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  • "Fat Slut". Pip's odd way of singing the lyrics, the lyrics themselves (which is essentially Pip's comeback to the titular insult), the odd guitar feedback, and the brevity of the track makes it awesomely ridiculous.
  • Also, the 'Brain Fart" improv she did in her 2007 tour.
    • Many of her improvs could count, as could some of her interviews. She's a funny woman.
      • Especially the "Tori Is a Lioness" interview. She claims that she would rather burn a man (especially if he's British) than a piano if she was stuck on a deserted island!
      • Other funny interviews include the one where she says she has a 12-inch cock, and the one where she rants about how "Toxic" is supposedly about toxic shock syndrome. Some quotes from that interview are "You can't have Tampax for a hot song," and "I love my fucking twat!".
      • Anytime Tori talks about her daughter Tash is bound to be this.
  • "Big Wheel" has Tori chanting "M-I-L-F, don't you forget".
  • On a Last.fm shoutbox for a Tori song, mostly everyone talks about an...unexpected topic. Although a stupid, rude comment almost ruins the funny.
  • At the 2010 Bonnaroo concert: "Where's Neil when you need him? Shagging Amanda!"
  • At a gig in Manchester in 2011, Tori's earpiece fell out. This is what happened next.
  • The line "Your mother shows up in a nasty dress" in "Silent All These Years" from Little Earthquakes.
  • Her 2017 Pitchfork video which had her assessing various things such as the 90s Revival and adult colouring books. Special shout-out to her assessment of Y Kant Tori Read ("UNDER-FUCKING-RATED!)" and Morrissey
  • Tori's disastrous attempt to cook baked chicken for Trent Reznor when he was recording The Downward Spiral, which has become a legend in the fandom. Since it happened at the home where Sharon Tate was murdered by the Manson Family, Amos claims the chicken was cursed.
  • From "Tear in Your Hand":
    I don't believe you're leaving because me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream.
  • "Spies", off Ocean to Ocean, sits as a Breather Episode in amongst some of her most emotionally heartwrenching material. Written as a Nightmare Retardant song to help her daughter cope with bats and insects entering their household during the first COVID lockdown, it features some delicious Word Salad Lyrics including:
    Tracking the thieving meanies below and above ground
    They may say they're on holiday/Grabbing a latte in a coquelicot beret
    But that hippopotamus must stay anonymous for now
    Mrs Crabby Apple won't get custard, won't get crumble
  • While appearing on The Rosie O'Donnell show, Tori told a story of how Phil Collins indirectly got her out of legal trouble: Somewhat inexplicably, a promotional CD single of "A Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins was sent out to radio stations with Y Kant Tori Read's "Cool On Your Island" as the B-Side. Some time between the release of Y Kant Tori Read and Little Earthquakes, Tori traveled to Germany and was detained by police because her friend was found in possession of marijuana. Tori told police that she was a professional musician who had been "on a record with Phil Collins" - Phil was apparently well-liked enough there that this was enough to let her go.

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