Wow, I've never contemplated the real meaning of this song till seeing this video. Is this about assault victims rising up after their surrender to the evil men? That's what I get anyway, based on what I already know about her experience and other songs about it.
Tori got me through so many trials and tribulations in my younger years she was one of my first concerts at Madison Square Garden For Rainn and I needed it at the time as did so many others and the fact that Maynard and Trent and so many others collaborated with her knowing the effect she had on so many men and women is incredible it shows something to the artist we have nowadays for our children sadly it's depressing in a way because I wish they could see that some artists are not about money but more about the art and that's real facts a hundred etc etc...
@@evergray Raznor has the ability to fade into the background. This is probably the ability which allowed him to make an impressive second career in film music instead of sliding slowly into obscurity until some untimely death or rape charges like most shock rockers of that time.
As relevant as ever, and maybe more than ever. The wisdom and power of this song and video are more chill-inducing to me with every passing year. Tori is a visionary.
To take on the church given her upbringing. So many untold stories she shares to help the sinner make peace with their so called sins. I do not feel bad with the person I turned out to be because of you. Thank you.
Trent: Can I scream? Tori: No. Trent: Can I play a creepy piano melody? Tori: I'm playing the piano Trent: Oh I know, I'll put on some weird staticky vocal filters I've been trying out on my new album! Tori: No, you're going to sing nice and clean for me. Trent: I... don't know how to sing though... Tori: Yes, you do.
THIS comment ALL day long! Don't get me wrong - I adore Nine Inch Nails. But your comment PERFECTLY (and humorously) describes how I hope that scenario played out, lol!
Trent sing? That is why he can only faintly be heard. No, this is about friendship and Trent lending his name to Tori for more acknowledgement and recognition of her vocal skills.
Pure Bliss. 3:02 one of the most excellent pauses in music, and then she comes in with that holy singing right from her soul, then it fades into a big outro with the siren guitar and piano.
What a gorgeous and quietly dramatic video! There is something so profound in the way that the men bowed their heads in respect and what almost seems like subconscious guilt as the growing women's parade past bye. The moment when all the women laid down was so powerful! Not sure if it was some type of protest, but definitely managed to telegraph an indelible message. Love how happy all the women looked when they finally got clear of the male dominated town and out into the open field. I'd love to know who the man is who sings with Tori on this song, the blending of their voices is so damn sexy! Good Job Tori. Love her!
+Taurus Felis Guilt?!? Give me a break. Since the dawn of man, it's been MEN who have had to fight and die to protect the lives of women, having to put a woman's life above their own. Women want all the privileges of being a man yet NONE of the responsibility. Give me a break!
This is still one of my favourite Tori videos of all time. There's something so special about it. Tori just walking through this rural Spanish town. Beautiful!!
With TORI you always get beautiful melodies and intriguing lyrics. She's so unique and original!! Love her distinctive voice and sounds. Gotta love TORI Amos!
@@dont_follow5777true on e you learn es h note of hoe there songs are composed theu are very different compositions. Kate is theatrical she danced. Two different fairyland. Their voices are similar yet different.
If you listen carefully.... Trent Reznor did backup for Tori in the chorus of this song. They were dating back in the day ;) You can juuuuust hear his voice, but you'll know it instantly if you're a fan!
+MrBootieman Yes! He talked about his part in this song in an interview and how it was out of his comfort zone bc his voice wasn't distorted like in nin. Haha gotta love em both :)
Only just discovering this song but something tells me I heard it as a child because it has a real sense of nostalgia attached to it. First time or not, it’s a wonderful tune!
This is true friendship, like you barely hear him he's really just singing backup - not like your usual collabs where ppl bank on their star power. Pity that they grew apart but such is life, at least they're both happier these days.
They traded lyrical nods too. She mentions Pretty hate machine in one song and he says I crucify myself in one of his songs. There are several tit for tat and exchanges.
KendrixTermina How do you know they’re happier these days? Maybe those were the happiest days. It must have been AMAZING to be Tori Amos from 1992-2002: She was making some of the greatest music of anyone ever. From Little Earthquakes through Scarlet’s Walk, she made 7 perfect albums. Yes, I’m sure it was like giving birth, but What A Wonderful Body of Work. Once she gave birth in real life (in 2000), it was obvious that her focus began to shift from her career to her daughter. But that’s wonderful!!! She gave us (the audience, her fans) everything, and now she’s giving everything to her daughter and family. But, now that her daughter is grown, I hope she gives us one more ( or several more) brilliant albums.
rumor (and evidence) suggests trent reznor's vocal samples may have been done during the thanksgiving of 1993 when tori tried (and failed) to cook a turkey while reznor was staying at the famous tate house. i only raise this to point out timeline regarding NIN downward spiral in other threads. thanks!
Чтобы понимать музыку Тори ( на мой взгляд только одному из 20ти нравится) нужно мозги повернуть радикально в сторону, в этом прелесть этой уникальной женщины.
No, but what his voice did to that chorus was made it haunting, to hear a male vocals with what this song was about gave it that creepy vibe that made it very real 🤷🏼♂️
I love how the protest parade is entirely women until, at the last second, a little boy follows in their steps. Symbolic of the future of men who actually respect and support women?
Few people remember but they dated for several years. They were a huge 90s power couple. But both were notoriously private. She hung out out with Trent in the infamous Tate house while he was recording Downward Spiral. She may or may not have uncredited backing vocals on. She also said the Tate house was most deffinatly haunted and spooky. She says she and Trent had a ton of supernatural experiences while staying there.
I almost stopped lisrening to Tori's music in the 90's because I had such an insane crusch on her. it wasn't healthy. i still love her but i have it under control
Yer 1990s Victorian girl. With Tori bringing me the turn-of-the-century and Lana bringing me the mid-20th century, I know who my fave musicians are of all time. I saw Lana with Courtney Love but imo she belongs in some situ with Tori Amos.
TORI AMOS - UNDER THE PINK Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what Rolling Stone described as "musical insubordination". Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion. Her charting singles include "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark", "1000 Oceans", "Flavor" and "A Sorta Fairytale", her most commercially successful single in the U.S. to date. Amos has received five MTV VMA nominations and eight Grammy Award nominations, and won an Echo Klassik award for her Night of Hunters classical crossover album. She is listed on VH1's 1999 "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll" at number 71. ❤️💯‼️ And I have the great honor of having in my discography two CD-albums by this talented artist, LITTLE EARTHQUAKES (1992) and UNDER THE PINK (1994). ❤️💯‼️ Under the Pink is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. Upon its release in January 1994, the album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart on the back of the hit single "Cornflake Girl", and peaked at number 12 in the US. The album was certified double Platinum in the US by the RIAA in October 1999, for sales exceeding 2 million copies. It was the 61st highest-selling album of 1994 in the UK and was certified platinum by the BPI in February 2007, for sales exceeding 300,000 copies. Under the Pink was included in Blender magazine's list of 500 CDs You Must Own, and was voted among the greatest albums of the 1990s by Rolling Stone magazine some years later. A special double-disc tour edition was released exclusively in Australia and New Zealand in November 1994, titled More Pink: The B-Sides. ❤️💯‼️
"Past the Mission" Released: May 16, 1994 (UK) [Verse 1] I don’t believe I went too far I said I was willing, willing, willing She said she knew what my books did not I thought she knew what’s up [Chorus] Past the mission, behind the prison tower Past the mission, I once knew a hot girl Past the mission, they’re closing every hour Past the mission, I smell the roses [Verse 2] She said they all think they know him well She knew him better, better, better Everyone wanted something from him I did too, but I shut my mouth He just gave me a smile [Chorus] Past the mission, behind the prison tower Past the mission, I once knew a hot girl Past the mission, they’re closing every hour Past the mission, I smell the roses Past the mission, I smell the roses [Bridge] Hey, they found a body Not sure it was his, still they’re using his name And she gave him shelter And somewhere I know she knows Somewhere I know she knows Somethings only she knows [Chorus] Past the mission, behind the prison tower Past the mission, I once knew a hot girl Past the mission, they’re closing every hour Past the mission, I smell the roses Past the mission behind the prison tower Past the mission, I once knew a hot girl Past the mission, they’re closing every hour Past the mission, I smell the roses Past the mission, I smell the roses Past the mission, I smell the roses Produced by Tori Amos & Eric Rosse Written by Tori Amos Album UNDER THE PINK (1994)
@@chrisv.h.2307 This is probably closest to what I thought initially. This doesn't strike me a merely a Bible parable, there's a darkness to this. A lot of Tori's earlier work had themes of sexual indignation
@@seanjenkins331 Yes! I interpret the first verse as the assailant's perspective: "I don't believe I went too far/I said I was willing/She said she knew what my books did not/I thought she knew what's up." The refrain is revisiting the scene of the crime, and of the woman's pain. The second verse is her coping with the aftermath and the community reactions: "She said they all think they know him well/She knew him better." Then the verse switches to a sort of revenge fantasy: "Hey they found a body/not sure it was his but they're using his name/And she gave him shelter/and somewhere I know she knows/some things only she knows." It's still a bit opaque, but the video also reminds me of the Take Back the Night marches, where women march to reclaim spaces where they feel unsafe, and where men are asked to bear witness to the pain of sexual assault. She's such a powerful songwriter.
Does anyone know where this video was filmed? So intrigued by the beauty of that teenage girl on Tori's left holding her hand and is it just me, but at the beginning of the bridge, ... "hey, they found a body"....., does that girl in the middle resemble Jesus, or at least what we perceive Jesus to look like. I mean, those eyes are so piercing, no? Where was this filmed?
Catherine McCarthy I believe it was filmed in Arcos de la Frontera in Spain. I stayed in Jerez de la Frontera a few years ago and visited this nearby town. While I was there I thought there was something familiar about it. On one of the Tori DVDs where she talks about the videos she actually said the town it was filmed in. Pretty sure this was the town (happy to be corrected!) whichever town she said it was the one I'd just visited. Hope that helps :-) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcos_de_la_Frontera
I don't believe I went too far I said I was willing She said she knew what my books did not I thought she knew what's up Past the mission Behind the prison door Past the mission I once knew a hot girl Past the mission They're closing every hour Past the mission I smell the roses She said they all think they know him Well she knew him better Everyone wanted something from him I did too but I shut my mouth He just gave me a smile Past the mission Behind the prison door Past the mission I once knew a hot girl Past the mission They're closing every hour Past the mission I smell the roses Past the mission And I smell the roses Hey they found a body Not sure it was his but they're using his name And she gave him shelter And somewhere I know she knows Somethings only she knows Past the mission Behind the prison door Past the mission I once knew a hot girl Past the mission They're closing every hour Past the mission I smell the roses Past the mission Behind the prison door Past the mission I once knew a hot girl Past the mission They're closing every hour Past the mission I smell the roses Past the mission And I smell the roses Past the mission And I smell the roses
I am Spanish and I can understand what the man is singing at the beginning of the song..."drunk I went to bed and Drunk I woke up this morning, this is my disgrace, drunk I always am" hahaha Don't get the point of including that in the song, but that is what he says.
@@jordan1546 could be ? with Tori you can never quite be sure. I’ve known her for 25 years, she always works in shadow. If I had to guess, taking in the lyric and the visual depiction, I would think it’s a jab at the patriarchal buffoonery we’ve been living under for quite some time. The men are drunk and lazy but are still in control, while the women actually make this place work and hold the pieces together. Look up Tori’s book with Ann Powers, ‘Piece by Piece’ (title pulled from ‘Datura’) ... ;-)
I had such a huge crush on Tori when I was a teen boy. Made me mad everybody talked about Alanis and Jewel and not Tori. It still today does not make sense to me. I don't know why she isn't more famous.
She still is. Seeing her aging in recent years, slowing down, is so sad. But she has so many amazing and mesmerizing albums and songs. The fact that she plays two pianos at once and sings while conveying all emotional depth to tell a story to take you on an outer journey.. is truly something else. I like Alanis because she's also unapologetic and rocks. Jewel was IT for a hot minute, but Tori is timeless and a multitasking talented musician.
Just watched a bunch of Tori vids in a row and not once did I feel like I was being sold sexuality at any point in her career. How refreshing. Just good music created by an interesting, talented woman.
I disagree, Tori used her sexuality at many points in her career. And power to her too, she is a strong, independent and sensuous woman and has every right to use all her talents.
Meh.. I wouldnt say she's never used her sexuality, there's literally a picture of her breast feeding a pig on the internet ffs. and that's great. I've never had a problem with woman using their "sexuality" for whatever reason. Good on them. Men do that shit all the time and get away with it.
She had her feminine sexuality not made for the Male gaze! Mainstream media demands women do this to "make it". I'm sure she fought a lot behind the scenes.
The nursing a pig on that album cover of Boys for Pele was about nourishing the unclean, there was alot on that album about religion. It had absolutely nothing to do with sexuality any more than nursing a baby does. She was muddy and carrying a shotgun sitting in rocking chair nursing a piglet.. It was never meant to be sexual. If she had been 60 or weighed 300 lbs, possibly even if she were male- ie if she had a body that didnt happen to attract the male gaze in our culture instead of happening to have one that did-- she wouldve wanted to do it the same. I wouldnt say she USED sexuality in her early career (at least not up thru Choirgirl or To Venus) so much as she simply HAD sexuality as a part of her that was sometimes visible. Her sexuality never seemed really a performance for men in any way. Everyone HAS sexuality, but she wasnt selling sexuality that wasnt actually her own as many female artists do or must. Her sexuality was real, and all hers, and because it just happened to be a part of her, of course youre gonna see it sometimes but it wasnt FOR someone else. Like making love to the piano, im sure she did it alone when she played certain songs, or a certain way. The audience just happens to be there and maybe she is even aware of that (because its hard to not be) and plays with it a lil but she was very authentic and her sexuality seemed authentic too, in way most performers , especially young women performing ....it just doesnt. She isnt the only one like this, but it is not the norm. That said its also easy to take your sexuality for granted as a young attractive woman. Now that she is older I think she is much more eager to be seen as sexual and maybe act out sexuality larger than just whats hers. A while back (a few yrs?) she said she hopes ppl see her as a MILF or something like that. Which makes sense for how performing women are seen and treated thru stages of their life in our media culture. When you are fetishized, you dont want to be seen as the gaze's object of sexual desire, because it obliterates your individuality, and everything else you are. But when you are seen as nonsexual and, undesirable, etc. Believe me, you wish someone would just stop and see you as hot.
This is one of my top ten favorite songs of my life. And my favorite video or in the top two. It rivals Lana Del Rey's Paradise but pre-dates it so may be Lana's inspiration.
@@NikkiDocherty74 The story was that when Trent was recording the Downward Spiral, she went to visit him at the Sharon Tate mansion. She tried to cook a chicken dinner for the guys, but after an hour or so of the chicken being in the oven, it remained raw. She blamed this on the spirits in the house. She then said they would sing "Pass the chicken" with the "Past the Mission" melody. However, the song itself is about Mary Magdalene.
@@HB-xf2xl that's not what I read in a magazine article back when Tori recorded this song. It was things happening in the house when she and Trent were working together on it. Apparently it was his home and there was paranormal activity.
Prison sex n this track both are like massive black hole, so emphatic and moving for ppl who experienced the same story; Tori is one of the most respectful artists I knew since I was kid
Would love to know where this video was shot......looks like Spain, but....... and: I think the first line of the chorus ends “....behind the prison tower”, not “door”?🧐 and: THAT’S how you do backing vocals. 👏🏻
One of my fav tori moments....yes there was trent..❤❤...but tori, the hot priest has me conflicted for years....purposefully awkward I think ...but a always need to lite candles and pray on my lust for the hot priest🙏🙏🤫
I love this song but... is anyone else bothered by how heavy those leeks look? If I’m ever called to confront the village priest, I’m putting my leeks down.
![Tori Amos - Past The Mission (Live 1994 French TV) [1080P 50fps HD Upscale, Remastered Audio]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wP51BMU-xls/mqdefault.jpg)
Wow! I've always loved this song and have never seen the video before. FANTASTIC!!
Under the Pink is such a good album.
Love her
Literally her best a true masterpiece!!
Respectfully, I think you misspelled Great
The iconic album
Personally I think it's her best album, every song on that album still gives me goosebumps , would love her to tour the album in its entirety
Wow, I've never contemplated the real meaning of this song till seeing this video. Is this about assault victims rising up after their surrender to the evil men? That's what I get anyway, based on what I already know about her experience and other songs about it.
Sweet Jesus, check out that priest!
Mateo E. lol. I thought the same.
"Pass the mushroom."
Decades later and I'm still getting the chills! Her songs are timeless!
SHE GAVE HIM SHELTER. Somethings only she knows.
The compliment of Trent's voice is powerful .
Tori got me through so many trials and tribulations in my younger years she was one of my first concerts at Madison Square Garden For Rainn and I needed it at the time as did so many others and the fact that Maynard and Trent and so many others collaborated with her knowing the effect she had on so many men and women is incredible it shows something to the artist we have nowadays for our children sadly it's depressing in a way because I wish they could see that some artists are not about money but more about the art and that's real facts a hundred etc etc...
Probably some of the best singing I've heard him do, honestly.
@@evergray absolutely.
he is the least important part of this song.
@@evergray Raznor has the ability to fade into the background. This is probably the ability which allowed him to make an impressive second career in film music instead of sliding slowly into obscurity until some untimely death or rape charges like most shock rockers of that time.
Trent’s voice on this song is sublime.
lol how? u can hardly hear it
@@punkbjork You can if you open your ears.
As relevant as ever, and maybe more than ever. The wisdom and power of this song and video are more chill-inducing to me with every passing year. Tori is a visionary.
To take on the church given her upbringing. So many untold stories she shares to help the sinner make peace with their so called sins. I do not feel bad with the person I turned out to be because of you. Thank you.
Trent: Can I scream?
Tori: No.
Trent: Can I play a creepy piano melody?
Tori: I'm playing the piano
Trent: Oh I know, I'll put on some weird staticky vocal filters I've been trying out on my new album!
Tori: No, you're going to sing nice and clean for me.
Trent: I... don't know how to sing though...
Tori: Yes, you do.
THIS comment ALL day long! Don't get me wrong - I adore Nine Inch Nails. But your comment PERFECTLY (and humorously) describes how I hope that scenario played out, lol!
Trent sing? That is why he can only faintly be heard. No, this is about friendship and Trent lending his name to Tori for more acknowledgement and recognition of her vocal skills.
Now that that's out of the way, what's up with that Tori + Maynard collab?
@@jsogman
Tori: Thanks for cheering me up with the lullabies, Maynard. You are such a good friend.
Maynard: .......oh. Oh no.
@@bigguy1164 😁 Tori 4 LYFE!!!
"Some things only she knows".
Who still listens to that gem in 2022?
The spiritual behind that video is powerful.
Religion, doubts, girl power, f***k patriarchy..
Brilliant
I’m listening to Tori Amos Past The Mission late November 2023
3:10
2024
Pure Bliss. 3:02 one of the most excellent pauses in music, and then she comes in with that holy singing right from her soul, then it fades into a big outro with the siren guitar and piano.
Yep, back then when music was allowed to have dynamic.
I love how NIN's Starfuckers came from Tori's Professional Widow
Tori and Trent perfect
So subtle you have to know what you're listening for
..drug
The chorus for this is hauntingly beautiful and got me started on Tori.
Always loved her Voice and Style, but mainly her Lyrics which are Special
Beautiful song...love the flow and complexity of it. Tori is amazing.
I like to think of the story being that the women in this video have escaped the abuses of the Church forever.
Close enough to count, you will also see men in the crowd after the dramatic split.
What a gorgeous and quietly dramatic video! There is something so profound in the way that the men bowed their heads in respect and what almost seems like subconscious guilt as the growing women's parade past bye. The moment when all the women laid down was so powerful! Not sure if it was some type of protest, but definitely managed to telegraph an indelible message. Love how happy all the women looked when they finally got clear of the male dominated town and out into the open field. I'd love to know who the man is who sings with Tori on this song, the blending of their voices is so damn sexy! Good Job Tori. Love her!
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails!
Jim Thomson Trent Reznor IS Nine Inch Nails.
I know, i was trying to keep it simple invorder to convert a non-believer :)
Jim Thomson ha ha nice. Sorry to blow your cover. ;)
+Taurus Felis Guilt?!? Give me a break. Since the dawn of man, it's been MEN who have had to fight and die to protect the lives of women, having to put a woman's life above their own. Women want all the privileges of being a man yet NONE of the responsibility. Give me a break!
Trent and Tori would have been the greatest musical power couple ever. But I think they are both too passionate for eachother
Courtney Love fucked it up
@@TechnicJunglist --- Story time???
@@TechnicJunglist Seems like Trent fucked it up. You can't steal a man that doesn't want to be stolen.
we know that tori was a little bit angry at him....
Arent both writing these Starfuckers/Profesional Widow directing at you know who?
This is still one of my favourite Tori videos of all time. There's something so special about it. Tori just walking through this rural Spanish town. Beautiful!!
Ese pueblo es el pueblo más bonito de España...mi pueblo Arcos de la Frontera , en la provincia de Cádiz
@@Fagava very beautiful!
I once knew a hot priest...
Seriously it's like Jude Law had a lovechild with Gael Garcia Bernal
that priest was really hot😂
With TORI you always get beautiful melodies and intriguing lyrics. She's so unique and original!! Love her distinctive voice and sounds. Gotta love TORI Amos!
Not familiar with Kate Bush, I take it?
@@SturgusLipmonger Aint that the truth....derivative isn't in it!!!
@@SturgusLipmongertori doesn't deny being influenced by Kate Bush. But if you're suggesting she copies her, that's not true.
@@dont_follow5777true on e you learn es h note of hoe there songs are composed theu are very different compositions. Kate is theatrical she danced. Two different fairyland. Their voices are similar yet different.
The combination of Tori’s and Trent’s voices brings back memories and makes me teary-eyed due to it’s brilliance and beauty. ❤
@danahouse3357 Tori Amos Past The Mission is one of my personal favorite song
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Trent Reznor is on this song? I never knew!
Trent Reznor sings on this 👍
Esta canción me gusta desde que salió el álbum siendo yo adolescente. Nunca había visto el video. Está hermoso.💜
Voy a llorar 🥹
If you listen carefully.... Trent Reznor did backup for Tori in the chorus of this song. They were dating back in the day ;)
You can juuuuust hear his voice, but you'll know it instantly if you're a fan!
Yep, I knew this. Too bad he couldn't have been in the video.
+MrBootieman don' think they dated at all
+MrBootieman Yes! He talked about his part in this song in an interview and how it was out of his comfort zone bc his voice wasn't distorted like in nin. Haha gotta love em both :)
+katie rebecca Wilson Yes they were briefly during the Under the Pink sessions
+Alexandra A hey I found you😂
Tori led me to my Heart...
Oct 2019
🖤🖤🖤
This idea of female power by surrendering is quite intriguing...still after so many years
Only just discovering this song but something tells me I heard it as a child because it has a real sense of nostalgia attached to it. First time or not, it’s a wonderful tune!
I love finding Trent Reznor easter eggs. ;)
This is true friendship, like you barely hear him he's really just singing backup - not like your usual collabs where ppl bank on their star power.
Pity that they grew apart but such is life, at least they're both happier these days.
They traded lyrical nods too. She mentions Pretty hate machine in one song and he says I crucify myself in one of his songs. There are several tit for tat and exchanges.
@@StarkillerNC thats not the only one... she uses the words StarFucker in Professional Widow, which i just learned is a Song about Courtney Love.
KendrixTermina How do you know they’re happier these days? Maybe those were the happiest days. It must have been AMAZING to be Tori Amos from 1992-2002: She was making some of the greatest music of anyone ever. From Little Earthquakes through Scarlet’s Walk, she made 7 perfect albums. Yes, I’m sure it was like giving birth, but What A Wonderful Body of Work. Once she gave birth in real life (in 2000), it was obvious that her focus began to shift from her career to her daughter. But that’s wonderful!!! She gave us (the audience, her fans) everything, and now she’s giving everything to her daughter and family. But, now that her daughter is grown, I hope she gives us one more ( or several more) brilliant albums.
TFW heard old town road on the radio and instantly recognized 34 ghosts iv
Who gave Tori the right to be so beautiful? She's perfect 🥰
WAS beautiful
@@James-un2zj For me, she will forever be beautiful.
how can you not love this video?!
that smile of her's at the end... !!!
Exquisite is the only word for this.
rumor (and evidence) suggests trent reznor's vocal samples may have been done during the thanksgiving of 1993 when tori tried (and failed) to cook a turkey while reznor was staying at the famous tate house. i only raise this to point out timeline regarding NIN downward spiral in other threads. thanks!
"I once knew a hot girl"
Чтобы понимать музыку Тори ( на мой взгляд только одному из 20ти нравится) нужно мозги повернуть радикально в сторону, в этом прелесть этой уникальной женщины.
She looks so beautiful here ❤ (as always)
Tori Amos didn't even need Trent Reznor to sing on this track to be amazing. One of my favorites.
No, but what his voice did to that chorus was made it haunting, to hear a male vocals with what this song was about gave it that creepy vibe that made it very real 🤷🏼♂️
And that voice backing her vocals...given their situation is almost like an apology.
@@pleasant_screams903 I agree! Such an amazing song
@@pleasant_screams903 what was the situation? i’ve never heard this song before or know any context
Trent Reznor's undocumented apology for Courtney Love.
Yeah. Bad move on Trent's part.
I love how the protest parade is entirely women until, at the last second, a little boy follows in their steps. Symbolic of the future of men who actually respect and support women?
spectacular
Very talented woman..
How did I not know there was a video for this song. Best song on a great album.
I love how Tori and Trent have referenced each other throughout their careers. Wish they did more songs together.
If only Trent wasn't a jerk and screwed her over for Courtney Love.
As did she any Maynard from Tool… amazing
Few people remember but they dated for several years. They were a huge 90s power couple. But both were notoriously private. She hung out out with Trent in the infamous Tate house while he was recording Downward Spiral. She may or may not have uncredited backing vocals on. She also said the Tate house was most deffinatly haunted and spooky. She says she and Trent had a ton of supernatural experiences while staying there.
Got my own pretty hate machine.
@@Mortiishead*made 🙂
I almost stopped lisrening to Tori's music in the 90's because I had such an insane crusch on her.
it wasn't healthy. i still love her but i have it under control
That is what masturbation is for, it will fade, eventually. I have had to many crushes to track. Heck, look at my 'nym and the first 4 letters.
@ > *Tori Amos*
🎶> *Past The Mission*
💿 > *Under The Pink*
p > 1994
🎬︎ > *Jake Scott*
Id always listen to this song after getting something done.. Or at least trying to get something done..
Yer 1990s Victorian girl. With Tori bringing me the turn-of-the-century and Lana bringing me the mid-20th century, I know who my fave musicians are of all time. I saw Lana with Courtney Love but imo she belongs in some situ with Tori Amos.
Courtney Love murdered Kurt Cobain, may she rot in hell
So fucking good.
Couldn't have said it any better
Thank you Trent Reznor for providing such beautiful background lyrics for your at the time girlfriend.
It was years before I realized that was Trent, his voice is so soft and gentle here.
TORI AMOS - UNDER THE PINK
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what Rolling Stone described as "musical insubordination". Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion. Her charting singles include "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark", "1000 Oceans", "Flavor" and "A Sorta Fairytale", her most commercially successful single in the U.S. to date. Amos has received five MTV VMA nominations and eight Grammy Award nominations, and won an Echo Klassik award for her Night of Hunters classical crossover album. She is listed on VH1's 1999 "100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll" at number 71. ❤️💯‼️
And I have the great honor of having in my discography two CD-albums by this talented artist, LITTLE EARTHQUAKES (1992) and UNDER THE PINK (1994). ❤️💯‼️
Under the Pink is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. Upon its release in January 1994, the album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart on the back of the hit single "Cornflake Girl", and peaked at number 12 in the US. The album was certified double Platinum in the US by the RIAA in October 1999, for sales exceeding 2 million copies. It was the 61st highest-selling album of 1994 in the UK and was certified platinum by the BPI in February 2007, for sales exceeding 300,000 copies. Under the Pink was included in Blender magazine's list of 500 CDs You Must Own, and was voted among the greatest albums of the 1990s by Rolling Stone magazine some years later. A special double-disc tour edition was released exclusively in Australia and New Zealand in November 1994, titled More Pink: The B-Sides. ❤️💯‼️
"Past the Mission"
Released: May 16, 1994 (UK)
[Verse 1]
I don’t believe I went too far
I said I was willing, willing, willing
She said she knew what my books did not
I thought she knew what’s up
[Chorus]
Past the mission, behind the prison tower
Past the mission, I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission, they’re closing every hour
Past the mission, I smell the roses
[Verse 2]
She said they all think they know him well
She knew him better, better, better
Everyone wanted something from him
I did too, but I shut my mouth
He just gave me a smile
[Chorus]
Past the mission, behind the prison tower
Past the mission, I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission, they’re closing every hour
Past the mission, I smell the roses
Past the mission, I smell the roses
[Bridge]
Hey, they found a body
Not sure it was his, still they’re using his name
And she gave him shelter
And somewhere I know she knows
Somewhere I know she knows
Somethings only she knows
[Chorus]
Past the mission, behind the prison tower
Past the mission, I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission, they’re closing every hour
Past the mission, I smell the roses
Past the mission behind the prison tower
Past the mission, I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission, they’re closing every hour
Past the mission, I smell the roses
Past the mission, I smell the roses
Past the mission, I smell the roses
Produced by Tori Amos & Eric Rosse
Written by Tori Amos
Album UNDER THE PINK (1994)
Happy 61st Birthday Today to Tori Amos!!! Past The Mission closing of the hour Tori Amos!!!!
1:17
I've been obsessed with this song for most of my life and I still have no idea what it's really about
hint: mary magdalene
www.songfacts.com/facts/tori-amos/past-the-mission
Isn't it about a priest committing sexual assault, and then the revenge fantasy implied from the bridge on?
@@chrisv.h.2307 This is probably closest to what I thought initially. This doesn't strike me a merely a Bible parable, there's a darkness to this. A lot of Tori's earlier work had themes of sexual indignation
@@seanjenkins331 Yes! I interpret the first verse as the assailant's perspective: "I don't believe I went too far/I said I was willing/She said she knew what my books did not/I thought she knew what's up." The refrain is revisiting the scene of the crime, and of the woman's pain. The second verse is her coping with the aftermath and the community reactions: "She said they all think they know him well/She knew him better." Then the verse switches to a sort of revenge fantasy: "Hey they found a body/not sure it was his but they're using his name/And she gave him shelter/and somewhere I know she knows/some things only she knows."
It's still a bit opaque, but the video also reminds me of the Take Back the Night marches, where women march to reclaim spaces where they feel unsafe, and where men are asked to bear witness to the pain of sexual assault.
She's such a powerful songwriter.
Does anyone know where this video was filmed? So intrigued by the beauty of that teenage girl on Tori's left holding her hand and is it just me, but at the beginning of the bridge, ... "hey, they found a body"....., does that girl in the middle resemble Jesus, or at least what we perceive Jesus to look like. I mean, those eyes are so piercing, no? Where was this filmed?
Catherine McCarthy I believe it was filmed in Arcos de la Frontera in Spain. I stayed in Jerez de la Frontera a few years ago and visited this nearby town. While I was there I thought there was something familiar about it. On one of the Tori DVDs where she talks about the videos she actually said the town it was filmed in. Pretty sure this was the town (happy to be corrected!) whichever town she said it was the one I'd just visited. Hope that helps :-)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcos_de_la_Frontera
Looks like southern Spain. But southern Italy, Sicily, Malta, and parts of Greece all share a very similar look and culture.
ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA (CÁDIZ)(ANDALUCÍA) (ESPAÑA), THIS IS MY VILLAGE, YOU MUST VISIT!!!
Beautiful song!
I found this song again after forever today…just wonderful! ❤
So Tori grew up in Baltimore. The Keough scandal happened in the area and would have been a hot topic during her formative years. Makes you think.
Well, actually in Montgomery.
Looks like Spain to me.
Italy?...maybe
@@vinokalichophi8597 Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Arcos de la frontera Cádiz Andalucía España
Trent Reznor on backing vocals
I don't believe I went too far
I said I was willing
She said she knew what my books did not
I thought she knew what's up
Past the mission
Behind the prison door
Past the mission
I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission
They're closing every hour
Past the mission
I smell the roses
She said they all think they know him
Well she knew him better
Everyone wanted something from him
I did too but I shut my mouth
He just gave me a smile
Past the mission
Behind the prison door
Past the mission
I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission
They're closing every hour
Past the mission
I smell the roses
Past the mission
And I smell the roses
Hey they found a body
Not sure it was his but they're using his name
And she gave him shelter
And somewhere I know she knows
Somethings only she knows
Past the mission
Behind the prison door
Past the mission
I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission
They're closing every hour
Past the mission
I smell the roses
Past the mission
Behind the prison door
Past the mission
I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission
They're closing every hour
Past the mission
I smell the roses
Past the mission
And I smell the roses
Past the mission
And I smell the roses
merci !
Thank you,gracias,danke shon!
Linda música! Eu amo Tori!
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The best of her work!
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I am Spanish and I can understand what the man is singing at the beginning of the song..."drunk I went to bed and Drunk I woke up this morning, this is my disgrace, drunk I always am" hahaha Don't get the point of including that in the song, but that is what he says.
thank you Artax, after seeing this so many times I was wondering what he was singing... :-)
Wonder if it's about Trent.
@@jordan1546 could be ? with Tori you can never quite be sure.
I’ve known her for 25 years, she always works in shadow. If I had to guess, taking in the lyric and the visual depiction, I would think it’s a jab at the patriarchal buffoonery we’ve been living
under for quite some time. The men are drunk
and lazy but are still in control, while the women actually make this place work and hold the pieces together. Look up Tori’s book with Ann Powers,
‘Piece by Piece’ (title pulled from ‘Datura’) ... ;-)
Men sent us to other planets :/
@@jordan1546 you gotta give me more on that one... :-)
I just wait for the chorus
Tori leading the women away from the subjugation of religion. ❤
Away from the red heifers to be sacrifices in Israel.
See them in the beginning?
The simplified version, those following her as she leaves includes men, just less
I had such a huge crush on Tori when I was a teen boy. Made me mad everybody talked about Alanis and Jewel and not Tori. It still today does not make sense to me. I don't know why she isn't more famous.
She still is. Seeing her aging in recent years, slowing down, is so sad. But she has so many amazing and mesmerizing albums and songs. The fact that she plays two pianos at once and sings while conveying all emotional depth to tell a story to take you on an outer journey.. is truly something else.
I like Alanis because she's also unapologetic and rocks. Jewel was IT for a hot minute, but Tori is timeless and a multitasking talented musician.
I can never understand her lyrics, but I love it, cathartic for her, beautiful woman and person amazing voice.
The note at 3:55 might be the most effective guitar note in any song, period.
Caton is SO underrated.
gives me chills every time.
so powerful.
Just watched a bunch of Tori vids in a row and not once did I feel like I was being sold sexuality at any point in her career. How refreshing. Just good music created by an interesting, talented woman.
I disagree, Tori used her sexuality at many points in her career. And power to her too, she is a strong, independent and sensuous woman and has every right to use all her talents.
Meh.. I wouldnt say she's never used her sexuality, there's literally a picture of her breast feeding a pig on the internet ffs. and that's great. I've never had a problem with woman using their "sexuality" for whatever reason. Good on them. Men do that shit all the time and get away with it.
She had her feminine sexuality not made for the Male gaze! Mainstream media demands women do this to "make it". I'm sure she fought a lot behind the scenes.
I saw her live a few times in person, and on TV. At times she treats that piano bench like a lover, and there is NO denying it.
The nursing a pig on that album cover of Boys for Pele was about nourishing the unclean, there was alot on that album about religion. It had absolutely nothing to do with sexuality any more than nursing a baby does. She was muddy and carrying a shotgun sitting in rocking chair nursing a piglet.. It was never meant to be sexual. If she had been 60 or weighed 300 lbs, possibly even if she were male- ie if she had a body that didnt happen to attract the male gaze in our culture instead of happening to have one that did-- she wouldve wanted to do it the same.
I wouldnt say she USED sexuality in her early career (at least not up thru Choirgirl or To Venus) so much as she simply HAD sexuality as a part of her that was sometimes visible.
Her sexuality never seemed really a performance for men in any way. Everyone HAS sexuality, but she wasnt selling sexuality that wasnt actually her own as many female artists do or must. Her sexuality was real, and all hers, and because it just happened to be a part of her, of course youre gonna see it sometimes but it wasnt FOR someone else. Like making love to the piano, im sure she did it alone when she played certain songs, or a certain way. The audience just happens to be there and maybe she is even aware of that (because its hard to not be) and plays with it a lil but she was very authentic and her sexuality seemed authentic too, in way most performers , especially young women performing ....it just doesnt. She isnt the only one like this, but it is not the norm.
That said its also easy to take your sexuality for granted as a young attractive woman. Now that she is older I think she is much more eager to be seen as sexual and maybe act out sexuality larger than just whats hers. A while back (a few yrs?) she said she hopes ppl see her as a MILF or something like that. Which makes sense for how performing women are seen and treated thru stages of their life in our media culture. When you are fetishized, you dont want to be seen as the gaze's object of sexual desire, because it obliterates your individuality, and everything else you are.
But when you are seen as nonsexual and, undesirable, etc. Believe me, you wish someone would just stop and see you as hot.
This is one of my top ten favorite songs of my life. And my favorite video or in the top two. It rivals Lana Del Rey's Paradise but pre-dates it so may be Lana's inspiration.
Correction: Tropico is the Lana del Rey musical short film. Paradise is the album and will confuse non-fans. My bad.
Mary Magdalene, that is what it this song is about. Learn.
indeed makes sense
I read in a magazine when this song was released that it was about a paranormal experience she had...Trent Reznor was involved.
@@NikkiDocherty74 The story was that when Trent was recording the Downward Spiral, she went to visit him at the Sharon Tate mansion. She tried to cook a chicken dinner for the guys, but after an hour or so of the chicken being in the oven, it remained raw. She blamed this on the spirits in the house. She then said they would sing "Pass the chicken" with the "Past the Mission" melody. However, the song itself is about Mary Magdalene.
@@HB-xf2xl that's not what I read in a magazine article back when Tori recorded this song. It was things happening in the house when she and Trent were working together on it. Apparently it was his home and there was paranormal activity.
With❤from🇺🇦
I Looooooovvve this one !!!
trent♡
+nnao1976 where is he ?
not in the vid but you do hear him in the chorus? ;)
now I hear it !
you can hear him more towards the end... my goodness I love his voice
Is That Spain? Que hermoso es epaña saludos y Amor desde México 🇲🇽 a España 🇪🇦 ❤️
Si
There is something very beautiful about this.
Bonito Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz )(Andalucía ) (España)
She was so beautiful back then.😢
Because you two commenting these things is gonna make her look like she did here, right?
One of my favs ❤
Very intense clip
back again... the healing she does...
Prison sex n this track both are like massive black hole, so emphatic and moving for ppl who experienced the same story; Tori is one of the most respectful artists I knew since I was kid
All her albums are amazing and relevant no matter how old we are
Would love to know where this video was shot......looks like Spain, but.......
and: I think the first line of the chorus ends “....behind the prison tower”, not “door”?🧐
and: THAT’S how you do backing vocals. 👏🏻
Transcendent
In the end she's laughing!
22 August. 60 years!
Happy Easter. Some things never change.
One of my fav tori moments....yes there was trent..❤❤...but tori, the hot priest has me conflicted for years....purposefully awkward I think ...but a always need to lite candles and pray on my lust for the hot priest🙏🙏🤫
Some things only she knows.
2.18-3.00 is the best single piece of musical expression there has ever been. Truly, truly exceptional and never bettered.
I can smell the roses, and now the church is on its knees
I love this song but... is anyone else bothered by how heavy those leeks look? If I’m ever called to confront the village priest, I’m putting my leeks down.
trent and tori got together in a perfect universe
Neil Gaiman created it?
No...that's not Trent Reznor singing in the background...sike.