This Album Still Blows Me Away

[@RickBeato]

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[@S.Waters.]

Happy birthday, Mr. Beato. Thank you for sharing your love of music with us.

[@joegmailtube]

The chorus on silent all these years there are background vocals worth breaking down :)

[@ziatonic]

You forgot Precious Things :-(

[@joegmailtube]

Yet, good stuff as always

[@p_mouse8676]

@Rick Beato I had to dive VERY deep into my digital music collection, but all those songs are on "Tori Amos - L'Affaire d'amoreuse" Which is a bootleg cd if I am not mistaken from 1993. I have some copy of this bootleg, but I think it still can be bought as well?

[@mpwelker]

Ellen 'Tori' Amos was a friend of my little sister, so when asked to put together a session for a demo, I used my connections at Track Recorders, Inc. in Silver Spring, Md. to do that. It was the "Baltimore" song and a B side "Walking with You". It was 1980, she was 16 or 17, i played guitar on the session, which became a limited run 45 rpm, now highly sought after. We'd been watching her perform since she was 12, in bars, chaperoned by her minister father. It was quite apparent, even at that early age, that she was a remarkable talent. She agreed to be my talent for a recording project at Montgomery College in Rockville, Md., where she recorded some covers and originals on the 8-track machine they had out there. She was quite gracious to help me out, and over the years, I have watched her incredible career and the explosion of a remarkable fan base, and I can honestly say, those that knew her in those early years, we were not surprised...

[@charlieherbst4623]

Thats fascinating!

[@jazw4649]

Great story!

[@marnaehrech1223]

Great story, thx for sharing!!!

[@fireengine77]

Wonderful to hear these kinds of stories. :)

[@vaughanbranch8376]

Amazing! I love that you’re here. I’ve been entranced by Tori for decades. I even lived in Rockville, MD for a couple of years and never knew the connection. So cool to hear this story!

[@IamWhataburger]

I remember after we came back from Desert Storm many of us could only fall asleep while listening to Tori Amos. Her voice reached us in a very vulnerable state and calmed us. Thank You Tori, from the troops in Bravo Company 1/32 ar 1st cavalry Division! 🥲

[@SHANEIZOID]

That's amazing ❤️💪🤘

[@jaymueller2418]

Wow. Thank you for your service.

[@joelosnoss5371]

I had no idea. Glad it gave you peace. Thank you for your sacrifice.

[@maryellen9503]

That made me tear up - thank you for your service.

[@Gizapowerplant]

Ty and God bless!

[@tombajoras]

This is one of those records that divides your life into two parts: the part before you heard it and the part after you heard it.

[@tonyttt31]

8th December 1993

[@tarp11z]

Well, that's well put.

[@SilenceInTheBliss]

Exactly.

[@truebalourd14]

I always say the same about that moment when I first heard Icicle. :)

[@user-nc9pc3gr4c]

It's chick music

[@richardcrowder4018]

To say nothing of "Cornflake Girl" and "Hey Jupiter" and "Spark" and "Northern Lad." Tori should be in the Hall of Fame.

[@deangledhill1582]

Northern lad ..little earthquakes...China.. gold dust....ARE ALL GOLD DUST

[@cmk9495]

Not enough people discuss Tori Amos in general. She’s such an amazing artist. She’s poetry. Good video. Nice to see others appreciate her magic.

[@jennifermcfadin5251]

She's like no other she really did save my soul

[@threefreaksonaleash6619]

Exactly! I strongly agree 🖤

[@jamietingey7498]

She’s simply stunning.

[@BennyT_3434]

Seems like unfortunately she has been largely forgotten to the 1990s...tho Scarlet's Walk came out in 2001 right as I was getting involved with college radio, so I have fond memories of that album!

[@mrsmelons5553]

Give Native Invader a listen! It came out in 2017 and is meditative and entrancing!

[@lifeofagony1535]

We need a Tori Amos interview asap. I couldn't have clicked fast enough. This right here is why I love you and your channel. The love and appreciation for such arrangements and such a talented artist.

[@coreysumner7246]

Absolutely!

[@bradleyard4195]

I second this. I've heard a few interviews with her, she's always interesting.

[@georgeberger9546]

Please…

[@heckatron2586]

This would be incredible. Make it happen Rick!!!!

[@davidbetts1180]

This needs to happen!

[@paintergrl12]

I discovered Tori after hearing her play "Precious Things" on David Letterman. I was a broke single teenage mom studying late night for college tests the next day. I was so blown away...I wept. And the the next day, I spent grocery money on her tape, something I had never done before and never done since.

[@DorianDeLuca]

I love how speechless Rick is while he's playing these songs. There has never been another album like this one. An absolute masterpiece.

[@manwithumbrella]

At points, he seems to be on the verge of tears, understandable.

[@Gnappate]

Well, Under The Pink is pretty good :D

[@brooke4627]

Totally Agree Little Earthquakes is a revolutionary album, both musically and poetically. As a writer I tend to focus on the lyrics so I love Rick's passion about her music!

[@DorianDeLuca]

@@bobsawin1920 what are you even talking about? This album is all original songs.

[@kellyparkinson8594]

​@@Gnappate Choirgirl Hotel and Boys for Pele pure gold.

[@aldersmoke1]

The first time I heard "Silent All These Years," I was maybe 15 and watching Headbanger's Ball with one of my other metalhead friends. The last song of Headbanger's Ball ended, and the next song to pop up on the MTV was Tori Amos. Here we were, two tough metal dudes, both doing that thing where we're saying "Well you can change channel if *you* want to." Five minutes later we're both sitting there in our Slayer shirts in stunned silence. We'd never heard anything like it and I still never have, including from Tori herself. This album is singular in its stark, wrenching perfection. Thank you for the deep dive.

[@allex_p]

Wanted to say the same: 20 years ago, between all the Slayers and the Panteras and all the headbanging I found this gem. What a voice! Extremely well produced music and a beautiful artist!

[@HB-xf2xl]

Metal heads loved Tori Amos back in the day.

[@crusheverything4449]

@@HB-xf2xl - We still do! 😉

[@joecrafted]

Another metal fan, and when I first heard "Silent All These Years" it stopped me in my tracks. I got the album as soon as I could and have the original as well as the extended version. The entire album is a masterpiece. I think I might need to get the graphic novel for the 30th...

[@CaptainKirk01]

Yes sir, I remember headbangers ball, wow you're old! Haha, I'm a metal head too, played bass in a metal band for many years. Tori was my favorite artist from her release and still is today.

[@allthingsmusic-]

I am SO glad, that someone is giving Tori, the recognition she so rightly deserves. Such an incredible talent.

[@michaelbrickley2443]

Quite often the most original people don’t get the recognition that others feel they deserve

[@binarydigital7819]

Tori Amos was very successful here in Europe in the 90es, her songs were often played on the radio. Still remember when i heard her for the first times. Cornflake Girl, became a great hit later on. Not the only one, but certainely deserved

[@martynilsson4731]

Dont worry, there were others before.

[@ww7883]

"So, you want 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?" I love this woman's lyrics.

[@richardmindemann6935]

Deep and wide.

[@mikedavison3400]

I bought the album 30 years ago after hearing her do ‘Winter’ solo on some TV show. I did a double take when she sang “you better hope that I bleed” and then laughed my head off. Still can’t believe that she wrote and sang that but good on her for doing it!

[@ww7883]

@@mikedavison3400 Cut right through the BS, for sure!! LOL!

[@1amybean]

That line, oh yeah. One of many but a perfect example to post. Cuts right through it.

[@Sub_901]

That, and I don’t think you really want to leave cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream 🤣

[@joepulcini7481]

I used to see her in her piano bar days, I was dating a friend of hers. I was utterly floored by her. Words like “prodigy” don’t do justice, because she’s beyond chops and craft. Her creative intensity was (and remains) off the charts. I was at her last performance of her house gig in Georgetown before she moved to CA to make a go of it. 2AM outside the Lion’s Gate Tavern…it was raining…the fact that I remember that much detail is quite telling. She said she was going to go by “Tori” and to watch out. Some time later I saw Y Kant Tori Read in a shop and was thrilled that things were happening for her even though it was a bit of a departure for her. Then, Little Earthquakes happened. It was perceived as a quantum leap by critics who didn’t know her story, but what it really represented was an album that just captured her being her. The brilliant covers that Rick mentions were typical of things she’d do off the cuff in that piano bar. I got to sit next to her on her piano bench after hours a few times singing to a few friends, and I treasure those memories. There was an original tune I always asked her to play that she she didn’t like (Married Man) and never recorded. I used to play it on guitar, and it had a little minor key trilled riff at the beginning that I had to fake a bit…I eventually wrote an instrumental guitar piece around that little riff. So even though she doesn’t know it. I wrote a song with her LOL.

[@paranoidhumanoid]

Let's hear it! 😃

[@somanyfeelz]

Thank you so much for sharing that!

[@susanhartline7539]

Wow!

[@xBINARYGODx]

Amazing story - even the way your typed it up.

[@TheSopheom]

I have to agree, she's an absolute force when she performs. She's completely mesmerizing, love her work. Edit: She brings tears to my eyes, always has and I was at that very special age of self discovery when she started releasing music. 🥺😭😭😭❤

[@miguel_out]

Tori Amos is my own secret, and I don't usually share this musical experience with other people as the don't use to get the point. She se a gift for humanity. She is full of mistery and sensibility.

[@johnconstantinemarinakiski8128]

Of course she is. She is a Scorpio Rising (water), Leo Sun (fire), Libra Moon (air).

[@natalinaden234]

this is a beautiful distinction of her caliber. Being an ear with feet is an intimate bond with tori, the fae, the entire discography, and if you're inviting someone else into that relationship, its got to be someone who can handle that kind of polyamourous panromantic bond with a musical experience spanning 3 decades.

[@dreamweaver1603]

Maybe you should share. Tori would benefit from it.

[@carliep123]

yes and she is famously an INFJ ....amazing

[@SarahPalinQuit]

@@carliep123 also not relevant. smh.

[@jmar482]

Tori Amos is a criminally underrated musician. I was hooked when I first heard Under the Pink when it came out in '94. Have been a fan ever since. She has a style that is so unique and has done things her own way for almost three decades now.

[@Blackink3]

Criminally underrated but rewarded with a passionate and devout fan base who makes going to her live shows all the more powerful it’s a palpable exchange of energy - see her live!!!

[@gustercc]

@@Blackink3 caught her last week. Life CHANGING. It was like going to church and having a religious experience. Haven’t been to a performance like that in DECADES.

[@TheMirolab]

Underrated by who?? Nobody has ever rated her negatively! She simply doesn't make POP music, and doesn't play the PR game to get her name out there more.

[@chrystalcall7719]

This album changed my life: I had disassociated from my sexual assault at age 14, and listening to “Me and A Gun” helped with my PTSD. The entire album is a masterpiece of a phenomenal songwriter, pianist, lyricist, and artist,

[@kimmywhycensored6374]

🙏❤️

[@Jennapeaches2urmum]

I'm crying reading your comment. The same thing happened to me at age 14 and this album was the catalyst to my healing. Crying a thousand oceans...much love.

[@scottwheeler2494]

@@Jennapeaches2urmum I am crying reading both of your comments. I gave the album to my best friend - I knew she would love it. But what blew my mind was that she then chose to share with me her assault experience. Obviously it was a really hard thing to hear from someone I really loved and cared about... I really had to work hard to suppress my male inner violent rage. We ended up crying together knowing that is what she needed more than rage. Anyway, your comments brought me back to that memory 30 years ago. A hard memory but it reminded me of someone very special.

[@marie-claudedupuis2366]

Relatable 🙏sending hugs 💕🙏

[@Maureen_Schilder]

@@scottwheeler2494 how sweet ... your good heart I am sure helped your friend heal - she was lucky to have you.

[@neonurkel]

I love that Rick is losing his mind at every beautiful passage and chord change, this is how I feel when I listen to music. He has true appreciation for musical artistry and just the visceral emotion that these gorgeous songs engender.

[@somanyfeelz]

Me too!!!

[@shrodingerschat2258]

Here is an interesting tidbit about Tori from Wikipedia: "Her older brother and sister took piano lessons, but Tori did not need them. From the time she could reach the piano, she taught herself to play: when she was two, she could reproduce pieces of music she had only heard once, and by the age of three she was composing her own songs. She has described seeing music as structures of light since early childhood, an experience consistent with chromesthesia: 'The song appears as light filament once I've cracked it. As long as I've been doing this, which is more than thirty-five years, I've never seen the same light creature in my life. Obviously similar chord progressions follow similar light patterns, but I try to imagine the best kaleidoscope ever-after the initial excitement, you start to focus on each element's stunning original detail. For instance, the sound of the words with the sound of the chord progression combined with the rhythm manifests itself in a unique expression of the architecture of color-and-light. ... I started visiting this world when I was three, listening to a piece by Béla Bartók; I visited a configuration that day that wasn't on this earth. ... It was euphoric.'"

[@Rhiannon011]

This is a lot like Laura Nyro's piano playing, she never read music and saw notes as "colors"...piano playing just came to her easily and naturally at a very young age. Engineers that would be in the studio when Laura recorded, say they got used to Laura saying things like "no that is not a yellow that is a blue" in regards to "musical notes", as they got used to understanding what she meant. By the way both Kate B. and Tori A. also mention Laura Nyro as having a huge influence on their music.

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

I was married to a man who saw equations. I am excited for the both of you! Next life, it’s a goal.

[@secaucuss7344]

Synesthesia. Like Billie and Finnie. And self-taught, of course, for using instruments. B/F taught songwriting by Maggie as children. The striking gift with Billie is that she heard LA Children's Choir as 55 distinct voices. Apparently when she was 12. B/F/Tori are phenoms, indeed.

[@godbyone]

Rick has a video. About exposing babies to complex music. He has a program. For that. That’s why Eddie Van Halen is great his dad was a jazz musician

[@Maureen_Schilder]

Tori Amos was definitely a child prodigy

[@Jarnagua]

I saw her tour on this album and it was hands down the BEST CONCERT I've ever seen. One woman. One piano. 1 blotter. She gave me a hug. She's tiny. On stage she looked twenty feet tall. She's not a musician, she's a shaman.

[@carliep123]

💯💯💯💯💯💃🌋🌋🌋🌋💚

[@tammiebailey9729]

I discovered her at 15. And always felt like she was myself singing to me alone. Shocking when I found out others had access to her too 😂♥️

[@rgCA_01123]

I love this comment ❤️ I was 18 and a freshman in college. 1994 was the year my whole world changed ❤️

[@jennifermcfadin5251]

I was 21 or 22 I believe we saw her on live MTV or something and watching her play was so intense that was it over. I actually love her more than I love the Grateful Dead lol if you know you'd know lol thx for this

[@phaedrawidney5246]

Me too!!!!

[@jamietingey7498]

Funny!

[@Rosannasfriend]

I got into her today and I just turned 41 about a week ago, lol.

[@AnyRoadAnyTime]

Tori's music is appreciated by every type of music enthusiast. I, personally, know of several metal-heads who absolutely gush over her and her music. It's impressive how she appealed to so many different people. Truly impressive. She is an absolute artist in the eyes of her peers and in a the eyes of the rest of the world.

[@5tran9eMCMLXXII]

" I, personally, know of several metal-heads who absolutely gush over her and her music" Tori Amos's first project before she succeeded as a solo artist was a hair band called Y CAN'T TORI READ

[@roxeboullosarodriguez5088]

I'm a metal fan and guitarplayer and I love his music, from a musical point of view I have to say that she is a fucking genius, hats of, her voice is so unike and what can i say about his piano playing...absolut virtuoso

[@smeezer]

At 13, I was going through a bad time in life. Bullied at home and at school, life was miserable. Something shiny, in the gutter beside the road I was walking down, caught my eye. I knelt and, partially covered by some leaves, there was a cd by someone I'd never heard of before. It had a huge crack in it but I decided to take it home and see if it would play. It did. Perfectly. Not a single skip. That's how Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes came into my life. I dunno what fate made it happen but I am grateful it did. Winter hit home hard because at the time I couldn't imagine what it would be like to have a father that loved you like that. It gave me hope that what I was going through wasn't how things were supposed to be, it gave me hope for a future worth sticking around for.

[@robcote71]

It was meant to be. Thank you for sharing. Music is so powerful and I’m glad you found some solace in this album to get through your struggles.

[@smeezer]

@@Taylor.Dude. decades ago

[@smeezer]

@@Taylor.Dude. 90s era

[@Ernie1978]

"Winter" never fails to break me. Tori Amos is such an artist and legend.

[@doki_tanjaadvanture6523]

Spoken. Winter is just gorgeous.

[@hanstheman29]

As you say.

[@Georgeirfx]

@@alt_skye That last chorus is especially crushing

[@PatrickGann]

Amen and amen

[@peal1179]

Absolutely one of a kind human, singer, and musician. I am a metal head, and yet I would listen to TOOL, and then pop in Tori without batting an eyelash. Her and Maynard are both geniuses in my opinion.

[@chrisfleischmann1346]

Have you seen the two of them sing Muhammad My Friend? He is very softly accompanying her but he rises up for one line and it is magical.

[@peal1179]

@@chrisfleischmann1346 indeed. One of my favorite moments. He sings her lullabies.

[@brlyjo]

Well I'm older and it Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and Tori for me

[@kthaynes3170]

There is a level of artistic genius that inhabits both Tori and Maynard. Tori and Tool are two of the most raw and emotional artists out there.

[@onegoodjoe]

Agree! I listened to a huge range one minute thrash the next Debussy. Tori always in the mix.

[@gunsguitarsandgambling3614]

That opening piano part in “Precious Things” always grabs me.

[@juliagoodsonmusic]

And the guitar at ‘With those 9 inch nails’ part 🤩

[@Sub_901]

Tucked inside the hearts of every nice guuuurrrrrllllllll.

[@m1goodwin]

Sweet mother of all that’s holy, how did I miss this for the last 30 years? Mind blown, heart lifted, tears all night. Thank you Rick for bringing this forward. I think I will be Searching and finding and purchasing all I can find from this artist. Why isn’t this music more common? Why isn’t this on the radio more often?

[@NEV3RBACKDOWN]

Because it's not garbage mumbling rap

[@prawncrisp5951]

Thrilled for you that you’ve found her, her work, and this extraordinary album! I had a moment in an op shop* yesterday (*opportunity shop, called charity or thrift shops elsewhere) when Winter came over the loudspeaker and well, it was a powerful moment!! May it enrich your life and bring you joy 🌸

[@neildecker3061]

She has a very inclusive box set, I think called the piano? It's in my arric. Find it.

[@kjhappykampers6305]

@mbg I got to see her live in the early 2000's. Takes her music to whole new level. I was lucky to discover her as a young women. Life changing, 20 years later and she STILL affects me every time I listen to her.

[@Clay_j_Bray]

the radio never plays quality ARTISTS. unless they get popular on accident, you won't hear them on the radio... you HAVE to SEARCH for all good things

[@PeteOliva]

The first time I saw Tori it was actually in support of the Strange Little Girls covers album. She literally just played the entire show just her and the piano. No band. No backup instruments, no backup track. When she walked out, for a moment I was like "Wait...no band?" I was worried about how she would carry an entire concert just her alone. As things got started, I found that neither I, nor a SOUL in the place, minded one bit, and the thousands of us in the venue were just mesmerized by every note, every lyric. She carried the full weight of what felt like an orchesta's worth of sound on her own voice and fingers. Magical artist.

[@TwangydavesHouseofBlues]

Love her and her music to bits. First saw her touring this album Feb 9, 1992 (had to google this!) at Reading University. She played two sets with a break in the middle. I went out for a cigarette towards the end of the break, it was a freezing cold night so all the windows were closed, she walked up to one of the windows, and opened it herself, leaned out on her tiptoes, and asked me if I was coming back in, because she was starting up, and didn't want me to miss any songs! What a lovely lady!

[@rsngrl]

what a beautiful memory.

[@joannayannotti9076]

I’m 38. This is still one of my favorite albums of all time. Tori is brilliant. Excited to see her live for the 4th time in a few months.

[@gustercc]

Saw her in concert last week. She was absolutely amazing. One of the best performances I’ve ever seen. It was just her, a drummer and a bassist and it was stunning.

[@rlovko9110]

Can hardly wait - seeing her in about 2 weeks!

[@gustercc]

@@rlovko9110 you’re gonna love it. I left astounded.

[@fireengine77]

I've lost count how many Tori shows I've been to. I always make a point to see her when she comes 'round.

[@alexron2023]

Yes there was a video that she made with the two other guys I lost the video unfortunately. If anyone knows how to find it?

[@tmackie1694]

As a female that discovered Kate Bush in my teens, then came of age listening to Tori Amos, I am forever grateful to these brilliant, emotive, powerful female artists ❤️

[@spindriftdrinker]

I think there was some influence of Kate Bush on Tori Amos - just like Laura Nyro influenced Joni Mitchell in the 1960s.

[@bryanrichards8516]

She always reminded me of Kate Bush in the best possible way.

[@charlienyc1]

Kate Bush's music is enjoying a resurgence lately. Maybe TV needs to discover/rediscover Tori's music.

[@lucalanzoni7414]

First time I heard Tori, I spontaneosuly associated her to Kate. No comparison, just pure beauty.

[@franklerch1012]

Me, a male, as well.

[@lynntunes]

Yes. The arrangements, absolutely. And as a lyricist, this album is perfection. Disturbing, beautiful, honest, unnerving, tender, fierce. Tori Amos is a brilliant artist.

[@davidcox30004]

I couldn’t put it better than that.

[@laerwen]

That really is Tori. The perfect description. So much of her work has a current of rawness throughout and as a teenage girl I identified with the feeling even if I couldn't put it to words like she did.

[@lynntunes]

I honestly and sincerely (from a professional standpoint, not just a fan) believe she is one of the greatest songwriters of the past thirty years. This album shows it. It’s one of my few will-listen-to-for-my-lifetime albums, and artists.

[@alanleclair1]

Naked music. In arrangement, music, piano, vocal and lyrics. Nothing like it.

[@chloemchll3774]

@@lynntunes if I look at singer/songwriters as a type, for my money the top two of the last 30 years are Tori and Elliott Smith. I think there are some amazing writers who work in the context of a band (and often with co-writers as a consequence) but for the singer/songwriter type they are the top ones in that era.

[@brlyjo]

Tori uses her voice as another instrument in the composition. She doesn't sing over the instructions, she joins them with structure. Even phrasing like "do you think it's enough" and "take hold of my hand" are delivered like cello flourishes.

[@HockeyJock]

👆🏼

[@IHeartAtx]

Like Billie Holliday singing like a clarinet.

[@jbcharm]

I’m 51 and remember listening to this record when it came out and thinking what a masterpiece… I never mentioned it to many people because most ppl who r not really into music would have really understood the genius of the record…I think the Cocteau twins heaven or Las Vegas ep is another masterpiece in its own genre

[@deiv800405]

Tori's talent is so singular, her voice angelic. Her singing so effortless. its incredible. its ridiculous. No mention of her cover of Famous Blue Raincoat..Sincerely L. Cohen

[@rgCA_01123]

She played this song at the Oakland, CA show 11/11/01. One of her crew approached me and my boyfriend as we were walking up to our balcony seats and he said, "you two look like big Tori fans, would you like to be guests of hers tonight?" He said the only condition was we had to trade our tickets so they could give then to someone else. As he took us to our new seats, I was crying like a 10 year old going to see Britti Spears 😂 We ended up just a little house right (stage left), second row of folding chairs right in the front. She was practically staring right at us as she played piano. I just about died that night. I have a bootleg of the show. I will never forget it. The next year she came back and we attended her S.F. show 12/21/02 at the Bill Graham Civic Center. She ended with encore Gold Dust and was crying while she was singing it. Someone yelled, (I think it was) Silent All these Years at the end and she in such Tori style, just replied F* you, lol and we all cheered she wasn't taking $h1t for interrupting such a beautiful song. She really is in a class of her own ❤️

[@jennifermcfadin5251]

@@rgCA_01123 I sat 2nd Row in Milwaukee for Scarlets walk tour my 11 y/o daughter got tickets to the show for her birthday. My Lil sis sat with her. Jole pulled Rowan up in front of the meet and greet two girls cut in front of me Tori got to us Rowan told her it was her present she singed Rowans CD asked her what she wanted to her. Rowan said Mr.Zebra she then asked where's your mommy I stepped up and said here I am she grabbed my hand and pulled me in the girls who pushed in front got move she personalized all 3 of our CDS. she played Rowans song and she played almost everything I wanted to hear. We locked eyes during that show so many times it was intense she remembers us. My eldest came with us for AATS. She remembered me she hugged my daughters and I love her so much.

[@rachelmcconnell1024]

Love, love, love her version of "Famous Blue Raincoat" 💙

[@craigphillips6308]

I had the extreme pleasure of seeing Tori on her solo tour, on April 6th 1994, at the Hollywood Pantages theater. This was the day after Kurt Cobain had died, and she came out and opened the show with Smells Like Teen Spirit. It is still one of the most powerfully moving moments in my long concert-going life. Thank you Rick, for bringing light to a truly classic album.

[@kalimaparvati]

I have a bootleg of that show. She actually did a little song montage of Smells Like Teen Spirit and The Day the Music Died. Amazing!

[@dickmonkey-king1271]

Not to nit pick, but Kurt's body wasn't found until the 8th...

[@sk-by8zi]

@@kalimaparvati This must be the April 9th 1994 bootleg from Berlin. That's where she mixed Smells Like Teen Spirit and American Pie.

[@kalimaparvati]

@@sk-by8zi ​ I went through all of my old CDs to check. You are correct. It was a bootleg called 'Last Temptation of Tori" from Berlin on April 9, 1994.

[@kalimaparvati]

@@dickmonkey-king1271 ​ I went through all of my old CDs to check. You are correct. It was a bootleg called 'Last Temptation fo Tori" from Berlin on April 9, 1994.

[@courtneybrock1]

I discovered Tori as a 13 year old girl in 94. A friend shared Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink with me at the same time and it changed my life. I’m pretty sure I have this B side EP in storage somewhere. I’d put on my headphones on and make a world I didn’t understand or fit in melt away. Her music helped me grow into woman. Hearing you reminisce about how powerful this album still is says it all.

[@catherinerainville4232]

Same. ❤

[@TheDeysiRae]

Samesies omg

[@TheDeysiRae]

The SUGAR EP is fucking phenomenal too. I'm spamming, pardon. ADHD, just following the dope...

[@juliagoodsonmusic]

I feel this so much! 🙌🏻♥️

[@CM-td4zu]

Very well said because I felt the same too…’the world I didn’t understand or fit into melted away’ wow…it still has this effect for me…wonderful memories!

[@dragons_red]

I was dating a girl back then (I was a metalhead) that introduced me to many of the great female artists of the 90s. Tori Amos, Sarah McLaughlin, Cranberries (Delores O'Rearden), Natalie Merchant, Jewel, among many others). Still listen to them today. Definitely a golden era for female (alt/college rock ?) artists.

[@mdupre6034]

Same. I wonder how many of us share the same story. I always revisit this music as a result of those memories.

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

@@mdupre6034 I realize most people get 'stuck' in the era of music that accompanied their coming of age-and yet, I can't make myself believe that the 1990s was not the best era for musicians other than the 1960s, particularly women musicians. Tori Amos is my favorite artist by many miles. She is an extraordinary heart and mind and a brilliant set of talents. But yes, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Fiona Apple, Courtney Love, Alanis Morissette, Shirley Manson, Jewel Kilcher, Joan Osbourne, Shawn Colvin, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Paula Cole, Sinéad O'Connor, Dolores O'Riordan, Björk, Lauryn Hill, Liz Phair, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow...I mean, cmon. All were distinct, original voices with strong points of view, important insights and tons of talent. I don't know how all this talent potential just came and then evaporated within the span of a decade. That said, Tori's talents have never abated. Her most recent albums, Native Invader and Ocean to Ocean, are brilliant. I consider Native Invader her 'coming out' as a wise woman/shaman, and Ocean to Ocean feels like a mature bookend to Little Earthquakes as well as an ode to her beloved mother. I wish Tori could make music forever. She is a gift to this world.

[@TheKolyaRice]

Same! Grew up on metal through the late 80's/early 90's but got turned on to Tori (and the other wonderful artists that David listed) by the Smells Like Teen Spirit cover and Little Earthquakes. I think my favorite album of hers is Scarlets Walk. The last 15 years have been a golden era for female metal vocalists like Anneke van Giersbergen, Simone Simons, Floor Jansen, Sharon den Adel and many more.

[@jasonhendler8892]

@@DavidMichaelCommer , very comprehensive list, but don't forget Nelly Furtado, Heather Nova, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Loeb, Imogen Heap, Tracy Chapman, Suzanne Vega, The Cardigans, Sixpence None the Richer, and Dido. You covered all my other Lilith Fair favorites.

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

@@jasonhendler8892 I did mention Sheryl. :) And they're not all Lilith participants. Tori, for one, toured on her own while Lilith was going on. But I did attend all three years of Lilith.

[@TheHornGuy]

I watched Tori Amos spellbind an entire crowd with just her voice and her Bosendorfer at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC in 1994. One of the best live performances I've ever seen.

[@lunalouhoo]

Oh I was there also! I couldn't remember the exact year...but that's it! It was a brilliant concert.

[@virgomoon1168]

I’ve seen her 8 times. Absolutely worth it every time.

[@jasonhendler8892]

Tori has one of my favorite gut-punch lines in all music: "There are pieces of me you've never seen, and maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen." Has to be the most desperate line about unrequited love ever spoken.

[@cody7889]

It’s a good one.

[@LisetteOropesaSoprano]

I’m so glad to watch you honestly enjoying my beloved Tori Amos, my favorite artist of all time!

[@pablozee6359]

I’ve never been able to wrap my around how Tori Amos is not more revered by the “general music listening population.” Some of her performances I experienced in person were almost beyond description - the entire audience mesmerized and holding our collective breath in anticipation of every single note. Completely under the spell of a true artist. And she’s funny between songs.

[@doh4828]

I know what you mean, but then again the way it has been is what makes her unique to those that sought her out. Her music is like literature, sometimes hard to wrap your head around but when it does click, it’s incredible.

[@DIFowner]

Spell is the right word. I have sat speechless in total enchanted entrallment at her concerts. I have followed two female artists the last 2 or so decades. One is Sheryl Crow, at who’s concerts I dance, and shout and sing along, but Tori I sit and listen. I have said for years now, that I love Sheryl, but I am “In love” with Tori!

[@nopenheimer]

She played the silence and spaces as much as notes. Utter magic.

[@ilikechopin8112]

I have seen Tori Amos in concert, singing, playing piano... a m a z i n g !!! Her CD was one of my small collection!

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

She's like Fiona Apple; if you like her music it's because it resonates with you musically and lyrically. If all you want is a beat to dance to, Tori Amos isn't your artist.

[@treylawrence8152]

I feel so vindicated, albeit 30 years too late! I was a huge Tori Amos fan in college, early 1990s, which as an otherwise typical "dude" was not a very popular opinion among my friends, to say the LEAST. Hearing Rick Beato put his seal of approval on this clearly great music is such a relief, even if a little too late to help that situation!

[@roseveluofficial401]

Tori Amos (and also Kate Bush and Fiona Apple) were my secret treasures in college. I had the same kind of idiot friends, I guess. ^^

[@adorephoto]

This was a very popular album..... Played a lot on MTV. This is not underground music. I mean it's good and was well liked for a reason so no vindication is necessary or possible actually.

[@jaymueller2418]

I remember working on my college newspaper and the music editor played two artists constantly: Tori Amos and the Beastie Boys. He was ALWAYS high working two computers over from us, the news editors. Then he moved Bjork into the rotation. And I’m still listening to all of them thirty years later.

[@guitargeek76]

Same here, but it was high school for me. A friend of a friend left the cassette at his house. I fell in love with it then, and recently bought the vinyl. IMHO the album is timeless.

[@JohnMcCaffrey]

I felt the exact same way!!

[@DrewDesign]

Literally 20 seconds into 'Silent all these years' and i'm in tears. It's 30 years ago. I was in tears then as well.

[@carliep123]

same!

[@5675492]

A Sorta Fairytale is one of my favorite songs of all time . More melodious and perhaps a bit more "commercial" than most of her offerings - but still an amazing song imo .

[@TheDeysiRae]

And Adrian Brody as a foot was pretty hot in the video.

[@Thornspyre81]

Me too! I'm a 42 year old metal head lol

[@josephgillmer10]

Tori was a child prodigy in music. She's a genius. The devastating life experiences she has endured has made for some of the most no-bullshit, cut through to raw emotion, exposed, angry, vulnerable, disquiet, and defiance-driven masterpiece music.

[@torcer]

One of my favorite albums ever. Hearing "Winter" 30 years later as a father of daughters .. man that song hits hard.

[@joemachine4714]

Yes my little daughter would say "... in my father's glove" and i'd tease her and say "no it's CAR not glove" and she'd argue with me lol. Then one time i met Tori with my daughter on my shoulders. Tori digs dads. She told me to be a knight in shining armor for my daughter. So cool, but that's not all. Months later I attended a Tori interview at Much Music studios in Toronto. There was a big crowd of fans i was way in the back and i hear Tori yelling "Come up here, everybody move out of his way". It took a moment for me to realize she was talking about me, which was surreal. So the crowd parts and i wiggle my way up to the front and Tori asks, "So how's your daughter? Are you being a knight for her?". Surreal just became extra surreal, made my year! That lady is a saint.

[@simongregory3114]

@@joemachine4714 Makes me tear up reading this. What a cool memory to have. I'm nearly 60 and feel like a failure most of the time. My daughter is half a world away working in the Harry Potter world at Universal Studios Beijing and I miss her so much. I'm so happy both my kids have grown up into good people doing interesting things (thankfully my son lives 5 minutes away to compensate for the China thing). Man, I'm glad I'm home alone, I didn't realise watching this video would bring me to tears so easily, first with the music, and Rick's commentary, and then the comments too!

[@joemachine4714]

@@simongregory3114

[@scottyyz]

As soon as I hear those first notes I get chills. Father of daughters as well.

[@kitsunegiblaze8022]

@@joemachine4714 -- That's so beautiful....

[@lunalouhoo]

In the 80's I was into Kate Bush...so I found Tori Amos early on and loved her. Saw her in 94 in a brilliant concert. Good times.

[@Manetto000]

Carole King, Kate Bush, Tori Amos

[@ProximaCentauri88]

You should also listen to Happy Rhodes. The Bush-Rhodes-Amos Trinity

[@Lia-A-Eastwood]

Kate Bush & Tori Amos. The best. Nothing more tobsay. 🎶🎵

[@marnaehrech1223]

Right on, found Kate Bush on a trip to Europe in 1980. Blew my mind!

[@lunalouhoo]

@@marnaehrech1223 I had Kate Bush songs on a walkman during a backpacking trip through Europe in the early 80's and had magical moments listening to her songs while seeing the British countryside.

[@mader348]

I was a metal head, would play this daily, my friends thought I was crazy, I was in love with the music and Tori! So damn good...saw her a couple times...the Greek and Irvine meadows....😎

[@jennybeard6341]

I saw her at the Greek, and met her before the show… such an amazing artist.

[@patch8376]

I also got into Tori at the height of my mid-adolescence metal love.

[@red_tide]

She was more metal then alot of metalheads. This album is so heavy, so deep and so dark! It is amazing. Lifelong metalhead here and this in my top 3 albums of all time.

[@bradmccreight243]

And I thought I was the only one! \m/

[@Spartyfan87]

I remember in the Kate Bush Documentary, Tori was interviewed and she said she was driving and heard "Running Up that Hill" by Kate Bush and had to pull over and listen with full attention. She described the music so beautifully. I read later that she sees music in her head as crystal formations of exquisite beauty. Her piano talent is almost completely self-taught. She is amazing.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

That explains so much. I knew there was something special and unusual about the way she perceives music.

[@shovington67]

I hate being average....

[@willrichtor]

The music is revealed to her gradually over the years by the muses, who show it to her as geometric shapes. They never show her the entirety of the music, as the forms change with time, her experiences and the experiences that the audience takes away from it.

[@darkaether2798]

Um, although she could already play piano, she went to the Peabody Institute for about 6 years.

[@BryTee]

@Stephen Peter Saul Kate Bush rarely gives interviews. She disappears between albums. So she'd only have shown up in 1993 when "The Red Shoes" came out, so would probably want to talk about that, not someone else's album from last year. Then after that album she disappeared until 2005 (int hat time it turns out she had a son).

[@madnessbydesign1415]

Tori is not just an amazing singer/songwriter, but an amazingly prolific singer/songwriter. This album was incredible. It was my introduction to her as well, and I still throw it in the CD player and hit repeat for days on end from time to time. To think she wanted to write and sing metal... Sode note: When I was listening to "Cornflake Girl", my wife came in and said, "What a stupid thing to sing about - 'Cornflake Girl'...", and she rolled her eyes. We're divorced now. I stand by that decision...

[@leighthomas8576]

Yep, many folks just don’t get it.

[@cheryltotheg2880]

I fell in love with my husband all over again when I played this album to him. He had never heard it, he is very happy that I played it 🤩 so I knew he is the man for me

[@madnessbydesign1415]

@@cheryltotheg2880 I never thought of this album as a relationship barometer, but it seems so clear now! Congrats on your successful test! :)

[@cheryltotheg2880]

@@madnessbydesign1415 😆yeah I couldn’t be with someone who didn’t like this album, it’s a masterpiece. Relationship goals 🤣🤣

[@madnessbydesign1415]

@@cheryltotheg2880 Glad you saw the path, and stuck to it! :)

[@shelleysnow5904]

Toris Amos' body of work is hearing the soul of an artist reaching out and touching the soul of the listener. I'm glad you reviewed her talent and work.

[@Guitargate]

I absolutely loved this, Rick. LOVED IT. Somehow, I just heard this record for the first time. I've been listening to these tracks on repeat in my car whenever possible. Impossibly beautiful, thoughtful, and impressive music.

[@chrisl7962]

Michael your reaction was my first conscious listen to Tori Amos and I’m loving discovering something so awesome for the first time at 42! I also have no idea how I’ve slept on it all this time. Also just joined GG and learning lots

[@benjigault9043]

Ended up here because of you. Mind blown.

[@JoanneGrace11]

It is so wonderful seeing someone who loves Tori and gets so blown away by the beauty of her music. She has carried me through the last 28 years of my life. I bow to your great taste.🙏🏼

[@ontheemmispodcast1269]

She is INCREDIBLE. I saw her in concert in Atlanta in the early 90s at Center Stage-just Tori and a piano. One of my (very drunk) friends kept yelling “Freebird!” and at the end of her set SHE PLAYED IT. She’s a gem.

[@carliep123]

im pretty sure I had a bootleg recording of that exact concert!

[@Reverend_Nada]

I saw her as well mid 90s in Memphis and my friend and I waited outside just so we can see her leave. As she was about to get into her limo, she sees me and the shirt I was wearing. She stops and walk around to me and says “anyone wearing a Sandman shirt deserves a hug”. Her body guards were still doing their job though she initiated the hug (props to them), but I still got the hug and she spoke with me and my friend for a few minutes. She said she was working on an album for the Sandman comics…

[@Utterlyindecentinblue]

@@carliep123 ok ummm can I get a copy of that?? 😬

[@Utterlyindecentinblue]

@@Reverend_Nada that’s amazing! I am in Memphis now and I love that it feels like a small town in some ways.

[@Reverend_Nada]

@@Utterlyindecentinblue funny you say that, that’s how we’ve always described it. It has (had?) a great music/art scene which I loved. Memphis definitely has something about it.

[@JohnRuggero]

As a piano technician, I’ve been lucky to tune quite a few Bosendorfer Imperials and I’m telling you, there’s is nothing that puts out a dark, haunting sound like that.

[@kevindie]

*_What sets them apart?_*

[@cheneyrobert]

Keith Jarrett and Tori really show how amazing the Bosendorfer Imperial can be….nothing else compares 🎹🥂

[@uumlau]

The Imperial is my favorite piano sample in the Nord library.

[@JohnRuggero]

The Bosendorfer Imperial has 9 extra bass keys. It was originally added for the purpose of playing organ transcriptions. If you listen, she uses the sub bass notes in a few songs. Cornflake Girl for sure, and I’m pretty sure there are a few in Winter as well. The other advantages to these extra bass strings are many. First, the extra long bass bridge puts the normal lowest bass strings near the center of the bridge, making them sound with much greater clarity than a normal piano. Secondly, the extra notes force the soundboard of the piano to be much larger than normal, giving extra resonance. Thirdly, when the pedal is depressed, the extra bass strings add lots of extra sympathetic resonance. Bosendorfer pianos are made like big cellos with tone wood used in the rim, rather than a hard laminated rim that only reflects sound waves. This, along with the tall bridges gives them a pure, dark, haunting sound, at the cost of some projection. Something with a reflective rim design like a Steinway will project better unmic’d but there is nothing that sounds like an Imperial under a mic.

[@janewells5970]

On that same tour, I saw her at Bogart in Cincinnati Ohio. I took my two young daughters, ages, five and 10 and they knew every word. They hung onto the stage and Tori could see them lip singing along. At the end of the show, she asked my daughter what song she hasn’t played? Girl, she answered girl. She picked both my daughters up, sat them beside her on the piano bench and played girl.

[@1amybean]

What a story. Thrilling.

[@JanStrojil]

Winter always makes me cry. Such a powerful song about the unconditional love and unbearable loss. There is nothing, nothing that comes close. Love it.

[@theaterdreamer]

For my money, one of the greatest albums ever recorded.

[@hardtoimaginable]

Yup.

[@ZeroSignalZen]

Die hard metal head here. Agreed 100%

[@captainnemonic]

I love Tori. Her stuff is too raw for me to listen to for any long stretches. I view this as a weakness in myself, and a strength in her music.

[@GrandmaEllen]

My daughter introduced me to Tori Amos. She and and her pack of girlfriends were all listening. This song still blows me away, almost 30 years later. 💜

[@backpackmatt]

First time I heard Little Earthquakes, it brought tears to my eyes. 💗

[@lawnerddownunder3461]

Same

[@srddrs9285]

Cathartic. Yep, that's exactly how I describe it.

[@jesshumphrey]

So grateful for this video. This is one of the most important albums in my life. I keep coming back to it over and over again…I was just out of high school when it came out. No one in my life gets it, and it’s so wonderful to hear (and see) a professional like you explain how and why it’s so special. Thank you.

[@heatherw.2751]

I get it! Most of the people in my life don’t understand but she is my absolute favorite. Genius!!

[@threefreaksonaleash6619]

Same here 🖤

[@gentrymagician]

“No one in my life gets it…” Exactly. EXACTLY.

[@willfromyadkinville]

i love your heart! this was an amazing album!

[@tracys694]

Tori has been my music dream Queen since I was 14 and Little Earthquakes was released. Her covers, especially Teen Spirit, are as good as her originals. She’s a true musician’s musician and respect to Beato for spotlighting this album. ✨

[@scubasteve7878]

I still have that EP and its one of my favorite old CD's. My favorite is the Led Zep cover she did.

[@wbotti]

honestly i've loved Tori since i first heard her, but never bought or listened to a full album... these covers are OUTRAGEOUSLY good

[@stephenpoole6015]

When Tori played in Sydney in late 1992 she did the first song a cappella and totally stunned the audience; I have never seen a performance to equal that one and don't expect to. Tori has fanatical fans for good reasons, and many of her best sings are on the limited edition EPs from the first two albums.

[@danieljodrey]

This woman is the Goddess of Piano 🎹. She sings like an angel and writes like an actual Muse. Yeah, I love the hell out of her. Thank You Rick for a lovely trip down memory lane. There is always time for Tori.. ✌️💖🎼

[@ajrob77]

I actually wept listening to this with you. I loved this and her later albums… such amazing song writing AND orchestration. What a unique and overwhelming talent!

[@vicb7341]

Tori is something else. I remember when Crucify was released, I did a double take...what? The video was incredible. Her performances were unlike anything I've ever seen. No one played the piano so sensually. One of a kind.

[@pattimurphyrocks]

I am so glad you reviewed Tori. The first time I heard "Silent All These Years" I sat there, stunned by the beauty of the music and the incredibly poignant lyrics. She has so much talent. Her music is so gorgeous. I seriously do not know of anything so moving and beautiful. There is no music being produced now that even remotely compares to this

[@juliagoodsonmusic]

This album absolutely saved my life as a depressed teenager in the 90’s. Thank you for covering her! ♥️😍

[@jandrem]

I discovered Tori when the “God” single came out, and picked up Under The Pink and Little Earthquakes immediately. I was actually super into thrash and death metal at the time, but Tori was the beautiful antithesis that had a rage all it’s own that caught my attention.

[@lawrencewheat1290]

Rick, you and me both man, you and me both. My girlfriend at the time told me that I needed to see this woman named Tori Amos, play and sing at Ann Arundal collage back in the 1992. I wasn't sure, I mean I was all about classic rock and the new grunge scene. Still, after my girlfriend's persistence I finally relented, and I agreed to see Tori play her show there. I am so happy that I did. From her first few notes when she performed "Precious Things", I was completely and utterly hooked. I have been more than a little smitten and a huge fan every since. I'm a singer, a pretty damn good one too (I am so modest); but her vocals, presence and piano work were like nothing I'd seen and nothing I could do. I was completely and utterly blown away. I bought "Little Earthquakes" the next day and still give it a couple spins a month.

[@Sub_901]

I’m a pianist (pretty damn good one, too), and since a child. I could compose music, but not write it- just record it. My teachers looked down on me for struggling to read sheet music, so I literally faked most of my recitals all through to college by memorization. Some would have called that a prodigy, or even “amazing”, but back then, it was shameful. Isn’t it funny how time changes perspectives?

[@cmunik8r]

The one and only time I was blessed to see this musical Jedi Master perform live was when she was touring this album. It was in a relatively small venue… I wanna say about 2500 seats. It was one of the most amazing live shows I’ve ever seen in my life. And not inconsequentially one of the most sensual experiences I ever had as a participant in an audience. She played us all with the same seductive mastery that she play that Bosendorfer. She owned us just like she owned it for those 120 or so glorious minutes. I am so beyond grateful that I was at that show and had the privilege of experiencing this amazing artist live… Especially performing the majority of this album. Very few live performances have ever come close… And I’ve probably seen 500 or so live shows. Well done Rick. This incredible master piece of a record is beyond deserving of the attention you gave it

[@questionmarke]

This was my experience exactly! I always describe it as her having us all on the edge of our seats the entire time she played, no one daring to breathe until the final chord was played. She had us in a trance. That's the way it seemed to me.

[@Jedi71]

Totally agree, I first saw her in '94, and was lucky enough to be in the 3rd row. The entire show I thought she was looking at me, and singing to me. Maybe she was.

[@TheRealThomasPaine1776]

Your SO right!! I saw her in the early 90s, a solo so, just her. A small room, a few hundred people. You were so right! She was/is a Masterful Performer! She talked and joked and by the end I was SO in love with her!!!!!

[@cheryltotheg2880]

Sensual is the word . I watch 91/92 montreux a lot and there are no words that can explain how wonderful it is. Lucky you! I Did see her live in London some years later ❤️

[@neilarcher2551]

Winter is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ive heard in my 56 years of very varied musical listening. Absolutely stunning.

[@befuddled2010]

Rick's analysis is always insightful and expansive, but when he injects his unbridled enthusiasm into a review of an artist it really highlights how special the work he's presenting is.

[@chrisold8042]

I like Rick and can’t disagree that this album is one of the best of all time but other than agreeing that this is an epic album what was insightful and expansive ?

[@stevenletty]

Amen to that!! Bless him and that heart…

[@robertsutter4690]

The most underrated albums of the period. It got lost with Actung Baby, Ten, and Nevermind (Among Others) coming out during the same period. Brilliant and Fierce.

[@robertsutter4690]

@@aophotos I would definitely agree that U2's peak was somewhere on either side of Achtung Baby. More my point was that the release of those other albums and rise the new sound of radio overshadowed an otherwise brilliant album (Little Earthquakes).

[@fld1374]

Maybe amongst dooods. It was a coming of age album for women!!!

[@Westerdd]

@@aophotos When you say Achtung Baby is not a real album, what do you mean?

[@Westerdd]

@@aophotos Well regardless of what you think of the quality of the songs on Achtung Baby or the direction the band were taking at the time politically or commercially it's a real album :). That part isn't subjective. Seems rather daft to suggest otherwise.

[@Westerdd]

@@aophotos as*

[@show3086]

Reagrding Tori's cover versions: In October 2017, literally the whole of Canada was mourning the death of Tragicaly Hip frontman Gord Downie. Around the same time I went to a Tori concert and halfway through the set she says somehing like, "here's one I just learned". And she starts singing a stunning version of the Tragically Hip's classic "Ahead by A Century" Everyone was in tears. It was epic! She's a genius and she knew exactly where that audience was culturally and emotionally. Unforgettable!

[@66fitton]

Wow! That's so awesome! Teared up just reading this.

[@danamckee6973]

I have this but can’t send a pic ..I got this at a used record store!!! It’s the one with a necklace of green onions!!!

[@danamckee6973]

Message me and I’ll send a pic! And I’m seeing her in Oakland in a couple weeks!!!

[@marianaalmeida4544]

OMG, that song is amazing! Really curious about Tori’s version of it. Hope I can find it somewhere on the Internet…

[@FrancesJoanVDW]

I’m usually late discovering new music, but with Tori Amos, I was right there from the start. Little Earthquakes blew me away, and still does. I just have to remind myself to breathe when I hear her singing because she literally takes my breath away.

[@adampnisses]

"Winter" is one of the greatest songs ever, period. Now that my father has passed, I can't even listen to it.

[@shaunajohnson9333]

I know how you feel 🙏🏻

[@solar1913]

Can’t help crying each time I hear this song. Gets you in the feel.

[@Izzy-kr9fh]

​Those years it was like listening to magic on the radio: we listened Tori, Alanis, Nirvana, Metallica, NIN, Beasties, U2, Cypress Hill, Beck, Chilies, Sound Garden, PJ, Radio Head ... all in the same sitting and on the same station. It all flowed together somehow. Kids 'literally' have no clue what that was like...

[@jeffe_77]

We had no clue at the time how good we had it back in the day.

[@mjortiz1098]

Yeah i have no clue what that was like

[@mjortiz1098]

Its called playlist

[@fearvo]

Yeah and we have no idea what it was like from 65-78. It's just perspective. My kids are loving the music that's coming out today and I am just happy that they love music. They are getting their own buzz. Their own version of our day. (But having said that....it was a pretty special age 😜)

[@jeffe_77]

@@mjortiz1098 For context, the idea that someone or a group would live create a playlist and the difference being everyone who is listening to the station is experiencing it live at the same time, oppose to listening to it later on demand.

[@lordslothrop365]

Also: Incredibly moved to read how many other guitarists are influenced by Tori. I'm mainly a metalhead, but Tori has been one of my favorites for more than 25 years. Much respect.

[@oldwelshbloke6860]

Same here bruv. Loves metal and I mean proper metal Bolt Thrower etc for 35 years. Tori has the same intensity and brutality although wrapped in prettier package. U ain't alone as Tori has a metal following. Her live performances will blow you away.

[@kristimunn3010]

Tori got me through HS, and college, but all her albums are emotional for me. I can't even listen to Under the Pink without crying. Way to triggering from things I was going through when I listened to it in '94. I love her covers too. Thank You, Led Zepplin covers is one of my favorites. I saw her twice, once for Choir Girl Hotel and again for To Venus and Back, I think. There is nothing like seeing her live. She puts so much into her shows. Edit: Yes PLEASE make a video on the Verve, they are SOOO much more than Bitter Sweet Symphony.

[@azilbean]

💯 All of this!❤

[@catherinerainville4232]

Exactly the same here!!!

[@stephanhuebner4931]

I wholeheartedly agree that it's one of the best albums of the era. In fact, even with more than 400 CDs in my possession, it's easily one of my top five.

[@shredape]

I’m starting to move away from streaming services and want the higher quality music that CDs offer. My collection is just starting. What are some other great sounding CDs?

[@stephanhuebner4931]

@@shredape I'm not sure I could legitimately answer that question, as it completely depends on what kind of music you like. Anyway, here's a quick list out of my head of albums I'd consider fantastic, and which I could listen to any day: - Peter Gabriel - So - Depeche Mode - Black celebration - Depeche Mode - Music for the masses - Natalie Cole - Unforgettable ... With Love - Supertramp - The very best Of - Aerosmith - Eat The Rich - Queen - A Kind Of Magic - U2 - Rattle And Hum - Neill Young - Harvest - Travelling Wilburies - Vol. I + III (There's no Vol. II, afaik) - World Party - Bang! - Eurythmics - Best Of - Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band - Nightmare Before Christmas - Soundtrack - Buena Vista Social Club (Soundtrack) - Ibrahim Ferrer (first CD under the banner of Buena Vista Social Club) - Omara Portuondo (first CD under the banner of Buena Vista Social Club) - Sting - Nothing like the sun - Alan Parsons Project - Turn Of A Friendly Card - Rival Sons - Feral Roots (That actually was a suggestion from a comment on this very channel some weeks ago) - Thunder mother - Heat Wave - Elle King - Shake The Spirit - Antonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons (classical, for something completely different. :-p) - Annett Lousian - Boheme (German) - Peter Maffay - Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft (German) I've probably forgotten quite a lot, heh. Also, I have omitted most of the "Best Of"-CDs and there are still quite a few "holes" in my collection of essential CDs. But if you find something interesting in there, that'd be great. :-)

[@jimott7342]

That's quite a compliment!

[@shredape]

@@stephanhuebner4931 that's a great list. thank you. I'm noticing that it's hard to find any hard copies past 2015, or any 16-bit/44.1 kHz files

[@deceiver444]

"Silent All These Years" is like a goosebumps highway and "Winter" pushes it even further a fair notch. The Nirvana cover is simply out of this world, just has my eyes wet everytime.

[@evasenechal8735]

Absolutely goosebumps! Hair raising

[@Beery1962]

Winter is hard to listen to for me, as I have a daughter and the imagery in that song brings back so many memories of when I used to walk her to school in the snow. Nostalgia is a killer for those of us with grown-up kids.

[@ChrisEck13]

This took me back in time. When you starting playing "Silent All These Years" it gave me chills. About 25 years ago I would listen to the first 3 Tori albums every night when I went to bed. Every time I hear her now it takes me back. I purposely only listen on rare occasions because it has so much impact.

[@tinastanley4444]

❤

[@gordonwalley1116]

I feel exactly the same way. Reserved for special moments only.

[@bethanythatsme]

🖤💀

[@vaa1976]

Absolutely!! Instant chills

[@0-by-1_Publishing_LLC]

(16:20) Tori's cover of Zep's *"Thank You"* is in my top-10 list of favorite songs of all time. Brings me to tears! ... I even had it played at my wedding. Probably the first time a Zep song ever got played in that church. ........... I have the EP, by the way.

[@catherinerainville4232]

It is me and my husbands “song.” ❤

[@jmazoso]

Her duet with Robert Plant of the the Led Zeppelin song Down By The Seaside is better than the original.

[@0-by-1_Publishing_LLC]

@@jmazoso They were a couple for a while. Don't know for how long.

[@defhoez449]

The first time I ever heard “China” I wept. It was one of the most beautiful songs I had ever heard. I was working in radio back then, and it was a song on one of the record company CD’s we’d play. I listened to it over and over again as I was working the 12-6am shift, and would kill time by listening to the “soon to be released” songs on CD’s When I met my future wife, she was also a Tori fan..we’d sit together in the dark on the floor of my apartment and listen to this album..it’s absolutely perfect 🤩

[@tonyttt31]

China made me cry too.

[@pixiedragon5085]

China and Jamaica Inn.... favorites...ooh, no, YOUR CLOUD... those are my top 3... Tori is amazing

[@reglagirl5802]

I cried too

[@reglagirl5802]

I couldn’t believe someone wrote that…😢

[@BayAreaJaybo]

I had a similar experience the first time I heard "Running Up That Hill." It was playing on the radio when I woke up and I thought I was dreaming at first. "I'd make a deal with God and I'd get him to swap our places" has haunted me ever since and a lifetime Kate Bush fan sprang into being fully formed. I was 15. Kate also has my all-time favorite line in pop music, from Hounds of Love: "Take my shoes off/and throw them in the lake/and I'll be two steps on the water." So evocative! Tori has such a string of great albums. From a Choirgirl Hotel is amazing and trippy, like a sonic version of the movie After Hours. Scarlett's Walk is amazing, it's the one I Iisten to most after Li'l Earthqaukes. The amount of work and thought and design that went into American Doll Posse. That picture of her suckling the pig! She's metamorphic, like David Bowie. (Fixed two little mistakes)

[@sladen3884]

amen. raw emotion coupled with immense talent and drive

[@erikamustermann6783]

Hounds of Love is one of the greatest albums ever. I‘m always reminded of Kate when I listen to Tori.

[@kristencollins521]

I found this album in 1994 when I was 14 and I thought it was cool. Then when Boys for Pele came out I was obsessed and went back to her other 2albums and I’ve been obsessed ever since. What I love about Tori is her piano is not accompanying her vocals. She duets with her piano. The intricacies of her Melodys and how they counter her vocals is astonishing. I wish you would have played Mother. The intro is just.. I can’t describe it. It’s magic. I have such a connection with her music. I miscarried in 2008 and I listened to From the Choirgirl Hotel on repeat for months. Pandora’s aquarium lives in my heart and I when I gather the courage to play it, I can smell the ocean and taste the salt from where I would float in the water and sing this song and cry and cry. Her newer stuff I think is a bit to glossed over. I miss hearing the pedals and her breathing. But when you hear her play it live, it’s still magic. And she puts on one hell of a show. She’s a road dog and changed her set list nightly.

[@joemachine4714]

yeah i bought Boys for Pele from Columbia House (11 CDs for a penny) I was blown away. i still have the order form and catalog that i used to pick the 11 CDs, that's how obsessed i became ☺️

[@heatherw.2751]

I used to be a Columbia House member too! Got some really amazing music through them. Crazy how times change…

[@joemachine4714]

@@heatherw.2751

[@moonchild0618]

Tori Amos is such an incredible talent; her voice, her piano, her lyrics and interpretation of others’ lyrics. Simply breathtaking.

[@chrisdraper4350]

Tori, Sarah McLaughlin earlier albums and OMG Poe's Haunted is probably my favorite all time record and it still holds up today!!!

[@juliabinari3393]

Haunted was an amazing album. Totally agree.

[@briennerosman5994]

Yes, Poe!!!

[@Brokeninc]

i'm happy to see people remember Poe.

[@Laurasiana]

I recall an interview with Tori where she talked about being a prodigy who entered Peabody at age 5. But she was expelled at age 11 for her punk attitude. She’s always gone her own way. I remember the first time I heard “Winter” on the radio. I was driving at the time, and had to pull over. It was too overwhelming.

[@danavitolo]

Just saw Tori play live last night in Raleigh, NC. It was great! She played Winter!

[@riccardogiulietti6893]

Is the same how many time i can listen to this.....after decades still got chills everywhere ❤️

[@aj_page_]

Thank you Rick, Tori is just an incredible musician. I met Tori in 1988 at a Reseda club with her band “Y Can’t Tori read”. I saw her standing there and had to meet her, this is before her band went on. She was so open and receptive I instantly fell in love. When her band went on (Opening for Warrant)you just new she was going somewhere. Fast forward to Nov 91 I’m now living in Nj and friend who worked for the radio industry rag the Hard Report was able to get an early copy of Little Earthquakes, his wife heard it and called to come right over. I went over for dinner and she threw a copy in my lap and said this the most incredible album….you have to hear it, I look at the cover and immediately recognize the girl from the bar ….we lit the CD up and fell in love all over again …….Rick he station you first heard Tori on was WXPN out of the University of Pennsylvania and you saw her perform at WXPN studios in Philly because I was there …small world my friend

[@repurposer626]

That album Y Kant Tori Read also featured another big up and comer... I believe the guitar player was Trent Reznor and he was working out what would become his first NIN stuff.

[@aj_page_]

@@repurposer626 I don’t recall Trent being in the band, I do believe he was still in Cleveland at the time….

[@adriandevine5955]

​@@repurposer626 I don't think Trent was anything to do with Y Kant Tori Read. Steve Caton was the guitarist in that band - the same guy that plays on Little Earthquakes and subsequent releases. Trent did sing some vocals on a track (Past the Mission) on the next album . I vaguely remember an interview where Tori was talking about working with Trent on that (and a conversation she was having with her mother about it!) and it didn't sound like they'd worked together before.

[@AmissTori]

This is so cool!! What a treat to have seen her back in the Y Kant Tori Read days! 🙌

[@TheRealDarklock]

30 year anniversary... holy christ I feel old now. I was 20 when this album came out and back in those days... I can safely say Tori Amos and NIN helped me through many of the pains of those years.

[@joemachine4714]

Are you Chad or Jesse? Chad and I met Tori in her dressing room. Chad made a T-Shirt of Trent Reznor holding a portrait of Tori admiringly. He wore the shirt when we met her in 1998. He also asked her if she will be collaborating with Trent again and she said probably not lol

[@antonmedvedev1128]

I was 11 😇😇😇

[@tjwatson2112]

I discovered this on day of release. Met her in a in store record signing the same year ( she’s a hugger 😂) when I told her I couldn’t go to her concert because it was sold out ( Pontiac Michigan) she got me tickets 🎟❤️

[@initnotofit]

Amazing

[@ntartaris]

Just like you, Rick, I heard "Winter" on ABC Radio (National Classical radio station) here in Australia one day in 1993 and it just stopped me in my tracks. I can remember the day like it was yesterday. I just had to buy the CD the next day. It remains one of my favourite albums to this day. Bravo Rick. Watching you appreciate her timeless music is cathartic. She is a living musical legend. And it kills me that I've never seen her live. I hope I get the chance before she decides to stop touring one day.

[@irinasummer]

She was my favorite artist growing up as a teenage girl in the 90s. It’s so wonderful watching you appreciating her! I remember every lyric :)

[@icnocuicatl]

Tori Amos is my #1! She’s a goddess. I’m gonna go see her in June and I’m so excited

[@heatherw.2751]

I missed her this tour and I’m still bummed about it

[@AmissTori]

Saw her in london in March!! It was magical!

[@sdrawsmokepig8372]

Seeing her, for the sixth time, in San Diego June 11th. SUCH an amazing artist and person!

[@shaunajohnson9333]

I just saw her in Portland & it was everything 🤙🏼

[@icnocuicatl]

@@shaunajohnson9333 I’m finally gonna see her tomorrow!

[@crystalmtkid]

Tori Amos has always been a breathtaking artist. To Venus and back is one of my favorite albums.