Drummer reacts to "Precious Things" (Live) by Tori Amos

Thank you to our patron Jane for this awesome pick. This woman is a poet. A powerful poet. Her piano skills are just off the charts as well... What a gal. I can't wait to hear more!
Link to original content (Please support the artist! I'm just giving my opinion, go get the real deal.)
If you’d like to donate to the channel or just show your appreciation, all the details are below. I created this channel for my daughter, so she has videos of her father talking and doing something he enjoys(listening to music and talking about it) since I don’t have any of those of my father. :) thank you again for your generosity guys, I appreciate you all more then you will ever know.
▶️ PAYPAL◀️
www.paypal.me/L33REACTS
@L33Reacts
🔴PATREON🔴
www.patreon.com/L33Reacts
🔶️CONTACT ME 🔶️
[e-mail]
IF YOU ARE IN A BAND ARE INTERESTED IN BEING FEATURED ON NEWSDAY, PLEASE SEND YOUR BEST SINGLE AND A PICTURE OF YOUR LOGO TO [e-mail]
All rights to this song belong to whoever they belong to, this is just a video containing commentary on the song and falls under fair use
#toriamos

[@TheAndersox]

As a drummer, you HAVE to listen to one of the live versions of this from the late 90s when Matt Chamberlain was drumming with her. PHENOMENAL.

[@sillywhale]

YES PLEASE!!

[@robbiereacts22]

Yes listen to The Waitress live on In Session

[@Bensbarking]

this!

[@L33Reacts]

I'll add it to the list. Sounds great! She was fantastic here. I can't wait to hear it.

[@adamfstewart81]

Came here to say this

[@HT-io1eg]

She’s the most authentic artist I’ve ever seen. No BS, no PR, as another said, she bleeds for you on stage. The talent, the courage, it’s just shocking

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

try Aurora:)

[@duseetmoi]

On sheet music, this song is mind-blowing and to play it is like running the most difficult of marathons. The way she makes it look so easy is damn near criminal. And then to sing on top of that? She's in a league by herself. No one else like her.

[@mattweiss4843]

"Winter" from the same show. As the father of daughters, you will love it.

[@amyaeschbach3581]

Winter live at Montreux!!!!! Tori was 1st person to be admitted to the Peabody School of Music at 5 and expelled at 11! Piano prodigy. Live she’s amazing!!

[@mikeholmes5308]

As I've said to others before, Tori Amos does not "perform"... she gets up on stage, and slashes open her veins and bleeds for the audience, she is absolutely real for you. That's almost unheard of. The fact that she's a musical genius, who was kicked out of Juliard at age 11 for being too unorthodox is just icing on the emotional cake. She is impossibly good at what she does. Great reaction as always! Rock on, Lee!

[@mikeholmes5308]

Oh, and I'm serious about this... do not binge Tori Amos... letting that much bleed get into you can be seriously dangerous. Small doses only.

[@michaelfloss845]

She wasn’t kicked out of Juliard. She went to Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.

[@janewells5970]

@@mikeholmes5308 that’s what happened to me. I’ve binged on the entire little earthquake album and I had to stop functioning in certain areas for a while. Great review.

[@mikeholmes5308]

@@michaelfloss845Thanks for the correction, I came up with that factoid off the top of my head.

[@kengwallgmail]

She is a force of nature. That album, Little Earthquakes, WRECKED me. And live she’s terrifying and amazing the way she stares down the audience while laying herself bare. An immense talent.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

one of my favourite albums. very special

[@aliciasavage6801]

tori doesnt get enough appreciation . she is something so amazingly special

[@axolotl8694]

yeah, you can go all the way down this rabbit hole. you won't be disappointed. one of the all-time performers and song-writers.

[@user-fc8lz1cg4x]

She's the real deal. Big fan, thanks for reacting to Tori!! ❤

[@adamfstewart81]

You’re a good man. More Tori!

[@Paul_Bond.]

Winter will break your heart man, love from the UK!

[@jamessomers8808]

My favorite female artist, no question. Her talent is so massive and captivating. ❤

[@Marnee4191]

She's my #1 favorite artist, period. Next up: Tool, Pink Floyd, Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Disturbed, System of a Down.

[@paulehney4581]

Wow, what a performance she delivers.

[@AP-gb3eh]

She bared her soul and her trauma to us and it was earth shattering. Amos is a Artist is rare company, not like anyone else ☮️

[@garyrausch1184]

She's a monster on the piano

[@58BURST]

Incredible artist, with an equally incredible back story. Fan of hers, from the start. Great reaction!

[@tomratcliff3755]

True to herself,her ability to support her lyrical passion with the pianoforte ( soft and loud) performance she soars and crashes in front of us. Damaged and fearless in letting us into her head and heart.

[@ememnicholas565]

I absolutely love her. I was lucky enough to see her twice in the 90's. One of those concerts, just her and the piano, is in my top 5. She was a child prodigy.

[@FaceBat]

She was a child prodigy, accepted into the Peabody Conservatory of Music at age 10. I saw her in concert in '96, on the tour of her third album, Boys For Pele. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. She has an organic relationship with her instrument, as if the piano is an extension of her own body. I strongly recommend her first three albums: Little Earthquakes, Under The Pink, & Boys For Pele.

[@Wungolioth]

She was accepted into Peabody at the age of 5, not 10, she was the youngest to this day.

[@stacyr.8585]

It was at 10/11 that she was kicked out of Peabody due to musical insubordination. She’s a legend.

[@Marnee4191]

I would also add the next two: From the Choir Girl Hotel and To Venus and Back. After that, honestly, I don't have the same love. But Tori Amos is my absolutel #1 favorite artist.

[@Wungolioth]

@@Marnee4191 I would add that Strange Little Girls has some really good covers, Time, Real Men, New Age, I'm Not In Love, all great. American Doll Posse and Scarlet's Walk aren't her strongest albums, IMO, but there are some real highlights in them.

[@unfilthy]

Can't fault the song choice, or Tori's performance, but for a drummer to listen to this song without the incredible drums? Tori with Matt Chamberlain is really something special.

[@jessicahimmel7867]

Sessions at West 54th all day ❤❤

[@Marnee4191]

I was thinking the same. Why would someone request this song, and request one version of it without a drummer, when this channel is a drummer reacting? I LOVE this version. But I also love every single other version of this, and my most favorite is off of the live album with Chamberlain. So, I don't really understand the request. (The bassist and guitarist are spot-on with that version as well.)

[@andymccracken4046]

That was intense.

[@L33Reacts]

Very intense. She has the soul of a poet.

[@user-dq5xx9hi4q]

Not many people follow this talented lady. I first discovered her in the late 1980s when she played "CORNFLAKE GIRL" on late night TV with David Letterman and blew me away. VERY unique artist. She actually had to leave the Juilliard School of Music because her style was so unique and different from what they were trying to teach her that they figured she'd never amount to anything. I guess she showed them. To see Tori at her best with some of her fan favorites, search you-tube for the video mini-concert titled: " Tori Amos Live - Oxygen Custom Concert 2003 - 1080 60FPS Upscale " The Oxygen network is a channel intended for women and it was basically an all-female audience, so to show them how much woman she was Tori really exposed her feminine side, put on some lovely eye makeup, turned on the sexy charm and stole my heart. Quite different from her other performances. It's my favorite concert of hers on video that I have by far, and I have several.

[@MrDemimonde]

Cornflake Girl is from her second studio album, "Under the Pink," which came out in 1994. She also went to Peabody, not Juilliard, but was kicked out at age 11 for what she said was "musical insubordination."

[@user-dq5xx9hi4q]

@@MrDemimondeThank you for correcting that.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

Had a bit of a crush on Tori in the 1980s always had an amazing voice..

[@markdrechsler5660]

Tori is amazing. Just saw her live on her “Oceans to Oceans” tour. She has a deep catalog. This is from her debut album, one of the absolute best albums of the 90’s.

[@L33Reacts]

That's awesome mark! I will have to check out more from her. This was great 👍

[@markdrechsler5660]

@@L33Reacts try this version of the same song. Outstanding drumming by Matt Chamberlain. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaHOkI2gmayDpKcsi=w6nan5DN21dv_dBj

[@sethleon2158]

She started working with a band (good in demand session drummer Matt Chamberlain) later. You would probably enjoy the 98 sessions performances with band. It includes 'Precious Things', and you should also check out 'The Waitress', and 'IEEE' from that show. From the same solo piano 91 performance you just did -- 'Winter' is a favorite for reactors, and I think her cover of Led Zeps 'Thank You' is great. There are many other terrific performances on you tube as she was always amazing live. She had an important performance of Tom Waits 'Time' shortly after 911 happened -- definitely worth checking that one also.

[@michaelwebster8389]

This one is great, but there's quite a few that make you just think, you've never seen anything like the level of immersion she has into her performance. And she wrote some really great songs. I haven't kept up with her over the years, but re-looking at some of these old clips just blows my mind. Fantastic piano player too. Cornflake Girl has some incredible piano playing, and probably her most accessible song.

[@paolaashe2474]

New sub. I clicked because of Tori. I’ve been a fan of hers since ‘91. I already knew we were off to a great start when I heard “Judith” as your intro music. Then it was cemented because I appreciated the way you really absorbed the essence of Tori Amos. Now I’m going to go nose around the rest of your channel.

[@jessicahimmel7867]

Tori is a musical genius. I suggest this sond played during Sessions at West 54th if you want to see her with the band especially the musical relationship with the drummer. Also iieee from that show ❤

[@MrDemimonde]

You gotta do a reaction to her first solo album, "Little Earthquakes," it may get you interested in exploring her full discography (1992 "Little Earthquakes" to 2003/2005 "Scarlet's Walk"/"The Beekeeper" is a pretty solid run of amazing work; her albums after and up to today are hit or miss) which you will not regret!

[@roncav8]

One of my favorite artists💗💓💗💓 The last 2 songs from the 1992 show "Me and a Gun" & "Winter" are epic🤯💓

[@Rhiannon011]

"Winter" is my very fav song by Tori. It's about her and her father's relationship...it is from this same live show...

[@TriStateDomestic]

"She has the soul of a poet.". Well said. Her first album is a Masteerclass in music.

[@-R.Gray-]

She was given a Peabody Inst. scholarship when she was 5, but got kicked out at 11, for wanting to write her own music and improvise, instead of spending her time learning and playing the written music on the curriculum.

[@L33Reacts]

You can tell she likes to play unorthodox. Free form. Very fluid.

[@-R.Gray-]

@@L33ReactsSometimes she has another keyboard behind her, sits sideways on the bench, and plays them both at the same time.

[@markdrechsler5660]

If I remember right, she said she was kicked out for “musical insubordination”

[@-R.Gray-]

@@markdrechsler5660 Yes, she didn't want to learn what they wanted to teach her.

[@michaelfloss845]

Not Juliard. She went to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.

[@leeannies-tears369]

You nailed it Lee! 🎶🎧🌹Asked amazing, incredible, masterful at it all. I'd so so love to see what you think of "Winter" from this performance. She's had some excruciatingly painful experiences and it's revealed in her art.

[@dannygriffith6185]

From the same era, listen to "Winter"...live. It's devastating! She's amazing!

[@5tran9eMCMLXXII]

The "winter" from Montreaux, 91 (the same performance as this one) is one of the most passionate performances of a single song I've ever seen.

[@MattKrogmeier]

"Little Earthquakes" is a stunning album. I've been fortunate enough to see her live twice, and those first 4 albums are just immaculate. This song with the full band is one of my favorites.

[@shep4life]

Her voice is gorgeous

[@gablen23]

You just found a precious "thing", 'cause she is amazing. She started as a classicly trained pianist, then found her own way. Just like Nina Simone. Talking about insecurity, you should listen to her a capela song: "Me and a Gun".

[@elizabethllangner9330]

Thank you!!

[@Vader1138]

Great reaction and an outstanding artist. I love 70's prog and classic rock but listen to a variety of different kinds of music. Tori is one of the most prolific musician singer/songwriters still going today. Definitely in my top 10 femal artists. So many good albums over the years. I can list 5 or 6 I listen to regularly which isn't even touching the full catalog. Scarlet's Walk is my favorite. I recommend "A Sorta Fairytale" or "Pancake" off that one. The eighties and through the nineties birthed some great music in the alternative and folk rock genres.

[@lesterine77]

You should listen to her glastonbury performance from the 90s. She hits it hard in that version.

[@christopherdeguilio6375]

Gotta get some Ani DiFranco on the channel

[@suziepoirier8670]

L'ensorcelante Tori ! Quel artiste talantueuse

[@RPMir]

Tori Amos is so special. Welcome! :)

[@rickkerkes8004]

Winter from the same concert

[@nancymjohnson]

She must have been the voice in a Disney movie. That extremely high pitch and rhythm in her singing. Disney Princess all the way! Except the lyrics lol.

[@carriemichelle322]

Gotta check out LIVE...IN SESSION... PRECIOUS THINGS

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

seen her liventwice, most intense concerts ever. She's rather special.

[@tommydevlin702]

Hi and thanks for this and it is great to see you taking in female artists, given just how male dominated Rock music can be. I like Tori a lot. Living in the UK as I do I know that she gets quite a bit of criticism from people seeing her as a copy of Kate Bush (a criticism I think is unfair). And I think that Tori has handled those comparisons and criticisms with great grace and has never hidden her admiration for Kate Bush even when correctly asserting her own independence and musical journey. So it is good to hear you including Tori - she is well worth listening to. Having said all of that the Kate Bush discography really is just extraordinary. Tori once said of her that by her music and sheer creativity, Kate manages to create a new musical language. As an example of that I think you would get a kick out of her 1989 song 'Rocket's Tail' featuring David Gilmour on guitar. Writing a retrospective review of the album it come from, 20 years after its release, one music journalist said the song still sounded 'like a miracle.' Thanks again

[@5tran9eMCMLXXII]

"Rocket's Tail' featuring David Gilmour on guitar" -- I did not know this! I love that song and it has always reminded me of Pink Floyd! As for the Tori/Kate comparisons, I've always heard them from people meaning to compliment Tori. I also just think the world wants another Kate Bush.

[@tommydevlin702]

@@5tran9eMCMLXXII Hi and thanks for taking the time to respond to me. David Gilmour contributed two important guitar elements to her 1989 album "The Sensual World." The other song is "Love and Anger" and they come together on that very, very well. But for me, 'Rocket's Tail' really catches something spectacular and should be filed under the heading 'Songs only Kate Bush would do.' How do you explain what it would be like to be one of the fireworks in a firework display? She somehow brings that experience to life in this song and if it weren't for 'This Woman's Work' would have been a great finale to the album. One other very significant contribution from David Gilmour in Kate Bush's music that really stands out for me, is that he gives backing vocals on 'Pull Out The Pin' one of the greatest high peaks on her truly extraordinary, signpost, album 'The Dreaming' ( of course he is credited with "discovering" her and he is also credited as co-producer on her first album and she recorded 'The Man With The Child In His Eyes' in his own studio when she was 16 having written it when she was 13 - I know you already know her music so you probably already know most of this, these comments are really for @L33Reacts and others who are unfamiliar with her work.) In relation to Tori Amos I do have to say that I have come across a large amount of unfair criticisms of her in relation to Kate Bush, mostly here in the UK. I think a lot of that criticism is very unfair. It is fairly inevitable that many female solo recording artists will end up being compared to either Kate Bush or Joni Mitchell which is always going to be a very hard comparison to come through unscathed. To me, Joni is probably really the first and Kate is probably really the most fantastical, experimental, and inventive. To me, Every other female lives in their shadows.

[@backpackmatt]

There is no one like Tori Amos. 🐧💙🍎🍏

[@paulbirch6490]

Spot-on review, dude! This must be one of the best live versions, as she doesn’t mess with the song as she has a tendency to do in later versions (imho, that ‘scatting’ detracts from the power of her songs).

[@rk41gator]

I too just 'discovered' Tori! You may love her rendition of her song 'Winter' which may be from this same live concert. Her piano playing is crazy good (for a good reason). Spellbinding.....indeed! Her artistic approach reminds me of Kate Bush. I think you covered 'Running Up That Hill'. Let's exchange the experience.

[@d.l.607]

You've got to react to the live version of "Me and a Gun" and "Winter" one song leading into the other song. Just have a box of tissues by your side

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

Since you're a drummer, you should definitely watch a live performance of the song with Matt Chamberlain playing the drums: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaHOkI2gmayDpKc Tori is a genius and she can command a stage all on her own, just with her piano and her incredible voice. Her voice sometimes get a little lost when she plays with a full band, but the extra energy changes the performance into something else...

[@jenniferlombardi9348]

Watching your face while you watched her was so delicious. This song was from her first album, no less. I hope you've listened to so much more by now. She's got 18 studio albums, and if you listen to her albums in order, you'll never be disappointed. This particular song wasn't just her personal experiences, it's more like a conglomerate of experiences of many people. She was a piano prodigy, went to the Peabody conservatory at 6 years old, and was asked to leave at 12 because she kept butting heads with her professors, and she struggled to get the hang of reading music, it's always been counter intuitive to how she composes and plays.

[@jameshotchkin8438]

Winter 🔥❤️

[@Wungolioth]

This is the first show in '91, she wore a blue top in this one, and in '92, she wore a red top, and played a much nicer piano. From the '91 show, check out Winter, as a father of daughters, you need to hear it. I'll give you a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ7OYXSMg7d1f7ssi=-GCGX0uRF5el9Asz

[@leeannies-tears369]

I totally agree. The red top performance and, especially grand piano sound...! But, Lee, beware... "me and a gun" is very disturbing and especially a father of girls or victim of these things my be very rough.

[@Wungolioth]

We don't agree, though. The '91 performance, with the blue top, is best for a first listen. Yes, you get a better piano in the '92 performance, but I feel the first performance you get a more emotional performance, her parents are in the audience for this one, you get a more historically significant performance as it is the earliest recording of her playing this material, she's sticking to the album arrangement for the most part, with some flourishes for the live performance. I think '92 is great to see how her performance of the song evolves after a year, but you miss a lot by skipping the first year.

[@Tacko14]

There’s always one thing I don’t like about Tori, and it’s so silly. But… she was thát good from the word go. Completely professional and exquisite. I’d have liked to hear a bit of a development journey through her albums.

[@eddiegresely7671]

Drummer to drummer, do yourself a favor and check out any live version of this with the great Matt Chamberlain on live drums. You will be blown away again. The studio version drums are pretty good too. Especially production-wise. I hope you actually read this and take my suggestion. Thanks for the video.

[@robbiereacts22]

Yes listen to The Waitress live from In Sessions. You will enjoy her band

[@annewoodard6803]

Cornflake Girl 😁💖

[@gjh9299]

men and women were in love with her, its akk true, her first album was is perfect she stayed with those jerks

[@keturahspencer]

Even though you can only sympathize as a man, you know exactly what kind of boys she's talking about. Please, watch more of her stuff.

[@spiderbass65]

She does a live duet with Maynard. Mohamed My Friend. Give it a look/listen!

[@richardwirt3193]

Have you listened to her song (winter) live

[@L33Reacts]

No this was my first exposure to her! I'll have to check that out. Thank you!

[@greggibson33]

How is this possible?

[@Tacko14]

It’s funny. You might think it takes electric guitars and satanic texts to make heavy metal. This is heavier, cause this is real. She had issues to confront and took on alpha male/female society in passing. Just a voice and a piano. And the one line to put all of us males in our place, of course. Although, the full band version is… impressive. Any version. I love the pure anger you can hear. Not just at others, at herself too. And yet it’s so under control. There was even a male voice choir on the studio version, very dark.

[@redadamearth]

Makes about 90% of current pop stars look ridiculous, doesn't she?

[@lesterine77]

This is the wrong version of this song to listen to for the first time.