Tori Amos - Cooling [Sessions at West 54th]

[JMGBMW100]

Amazing....

[johnmarccarr]

Love Tori, but what I can't believe I'm hearing this song on the new Dulera commercial.

[AWYMARI3HORN]

"This video is from a Tori Amos videos site and since the owner wants all people to see this, I decided to put it up here so other Toriphiles and non-Toriphiles would be able to enjoy it too. ^_^"

So Brilliant :DD

[amberwaves1977]

She sounds great. What a great version! Reminds me of her first concerts when it was a girl and her piano. Thank you for letting us in Tori.

[AWYMARI3HORN]

your amazing TA

AH

[jackyham81]

this song was performed at my wife's funeral earlier this year.i lost her at the age of 29. she died with my baby sister in a plane crash. tori's music was a bond she and i shared. we traveled thousands of combined miles to see her in concert. standing in that church holding my two sons, as my oldest sister flawlessly sang, " is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses?" well that is a moment in time i will never forget. thank you tori for writing such a powerful song......

[0430daniel1976]

@jackyham81 I thought that I had a massive connection to this song, but my own experience doesn't even come close to comparing to yours.....

[jackyham81]

@0430daniel1976 i appreciate your kind words. a song as profound as this may well mean as much to you as it does to me. i love the ambiguity of her lyrics. the way a song of hers can mean many things to many people. jacky (wife) and i spent countless hours discussing the implications of her lyrics. some of the deepest conversations we ever had, were sparked by tori's music. my youngest child was conceived to scarlett's walk, pretty sure "crazy" did the trick. lotta love made to her music.......

[zastro52]

@jackyham81 I'm sorry Sir. May they rest in peace.

[jackyham81]

@zastro52 thank you.....

[ikimeht]

As much as I've always loved Tori and loved this song, it became one of those songs that hit me down to my soul after falling in love with a devout Mormon who I knew was going to leave me for the church from the day we met. "...And is your place in Heaven worth giving up these kisses"

[thesecretkeyoflife]

The Woman Is A Fairy...

Always Be Blessed In Every Way Tori... xxx

[Bigtime1998]

Jesus christ this is fu8king incredible. Simply devastating.

[Trund27]

Thank goodness for Tori fiends who are generous enough to put up luscious music

[SuperMassimo20]

she's not under rated... of if she should be, then she's mine :))

[melindalu]

I adore this song, but I wish she wouldn't leave out the brambles section... It's one of the best parts of the song.

[SonnekusC]

I love all of Tori's songs, but this is one of my absolute favorites!

[elenikaye]

this song is a real band-aid. Don't know what i would do without it.. boy has it helped me cool...

[mindnumber9]

ye ever feel like she's your angel, singing your songs... songs about you, personally - you, specifically?

because that's how i feel and it's haunting. it got so bad that i became very angry at her.

if we humans are of "god", sent here from a place up above ...

then i remember her

[misscarolinec]

I think of my friends passed when I hear this... :L So beautiful ♥

[elenikaye]

tori understands..

[AlisonGutz]

This song gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. Tori is amazing!

[cermisan]

If God was music, He would sound like this!

[erinloveshobbers]

this song is heart breaking

[mumsdrunk]

@CliiveSurman Thanks! Much appreciated. i will look out for it.

[mumsdrunk]

Beautiful!

I wish this song was on an album other than the live version on To Venus And Back. But at least I can listen to when I want.

[jakestuf]

When I was 10, I fell in love with Kate bush is music, and then came tori. Still my favourite two.

[JOmeowxx]

Aaah, This gives me shivers all over my body. She's so beautiful.

I love Tori so damn much. ♥

I completely lose it at... 3:55

Beautiful woman, beautiful song, beautiful voice.

[OrenLovesTori]

Goddess

[xtcongo]

The most beautiful song of all.

[sirex02]

"There's an ocean wrapped around ...that pineapple tree. And is your place in heaven, worth giving up these kisses" the most poetic line in music. Enough to make a grown man cry. Just beautiful!

[ShayBrightman]

there's no other like her

[KlaudiaNomi]

LOVE this song -- I can't imagine it ever being recorded in studio; Tori made the right choice in respecting "Cooling's" wishes (Those who've listened to "Live, Still Orbiting" know what I'm talking about ;) )

[MsJorane]

@KlaudiaNomi

she also said that on To Venus... cheers:-)

[MyNameIsPuppers]

@KlaudiaNomi Tori did record the song in the studio. The studio version of the song is the b-side on the "Spark" single. The studio version features a bridge that Tori rarely performs live.

[doctorspinbin]

11 people's places in heaven aren't worth giving up these kisses.

[amyhaneycreel]

here's a ?: who was tori in her past life? i wish jon lennon could have had a child with tori amos. what a song writer that child  would've been. i discovered tori as a teenager. she has been riveting me for 20 years. across all that time and life experience, from selfish puppy love to motherhood and all the aching exhausting selfless love it brings, tori stands alone in being able to transport me back to the core of myself, the unchanging person i was born to be. she reminds me.

[kevvie100]

@amyhaneycreel Such a great way of putting it! I feel the same.

[heartoftheisland]

love Tori, not sure what this song is about but it makes me wanna cry :\

[boudiccastorm]

This is an absolutely stellar performance of an amazing song. Very, VERY captivating <333

[wlcm2rocnroll]

one of my favorite tracks by her by far, just ridiculously beautiful

[TinnyLinda]

Is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses? ♥

[ragonef]

tori........

[vuderalis]

again and again and again

[bmfc1000]

this is cooling..love you Tori!

[JOmeowxx]

Ooooof. this is so damned beautiful. <3

Tori, marry me! D:

[LionInFLL]

everything else just pales in comparison

[pablost07]

This is the same version that was recorded in the album "To Venus And Back" Am I right?

[digitalghost001]

No, this isn't the same version, but it sounds very similar. :)

[pablost07]

Thank you very much!

Do you know where can I find that version?

TY.

[sabiansoundmaster1]

My wife and I were lucky enough to get to see Tori on the boys for pele tour in Cincinnatti. She truly has a way of "controlling" you as you watch her great talents unfold.

[elmtreemagda]

przepiekna piosenka i cudne wykonanie. Tori czaruje..

[luminescenteyez]

Absolutely LOVE Tori and this song is my favorite of all of her songs. So much emotion, I can relate to it so much =)

[TheNameIsJulian]

this is magic

[Ferventspirit77]

Do you feel it, the intensity of expression from performer to audience - you?

"So then love walked up to like

She said I know you don't like me that much

Let's go for a ride"

In one form or another each of us will experience this...

Tori, we adore you!

[inthecresents]

touring with a piano, who else in the history of rock has done this? keep making waves tori, in the tide of machine sound.

[Romanusmilus]

Can we really consider her rock?? I've alway called her music tori

[Opheliac666]

@inthecresents Emilie Autumn tours with her harpsichord :)

I think Tori and EA should get together sometime...It'd tickle me.

[youcursedme]

Tori Amos and the Bösendorfer piano = the most beautiful relationship ever.

[9thedreaming9]

Yeah, i think maybe this is the best tori´s song. love it

[DiscordantUnderture]

So then I thought Id make some plans

But Fire thought shed really rather be Water instead

[NoOneJustMe05]

she's really under rated... if thats a word

[danicka]

@NoOneJustMe05 it is if you don't split it in half, and if you spell it "underrated" ;p

but yes, she truly is.

[rocktunes]

Beautiful sensitive playing with real emotion. Thanks Tori!

[sexynat50]

The piano is beautiful.

[turnipoverlord]

so beautiful and subtle. she truly is one in a million billion trillion zillion gazillion

[cdame]

holy crap, one of my absolute favorite tori songs. wow.

[MrsSelany]

¡Thank you for sharing this! I'm spanish and here, in Spain, We are not lucky having such spectacular show of Tori. Very good music, piano and voice. All the songs of Tori are beautiful, but I dare to say THIS SONG is the most "hermosa". Tori, sigue así, no cambies nunca.

[chitterchitter]

I lvoe this song

[ILoveBenLinus]

This is the best Tori song EVER!

[martin351974]

good

[pablost07]

At the end of the songs... so emotional!!!

[21goodyears]

masterpiece

<3 to Tori

[jjreis77]

Finally realize that she would be water instead...this is cooling

[oleever19]

so much emotions

[dennys476]

one of the best songs of tori

[FireThought]

If forced to pick, "Cooling" and "Precious Things" are my two favorite Tori songs.

[sprocket101]

In response to magdallenz, you can get this from her to venus and back cd. I am sure itunes has it now as well.

Best of luck.

[MelanieMarlane]

I have the live version recorded bootleg from Hammersmith Apollo Theatre. It is simply perfection.

[myporchlight]

speechless right now

[Zebula77]

*sigh* :)

[Tascheline]

no matter how i feel, she cools me down. i love her. she's brilliant... there no one in this world alike tori amos. thanks..!

[grapefruitiswinning]

beautiful performance but I always love brambles

[ashleylois]

i've been listening to this version for the last ten years and just found this video - amazing!!! thank you!

[magdallenez]

where can i get this version on CD?

[dioseolo]

The studio version was featured in the CD for the single "Spark". I have it so, if you want the song, just send me a personal message with your e-mail so I can send it to you in MP3 format.

[phucewe2]

Been a badass all my life Tori but you always seem to find the breach in my armour and at times it is not possible to listen to you... tears fall like rain and I am unable to breathe you touch my heart in ways that only the dream of you could

[pearlydewdrops78]

This has the most beautiful piano in it EVER! I love Tori!

[Chiznad13]

Wow! I wish I could have Tori play songs for me live like this at my home whenever I needed a real good pick-me-up. Absolutely amazing! :-) Watching her on Youtube will just have a to do.

[NotAPrettyGirl85]

Thank you for posting this!!

[RiotAdiposity]

...and you know, NO, and she told me to fuck off...

...but still one of my best friends of all the songs...<3 <3 <3

[brandage]

One of my fave live Tori tracks.... this is so beautiful.

[StrangeLittlePoet123]

I think this version is one of the most beautiful ever ever ever... i have "fire thought she'd really rather be water instead" tattooed around my left arm. i adore it.

[rjrhusky]

My daughter has the lyrics "Happy Phantom" on her forearm.

[elmtreemagda]

this is so beautiful, both lyrics and music, I can't get it out of my head since I heard it. Amazing..

[joey1127]

Great song...This was meant for Pele back in '96 but got pulled. Than meant for Chior Girl in '98 and got pulled again!!! Too bad, it's one of her best!

[longlonggone]

For Real. Too bad it ended up as the Spark B side. It's easily up there with the best of them. Here's hoping theres' more stuff like this on AATS

[angiegeorge]

The song wanted to be played live, Tori said, so it's not a bad thing, it's special :)))

[emblade]

Agreed. I love "these kisses" the first time I heard the third time she sings it, I thought she was singing "Viennese kisses" and somehow it seemed to fit the song.

[nievevioleta]

I never knew how beutifull was sadness til I met Tori, I love her!

[Kadronious]

it sounds almost exactly like it, too.

I think it's possible they edited out what she says in the intro. But they sound identical.

[pianomist]

No, it isn't. She talks before the song on the disc.

[digitalghost89]

this performance is just breath-taking.

I may already be a little emotional at the moment, but still, at the 3:55 mark this brought be to tears.

[JOmeowxx]

Agreed!

3:55 send shivers down my spine.

my god. this woman is amazing.

<3

[jesicalea]

That part always brings me to tears.

I've been listening to Tori for 17 years now and she's still my absolute favorite artist. No one else has come near her brilliance to me.

[CCarmen]

two of us! this is my favorite liev version of Cooling (ok, maybe it's a tie between this & WTSF's), this always makes me so emotional...

[gladks]

I make 3! When I read "17 years" I had to stop and do the math, because it doesn't seem that long ago. Her music is timeless.

[CCarmen]

17 years since jesicalea & I started listening to her ('92, GOD!). But "Cooling" is younger;) Aww, it's always great to hear from long-time EWF:)

[jesicalea]

It definitely doesn't seem like it's been that long but I was in the 10th grade when I discovered her and that WAS a long time ago. lol I'm 32 now.

I just remember how excited I was to find her and how addicted I was to her right from the start. I wish I could still discover other artists like that now but sadly nothing comes close.

[CCarmen]

I feel the same way. I'll discover new artists every now & then that will become dear to me, but since Tori, I've never discovered anyone else who could shake me out of my center the way she did.

[allpreciousthings]

Exactly.

[dioseolo]

Same here.

[elrusodefloresta]

@CCarmen If you didn`t, try with Cat Power...

[kevvie100]

@CCarmen Same here! No one else can touch me the way she does.

[jbowling74]

There is no artist like her period. even the few they try to throw in a similar style dont even hold a candle. The tone, passion, piano, feeling, emotion will never be replicated. Heck even the facial looks and movements are enrapturing. Simply a Goddess at this style of music. Will never be touched. I am in awe

[CouganSmith]

@CCarmen - wonderfully said.

[laurielou2]

@CCarmen

It's unfortunate, really. There will never be musical brilliance like hers from anyone else. When she goes, it, too, will go, and we'll be at such a loss.

[CCarmen]

@laurielou2 indeed, I feel the same way you've just described.

[favregrl]

@CCarmen

If you watch her interact with fans so wholeheartedly (like she's got all the time in the world and there's nothing else between the two of you), and have even had the pleasure of meeting her;...that shaking you out of your center feeling goes two-fold, and nobody else will ever compare. She is a gift~

[XxIIMooNIIxX]

@jesicalea id say its her and amy lee from evanescence for me full of soul.

[killerb78]

Amazing! I don't think it's possible for me to listen to this and not be so profoundly affected by it's beauty.

Water works EVERYTIME.

[jerrydem298]

wouldn't you just love to spend a day with her?Amazing.Tori Please come to madison again

[magicmagicnosegoblin]

lovely. Thanks for sharing!

[Sylwish]

Utterly amazing.

This is cooling, faster than I can <3

Love you, Tori

[arcaneamy]

What is the meaning of this song?

[fionasapple]

i don't think anyone knows the exact answer to that. not even tori :D

[danicka]

isn't this about one of her miscarriages?

hence the 'your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses...' line.

but yeah, and absolutely STUNNING rendition

[schroeder666]

You really really would think so. But I've read somewhere that this is from Boys For Pele era, like Beulah Land. Bizarro.

[danicka]

ummm, why the thumbs downs?!

all i did was pose an innocent question...

PLUS, i ended the comment with "this is a stunning rendition"

....jeez, some toriphiles are total twats.

[synaptonemal]

thumbs down ususally means it's wrong, not necessarily a personal mislike in your person

[dboles27]

well, on the TVAB live disc, she claims it was originally going to go on BFP, and i think she had her first miscarriage while on tour in support of that album... so, i'm thinking it was written prior to the miscarriages. but who ever knows with tori. :)

[friedeworldwide]

Tori, your songs are pieces of art. Remind me of those golden chocolat boxs: You eat one and think that no one candy can't be more delicious than that... until you start to eat the next one!

[FENDIN10]

Brilliant!

[julesequalsloveTV]

Absolutely beautiful.

[rljl20]

"this ocean is wrapped around, that Pineapple tree" to me is the most deep and beautiful lyric EVER wrote.

[missclareremembers]

This is just beautiful in every way possible!

[RadagastUO]

tori is a gift for us all, to bad she got bad times.

i would give my life to make her lucky ....

[twosoakers]

I still don't understand why she cuts a chunk of the song out (the nicest part of the song, I think) whenever she does this live.

[bethgib]

B E A U T I F U L !!!!!

[CelticRaE19]

this is most likely my favorite tori amos B-side of all time.

[jtcarc]

"is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses?" the most beautiful lyrics ever written.

[nesteroff]

this is pure magic.

[AliyKat6]

Does anyone know where i can get this song. I love it but it is impossible to find!

[dryade75]

You can find that song on the album "to venus and back". It's a live version as well.

[scarletwalked]

You may have heard this already, but the original studio version is on the Spark single with Do It Again. You can probably find it on Amazon, or maybe in the store....

[soapboxderbyqueen]

I hadn't heard of that version, thank you!

[appelsinpiken]

i love this song, simply love it

every time i listen to it i've got goosebumps

[allanyumul]

this is cool----inggggg....

[ENeithneYA]

'And peggy got a message for me from jesus.

And I've heard every word that you have said.'

Unbelievably beautiful..

[earthonika]

This song is, to me, as close to perfection as you can get...

[rljl20]

Check out this link, my understanding of this song is the last entry under 'sarule' - I hope that this helps -

Scot

[bigblonde26]

What exactly is cooling about, a break-up? Its so beautiful and complex

[jirera25]

"this is cooling faster than I can" the relationship is ending but she's not wanting/ready for that to happen.

[21goodyears]

i come listen to this when my soul needs healing

[megstubetops]

yesss you said it she's pretty deep

[rljl20]

"This ocean is wrapped around that pineapple tree" has got to be the most beautiful and soul wrenching line that Tori has ever wrote in my opinion. Absolute genius with the use of metaphor is she.

[amazingari]

tori, that song makes me cry

[Zeleiah]

This is my favorite Tori song- I know she only plays it live which makes it even more special to me. Tori is a goddess!!

[catinapoke]

This is like a prayer... Not in a religious sense. Not at all. Pure beauty.

[jtcarc]

this is what she used for to venus and back. absolutely magical.

[Lenore13]

It's similar but it's not the same as the version on TVAB.

[earthonika]

Of all Tori's children, this is one of my favourites...but don't tell Cornflake Girl because she might get jealous...

[louiseduvee]

TFP!

[prozzak2006]

how do i learn to write and play songs like that on the piano tell me how tori

[RomanticideNL]

what a beautiful song !

[yngwiefreak]

Tori is the sexiest woman alive. Beautiful, talented. I'll bet she even makes a kick ass omelet. I swore I'd never marry again but if Tori was available I think I'd make an exception. No. I definately would make an exception. I'd sop her up like a biscuit through gravy. One word. Yummy.

[spacedoginnebraska]

I think she would have something very different to say about that. Stud. Go to Sleep.

[ivano0o0o0]

lol

[Kerryeckelkamp]

Always with tears in my eyes listening to this song....She is amazing, beautiful, riveting.