History TearJerker / ToriAmos

* To continue being even HarsherInHindsight, in January 2017, Tori's mother suffered a stroke that left her severely disabled, with aphasia. "Mary's Eyes" and "Reindeer King" are renewed pleas for her mother to alleviate her suffering, again to a personification of death (the Death Midwife) and the Native American spirit of the Reindeer King (a nod to her mother's Native American ancestry).

* Tori's cover of Music/{{REM}}'s "Losing My Religion" (from their album ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople'') is absolutely beautiful and completely different from the original, taking it from a reasonably upbeat song to a slower and much sadder one. You can hear pain and loneliness in her voice as she sings.

** When it's paired with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXcTZWOb6Kg Saikano in an AMV]], it's just heart-wrenching.

* Tori's cover of Music/NineInchNails' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4UyJOPFEbg Something I Can Never Have,]]" already a tearjerker of a song made even more so by Tori's history with TrentReznor.

--> ''And the hard part, the bad part, the Jerry Springer show part is that you never stop loving someone. There’s always a piece of them in your heart.''
--> ''Now that she is dead, she tries to remember only the love. She imagines every blow a kiss, the make-up that inexpertly covers the bruises, the cigarette burn on her thigh — all these things, she decides, were gestures of love.''

* Tori's cover of NineInchNails' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4UyJOPFEbg Something I Can Never Have,]]" already a tearjerker of a song made even more so by Tori's history with TrentReznor.

* Tori's cover of "Happiness is a Warm Gun" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'', with the real-life newsreel audio of Music/JohnLennon's shooting, is ''heartbreaking''.

* Another HarsherInHindsight moment: Tori wrote "The Beekeeper" while her mother was sick in the hospital. The song is about Tori offering herself to TheGrimReaper so he could let her mom live. She got better, but the song got a dark vibe when her ''brother'' turned out to be the family member that died. Tori wrote a song dedicated to him, which is called...
** "Toast". To quote a last.fm user, "The intimacy of this recording, from the chuckle to the partial sob is just startling."

* Her cover of Music/TomWaits' "Time" from ''Music/RainDogs'' is heartbreaking in the best way possible. The verse starting with "Well, they all pretend they're orphans/and their memory's like a train" can especially strike a chord with some.

* Tori's cover version of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' (on the EP release to "Crucify"). Played solo on the piano like a dirge. The version became HarsherInHindsight after Kurt Cobain's death.

* Tori's cover of Music/{{REM}}'s "Losing My Religion" from ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople'' is absolutely beautiful and completely different from the original, taking it from a reasonably upbeat song to a slower and much sadder one. You can hear pain and loneliness in her voice as she sings.

* Tori's cover of NineInchNails' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4UyJOPFEbg Something I Can Never Have," already a tearjerker of a song made even more so by Tori's history with TrentReznor.

* Many Music/ToriAmos songs become tearjerkers only after repeated listenings, which are required to decipher cryptic lyrics. But there is nothing ambiguous about "[[RapeAsDrama Me and a Gun.]]" from ''Music/LittleEarthquakes''. It is stark, straightforward, and gut-wrenching. The fact that it's entirely a capella and sounds like she's either completely exhausted or on the verge of tears is what can really do it for some. It's like a haunting spiritual sung by someone who has just lost their faith. Not to mention the fact that it's about Tori's own experiences of being raped.

* Many Music/ToriAmos songs become tearjerkers only after repeated listenings, which are required to decipher cryptic lyrics. But there is nothing ambiguous about "[[RapeAsDrama Me and a Gun.]]" It is stark, straightforward, and gut-wrenching. The fact that it's entirely a capella and sounds like she's either completely exhausted or on the verge of tears is what can really do it for some. It's like a haunting spiritual sung by someone who has just lost their faith. Not to mention the fact that it's about Tori's own experiences of being raped.
* "Winter". Especially the final chorus, where the strings suddenly drop out and Amos sings in a whisper against a minimal piano accompaniment. That effect is coupled with the lyrics "When you gonna make up your mind? When you gonna love you as much as I do?"... * sniff.* Aw, and it's not even ''on''...

* Tori's cover of "Happiness is a Warm Gun", with the real-life newsreel audio of John Lennon's shooting, is ''heartbreaking''.
* In her cover of "I Don't Like Mondays", Tori removes the LyricalDissonance and reinvents the song into a keyboard-based song that sounds like the aural equivalent of corrupted innocence.
--> "[The song] was sung from the point of view of the cop who went to the school that day, because I couldn't hold the essence of the person who went and killed everybody. I had to be able to hold something in a structure of women, or I couldn't be in the chair for them. I didn't believe that this [convicted felon] was a "bad seed." So I wanted to create it in this sort of shattered playground world."

--> And you said you could find me here, even in Death...

* Her cover of Music/TomWaits' "Time" is heartbreaking in the best way possible. The verse starting with "Well, they all pretend they're orphans/and their memory's like a train" can especially strike a chord with some.

* Tori's cover version of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (on the EP release to "Crucify"). Played solo on the piano like a dirge. The version became HarsherInHindsight after Kurt Cobain's death.

* Tori's cover of Music/{{REM}}'s "Losing My Religion" is absolutely beautiful and completely different from the original, taking it from a reasonably upbeat song to a slower and much sadder one. You can hear pain and loneliness in her voice as she sings.

-->You will not ever be forgotten by me\\

Forever...

--> You know how it is when you love someone?
--> And the hard part, the bad part, the Jerry Springer show part is that you never stop loving someone. There’s always a piece of them in your heart.
--> Now that she is dead, she tries to remember only the love. She imagines every blow a kiss, the make-up that inexpertly covers the bruises, the cigarette burn on her thigh — all these things, she decides, were gestures of love.
--> She wonders what her daughter will do.
--> She wonders what her daughter will be.

* Many Music/ToriAmos songs become tearjerkers only after repeated listenings, which are required to decipher cryptic lyrics. But there is nothing ambiguous about "[[RapeAsDrama Me and a Gun.]]" It is stark, straightforward, and gut-wrenching. The fact that it's entirely a capella and sounds like she's either completely exhausted or on the verge of tears is what can really do it for some. It's like a haunting spiritual sung by someone who has just lost their faith.
** Not to mention the fact that it's about Tori's own experiences of being raped.

Read more at http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858878862/#eb5I5UvIj5mtkDgo.99

* "Juarez" is about the multiple women who are raped and murdered in the Juarez desert every year. Especially when you've seen the film "Backyard" whichnis about the subject, and when you hear the line "No angel came..." can just make you want to sob.

* Tori's live cover of LeonardCohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat" is known to have made some people cry ''every time''.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9hjw20vifI Tori's "Marianne".]] It's about a girl (Marianne) whom Tori knew who killed herself. Tori thinks it was an accident because Marianne was very magical and made everyone knew that they were special. Read this quote from Tori:

* Other tearjerkers not already mentioned are "Baker Baker", "Maybe California", "Northern Lad", "Garlands", "Cooling", "1000 Oceans", "Gold Dust", "Jackie's Strength", "Yes, Anastasia", "Indian Summer", and half of ''Boys for Pele''.

* Kind of a mix between this and NightmareFuel, but her cover of Music/{{Eminem}}'s "97 Bonnie and Clyde" gives the murdered mother and wife (Kim) a voice [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning as she silently mimics what her murderer said to their daughter (Hailie)]]. It's kind of creepy and sad at the same time.

* Kind of a mix between this and HighOctaneNightmareFuel, but her cover of Music/{{Eminem}}'s "97 Bonnie and Clyde" gives the murdered mother and wife (Kim) a voice [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning as she silently mimics what her murderer said to their daughter (Hailie)]]. It's kind of creepy and sad at the same time.

* Her cover of Music/TomWaits' "Time" is heartbreaking in the best way possible. The verse starting with "Well, they all pretend they're orphans/and their memory's like a train" especially strikes a chord with this troper.

** When it's paired with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXcTZWOb6Kg Saikano in an AMV]], it's just heart-wrenching.

* Kind of a mix between this and HighOctaneNightmareFuel, but her cover of Music/{{Eminem}}'s "97 Bonnie and Clyde" gives the murdered mother and wife (Kim) a voice [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning as she silently mimics what her murderer said to their daughter (Hailey)]]. It's kind of creepy and sad at the same time.

Music/ToriAmos has one of the most devoted fanbases on the planet. This, coupled with her emotional, therapeutic (at least to the [[FanCommunityNickname Toriphiles]]) music equals enough entries from tropers to make a whole page dedicated to T's {{Tear Jerker}}s.

* Many Music/ToriAmos songs become tearjerkers only after repeated listenings, which are required to decipher cryptic lyrics. But there is nothing ambiguous about "[[RapeAsDrama Me and a Gun.]]" It is stark, straightforward, and gutwrenching. The fact that it's entirely a capella and sounds like she's either completely exhausted or on the verge of tears is what can really do it for some. It's like a haunting spiritual sung by someone who has just lost their faith.

* Another HarsherInHindsight moment: Tori wrote "The Beekeeper" while her mother was sick in the hospital. The song is about Tori offering herself to TheGrimReaper so he could let her mom live. [[IGotBetter She got better]], but the song got a dark vibe when her ''brother'' turned out to be the family member that died. Tori wrote a song dedicated to him, which is called...

ToriAmos has one of the most devoted fanbases on the planet. This, coupled with her emotional, therapeutic (at least to the [[FanCommunityNickname Toriphiles]]) music equals enough entries from tropers to make a whole page dedicated to T's {{Tear Jerker}}s.

* Many ToriAmos songs become tearjerkers only after repeated listenings, which are required to decipher cryptic lyrics. But there is nothing ambiguous about "[[RapeAsDrama Me and a Gun.]]" It is stark, straightforward, and gutwrenching. The fact that it's entirely a capella and sounds like she's either completely exhausted or on the verge of tears is what can really do it for some. It's like a haunting spiritual sung by someone who has just lost their faith.

* Her cover of TomWaits' "Time" is heartbreaking in the best way possible. The verse starting with "Well, they all pretend they're orphans/and their memory's like a train" especially strikes a chord with this troper.

* Tori's cover version of {{Nirvana}}'s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (on the EP release to "Crucify"). Played solo on the piano like a dirge. The version became HarsherInHindsight after Kurt Cobain's death.

* Tori's cover of {{Music/REM}}'s "Losing My Religion" is absolutely beautiful and completely different from the original, taking it from a reasonably upbeat song to a slower and much sadder one. You can hear pain and loneliness in her voice as she sings.

* Tori's cover of REM's "Losing My Religion" is absolutely beautiful and completely different from the original, taking it from a reasonably upbeat song to a slower and much sadder one. You can hear pain and loneliness in her voice as she sings.

* What?! No love for ''Night of Hunters''?! The last song from the album, "Carry", can cause tearjerking, though more on the Heartwarming level.