to venus and back solo tour
Oakdale Theater, CT
Jingle Bell Jam
December 2, 1999

My original concert review:

This was my first solo Tori concert I've been to so I was so excited.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" = I found this one to be an incredibly powerful opener. In the middle, she sang something that reminded me a lot of the gorgeous little song we all know as "Graveyard."

"Bliss" = Yummy. It is so very emotional solo. Wow!

"Thank You" = She talked about wanting to marry Robert Plant before this one. So beautiful.

"Mary" = I totally wasn't expecting this one. I've always loved this girl. Amazing.

"Take To the Sky" = For some reason, I thought she'd open with this one. I had a feeling she'd play it. We clapped along with her hitting the piano.

"Concertina" = Double yummies! A great performance of such a wonderful song.

"Frog On My Toe" = I was so excited when I found out she was going to play this one. During the meet and greet before the show, someone had socks on that had frogs on the toes, so they asked Tori is she could play this song for her, so I was expecting it. It was really quite good.

"Honey" = So cute! One of my favoritest bee sides.

"Spring Haze" = Excellent.

"Little Drummer Boy/Hey Jupiter" = Okay, we're gonna talk about this one. I had been telling everyone before the show how I've never ever seen my favoritest song live before, which is "hey Jupiter." They were telling me that they've seen all their favorites and stuff. When she played the first notes, I almost died. Everyone was so happy for me. But, she started singing "Little Drummer Boy" after a while. In that song, she substituted "queen" in for "king" (or maybe I was just too excited, always possible). Then, she started singing high and it sounded so much like "hey Jupiter" and I knew it was it! I was in awe as she sang "no one's picking up the phone...." A gorgeous performance! I finally saw it live!

"Yes, Anastasia" = Talk about not expecting a song, this was such a shock. Soooo good!

"Juarez" = Well, I was so hoping for this one. It was so amazing how she just banged at the piano. Such a heart wrenching song and a truly mesmerizing version. I love this song!

Encore:
"Landslide" = I saw this one during secretime during the July 28, 1998 Madison Square Garden Show. It was just as amazing then as it was last night. She does it so fucking beautifully.

"Black Swan" = A wonderful closing! A shock and a wonder!

I don't know exactly when these following things happened, but I thought I'd mention them: Before one song, she talk about being a guy of a hairpie eater and then she told us that if we're ever in cornwall, england and make really good sphagetti (I can't spell), we should stop by. Then she said her husband would spank her for that later. It was so cute! I might have only been to four Tori shows so far, but this was the best one I've been to! A truly amazing night!