From: john.muir@almac.co.uk (JOHN MUIR)
Newsgroups: rec.music.tori-amos
Subject: RPT: Edinburgh, 27/2/96.
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 96 18:36:00 +0100
Organization: ALMAC : Grangemouth, Scotland : +44 (0)1324 665371

   TORI AMOS + Willy Porter
   Edinburgh Usher Hall
   27.2.96

   Unfortunately, a combination of early touring problems and some dodgy
   Edinburgh cuisine combined to make this an under par gig for Tori (by
   her own very high standard.)

   She did not mention where she had dined before the gig (not wishing
   to damage their business) but revealed a member of the crew had been
   affected as well.  The support act, Willy Porter, gave it his best
   shot but mostly went unnoticed except for a falsetto Jackson Five
   pastiche which produced a big reaction.  He is certainly an
   accomplished guitarist and has a new album out on RCA.

   Here is what I THINK Tori played, the songs are NOT in order and I
   may well have made some mistakes as this is from memory:

   Main Set:

   Beauty Queen/Horses
   Smells Like Teen Spirit [Flub #1, she forgot some of the words.]
   Leather
   Marianne
   Crucify
   Bells For Her [Flub #2, she had to start the song several times.]
   Space Dog
   Little Amsterdam
   Cornflake Girl
   Doughnut Song
   Father Lucifer
   Caught A Lite Sneeze
   Precious Things
   Winter
   Not The Red Baron
   Me & A Gun

   Encores:

   Putting The Damage On
   Baker Baker
   Honey
   Here, In My Head
   Hey Jupiter [Flub #3, an amusing one from Steve Caton.]

   After a very dodgy start she eventually pulling off a fairly decent
   performance under difficult circumstances.  The Usher Hall is a much
   bigger venue that she has played before and it is about the last
   place I would have liked to have seen her due to the lack of intimacy
   and atmosphere.

   The audience was lame in the extreme with many present seemingly
   unfamiliar with MUCH of the material played.  The PA was barely
   adequate from where I was [near the front] so I cannot imagine what
   it was like further back.  She played mostly unaccompanied with Steve
   Caton playing almost inaudible guitar now and then.

   I was really disappointed in the merchandise available as I had
   intended getting a T-shirt but the designs available were none too
   impressive (IMHO) and expensive ($21-24)  The baseball shirt was
   even more expensive at $30 but I didn't fancy that either.  Most of
   the designs consisted of art from the CD with the exception of a
   black T-shirt with ``REFORMED CHRISTIAN'' on the front and a crappy
   drawing of Tori as a nurse on the back.

   I didn't see a single shirt or ludicrous orange hat sold at all in
   the five minutes I was there. OTOH, the tourbook ($11 -- OUCH!) and
   pendant (also $11) were doing reasonable business.

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