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*Binghamton, NY
November 10, 1998 - Broome
County Arena
*Set List*
Precious Things
Liquid Diamonds
Caught A Lite Sneeze
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Father Lucifer
Playboy Mommy
Hey Jupiter (solo)
Upside Down (solo)
Sugar
Hotel
Spark
The Waitress
1st Encore:
Crucify
Raspberry Swirl
2nd Encore:
Past The Mission
Pretty Good Year
A Case Of You (solo)
My Review (as seen on The Dent
)
The Binghamton show was absolutely
phenomenal...what can I say! Tori was in a WONDERFUL mood, and it
seemed like she had a smile on her face every moment of that magical nite.
The crowd was very very small - and it made for a great, intimate setting.
I
was on the floor, about 3 rows back ó I saw every facial expression
that
Tori made; and that in itself is something great! All nite, she was making
faces at Jon and smiling at him. But now, on to the show... When I got
there, I saw some of my friends from last August - Hi William, Caroline
&
Matt!!! :-)
I searched the lines and finally found the wonderful Kelly Dwyer, whom
I
hung out with all nite and I absolutely adore. Hiya Kelly :-)!!
There are some new shirts being sold now, I'm not sure if it's been
mentioned or not. One is brownish-creme-coloured, and has like a
filmstrip down the front with three pictures of Tori - on the back it had
every show listed since the beginning, and said "bye bye now..." or
something to that extent, I can't remember. Another new shirt had pictures
from JS on the front, it was really nice. And yet another was gray and
had
pictures from Choirgirl on the front and back. Also a new babydoll T -
it
had the little blue piano and said "tori amos from the choirgirl hotel"
in a
circle around it.
The Unbelievable Truth played...about 9 songs (i think). They were all
right, but we were all anticipating Tori too much to really pay attention.
There were a good deal of rude people pushing their way to the front.
*insert glaring here to the large, sweaty, hairy guy who pushed his way
to
the front and his friends*. There were also some girls in front of me who
talked through ALL of Tori's set...I asked them nicely to be quiet so we
could focus on Tori, and thankfully they complied...they weren't big Tori
fans, they said they were here to hear "addicted to nicotine patches."
Whatever. Okie. So on we go.
Tori came out, and everyone went *nuts*!!! She was in a wonderful mood
and said that she had been at the Lucky Dog all day - a bar in Binghamton.
She said "I gained 10 pounds!!!" and laughed. The setlist went as follows,
although I'm sure you already have it on the Dent, mikewhy. :-)
*snipped*
This setlist is just *amazing*!!! I'm so thrilled I was there to experience
this. Despite getting to know my neighbours a little *too* well being
wedged in between the mass of sweaty people, it was worth it. Absolutely.
I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. From Father Lucifer on, the
show was a total surprise every moment. (minus waitress, spark, and
raspberry swirl - but of course they were heartstopping).
Father Lucifer was absolutely enthralling with the band - I was so excited
when I heard the opening piano!!! I had been hoping and hoping to
experience it with the band. It was absolutely beautiful.
Before Playboy Mommy, Tori told a story. :-) She explained that she
worked on this song for what seemed like forever, and it came right after
she lost the baby. She said Marcel was naked, and they were in the
Bahamas. Apparently Marcel ran into a pier, and they needed
pharmaceuticals, "you know, first aid. we're big fans of pharmaceuticals
you know." (insert crowd laughing here) She then went on to explain she
had to have re-written the opening verse 20 times, and was staying with
4
women, including Beene. "lots of cats. pee- uuu!!! beenie was whining.
a
woman was going to get her throat removed." And then went on to explain
& nbsp;
she was going down this large staircase in her Prada shoes, and fell all
the
way down. When she hit the bottom, "i looked at Beenie and I said 'in my
platforms i hit the floor...' " and then she smiled and they went into
Playboy
Mommy. It was really great with the band - I was hoping to hear that, but
again, didn't expect it.
Hey Jupiter...was...I'm speechless. This has always been one of my
favourite Tori songs. It was absolutely beautiful. It always has such
emotion and means so much to me on so many different levels...WOW. I
later found out that nite that "marianne" was on the set list where she
played "hey jupiter." Okie, so I'm a little disappointed. I asked Tori
to play
"marianne" last august, but she didn't. But that's okie. I'll get Marianne
someday. Absolutely. :-)
Oh my, then here comes "Upside Down." Tori said "I don't play this song
a
lot anymore, but this girl I met in a coffee shop today asked me to play
this." A lot of people were singing along. What a community feeling! :-)
I
definitely was not expecting Sugar. It's so powerful with the band!!! Tori
did some improv on this a little, but I have no clue what in the world
she
was singing. I tried my best...but you know.
HOTEL!!!! AAHH!!! I have wanted to hear Hotel since the album first
came out - I remember starting a thread on Precious Things about getting
Tori to work this with the band - and then, there it came!!! oh WOW!!!
It
was absolutely phenomenal, I couldn't believe I was hearing it. That was
just so yummy, oh my.
Spark was as always absolutely beautiful - it remains one of my favourites.
That song is just...words can't express it!
The Waitress - AIEE!! :-) That's always a trip. Tori did the "I believe
she's
the devil's bitch" line again, I love that. The "Hang Ten Honey..." lines
went
a little longer than usual tonite, it honestly seemed like Tori did not
want to
leave!
Encores....:
Crucify I wasn't expecting, I'm not sure why. She has been playing it pretty
often. It was better than it was when I saw Tori in August - it was really
tight. She re-ran some verses and made it longer than usual - again...I'm
serious, you could just *feel* that Tori didn't want this nite to end.
She was
having so much fun up there! Caton was going crazy through most of the
nite...he's so much fun.
As anyone who has been to a Tori show this year knows - Raspberry
Swirl makes the place on giant rave. Everyone was dancing like mad!!! It's
always so exciting.
I definitely wasn't expecting 3 songs for the encore, let alone these three...
When I heard the opening notes to Past The Mission, my heart skipped a
beat. MY GODDESS!!! Tori was just full of surprises. She seemed to
have fun during this one, and Jon was getting his groove on. I had spent
a
good deal of the nite making faces at Jon - he made a few back and was
laughing. :-)
Pretty Good Year made me cry - that song....aaiieeeee!!! It's always so
emotional and beautiful. The "what's it gonna take 'til my baby's all right"
part was really powerful - it was great!!! Tori went back into an earlier
verse toward the end (can't remember which, sorry), and elongated yet
another song...I'm telling you, Tori did *not* want to leave. And I was
definitely happy about that. I expected the show to be over at this point,
and was in tears. And then...the boys leave, and Tori stays.
"A Case of You" starts...!!!! I got to the point where I was hysterically
crying - this is my favourite Tori cover, only challenged by "Landslide".
Tori sang "I could drink a case of you husband..." instead of "I could
drink
a case of you darling..." I also saw Tori blow a kiss to Mark, which was
really sweet! :-)
After the show, when Kelly and I were up against the 5-foot
*annoyinnnngg* barracades, trying to get a set list, we saw a table off
to
the right of the stage. It had a stuffed tiger on it, a vase with big obviously
fake cheery- looking flowers on it, and some other things. Pretty sure
they
were things she's gotten from EWF and Meet & Greets.
It was *SUCH* a wonderful show...I didn't think anything could beat the
show last August...but this show was 100 times better!!! Tori was so full
of
energy and just so happy - it really made the show such a special
experience! I'm so happy that I was lucky enough to attend this great
show...what a set list, what a woman, what a show!!!!
There was no Meet &
Greet
(Joel said Tori didn't want us to get
sick due to the bad weather)