StrangeLittleTour
New York, NY
October 11, 2001

Updated January 7, 2002

Tori performed in New York, NY on October 11, 2001 at the Beacon Theatre during the 2001 StrangeLittleTour. This was the third of 3 shows in New York.

Set List

Thanks to Richard Handal for giving me the set list on the phone.

'97 Bonnie & Clyde
Icicle
Little Amsterdam
Leather
Upside Down
Rattlesnakes
Winter
Beauty Queen
Horses
Flying Dutchman
This Old Man
Not The Red Baron
Crucify
Yes, Anastasia
Me and a Gun
Landslide

1st Encore:
Honey
Hey Jupiter

2nd Encore:
Playboy Mommy
Time

Reviews

Latest reviews are added to the bottom of the page.

Be sure to check the Tori Concert Reviews Forum for reviews as well!

From Richard Handal

October 12, 2001 - Richard called me after the show, which started at 9:14PM and ended at 10:59PM. The show was 1 hour and 45 minutes long. Tori started playing Hey Jupiter, stopped, and picked up a stuffed animal saying something like, "Key wait a minute...How crazy is this...This has been here all night long." She then tossed it toward the front of the stage and started playing Hey Jupiter again.

From Danielle

Added Oct 14, 2001 - Also, lust was on the setlist before playboy mommy at the 10-11 nyc show, but she didn't play it :(

From Berry Lowden

Added Oct 14, 2001 - I was at the New York 10/11 show last night, and I saw the original setlist. Lust was written in to open the second encore before Playboy Mommy, but it wasn't played. :)

From strange little woj (Posted to the Precious Things mailing list)

Added Oct 14, 2001 - okay, it's saturday...i think i've slept enough to recover from the three late weekday nights going to the beacon shows this week (alas, i'm one of those people who can't really sleep that late, so even if i get to sleep around 2 or 3, i don't sleep in later than 9 on a weekend and, being weekdays, i had to get up earlier anyways).

i've already posted about the first two beacon shows. the third, i think, was on the level of the second show: excellent intensity, some really nice song choices and, amusingly (to me anyways), the songs she repeated from the first night weren't muffed up (either by her forgetting lyrics or by sound problems). here's what she played (copied from the dent, in case you're wondering about the capitalization):

'97 Bonnie & Clyde / Icicle / Little Amsterdam / Leather / Upside Down / Rattlesnakes / Winter / Beauty Queen / Horses / Flying Dutchman / This Old Man / Not The Red Baron / Crucify / Yes, Anastasia / Me and a Gun / Landslide

1st Encore: Honey / Hey Jupiter

2nd Encore: Playboy Mommy / Time

i sort of expected to hear upside down and winter since i knew she had played them already on the tour and, sure enough, they came out to play and were excellent (even though she stopped in the middle of upside down to replay a bit which, to my ear, sounded fine the first time through). little amsterdam, flying dutchman and anastasia were nice surprises. my eyes bugged when she played red baron instead of god after this old man. i was hoping to hear the new treatment of god but i have to say red baron was perfect in its place and incredibly effective considering its lyrics and new york being one of the epicenters of the attacks -- it was the emotional high point of the show for me. she nailed horses and crucify this night, making up for the problems on tuesday. landslide was good. i think i've seen that once before; in any event, it was a better followup to me and a gun than daniel. honey is always a treat -- easily among the best of her songs and it could very well be her best (and maybe even my favorite). playboy mommy on the wurlizter was nice and time was the perfect ending for the three shows after not playing it on the first two nights (despite it being the song of choice for the tv show circuit).

thanks to beth, we got to enjoy the last show from the lovely confines of the tenth row, orchestra right. we were close enough to the center to get a good view of tori and while we couldn't see her hands, i caught glimpses of them reflected in the top of the bosey's cover.

one amusing tidbit: we walked around the theater to get back to the parking garage where we left the car. as we strolled by the main stage entrance, on amsterdam ave (the entrance that tori used to leave is on 75th), we noticed amongst the cases and other equipment, one baby crib full of playschool boxes. :)

From Lilly (LillyLil)

Added Oct 15, 2001 - I attended the NY October 11th show. It was wonderful!! I noticed that Tori made a little flub-up singing "'97 Bonnie & Clyde". Instead of singing, "'97 Bonnie and Clyde, me and my daughter", she sang ""Bonnie 7, Bonnie and Clyde, me and my daughter." It's not a big mistake but I noticed it and noticed that no one has mentioned it yet.

From Melissa Carpini

Added Oct 17, 2001 - I saw Tori in NYC on 10/11. AMAZING. I've got a question I haven't been able to get a n answer to...I noticed while she was playing the Bose she was pedaling with her right foot at some points and looking to the ground under the keyboard and perhaps pedaling with her let foot as well. I noticed a bit of distortion during Beauty Queen/Horses while she was doing this. Does the Bose have a distortion pedal?!?! It's not such a farfetched idea seeing how other string/percussion instruments use distortion. Kind of makes me think of Northern Lad "when pianos try to be guitars..."

The reviews below were taken from the concert reviews section of The Dent Forum and added here on January 7, 2002

What ruined the show for me was the audience. They were highly disrespectful on the whole.

After the show, I walked over to the stage door to see if I could see Tori (I ended up leaving before she came out so that I could catch my train ) I heard some guy talking about the show and he said something like: "So I was singing along to every song, right, and this girl in front of me turns around and says, "Could you please stop singing and banging on my seat?" I mean, what a fucking BITCH telling me I can't sing at a concert?! I can sing as loud as I want!"

It's people like that who ruin shows for everyone else.

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Review by Mike (Doughnut Hole)

I totally disagree that 10/10 was better. I was at both shows, and I think 10/11 was significantly better. This is IMHO of course - I just liked the setlist better. I missed SATY and Earthquakes, of course, but I loved her new version of Crucify, and Winter was pretty beautiful.

Yes Anastasia and Icicle beat Past the Mission. Amsterdam and Red Baron beat Talula and Zebra. Playboy Mommy beats no songs at all from Choirgirl. I'm not a big Venus fan, and I definitely didn't miss 1000 Oceans tonight. Etienne was cool, but Flying Dutchman is an awesome song. Landslide beats Daniel. SLG was about a wash, although we got Rattlesnakes AND Time Thursday, which were awesome.

The b-sides were better Wednesday, and she played more Venus, but for my taste the setlist was way better Thursday.

I thought she was totally on both nights vocally. I thought she played some really really gorgeous piano Thursday, especially in Landslide. Wednesday my girlfriend cried about 4 times; Thursday she cried about 10. I love the Live in NY (RAINN) show, and I never thought I'd see Tori do anything close to it. Thursday didn't match it (how could it?) but it wasn't far off. Thank you Tori!!!!!!!!

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Review by RasinGirrl

Ok First off:

WORST CROWD EVER

Horrible horrible. I was in the low balc. row b. I had 4 girls to my left who wouldn't shut up. I kindly asked them if they could please keep it down. they kept talking but it wasn't as bad at before.
then there was the drunk girl 2 rows behind me who kept talking and screaming and sang along to landslide. some guy asked her "can i have a blow job?" to which she replied "what?!" and he said "then we'd have 10 minutes of quiet" NICE
then the drunk woman in the next section who "wooed" during me and a gun.
and the cell phone during me and a gun
and did anyone else hear a BABY during me and a gun?
then the asshole boy who walked down to the railing of the balc during playboy mommy and proceeded to dance and snap his fingers along with the song.

WORST CROWD EVER

ok- the show. after not being there wednesday, this was faboo. it was hard to enjoy because of the crowd but i tried.

OUTFIT-
A top much like the I'm not in love Top. Black satin pants with slits up the the thighs again. and FISHNETS again!!!!!! woo sexy mama. shoes were high heeled. they were white but had black lace over them. hard to explain. we had really good binoculars so that's how i could see form the balc. we also read the setlist with them too!!!

97 Bonnie & Clyde- not as powerful from the balc. plus people just kept screaming. WHY? i don't get it. when you scream, you can't hear tori. so why do you do it?

Icicle- eh. heard it tuesday. wasn't as "feirce" as tuesdays. her face wasn't as hateful during the could have part.

Little Amsterdam- woo! no go little girl. but did do round and around.

Leather- ok. I did see her though the binoculars. Right at the beginning, people kept frigging screaming, and I saw Tori roll her eyes because she was trying to sing and people screamed. Way to go crowd.

Upside Down- YAY! One of my favorites. Very nice. She needs to stop forgetting her songs though. At first it was cute every once and a while. But now- it's making her look unprepaired.

Rattlesnakes- ok.

Winter- busted out with the hair is grey part

Beauty Queen/Horses- average

Flying Dutchman- damn! never heard that on before. great!

This Old Man- cute

Not the Red Baron- i knew she had soundchecked this. very nice. sang the "another pilot down" line with a bit of feeling.

Crucify- different tonight. people didn't scream after every line! gasp!

Yes Anastasia- i love you pete!!! i knew she had soundchecked this one too. fantastic. the people around me actually stayed quiet. this is my 2nd most fav Tori song (first is cornflake- i know i know). wonderful to hear!

Me & a Gun- i heard a baby cry during this. at least that's wha i thought it was. i think tori heard it too cause it seemed she went from spiteful to softer.

Landslide- wonderful. "i'm getting older too" she kinda paused and looked at us as to say she is. it was so sad and beautiful.

1st Encore:
Honey- woo! great song!

started hey jupiter. stopped cause of the purple thing her crew had put there to distract her. she made it sit on herhead for a second before she threw it!

Hey Jupiter- ok. i have heard jupiter at all but 2 of the shows i've ever been at. it's hard to hear so many times. but it was very pretty tonight.

2nd Encore:
Playboy Mommy- i couldn't see. the orange light was right in my eyes and i couldn't see her at all. then the dumb boy who came down and "jived" and snapped his fingers. grr.

Time- i wish it was imagine. but it was nice.

my friend eric had been requesting here in my head at every show he'd been at since 1998. so i don't know if a girl requested it on wed but I know he has been.

And Kevyn Aucoin was there again. He was there with some girl but I don't know who she was.

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Review by FrogNamedJethro

wow wow wow fucking wow, that was the most incredible show ever! i cant even desribe it, i think it was even better than nite 2. i almost pissed when dutchman came on and yes, anastasia. rite after rattlesnakes ended i literally said to myself winter, and then she started playing it, i freaked myself out...

if only this were the summer and i didnt have school it wouldve added to the effect, but lastnite was perfct

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Review by Sugar

yes, anastasia was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. the whole show was great, but that song... that one song alone made the whole night just that much more better. she started at the " thought I'd been through this in 1919" part, but before that she did a little intro with deep thunderous chords and said quickly "...the magpies..." and kept on playing. i knew right away from that that we were in for a treat.

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Review by agtOrange

For the most part, the people attending the after-show M&G were respectful. I met a few really nice people there... I didn't get everyone's name, but I do recall "Eileen" who promised me the cigarette, but I missed her when Tori left. Also a shout out to the girl from Westchester whom I saw afterwards at McDonald's --the food was really gross. But I got a kick from watching those senior citizens swearing and fighting at each other.

Tori was most gracious... she signed a picture I had taken with her the night before. She seemed surprised...especially when I gave her a photo I snapped of her father who appeared on 10/10 along with note to her on musical staff paper. She then realized who I was and asked how my music was going. We hugged and I told her to stay healthy and happy (she appeared really weak and distressed at the early M&G).

Now... the M&G went really well until the last minute (as it typically is...) To the asshole who threw glitter all over Tori's head... you're a REAL dumbass. Acts like that catch people off guard and any sense of security (especially under the current circumstances in NYC) is threathened. Also... someone threw a bag of chips or something at Tori and Joel. Why the fuck do you go see Tori in concert and leave by doing something like that?! I don't understand. Please explain this to me.

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Review by dove95

Rufus Wainwright: opening act
Of all the opening acts that I've seen of Tori's, this one is one who I wouldn't mind seeing again. His 45-minute set was entertaining and he played with passion. His most interesting story was about how he thought he was more of French singer since the Moulin Rouge soundtrack (he has one song on the album) has sold more than any of his own albums. He's multi-talented too! He can play piano AND guitar!

Tori Amos was wearing an outfit similar to that she wore on Letterman. It was a deep purple lacy shirt over this long dress. I couldn't see her shoes since her dress was that long!

She opened her set with "'97 Bonnie and Clyde." I thought it was interesting that she sang it from behind this black curtain with wave-shaped cut outs at the top, in which different colored rays of light shone through. I interpreted this as Amos taking the role as the drowned wife at the bottom of the lake.

Also, in her performance of "Rattlesnakes," I finally see a female interpretation. It hit me in the same way that "Me and a Gun" does, especially with her repeating the line, "Said a girl needs a gun these days" and how it flowed to "on account of those rattlesnakes." It just made me think of the whole metaphor in how rattlesnakes can stand for the genitalia of men, which is basically their essence.

I was surprised to hear one of my favorite songs, "Yes, Anastasia," performed. It's such a climactic song on Under the Pink, in which I was just wondering how Amos was going to pull it off without an orchestra behind her. Her vocal arrangements around her piano were brilliant!

I was also impressed with Amos' performances of "Me and a Gun" and "Playboy Mommy." These are probably her most personal songs and her strength to play these songs for her fans just astounds me.

Other interesting tidbits about the show:
She had this flag patterned organ on stage and said that she found in the "back, back, back, back room in a house on the West coast" that she decided to rescue and bring with her to Cornwall. She then stated that, "She said to me, 'we're going to play some of the older songs.'" On this organ, she played "Crucify" and "Playboy Mommy."

During her second encore, she stopped in the beginning of "Hey Jupiter," to pick up this purple stuffed animal and said, "My crew put this thing here. It's been sitting here all night, just distracting me." She then picks it up, plays with it, and says in a mommy type voice, "I'm a little purple thingie sitting here ALL night just to distract Tori," then she tosses it aside and goes back to "Hey Jupiter."

I've seen Amos three times and I've had to say that this is probably her best performance. The fact that she's been in this industry for ten years and the fact that she's still passionate with her music and audience amazes me. The flashing photography was rude and obnoxious, but Amos seemed to handle it all with grace and passion.

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Review by radhika

The show was great and I loved the setlist BUT

To the skanky hoes sitting in seats LOGE Row C 110-111 a big FUCK YOU. They talked the entire time and I ended up sitting in the fucking ISLE to get away from them. Bogdi asked them nicely to please be quieter and they were just so NASTY to her. Then during the whole show they tried their hardest to be loud just to piss her off during songs and stuff.

Part of their response was "this is a concert." NO FUCKING KIDDING. And I didn't pay 40 bucks to listen to YOU...I'd like to hear Tori. Why would you waste 80 bucks on 2 seats just so you can chat? Go chat at home.

They didn't ruin the show for me, I woudn't let that happen. But I would have liked to have sat in my seat rather than in the isle.

The setlist kicked ass....landslide gave me chills.

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Review by bloodroses25

my first tori show was the last show at beacon theater, and it was incredible. my friend and i had orginally had upper balcony tickets, but miraculously we got SECOND ROW seats .....it felt like we were dreaming. i couldn't believe how close we were... and tori was amazing, esp with crucify, winter, and covering "landslide" now that ive been to one tori show, i NEED to go to more!!!!!!!!!!

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