Tori Amos - Me and a Gun (Live At Montreux 1992)

Tori Amos: Live At Montreux 1992

[@tm502010]

I could never figure out how she could sing this once, let alone over and over again. Such a brave thing to do. The women she has helped over time by speaking the unspeakable... If she never did anything else, this would have been enough... She truly is a on-off

[@rafalover9386]

It’s probably her therapy.

[@thomasbrideson8367]

i have loved tori since 92 i believe she sings this as gaining back her life after seeing hell in its brutal form. tori's music and strenght have helped heal many many of her fans throughout the years and her early years live shows of just her alone at piano continue to be some of the most powerful live shows in music

[@truecrimelover2022]

I have complex ptsd telling my story a few times has helped me heal but it's difficult i can't imagine a crowd that big

[@paulriepma4505]

The most horrible experience for any woman, translated in one of the best a capella songs ever written.

[@nicoles.6819]

You run your ass off.

[@nicoles.6819]

You can’t when they are holding you down. Flat on your stomach. I must get out of this.

[@la-grave]

How would you know? It is in fact a manageable experience for most women.

[@nicoles.6819]

I must get out of this. Amazing line.😊

[@VV-nz4dv]

and any man too

[@tm502010]

People just didn’t talk about rape back when she wrote and sang this: certainly not women - not out loud and terrible. The horror, fear, revulsion, and ghastly moment by moment fight to live through it, and come out alive and functioning on the other side. Them came Tori. She could have done nothing else but this song, and still made a huge impact! *So Much Respect!*

[@sunny70299]

Not true. Terry Hall of The Specials and Fun Boy Three wrote about being abducted and raped by a teacher as a 12 year old child in the song Well Fancy That in 1983.

[@ixxgxx]

Same w the N I R V A N A song

[@thomasedward370]

Thank you Tori Amos I survived rape and now as I heal from the broken ribs the scratches the burns the bruises the bite marks and this anger in my soul that cries for revenge I know I can heal and learn to love again. I turned to music and I found your song. I cried inside because you give me hope of feeling and looking handsome once again. No one should ever have to feel so low and alone but your song proves I'm not alone and I love you for that thank you forever

[@molliethomas2585]

Omg that's so horrible. I'm sorry that happened to you. I hope you're doing better now and that you're starting to heal.

[@mizhikannur]

Take care... It's intolerable but u did it. Your words her voice all are the same of a survived victim we respect u alll. Love uuu... Go ahead... ❤️❤️

[@la-grave]

Some 99 % survives a rape. Should we be impressed?

[@truecrimelover2022]

@@la-grave you sound like a real asshole or someone in a lot of pain or both

[@Disgusting._.Semla127]

You are incredibly strong, I wish you the best ❤️❤️❤️

[@williamvanscottnelson2605]

I've had experiences like this throughout my childhood, I'm 45 now. I had a nightmare last night. I had to come here, sit with you and your song. Thank you Tori, thank you for sitting with me for nearly 25 years.❤

[@mizhikannur]

Respect u Madam 🔥❤️🔥 Go ahead.... No matter the society supports or not..... go on go on...... 🥰

[@rcasey81]

The powerful words. She overcame that situation...because these situations don't define us. But we must face our Shadow and truly heal that child that was scared than. Much love and blessings to you on this journey.

[@chelsea747]

❤

[@daniellewieners4750]

I have them too, she started RAIN and was way before her time!! I think every woman who's been through what we have should sing this on Social Media!! I'm starting a movement and I need your help?

[@Soulsearcher1able]

She is incredibly strong. Standing there nothing but her voice echoing in silence, telling her story and those eyes while she sings...Intensity of this song is almost unbearable , I'm not really sure if I want to cry or throw up or both ...but the song makes me feel if that makes any sense at all...

[@brandinelson6470]

I’m glad she was able to talk, write, sing about her horrible experience because that’s how healing begins. I wish I didn’t stay so silent for 20 years.

[@gillespiemikayla]

I am crying for her because you can tell she is still in a lot of pain from this experience. She is so strong for singing a song about it and I admire her courage and she is a great singer and I love her

[@Thousand_yard_King]

My ex wife had something bad happen to her when she was young, it broke her. I couldn't heal her no matter how much I tried, nor what I sacrificed, and I sacrificed everything, in 2011, she killed herself, now I carry her scar's, her pain, and the blackness she carried. If it weren't for God, I would not be alive now. This song is her song. It's up to us men to protect our women from those who would do them harm. 😞

[@christinahunter2952]

I'm so sorry for your loss, Bless you {♡}

[@negative74]

i saw her perform this live several years back, and it was the same amazing quality that caused several thousand people to all be quiet at once. you could have heard a pin drop in that place. she is amazing.

[@kojarart3184]

The quality of the video is so good for 1992

[@warre1]

Filmed in 1125 line Sony HDVS system. With japanese analog HDTV system Muse / Hi-Vision in mind.

[@jenndenlinger6289]

I can't imagine the strength it takes to sing this, let alone multiple times, but her strength helps so many not to be alone with their experience. Thank you, Tori, for this incredible distillation of anguish into beauty retaining the power of both.

[@megaflaminheart]

Sobbing. The pain in her eyes, her voice, the set of her chin is palpable. I didn't get the happy ending, not for lack of trying, but I don't have better days ahead. I still require surgery once a year to keep the damage at bay. Fighting back from that, finally running again, and I was hit by a car on foot. Now I have a neurological disease that makes even a slight breeze burn, clothing hurt, and touch excruciating. Alone, isolated, literally dying, because another injury and being a "rape victim" made me damaged goods, not worth saving for a matter of approximately ten grand. I stared a train down the other day. No surviving this time. My one in a million daughter is an adult now, and I will only hold her back.

[@Hattiesburg00]

please reach for help. I am a SA survivor and I am sorry you are struggling so hard, but know that we hear you and you deserve to be happy

[@megaflaminheart]

Hattiesburg00 ty for your kindness

[@Hattiesburg00]

***** do you realize you are a troll, right? it is obvious to any human being with a minimal of emotional intelligence and empathy to see how much she has gone trough watching this vid. Shut the fuck up and quit trolling

[@SourEggz]

I hope you are doing well Jasmine. I love the name Jasmine, my mom was going to name me that...

[@DrEdelMusic]

I hope you are better now Jasmine. Please don't give up. Chanting nam-myoho-renge-kyo can help heal the wounds. There are many KZbin videos with this beautiful mantra. Please also find support. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@riccardobruero]

Tears, down my face.. Damn.

[@afrikanbootyscratcher8818]

I know! And I told myself I wasn't going to cry today.

[@beorn11]

She is a very courageous woman, she keeps singing this song again and again in every concert. This only deserves a great clap at the end !!

[@mamamememoo]

She sings what is on my heart.... as a victim myself... this song always gets to me I want to live. I have done well. Found a great guy and had kids. I was recently assaulted again by a physiotherapist and i find myself here again.... all the old wounds ripped up and bleeding.

[@conniekreese7165]

Hope your family helped you find strength

[@yaldam5014]

Don't be silent

[@henrybellavontejr.6729]

You can call me old. But still I Admire the courage of this woman. Life inspiring.

[@Soundcentraluk]

The fact that she chose to perform this after the fact of putting it on her album is beyond brave. You can almost feel her reliving it as she performs, there’s anger at times, fear, shame but also for her to take that unforgivable crime and process that through her art is very empowering not to mention the people that have been through similar experiences and can relate to her. Absolutely love her

[@kojarart3184]

How amazing.. she doesnt have to play music her voice is music..

[@amozoness6]

Some things make me hurt before I watch them

[@jamesbarnhouse6289]

Best acapella i have ever heard. I have found songwriting is so much better once it is fully figured out acapella. Plus, such honest expression. Thank you tori for being so authenticly expressive. You are truly an inspiration. Love you, tori.

[@MelancoEli]

She is an amazing example of strenght for everybody and a priceless helping figure for all the victims in this cruel world filled with so much monsters.

[@lothianmcadam1]

the silence.

[@Sully365]

damn. damn damn. just damn. i remember the first time i heard this. damn. still hits just as hard

[@shaunbat5097]

Unbroken.....that's strength...god I love her....

[@yeseniagarcia7539]

After watching this performance many times, I just realized she's wearing a "slinky red thing" like she mentions in the song.....wow

[@lindsaystalter4969]

Wow you are so right ! That’s powerful

[@ressastrongman8108]

I'm also a survive woman I was rape last year 2023..one year now.. This song inspires like me as a strong woman to heal and forget bad incident rape to me.... He's a monster.. I never forget trauma incident of rape.

[@nielsenbia]

Sobbing, every single time i watch this.

[@ruthiebgfamily132]

Sharing this everywhere I can because women need to be done with their institutional silence.

[@lukahmad5683]

This song melody reminds me of Gloomy Sunday. I have a bad memories when I was 6 but not as heavy as this song's story, I try to write a song about that for my band but I couldn't sing it, it scares me I don't know why, but Tori sang it with bravery. She deserve neverending happiness in her life.

[@ilmelangolo]

I'm actually crying Love to you, Tori

[@nadiajasminebaki4318]

No words. Been through it also. And written songs about it with ambiguous lyrics.

[@Sara-jayne79]

You've been my idol since I was 14 ad still are , I sang this song over and over walking the streets working since I was 17 , I'm out of that now but this song to me is still hauntingly beautiful 😢❤❤❤

[@melindalu11]

SUCH a brave performance...every damn time.

[@thatperson278]

My great grandmother was said to be the most beautiful women in her town, even being signed to a model agency very briefly. She had three children, all women of different dispositions. The oldest was strong, muscular and modest (she was able to aquire three masters from 35-50 years old). The middle child, a spitfire that followed her mother's footsteps before finding drugs (she is now a drug counselor). The youngest wanted nothing more to have a quiet life. All four women have been abused. All four have been taken advantage of at least once. Sexual assault can happen to any woman (and everyone else of course). This has always been a problem and the only thing to stop it is proper consequences for those who ruin peoples' lives

[@thomasbrideson8367]

have loved tori since 92 i believe she sings this as gaining back her life after seeing hell in its brutal form. tori's music and strenght have helped heal many many of her fans throughout the years and her early years live shows of just her alone at piano continue to be some of the most powerful live shows in music

[@kelia.geancamp9775]

Reasons i love your work so much.

[@royok915]

5am friday morning thursday night far from sleep I'm still up and driving can't go home obviously So I'll just change direction cause they'll soon know where I live And I wanna live Got a full tank and some chips It was me and a gun and a man on my back And I sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants You can laugh Its kind of funny Things you think Times like these Like I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this Yes I wore a slinky red thing Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends Your father, Mr Ed It was me and a gun and a man on my back But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this And I know what this means Me and Jesus a few years back used to hang And he said "it's your choice babe just remember I don't think you'll be back in 3 days time so you choose well" Tell me whats right Is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred's Seville It was me and a gun and a man on my back But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this and do you know CAROLINA Where the biscuits are soft and sweet These things go through your head when there's a man on your back And you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic Chadic It was me and a gun and a man on my back But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this

[@wendyraymond1751]

Have just come from The Fable Sphere an Frank ..You are so courageous so brave thanku ..the most beautiful voice .what a performances .crying again .. You will give others the courage to t come forward much love an God bless x

[@marciamcdevitt964]

The thing is, now I can never see Barbados. For if I do, I will lose the ability to chant this song to myself to keep me through.

[@ruthdixon7807]

such a strong courageous woman.

[@MAmnesia47]

Incredibly and deeply moving Thanks for this moment of true beauty!

[@nathanielwilderschwartz5536]

Her choice to record this song with just vocals is so raw. Such a power house artist.

[@Dermacrosis]

She did that on the album itself, it is not a love performance thing.

[@nichtswiezuvor]

She is so strong.

[@mizhikannur]

cant suffer the pain 😭🔥😭

[@danluis003]

This is the song for a quiet recovery and fight back against the worst of humanity that humans can throw at you. Humanity worst enemy is always HUMANS

[@stefanmertens3525]

Prachtig... om even stil van te worden

[@_maaaaavi]

more than perfect

[@afrikanbootyscratcher8818]

SO BRAVE !

[@karynnjayne]

LOVE.

[@x1625]

U R Not Alone.

[@stefaniasguerri4362]

One of the most beautiful songs.. I really love Tori and just did a cover of this song. It would mean a lot to me if a few people could check it out!

[@sergiorodriguessdlr3899]

Perfeita!

[@sadem1045]

It's so heavy

[@MC-ij3lb]

Every time.

[@johnwhiteman7483]

wow!

[@wagnercorrea_]

I love her.

[@TDMoore]

I heard this live in Grand Rapids. Not a sound in the audience.

[@volkerhansen6782]

[@ceramicemu2063]

After that performance, a one minute albeit awkward silence would have been as appropriate as a round of applause. 💕

[@scottrichards7788]

This will haunt me forever. Rape can happen. Even to a male. I went to Barbados in my mind...

[@ArtTube333]

I'm so sad to hear that.. do you mind sharing your story ?

[@reglagirl5802]

“… but I haven’t seen Barbados so I must get out of this…” I’ll never forget the first time I heard this lyric I thought it was so brilliant as as a survivor of rape myself

[@johnwhiteman7483]

wow

[@kittykeddie5138]

Me .love you.

[@SourEggz]

This was at the beginning of her career when she sang this...

[@SourEggz]

... performance, to be specific.

[@warre1]

@@SourEggz yeah. I remember hearing that she wrote this song in 1991 so song is just few months old in this.

[@SourEggz]

warre1 Thank you for reminding me of this performance... although it is a hard to watch.

[@morleychallenged]

Let's have a fear interview contest, when he doesn't know if his gun has any bullets (his guy just gave it to him and said he would need it); he just knows it doesn't fit his pants while he's sitting for a coffee night with a stranger...?

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Truth

[@lewisbarrah8804]

So sad to hear this.

[@tonyschannel7438]

I want to like this song, but I hate the reason for its existance. What Tori is singing about I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

DMV..Past lives...East Falls Church Families

[@fromkeajra]

Om Om Om Dakiniye 🙏🙏🙏 please help me

[@thatamayer8643]

Five a.m. Friday morning Thursday night far from sleep I'm still up and driving can't go home obviously So I'll just change direction cause they'll soon know where I live And I want to live Got a full tank and some chips It was me And a gun And a man On my back And I sang "Holly Holy" as he buttoned down his pants You can laugh It's kind of funny Things you think Times like these Like I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this Yes I wore a slinky red thing Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends Your father, Mr. Ed It was me And a gun And a man On my back But I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this And I know what this means Me and Jesus a few years back used to hang And he said "It's your choice babe just remember I don't think you'll be back in three days time so you choose well" Tell me what's right Is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred's Seville It was me And a gun And a man On my back But I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this And do you know Carolina Where the biscuits are soft and sweet These things go through your head when there's a man on your back And you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic Cadillac It was me And a gun And a man On my back But I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this

[@piermercury72]

❤

[@alonsoespinosa3245]

momentos como estos, Como que no he visto Barbados, Por lo que debo salir de ésta. Sí, llevaba un ceñido tanga rojo ¿Significa esto que debía abrir las piernas? Para ti, tus amigos, tu padre, señor Ed Era yo y una pistola, Y un hombre sobre mi espalda; Pero no he visto Barbados, Por lo que debo salir de ésta. Y sé lo que esto significa Jesús y yo, unos pocos años atrás y él dijo "Es su elección, nena, recordar No creo que estés de vuelta en 3 días Así que elige bien" Dime qué está bien ¿Es mi derecho estar sobre mi estómago de Fred de Sevilla (¿) Era yo y una pistola, Y un hombre sobre mi espalda; Pero no he visto Barbados, Por lo que debo salir de ésta. ¿Y conoces Carolina, donde las galletas son blandas y dulces? Estas cosas pasan por tu cabeza Cuando hay un hombre sobre tu espalda Y eres empujado sobre tu estómago No es un clásico Cadillac Era yo y una pistola, Y un hombre sobre mi espalda; Pero no he visto Barbados, Por lo que debo salir de ésta. No he visto Barbados, Por lo que debe salir de ésta...

[@andreakleemann8640]

tori´s traurigstes lied

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Anything helps to communicate please

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Rossyln VA

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

AKASHIC RECORDS ACCESS TO 3 ALTERNATE TIMELINES

[@beowulf3075]

I am also.

[@zodiacmartnio7256]

😮

[@annewick3287]

Bravery absolute bravery with an artistic creative genius. I have not been raped but i know what its like to feel like a sexual object and have cutting remarks as. a woman

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Astral Projection...I’m not fOR SALE

[@alonsoespinosa3245]

5 a.m. Viernes por la mañana; Jueves por la noche. Lejos de dormir. Todavía estoy despierta y conduciendo; No puedo ir a casa, Obviamente. Por lo tanto, sólo voy a cambiar de dirección, Porque ellos sabrán pronto dónde vivo. Y quiero vivir. Tengo el tanque lleno de gasolina y algunas patatas fritas. Era yo y una pistola, Y un hombre sobre mi espalda. Y yo canté "santo, santo", mientras él se desabrochaba sus pantalones. Puedes reírte Del tipo de cosas graciosas que piensas En

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Key Bridge area

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Georgetown area

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Opened dark portals?? I work with ARCHANGELS SOURCE ENERGY A LIGHTWORKER JOURNEY

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

🆘

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

2005 Kidnapping...Who was she...DMV

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

What are human rights

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Who was the beautiful girl? Two-Long hair and brunette short hair

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

DMV

[@jenniferlombardi390]

#hourlivesmatter

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Washington DC

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

What right? Human Rights?? USA

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

SOS 🆘

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Rossyln

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Democracy

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Somewhere...Face to Face

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

No means no

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

Is she ok? They got kidnapped...Astral Proojection...2004..Psychic Atracks

[@mersedehkhozin4062]

VENUS AS A GIRL KOS Men use their MINDS AND/or HEARTS