Post by bexface on Aug 11, 2003 12:42:33 GMT -5
(#35) Another great show! It always seems that the first show I see her at for any leg is a big deal to me. The excitement of the M&G could also have been a factor. Or was it those two Margheritas and three Chardonnays? Anyhow, this show and set list vibrated with a great beaming energy. I sat next to Christopher, the camera guy, and he kept on exclaiming how good the sound was. Right next to him was the famous Woj and his wife Meredith. I had never met Woj so it was a great and distinct pleasure. It also seemed like Tori hit and held a lot of high voice notes. Her pitch was incredible.
I had a direct line of sight down the middle so the whole band appeared. For this leg, she has a new backdrop that is semi-translucent, behind which is the older backdrop from the other legs, the one with the image of hair with leaves waving in the wind from her head. The new backdrop had as its central image a circle with a cross in the middle comprised of boulder or rock or asteroid depictions. In the upper left corner was a seahawk image (from the northwest Native American heritage). In the upper right corner was an eagle image. In the lower right corner was a tomahawk image. In the lower left corner was a leaf image. The semi-translucent backdrop was in place for all the songs before the Roadside Café. Then it was pulled aside while a solid color backdrop covered the older backdrop. After the Café, that backdrop was pulled back and the older tori-with-leafy-hair backdrop stayed up for the rest of the concert.
Highlights for me: I have decided my favorite Tori word is “Hup!” There is something so cool and spontaneous about this instant release of energy that she lets go at random points. There is usually one “Hup!” in “Cornflake Girl,” which she plays at every show. But we had the added bonus of having two “Hup!”s in “Black Dove”! (I love that word.)
She did an incredible improv about a time in Minneapolis a while ago where she had gotten into a fight with her husband-to-be, walked out in the bitter cold, asked where she could go, and found a great cup of coffee at Dunn Brothers. I particularly liked the songs leading up to the Café, like “Father Lucifer,” “God,” “Rattlesnakes” (flowing with goodness), and “Liquid Diamonds”. The flowing music kept on with the Café, starting with “Carbon,” morphing into “Let It Be” (perhaps because of Jim’s sheet music?), and “Sister Janet.” Despite her saying it was going to be a Neil show (‘cause he was there), we did not get the Neil songs we thought we would. I was pleasantly surprised by a third song in the second encore, that of “Purple Rain.” She really hit and held those high notes with chilling accuracy. Definitely a great show to start off with!
Bexface rating: 9.25 out of 10
I had a direct line of sight down the middle so the whole band appeared. For this leg, she has a new backdrop that is semi-translucent, behind which is the older backdrop from the other legs, the one with the image of hair with leaves waving in the wind from her head. The new backdrop had as its central image a circle with a cross in the middle comprised of boulder or rock or asteroid depictions. In the upper left corner was a seahawk image (from the northwest Native American heritage). In the upper right corner was an eagle image. In the lower right corner was a tomahawk image. In the lower left corner was a leaf image. The semi-translucent backdrop was in place for all the songs before the Roadside Café. Then it was pulled aside while a solid color backdrop covered the older backdrop. After the Café, that backdrop was pulled back and the older tori-with-leafy-hair backdrop stayed up for the rest of the concert.
Highlights for me: I have decided my favorite Tori word is “Hup!” There is something so cool and spontaneous about this instant release of energy that she lets go at random points. There is usually one “Hup!” in “Cornflake Girl,” which she plays at every show. But we had the added bonus of having two “Hup!”s in “Black Dove”! (I love that word.)
She did an incredible improv about a time in Minneapolis a while ago where she had gotten into a fight with her husband-to-be, walked out in the bitter cold, asked where she could go, and found a great cup of coffee at Dunn Brothers. I particularly liked the songs leading up to the Café, like “Father Lucifer,” “God,” “Rattlesnakes” (flowing with goodness), and “Liquid Diamonds”. The flowing music kept on with the Café, starting with “Carbon,” morphing into “Let It Be” (perhaps because of Jim’s sheet music?), and “Sister Janet.” Despite her saying it was going to be a Neil show (‘cause he was there), we did not get the Neil songs we thought we would. I was pleasantly surprised by a third song in the second encore, that of “Purple Rain.” She really hit and held those high notes with chilling accuracy. Definitely a great show to start off with!
Bexface rating: 9.25 out of 10
