Anna NeonBonnie and Clyde
September 28th 2007 06:13
Tori Amos plays the Sydney Opera House
September 24, 2007
Tori Amos is pretty dreamy. Feminist and Equalist, Composer and Musician, Matriarch and Mother, Meaning and Melody Maker. She looks after the girls and the girls look after her. If you’re a Tori fan, you’ll see a double meaning there. The girls being us women and also her songs who she often refers to as ‘her girls’. We love her and we love the girls. The boys love her too. All five feet of her. She’s a tiny little thing with a great big voice and plenty to say.
Donning her alter-ego; Clyde, on Monday night at the Sydney Opera House, Tori shone in a beaded dress and a brown wig, beginning the set with some Clyde favourites including Bouncing Off Clouds and Digital Ghost. Roosterspur Bridge also got a look in. Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink were hot tickets for Tori at this particular show and I was pleased to hear Space Dog, Cloud on My Tongue and my all time favourite; Precious Things. She also included Rattlesnakes from the Strange Little Girls album and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide. An improvised tune about Gary Phelps was also a delight. I am convinced that one day I will see her play Jackie’s Strength, I’m still holding out for that one.
Amos felt more at home during this gig than her Newcastle gig but still was rather shy when it came to crowd address. She stuck to slamming out the tunes, fitting as much of her impressive back-catalogue as possible and made some interesting choices.
Unfortunately I was in the third row and the Bose blocked much of my view of her – although she does have nice hair and legs – I would have liked to have seen more of her! But this was more of a failing on the part of the Opera House and Ticketmaster7 than Tori herself. When she sang “take a closer look” during Digital Ghost, I even chuckled to myself about the situation. I was just pleased that when she swapped from the Bose to the keyboard, I could see her hands. I’d like to have a chat to those hands, see what they’ve seen, play what they’ve played, they are gems indeed.
Sharp, witty, romantic, and often quite political, in my eyes she can do no wrong, but there was definitely something missing during the shows this time. Perhaps it was intimacy, perhaps it was just a good view.
September 24, 2007
Tori Amos is pretty dreamy. Feminist and Equalist, Composer and Musician, Matriarch and Mother, Meaning and Melody Maker. She looks after the girls and the girls look after her. If you’re a Tori fan, you’ll see a double meaning there. The girls being us women and also her songs who she often refers to as ‘her girls’. We love her and we love the girls. The boys love her too. All five feet of her. She’s a tiny little thing with a great big voice and plenty to say.
Donning her alter-ego; Clyde, on Monday night at the Sydney Opera House, Tori shone in a beaded dress and a brown wig, beginning the set with some Clyde favourites including Bouncing Off Clouds and Digital Ghost. Roosterspur Bridge also got a look in. Little Earthquakes and Under the Pink were hot tickets for Tori at this particular show and I was pleased to hear Space Dog, Cloud on My Tongue and my all time favourite; Precious Things. She also included Rattlesnakes from the Strange Little Girls album and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide. An improvised tune about Gary Phelps was also a delight. I am convinced that one day I will see her play Jackie’s Strength, I’m still holding out for that one.
Amos felt more at home during this gig than her Newcastle gig but still was rather shy when it came to crowd address. She stuck to slamming out the tunes, fitting as much of her impressive back-catalogue as possible and made some interesting choices.
Unfortunately I was in the third row and the Bose blocked much of my view of her – although she does have nice hair and legs – I would have liked to have seen more of her! But this was more of a failing on the part of the Opera House and Ticketmaster7 than Tori herself. When she sang “take a closer look” during Digital Ghost, I even chuckled to myself about the situation. I was just pleased that when she swapped from the Bose to the keyboard, I could see her hands. I’d like to have a chat to those hands, see what they’ve seen, play what they’ve played, they are gems indeed.
Sharp, witty, romantic, and often quite political, in my eyes she can do no wrong, but there was definitely something missing during the shows this time. Perhaps it was intimacy, perhaps it was just a good view.
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