Im so ready to see your Tori journey. I was a huge fan of hers in the early 00's but she kind of lost me until her most recent album from last year. Her discography is a bumpy ride but a fun one! A really talented artist.
@DavidB-2268 Жыл бұрын
One thing to know about Tori Amos is that she has a form of synethesia that causes her to perceive sounds/music as lights/images. So with every song she's literally painting a picture for the listeners.
@almandragoran Жыл бұрын
For some background on Tori… Tori was a child prodigy on the piano, playing by ear by age 2 1/2. She was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory at 5, as the youngest student ever accepted there. The plan was for her to become a concert pianist. But she developed an interest in rock music, and was thrown out by 11 for “musical insubordination”. She started playing in bars at 13, and later moved to LA to start her career. She spent 10 years playing piano bars while trying to get an signed to a label. Everyone told her that the “girl with a piano”-thing was never going to work, so she eventually started a 80’s pop/rock band called “Y Kant Tori Read”. They got signed and released an album in 1988. It was a huge flop and the Rolling Stone Magazine called Tori a “bimbo”. She was devastated, but it was that experience that led to her writing the songs that would eventually make up “Little Earthquakes”. The whole point of Little Earthquakes was to center the piano, and to write from a personal perspective, to not try to be the “rock chick” that she had tried to be on the “Y Kant Tori Read” album. So that’s the reason why there are so few guitars on the album. The studio had no idea what to do with the album (they suggested pulling out the piano and replacing it with guitars, but Tori threatened to burn the tapes if they tried), so they sent her to London because they thought the Brits would be more open to her music than the Americans. They were right and the album was a success. The reason parts of the album doesn’t sound as good as the best recorded tracks is that Tori and her producer (and boyfriend at the time) Eric Rosse had very little money to spend on recording. Much of it was recorded on a home studio set up in a closet in their apartment. After handing in the first demos to the studio, they got a little bit of money to record a couple of songs in a real studio, so that’s why some of the songs sound better than others. Going forward, Tori’s albums are among the best sounding in the business.
@luggareviews Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the in depth comment into Tori Amos, these really help me 😅 But i think they did pretty well with the recording with not really that much money!
@szymonte7013 Жыл бұрын
I am glad that you are making review of Tori, she is one of my fav artist. For the future you could consider Sinead o Connor and Kate Bush :D
@witchestomotheryou234 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Sinead!!
@sethleon2158 Жыл бұрын
For me, Tori is at her best when seen live. She has a way of singing and playing directly into your soul -- or maybe she lets you into hers. The albums are fine but don't do the same thing for me. When asked if she is a pianist or a or singer first, Tori responds that she is a composer first. A few musicians and composer reactors have reacted to her live performances very favorably. When performing live Tori goes all in, and find it intersting because while she considers herself a composer first her live performances have a real improvisational quality about them.
@luggareviews Жыл бұрын
I‘ll look into some live shows, I unerstand if an artsist works better listening live… but I am just kinda the album-listener-guy haha :D
@sethleon2158 Жыл бұрын
@@luggareviews I think music is subjective in general, but especially with some artists, and I think appreciation of Tori falls into the extreme tails. She has a very devout following, but many see her as a poor womans Kate Bush. I am in the former category. I really shouldn't like her. I'm a Jazz guy, real jazz--Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Elington...I like prog rock, some classic rock, some metal, Frank Zappa, some singer song writers, but I'm not much for pop music in general. But Tori's live performances put me in some kind of spell trance :)
@josephmccauslin Жыл бұрын
I clicked the like button before I even watched the video. Tori Amos is the soundtrack of my teenage life! And yes Tori Amos and the piano are one soul.
@ORURO25 Жыл бұрын
Tori Amos is such a grate storyteller. Unique. Love her so much. Thanks dude😊
@joshuaharrison6513 Жыл бұрын
I hope you get to her third album Boys for Pele. It's a sprawling, wild ride. Nice work!
@luggareviews Жыл бұрын
People requested me the first 4 albums so I will do those 100% we will see if we'll get even further than that :)
@warpwoofwimble Жыл бұрын
Yes definitely the first 4 albums. After From the Choirgirl Hotel, it really goes downhill pretty quickly, but those first 4 are really special
@NathanHautain Жыл бұрын
@@warpwoofwimble Oh come on, To Venus And Back, Scarlet's Walk and Night Of Hunters are all pretty good !
@fezzian Жыл бұрын
@@warpwoofwimble disagree. Tori has made many amazing records since Choirgirl. Venus, Scarlet, NI, and OtO are all great. Scarlet's Walk is one of the best albums she's ever made.
@whendays659 Жыл бұрын
The pinnacle.
@robertmorris7134 Жыл бұрын
‘The vocals don’t blow me away’???? Whaaat??!!!
@luggareviews Жыл бұрын
Only on some tracks on that album :) Her vocal sound grew on me
@openyourchakras918 Жыл бұрын
Tori’s an amazing artist, composer & soul thank you for reacting to this album 💗 💫
@luggareviews Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching :) and thank the person who requested this :D
@viviandarkbloom4339 Жыл бұрын
“slamming on the piano like a butcher” 🤣🤣 That’s a pretty apt description of Tori’s style at times, but I love it. She’s my favorite artist from the ‘90s, and I thought about requesting a reaction of her through Ko-fi, but I didn’t think you’d be into her style. I enjoyed this reaction, and I'm excited about what you'll eventually have to say about Boys for Pele.
@Lebowski55 Жыл бұрын
I have known about Tori Amos for like twenty five years, and I love music but I never really dug into her music that deep. I have gravitated towards a lot of Fiona Apple in that time (maybe instead). This is great stuff, I should check her out.
@luggareviews Жыл бұрын
I know Criminal by Fiona Apple that‘s a great track but I have never heard a full album maybe I should :)
@kaybailey-jones3740 Жыл бұрын
This album also changed my ability to process some of my experiences, forever grateful
@stateofephemera81839 ай бұрын
Silent all these years is on a whole not her level. I'm coming out of a 30 year marriage to a narcissist who never shut up about how I was never good enough for him. It has been my rock whenever I soften towards him. Never going back to being silent.
@SaraKvammen-tx7qc Жыл бұрын
She was a piano prodigry as a child.her piano playing is just timeless!
@efrencantu4732 Жыл бұрын
Another legendary artist and seminal album!
@sabrielmoon Жыл бұрын
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 we've arrived
@openyourchakras918 Жыл бұрын
You should definitely enjoy this journey 🌟
@tomektalk46713 ай бұрын
This album is genius when it comes to composition.
@fussellralcon Жыл бұрын
I also only discovered this album/Tori this year. Little Earthquakes has quickly become among my favorite albums of all time. My request for review: Cults - Cults. It's a perfect late summer banger of an album.
@thomaseast7699 Жыл бұрын
There a lot of live recordings on KZbin.. IMO she is best live, you will "get it" more, have a look
@PerryCJamesUK Жыл бұрын
I've only heard Tori Amos' bigger singles. This album seems very much like a Kate Bush thing. Sort of. Kate is great though. If you haven't heard The Ninth Wave side of her Hounds of Love LP then you are missing something incredible.
@nikolanikolic1366 Жыл бұрын
Oh yes, great record, great artist also.
@SaraKvammen-tx7qc Жыл бұрын
She was taken at knifepoint,assaultet,and nearly died ....a lot of shame,growing up in a religious community...
@theladyfingers___ Жыл бұрын
I like her first three albums, but lost interest later. Bob's Burgers did a brilliant parody of her. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ7canaKo5urg9U
@nikolanikolic1366 Жыл бұрын
I have mixed feelings about that parody. Its funny but it also misrepresents her in the same way as the press did in the 90s. But I agree that her discography is patchy.