I cannot believe that we are almost a decade and more than 800 posts into this blog before we get to Tori Amos. It's a surprise, because she was an early figure in the 1990's surge of women who were singer-songwriters and finally getting major label contracts.
This song - a minor hit in 1992 that sparked an EP with some pretty epic B-sides - is my favorite of hers. From her debut album - we aren't counting Y Kant Tori Read here - the song is powerful and full-on from the first note. A very piano-driven song, it was wholly written by Amos herself.
That EP did not contain the Little Earthquake album version of the song, though. It contained this very mild remix of the song, which includes some additional lyrics that I think add to the power of the song.
In stark contrast, this is a live version of the song from the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1991, before the song was released - and it's not at all remixed - and is STILL powerful. True talent - a woman and her piano - is on full display.
By the way, Tori Amos still performs. Here she is from 2014 performing a similarly pure version of the song.... and it is still as brilliant as the first time.
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