rdt-digest Saturday, 24 February 1996 Volume 01 : Number 96 [...] ***Review of Ipswich - 1st date of Dew Drop Inn Tour :)****** [...] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 12:02:38 BST From: Janet Susan Robertson Subject: ***Review of Ipswich - 1st date of Dew Drop Inn Tour :)****** To: rdt@novia.net 1st date of Dew Drop Inn Tour '96-'97... Ipswich Regent Theatre 23rd February 96..... Set List : Beauty Queen// Horses Crucify Take To The Sky Bells For Her Little Amsterdam Space Dog Cornflake Girl Doughnut Song Mr. Zebra Precious Things Leather Not The Red Baron Putting The Damage On Caught A Lite Sneeze Me And A Gun Marianne ------------------- (encore) Past The Mission Winter ------------------ (encore) Honey Hey, Jupiter Okay then, here's a rundown of one of the cuellest nights of my life :) two years waiting for this and boy, it was most definately worth it.... The support act were very cuell, reminded me of Toad The Wet Sprocket a lot and the lead singer/guitarist was excellent... very talented... Unfortunately I never heard the name of the band mentioned but will find out tonight at the Sheffield gig (24th).... Very cuell song played only by guitarist on acoustic as last song.. it was about little animals crossing the roads in America and how they never make it to the other side :( poor little things... it was an instrumental and really showed his talents as a guitarist .... excellent band.. can't wait to see them again.. apparently there's an album out on BMG and I will find that out too... Anyway... onwards to the Goddess :) It was overall the best concert ever .. I saw her twice last tour and even though that was tremendous this was way beyond anything I imagined.. just thinking the events over gives me a little shiver :) When Tori came on stage the whole place erupted.. it was clear everyone had been looking forward to this day for quite some time :) The lighting was spectacular :) Have to say this cos my friend's mad about lightning.. strange girl :) but it really was cuell. there was this backdrop completely of glowing stars it made Tori just seem so cuell and then it changed into something which can only be described as a cross between a broken spider's web and blue spindly trees with faerie lights... anyway it Was cuell :) She went straight into Beauty Queen followed by Horses and the two were simply beautiful.. I couldn't believe the day had arrived even though there was Tori up on the stage writhing around on the piano stool making everyone smile and ooooh ... The next,Crucify was brilliant.. In fact it moved me to tears it was so cuell, the way she bangs her foot on the stage to make the rhythm and draws out the notes... Take To The Sky pleased everyone too, it was good to hear some of the cuell bee sides that you don';t expect to hear.. I managed to get a set list (yipeeee) and the alternate song for different nights for this was Sugar which would be cuell to hear too.. There was no God in the set , which actually felt right for some reason... the whole set was done with no backing as the last tour was (with C.Girl and God anyway..) but rather just with Tori on piano and Harpsichord and sometimes Steve Caton on acoustic and electric.... It made a change to hear cornflake girl stripped down to it's underwear :) Bells For Her was done on the harpsichord instead of the mashed up piano of pink days and well, it didn't really strike me the same way as the original had done., it really did lose some of the charm and appeal I came to love it by... but nevermind :) Little Amsterdam had a loop in there somewhere and also had a cover mixed in with it although I did not recognise this but no doubt someone out there will have done... any one go to the Ipswich date and recognise this...? Dougnut Song too was extremely moving and also had a cover in with it, and yet again I don't know it... doing really well here :) The backgrounds to the songs were stunnning too... some just had a swirling mass on a triangular background,, and lights that moved up and down glowing .. Not The red Baron had a film playing in the background of war planes which obviously complemented it perfectly and made it seem even more impressive.. Other backgrounds included shoals of fish , a NIN looking blood/straw one, a cottage and a tree or some people say it was a cliff, distorted.. actually on the way back to Norwich in the taxi we had a debate on the backgrounds some thought the fishes were snow... and so on.. when she comes to your city try and work it out :) i could describe each song in detail but i really don't think I'd do them justice.... one last thing was Hey; Jupiter the last song...I know there's a lot of people on rdt who adore this song and find it their favourite.. all I can say is see her live playing this... as it was the last song.. there were people coming out with tears streaming down...me included :) It seems to sum up every emotion a Tori concert and indeed drains the audience... I have found before in shows, even in the pink tour with tori , that at times i feel like just going to the bar or find myself thinking about soemthing else and not listening.... not this time... you have to listen FULLY... take in every note and really Feel the music... I was so over come with emotion and respect for Tori afterwards I felt both drained and alive and will look back on this day with the happiest of memories. ...even though at one point I didn't think we'd make it there in time... Go see her.... don;t just think ooooh maybe... it needs to be done... One last thing... Past The Mission ... I don't believe I went too far (dah dah dah daaaaaah)..... Just look around at this point and see Everyone tap their fingers or feet and the dah dah bit... it's so cuell and fun :) See ya rdters :) Take care Sister janet (with 4th row tickets tonight yipeeeee) -----------------------------------------------------------------------