Tori Amos - Red Bank, NJ & Philadelphia, PA
Friday the 14th I flew up to Philly with John and Ahmad picking me up and spending at least 90 minutes driving to the venue. There were SO MANY people there, old (like 1998 old!), newer, and brand new that I felt so overwhelmed. It was hard to carry on a conversation because every 2 minutes someone else was hugging and screaming "OH MY GOD NO WAY!" it was fantastic though - I loved it. Didn't make it in time for the M&G. In fact didn't get to the venue until just before 8ish.
Red Bank, NJ - August 14, 2009
give
beauty of speed
cornflake girl
horses
glory of the 80s
pandora's aquarium
siren
tear in your hand
hotel
doughnut song
taxi ride (solo)
boys in the trees (solo)
josephine
not dying today (debut!)
bliss
fast horse
precious things
strong black vine
encore:
big wheel
take to the sky
highlights/lowlights:
-front and dead center
-bumble bee tori outfit is very distracting at times. she should have a stinger on her ass
-always always love horses. still.
-siren!
-doughnut song made me cry the whole way and i didn't stop until josphine started
-taxi ride was unfuckingbelievable. solo - slowed down. very animated. AMAZING. it should never be done with the band ever again. just WOW.
-boys in the trees - my 2nd time hearing this one live and what a treat it is. amazing. tears. blubbering.
-not dying today was so fun! not my favorite on the cd, but i like what it stands for and tori had SO MUCH FUN with this one. lots of big grins.
-bliss - i could hear this song every show.
-fast horse was an improvement from the first time i had heard it live. still lacking that special *something* from the cd. maybe it just needs time
-take to the sky with i feel the earth move - incredible!
We got up the next morning and tried to get into the Wold Cafe / Free at Noon radio thingie that Tori was doing. We stood outside in unbearable heat for almost 2 hours? 2 hours? something like that. We all got in -12 of us.
World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA - August 15, 2009
leather
maybe california
silent all these years
mary jane
lady in blue
Tori looked and sounded tired. We figured she was saving her voice for that night's show - at least we hoped that was it. She didn't belt like she normally would and it was more faint singing. I will say that Silent was actually very good and lady in blue she finally got into some force and it was awesome. I was able to take a video of that if I can ever get it off of my computer.
Philadelphia, PA - August 15, 2009 (show)
give
bouncing off cloud
cornflake girl
starling
hotel
black dove (january)
welcome to england
northern lad
cars and guitars
your cloud
flying dutchman (solo)
cloud on my tongue (solo)
china
carbon
police me
past the mission
precious things
strong black vine
encore:
caught a lite sneeze
big wheel
highlights/lowlights:
-love bouncing off cloud
-starling just doesn't translate well for me live either. kind of a snoozer
-black-dove! lisa!
-northern lad->cars & guitars->your cloud - dear god. not my pick of a threesome for sure.
-flying dutchman perked us all up and we were stoked! however, while it was very good, she did puss out on the end high notes.
-china with the band was nice
-always love some carbon
-police me is one of the better songs from the new album that translates well live. really enjoy this one.
-past the mission!!! yessssssssssss!
-encore rush happened early in PT and I have no idea how we ended up so close. I'm going to give credit to ahmad for that one. but the bonus in that is that i took video and pictures.
the one below she is wearing the shoes that adam mccollum gave her! yessssss!
had a great trip! sad that there are no more shows right now, but a solo two week tour in december in the states - score!