Tori Amos - Caught a Lite Sneeze (Official Music Video)

[@indiemixtape]

what time in your life does hearing tori amos take you back to? subscribe for more: uproxx.it/mrln2hd

[@Stephanie-zk4hw]

My teens around the time of Scarlets Walk. She made my soul feel understood then and still does today ❤️

[@formerlyarandompropernameb9327]

High school. No question. She was the theme music to that time I could even play beginning chords.

[@GenerationX1967]

1996...

[@RoisinMadden]

Oh definitely high school.

[@sallystearns5911]

High school... and I’m a preachers girl, so she wears a crown a thorns in my life.

[@Donut.79]

Its truly a shame more people dont know about her. Her voice is hauntingly angelic. Im 45 and have been listening since I was a teen.

[@NicolettenNnicotine]

I'm sure Lame A Del Rey heard of her. Stole her whole look and act 😮

[@mercyr6105]

I hear that!! She got me through my youth and I'm 40, still BLOWS MY MIND!!!!

[@manifest.on.sumo2024]

I know right✨️💛✨️ 46 here

[@Donut.79]

@@manifest.on.sumo2024 I recently told my gf I loved listening to Tori and she laughed at me. Normally I dont care but I asked whats wrong with me liking her music...well its music for girls o ok I guess. Little about myself I grew up involved in gangs guns etc but I already loved different music my older brother called me gay for liking belly feed the trees. But I love what I love I dont have to justify anything to anyone sorry I just had to get that off my chest.

[@neilmcdonaldii4367]

Alli of us old folks sitting in the comments remembering one of the few known greats. Glad to have you all here. Let's share this artist with the youngins and get things back on track.

[@shannonnonnahs6943]

Get this girl a place in the Music Hall Of Fame already, she is timeless and unique💗!

[@tabi769]

EXACTLY

[@ShaniTrahan-p9b]

She sure is timeless and unique 💚❤

[@ShaniTrahan-p9b]

Tori Amos deserves to be in the Music Hall of Fame

[@beckstar78]

how is she not already there

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

Unique…if Kate Bush never existed😂 She is great though, sure.

[@cjwhite6072]

The fact that this woman doesn’t have a single Grammy is a crime against humanity.

[@octaviushilbert8307]

The fact that this comment doesn't have more likes is also a crime

[@denverdubois5835]

SO much WTF.

[@maniacal1870]

I mean, her voice and range is excellent, and I like her music, but it is rather niche and nonsensical.

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

With a few exceptions, Grammys are awarded to artists who sell the most. They're awards presented by members of a commercial industry to recognize sales and artistry, but 97.5% sales and not artistry.

[@DavidMichaelCommer]

@@maniacal1870 This song is very abstract but her music isn't *actually* nonsensical, just cryptic. What she sings may sound like gibberish, but most of what she writes is profound if a person invests an effort to figure out what she is saying. That is obviously not something we usually do with popular music, and so she's really an odd fit within the music industry and it's not surprising she isn't more popularly appreciated-however, it's still a shame that she isn't.

[@scarym0nster]

Still gives me shivers. What a song.

[@cammyvett8065]

Absolutely! ❤

[@siriusjones956]

Yes. She really had alot to say. I remember not liking her due to her being critical of christianity. She sure was ahead of her time.

[@moniidzia]

@@siriusjones956 I bet she loves islam now.

[@cupofjavaproductions3138]

👍🏿

[@alrune8]

The 90's were really a golden era for music. All types, all genres of music.

[@ultron374]

True

[@Gobble_de_Goop]

No woke identity politics necessary, either! Just organically awesome, DIVERSE musical acts. I miss it.

[@matheus_ooliv]

@@Gobble_de_Goop Indeed.

[@DanielFlailed]

I'd take early 2000s over 90s. They took the 90s and made it better.

[@alrune8]

@@DanielFlailed Fair enough. I can see why you would say that.

[@coolhand151]

October 2024 still listening. Beautiful music.

[@stacy70111]

Dec 2024

[@Martin_17333]

21:13,31.12.2024

[@mattheosleonidas]

I’m feeling remotely connected to all of you who are still listening to this song, even after all these years.😂❤️

[@MaryJones-fk2mq]

Me too! Long live Tori!

[@tkkcali]

61 and love Tori. She’s timeless

[@nancyeisenstein8352]

💜

[@mishawashere]

Remember this on the radio when i was 15, cant believe it was more than 20years ago

[@mishawashere]

Feeling it was yesterday and long ago at the same time

[@dreamingofcottontails6601]

I remember reading an interview where she says she wrote this song as a reaction to her break-up with Trent Reznor. She basically said(& is saying, through this song) that she thought it was more with him, but in the end, it was like getting over a light cold. Like catching feelings, or a 'lite sneeze'. Knowing that totally changed this entire song, & all the lyrics that aren't quite clear suddenly become obvious, like "made my own pretty hate machine", which was the name of Trent & Nine Inch Nails brilliant debut album end of the 80's. They wouldve been an interesting pairing..both incredibly driven musical geniuses.

[@poughkeepsieblue]

I heard 'pretty hate machine' was trent reznors album about her, and this was a response to it. Its nice to hear this rumor among fans. True or not. Trent messed up this one, i woulda kept her forever if i had her as my girl.

[@practicalsymbolist]

Pretty sure they dated while he was at the Tate house recording Downward Spiral. He dumped her for Courtney Love in a rather ungraceful manner (and felt such self-loathing about it). Sucks that Tori had to go through the abortion alone but this song seems to honor the loss appropriately. The background vocals crying out to Inanna always moved me. Seems like they both continued to gesture at each other through their music for years.

[@abbied]

@@practicalsymbolistThey had a baby together? 😥

[@beckstar78]

he sings background in past the mission

[@HB-xf2xl]

@@abbiedno, they did not. I have no idea where this person got their info. Tori suffered a few miscarriages (a major theme in her 1998 album To The Choirgirl Hotel.) The father was not Trent Reznor, it was her current husband Mark Hawley. They have been married since 1998.

[@TheTjedge1]

The depths of these abstract lyrics continues to haunt my thoughts even decades after hearing this song for the first time. It's not just music, it's human expression in it's messiest rawness. It's one of the most tragically beautiful songs ever made. At least in my humble opinion.

[@jessicacis8246]

❤️❤️❤️

[@witchmonster1372]

❤️❤️❤️

[@B4nks]

I'm guessing she went to Catholic school?

[@B4nks]

Just read up on her Wiki.. yep, it all makes sense :D

[@AnOutgoingIntrovert]

messiest rawness.

[@bornflippy1]

Since the beginning of her career Tori has owned that space of beauty and artistry on the verge of something chaotic and ethereal and altogether mystical. A truly unique artist that is deserving of far more attention than she has received.

[@josefrootgum]

Tori's music convinced me that I don't need psychedelics to trip. Her sound is ethereal.

[@juanaltredo2974]

theres a silly notion that tori only appeals to women, Im a guy whos always found her music amazing, so fill with life and deepness. Several of her albums are amongst the best, most creative and best lyrics of all time. Shes an open wound at times, but her music is transformative and for sensitive people, both women and men, very healing, we'll recognise a bit of ourselves in her stories, because she not only makes songs, but short stories, mini movies that speak to all of us.

[@educostanzo]

I agree, while I was a boy growing up I discovered Tori thanks to another straight male friend, and instantly connected with this album specifically. Tori and Björk had a huge impact on me.

[@jwaxmcgeeg9706]

That was back when you didn't need a biology degree to know gender

[@schploink6869]

​@@jwaxmcgeeg9706 Ahhh the days when these guys were just "girly men" and "f*ggots" instead of something clearly defined as illegal according to the Republican freedom cage laws now.

[@RhiannonMertz-ec1yq]

Def most def 💔

[@thatgirlnamedcarol8268]

Thank you for being so eloquent with your words. She is an amazing person with so many thoughts to share! Quite simply, I am blessed to know of her and to have experience her talents all the way back in the 90's! 💕

[@MPMatott]

The pedal drop at 2:46 .... such a cool transition. Saw her do this live and flip back and forth between piano and harpsichord and at one point played both at the same time. So incredibly talented.

[@TriggaP123]

The performance she did this song on Saturday Night Live is the closest live to recording performance I can find.wicked.

[@lareverie8285]

I have always liked it too😊

[@Sub_901]

Yes! That SNL was insane. I felt completely worthless at my own (one) piano for weeks thereafter. She is literally a genius

[@rumblefish9]

@@TriggaP123 Tori Amos Unplugged. The part where she stands up turns around and plays the harpsicord and then back to the piano.

[@michellem4287]

Tori live is a transcendent experience! Lucky enough to see her at Red Rocks. Tori, TOOL and Trent - the holy trinity of the 90's!

[@karencarstens7074]

Nothing comes close to it, to me, all these years later, at age 50. This is one or her best songs,and it only grows more relevant, over time. What it has meant to me, and to m my late mother, I cannot even begin to explain in words. Tori transcends time and space. She is a rare treasure or American music history.

[@Sub_901]

Her song, Winter, travelled with me from 20 to 50 as well. It’s incredible how her lyrics morph into a different meaning as time passes yet stays relevant to my present day.

[@thegildedpagestudio6485]

Honestly, ppl, this magnificent song about crashing down to earth from a world of misperceptions saved my life and I can't thank Tori enough! I'd just been raped by a so-called "authority figure" within the LGBTQIA+ community two months earlier, and I died within myself. This song was the consoling voice I never knew I'd get to drag me back from the edge and I found my fire for the first time. I adore T for that album, which I still hold dear to my heart xx

[@noelgibson5956]

In all honesty, I've paid no attention to the words. I'm too busy enjoying the song! Lol. I'll try to pay more attention to them.

[@g.i.ashowwithallison4618]

This song oozes every drop of blood that I have ever bled....F minor...oh! How macabre, Miss T!!!!

[@jacqueline-delphine5160]

@@g.i.ashowwithallison4618 it is in c minor lol read the sheet music

[@g.i.ashowwithallison4618]

@@jacqueline-delphine5160 I am working on that. I am not privy on how to read music. The research I did said "F". So, I stand corrected. I am definitely not beyond reproof, and greatful to be able to admit it! Blessence!

[@vins1979]

I hope you are feeling a bit better now. You lived a terrible, terrible, terrible thing. Please, never forget that it wasn't your fault.

[@crypticbarbiegirl]

Each time I listen to old Tori Amos songs I feel moved to tears it can't be helped...please leave a virtual hug for me

[@alaskamountaingirl]

I feel moved too when I hear her music. Sending you a virtual hug 🤗 God Bless 🙏🏾

[@brunohavenith8744]

Big hug from Belgium

[@element_m2498]

A big hug from Germany! Wish you all the best!!!

[@malakisands8180]

When she was live it was so strong you could tell that she put so much of herself into what she created. When you get emotional from music that means that deep down you feel a connection. The artist is trying to do that

[@Zembatka]

🫂

[@Chris1345]

This song never gets old!!

[@leghump]

Haven't listened to this song in easily a decade. Decided to catch up with her. I'm stunned by how powerful this song still is. I love the lush, full feel of it. It's Tori exploring new sounds and instruments...in full control of it all. It also dredges up some ugly early adult memory which came for me viscerally just now. It's not the worst thing that has happened but something I wish hadn't happened. How I let someone manipulate me into something very ugly. I loathe "her" for how she made me feel. "...make my own Pretty Hate Machine" indeed. Why am I writing this...? Tori can still get through all the defenses I suppose even after 30 years...

[@PootPootPearl]

I hear you🙏🙏❤️

[@user-du7pe6pm7d]

it is sometimes called demonic interventions -- ahahahahahahahaha

[@givy5820]

This song is so beautiful. I listen to this when I’m stressed or anxious. My mother introduced me to Tori Amos.

[@huangdongdong]

I listened tori amos in high school And i will introduce her to my daughter

[@TheGodofMustard]

I like how you can hear the foot pedal when she switches from the harpsicord to the piano. Some folks would have removed that. I love it.

[@stevester9148]

And this ladies and gentlemen, is a prototype of how 90's videos still mop the floor with current ones.

[@p.d.l7023]

Videos of this era were truly short-form art films. Beautiful.

[@aRoguesTale]

Whose here in 2020 listening during Quarantine 💯

[@RubyPlanet81]

Yep and thinking its not going to end well for us all in the next few years

[@VeracruzPopLife]

Another cliche comment

[@RubyPlanet81]

@@VeracruzPopLife It most likely won't end well for any of us. We are all fucked by this stupid fucking virus. Also, there's no need to be mean about it by saying my quote is a cliche. I wasn't mean to you or anyone. Why do that to someone you don't even know who hasn't even started a fight with you?

[@cryptotalkbycryptowatch7158]

BAck again you can say....

[@Ser-Sagrado]

Chocolate ice cream and Tori for breakfast.... the best medicine 😭💖🦄🎹😊

[@denverdubois5835]

Things I never noticed about this video before... How strong the Trent vibes are. Not just the "Pretty Hate Machine" reference, either. And also... That shot of the New York skyline with the old World Trade Center, and a second later, the lyric "buildings...tumbling..." Cold chills.

[@MakeMeLo]

Even though it's been disputed, I heard back about 20 years ago that they did date and it wasn't long and ended bitterly and he wrote some song about her and she wrote this in response.

[@tracystuart4266]

@@MakeMeLo i have no idea why people still dispute this when Trent is on the record saying they had a falling out related to Courtney Love. Like, it's not speculation, he's admitted it. And Tori used to slip a verse from Hurt into this song when she performed it live, where she'd conclude with saying "you're full of shit", lol. They apparently finally reconciled in the 2010s though, for people who just don't like to think about them hating each other.

[@bzqp2]

@@tracystuart4266 Can you elaborate a bit on the reconciliation part? Haven't heard of that.

[@tracystuart4266]

@@bzqp2 people from the NIN fandom have said at a meet and greet Trent said Tori called him after the birth of his first kid and they hashed it all out and were okay now. There was also a funny story from before that about a fan bringing him a Past the Mission single to sign once, and Trent being like "she is NOT gonna like this...if you bring it to her to sign make sure to tell her this was your idea" lol

[@pablomullner6934]

I always think of that too... The Twin Towers fast view and that line about tumbling buildings, it's so haunting!!! Chills!

[@Snotmon]

24 years later... still cuts clean to my bones

[@Elkins82ify]

This is music, my friends. It’s got a depth that any current musician will never be able to duplicate...EVER.

[@grazielaalmeida8438]

20 years from now someone will be posting that current music got a deeph that future music industry won't have.

[@stop736]

Listen to Playing God from Polyphia…those guys don’t even need vocals to make music with layers.

[@primroseburrows]

This one comes might close to that depth. Not duplication, of course, there is and never will be anyone like Tori.

[@randompersonn4]

@@hazyblue5727It sure doesn’t exist like this anymore. If it did you would have recommended them. Nothing will come close to the raw talent and the spirit of the 90s

[@pjobpjobpjob]

This is the song you want to play when you're testing speakers. Helluva range.

[@nc5809]

The chorus is incredible

[@justinsomething]

over a million views and just 13 comments?! this track is arguably one of the best song of 90's! who else makes a harpsichord rock like this?

[@TheClaudz23]

justin something not just of the 90’s one of the best ever. I adore and admire Tori and have four almost 30 years. She is one of a kind x

[@JAYMZMARLEY]

To answer your harpsichord question mate....NO ONE thats who. Lol She stands alone 🐸☕

[@poisoningthewell3636]

Favorite Tori song of all time.

[@Lazram]

Only Tori Amos could Rock a Harpsichord.

[@cmjcj2ktn]

Yeah there's this guy named Bach...he might take issue with that statement.

[@zeddblue]

+Christopher Johnson true

[@Germania9]

Harpsichord death battle between Tori Amos & Bach would've kicked ass.

[@sietepeaches]

She would have won

[@cmjcj2ktn]

But only because she would summon a demon spawn succubus.

[@22lilacsky]

she takes me back to being in highschool. I graduated in 96, a very prolific time for music. excellent work by the way....thank you for creating this.

[@travislatigue4957]

I graduated in '96 too. Cool.

[@MattGreerMusic]

@@travislatigue4957 Me too.

[@hummingbird11]

I graduated in 1991. My sister introduced me to Tori. I still have many of Tori's CDs. She is a unique talent.

[@JumeckRafeal]

C/o 96 also. Tori was my religion.

[@ESL-O.G.]

Criminally underrated artist. Really ❤️

[@pleasantscreams1978]

Tori is the GOAT

[@stevenwasserman9729]

Something in her voice and song still sees something in me.. I still feel she understands after all these years.

[@babemoreland748]

She deserves all the awards in the world for this song and of course all her others

[@queenleighbee]

I will always bawl when I hear this beautiful song. Tori Amos was an escape for me from my wretched reality growing up. Love you tori

[@petercook9802]

Man I miss the 90's

[@Danielle777rw]

Iconic, eternal, cathartic, inspirational, beautiful

[@Georgeanne17]

Tori I’m still listening since 1993. And I’m still mesmerized at your beautiful exquisite voice and incredible artistry that has no words ❤

[@uzi978]

I saw her live once and was blown away at how beautiful she was in person... a truly unique, amazing performer.

[@giorgiomartinico3774]

MASTERPIECE.

[@crystalpenilla]

Saw her in concert. It was everything you would imagine listenig to her would be live.

[@shawnjesseman664]

I saw her live 4 times. Every time was unique and amazing.

[@rexmanaconda4255]

saw her in albuquerque for the raspberry swirl tour...still makes my heart race...She's magical...(grin)

[@breesevere]

Same

[@BeingAwakeisPainful]

She was my first. I was 14 years old and my sister took me to see her at The Tower in Upper Darby PA. I was young and my sister and her girlfriends were all older and in college and I was in love with all of them. I will never forget it. Tori came out from behind a giant white back drop but before she did a giant light shined her shadow through the curtain and she did this little dance and the crowd went nuts. Thank you Tori.

[@jenniferj5324]

I have seen her live three times. Amazing each time.

[@ebonycollins2210]

I remember hearing this song for the first time in high school and thinking "my god I'm in heaven."

[@mgreene3627]

Ebony Collins i saw her live in 96

[@MissNicole19148]

Meeeeeeee too. Been a huge Tori fan since... I've met her and seem every show in Philly since I've lived here... 17 years!

[@JadedTheatre]

I had every Tori album memorized in high school. She was also on our "Vampire Chronicles" soundtrack. A mix tape!! Haha, Im getting old.

[@tinastanley4444]

😀❤✌ i have seen her 98 times.

[@JudythFoltz]

Very ethereal ain't it?

[@jamiefoyers2800]

I never really knew what Tori Amos was singing about half the time but you just get caught up in the music and the imagery as well. Haven't heard this one in ages...

[@saravos3531]

"Caught A Lite Sneeze" Caught a lite sneeze Caught a lite breeze Caught a lightweight lightning seed Boys on my left side Boys on my right side Boys in the middle And you're not here I need a big loan from the girl zone Building tumbling down Didn't know our love was so small Couldn't stand it all Mr. St. John just bring your son The spire is hot And my cells can't feed And you still got that Belle Dragging your foots I'm hiding it well Sister Ernestine But I still got that Belle Dragging my foots Building tumbling down Didn't know our love was so small Couldn't stand it all Mr. St. John just bring your son Right on time you get closer and closer Call my name There's no way in Use that fame Rent you wife and kids today And maybe she will I said and maybe she will Caught a lite sneeze Dreamed a little dream Made my own pretty hate machine Boys on my left side Boys on my right side Boys in the middle And you're not here Boys in their dresses And you're not here I need a big loan from the girl zone I need a big loan from the girl zone Building tumbling down Didn't know our love was so small Couldn't stand it all Mr. St. John just bring your son

[@aRoguesTale]

💯❤

[@mariacarmen3667]

Gracias

[@inxanadu8576]

Haha I sang this on my channel and didn’t know a any of the words! Just moaned thru lolz! Shoulda looked you up first

[@videoluvr4204]

what does it all mean???

[@sylvaint7724]

​@@videoluvr4204 Not what most people think of imo or it wouldn't have been popular. If you interpret it with a strong religious context and a lot of irony : "Caught a lite sneeze, Caught a lite breeze, Caught a lightweight lightning seed" : getting pregnant Boys everywhere...precisely "Boys in their dresses" = priests/monks "You're not here" = adressing to god "But I still got that Belle Dragging my foots" = it's not a Belle, it's a Beast "Pretty hate machine " = religion "I need a big loan from the girl zone" = In need of help from the sisters? "The spire is hot" = a certain part of a male body

[@olehkoliada2804]

A timeless masterpiece. Her best song. First watched it in January 96 via MTV 'First Look' and kept in 'the best' rotation for a year, then forgot... Now in 2019 rediscovered this pearl and yes, it is still the same stunning effect as originally. 25 years of pure perfection with imperfect juxtapositions of the vocal ellipses and mid-paced tempo / rhythm. A part of history.

[@petergash6224]

first time tonight bruv... obsessed with tori

[@jessicacis8246]

I’ve become obsessed with this song again, after 20 some years

[@nc5809]

This track is a triumph!

[@naomiage8727]

When you has a mom that was OBSESSED with Tori Amos so much where she accidentally downloaded over 60+hours of her music onto your MP3 player at the ripe age of 12...*every album, every song of hers was on it*

[@witchmonster1372]

😂😂😂

[@witchmonster1372]

If I had a kid, I'd be that mom lol 😂

[@shaec3405]

Your mom raised you right! 💞

[@eleanor4759]

Lucky 12 year old!

[@whereswaldo511]

My fave Tori track of all time

[@jim8230]

One of the greatest tunes ever.

[@jospenner9503]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate the amazing special effects of this 1996 video. This was a huge jump from her LE days.

[@malakisands8180]

We have to thank Tori who had to push back against the suits that they thought they knew what she should create better than herself. I have recently introduced people in their early 20’s who do not know of her. PJ Harvey, Portishead, Bjork, Ani Difranco. Just a few artist that brought so much dynamics to the 90’s. Many are still so enjoyable for it was timeless when created to still be fresh now

[@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper]

Damn you're a missionary. Seriously those are the best. I played a show with Ani years years ago she was a really nice person and I remember that time fondly. When this album came out I was in the middle of recording with two harpsichord songs and I remember being a little frustrated because I drew enough comparison to her in being a redhead pianist so I ended up dropping those tracks.... Ohh the 90s. I'm trying to share some of the same you mentioned with my 22 year old son and he's definitely not averse to it. Thank God. Some of it is timeless and other 90s things? WTF were we thinking to do that super thin eyebrows thing? It is a dated look for sure and when I see pictures of myself from this era omg I have to thankful they grew back. ....

[@charliemkempp]

@@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper omg u have played with ani??!!! thats amazing i love her sm

[@charliemkempp]

yess love all those musicians

[@pandaskinx]

Love this! 💕

[@malakisands8180]

@@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepperat a small venue near Times Square The show was called Dark Side to Light. Tricky performed and Ani Difranco joined in blending their styles together

[@Musicalsoul22]

I've loved this since I was 10 yrs old. Tori, the song & the video had me mezmorized...26 yrs on & I still feel the same. I'm also convinced this is what Phoebe from Friends thought she sounded like lol

[@mgloctvn1500]

It is amazing how I can still remember the lyrics to this song. Tori Amos is cold comfort to my troubled world.

[@tammyh931]

This song was my first introduction to Tori, and I've been a lifelong fan ever since.

[@KraftyKreator]

Tammy H So jealous! I love a lot of her songs but this has to be a top five and perhaps my favorite, it's so hard to decide, and for it to be your intro song to Tori wow! The Winter album was my intro and while there are some great ones on there they can't compare to this song, or the album this comes off of.

[@tinastanley4444]

My introduction was crucify. ✌

[@cryptotalkbycryptowatch7158]

@@tinastanley4444 Same here. Love Crucify to this day. This has to be top 3 as well for me.

[@tinastanley4444]

@@cryptotalkbycryptowatch7158 whats your favorite Tori album? 🌍✌

[@tinastanley4444]

@@cryptotalkbycryptowatch7158when I was younger. Choir Girl. And older it's gotta be The Beekeeper. 🎼❤ oh 1 more question are you a fan of Portishead?

[@aSpyIntheHaus]

Oh ..... Oh ....oo. wow... Yeah so I just got the chills. Not a lite sneeze, legitimate hairs standing up all over. I haven't heard this song in more than 20 years and I was immediately taken back. Word, for word I was there, I just travelled back in time. I still have goose bumps but now its time to come home.

[@wandRng]

I found tori at age 16. She comes to me during my darkest times, the times at the edge of the cliff, where she somehow lets me fly. Here i am again, at 44 years old, same wounds, same sense of weightlessness. Long live Tori Amos

[@smellypolecat]

this comment made me sad. i hope you are okay

[@wolfphile1]

Happy 20th Anniversary Boys for Pele!

[@talksolot]

wtf seems like a short while ago I bought it at tower records

[@weirdman5215]

Happy 22nd Anniversary Boys for Pele!

[@safje2005]

anyone else had/has the courage to the harpsichord in modern music? this song would be a golden standard

[@uploead]

One of my most favorite songs and video of all time. Desert island playlist status.

[@michaelrainer7487]

I saw her do this live one time and I was totally blown away. The skill, creativity, honesty, integrity was just amazing. You could tell she loved what she was doing. I wish more artists were like that today.

[@Kaia6485]

Ahh memories, when I discovered what real music was.

[@jasminethegypsymusic]

Masterpiece

[@molliejmichel4212]

"Right on time".......... Ugh my brain loves that part of the song the best!

[@tkkcali]

Yeah you can here the pause and the piano pedal if I’m not mistaken

[@bounce6945]

Simple and beautiful still after all these years. My fav tori amos track

[@nc5809]

Mine too

[@jasonsgroovemachine]

This album is better than almost every other "Best Album" on the 90's.

[@JillyBean860]

I first heard her when MTV aired a special about the creation of Boys for Pele and they showed scenes of her singing this song in the old church where she recorded the album and my entire soul melted. Her vocals were like nothing I'd ever heard. Hell I still haven't heard anyone like her.

[@anagram1821]

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[@raynarayskye]

I don't have to buy it on iTunes. I'm old I bought it when it was on CD.

[@KishBish]

yep, and i have the cassette.. aye!

[@JillyBean860]

I have the CD too 😁

[@anniebrady6140]

Ditto

[@anniebrady6140]

At one time I had all her cds

[@steamyboy69]

I remember there is a snake and chicken with Tori Amos And she’s sitting in the rocking chair for the album artwork. Oh boy. Lol

[@estebansteverincon7117]

Tori, Bjork and PJ were RULING the 90's!

[@MetalHeart8787]

you forgot, Alanis, Joan osbourne & Jewel, No doubt

[@nunogouveia6458]

Love them all but Madonna ruled the 80's, 90's and 00's - Tori did great tough, love this song!

[@dumbbxxch5373]

how are yall forgetting fiona- a fiona apple superfan

[@slowdived1000]

@@nunogouveia6458 nobody asked

[@wildmercuryfilms]

@@nunogouveia6458 Tori had real instruments in her music. Madonna didn’t. She had drum machines and synthesizers. Tori had real drums and real pianos and real harpsichords. I guess that’s the difference.

[@tkkcali]

This music is timeless

[@DazedInTheDesert]

Tori Amos is one of the most beautiful sights my third eye has ever seen. And that's saying alot. Spectacular, Magnificent, Perfect.

[@user-du7pe6pm7d]

THIRD ? ! -- just how many eyes do yu have -- or have yu not discovered the other ones - YET ! some were said to have legions ya know ? ! ? ! careful wit dat thang -- it just may up and bite yu one day ! ! ? !

[@inxanadu8576]

Everything about this song is perfection 🥰

[@poughkeepsieblue]

Her beauty is unsurpassed to this day.

[@jlouis4407]

She still looks good was watching her interview with Rick Beato

[@HoneyBadger213]

She is a literal goddess. Her glory transcends any notion of description

[@Foulm710]

For more than 20 years now, I can listen to Tori whenever I need to escape. She's one of my favorite artists ever

[@johnadams8796]

the special effects of the video and its opaque symbolism are how I experienced the song as a naive teen. but the real message is much more crude and explicit

[@teamEP789]

for 1996 those graphics are really top notch

[@Sogonrei]

The song just blows me away every single time it's like yesterday it came out I feel it in my bones.

[@littleandy1209]

Sensual and soothing! ❤

[@Crystalcloudzz]

This son came out when I was 12, it was always on tv. I was mesmerised by the video.

[@thistime1483]

My ex showed me this about 15 years ago. Glad I never forgot about it. Amazing song.

[@lezen106]

This is criminally underrated . What talent ! I am blown away.. where are the 998 missing million views so it hits a billion ??

[@johannsimonot]

Her voice, the instrumental part, the video... just perfect. I melt everytime I listen to this song. An angel is singing.

[@jasonballard9657]

This is still one of the amazing songs to ice skate to. I am retired with grandkids now. I am giving them a chance to hear the music which influenced me.

[@nellies]

I never knew I loved harpsichord until I discovered Tori now I wish every song in the entire world has a harpsichord. This video is like the most strange and beautiful dream...

[@shaggycan]

Tori is recklessly beautiful in this video. It's too bad Reznor and her never actually did an album together, they clearly influenced each other. It's strange I feel there is this weird trio of Amos, Reznor and Neil Gaiman that should have come together that never happened in this universe..

[@EndridCold]

Actually, Kate Bush was her main influence. She did do a number with TOOL's, Maynard James Keenan, who is her only male equal ...

[@shaedgirrl99]

She also did a song with Reznor: "Past the Mission". He does the background vocals, and it's speculated that they dated for at period of time. The "Pretty Hate Machine" verse was just a reference to him

[@cmjcj2ktn]

She was definitely influenced by Trent, and she has conceded in small part to being influenced by Kate Bush, but has attributed it equally among many influences. The sad thing is, I thought Tori was a total original until I was exposed to Kate Bush and realized Tori mimicked SOOO much of Kate's persona, including word pronunciation, and lip movement. It's almost creepy how similar they are at times, although not always.

[@electraheart7745]

I agree they're both amazing artists and have unique styles.

[@Ashakat42]

Trent sang on Past the Mission. But you want the low down incestuous nature of 90's music read this. howisya.tripod.com/bizarrelove/ Enjoy!

[@fishbaseball]

Saw Tori in concert. Life is now spent waiting for the next time.

[@johngrimes761]

I haven't seen this in years. Strange song and video. I was working at the supermarket packing shelves on the night shift and it was on all the time when I got home on satellite television. Brings back a strange time in my life.

[@kristasingleton6179]

You ain't seen nothing yet.

[@tkkcali]

A musical genius

[@TheWilcoxExperience]

I’ve been listening to the Evans Blue cover for like 8 years and I didn’t know it was a cover. Amazing.

[@hypodermicsally786]

I saw her back in the day at Massey Hall in Toronto Still the best concert I've ever seen at that venue. The double piano playing and the acoustics were amazing.

[@kittyarcade2296]

ALWAYS!

[@thesudsufool]

Hypodermic Sally but older so I like this song cause of that and her voice

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

I remember finding out about all kinds of amazing songs like this and others from artists like The Cure when MTV2 first came out. It was sad when they started airing non music stuff on that channel too.

[@FreedomofSpeech865]

Love this, the memories! "didn't know our love was so small"

[@aerospike00]

+Nuri Elizabeth Same here. The mid 90's was a great time in my life.

[@KishBish]

+aerospike00 best times! that line is one of the best..

[@susangarza78]

The first time I heard this song was when I rented her CD album at the local library (Yes! That long ago) I was smitten with her. This song blew my mind. It made me feel some type of way and even now, I still feel it in my heart. Truly a masterpiece. She should have a grammy! She has so much more talent in one finger than most of these current artist.

[@bryancoburn4361]

I saw Torn on Letterman and I fell in love. Take a great pianist, add a talent for song writing and a look that is just amazing and what do you have? Ms. Tori Amos. A rare talent we were lucky enough to be born in the same age. Thank you Lord. She is perfection.

[@edwardlacorte991]

You sir are totally 1000% correct! She is genius!!!

[@user-du7pe6pm7d]

ahahahahahahaha -- lord -- which one do yu believe that to be -- wrong lord i would think -- ahahahehehahahahaa - thats the call of the wild yu are hearing - and feeling - it is said -- a Succubus sounds exactly like this - never thought I would ever get to hear the sound - does sound quite alluring to me - but it can't really be - thats only in fairy tales -- Right ? - does make one wonder ! *

[@WithDreday]

The chords and bassline on this track is insane. Tori is a legend.

[@missyflutter5562]

Forever

[@bryanwelsh2471]

Tori is always real in my heart, even if the girl who introduced us is gone... ✌️