Post by immortalpudding on Sept 1, 2005 17:24:39 GMT -5
AMAZING. GORGEOUS. OH GOD.
SET LIST BELOW.
Original Sinsuality
Crucify
Sugar
Sleeps With Butterflies
Spring Haze
Silent All These Years
God/Running Up That Hill
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice cover)
The Rose (Bette Midler cover)
Past The Mission
Barons Of Suburbia
Putting The Damage On
Carbon
The Beekeeper
1st Encore
Bells For Her
Black-Dove (January)
2nd Encore
Amber Waves
Tear In Your Hand
This was my first Tori show ever! Everything was so gorgeous.. you could look around at Chicago's buildings, behind you to Lake Michigan, and forward to a very nice Tree of Knowledge set.
I took the train downtown and met my cousin there, and we strolled down Madison over to Michigan Avenue. We arrived right after The Like finished, and the mean lady taking tickets made us throw out our water bottles as if we were planning on selling them to some dying Ethiopians in Millenium Park.
The Ditty Bops are actually quite lovely, but I think they are upset that they are in 2005 and not the 1930's.
I was seated next to a rather pleasant couple.. they left and came back a bunch of times. But of course when they were seated I was sitting downwind from their cigarette smoke. I smelled like beer and cigarettes and I'm not legally old enough to buy either of those! From where I sat there were two particular people I always was able to see. My cousin and I named them "Stand Up Cheering Guy" and "Arm Flailing Dancing Girl".
At one point Tori mentioned that someone here in Chicago said to her "You know, you might just do okay" and we all laughed/clapped. I didn't realize, but Tori was the first real performer to ever play at Millenium Park! From what I've been told, so far there has only been orchestras and other such music, but no real well-known performers.
For her piano bar she said the first song was by a friend of hers and I was racking my mind for people, and thought "Surely she's not playing Damien Rice!". She said she had never played the song before, and she played the Blower's Daughter! I was so happy because although I'm not a Damien Rice fan, the only song I've heard by him is the Blower's Daughter anyway.
I read the reviews at The Dent and someone in the front was saying things about sound problems and the audience having a lack of enthusiasm for Barons of Suburbia. Because I didn't have amazing first row seats, I was far back enough to know what the popping noises and distractions were: fireworks!
You see, during the summer on Chicago's Navy Pier, there are fireworks on Wednesdays and Saturdays at nighttime. My cousin told me this beforehand and I wondered if they would happen. Sure enough, the fireworks started up during Barons of Suburbia and lasted through Putting the Damage On. All around me I noticed the audience's gaze go from forward to the right, to look at the fireworks.
To counter the review's comment at The Dent, I have written my own review which is basically this only different. I explained the fireworks so now I feel I did something to defend the manners of Chicagoans.
The only true lack of enthusiasm was when she started up The Beekeeper and I saw hoards of people flock to the bathrooms and merchandise. We all knew what was coming.
Tori started Bells For Her with "She was a January girl", but apparently it wasn't time yet for Black-Dove and she started Bells For Her, which threw me off a bit. Then she played Black-Dove afterwards. For the last song of the night, Tear in Your Hand, during the lyrics "Maybe it's time to wave goodbye" many people around me, including myself, waved goodbye to Tori. I clapped hard in hope of a third encore, but I didn't keep my hopes up.
Such a show!
SET LIST BELOW.
Original Sinsuality
Crucify
Sugar
Sleeps With Butterflies
Spring Haze
Silent All These Years
God/Running Up That Hill
The Blower's Daughter (Damien Rice cover)
The Rose (Bette Midler cover)
Past The Mission
Barons Of Suburbia
Putting The Damage On
Carbon
The Beekeeper
1st Encore
Bells For Her
Black-Dove (January)
2nd Encore
Amber Waves
Tear In Your Hand
This was my first Tori show ever! Everything was so gorgeous.. you could look around at Chicago's buildings, behind you to Lake Michigan, and forward to a very nice Tree of Knowledge set.
I took the train downtown and met my cousin there, and we strolled down Madison over to Michigan Avenue. We arrived right after The Like finished, and the mean lady taking tickets made us throw out our water bottles as if we were planning on selling them to some dying Ethiopians in Millenium Park.
The Ditty Bops are actually quite lovely, but I think they are upset that they are in 2005 and not the 1930's.
I was seated next to a rather pleasant couple.. they left and came back a bunch of times. But of course when they were seated I was sitting downwind from their cigarette smoke. I smelled like beer and cigarettes and I'm not legally old enough to buy either of those! From where I sat there were two particular people I always was able to see. My cousin and I named them "Stand Up Cheering Guy" and "Arm Flailing Dancing Girl".
At one point Tori mentioned that someone here in Chicago said to her "You know, you might just do okay" and we all laughed/clapped. I didn't realize, but Tori was the first real performer to ever play at Millenium Park! From what I've been told, so far there has only been orchestras and other such music, but no real well-known performers.
For her piano bar she said the first song was by a friend of hers and I was racking my mind for people, and thought "Surely she's not playing Damien Rice!". She said she had never played the song before, and she played the Blower's Daughter! I was so happy because although I'm not a Damien Rice fan, the only song I've heard by him is the Blower's Daughter anyway.
I read the reviews at The Dent and someone in the front was saying things about sound problems and the audience having a lack of enthusiasm for Barons of Suburbia. Because I didn't have amazing first row seats, I was far back enough to know what the popping noises and distractions were: fireworks!
You see, during the summer on Chicago's Navy Pier, there are fireworks on Wednesdays and Saturdays at nighttime. My cousin told me this beforehand and I wondered if they would happen. Sure enough, the fireworks started up during Barons of Suburbia and lasted through Putting the Damage On. All around me I noticed the audience's gaze go from forward to the right, to look at the fireworks.
To counter the review's comment at The Dent, I have written my own review which is basically this only different. I explained the fireworks so now I feel I did something to defend the manners of Chicagoans.
The only true lack of enthusiasm was when she started up The Beekeeper and I saw hoards of people flock to the bathrooms and merchandise. We all knew what was coming.
Tori started Bells For Her with "She was a January girl", but apparently it wasn't time yet for Black-Dove and she started Bells For Her, which threw me off a bit. Then she played Black-Dove afterwards. For the last song of the night, Tear in Your Hand, during the lyrics "Maybe it's time to wave goodbye" many people around me, including myself, waved goodbye to Tori. I clapped hard in hope of a third encore, but I didn't keep my hopes up.
Such a show!
