Danielle V
12-17-2002, 12:13 PM
(This post definitely showcases my almost sickingly girly side> apologies in advance.)
So my best friend got us tickets to the concert last night as an early (and best ever) christmas present for me. I personally used to obsess over ms.amos during my junior high/highschool years. This is not something i tell everyone. in fact, aside from my best friend and my immediate family, ive always been pretty much a closet-tori fan. I still have more cds of her (domestic/import s/raritys/live in concerts/b-sides/techno tori/radio shows etc..etc..etc... ) than any other single artist. but in recent years, i havent really kept up with her as much as i used to. i cant even tell you when was the last time i put in one of her albums. Sure, i went out and bought the past 3 (aside from her most recent, because im broke) > but they weren't the all-encompassing masterpieces of little earthquakes, or boys for pele etc... i listened to them a couple times, then they sit on the shelf pretty much. strange little girls? doing a cover of eminem? ummm... not my favorite. well anyway. so i go to this concert last night at gammage, and im telling you: it was amazing. she sung almost all my favs........honey, sugar, little earthquakes, the doughnut song, pandora, past the mission as an encore piece?? damnnnn. besides the fact that before the concert me and my friend were downing hefinweizens and had to pee like 10 times each during the show: it was a perfect night. her new songs made me borrow the album from my friend after the concert. sounded more like the tori i knew when i was a sullen, disillusioned teenage girl. ahhh, memories.
one thing though (and i think thats the main reason im not the die-hard tori fan i used to be:) her fans are nutcases. this girl behind me was sobbing..... loudly. sure, me and my best friend understood, but it didnt stop us from pointing and laughing. (which is evil, i know, but shit: crying in public is never cool.) the get ups reminded me of my rave days, and hearing some of the hyper emotional conversations outside in the lobby between folks made me want to duck and cover. i almost dont want to like this artist because i dont want to be associated with this fundamentalist tori-worshipping movement that has been taking place the past few years. however, then i realize this is the third time ive seen her in concert over the past 6 years and i have probably 15-20 of her albums in their own cd organizer thingy. guilt by association. it was a gorgeous concert. i like it as much as the dew drop inn tour 96. oh god, i am one of them arent i?
on that note, i think ill head off to in&out on my way back to tucson and not talk anymore about this anymore.
have a happy holiday everyone.
-d
:lighter
So my best friend got us tickets to the concert last night as an early (and best ever) christmas present for me. I personally used to obsess over ms.amos during my junior high/highschool years. This is not something i tell everyone. in fact, aside from my best friend and my immediate family, ive always been pretty much a closet-tori fan. I still have more cds of her (domestic/import s/raritys/live in concerts/b-sides/techno tori/radio shows etc..etc..etc... ) than any other single artist. but in recent years, i havent really kept up with her as much as i used to. i cant even tell you when was the last time i put in one of her albums. Sure, i went out and bought the past 3 (aside from her most recent, because im broke) > but they weren't the all-encompassing masterpieces of little earthquakes, or boys for pele etc... i listened to them a couple times, then they sit on the shelf pretty much. strange little girls? doing a cover of eminem? ummm... not my favorite. well anyway. so i go to this concert last night at gammage, and im telling you: it was amazing. she sung almost all my favs........honey, sugar, little earthquakes, the doughnut song, pandora, past the mission as an encore piece?? damnnnn. besides the fact that before the concert me and my friend were downing hefinweizens and had to pee like 10 times each during the show: it was a perfect night. her new songs made me borrow the album from my friend after the concert. sounded more like the tori i knew when i was a sullen, disillusioned teenage girl. ahhh, memories.
one thing though (and i think thats the main reason im not the die-hard tori fan i used to be:) her fans are nutcases. this girl behind me was sobbing..... loudly. sure, me and my best friend understood, but it didnt stop us from pointing and laughing. (which is evil, i know, but shit: crying in public is never cool.) the get ups reminded me of my rave days, and hearing some of the hyper emotional conversations outside in the lobby between folks made me want to duck and cover. i almost dont want to like this artist because i dont want to be associated with this fundamentalist tori-worshipping movement that has been taking place the past few years. however, then i realize this is the third time ive seen her in concert over the past 6 years and i have probably 15-20 of her albums in their own cd organizer thingy. guilt by association. it was a gorgeous concert. i like it as much as the dew drop inn tour 96. oh god, i am one of them arent i?
on that note, i think ill head off to in&out on my way back to tucson and not talk anymore about this anymore.
have a happy holiday everyone.
-d
:lighter