Tori Amos - A Sorta Fairytale Live on Letterman 29 10 2002

[DuhEnlightenedOne]

i dislike is from jay leno

[Nangeala]

her records are the soundtrack of my youth, each one has its own period in my life. I will love her forever :)

[sleepypoodle]

I wonder if anyone has ever considered making a film about her extraordinary life and talent...Cate Blanchett would make an incredible Tori! They could be twins.

[sickofwaitingtables]

@sleepypoodle

Yes! Agreed!

[brainboob]

@sleepypoodle

um that wouldn't work, they're about the same age.

[sleepypoodle]

@brainboob Well Cate could play Tori for the last 15 years of her life quite convincingly.

[TheBeeraw]

She looks so much better here than as of late...like, her hair looks better curly than straight with the bangs, ya know?

[SilverLining333]

She does look a lot like Cate Blanchett here - I've noticed that she does in a lot of the photos during the Scarlet's Walk days....

[tathunen]

@SilverLining333 I've thought that before, too. I think their eyes and skin tone are quite similar.

[cynthyapepper]

I love her hair!!!! Oh my Gosh she looks soooo pretty :P!!!!!!

[starlesswinter]

Tori looks so much like Cate Blanchett here! And that's a good thing!

[CCarmen]

have you listened to the BBC interview where they suggest a movie be made of her life and she says "Can Cate Blanchett play me, please?!":) I thought it was lovely that she'd also acknowledge the resemblance:)

[koolaidnhemlock]

after over a decade, i've officially fallen in love with tori amos, for the second time.

[gnitleinad]

It doesn't look like the piano is miced up. Hmm I wonder why.

[labplanalp]

The bass is a bit heavy for this song...especially during the chorus.

[AmyGonzalez85]

yeah your right lab... its not flowing very well with the bass being played like that... too heavy for sure

[TalkingSkin]

Tori take me to the sky!

[04jhowarth]

She looks like a Goddess!

[missclareremembers]

She actually is one.

[anastasia1009]

she is so beautiful - I remember staying up that night watching :) and saw her in Montreal later on :)

[IrishRedRose]

lol finger slipped...I was saying, if you are trying to really keep to the rhythm. It's much easier to sing this if you slow the song down and just accompany it on piano, like she did on Isaac Mizrahi's show. (The "green hat" video.) She does sound tired too, here. "Girl" near the beginning is actually flat, and Tori's voice is usually really spot-on with pitch. But this one really just is hard to sing, much as I love it.

[IrishRedRose]

This is actually a very hard song to sing. Try it if you don't believe me. First, it hovers right around the natural break in Tori's voice, between her chest voice and her high soprano. "Bread" and "word" here fall on awkward notes for her range. The jump between the "I'm" and "SO sad" is a hard one to hit correctly if you're tired vocally. And the song somehow doesn't have any good places to breathe. You have to catch quickie breaths all throughout if you are trying to really keep to the

[mcumella]

When she sang the chorus the first time, she was lookin' and singin' right to ME. A sorta fairytale indeed!

[hershism]

I agree, awesome performance and Tori always gets the spotlight but, John Evans is laying down the law in the back!

[panayiotis131]

Watch Evans' tics at 3:21 an on while he delivers his amazing grooves ;)

[panayiotis131]

On second thought, one has to be a real ...nerd to take his eyes off Tori while she's on the forefront, hahahahaha!

[klined]

Underrated fat ass

[RSVibe]

she looks very Beekeepery in this performance :)

I love it <3

[ShawnaDarrah]

I know..I LOOOOVe her hair!

[ENeithneYA]

Mrs. Amos,I love you. :'D

[blademan1313]

I Love her! Great Performance!

[planetsound]

Best performance of this song to date. Lovely

[Irideika]

Funny how tastes can differ, planetsound: I actually find it's the least captivating version of this song I have heard to date. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad performance, I just find it was somewhat flat.

[planetsound]

hehe, nothing wrong with that. The Tori fan base is often divided ;)

What I like about this performance is that she hadn't developed certain habits picked up later in the tour. The piano is more basic, the extra percussion isn't there (I think it's better without). Even the vocals are slightly different. I think it works great stripped down like this.

Although the first performance with the band, it remains my favourite.

[achvoy]

It's the bass guitar that ruined it. And ruined her concentration too.

[SNP31]

I agree!! But im struggling to find the version without it!! :(

[mooncar]

i dont think so!!!

its a great great bass pattern!!! esta chingon, no mames!

i love her!

[chjolera]

she looks awesome!

[saltywounds]

she's so ethereal. that hair. those clothes <3 <3

[robertschrader]

God so hard to believe that was FIVE years ago. I remember "WTF"ing in front of the TV like it was yesterday.