They share some superficial similarities but they are entirely different and unique artists in their own rights. Their songwriting may be structurally comparable in some ways, but their subject matter, their perspectives and the ways in which they express themselves are totally different. Tori is a pianist fiest and foremost, the very emodiment of a musical prodigy, and she is a confessional poet and essayist who sings. Nearly all her songs are sung from the most personal vantage points possible, which is one reason her songs can be cryptic to people who know nothing about her personally. She has strong opinions on religion, spirituality, politics, women's issues, and so on, as well as an encyclopedic knowledge of mythologies from the entire Western world. These are all central to her music. Kate is more of a musical fiction writer in terms of the content of her writing, and more of an experimental expressionist artist in terms of both her musical compositions and her performance art. If Tori is the superior pianist (she is, unquestionably), then Kate is (really unquestionably) the superior performance artist, who uses her whole body to express many of her songs. Dance is integral to her music, as has been miming and outrageous, exaggerated facial expressions. Tori's music has spanned nearly every genre and Kate's music overwhelmingly has been (in my mind's eye) a kind of musical version of the German expressionist movement-The Scream, Metropolis, Nosferatu, the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari all seem in keeping with Kate's music in my mind. I am awed by both artists. They are similar in certain ways but at their hearts they are entirely different. I consider Tori my favorite artist of any medium, probably because of both her copious output and the intensely personal nature of her music. Kate is more personally distant from the content of her songs and so she's not as deeply meaningful to me, but she is nevertheless my second-favorite musical artist. She's an astonishing talent. Both women have defined themselves as their own genres and comparing and contrasting the two may be worthwhile as a means to analyzing their music, but it's not worthwhile if the point is to say one is imitating the other. Tori has been "accused" of being a copycat Kate all her career, and that is objectively preposterous. Tori's primary musical influences are her classical training, church hymns she grew up playing, singing traditional music with her Eastern Cherokee grandfather, and Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Joni Mitchell and other artists who were popular when she was young. Tori was accepted into the Peabody Conservatory of music at age five. Kate is only five years older than Tori is. So she was 10, still a decade from her first single Wuthering Heights coming out. During those intevening years, Tori studied music every single day under the regimented instruction of music professors and her stern disciplinarian father. Tori has spoken only flattering and admiringly of Kate's music, but she has suggested that the first Kate song she heard was Babooshka, which came out in 1980. Tori would have been 17, with 12 years of intensive musical study influencing her development. If you are at all familiar with the music of Led Zeppelin, you can hear their influence-which Tori says is her greatest influence-in the subject matter about what she sings, in her vocalizations, in her compositions. Tori has been put on the spot throughout her career to 'defend' whether Kate Bush is or is not her primary influence, and the implication always is that she copies Kate. Kate simply was not a primary influence, despite their superficial similarities, and when Tori tells the truth and flatters Kate at the same time, Tori is accused of lying about her influences. She really can't win. Kate Bush is only five years older than Tori is. They probably have some similarities simply because they grew up in the same generation and had similar influences.

@BoysOnFilm

2 жыл бұрын

I love your very detailed response, and I agree with you! The reason I asked the question was also partly because I wanted to let her know that I thought the 'copycat' accusations were unfair, although flattering.

@js2010ish

Жыл бұрын

Fair take!

@pooki903

Жыл бұрын

phenomenal comment.

@pinkbeatle2012

Жыл бұрын

they have similar vocal styles but the music is pretty different.

@bepitan

Жыл бұрын

@@pooki903 no ...she sounds like kate bush...so similar its ridiculous.

Apples. Oranges. Both superb. 🙏🔥✨

@bepitan

Жыл бұрын

apples and some other apples...

@vishnurpillai7973

9 ай бұрын

​@@bepitanyes. Fiona Apples.

EPIC we can enjoy them both...Beautiful.

@BoysOnFilm

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely! I do.

her first record, the influence was obvious, but it was good music. she definitely found her own voice, we all stand on the shoulders of giants.

Guys,lets celebrate two brilliant women in music and not compare them! I'm a Kate girl,but love Tori's music too! They both can bring me to tears and move me! Thats the most important thing of all! They are saying something...if you want to hear it! ❤

@BoysOnFilm

10 ай бұрын

I agree. I love both artists independently. Many of my favourite artists are women. The reason I asked Tori the question is because I was curious about her reaction to so many people comparing them.

@jelniemeijer4921

10 ай бұрын

@@BoysOnFilm i understand,it was more a reaction to the things that were said here! Its not a competition ..its music! Every one to their own taste and respecting each other! 😁

They're totally different. I love and listen both, and this is the reason that I say they're totally different!

That is a great compliment. And the comparison is correct. But Tori Amos is a force for music.

Two of my longstanding favorite artists. Both incredibly talented in their own ways. No need to compare.

@BoysOnFilm

5 ай бұрын

🥰

It's funny I got to know Kate because of Tori's music, and because of that very comparison people have been making, which led me to give Kate's music a try. I immediately fell in love with Kate, and I'll admit I do find some similarities between their voice performances, during their youth. I feel this comparison is definitely a compliment to both of them. Yes, they are unique and exceptional in their own rights. I love both of them, each to their own.

@BoysOnFilm

5 ай бұрын

😍

Don't care. Love em both. Tori s my fav ever.

Heard “Happy Phantom” on the speakers at the record store, asked “when did Kate put out a new album?!” I old me it was someone new named Tori Amos, bought the record, no regrets.

@BoysOnFilm

5 ай бұрын

Great story!

to be honest when i first heard Tori i thought she was Kate

@jmcd21182

Жыл бұрын

To be dishonest when I first heard Kate I thought she was Tori

@ekspatriat

11 ай бұрын

@@jmcd21182 You were 'Late with Kate' pal

@jmcd21182

11 ай бұрын

@@ekspatriat you were definitely Kate with Late ma'am

@ekspatriat

11 ай бұрын

@@jmcd21182 1 was before the other...methinks 1 copied

I heard of Tori Amos first. I only started hearing about Kate Bush recently. Tori Amos is more well known in America.

@jecarlin

Ай бұрын

The first time I heard of Kate Bush was 2014 in Ireland. I knew of Tori since seeing Silent All These Years on MTV.

Both wonderful independently but I’m ngl imagine a duet 😮❤

@BoysOnFilm

7 ай бұрын

Can you imagine! That duet would be gorgeous.

@missyflutter5562

7 ай бұрын

@@BoysOnFilm it’s already my new favourite song, it would be incredible 🙏🏼

Kate Bush is everything!

i love kate bush sm ❤❤❤

Tori was gracious about this older, but when she was younger she hated the comparison ... Sarah Mac OTOH always proudly wore her KT influence on her sleeve

No one ever mentions that they are both Leo's! I really think it says so much about both their similarities and their uniqueness, they are both so expressive, poetic, mystical, powerful, and strange. Tori came after Kate so comparing her to Kate was obvious, but beyond that initial comparision Tori has proved herself, and I think in some ways has even gone beyond Kate, but that's a personal opinion and they're each very very special.

@BoysOnFilm

Жыл бұрын

Love this!

@trindadetm

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree with that!

I love both. ❤️

@BoysOnFilm

10 ай бұрын

me too!

I think that is a really gracious gesture for Tori to embrace that people find them similar. Buuuut I think for the "smaller" of the two comparisons can really swallow you up. I always always thought this happened to Rickie Lee Jones being compared to Joni Mitchell. Two pretty blondes singing their own material and running their own show....a bit folky, a bit jazzy and both a little woowoo. There's only room for one and I think Rickie Lee's career took a hit. She did seem to find a tribe, but she didn't have much mainstream success. Funny this mostly happens with female artists.

@joeagger

6 ай бұрын

SO TRUE! Rickie is so unfairly underrated at this point, she deserved a way longer imperial period. Living It Up is up there with the greatest pop songs of the 80s

I find it so weird people compare them when they’re so completely different. It’s amazing it’s like they see a woman and a piano and look no further

@BoysOnFilm

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I never really got the Kate comparisons. They both play piano and have a high range, but that's about it really.

@bepitan

Жыл бұрын

you guys cannot be serious...

@calliet

Жыл бұрын

She very obviously ripped off her entire act from this Bush lady. She got caught.

@Fenyxfire

Жыл бұрын

​@@bepitan i agree with them. Tori's songwriting and how she chooses what notes and progressions she uses are veeeery different. The only similarity is the girl with the piano thing and the timbre of her voice.

@Mysteriuminiquitatis1998

Жыл бұрын

@@FenyxfireI disagree. I can totally see the reason for the comparison. The execution of their work is very different in some areas but their singing voices are very similar in my opinion.

Ambas tocan piano es lo único que tienen de similar pero para mí son dos artistas completamente diferentes

This doesn't need to be a cat Vs dog war. Like either or even like both. I don't know Tori's work so well, however what I've heard has been fine, infact I should really listen to more. It is great that we live in a world that offers some many different types of music, if we lived in 1700's we'd be saying,"If I have to hear another harpsichord..."

I like Tori but Tori likes herself even more and she hates, hates being compared to anyone.

While there are a few similarities in terms. of the voice (well maybe not so much since Kate sings in an English accent whereas Tori has an American accent) they are different artists. I'll admit that i have much stronger preference for Kate since she is my favorite artist of all time and most of Tori's music isn't my thing but I respect her talent. And i do think the constant comparisons between the two are a little unfair since they are worlds apart in terms of their artistry.

@BoysOnFilm

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree. I can understand the comparisons but they are quite lazy. Both have distinctive voices (although Kate's range has dropped with age - much like Tori's I guess). They are both very talented musicians. You only have to watch Tori playing multi instruments and singing to appreciate this. And her storytelling is off the scale.

I mean sure it's a compliment but i never thought Kate Bush when listening to Tori , or vice versa. To me they both have their own lanes of creativity in their art. For me Kate has a few stand outs obviously- running up that hill and Tori - Winter and there's no comparable to me

@BoysOnFilm

5 ай бұрын

They're both unique in their own way, for sure. I think people just compare them because they both play piano and both have distinctive voices that reach high notes.

My family brings me Hatch chilies when they pass thru Utah from New Mexico. They’re so yummy. We add them to everything ❤

Absolutely I’ve made this comparison also

@BoysOnFilm

7 ай бұрын

Who is your favourite?

@apriljohnson1067

7 ай бұрын

@@BoysOnFilm Tori

I always thought Cornflake Girl was Kate Bush. So surprising I was so wrong for so long.

"I'm touring!"

@IHeartNoise

Жыл бұрын

Thought it was "I'm Tori"

@jeeither

9 ай бұрын

​@IHeartNoise she said was touring at the same time as Kate Bush so she wouldn't be able to see her live.

They're very different

10 years on, and I'm rediscovering Tori, - prompted by the latest Taylor Swift album. I'd say Tori is the pefect centre of a Kate - Taylor Venn Diagram ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@BoysOnFilm

2 ай бұрын

It's never too late to rediscover Tori!

Tori vocally does remind me of Kate at times.. is what it is. Both fantastic special talents.

@BoysOnFilm

4 күн бұрын

😍

It seems like a forced comparison. They have totally different approaches to songwriting. Tori's music is biographical, grounded and more somber. Kate's work is mostly inspired by romantic myths, movies and books. They also have different production styles. Tori's voice can sound like Kate sometimes, but that's where the likeness ends.

@Missjunebugfreak

11 ай бұрын

Exactly. They are very different from each other in their artistry, and other than Tori's voice sounding a bit similar to Kate when she's singing higher notes that's where it ends. Wish people would stop lazily comparing the two.

I never understood the comparison, but Kate Bush has been the go-to reference point for discussion of any new, remotely artsy female singer-songwriter for 30 years. Anyone from Tori and Björk (lol) to Bar for Lashes, Joanna Newsom and, FFS, Caroline Polachek have been compared to Bush. She just stands as the prototypical, iconic weird woman with artistic integrity and independence. In reality, Tori owes more to the sensual piano rock of Laura Nyro etc. She is not (or was not, to begin with) an art-popper. The few legitimate Bush comparisons I can think of are Akiko Yano and maybe Jane Siberry.

@Missjunebugfreak

11 ай бұрын

Well Kate broke the mould for so many female artists at her young age with her unusual sound and the full control of her work that gave other women like Björk, Fiona Apple, Joanna Newsom etc the confidence to be themselves and have artistic control. So that causes so many newer art pop artists to be unfairly compared to her since she really did in many ways pave the way for them. Just like any new female singer-songwriters in the folk genre get compared to Joni Mitchell. Tori unfortunately has been compared to Kate so much that i think it does injustice to her own artistry for people to claim she "copied" Kate. They are very different artists with their own approach to music. In fact, I'd say Tori has far more in common with Laura Nyro than with Kate.

❤

Y Kant Tori Read and LE are her at her most Kate.

@BoysOnFilm

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree. Y Kant definitely has a more Kate production.

@randomtology2173

Жыл бұрын

not at all

i really like her approach on comparison, she sounds like the type of people who wants to understand the world around her with her own system

@BoysOnFilm

8 ай бұрын

Very dignified.

They're so different.

@BoysOnFilm

4 күн бұрын

Very much so. Both artists are women, playing the piano. About the only similarities.

Tori 4 ever.

@BoysOnFilm

4 күн бұрын

YES! 👏🏻

The would be no Tori, as we know her, without Kate.

Она прекрасна ❤

Not a patch.

Tori is closer to Robert Smith than Kate Bush.

Dude witches

There is only one Kate Bush

@BoysOnFilm

5 ай бұрын

🥰

shes NOTHING like kate

Tori Amos flies miles above Kate bush. Not even close.

@isobeljames1328

11 ай бұрын

Try again

@ExtravertmE

11 ай бұрын

Have you ever listened to Kate?

@the92project

8 ай бұрын

@@ExtravertmE no of course I have not. Why would I need to know about a topic in order to have an opinion 🤣🤣🤣

@the92project

8 ай бұрын

@@isobeljames1328 Tori Amos flies miles above Kate Bush. Not even close. Satisfied? Good

@mattiusgabe7354

8 ай бұрын

I love them both - but compare Tori's touring/live performances history to Kate's. Tori I feel is just more musically gifted and truly appreciates her fanbase to keep touring so much.

I would rate Kate at 7.5/10 as an artist (singer, songwriter, musician, performer). Tori is that rare 10/10 artist.

@joeagger

Жыл бұрын

nah, Kate’s an easy 10. have you listened to Suspended in Gaffa and A Coral Room? she is a musical genius, plain and simple (as is Tori, of course)

@ExtravertmE

11 ай бұрын

LMAOOO

Tori ...i like you ...but your NO Kate Bush ,by a long chalk

Problème : Tu ne mets pas du t Amos avec le visage de Kate Bush....Je Kifff les 2 Rtises mais...Il y a TROMPERIE.

So, are the ones who compared her to Kate Bush hearing imparied????? I mean seriously, they MUST be. That's like comparing a supernova to a cap gun. With Kate Bush of course being the supernova.

@iantuition

10 ай бұрын

Oh please. How reductive

@joeagger

6 ай бұрын

wow… so incredibly wrong lol. I’m more of a Kate fan, dgmw, but Tori is a phenomenal artist who deserves all the flowers she gets and more

2 experienced in women's voice. Sorry, Tori.

Ummm. I think Tori is talented, but... Not even close!

Kate is a great, Tori is a pale imitation

@BoysOnFilm

5 ай бұрын

They're both great!

Word on the street is Kate Bush don’t like her. Imo Tori’s music is better. Running Up That Hill is a great song but the rest of her catalogue is quite lacklustre. But tori has multiple bangers and is a stronger vocalist

@PesterFester1966

Жыл бұрын

Your 'F stupid.

@beebee242

Жыл бұрын

Agree. Tori is a god 👑🏆

@davehoward22

Жыл бұрын

Kate bush has a far better and bigger selling back catalogue. Most people on the street probably couldn't name a tori Amos song.

@hatchibyebye

Жыл бұрын

@@davehoward22 I know she is more popular. Doesn’t make her better

@jorvikaengelskvinna7157

Жыл бұрын

Lacklustre catalogue? Anything but.

I never got the comparison personally. Honestly no offense to kate Bush fans but I just think. T has a far better voice. .

I think it’s pretty obvious that Tori ripped off Kate Bush, but I forgive her because she writes better songs.

@iantuition

10 ай бұрын

There is literally no evidence to support that LMFAO Tori was playing piano at 5, singing in bars at 13, before anyone had heard of Kate, especially in the U.S. The songwriting and playing are completely different and and always have been (Tori is far more complex musically). The only similarity is their early singing voices, and that's because they both have similar, pseudoclassical stylings.

They brought it up because it’s true, Tori absolutely copied Kates sound.

@BoysOnFilm

Жыл бұрын

I disagree. I’m sure she was influenced but her music is different.

@beebee242

Жыл бұрын

@@BoysOnFilm 💯💯💯 you cannot help but be influenced by your musical predecessors. Kate did trail-blaze but Tori carved out her own fork in the road. Tori is her own in every right.

@BoysOnFilm

Жыл бұрын

@@beebee242 You said it more eloquently than I did!

@PesterFester1966

Жыл бұрын

​@@BoysOnFilm Stop The Cap.

Tiri, you are compared to Kate because you copied her.

@BoysOnFilm

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I don't think so at all.

@sidhedanu

2 жыл бұрын

Hardly 🤣

@TechnicJunglist

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the laugh Bunny I needed that

@freudianslippers6567

Жыл бұрын

Surpassed her then, if she "copied." Sorry.