From estephen@emf.emf.net Wed Mar  6 09:48:57 PST 1996
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From: estephen@emf.emf.net (E. Stephen Mack)
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Subject: Re: Tori's Last Tour
Date: 6 Mar 1996 17:48:39 GMT
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Kris <gikaa@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu> wrote:
| I'm curious - of those of you who saw Tori's last tour, what were your
| impressions?  Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan, but the show was
| definitely much more on the, um, quiet side than I expected.  My bottom
| line - Tori has such raw honesty that she could have the world in her
| hand with a little professional guidance (though if that would compromise
| her music, I'd just as soon have her concerts be slow).

Well, Tori's shows are not like, say, P.J. Harvey's: there's no mosh pit
at the front or big stage rushes when _Sheela Na Gig_ starts to play.
Tori's concerts are sit-down affairs.

(Although it depends on the venue: some have seats, and some make you
stand for a show.  Both times I saw Frente!, there were no seats, and
therefore there were mosh pits.  Now, Frente!'s music is no more or
less danceable than Tori's -- but if people are standing up, crowded
together, into the music, and suddenly a popular song with a decent
beat starts to play, well then, people will start to dance and move and
shake, and sooner or later a pit develops.  Anyone ever seen Tori while
standing up and seen a similar thing occur?  Moshing to _God_ -- what
an idea!)

Some might think of Tori's concerts as "slow."  I'd never thought of
that before -- but yes, they are.  The music is not "speeded up" for
concert (I've seen Suzanne Vega do that), but it is often
re-interpreted.  You let the music and lights and her voice and her
piano wash over you and take you away from this world.
But I think slow is a good thing.

It sounds to me like you were disappointed a little.  But next time
you'll know what to expect, and I think your appreciation of her in
concert will grow a thousand-fold.

My web site (URL in the sig below) is devoted to concert reviews.  I
have a dozen or so from the Under the Pink tour, and quite a few from
the current tour.

(BUT I need MORE MORE MORE!  Please send me any concert reviews that you
have!)
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-- Zeigen (E. Stephen Mack)                              estephen@emf.net
   Zeigen's Tori Amos Confessions: http://www.emf.net/~estephen/tori.html
   Moshing to God                                               Post # 41