Tori's American Doll Posse

I originally posted this on June 10th, 2007.


I drove to Amsterdam (with my mom, who came along) and what normally is a 2-hour drive turned into a 3.5-hour drive due to a road block on one of the main highways (A2) in the country. Spending an hour and a half in a traffic jam in the blazing sun and a hot breeze is one of the few moments I wished for air conditioning in my car.

English folk singer Seth Lakeman was Tori's opening act; good looking and a very talented musician as well (besides being the singer, he played the violin and the guitar).
Then it was Tori's turn. She was a fashionably ten (or was it fifteen?) minutes late. Tori came up as her alter ego Pip, starting off with a couple of songs from her new album ("Big wheel" being the opening song of the set). From the moment she and her band started playing I was enthralled (this was my first Tori concert), and my mom was enjoying the concert, too.

She had altered the intros of her songs, so it sort of turned into a guessing game for me - in a good way. Even though I have five of her albums, I like the first two best ("Little earthquakes" and "Under the pink"). It was interesting to hear how she performed them live.
Tori changed her outfit once, a third into her show I think, and she also talked to her audience.



Tori might have been a little late, but she made up for it by playing for more than the usual 90 minutes (closer to two hours). I didn't even notice until my mom asked me for the time when the lights came on again. My mom came along to a Melissa Etheridge concert a few years ago, so that's the only other artist she can compare it to - and for those who have never been to a Melissa Etheridge concert: some people run a marathon, that woman plays a marathon! Most of her concerts last over two hours :)
Anyhoo, Tori's encore started with two songs off her first album - "Precious things" and "Tear in your hand" - and she finished off with "Bouncing off clouds". Here's the setlist.

My mom and I had a great time at the concert, and walking back to my car my mom said that the way Tori plays her piano makes people want to have sex. Trust me when I say it's not a typical response from her, and it made me roar with laughter