Yay. second tori show. Tonight david and i had the RAINN passes that we had um [cough] won from best buy. Pricey little fuckers, but completley worth every cent [cough]. The only reason i wanted to meet and greet today was because i needed to request cloud on my tongue. It was very important that she play it in Eugene - and i had written her the first real letter. Ive given her a letter almost every time ive seen her, but this is the first one that wasnt written the day of the show. This one meant something to me. Eugene was important.
We arrived at the venue about 11am. beautiful tiny amplitheater. i mean, TINY. there is a little lake in the park that ran up to the stage..absolutley gorgeous. But dusty and no shade. so i was a dirty girl. There were two sets of numbers going today - one on the other side for the line to get in, and one for the meet and greet. I was 1, but ya know...it didnt work. So i suppose it made up for portland :] I had fun kickin it with everyone from portland all day. mhm i did. When it was time to go in the baracades, someone just sprinted over [no noe had told us to] so everyone kinda followed. I managed 2nd row, and i was luckily by short girls. I felt a LOT of hostility around me because of the RAINN tickets. I wasnt bragging in the least - but i was around a lot of people who had tried for them as well, so i felt a lot of hostility towards me - but anyhow. We luckily werent in the baracades too long [short=no air].
I was really afraid to ask for Cloud on my Tongue because the girl in front of me was requesting merman, and so was someone two people to my right. As well as jason with baron - and i heard someone ask for siren. Tons of requests. Everyone that asked she would say 'well, i dont know but i'll put it on my hand.' So...i almost chickened out. When she got around me ...a nameless obnixious tall guy decided he needed a picture even tho he was 4 rows back, and proceeded to shove me out of the way. Tori put her hand on my arm and told me not to move. So i got rather crushed. She started to move on a little and i lost my courage to speak up - oddly enough david was pushing me telling me if i didnt say something he would for me [thank you darlin'] so i'm not sure how, but i got her attention and handed her my letter and puzzle box, then i said 'tori, tonight is a special show for me, if you could try to play cloud on my tongue for me i would really appreciate it' and she said 'ok' and wrote it down with a little dot. I was pleased because to everyone else she said she'd try. And she pretty much told me yeah. But i didnt get my hopes up. Once again i got out of the M&G early, due to lack of air.
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we listened to soundcheck, and i taped a bit of it - she did talula and siren, and hotel like, FOREVER. i was so sick of it by the end. They did it for like an hour, and she finall played it the whole way through at the end. She'd stop and theyd listen to the cd. it was cute. then she ran through baron once...so i knew she'd play it. Jason and Carolyn asked for it. And i had wanted to ask for it in the future as well, so i was really excited. We found steve and asked him what to do about rainn and he told us to go get our passes at the box office - so we waited and waited and got nervous. Because the box office opened late. but it ended up ok. some guy went and got us, and the other older two people..and took us in. We stood up near the top of the benches and johnny gave us our passes and told us to wait. I noticed tori was down by the stage taking pictures with radio winners :] Then steve came up and got us and told us to sit on the benches until the devlins finished up. SO i got to watch them soundcheck. haha. I applauded at the end of the last song and he looked over and smiled and said thank you. yay i love them.
so right before the house gates open we go pick our spots, right up front, dead ass center and sit. WOOHA. Everyone comes flying in. hee. I had dor and erin best right behind me. fun fun fun :] i guess i'll fast forward to show time now :]
First, the set list:
Precious Things
"Oh Susanna" improv w/band
Little Amsterdam
iieee
Honey
Cornflake Girl
Liquid Diamonds
Cloud On My Tongue (solo)
Not The Red Baron (w/ Jon Evans)
Purple People
Spark
Siren
The Waitress
1st Encore:
Talula
Raspberry Swirl
2nd Encore:
Merman (solo)
Pandora's Aquarium
tonight she wore a black body suit type thing with a pinkish apron over it :] and like, black boots. yup yup. ok the 'oh susanah' improv kicked ass. It was practically a whole song. It went on so long the band started to pick up on its beat and added their stuff to it. it was really neat. The lights on this reminded me of the blood roses lights from the ddi tour. my friend matt had asked tori for Little Amsterdam, so it was nice that she played it for him i suppose. iieee was really good, and watching her movements gave me a little more insight into the meaning of the song i thought. She commented on the bsides and went into honey which was really good. i hadn't heard it from this tour yet. Cornflake girl had an improv intro as well. It was along the lines of last nights waitress improv about the girl who 'killed her husband' and 'you bet your life she did' which, ofcourse led into cornflake girl :] I was really happy to hear liquid diamonds, cos david wanted to really badly :] Then she told another pot story before secret time...and she started a little tune on the piano and then went into the all too familiar notes of CLoud on my Tongue, i didnt recognize it at first. when i did, i just put my head down and covered it with my arms - dor started to pat me on the back and david told me to make sure and pay attention this time. [pst, i love you guys!].
I'm not biased. It was seriously the best version i'd ever heard of the song. It flowed very well and it was just...beautiful. Towards the end of the song she mentioned a peace pipe and taking an airplane and some other things - that were really relevant to the letter i had written her. i do NOT want to start thinking that the improvs had anythign to do with my letter - but it seemed really familiar to me. I need to hear a boot of this again...anyhow, it was just wonderful. It meant so much to me.
Then, ofcourse, she went into not the red baron with a little improv about 'carolyn' and her smile and it was fucking gorgeous and i was so happy for carolyn, shes such a sweet heart. Jon snuck on stage once the song started and played the upright bass on it. It was REALLY beautiful.
Then, as if it couldnt get any better, she went into purple people. I didnt recognize it at first, then dor started to squeal and i did. i was really happy to hear this [watch my request list being to shrink :] Spark was really good, considering that it is..spark. I was happy to hear siren as well, every song was just damn pleasing! Waitress was kick ass as normal. For the first encore david got all jumpy when he realized it was talula and it was really good. yay!
swirl will probably just forever kick my ass live :]
SOOOOOOOOO good. She looks so cool when shes just leaning back playing both keyboards. so good! hee.
then she came back and did merman. i was happy also, to hear this as well. But i felt like she wasnt very into it, and it was really lackluster. :] Pandora was good, ofcourse, but i had already distracted myself with thoughts of the backstage shortly. hee!
so it ends, and i really wanted a setlist because of cloud. erin got toris and it was clearing out, and i thought we should find steve - didnt want to be late...so i didnt get one [it seems everyone and their mom did tho]..we got there just in time..all these people were around the gate and steve was like, 'i'll take these 4' ...i felt like wayne and garth at the alice cooper concert. hee. So joel told steve to take us to the..um..where the food is...and steve told us to sit at a table. there was food everywhere. I had JUST taken out my stuff and zipped up my bag when steve called us over. i was in shock. when christ and dor did this it took them like 20 min or more.
So i walk up the stairs to this little trailer expecting to wait again..and i peek in, and tori is bending over a couch in this TEENY little room. i looked back at david in shock. she was still in the apron stage attire. yay. oh, and, haha she had a big ass margarita in her hand! I was first in, and she turned around and went 'hey honey!', put down the margarita and hugged me. i think i said 'hi' and when we were still in a half hug [but i was facing her] i said, 'thanks for a great show, and thank you for cloud' and she squeezed my hand :]. yay. Then her KICK ASS assistant said 'introductions' and i said my name...and david said his, and she hugged him and kissed him and she went to the other people. Then i gave her the tape from val and explained what it was and she said 'ok i'll put it on the bus' and put it in her purse. hee. She discussed the other girls eyes for a lenght of time [its a funny story..ask me sometime] and i took that time to observe this teeny little room.
There were two couches. i was looking for the puzzle box, but i didnt see it. There was stuff EVERYWHERE. on the couch behind me were the green and purple teletubbies. there were random little stuffed animals and faerie trinkets and items of clothing. On the floor by the door was the booklet for pele. on the little table in the side of the room was a fountain with rocks [that reminded me of vals] and it had the pele disc and the choirgirl disc. it was amusing. I also noted the PITCHER of strawberry maragritas on the table by her kick ass assistant :] They must have made it as soon as she left the stage. Hee. then she said 'lets do this' and she took my book to sign it..i felt REALLY bad but i was like 'um, not to be rude but can i have a ...page...' and i was trying to grab it back..and she said "oh! ok ok! you pick it!' and laughed. hee. so i flipped through to cloud and she said 'help me out with names here' and i told her, and this is the first time she didnt ask me how to spell it. hee. then she did davids poster and had him hold and edge and i held part of it. The other people had their choirgirl DISCS signed. hm ok. [they were really nice tho!]
Then the other girl was like 'tori, i just finished massage school and i'd like to give you a hand massage..' and tori was like 'uh, no, im ok. im all sweaty and gross' and then the guy said 'thats actually what this whole thing was about' and tori proceeded to tell the story of when someone crushed her hands doing that. heh.
then it was davids time to tell tori off :p kidding. he picked up his sheep. [Its a little stuffed sheep, and when you squeeze it, it poops out black jellybeans. He had given her one in boulder.] he said 'this is for you, i gave you one in boulder...' and she grabbed it and like held it up to her face and started like, talking to it in baby talk and making cute faces at it..david was trying to tell her to read the tag about the pooping but her and her assistant were too busy playing with it to hear. Then all of a sudden two jellybeans fall on the floor. They both stop, tori looks down with this look of shock on her face and says 'it pooped! oh my god!' and we all started laughing. then shes all 'this little guy is mine, hes going on the bus, hes mine' and put the sheep in her bag. it was SO cute. and she told david to tell his mom thank you.
Then i think we took pictures, they took them so fast david and i are both a little off guard, but i think tori looks real cute in all her sweatiness. hee. Then, david actually did it..hes all 'tori, im gonna be with you until san diego, and i was wondering if you could try father lucifer for me' and she said something like 'are you gonna be in vegas?' and he said yes and she said something like 'ill work on it, i think hes going to come out in vegas, hes been hidding there' or something. and i know i remarked that vegas was gonna be really fun and david and i said how much we were looking forward to it.
SOMEWHERE in there she asked me what shows i was going to because i remember mentioning valerie and the greek, but i really dont rememeber. then joel came in and was ducking for the pictures and being all cute and it was time to go, i thanked her for doing this, and she waved buh bye and gave david a little knowing smirk on the way out. it was so cute! and fast! yay it was so good. i was the last one out and when i looked back she had the margarita in her hand dancing around and humming. hee. yay. :]
Honey
So i walk up the stairs to this little trailer expecting to wait again..and i peek in, and tori is bending over a couch in this TEENY little room. i looked back at david in shock. she was still in the apron stage attire. yay. oh, and, haha she had a big ass margarita in her hand! I was first in, and she turned around and went 'hey honey!', put down the margarita and hugged me. i think i said 'hi' and when we were still in a half hug [but i was facing her] i said, 'thanks for a great show, and thank you for cloud' and she squeezed my hand :]. yay. Then her KICK ASS assistant said 'introductions' and i said my name...and david said his, and she hugged him and kissed him and she went to the other people. Then i gave her the tape from val and explained what it was and she said 'ok i'll put it on the bus' and put it in her purse. hee. She discussed the other girls eyes for a lenght of time [its a funny story..ask me sometime] and i took that time to observe this teeny little room.
Then the other girl was like 'tori, i just finished massage school and i'd like to give you a hand massage..' and tori was like 'uh, no, im ok. im all sweaty and gross' and then the guy said 'thats actually what this whole thing was about' and tori proceeded to tell the story of when someone crushed her hands doing that. heh.
