Tori Amos enters as Pip and sings "Cruel"

[priessjeff]

gotta love vim water

[SupernalOne]

like how she gets into character (and the audience into the mood) by presenting her behind to the audience - she's saying that she is both giving & receiving cruelty, maybe?

[SupernalOne]

The gods of antiquity were aspects of human personality: wisdom, aggression, authority, desire, justice, rapture, nurture, intellect, compassion -- the goddesses had their own range of qualities. The fact that Tori embraces these archetypes (which per Jung are to be found in everyone's psyche) and uses them to speak her own heart, both personal-confessional and on behalf of others less fortunate, is an admirable approach to artistry, the more so because she is completely sincere about doing so

[PlatypuSPawn]

JChrist where is the rest of this its hot!!!!

[sickofwaitingtables]

I hate the stupid "Doll Posse". Completely ruined this normally great Tori song for me.

[ifemerz]

I can't find Tori here....when she used to play music she now shows her ass!

[vuckov97]

vuckov97

[NotAPrettyGirl85]

I just noticed the Vitamin Water lol

[brightpinkstatic]

Why can't she just be Pip forever?!

[LunaSeaSane]

Tori Bowie.

[davidvonbarany]

yes, she has a Ziggy influence :D

especially as she was almost only on vocals on the first part of that show

but not too much

she invented that song in the shower on her body fat... (I quoted it from an interview...)

[LunaSeaSane]

And Pippy plays...

PI-A-HANNNS!!!

I like what this dynamic stands for; she's celebrating several sides to a woman, as opposed to playing favorites with any of them.

That does makes sense. Same with men, by the way.

[ENeithneYA]

It rocks.TORI ROCKS!

[GDGspire]

HOT. Jesus. Ha.

[XshattereddreeamsX]

random: I spy vitamin water haha

[VolkColopatrion]

i must now drink vitamin water.

[XshattereddreeamsX]

ahah in the audio version of this shes does this huge rant and is all like: I WANNA RIP YOUR COCK OFF! xD

amazing

[Heymonkey81]

what is the point of the characters?

[goaskalice462]

The point of Pip, Isabel, Clyde, and Santa is that they are extensions of Tori. She based them upon the archetypes of certain goddesses. Tori (as herself) identifies w/ Demeter. She is expressing parts of herself thru these women and I think it's fantastic. Not to sound stuck up, but you kinda gotta be an artist of some kind to get the whole "reinventing myself thru extensions/archetypes/characte­rs" kinda thing.

[VolkColopatrion]

not to mention the character fits the dark and grit of this song.

[elphinimp]

Ahhh I'm so jealous you got Pip!

[RMormon]

Isn't that the dress she wore on the Raspberry Swirl/Cruel CD single??

[bumbeez]

Nope

[fetusdick]

i love pips sexy new black outfit i saw pip perform cruel in perth australia in september and she had a purple outfit i wish i had been at this show would have loved to have seen the me and a gun performance that was intense

[mobbyplay]

I love when Pip performs Cruel. Sexy, my Tori can do