nit cry? Tori is no doubt a genius musician, who has stood the test of time and will do in the future.
Anton Tkachuk I say try it anyways. Even if one student connects with it and inspired or just feels something then I say it's a success
I remember seeing this video for the first time on the chart show on Saturday morning in the UK when it was first released. It was so unique, confronting and just plain gorgeous. I have loved Tori ever since.
I can't expressing words the affects of Tori Amos on my soul. Her words are palpable to me!!!!! Relation deep
i'm 20, i love Tori's music and all my friends always complain about it. sorry for my bad english, i'm from Argentina
Decirle a todo que se vallan a cagar :) Tenés buen hoido! Y tenés un gusto lindo en música. Esto viene de un Argentino :)
you should also listen to bjork early stuff like joga, all is full of love, unison. Trust me
The beauty of words, is that they allow you to tell tell your own story.
The beauty of songwriters like Ms. Amos, is that they put those stories to music.
A classic that I always go back to.
Oh my god, I've been looking for this song for the better part of a decade. I can't believe I finally found it.
This is one of my favorite songs. I love her voice its so amazing. I also love the way this music video was done, it's so beautiful!
Freya C me too
Is she Kate Bush?
Brünnhilde Schadenfreude , good question... About the same. Otherwise, identically.
I will never forget my first time hearing this ! I was instantly in love! I was in Junior high and I am still in love with her music at 41! She's so beautiful and her voice and lyrics have gotten me through so much over the years ! Thank you Tori for being the amazing artist you are!
That bridge section !!😮