Tori Amos Reaction Winter Live (WOW!!!!) | Dereck Reacts 

This is at the beginning of her career...SHE ONLY GETS BETTER and BETTER

Please, please, please do more Tori! She is, in my opinion, the best lyricist and she is incredible on the piano and as a vocalist. A powerhouse live. She is on another level! My absolute favorite artist.

Explore her music. A very important artist.

Wait til you see her play piano and the harpsichord behind her back, while looking into the audience. Damn, I am so thrilled you reacted to TORI!!!!!

Tori is 10X better live than a CD can capture

You missed the point. She LOVES her father and the whole song is a retrospective of her relation with her father, the guidance and advise, her decisions about her path and the need to have the same protective presence in her life even when she has "grey hair" and "all the white horses have gone ahead". The magic phrase here is "when you gonna love YOU as much as I do" as a token of a father's love for his growing daughter.

You are right it is pretty much her singing poetry because pretty much any thing she writes is a form of lyrical poetry . She writes so much that she wants to be subjective and have people interpret it how they need for themselves . Yet so much of her work is pointed and specific . Performances like ME AND A GUN there is no misinterpreting her message . She is one of the most powerful writers to have emerged in modern music . Can’t wait to hear your other reactions to her !

Tori Amos OWNED THE 90S WITH HER AND HER PIANO.....she is a national musical treasure. now she writes broadway musicals .....CRAZY GENIUS MUSICALLY

This may just be her best live performance.......I think, this just may be just one of the best live performances EVER from any solo artist. So emotional, so honest, so skilled, just incomprehensible !

I saw her live 5 times. First time was in 91 during that tour. I sat about 7-10 feet in front of her in a small theater on the UCSB campus. And this is exactly what it was like. It changed my life. I know this sounds lame, but she looked straight into my eyes several times as she sang. Absolutely amazing.

This song gets me every time. My dad passed in 1995. I can't help but think of him every time I hear this song. Getting choked up right now. 💔 But this song helped me through that difficult time. Sufficed to say, this is my favorite Tori song because it's so personal to me.

Aw cuuuuute. You ain’t seen nothing yet my friend. She is a legacy to both live and recorded music. Period.

Every single performance from this era of Tori’s career is stunning. You can’t go wrong with any of them. This is from a compilation album from the Montreux Jazz Festival. Features 2 separate performance from both the 91 and 92 festival.

Omg you have no idea what’s ahead of you. Tori Amos is insanely incredible. She is a piano prodigy FYI. She still holds the record for being the youngest individual, at the age of 5, to be accepted into the Peabody Music Conservatory. She is very well-known and has a huge devout following. Every song and album is different and superb in their own right. Her lyrics are a lot of fun to analyze. She uses a lot of metaphors. Start with her debut album, Little Earthquakes, and go in order from there. Please react to more Tori. I would recommend reacting to her song Precious Things live next. Please. Thank you for the reaction. :)

Please do some more Tori stuff!! She’s an amazing artist!!! I suggest “Spark” next!

Tori was the youngest person ever accepted into John Hopkins at the age of 5..then expelled at age 11 for basically being a rebel..then they had her do a commencement speech later on...just shows you how much of an artist she is...she is a genius because she combines vocal command, music arrangement, and visual emotion....but what I love most is her writing ability...she tackles alot of subjects with no fear and her use of imagery in her writing is basically poetry at its best.

Tori Amos is amazing. Dark and so intimate songs. My favorite ones are "Mother", "Pretty good years" and "Here in my Head"

Notice all the white horses are still in bed. But the that last verse is, all the white horses have gone ahead. It's a respectful but challenging situation with her dad at the beginning, but there's a passing of the torch at the end.

She’s incredible live, I highly recommend seeing her when she tours next & when it’s safe to do so. She’s a phenomenal musician, total Legend.

You HAVE to react to more of her! Take your pick what song to do - they're all great!

The genius that is Tori ❤

No man she is always that good and she is still that good. I have seen her many times...she is my goddess. Cornflake girl....try that. Waitress...under the pink, little earth quakes or choir girl...you can't go wrong with any of these albums.

Tori Amos is one of the best female vocalists (if not the best) I have ever heard. Her lyrics are raw. Add this to her piano virtuosity, and you have a phenomenal & unique artist.

Tori. Tori. Tori. I have so much LOVE for her. Little Earthquakes and the next 4 albums are brilliant!

She’s one of my Favs! Sorta Fairytale, Hey Jupiter, Crucify, 1000 Oceans videos are amazing visually and vocally. Just to name a minimal few

The first time I heard Tori Amos, I HATED her music. My sister played her all the dang time and I even told her to shut it off. Then I started to listen instead of just "hearing"--I now have 5 Tori Amos albums, plus tons of singles. She's my favorite artist, and Winter--tied with Precious Things--are my favorite songs. Although Bouncing Off Clouds is up there, too, plus Caught a Light Sneeze, Talula...okay, I love them all!

I have followed her since Little Earthquakes. There is nothing like her. NOTHING. Your reaction at 8:46 is priceless and what us Toriphiles have been experiencing for years .Welcome to the club. lol

Definitely on my top 5 Tori songs, so haunting, heartbreaking and beautiful

Tori Amos and Madonna are my favourite artists of all time. Tori Amos is amazing live and she does some of the best cover versions of others songs. I saw her in Melbourne Australia the week Kylie Minogue announced she was diagnosed with breast cancer and she performed the most beautifully haunting version of Can’t get you out of my head ❤️

I discovered her when I was in college, this song made me a fan forever and effected me like no other song ever has...spiritual. I saw her that same year in concert,amazing. I urge you to listen to this song off her album...the back ground orchestra in it is amazing. Her whole album little earthquakes is amazing every song is gold on that album.

Yes, classic Tori is the emphasizing of her words and word choice. It’s her lingo, her pronunciation, passion, emotion. She’s a whirlwind. You really can’t sing along during live shows because she changes it up every time with the atmosphere and mood of that evening. Just watch in awe, each live show is unique.... Every performance is amazing.

This is how it begins. I was in the 4th grade when I heard this song. I'm 31 next month and I've been obsessed with her ever since. You should just listen to the entirety of Little Earthquakes, from Crucify all the way down to the title song Little Earthquakes. She's so nuanced and her lyrics will take you a lifetime to figure out, after another lifetime of trying to actually figure out what she's saying, because she sometimes will almost speak in tongues. When she's performing, Music takes over, and she's not Tori in that moment. Other live versions of songs (i don't think they have videos for these specific performances) are Sugar, Waitress, Cooling, and Precious Things from the To Venus and Back live album. Welcome to the Tori Amos fanclub, lol you'll never run out of things to listen to.

Hell yeah, you have reacted to Tori!!!! Please react to more Tori Amos. Try “God” or “Caught A Lite Sneeze”...any songs really 😉 😘 💗

I LOVE getting to see people discover T-it is such a treat. I distinctly remember the first song I heard and it changed me. To see her live is beyond amazing...Easily one of the most profound concert experiences I’ve ever had. You cannot see her once, guaranteed.

I never thought she got enough recognition for her talents

She is a amazing artist, composer, writer, and emotive singer. She can capture what emotion she wants you to feel & you get hit with it. Nothing like Tori & some headphones turned up as loud as possible 💫

Like others said, any song from Tori Amos will work if you liked this one! The track is titled 91/92 because she released a live album called Montreux 91/92 (Montreux is a famous jazz festival in Switzerland and she performed there those years). Precious Things from the 91 concert is fabulous and shows a more confrontational side of her!

And she’s still doing it! ❤️

I love watching your reactions...intelligent, thoughtful and with heart. you have really helped me during this quarantine period, so thank you. I would love to see your reaction to Tori Amos "Take To The Sky/Datura" live in Berlin. Its amazing!!! :) Peace.

I saw Tori in Switzerland back in the early 2000's when I was 12.. a friend brought me and I had zero idea who she was.. during the show I started to literally focus and hearing her voice I started to almost hallucinate.. that's never happened before or after with any artist.. magical experience....

I saw her in Tampa, I can't remember what year, but she sounded just like this. She was so awesome.

Tori has soooooooo many great videos. China, Spark, Raspberry Swirl.... and if you want to check out a stellar live performance, her Sessions at West 54th which aired on PBS is absolutely raw and amazing.

Omg. Please check out her performances at West 54th

So glad you gave Tori Amos a chance. She’s my all time favorite composer! Please react to anything from her, she’s amazing live or otherwise.

So glad you discovered Tori Amos. Her songs tug at your core.

I was 15 in 1996 when I discovered Tori Amos and she changed my life forever🖤 Fan for life😭💙💙

Yeah, she does great at the piano. She attended the Peabody Conservatory as it’s youngest student ever... at five years old.... for piano. She’s a piano player.

I love your reaction. I can't remember ever being so moved by any performer ever as in this performance. It is frankly, perfect. " When you gonna make up your mind. When you gonna love you as I do". There is tension in her relationship with her dad but there is real love there too. He was a Methodist minister.

It's labeled 91 92 because its from a double video release, from two separate shows, separate years. She performed at Montreux in 91 and 92.

Tori Amos and Kylie Minogue are my idols, my icons, but so very very different. Tori met Kylie. Tori covered Kylie. They are my religion.

So I've watched a dozen YT "reacts" videos for this song with the same emotional response and often tears. I'm old now, but lucky to have discovered Tori back in the 90's when I was in my 20's. Even though I usually defaulted to classic rock, techno, Beastie Boys, etc.. I couldn't ignore such immense musical talent and passion. I've seen her live 3 times - with the last time being a 1st date with a girl that I've now been married to for over 20 yrs.

Not a lot of people from the mainstream understand Tori. She’s like an ethereal creature.

I discovered Tori Amos in 1992, I was 12. She was and is my all time favorite musician. Her music is amazing, she touches me in all the feels. It’s so nostalgic for me. Thank you for reviewing this song. It’s one of my favorites.

I love this song. Just so heartfelt and beautiful. I love to listen to this song regularly. There is something different every time you listen to it. To me, the white horse are the self waiting and waiting to come out and play. But for some, it never happens, or like here, it happens too late, when the bloom of youth or the innocence has gone. The need for recognition from her father is so gripping. It's a life story in 3 minutes. A masterpiece

Father Lucifer live on Lettermann is mindblowing as well 😍

From full Peabody at John Hopkins Music scholarship awarded for her already self composed songs by the age of 5, they dropped her at 11 for basically wanting to write music she wanted not just what they wanted her to write. Her music is more then poetry, its like her reading her personal diary out in song. She commands a piano, the piano bows to her. Saw her on a morning talk show, the host joked about how easily she composed songs and laughed. She then created song, piano and lyrics on the spot, and it was catchy.

Tori and Kate bush are the best! Both so talented and magical xxxxxx💚

Her last "Things are gonna change so fast" just melts my heart and soul 💔🎵

This was just an amazing album. Every song is great.

I’ve heard that song a million times, and it still makes me cry watching this performance.

Huge Tori fan since the late 80’s. Marry me.

"Skating around the truth of who I am but I know, Dad, the ice is getting thin" 👏👏👏

Tori Amos and Kate Bush steal my soul! Their music,their voices and their lyrics! What good storytellers!!❤

Her father was a minister. She was at the Peabody Institute for music at a 5. She will take you on a journey every time.

Little earthquakes I believe is first album!! Thanks for checking her out!

I think there's no live recording where Tori is less than amazing, impossible to find :) Love your reactions, hope that you'll review other Tori's stuff, you'll see that most of her music videos are as intricate as her lyrics and stunningly beautiful!

Love Tori Amos.I have seen her live so many times.She has an incredible virtuosity as a musician.Her voice,her songs..the delivery...everything .Incredible performer...there's a spirituality,a fierce intensity about her work.Her catalogue is really worth exploring but I would recommend you start with her debut album..Little Earthquakes..you will love the melodies,the imagery,the arrangements and her voice...there is an incredible version of Precious Things live and you should react to that...it is amazing live..and might actually be in this set from Montreaux.

I had to smile when you said 'This may be the best live performance she's ever done', knowing all the incredible performances to come over the next dozen years! She was truly a phenomenon live back in the day. Not many 'official' live releases, but so many fantastic bootleg recordings. Listen to 'Juarez' from London '99, 'Pandora's Aquarium' from the 2001 tour, gah so many others!

If you're going on a Tori journey I am coming with you. So much to explore. I am almost jealous that you are getting to hear her for the first time. You got a new sub from me friend :)

I was hoping you would react to Tori Amos! =)

Dereck, White Horses..are the top of small breaking waves.... turbulent seas ... aural paintings ... (hello from Ireland)

Just saw her in concert last week. She’s still amazing and her audience is fun.

You should do an album review of hers, especially of 'Scarlet's walk'.

I thought he was telling her no prince is coming, in the end she doesn't listen and all the white horses have passed her by. She never made up her mind, she never chose.

I saw Tori at King TuT's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow at the start of her career and then again later at the larger Candleriggs Hall. On both occasions she gave perfect virtuoso performances.

The "Crucify"-video made me a fan. Fantastic song. She's done many more after that, but start there.

Tori Amos - Precious Things live in Chicago

Suggestions for further exploration: Yes, Anastasia; Sugar (Live); Happy Phantom; Raspberry Swirl; Hotel; Space Dog; Playboy Mommy; Datura; Suede; Cooling She's written hundreds of songs & just released a book. It's called Resistance & she reads it for the audio book. Her voice is soothing and she's a wise woman. You'll learn a lot about her by checking out the press she's been doing for it.

Dude…this amazing but normal for her…she is still to this day mind blowing

My favorites Tori Amos songs are "Cornflake girl", her biggest hit?, and Past the Mission.

Great reaction, the best reaction to Tori so far on youtube! More Tori please

I would love to take you to a concert of hers, amazing people, amazing energy 💗💕

She portrays this song... her voice matures as she ages in the song. Then she remembers back to being a child with the lilt at the end.

I love Tori Amos, I made a lot of art glass with her back up singing. Many people did not like her music but I called the shots and listened to her daily. She inspired me

Love love love Tori!! She is so amazing!!!! Beautiful lyricist

This song has such a very special place in my heart! Love your reaction (and Thank you) ♥️

This is what Tori gives you, every time. It just oozes out of her.

Tori Amos is amazing and I love watching your reactions. Saw her perform live in Austin, TX. So, so good!

Her talent is beyond belief. Thank you for reacting to this AND for your reaction!

pleaaaase do a reaction of her live performance of "me and a gun"! you've only scratched the surface of her live performances; she's truly magical onstage

Her best song, among many great songs she has composed. Thanks for reacting to this, Derek. And it's a bonus to look at your cute face.

React to A Sorta Fairytale next ❤️🥰

She has Synesthesia where she perceives stimuli, like music, as colors, tastes, light etc. Humans are thought to only have this the first 4 months of their lives. Check it out. Oh, New sub here!😺

I had the luck to see her live several times. Hard to imagine that this performance here is 30 years old!

Seeing her live with 2 pianos was brilliant and her voice!

Dear Derreck, I’m so glad you get it and understand Tori Amos quality as an artist performer and advocate. She’s brilliant and sadly underrated

Her parents were extremely religious and she was enrolled in a music school at a young age, but she was basically too advanced and too adventurous. She never cared about the classical music, she wanted to play her own. She was kicked out because of that and learned piano by ear. As far as I've learned about her, she seemed to rebel against the religious side of her family and obviously her parents weren't very happy about it, but they were still very supportive. Her dad used to take her to gay bars to perform. I think this song is kind of a coming of age story. She wants to be like her father in her childhood "put my hand in my father's glove" but he's telling her that he will always be there but he won't always be able to make her decisions for her. I also get a vibe of her questioning her self, maybe a lack of confidence that she has the ability to be independent which is why he's telling her to love herself like he does. To me, the white horses are a symbol of time and a symbol of freedom. Time is unlimited when you're a kid and freedom isn't really an option. It's lying dormant, waiting for the seasons of her life to change. At the very end, "hair is gray and the fires are burning. So many dreams on the shelf. You say I wanted you to be proud of me, I always wanted that myself" time has past and she's got a momentum going in life, but maybe wanting the approval of her father has held her back, and I think maybe knowing that he also had her approval gave hime peace. "All the white horses have gone ahead" time has moved on. Freedom is running out. And I think the end of the song is a farewell. That's just my take on it. She always jokes that the meanings of her songs are between her and her therapist lol. I think you should dive a little more into both her music and her life. She's so interesting. And her speaking voice is just as hypnotic as her singing voice. She has a beautiful fucking soul. You should check out her song "mother" it's equally beautiful

I am not sure I agree with the interpretation of the lyrics, but agree with everything else. There definitely was tension between her and her father from what I've read/heard, though always love. But I never took this particular song as discussing the tension between her and her father. I took it as Tori talking about growing up, her Dad telling her that things would change quickly, and hoping that she would love herself as much as he loved her. Then also just her own thoughts about growing up. It's all in the personal interpretation, but all I got about her and her father from this particular song was his love for her.

Haunting Masterpiece!

Tori is an underrated gem. There is a video on RU-vid for the song Father's Son - please look at that. x