Drummer reacts to "Winter" by Tori Amos

Thank you to our patron Jane for this gut punch of a pick... it's been a while since we have done a Tori track. And wow, she broke me once again. What a talented artist... she is so wonderful. This video is a literal punch to the kidneys as a father of little girls... they are growing so quick :(
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[@RJ-oy7cq]

You'd love the LIVE VERSION of this song...she's stunning in it!

[@PanarchyInTheUK]

Her live version of this is so incredibly moving.

[@amyaeschbach3581]

I’ve seen her in concert and heard all her albums. And I’ve never watched this video! Was pretty good. Favorite song. But live in Montreux is what I always watch for this. Will move your soul. Sorry for your troubles! We’ve all had those experiences and I understand you. And Tori speaks to us!!!!

[@ShiverHinge]

Tori is scary potent. This can be a wake up call being asked by Tori herself, a lover, Mother Earth, Life itself. Reminds us love is always present and is as foundational as consciousness. Maybe it's the same thing.... Remember.

[@jamessomers8808]

Tori Amos was one of the artists that when I experienced them for the first time I was hooked. She is absolutely fascinating.❤

[@jessicahimmel7867]

Same 100%

[@merittrayner5312]

As a woman who has a complicated relationship with my own father, this song NEVER fails to make me cry. If you think this is intense, the live performance at Montreux would blow you away.

[@L33Reacts]

I believe that was the concert I did for precious things? It was amazing if so

[@merittrayner5312]

@L33Reacts I think you're right - oh to have been there! ❤️

[@d.l.607]

@@L33Reacts This is the live performance she dedicated the song to her Dad kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYjQdoeujLJjnpI

[@Ratovx]

@@L33Reacts kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYjQdoeujLJjnpI

[@scottNNJ]

@@L33Reactsthere are two live videos from that concert series. If you haven’t already, watch the one where she’s wearing blue; it’s got some special elements not in the one where she’s dressed in red.

[@caseyanne967]

I love this song so much. And the studio version is very good, but there's an even better version. Please watch Tori Amos - Winter (From "Live At Montreux 91/92") on youtube. A brilliant live version where she expresses so much emotion and the piano playing is so amazing.

[@markmurphy558]

Hang in there guy. Life is hard, but from where we sit, you're doing great work. Work and family. It is all that matters.

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

Keep listening to Tori. Her music may be very healing for you. 💚

[@AP-gb3eh]

Music and the arts are our universal language 🌎 We are insignificant bits of carbon, so enjoy your family,stay healthy as you can. Fill your lives with experience and joy . Tory was a amazing concert performer

[@deanroddey2881]

The whole album is amazing. It's an emotional fire hose.

[@ShadowSong634]

Jane, thank you so much for this pick and happy belated birthday! Tori just has this way of grabbing your soul and pulling out the same raw emotions that she gives out. I love her fearlessness in uniquely expressing all human emotions in different songs through her experiences and the experiences of others.

[@corawheeler9355]

beautiful song

[@user-df4bi1ff9b]

You need to hear the live version -- for me it always in performance where she shines.

[@janewells5970]

Beautiful reaction, Lee! Not only is Tori extremely talented but she makes you think! She is a force of nature and loved by many! I hope to hear more!❤

[@Rhiannon011]

Two other songs from Tori's "Little Earthquakes' album that are sooooo good are>"Crucify' and "Silent all these years"..

[@mikeholmes5308]

I saw the title of this reaction, and I thought... Oh no... who asked for this? I mean... it's an amazing piece... but that's the problem. Eloquent reaction. Sorry it hit you where it did. Glad you're keeping your head up. Rock on, Lee, rock on. 🤘

[@timmayhorn7514]

You need to see this live.

[@kentonkruger8333]

Even though most people suggest it be done first, I'm glad you did the studio version before the live one from Montreux. You do need to watch that, whether for a reaction or simply for yourself on you own time. So many Tori songs that one could do. Pretty much anything from the first two albums including all the extra tracks and B-Sides she released, at the point she couldn't seem to contain her creativity and was producing music faster than the label could work with it. I'd simply start by looking up a list of her released singles and going from there if you want to do songs, but her first 5 albums in particular could use a full listen through reaction, and then do some of the bonus tracks and such from the singles as one-off song reactions.

[@paulrosenberg4227]

The live version brings me to tears every time. A one of kind talent, magician, story teller....

[@johnthegreek5836]

I’ve only ever seen her live performance video but the song is beautiful

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Masterpiece, and i don't say it often... Tory is a frwak of nature, in a good way. She told that in music school she started surpassing her teachers at some point, whennshe made a pact with her piano. Seen her twice, and will never forget it.

[@Wungolioth]

I hope you understand, this was a loving tribute to her father, how he taught her not to let anything else get in the way of loving herself first, it's a lesson many young women need to hear, the earlier, the better. The song in the third verse and chorus, is Tori turning the question back to her father, when you gonna love you as much as I do? All the white horses have gone ahead, in this case, represent sacrifices and missed opportunities by her father(and mother) to make sure Tori fulfills her dreams, and there's a bit at the end where Tori sings "never change" to her father, which is cut out of the music video, because record companies suck.

[@SnoopySnoops1]

Tori is fabulous!

[@sharkdog111]

Great reaction, sincere. This song reminds me of Pink Floyd "Time" and Led Zeppelin "Ten Years Gone." The one thing we can't get back is time. Also, as a huge Tori fan, seen her many times live, my favorite album is still "Boy's for Pele."

[@robward7283]

Winter is one of Tori’s best.. Simply beautiful! FYI, the version in the music video is edited, not the complete song as recorded… Also, as others have suggested, the live Montreux version is mandatory listening..Her emotions in that live recording is something to behold. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ7OYXSMg7d1f7ssi=h3EyCZvhE_TzRmgR

[@user-kt3cm2pk4b]

Hang in there❤

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

Coming back to this to say again that Tori's work potentially could be helpful to your recovery and overall wellness. I hope I don't come across as fanatical in saying it, but she has been my favorite artist (of any medium) since 1996, and I've met her several times and every time, many fans of hers have told her in front of me that she "saved my life." She didn't save my life, but her music and her words (She's written two books and has given a lot of interviews.) have enhanced my life greatly. Her work was my music-as-art awakening, and it has led me into so many different directions of spiritual, political, and other types of investigations and understanding. Her music can be very confrontational, but it is entirely founded in empathy, and within even really knowing it, her music has supported my natural empathy for others while stealthily developing my empathy and care for myself. Little Earthquakes is generally the best "starter album" for Tori because her music becomes increasingly complex and complicated and challenging to decipher with subsequent albums-but I think it would also be best for you because it drives straight to the root of some of the types of personal challenges you're living with now. As you said, this could be coming to you at exactly the right time, just when you need it. Given what you've said about your life right now, I think her albums From the Choirgirl Hotel and her most recent album Ocean to Ocean could be rewarding for you. I also think her albums Night of Hunters, Boys for Pele, Scarlet's Walk, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, and Unrepentant Geraldines also could touch a nerve with you (in a positive way) during this period of your life, but all those albums are less immediately accessible in different ways. Some are wild and cryptic and some might sound too sedate to get into very easily without already having some familiarity with her work. I do hope you'll listen to her music offline and not only when people on Patreon request it, just because, truly, Tori Amos's music is a gift to humanity collectively and individually, and all the personal information you disclosed in this video strongly suggest that her music could be really good for you-so give her albums a listen for your own sake, whether or not people ask you to watch them online. Take care of yourself and your family.

[@janewells5970]

@L33reacts need to read it fun! Thank you for such a beautiful and concise review. I have also been a fan of Tori since Little earthquakes. I have measured twice. She is like no other artist I know and I know a few.

[@leeannies-tears369]

THANK YOU AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANE ❤ I love this song. Wish it was live but it's still pretty.

[@Muthrtung]

Great reaction! I've always adored this song, bc it reminds me of my own dear dad, whom I lost when I was just 20. I really felt your heartfelt reasons for the connection here & hope life changes frequency for you bro! I understand! Sometimes its just fact that when it rains it bloody pours. But if I can say anything of value, it's that there's literal power in being & paying forward gratitude for the good stuff. Anything & everything, from watching the birds in the neighbors tree, to a child's smile, to great service at the market... whatever it is. They change frequencies & and become processions of little miracles of hope in your day. It just somehow works precisely when we need it to. Take care x

[@astonsfan]

This song is my fav by TA. If you want to stay with the Winter theme the Rolling Stones have a song called Winter that is all that !!! Rock on dude !!

[@scottNNJ]

Beautiful song - and I commend you for opening up as you did at the end. There’s a lot to read into Tori’s songs, and I’m glad you got the message. Please make sure your daughter grows up to love herself as much as you love her. Me and a Gun is an even more haunting performance. Buckle up for that one.

[@jessicahimmel7867]

Tori has been my #1 since the moment I first heard her...I'll never forget it. That was almost 30 years ago when I was 12 ❤ Seeing her live as aften as possible over 50 times now. Please check out anything from her live performance broadcast of Sessions At West 54th

[@garyrausch1184]

Tori went to Julliard as a piano prodigy, but was kicked out for doing what she wanted to do not what they wanted

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

Not quite. She's the youngest person accepted into the Peabody Conservatory of Music, not Juillard, at age five. She was there on scholarship and her scholarship was not renewed when she was 11 years old because of insubordination. She was interested in contemporary music and wanted to compose her own music, and the school told her that women cannot be composers and that she needed to focus on playing the classical music composed by men who were long dead. She had different ideas. Interestingly, the Peabody invited her back after she had become a star and she declined to make an appearance. However, she did go back a few years ago when they presented her with the Peabody's highest honor and her acceptance speech can be seen here on KZbin. She's usually very well composed and confident but her speech was kind of angry and disorganized. She basically told all the students that the music business has nothing to do with art and they would all have to choose between being faithful to their muses and honor their artistry or else sell out and betray their muses for the almighty dollar. It was an intensely felt and personal warning from her.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

​@@DavidMichaelCommerand she was surpassing the teachers in skill as well, from an interview. She is a very rare gem

[@andybricks576]

Tori Amos IS the G.O.A.T!

[@markmurphy558]

Beautiful. So simple, but packs a wallop. Have you done much Joni Mitchell? This song reminds me of her Blue period. There is a vid from the BBC of her alone at a baby grand piano singing Woodstock that is absolutely, gorgeously ethereal.

[@1234tori]

live version in montreux man