From: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org (precious-things-digest) To: precious-things-digest@smoe.org Subject: precious-things-digest V3 #381 Reply-To: precious-things@smoe.org Sender: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-precious-things-digest@smoe.org 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 Friday, October 30 1998 Volume 03 : Number 381 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Siren and the B-sides ["Marcus Lambert" ] Re: while we are discussing Bsides... [Talula04@aol.com] Re: your mail [Richard Handal ] Re: [toriandmore] QuesTions 1, 2 and 3.... [Pianobot@aol.com] Looking for Tori merchandise [Daniel M Perez ] Re: Siren and the B-sides [Michaela1K@aol.com] Re: Fave bee side [Darren Linder ] Re: thoughts on providence [voodoo@mail.delanet.com] Meeting and Greeting ["Daisy Dead Petals" ] stuff [Bast ] Re: Tori and Dawson? ["Shaigirl 18/f" ] Re: [toriandmore] Meet and Greet: Earn it [ToriItis@aol.com] AHH!! one more M&G post and im gonna scream [Heidi Spitzig ] Re: thoughts on providence ["Jacqueline Starr" ] Re: quote of the day; honey [~ * ~ ] Dayton Review [Keith Shapiro ] while we are discussing Bsides... ["**Danielle** *" ] Re: Siren and the B-sides [Talula4876@aol.com] Dayton Question ["Kevin Myra" ] [none] [Heidi Spitzig ] Re: Looking for Tori merchandise ["Ali" ] Re: Siren and the B-sides [Kelley Harrell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 22:31:38 -0600 From: "Marcus Lambert" Subject: Re: Siren and the B-sides >has anyone heard of this song "Finn" i downloaded an mp3 of it and i have to >say it is the most mellow beautiful song tori's not spoken on, it's strings, >piano and natural noises with tori ( i'm pretty sure ) like moaning or sorta >humming but no clear words "Finn" is on the 'Great Expectations' soundtrack along with "Siren." They are the first and second songs on the CD. Apparently Tori also does vocals on the score soundtrack too, but I'm not sure what the song is called. Marcus ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:05:37 EST From: Talula04@aol.com Subject: Re: while we are discussing Bsides... Hi all. I'm new here and these are my favorite Bsides: Flying Dutchman, Mary, Daisy Dead Petals, and Black Swan. My favorite covers: Landslide, Wrapped Around Your Finger, and Famous Blue Raincoat. ~~toodles Patty ~~"...and all your dollies have friends."~Tori ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 23:48:16 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Handal Subject: Re: your mail Iris said: > You know... Tori Should really do that song....Smile... I dunno who it's > by...you know Eric Clapton did it.... it goes: > > Smile, though your heart is aching. > Smile, even though it's breaking. > Though there are clouds in the sky, you get by... Oddly, Smile was written by the great actor/director Charlie Chaplin. Be seeing you, Richard Handal, H.G. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 07:32:55 EST From: Pianobot@aol.com Subject: Re: [toriandmore] QuesTions 1, 2 and 3.... In a message dated 10/28/98 10:23:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, raccoon@cu- online.com writes: << 1: What do the Lyrics in Sister Janet mean (Does anyone vaugley know what Tori's singing about?) 2: Who's Agent Orange...I know there's a rumor about Tori Amos singing about someone in that song 3: Who or what is the frog representing on "frog on my toe" ? Thanks ! ! Iris >> don't know an old lover probably she was drunk when she wrote it-- on margaritas-- hee hee hee.. i love that word. Love and pickeld peppers that peter piper picked. tony ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:36:34 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel M Perez Subject: Looking for Tori merchandise Hey, everyone. Can someone direct me to a site, or sites on the net where I can get some Tori merchandise? Not necesarilly CDs only, but also T-shirts, stickers, post cards, etc. Thanks. - -- Daniel M. Perez [highmoon@geocities.com] [http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/6109] - --Rebel Gamers of Miami [Rebel Leader] * [http://come.to/rgom] - --Miami, FL Star Wars CCG & Star Trek CCG Tournament Director - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "You know, taken out of context, I must seem so strange." -Ani DiFranco, "Firedoor" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 23:33:13 EST From: Michaela1K@aol.com Subject: Re: Siren and the B-sides Siren as in the Great Expectations cd book is: and you know you're gonna lie to you in your own way know know too well know the chill know she breaks my Siren never was one for a prissy girl coquette Call in For and ambulance Reach high doesn't mean she's holy just means she's got a cellular handy almost brave almost pregnant almost in love "vanilla" and you know you're gonna lie to you in your own way HOWEVER, to me, it sound like there are parts where she is saying "know/no teenage flesh"....don't know what that would mean or if she really is saying that. Also, does anyone know what she means by "almost in love 'vanilla'"? And Finn is an instrumental vocalization by Tori and is the first track on the Great Expectations soundtrack. The rest of the Great Expectations soundtrack is good, too....so it's worth going out and buying. I love both of those songs. Michaela ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 12:16:50 -0800 From: Darren Linder Subject: Re: Fave bee side > I had to contribute my favorite bee side: it is Sister Janet, hands > down. It is simply the most gorgeous song Tori has ever written. > Everything about it is simply haunting and beautiful. And the lyrics are > among her best. I get the most intense chills when I listen to it--every > single damn time. I want it played at my funeral. =) Me too! Sister Janet was the first Tori song I learned to play on the piano. It moves me every time. Another strong vote for Sister Janet! Darren Linder ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:33:43 -0500 From: voodoo@mail.delanet.com Subject: Re: thoughts on providence Richard Handal wrote: > Jackie and I were discussing the Prividence "Meet and Greet": > Nashville at the Grand Ole Opry in August, the barricades are put up quite > Once you get up around 50 or so at the most, it's pretty irrelevant what > number anyone has, anyhow. I heard in Baltimore they gave numbers out up > to like 180, which sounded bizarre to me. Actually 180 for Baltimore is pretty logical, it's a lot more dangerous then Nashville so since the odd of being shot in the street are like 10 times higher why stop at 180? r, julien ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 22:19:19 -0600 From: "Daisy Dead Petals" Subject: Meeting and Greeting ok, I just want to know when this bloodthirsty maisma descended on all the toriphiles? Hey, I thought that we were supposed to be famous for being descent, polite considerate (albeit obsessed--debatable) fans? When did these meet n greets turn into a mess? Was it a certain city, a certain point in the tour? Do you suppose that this particular album is bringing out a new element in the fan base? Or just that the album is growing in popularity? I really want to know. The m&g at Minneapolis was just what i expected...everyone polite.....thats the only one i have ever been to, so i cant compare. Daisy Melanie & Lenny Green lgreen@coredcs.com "Faeries wear boots & you gotta believe me I saw what I saw and I tell you no lies" "Remember me? You know, the tomato from upstairs?" ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 23:38:14 -0500 From: Bast Subject: stuff Hi all you Toriphiles and EWF! I am just writing to say I'm really enjoying the discussions about M&G and lyrics on the list lately... I've been a fan since... oh... it doesn't really matter, but probably 91 or 92, and I've never been to a M&G. NEver knew they even existed until this year either. I may go to one this year yet, but I would suppose it depends on if I can get outta bed at a reasonable hour. I also have thsi nasty thing called a job and bills. Ick! At any rate, Id' like to know the possibility of a M and G at the Grand Rapids and East Lansing shows. I'll be at both shows, and am curious to people who may try to get to these M and Gs, what time you are thinking of heading out there and where abouts round the arenas would you wait? I'd like to say I never camped out for tickets either until this tour, and that experience was so incredibly cool and positive that I'm thinking staying out all day waiting for Tori jsut to glimpse her head just might be as much fun... then again maybe i'm crazy. Loria ~~have a seat while I take to the sky...~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:40:46 PST From: "Shaigirl 18/f" Subject: Re: Tori and Dawson? I watched Dawson's Creek last night!!! Didn't they play Liquid Diamonds instead of Northern Lad? ~~Shaigirl - ----Original Message Follows---- From: RSwirl658@aol.com Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 19:32:44 EST To: precious-things@smoe.org Subject: Tori and Dawson? Reply-To: RSwirl658@aol.com Look at what I found on Atlantic Records online: Hey kids! Tune-in to Dawson's Creek on Wednesday, October 28th, at 8 p.m. to hear Tori Amos' heartbreaking "Northern Lad," "Each Little Mystery," by Seven Mary Three, and "Harvest Moon," by Donna Lewis all featuring in the show. It'll be great -- like gorgeous Dawson starring in the videos to all of your favorite songs! Scary, eh? Love always, Melissa ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:57:01 EST From: ToriItis@aol.com Subject: Re: [toriandmore] Meet and Greet: Earn it In a message dated 98-10-28 12:48:12 EST, aimee@rmta.org writes: > and what was tori's reaction? she noticed and thanked me, she said she > apppreciated what i was doing. and while i do believe tori likes to see > familiar faces, that doesn't mean those faces have to be up front every > time and hogging her presence. in fact, she complained about that kind of > thing in the ultrasound interview. she can see those familiar faces > around at the meet'n'greet and during the show. those faces don't have to > be right in *her* face every damn day. and we all know that if we have > gifts to send back, they can be safely given to joel or steve. I agree with Aimee 100% on this one- I understand that there was a girl in a wheelchair at the Norman show who was practically trampled at the Meet and Greet (there was a post about it on an AOL board- I thought I would puke). It is definitely a different scene altogether even from the DDI tour- the shows I attended in 1996, everyone was so friendly, they lined up, there was no shoving --- do you all think this is a result of more people being aware of the fact that there *are* M&Gs? Maybe it was just a smaller group 2 and 4 years ago, I am not sure- but what I have seen this year and heard about really disturbed me. my pennies Steph PS- Big props to you Aimee, for hanging back- that is really admirable. I think so many people just wanted to have a big story to tell on the Internet the next day ("OOH, I touched Tori Amos") that they didn't give a flying ferk about the people behind them ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:24:07 -0800 (PST) From: Heidi Spitzig Subject: AHH!! one more M&G post and im gonna scream I really didnt want to get into this, but.... ok, guys, heres a fact. WE ALL LOVE TORI. why are we being so mean to each other about this whole meet and greet thing??? why why why why why?? i just dont get it. ok, so some people are mad cause the er, umm, "groupies" (i dont prefer to call them that, cause most of them I know and are my friends...ok ok ok consider me a groupie, or whatever, I DONT CARE) talk to Tori lots, see Tori lots, Tori knows who they are...I agree with Beth..I think that if at a show if none of the, er, umm "groupies" were there, i think it would make her confused...no no no, Im NOT speaking for tori...just my humble useless opinion. and I agree with gina...that some people dont get to meet Tori and, yes, they have every right to meet her and Im sure that their reasons are just as good as the, er, umm "groupies" reasons for seeing her at every show they go to. I know I have my reasons for why i want to talk to tori at the shows I go to. they are personal...but you know what? Im sure no different than anyone elses. i dunno...this is prolly a no-win situation...either way everyones gonna get pissed off. but what would we do without meet and greets? that would suck. really bad. i think the whole meet and greet thing is one of the reasons why we all love Tori so much cause it shows how much she really does care about us, her fans, her ears with feet. at one point, i hated..or rather, was jealous of... all the er, umm, "groupies" too. i didnt think it was fair. then i got that determined little streak in me that said "well, if they can do it, so can I" and made time and planned the whole day of a Tori show to ensure that I will talk to her. and you know what? maybe its still not fair. and i guess its not. but i do have a life, but the day of a Tori show, well, its a Tori day, and yes, that day, my life is Tori....but just for that day. ok, im shutting up now. i hope i didnt hurt anyones feelings....i just wish there was some way we could all just sit down and have a magarita with Tori...like ALL of us....i know i know, wishful thinking.... ~~Heidi~ _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:43:50 -0600 From: bachelorette Subject: louisville show... (: [this is just a review of my trip to louisville, ky to see the great and almighty tori amos] well, after getting the scare of my life when my friend didn't pick me up until 2:30- 2:45 (we were supposed to leave by 2) we hit the road from central missouri to louisville. we were a little unprepared... as in, she knew how to get to louisville but no idea how to get to the Gardens (auditorium). And i would just like to say that gas station attendants are really nice and helpful with directions! :) after the 4 or so hour drive and driving around the town trying to find this place, we missed the first 20 mins of the opening band - and according to her friends (which we were supposed to meet before the show) we didn't miss much. ha. so during the intermission between the two bands i am looking for Danica because i promised jenifa i'd give her a message and i was in seventh row and i'm like "oh jeez" and so uh, i was that really annoying taller girl wearing cargo pants and a grey hooded sweatshirt (my hair was pulled into a ponytail) - i am really sorry. i think i pissed the couple off that was sitting behind me, oh well. anyhow, i couldn't find danica and so ... sorry. (and i brought your tapes too to give you... hahaha, i'm so cheap! i was like "i'll save postage!") anyhow, the set list from what i remember (i didn't write it down until after the show and i didn't tape it either because last week i sent my brother my recorder to tape a rob zombie show). (i had no idea i was going to this until tuesday.) tori was a total dork last night - i mean that in a good way, she talked more than usual (to me anyways) and i wish i could remember more, but i dont - - i got back at 3:15 am and am quick doing this before class! erf. so the set list (sort of): pt - mmm... i like this with the lights, but i wish she'd start with something else - just ONCE more before the tour ends i i e e e - she was really more dramatic than i remember for her other shows during this and it gave it a different perspective than earlier in the tour crucify - yay - i LOVE this with the band and hearing it live is so much cooler than on a tape *anyday* cals - it hasn't changed much (to me,most of her songs evolve during her tour) def. a highlight father lucifer - this is seriously what i wanted to hear, this and ptm - not as flighty as during ddi, but oh my :) past the mission - HERE IT IS! yes! so i didn't get to the meet and greet, but i have been wanting to hear this since me and jenifa were thinking of different things to ask her for the norman show and it was this or voodoo :) (jenifa requested MMBOP) leather agent orange - i didn't recognize at first, i mean, woah. i never knew she has done this live before hey jupiter hotel - yes, i've finally heard it live and i really like it - ALOT spark bells for her waitress - if anyone taped this, it seemed to go on and on and on... how long was it? cornflake girl raspberry swirl - i danced. shake shake shake graveyard tear in your hand pandora - her voice was super strong on this one - i was expecting horses for some reason, but gladly, i got this. so, if anyone did tape this, please email me :) i had so much fun dancing, some girls to my left were singing along the whole show, that pissed me off, but at least they knew more than just cornflake girl and spark, you know? so after this awesome, almost sur real night, we hit a gas station, got coffee and drove back to central missouri. and now i am very very tired and i am probably forgetting something really really important, but right now i just can't think anymore. braindeadandtorihigh, ally icq: 10585719 http://altern.org/icicle/bootlegs its not something i feel like bei ng anymore, its nothing i want... ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 21:21:50 PST From: "Jacqueline Starr" Subject: Re: thoughts on providence hello, hello! richard said: >Well, the way it typically works is this: people get in line >according to number a little while before it's expected the >barricades will be erected. Then, when the barricades *are* erected, >they go up in *largely* the same order of their numbers and wait for >Tori to arrive. when i'd arrived, the barricades looked to already be up but there was still a line of sorts. everyone just seemed to push forward as time went on. seeing as how i was at the end of the line (which at that time extended to the middle of the 3rd bus)i couldn't tell ya what went on up front. so...i'll take your word for it :) >Sometimes, such as in Nashville at the Grand Ole Opry in August, the >barricades are put up quite early and folks simply go over to them >when Steve Sanchez comes out to tell us to anticipate her arrival. If >they're civilized, that is. hehe. the operative word there being *if*! >As to where those people who pushed up through the crowd went, I can >assure you that no multiple dozen people got up past where I was >about six rows back. I know some people just left when they realized >how impossibly far back they were, and that they had no chance of >even glimpsing her hair from where they were. as i said before...i was WAY in the back; not even a part of the main crowd. so the people who came after me could have been in the tenth row and they were still out of MY sight. >> my two longest posts to PT within a matter of 24 hours. you guys >>must be getting tired of me! :P > >Not at all, Jackie, you seem really nice. :-) It's lovely to have a >give and take with someone. Some people don't even have the basic >courtesy to answer, even when you've spent time trying to help them >out or answer their questions. thanks much, richard. and let me say, i was quite flattered to see you responded to my comments. i feel so new to this all (having only been "into" tori for a little over a year and a half and having only been to the two shows) and it's nice having someone who's "been there" explain the details. >Oh, well. Can't win 'em all. perhaps not but you can sure as hell try! well...that about wraps things up from my end. take care of yourself. -jackie ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:38:19 -0600 From: ~ * ~ Subject: Re: quote of the day; honey That was neat.. I played my live version and my normally recorded version and read the lyrics and paused to read your meaning...well one down 100's more to go *g* ~~~Iris At 09:29 PM 10/28/98 EST, you wrote: > >okay this is my interpretation of honey. >(sorry y'all its the whole song. if you don't want to see the whole song >scroll down and the lyrics being discussed are in red.) > >a little dust never stopped me none he liked my shoes i kept them on. >-- she is talking about how they're relationship is growing old and sitting on >a shelf > just collecting dust, and it doesn't really bother her. because he likes >her the way > that they are (he liked my...) so she kept things the same -- > >sometimes i can hold my tongue sometimes not >when you just skip to loo my darling >-- she sometimes doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut, and messes up > making him mad. he leaves and she doesn't know how to address him (skip >to > loo...) -- > >and you know what you're doing so don't even >-- she begins to suspect that he is doing things behind her back, and he >denies it, > but she lets him know that she knows what he's doing -- > >you're just to used to my honey now >you're just to used to my honey >-- she knows that there is nothing she can do, he is so used to her falling >down for > him. he is to attached to her sexually - > >AND I THINK I COULD LEAVE YOUR WORLD >IF SHE WAS THE BETTER GIRL >-- she would leave if SHE thought that the other woman was a better woman, and >she > does -- > >SO WHEN WE DIED I TRIED TO BRIBE THE UNDER TAKER >CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR THE REASONS >-- she leaves but after she realizes that she really didn't want to so she >tries to bribe > the undertaker for just a little more time with their love -- > >you're just too used to my honey now >you're just too used to my honey > >don't bother coming down >i made a friend of the western sky >-- he tries to come back and she has moved on and doesn't want him any more. >she > has someone new -- > >oh don't bother coming down >you always liek you're babies tight >-- this has multiple meanings: > 1. he has used her so much that she isn't as tight as she used to be >(sexually) > and he likes it tight (obviously) > 2. she has been so used after they finished that she just isn't tight for >him, or she > doesn't feel clean enough to be with him -- > >turn back one last time love to watch those cowboys ride >but cowboys know that cowgirls ride on the indian side >-- she is looking to him just one more last time, but she makes the final >realizitaion > that its so over and she goes to her indian (the other man). in the end he >is the o > one being ditched for the other person. > >and you know what you're doing so don't even >-- he's trying to win her back and she knows. its not working -- > >you're just too used to my honey now >you're just too used to my honey >-- he is too used to her love that its hard to break free -- > >thank you for reading my interpretation i hope that it wasn't too boring. i >really want to hear other people's interpretations of other tori songs >especially the new ones they are so intricate. > >all in tori >bob > > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Love and Light... http://www.cu-online.com/~raccoon/nacho.htm "I can be Cruel, I don't know why." ~~Tori Amos "I think I made you up inside my head" --Sylvia Plath "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on." ~~~Robert Frost "Rest assured that when I start to make you nervous and I'm going to extremes, Tomorrow I will change and today won't mean a thing" - --Meridith Brooks "We all want something beautiful...I wish I was beautiful" ~~~Counting Crows *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:41:11 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Shapiro Subject: Dayton Review Welcome to Dayton, Ohio. We're about 50 miles north of Cincinnati by way of I-75. The location is the Hara Arena -- a place reminiscent of a bowling alley from the outside and a parking lot that reminded me more of an abandoned drive-in than an arena lot. Pulling into the parking lot at about 2:00pm, I saw a small line formed up along the side of the building. I trotted over to say hellos to the crew - -- Matt Page, Dor, Danica, Mikewhy, Maggie, Becky, and some others. Dor all but knocked me down to inscribe the number "45" on my hand. So I sat and schmoozed back and forth with people I knew. It was a gorgeous day, partly cloudy and almost 70, and I had made the two hour trip up with the windows down. About 3:00 we "lined up". This consisted of Dor kicking some butt and getting everyone lined up in a (yes, folks) straight line. I had the good fortune of being right in front of Stacy, who it seems lives in East Lansing. We chatted for a while, and finally we took a walk to the corral. In contrast to other shows, everyone walked slowly and orderly and lined up in basic number order. I was on the far left side, about three people back, with a pretty decent view for my camera. Time passed. And passed. And passed. And passed some more. Steve came out and Sariah announced the rules. Time continued to pass. Finally, with a near-silent wave of excitement rippling through the 100-some-odd crowd, Tori's bus pulled up. Tori looked GREAT after a day off. She was smiling and genuinely happy to be there. She waved hi. I got my words in to Tori because Stacy (who managed to be in front of me.. kudos to short people for taking advantage of us tall guys!) got her autograh and picture (which I got to take). And Tori moves on down the line, slowly drifting away -- her fairy ears and elfin smile visible from time to time. After she had gone half way and was no longer visible to the camera lens, I ducked out of the crowd, got a picture with Stacy and found, much to my surprise, a face that I recognized. Of course, I'd forgotten her name, but it was (in fact) the lovely and talented Pamela who I'd met at the first Nashville show in August. Her friend David had flown down with her from Minnesota and they were staying for Dayton and Lousiville. We chatted for quite a while and decided to go get dinner (since it seemed that we'd be able to get back our places in line due to the numbers). We drove out to a little pizza place and had the "veggie deluxe" over some a couple of beers. I must say, not bad! Dinner eaten, Pam, David and I headed back to the arena. Everyone was lined up and security was tight! Metal detectors and pat downs. It was the worst it had been at any show I've seen on this tour. I went in, and found my seat - in the stands to the left. Not bad at all considering I picked it up for less than face value from a guy in the parking lot. In the immortal words of "Aunty" Bethey, the Unbelievable Truth was Unbelievable and that's the Truth! I'm really not too thrilled with them. Their set was pretty standard, although different songs than the ones that were at Baltimore. Anticipation picked up as it grew closer and closer to show time. Finally the lights dimmed and the curtain dropped and the band emerged. The familiar backing to Precious Things exploded out of the PA. Tori strode out on the stage to a roaring crowd and rocked through Precious Things. She was a girl firmly wrapped in the spirit of classic rock and she played as if she had something to prove. Tori rocked straight on into God. I could see Matt Page's telltale orange hat down in the front row. He was grooving something fierce and it was infectious. There were three or four people around him totally lost in the music. The rest of the floor was still a bit ambiguous but getting into the flow. "You dropped a bomb on me, sweet Jesus" was vehemently roared, "come on and do it again!" And swirling the tack of the concert Tori launched into Black-Dove. It almost seemed anti-climactic to God, but still hard edged and pounding. "By the woods, by the woods," close your eyes, "by the woods," running, "by the woods." And you could nearly feel a rocket launch as she burst into the bridge. Tori prefaced the next song by saying, "Some of you may know this song is not about my father." I never though Father Lucifer could rock out like this until I heard it with my own ears. Absolutely beautiful and intense with a jam session in the middle. The lights dimmed and came up on Jon Evans. The familiar bassline to Cruel hit the audience. The floor swayed back and forth, people feeling the rhythm in the music. Tori's voice was in top form. "Deep. deep, deeper than you can" pierced to the bone and a little further. A beautiful version of Graveyard fell into the strains of Past the Mission. I'd first heard this one with the band in Baltimore and it's only gotten better. The band left the stage, leaving the spots on Tori. (Two days later the story she told escapes me, but) She said she hadn't played this song in a long time and asked people to guess. ("Matt, you've been to a lot of shows, you probably know"). People screamed out guesses until someone got it right. Tori smiled her fairy smile, "Well aren't you the lucky one!" and played a rocking Upside Down. A brief pause after the song led into the most rocking Mr. Zebra I have ever heard! And on into Cloud On My Tongue. Absolutely stunning. I saw people swaying with their lighters out. The band sauntered back on the stage to the opening of Sugar. What a hard edge rocking song! It only gets better as the tour goes on. Matt Page's tell-tale orange hat was bobbing up and down in the front row. And on and on for iieee, and Little Earthquakes. I must say that I was somewhat disappointed with The Waitress this time. It did rock out, but it was shorter than average and not nearly as deadly. Tori left the stage to crazed and frenetic cheering from the crowd. The band reappeared moments later and played a rockin' Hotel followed by a Raspberry Swirl that I just had to get up and dance for. The final encore was a real treat. Tori let out an amazing Bells for Her and into Northern Lad. I was in my seat thinking, "Wow, what a great way to end the show." But it wasn't over. The band left the stage, and the house lights stayed down, the spots on Tori and the disco balls. For the third encore of the night, Tori played a beautiful Mary. And, that, was an excellent end for the show. A review of Louisville coming soon! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:44:20 PST From: "**Danielle** *" Subject: while we are discussing Bsides... hello everyone. i just thought i'd share with everyone my favorite Tori songs from an albulm: definitly Winter. i love that song.it means so much to me B-side: hmm this is hard. i'd have to say Merman and Have yourself a merry little christmas.( and Mary and......) Cover: Landslide!!! and Famous blue raincoat. ok i have to vent here. i am still upset over 2 things. 1. my mother wouldnt let me go to the providence show because i'm only 16 (grrr....) so my 4 friends go without me and their 7th row tix. it's an awesome concert ( so ive heard) and Tori has to play Landslide.i am soo jealous of my buds. i love that song sooo much. i was hoping that she'd of played it at the oakdale but she didnt (it was a great concert nontheless, also my 1st ever) oh well i will live but it will be hard. 2. Tori is not coming back to ct. ive been hoping and praying and then my hopes get up and i get all excited about it and then it gets cancelled.... well sorry if i bored you. 'shrug' tata ~~Danielle~ ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ " well , i've been afraid of changing 'cause i've built my life around you but time makes you bolder even children get older and i'm getting older too." -landslide ~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:54:43 -0800 (PST) From: Purple person Subject: my b-sides and cover faves I can't stand it any longer. I must contribute: Favorite b-sides: They really all are so wonderful, but I have to go with "Cooling" - which was played for me, I think, at the Jax show, right Tori sis?!?! and "Never Seen Blue" - freakin' amazing at same show. And from Tori's early works - "Take to the Sky." It's totally rockin' and I hope it makes the final cut of Storytellers and the new double live album. Favorite covers: Again, she does so many so well. I always hated Steely Dan's "Do It Again," but I adore Tori's. Anyway, I'll go with "Whole Lotta Love," because Tori can wail and kick ass! p- == "Thunder wishes it could be the Snow Wishes it could be as loved as she can be These gifts are here for her, for you, for me" - --"Purple People" _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:37:41 EST From: Talula4876@aol.com Subject: Re: Siren and the B-sides ~~SIREN~ and you know you're gonna lie to you in your own way know know too well know the chill know she breaks my siren never was one for a prissy girl coquette call in for an ambulance reach high doesn't mean she's holy just means she's got a cellular handy almost brave almost pregnant almost in love "VANILLA" and you know you're gonna lie to you in your own way. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:02:53 PST From: "Kevin Myra" Subject: Dayton Question ok. i gave joel a letter to give to tori in providence asking her to play mary for a sick friend (maribeth). Can anyone tell me if tori mentioned anything about maribeth, kevin, kyla, a boy, or whatever before she played Mary? I really think tori played it for me cause joel said she got the letter...so if ANYONE has the show on tape CD or anything, or just the last song (mary) i would really really like my friend to hear it- thank you kevin ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:47:52 -0800 (PST) From: Heidi Spitzig Subject: [none] Ok, who saw CNN? everyone, right? well, i thought it was good, until: "One of Tori's best friends is Alanis Morisette..." huh? eh? did Beenie become Alanis? jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus....some people'll say anything to lead into another story. grr. sorry dont know why this pissed me off so much. ok, so it was a shameless plug. grrr. ~~One who needs to go to bed now~ == *********************************************************** "...by the woods, by the woods, by the woods..." ~Tori Amos~ "...and the forest will echo with laughter..." ~Jimmy Page and Robert Plant~ *********************************************************** _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 18:48:13 -0800 From: "Ali" Subject: Re: Looking for Tori merchandise You can try the Mall at Ticketmaster. Just go to www.ticketmaster.com and search for Tori and it will give you an option to purchase Tori merchandise. You can also buy t-shirts and videos from www.cdnow.com Hope this helps, Ali ToriAmos@pacbell.net - -----Original Message----- From: Daniel M Perez To: precious-things@smoe.org Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 3:58 PM Subject: Looking for Tori merchandise > >Hey, everyone. Can someone direct me to a site, or sites on the net where >I can get some Tori merchandise? Not necesarilly CDs only, but also >T-shirts, stickers, post cards, etc. Thanks. > >-- >Daniel M. Perez >[highmoon@geocities.com] >[http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/6109] >--Rebel Gamers of Miami [Rebel Leader] * [http://come.to/rgom] >--Miami, FL Star Wars CCG & Star Trek CCG Tournament Director >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- > "You know, taken out of context, I must seem so strange." > -Ani DiFranco, "Firedoor" > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:49:35 -0500 From: Kelley Harrell Subject: Re: Siren and the B-sides i think she is referring to a relaitonship or love that is not passionate... it is a bland relationship, no spark... it's just plain old vanilla... dream well ~~kelley Michaela1K@aol.com wrote: > Siren as in the Great Expectations cd book is: > > and you know you're > gonna lie to you > in your own way > > know know too well > know the chill > know she breaks > my Siren > > never was one > for a > prissy girl > coquette > Call in For > and ambulance > Reach high > doesn't > mean she's > holy > just means > she's got a cellular > handy > almost > brave > almost > pregnant > almost in love "vanilla" > and you know you're > gonna lie to you > in your own way > > HOWEVER, to me, it sound like there are parts where she is saying "know/no > teenage flesh"....don't know what that would mean or if she really is saying > that. > > Also, does anyone know what she means by "almost in love 'vanilla'"? > > And Finn is an instrumental vocalization by Tori and is the first track on the > Great Expectations soundtrack. > > The rest of the Great Expectations soundtrack is good, too....so it's worth > going out and buying. > > I love both of those songs. > Michaela ------------------------------ End of precious-things-digest V3 #381 *************************************