Tori Amos Before They Were Stars

[Stairwaytoheaven06]

Her parents are great ! even if they are religious people

[Ralna669]

Thanks chihpoo for uploading this brill video. :) I'm always delighted to learn anything new about Tori.

[bigtimetorifan]

This was great! I am a long time fan and knew of some of this but neat to see pics/vid. thx for posting

[1ofmany25]

It always great to c how it all started

[muzboz]

I didn't know she did all that funny TV show stuff! Haha, classic.

[Sherri2008]

Ha ha ha! Looks like Tori was a ham, even as a toddler! GO BABY TORI!!!

[Sherri2008]

I LOVE Mama and Papa Amos!

[skywardism]

The narrator is a wanker

[antuonchris]

This video is fantastic.

[xtina23230]

aww' little tori :}

[madsketcher]

This narrator sounds full of shit, like a dad trying to be hip

[pattitaniguchi]

haa job and gay bar ,, i think u happy with life stripper u just cruze life u a ok girl dont worry about others i bet u always smiled and ye ye ohh kellogs?trial by jury?man this is to funny life u do u seem like blossom flower sincerly kt i would love to see a movie about u life not sure how come maybe u can add more jobs u go girl it be great if u sing so often and have clips growing up

[jmatassa]

@pattitaniguchi HUH?????

[RikaAoi]

It shows anything is possible in life. Especially with the love and support from there parents.

[jjreis77]

i love ellen tori

[PlatypuSPawn]

Clerical collar? Its a GAY bar!!!!! Probably the safest bar in town if the BAR asked him to chaperone because HE obviously felt there was no danger. LOL.

[ebromero2]

@PlatypuSPawn Customers in the gay bar would ask him, "How could you bring your daughter here?"

He looked at them and said, "Well, she's not going home with any of YOU!"

He actually took a lot of flak from his congregation for this, but he knew it was the safest place for Tori to exercise her skills.

(though I don't know how good a chaperone he was; one bartender gave Tori a cucumber wrapped in kashmere to practice oral sex. If she left teethmarks, she wouldn't get her root beer float)

[PlatypuSPawn]

@ebromero2 Im sure they look back and think - those were the good ol' days hehe

[Za7a7aZ]

Look at those canine teeth...... i mean fangs....Jeezzzz.....she can act in a vampire movie without the false fangs.

[ScaredPiglet]

@Za7a7aZ Her teeth are beaver type, not vampire. She's a wood chomper not a blood sucker.

[ListenToProphetSix]

She still looks the same! from baby to now!!! <3

[skatapoopy]

Lil' Myra Ellen!

[BritishBroom]

1:06 "The reverend was determined to keep Tori in the biz, even if it meant going through the BACK DOOR". Is that some kind of euphamism for Catholic child abuse?

[shannon0518]

Homecoming queen! I agree, a little disappointing...I still love her vision though... A remarkable and talented person giving a voice to the experiences of women

[TearInTheirHands]

Wow, Tori has such an interesting history. I love her.

[ImNotRacistImBias]

Amazing journey. Wow!

[chatapayamauthz]

she s not a real red head !

[Bajazoid]

No, but she sure looks great as one!

[salvolondon]

@chatapayamauthz This is such a big disappointment

[marrymekate]

can someone tell me the name of the song that starts in minute 1:06 please

[callmegreene]

Leather

[TinnyLinda]

Leather

[stricklandnc]

The song is called "Precious Things" and is from an early album from Toi Amos called Little EArthquakes. Remixes of the song are out there and she still sings this song live, as of 2009 anyway. Hope you enjoy.

[lombmusic07]

@marrymekate Hello Mr.Zebra

[momlovestosing]

This is the first time I've heard her singing "Baltimore!" I learned to play it from sheet music, but I've never heard it. NOW I know how it goes! lol

[Tanru2000]

Carrie Hadler! :)

[torijulie]

The song is "Tear in Your Hand", off of her first solo CD, Little Earthquakes!

[Tracibop7]

What is the song at 1:32?

[lombmusic07]

@Tracibop7 A year ago but, it's still Tear in your Hand

[barkpeeler2000]

homecoming queen? GAH, i'm disappointed.

[donovanfrost]

Love those dimples Tori.

[mariekejochems]

Yeah, exactly: 'cooling'. Lovely. But it`s not on 'to venus and back', it`s unreleased. It`s only on 'welcome to sunny Florida' I guess.

[melindalu]

Cooling is a B side from From The Choirgirl Hotel with Spark. It can also be found on many of her official bootlegs from the Beekeeper Tour and American Doll Posse.

[TinnyLinda]

cooling is also on the welcome to sunny florida dvd.

[melindalu]

mariekejochems: Cooling IS on TVAB...on the live record. You can also find several live versions of it on itunes. And, as I mentioned before, you can also find it on the Spark EP (3 of them were released) It shouldn't be that hard to find a copy of it on eBay...

[samplethat]

Is that last clip of her playing "Cooling" the same version from To Venus And Back? It sounds just like it..

[FireThought]

I LOVE this woman!!!! There is NO ONE like her, ever! She is a true genius and prodigy!

[livli00]

i LOVED this!!

[thomaskain]

the song she's singing at :17 is 'Crucify' from the little earthquakes album x

[theVeryUglyBunny]

What was the first song she's singing? at :17

[melindalu]

Tori is my all-time favorite artist and always will be. What a great little piece. Thank you to who posted it. I just saw Tori in Seattle on Friday and Portland on Saturday. Am going to SO.Cal to see her 2 more times on this tour. I met her once and it was an amazing moment in my life. Keep going, Tori! We love you more than we have words to say. I'll come to London to see The Light Princess in 2010. I named my red-hair cat Tash after your daughter! ~~Melinda

[DigitalGhost94]

LOl you named ur red haired cat tash, toris hair is really dark, she had it dyed red, which is awesome.

[melindalu]

DG: If you look closely at pictures of Tori as a child, she has red hair...it probably got more red in the summertime in the sun. Part of her whole grievance with her paternal grandmother was that she had red hair as a child and the grandmother thought she was a devil child because of her hair color. Also, Tori is 1/4 Cherokee and they often have red hair. I do believe that she dyes it now. She and I are the same age so we both have a bit of gray (I would assume)

[deathtouch100]

gosh what a wonderful peice. watching it a second time, gives you the whole perspective. I never remembered that kelloggs commercial,lol.Thanks chihpoo this was a wonderful clip, one of the best I have seen. Very deserving artist that is for sure.That black and white of her at the 1.40 mark is gorgeous, and what a lucky little puppy that was,lolThat first song was kinda nice actually

[deathtouch100]

I never knew she was a preachers daughter. They are always said to become the most rebellious, and her music shows.She was an adorable little girl started school the same year as me. I wish we had lived in the same area. I would have loved to have went to school with her k-12 and got to know her. Very interesting person, very pretty and veryt talented,

[tomitstube]

"she enjoys shocking us", i luv it.

[pougne]

she's so fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thistleflowers]

<3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yoetah]

I adore this musician

I love her when she's "abnormal"

I adore her when she appears "normal"

She stuns me with her shocking comments:

"I have a 12 in cock"

She's sensual when she sulks and

whether she's "Caught a Lite Sneeze" or singing of

"Crucify" or floating on "Your Cloud"

she's irresistible and so dern easy to fall completely into love with.

[tropcis]

le gustara al cocaina?

[2blonaby]

If ever there was a girl I wanted to give a hug to it would be Tori Amos. What a talent!

[alineunderpressure]

cute

[gennx30]

shes an artist fer godsakes

shes also a lot richer that yuo

[MickeyLove01]

she looked mental even as a kid

[saulo07]

Thx for posting!

[LeonidRozumenko]

lovely

[sophiejanebailey]

eeeeee shes so much like her mum!

[CelticRaE19]

tori has the cutest parents ever! tori looks just like her mom.

[csponge7]

Hahaha. That guys voice who does this show cracks me up. I LOVE tori, she's the best. Good to see all those clips of her before she got so famous.

[madsketcher]

Trial by Tori!

[keniapowa]

woo she's not red haired?? I thought she was. Whatever, love her

[serialhag76]

Thank God for her parents, especially for Dad, for letting her express herself at such a young age. I was raised into a southern Baptist family, restricted in every way, & was unable to become a whole person until recently. Open minded parents lead to well-adjusted kids, not guilt-ridden products of the church. Thanks, Mr. & Mrs. Amos for raising one of us...

[flubno]

It's rare that a preacher father would get his kid a job in a Gay bar.

[xswitchbladefights]

well, thank God he did!

[ifyoufly]

It's nice of you to leave that comment to one sentence.

[joyd209209209]

@serialhag76 ***(My dad was Southern Baptist minister for 20 years)ME TOO!!! Now Im 28 and just now figuring out that Im not just a wife, mother and daughter I AM an ARTIST and I have a great voice. Never had any doors open up, no path to follow (other than "ministering to the sinners of the world...oh and not having sex before marriage") SO Im making my own path finally and joined a band on my way to expressing MYSELF through my musiv! TY for posting~JOYOUS

[joyd209209209]

@serialhag76 ***(My dad was Southern Baptist minister for 20 years)ME TOO!!! Now Im 28 and just now figuring out that Im not just a wife, mother and daughter I AM an ARTIST and I have a great voice. Never had any doors open up, no path to follow (other than "ministering to the sinners of the world...oh and not having sex before marriage") SO Im making my own path finally and joined a band on my way to expressing MYSELF through my music! TY for posting~JOYOUS

[LunaSeaSane]

I expect the next dream to be filled with these pretty little gems...

[narbularity]

Thanks a lot for this !!!!!!!!

[InesFloresM85]

jajaja genial!

[PreciousEarthquakes2]

I didn't know she was on a TV show?! LOL!!!!!!!! This was a great little lesson!!! THANK YOU!

[physicsbunny]

WTF that narrator pronounced the w in sword ha ha ha that is droll, but seriously Tori is my Goddess

[bobbelibob]

Damn she been through a lot of shit. All of it just to become a star.

[ACriminalMind]

I love you Tori

[gnamp]

"the swword"?

[madsketcher]

@gnamp God, that annoys me!  The Sooword! That guy bugs!

[seattletaytay]

ugh and she's singing "cooling" at the end. love it.

[TeresaAngeles1979]

Wow, that was great. So cool to see her from then to now.

[ERBURO]

I'd do her...

[calsonicSTi]

she has a nice voice

[ArizonaDelRio]

I never knew about the TV stuff. Pretty cool.

[glowingliketheocean]

yesss!! this rules! love her.

[pumpkinpjays]

What a great clip! Thanks for posting

[poderac3]

that was great! thanks for posting!

[k8fan]

The research people for this show did an amazing job. The school play looked like it was shot on 1/2" open-reel black & white video tape. It's difficult to even find a still working machine to play that. 

I owned "Why Can't Tori Read" before "Little Earthquakes" came out, and first saw Tori at Schuba's, a 100 seat club in Chicago.

[megstubetops]

they did research this well.someone at vh1 likes her alot.its cool you saw her when she was in YKTR.i have seen her 14 times total.i love kate bush also.i have subscribed to your channel.

[sadeQE]

OMG looove you tori

[lookatdoor]

That Baltimore song was pretty good. The narrator pronounced the W in sword. Thanks for the upload.

[becauseoftherain]

anyone knows any other footage on young tori?

[FujinZero]

Thanks for the great video!!

[ghostgrabber]

hurt me tori..hurt me!

[slickskillet123]

FUCKIN' AWFUL TERRIBLE SHIIIIIT!!!

[garzaeduardo]

i love the way she makes love to the piano bench.

[colourednotes]

Thank you for this video. Interesting.

[pianoboy88]

Does anyone know where that clip of "Cooling" came from at the very end?

[sorcerer101567]

I think it might be Storyteller's or 45th Street

[pianoboy88]

I've seen the 45th street concert (it's on you tube) and it isn't from that and I'm pretty sure she didn't play Cooling for Storytellers. Maybe she just had a camera crew with her specifically for this Before they were Stars clip.

[mesamesa13]

Does any one know the vidio with Tori and the rats??

Or the one with her and the snakes??

[raspberryswirl79]

That is her song 'God'.

[mesamesa13]

Thank you thank you!!

[paranoiagent0]

does anyone know the song at the very beginning that tori amos is playing in the blue dress? i love it and i cant hear enough of the words to look up the song. Halp!

[xswitchbladefights]

it's Crucify, off the Little Earthquakes album. look up the video also, it's amazing! :)

[suncame]

she looks like her mother, and the same voice ;>

[SILinchesVER]

Yeah, it`s great..I really love tori..great vid..thanks for posting =)

[ENeithneYA]

oh my goooood ... how cute <3

[000HMYG0D]

what a wonderful person!!

[goaskalice462]

Aww...Tori rox! Has anyone else noticed that she has kinda the same speaking voice as her mum?

[SILinchesVER]

yes you`re right..I got this too =D

[bethcarliseh]

God, I never knew that she was a mickey mouse sell out whore

[imabimbo66]

This is excellent. Thank you!

[arg189]

People see children as irrelevant

that sort of happened to me

[whatsarahsaid3]

This is great! Thanks for uploading, I love it.

[tenderbloodrose]

This is awesome! I loved her performance on that show. Her parents are adorable.

[MaryJamesMurdoch]

You're so right! Her parents are adorable! Isn't it interesting that she still has some of the same mannerisms as she did when she was a child?

[Dakoda25]

It is so cool to see that her parents did what they could to encourage her talent after she was kicked out of the conservatory. It's surprising that they were willing to let her play in bars (gay ones, no less!), considering their conservative views, but they wanted her to succeed, and that's AWESOME!

[bethhartweblog]

From cereal lover to serial killer, LOL!

How I would love to see the full footage of some of these.

[raz1980]

ooooooooooooooooooooh wow! that's sweeeeeeeeeet so sweeeeeeeet! thanks a mil for sharing!

[TinnyLinda]

haha i'm totally unknowingly stalking you.

but what can I say if you've commented on all this great footage before me?

:P

[panthersbenelux]

lol lol you are very cute:-)

[laliqko]

this is amazing! i know almost all of the things in this vid, but i never known that she was an actress!!

[IRU1981]

thank you for exist tori i love you!!

[aaaaaarroonn12323]

beautiful

[undelete88]

OMG this is wonderful! Baltimore live! Tori in the Theater! Tori on TV! Wonderful! Thank you so much for posting this!!

[MARIAROCKSON]

Thank you for that!!!!!

I Adore Tori!!!!!And I can see I am not the only one!

Cooling iing iing!!!!Nice!!!

[bigbigsound]

omg she sounds ttly the same as her mum-sweet :-)

[marijlouise]

thank you soo much! haven't seen half of this, soooo funny, i love her!

[filmfreaksanna]

Tori´s mom really has same voice as Tori (or Tori has the same voice as her mom). :) nice.

[cletus59]

Amazing...The mom has the same voice of tori...well maybe is not amazing but just natural...:))

[monkeyeagle]

As someone who has Loved Tori since about 94'This was just Fantastic to see!I hate to be Greedy but,are there more clips to this show????

[chihpoo]

This is the entire segment that aired.

[Jannyca]

That is just amazing footage! Beautiful! Thanx!!!

[HreNmyhead]

ahhh thanks!!!!

[pagancruel]

AMAZING FOOTAGE! Thank you so much!

[clampandbush]

I had never seen this before! This is amazing, Tori was, and of course, still is soooo sweet!

[JunsuiKibou]

yaaaaaaaaaay!

[babytigerjess]

OMG! That was amazing! Footage I have never seen before haha! I LOVE TORI x x x

[mobbyplay]

I have never seen this before haha. Tori an actress? Thanks

[CCarmen]

I officially love you, the box set interview and now this! THANK YOU=) - C

[patrosfeta]

wow, never knew all this stuff! an actress?

[mayes48]

I have never seen this one. Thank you soooo much!!!

~lilfaerie

[luiscueto]

"I never was a Cornflake girl", it all makes so much sense now! Thank you so much for posting this! Good thing she didn't stick with acting lol

[marionhammer]

Thank You So Much!

[comatoselucy]

Thanks!! I had no idea about the stripper thing or the tv show thing, haha the trial part was hillarious x)

[rickwarriorbard]

She's so much like her mother, even the voice.

[Blahblahblha72]

"While mother was away"....lmao

[rickwarriorbard]

I didn't knew that she have done ALL THAT before she was famous, thanks a lot

[indrakamala]

Great vid! THANKS!

[redtalula]

This is great! Thanks for posting!

[riotpooffairy]

amazing old footage i had not seen yet

[Patriciameadows]

How could they bash her YKTR days? She was fabulous then!

[joshie0513]

i know! i feel so bad for that record. its not a horrible record like the critics want everyone to believe. if you look past all the '80s cliches on the record, there really is something there. <3

[rickwarriorbard]

She was a pirate how cool was that? lol, i love YKTR

[bethhartweblog]

Wow I have never seen this before!

[ProfessionalCynic]

Absolutely fascinating! Thanks!

[pickypocky123]

interesting..