From: owner-precious-things-digest To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V1 #98 Reply-To: precious-things@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-precious-things-digest Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "precious-things-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. precious-things-digest Wednesday, 5 June 1996 Volume 01 : Number 098 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Tori In Cincinnati OH June 3rd / Setlist Review of Tori in Cincinnati June 3rd! Re: Review of Tori in Cincinnati June 3rd! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mikewhy@iglou.com (Michael L. Whitehead) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 03:43:39 -0400 Subject: Tori In Cincinnati OH June 3rd / Setlist I have returned from the Cincinnati concert back to my home in Louisville KY and I am dead tired. But I could not go to bed until I shared with you the setlist from the Cincinnati show. I will have a full review on Tuesday Afternoon, but until then let me say that it is my guess (and guess only) that Tori gave the most inspired, incredible show of her career. Between songs all you could hear were the sound of jaws hitting the floor. THIS IS NO JOKE. THE PEOPLE IN CINCINNATI SAW ONE OF THE MOST AWESOME TORI SHOWS EVER I have NEVER seen Tori in such form. SHE gave 200%! Anyway, before I collapse from happy exhaustion, here is the set list: Beauty Queen/Horses Yes Anastasia Blood Roses Little Amsterdam Cornflake Girl Doughnut Song Pretty Good Year Sweet Dreams (!) Marianne Precious Things (26 sec grrlllll) Not The Red Baron Little Earthquakes Caught A Lite Sneeze Me and a Gun Encore 1 - On Saturday Afternoons In 1963 Winter Encore 2 - In The Springtime Of His Voodoo Frog On My Toe Hey Jupiter My dent in the Tori Amos Universe Web page will also have all the details after I finally get some sleep. Love, Mikewhy - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. Whitehead mikewhy@iglou.com My Dent In The Tori Amos Net Universe => http://www.win.net/mikewhy/toriamos.html "Moses I know, I know you've seen fire, but you've never seen fire until you've seen Pele blow..." Tori Amos - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: mikewhy@iglou.com (Michael L. Whitehead) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 12:08:06 -0400 Subject: Review of Tori in Cincinnati June 3rd! Tori Amos: Cincinnati witnesses Tori's best. -Please excuse grammar errors.. I am in shock ;) There is no way I can adequately describe the events of Monday night, June 3rd in Cincinnati Ohio. Words can only approximate. After checking with several other fans that were there I can safely say that Tori Amos gave what might be THE performance of her career at the Aranoff Center. I am not sure what inspired her, perhaps the stars were just aligned right and twinkling brightly for her. She was very energetic, happy, and intense on that stage. She thrashed about and sang so intensely that the drool watchers were having a field day. She did not hold back but let the demons out, and I just sat there with my mouth held open and the tears swelling in my eyes repeatedly. When Tori performs at 50%, she is great. Tori at 100% is almost overwhelming. This show was different from all the rest folks. There is no way I could see what I did and deny that she is the greatest musician of this century, The technical skill was of course top notch, and she gave everything to the audience. I saw the show with another true Tori fan named Lori. I was honored to share my second row seat with someone who truly enjoyed the show and was as touched and amazed by this incredible performance as I was. Lori is even better than me when it comes to following Tori around the country, She is seeing her all over the Midwest. Lori will confirm that I am not exaggerating in my description of this show. She opened with Beauty Queen and Horses. Then it was time for Yes Anastasia, at which time it became very obvious that she was in rare form tonight. The red hair was flying, and she was SO INTO IT. The lighting here was dramatic. Her facial expressions were incredible here and throughout the show. She then talked to us (the following is an approximation of what she said): "Hello space Martians, How do you like my little friend (Harpsichord). She doesn't have a name..it's just she." She then began to tinker with the harpsichord and SANG to it "You've got to go to work now" and launched into Blood Roses. It never sounded so intense. Little Amsterdam came next. Chills kept rushing through my body. The intensity here was total, and tears appeared as she sang "Must count for something". She was truly killing me softly... "This is Caton..we were in a band called Y Kant Tori Read together" She grimaced. The crowd shouted song titles from the album. She exclaimed "Jesus Christ Caton, where were they in 1988" Caton then began Cornflake Girl and she got up and did her little dance before starting her part. Pure heaven. For some reason I took special notice of the jelly beans that appeared on the screen behind her during parts of this song... Then it was time for the Doughnut Song. She then began to sing a little ditty. To be honest I do not know of she made it up or if it is a snippet from a well-known song, but the lyrics went something like "How are things in Cincinnati..Things are better since I've been here." You knew that she really meant that and it warmed my heart. She immediately began Pretty Good Year after that. The intense part when she wails "What's It Going To Take?" was an explosion of lights and passion. I was almost literally blown out of my seat. She sang with so much force and conviction. I was pleasantly surprised by Sweet Dreams, which really comes across great live. She was so into it, giving little shouts between the verses. Half way through she forgot the words. As always Tori is so damn cute when she makes a boo-boo, and the audience just loves her all the more. She actually asked US to help her find her place in the song! People would shout out words and she would say "that's not it..no no". Finally one person yells "Well Well". She blows that person a kiss, smiles hugely, and continues the song! The crowd loved it. Great fun! The came a little story before Marianne. It was the one she has said before, about Marianne who was a 14 years old girl she knew in school who was really "the most beautiful human being". She then laughed and said, "That's hard to believe isn't it? WE women can have a real mean streak. Another pearl can enter the room and we are ready to go..and your boyfriend will say 'she's so nice', but that's okay guys,,we women have been killing each other in the harem for years. But Marianne was truly nice..." Then she says her mother told her one days that Marianne killed herself, and Tori said her first reaction was "Fuck you mom. That's your first reaction you know, Somebody so wonderful that gave everyone such a gift, NO" She shakes her head and begins Marianne. It broke my heart, and obviously broke Tori's as well. Then Precious Things began. I have seen this song many times. There was the classic 26 second ggggiiiiirrrrrlllllll part, but there was much more. At times she just let it rip, singing with passion and fury and made me cry out. She got so carried away that drool was just pouring out of her mouth. She did not care, her entire soul was into the song. This was a transcendent moment that still gives me chills to think about it, She kept singing "precious" over and over while letting the demons out of her. Her voice reached peaks and did lows. MY GOD. Okay, I am okay now :) The sad and wonderful Not The Red Baron followed. AS she began the following song she let out a "wheeeee" and did a classic Little Earthquakes. How quickly we do fall to pieces..I now I cried! Steve Caton's guitar really added depth to this song. This was another song that Tori abandoned herself to totally. If you grossed out because of the drool that left her mouth again then you missed the point. On to Caught A Lite Sneeze. Tori gave the biggest smiles here. Me and a Gun was next. After an initial shout the crowd was respectful here. Seeing her do this some from second row was more haunting than ever. I respect her so much for her courage and desire to avoid being a victim. She returned for the first encore and did On Saturday Afternoons in 1963. Beautiful song, and the first time I got to hear it. Very poignant. Then I heard the familiar opening notes to Winter and the dam broke. I began to weep. That is the most beautiful opening of any song I have heard. I think at this point I was experiencing overload, in a good way of course. This will most likely be the best concert of my life. The second encore began on a jamming note, with In the Springtime Of His Voodoo. She began the song by shouting "Come on momma, ride that bull". She also gave a little growl during the song that was really cool. She jammed longer than usual with Steve Caton, and their interplay was inspired. They were JAMMING. She then said she was going to try a song that she still did not know very well. She also accepted compliments from people saying they loved her "Thank you mam" and in a silly oh-come-on-now voice "I love you too". Then she did a rather error free Frog On My Toe. Her smiled as she remember her grandfather, who the song appears to be about. The "slap those boys when they're naughty" part made the audience cheer! She finished the show with Hey Jupiter on harmonium. Toward the end she messed up, and said "I made a mistake, I take the blame", then she altered the line "Guess it's clear, he's gone" to "Guess it's clear, I fucked up". The crowd roared. We did not mind. She did go back and end the song beautifully. I could go on but this review is long enough. It was truly one of her best performances ever, if not her best. I will never forget it. Cincinnati was a magical place last night. Thank you Tori. We love you. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. Whitehead mikewhy@iglou.com My Dent In The Tori Amos Net Universe => http://www.win.net/mikewhy/toriamos.html "Moses I know, I know you've seen fire, but you've never seen fire until you've seen Pele blow..." Tori Amos - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Michael Curry Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 19:26:21 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: Review of Tori in Cincinnati June 3rd! On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Michael L. Whitehead wrote: > There is no way I can adequately describe the events of Monday night, June > 3rd in Cincinnati Ohio. Words can only approximate. After checking with > several other fans that were there I can safely say that Tori Amos gave > what might be THE performance of her career at the Aranoff Center. I am > not sure what inspired her, perhaps the stars were just aligned right and > twinkling brightly for her. She was very energetic, happy, and intense on > that stage. She thrashed about and sang so intensely that the drool > watchers were having a field day. She did not hold back but let the > demons out, and I just sat there with my mouth held open and the tears > swelling in my eyes repeatedly. When Tori performs at 50%, she is great. > Tori at 100% is almost overwhelming. This show was different from all the > rest folks. There is no way I could see what I did and deny that she is > the greatest musician of this century, The technical skill was of course > top notch, and she gave everything to the audience. So it sounds like Cincinatti got the same level of performance that people at the 2nd New Haven show and the Springfield, MA show. Congratulations. :) Mike | Michael Curry / mcurry@io.com / CIS: 70372,3563 | | Reaching-From-Nowhere -- The Milla Mailing List | | reaching-from-nowhere-request@ecto.org | | Precious-Things -- The Other Tori Amos Discussion List | | precious-things-request@smoe.org | ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V1 #98 ************************************