Tori Amos

It’s been very interesting to see how the dolls have played out onstage. The only show I’ve seen on this tour was opened by Clyde, but I’ve read a lot of accounts of the other dolls and their live personas. Here’s my take on them:

“Santa” - Besides Tori, she seems to be the most animated of the bunch. She wears the blonde pageboy wig and typically comes out dressed to kill — leopard print tights and black high heels are a necessary part of her wardrobe. She also enjoys the libations — she poured the band martinis during a performance of “Bug a Martini” and whipped up some margaritas in Dallas. Her favorite songs to perform are “Raspeberry Swirl” and “She’s Your Cocaine.”

“Pip” - This is the gal who struts out in black leather pants and like Santa, enjoys straddling the piano benches with a definitive ferocity. She sports a shaggy black wig and loves to insert obscenities in some of the more popular songs like “Cruel” and famously performed “Me and a Gun” with some scary props in Chicago. Pip definitely brings out the dark side in all of us, especially when she sings “Smokey Joe,” and “Fat Slut.”

“Isabel”- From what I’ve seen so far, Isabel has a stiff posture and enjoys puffing on a cigarette at the opening of the show. She’s prone to wearing printed wrap dresses and a blonde wig that closely frames her face. A lot of fans think she comes off as unusually cold and can’t seem to relate to her segment of the shows. She likes performing political-themed songs like “Yo George,” “Sweet Dreams,” and tunes from “Scarlet’s Walk.”

“Clyde”- This doll wears a long, straight brown wig that falls over her eyes, further enforcing her demure demeanor. She typically opens the show with “Bouncing Off Clouds” and has a completely different posture at the piano than Tori. She crosses her legs and keeps her head down shyly while performing songs such as “Juarez,” “Rattlesnakes,” and “Little Earthquakes.”

That’s my take on the dolls’ live personas. I wish I could have seen the others in action! Is there anything I missed in my analysis? Let me know in the comments section!

Much to many people’s surprise, “Santa” opened the show in Dallas on Nov. 24. She had opened the last show in Florida prior to heading to Texas, so many fans were expecting another doll that night. Instead, “Santa” strutted out in a “Tori-style” Dallas Cowboys cheerleader uniform complete with matching pom poms! Her show included the set debut of “Sweet the Sting” (complete with margaritas) and she highlights included “Beulah Land” and “Jackie’s Strength” during T& Bo. Most people who have witnessed “Santa” in action know that it’s almost mandatory to get up and dance during some of the more upbeat and sassy numbers like “Raspberry Swirl,” but apparently there were some attendees who took the stodgy route and refused to stand during the concert. Well.

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I can’t wait to see which dolls will grace Houston and San Antonio. We all know Tori’s take on President Bush, and she’s playing three shows in his home state. There’s sure to be a variety of politically-charged numbers in each setlist. I’m betting Clyde for San Antonio, and Pip or Isabel for Houston. We soon shall see! Here’s the complete setlist for the Dallas show:

Act I – Santa
Body and Soul
She’s Your Cocaine
Sweet The Sting
Sugar
Secret Spell
Raspberry Swirl

Interlude
Professional Widow

Act II – Tori
Big Wheel
Father Lucifer
Tear In Your Hand
Cornflake Girl
Lust
Liquid Diamonds

T & Bo
improv
Jackie’s Strength
Beulah Land

Band Returns
Horses
Bliss
Code Red

First Encore
Precious Things
Digital Ghost

Second Encore
Bouncing Off Clouds

“Santa” opened up the West Palm Beach show on Nov. 21. As usual, she produced an exciting opening act with “Body and Soul” and “She’s Your Cocaine,” and preceded the costume change portion with the sexy “Raspberry Swirl.” Highlights of the show were tour debuts of “Amazing Grace,” “Gold Dust,” and “Josephine.” Tori’s parents were in the audience and she seemed to play a lot of songs geared towards them. Here’s the full setlist:

Act I (Santa)

Body and Soul
She’s Your Cocaine
Hoochie Woman
Secret Spell
You Can Bring Your Dog
Raspberry Swirl
Costume Change

Act II (Tori)

Big Wheel
Space Dog
Hotel
“to Mary and Don’s house we go” improv
Cornflake Girl
Spring Haze
Solo

Amazing Grace
Gold Dust
Band Returns

Josephine
Sugar
Code Red

First Encore
Precious Things
Bouncing Off Clouds

Second Encore
Digital Ghost

I just checked out Tori’s schedule for the next few days and she is on the move. After spending several days touring through Florida and spending time with her family at her home there, Tori will be hopping back on the bus and heading to Texas. She’ll be in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio on Nov. 24, 25 and 26. Amazing.

Don’t forget — if you want to submit a video for the “Bouncing Off Clouds” video contest you have to have it in by Nov. 24. Good luck everyone!

I’ve been thinking about how all the dolls have presented themselves on stage throughout the tour. I’m going to look over all the reviews I’ve posted and work on a post about their demeanor and how it compares to the descriptions we were given of the dolls when the album was first released. If you have any insight you’d like to include please let me know!

“Pip” showed up at the Nov. 20 show in Clearwater and treated the crowd to a live version of “Professional Widow,” - - not just the remixed version that plays during the costume changes. Highlights of the show included “Horses,” “Carbon,” and the tour debut of “Martha’s Foolish Ginger.” See the full setlist on Undented.

Charlotte Creative Loafing included a review by Jeff Hahne (and some great photos) of the Nov. 13 show in Charlotte on their music blog.

Wow. Naples Daily News reviewer Victoria Macchi calls “Isabel” a “tough musical pill to swallow.” Read her review of the Ft. Myers show here.

Florida Today previewed the Melbourne show with an article on Nov. 18. It’s an interesting read, and includes an interview with Tori and an overview of the musical progression of her albums throughout the years. Read closely, you’ll notice the reporter fails to mention “From the Choirgirl Hotel” and “To Venus and Back” in the progression!

Leslie Gray Streeter interviewed Tori for the Palm Post News before the Nov. 21 West Palm Beach show. It includes an inside look on what Tori enjoys about owning a home in Florida.

I find it interesting that so many reviewers don’t care for “Isabel’s” onstage persona. She’s the only one that seems to come across as extremely cold, and many audience members see her songs off the ADP album as coming of as flat live. I wish I could have experienced it in person so I could form my own opinion. Anyone else who’s seen “Isabel” want to chime in on this?

The ADP tour has included several stops in Florida, where Tori owns a home. Appropriately, "Pip" opened the Nov. 16 show in Orlando, Fla. Following her usual pattern, she opened with an expletive-filled version of "Cruel" and surprised the audience with the tour debut of "Heart of Gold." "Pip" and Tori played a lot of songs from ADP and UTP, which the crowd enjoyed very much. Other highlights included "A Case of You" and "Toast" during the T & Bo section. Here's the full setlist:

Act I – Pip

Cruel
Heart of Gold
Fat Slut
Smokey Joe
Teenage Hustling
The Waitress
Interlude

Professional Widow
Act II – Tori

Big Wheel
Space Dog
Bouncing Off Clouds
Cornflake Girl
Doughnut Song
Caught A Lite Sneeze

T & Bo

A Case of You
Toast
Band Returns

Past the Mission
God
Code Red

First Encore

Precious Things
Not David Bowie
Second Encore

Hey Jupiter

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“Clyde” opened the Nov. 18 show in Melbourne. Highlights included “Upside Down” and several numbers from the “Boys for Pele” album. Here’s the full setlist:

Act I – Clyde

Bouncing Off Clouds
Little Earthquakes
Juarez
Upside Down
Beauty Of Speed
Little Amsterdam
Interlude

Professional Widow
Act II – Tori

Big Wheel
Father Lucifer
Digital Ghost
“pass the chicken” improv
Cornflake Girl
“you’re a diamond” improv
Liquid Diamonds
Honey

T & Bo

Marianne
“shining” improv/Twinkle
Band Returns

The Beekeeper
Taxi Ride
Code Red

First Encore

Precious Things
Tear In Your Hand
Second Encore

Hey Jupiter

This show will be available for download through Legs and Boots.

Tori’s definitely going to need a long, well-deserved break after this tour!

“Isabel” opened the Nov. 17 show in Ft. Myers, Fla. The setlist included the second tour performance of “Mountain,” which I’m sure fans appreciated, as well as a number of song’s from “Scarlet’s Walk.” I thought it was interesting that during “Isabel’s” set, she only played one song off “ADP,” which was opener “Yo George.” The rest of her set included some politically charged numbers like “Sweet Dreams,” but “Isabel” must not have been feeling like playing some of the recent numbers like “Dark Side of the Sun.” Very interesting indeed. Here’s the full setlist:

Act I – Isabel
Yo George
Mountain
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Sangria
In the Springtime of his Voodoo
Tombigbee
Scarlet’s Walk

Interlude
Professional Widow

Act II – Tori
Big Wheel
Pancake
Tear In Your Hand
Cornflake Girl
Amber Waves
Glory of the 80s

T & Bö
Seaside
Silent All These Years

Band Returns
Suede
Black Dove (January)
Code Red

First Encore
Precious Things
A sorta fairytale

Second Encore
Bouncing Off Clouds
Hey Jupiter

In other news related to the Ft. Myers show, this article, written by Charles Runnells of the Southwestern Florida newspaper News-Press, previews the Nov. 17 show in Ft. Myers. It is a must-read, as it includes an interview the reporter had with Tori back before the Buffalo show back in October. Among the revelations in the article: some of the Australian fans didn’t realize the person opening Tori’s show was Tori herself dressed up as one of the Doll Posse (huh??), and the chorus to “Big Wheel” came to her “in a dream.”

Today, the same reporter published his review of the show on the newspaper’s website. While not a big fan of opener, Isabel, whom he thought was a little on the boring side, he happily writes that Tori came out and “rocked the house.” Read full review here.

More instant Tori-fication for you. I know you’ve all been dying to see a YouTube clip of Tori’s famous rant at the security in Charlotte. I know I have, and I was there in person! Well here it is for ya:

If you didn’t think she was a rock goddess before, now you know for sure! I was also very pleased to see several other YouTube clips from the show on Undented’s Charlotte show page. Head over there and check them out when you get a chance.

Following her victorious performance in North Carolina, “Santa” brought down the house in Atlanta the following night on Nov. 14. Highlights included the tour debut of “Carnival,” “Beulah Land” and “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” AccessAtlanta has posted a slideshow of “Santa” on their webpage. Guess the photographer must have left before the second act.

Here’s the full setlist:

Act I – Santa

Body and Soul
She’s Your Cocaine
Hoochie Woman
Carnival
Secret Spell
Raspberry Swirl
Interlude

Professional Widow
Act II – Tori

Big Wheel
Sugar
The Power of Orange Knickers
Cornflake Girl
Bells for Her
Take to the Sky

T & Bö
Beulah Land
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Band Returns

Northern Lad
Hotel
Code Red

First Encore
Precious Things
Digital Ghost

Second Encore
Bouncing off Clouds

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I’ve still got a nice little “Tori” hangover from last night’s show. It was well worth it though! Heading over to the concert at Ovens Auditorium, I told my husband I had one wish. I wanted “Clyde” to be the one opening the show, because I love her contributions to the ADP album the most.

I got my wish! When I heard the opening chords of “Bouncing Off Clouds” at the beginning of the show, I seriously almost cried. It only got better from there. Tori and “Clyde” played the setlist of dreams. The only song I really didn’t care to hear was “Cornflake Girl,” and jaded as it sounds, I think it’s because I’ve heard it performed live too many times. I know, poor me, right? Tori’s vocals and piano playing were absolutely flawless. You never would have guessed she played a full show the night before in Nashville. I love the lighting on this tour, especially the backdrop that looks like it’s covered in twinkling stars.

There was a bit of a snafus after Tori came out started playing “Big Wheel.” I think some of the security members were trying to keep audience members in the front row from dancing out of their seats. There must have been some unecessary manhandling going on, because first Tori yelled for her bodyguard in the middle of the song. Then she stopped playing, marched over to the edge of the stage, and declared “Get the f**k out of my show!”

She went on to explain to the crowd that she told everyone on the bus that North Carolinians “know how to dance” and that “this is NOT school. “This is not Washington.” Bottom line, she wanted the audience to get up and dance. I will add that most of the security and staff working the venue looked like retirees, so I guess that age group didn’t have much love for dancing Tori fans. The Christian rock group that was performing at the arena next door probably didn’t either!

Tori played several different songs that I’ve never heard live but always wanted to, such as the b-side “Mountain,” “Virginia,” “Marianne,” and “Famous Blue Raincoat.” I couldn’t have been happier. The only thing I didn’t get to hear was “Digital Ghost,” but other than that, I have absolutely no complaints. Oh, besides the fact that this show will not be available on “Legs and Boots.” We have all been robbed of a historical performance!

Set List:

Act I – Clyde
Bouncing off Clouds
Little Earthquakes
Juárez
Rattlesnakes
Beauty of Speed
Roosterspur Bridge

Interlude
Professional Widow

Act I – Tori
Big Wheel
Crucify
Mountain
Cornflake Girl
Carolina On My Mind (solo)
Your Cloud
Siren

T & Bö
Marianne
Famous Blue Raincoat

Band Returns
Virginia
A Sorta Fairytale
Code Red

First Encore
Precious Things
Tear in your Hand

Second Encore
Hey Jupiter (Dakota Version)

“Isabel” opened last night’s show at the Andrew Jackson Hall at TPC in Nashville. She debuted “The Power of Orange Knickers” with the band and other highlights included “Putting the Damage On” and “Cooling.” Here’s the full setlist:

Act I – Isabel

Yo George
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Sangria
In the Springtime of His Voodoo
Almost Rosey
Tombigbee
Scarlet’s Walk
Interlude

Professional Widow
Act II – Tori

Big Wheel
Concertina
The Power of Orange Knickers
Cornflake Girl
Putting the Damage On
Glory of the 80s
T & Bo

Dixieland improv
Cooling
Cool On Your Island
Band Returns

1000 Oceans
Hotel
Code Red
First Encore

Precious Things
A Sorta Fairytale

Second Encore
Bouncing Off Clouds

Get out your reading glasses! Matt Mazur interviewed Tori recently for a two-part series in Pop Matters. He chats with Tori in the first part, and completes the piece with an essay on how Tori portrays each posse member in concert. Fascinating reading! This is also an iinteresting 451 Press post on themed music collections, such as ADP.

And right now, I am so excited I’m about to jump out of my skin. I’ll be heading over to Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte this evening to see Tori! It just now hit me that she’ll be taking the stage in a matter of hours. Part of me wishes I had been able to get the time to buy the VIP packages and experience all the madness and thrills, but I’ve got to work around the schedules of my two kiddos. I’ll give you a full report tomorrow!

Only two more days until the Charlotte show! I am getting so excited reading the setlists for this tour and cannot pinpoint which doll will show up on Tuesday. I’m really hoping for Clyde but she just hit Kansas on Nov. 9th so now I’m not so sure. I’m sure it’ll be an emotional show either way. She always pulls out all the stops in North Carolina!

Here’s a round-up of recent newspaper reviews and concert details:

The Cleveland Free Times published a review of the Nov. 1 performance at the State Theatre. “Pip” opened that show and reviewer Anastasia Pantsios seemed well-versed in Tori’s catalog of songs old and new.

Greg Kot with the Chicago Tribune posted a review of the Nov. 5th show at the Auditorium Theatre. I particularly loved this line:

“As usual at an Amos concert, it was a bad night for patriarchy in all its forms.”

Read the full review here.

“Isabel” graced the Northup Auditorium in Minneapolis with her presence on Nov. 7. Highlights of the show were “Graveyard” and “Code Red,” but many fans were disappointed that Tori didn’t really speak to the audience during the show, and some reported that she seemed annoyed and bored while playing “Cornflake Girl.”

“Clyde” landed in Lawrence, Kansas at the Nov. 9th show and played “Beauty of Speed,” “Girl Disappearing,” “Juarez,” and the tour debut of “Frog on MyToe.” See the full setlist here.

“Santa” hit Omaha, Nebraska on Nov. 10th and charmed the audience with “Raspberry Swirl,” “She’s Your Cocaine,” and the tour debut of “Bug A Martini” (complete with martinis for the entire band!) and “Peeping Tommi.” See the full setlist here.

Jimmy posted some awesome photos and accounts of his VIP experiences and meetings with Tori over on his blog. Go check them out when you get a chance!

I enjoyed reading a short interview with Tori in this morning’s entertainment section of The Charlotte Observer. Being born in North Carolina, I always feel she brings a special blend of nostalgia to all her shows here. Next week will be a show-stopping week for music lovers here in Charlotte. Tori will be pulling into town on Nov. 13 and then the Police will be playing at the Bobcat’s Arena a few days later. Wow!

I’ll do a round-up of all the tour news and reviews for tomorrow, but for now read the interview below to learn more about her special relationship with her grandparents and how she’s dealing with Tash’s new favorite t.v. show, “Charmed.”

5 Questions For Tori Amos
By Courtney Devores

The Newton-born singer-songwriter-pianist brings her “American Doll Posse” tour to Ovens Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tuesday. She’ll perform both straight-up and as one of the “Doll Posse” characters she created for her current album.

How much time did you spend in the Carolinas as a kid?

Every Christmas, Easter, and three months in the summer. My grandfather, who was of Eastern Cherokee descent, would smoke a pipe and sit on the porch in Newton and tell stories based on town gossip. He was one of these weavers of a tale. If he hadn’t done that, I might have been a musician, but I don’t know if I would have been a songwriter.

Do you still have family here?

My cousins are there, and they all come to see me. My brother moved there. He unfortunately died a couple of years ago in a car accident. He felt the need to go back to the Carolinas. It was something spiritual. He had incredible memories of my grandparents.

What do you remember and miss most about the Carolinas?

Everybody sitting down for a meal, Nanny getting up every morning at 5 to make biscuits homemade, and then she would make lunch and all my cousins would show up. This is when they lived in Newton, and the mills were rolling. … There’s an ingenuous nurturing spirit that I associate with North Carolina.

I read your 7-year-old daughter Tash is a big fan of the TV show “Charmed.” Are you concerned about the images she sees on TV?

Of course. (But) I find if you make a big deal of something, people just dig their heels in the dirt. … There are some things that are natural and normal, and if you treat it as if it’s not, you have a kid that’s trying to prove a point. Tash can make her own judgment. I trust her.

What could she do that would shock you?

If she decided to become a right-wing Christian, it would shock Mom. Tash goes to a private school and all private schools in England (where Amos lives, with husband Mark Hawley) are funded by the Anglican church. They’re forced to go to church at school. Tash has decided she has no interest in devoting her life to the church.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the way advances in technology have impacted concert tours these days. For example, back when I first starting attending Tori’s shows back in 1998, I would regularly check the now defunct website, The Dent. Michael Whiteside (or Mikewhy, as he was known by many) attended a lot of shows and immediately posted the setlists, and if he didn’t, he had a few other loyal fans who would use their cell phones to call in the setlists. This was before the popularity of blogs that were updated regularly as well. I loved checking to see which songs were played during each show in anticipation for shows I was preparing to attend.

Now, thanks to digital cameras and phones, a whole new dimension has been added to the experience. For example, as I was reading yesterday about the unique “Me and a Gun” performance “Pip” put on in Chicago, I was thinking to myself, “Man, I wish that were on YouTube.”

Well, ask and you shall receive. As I was getting my daily dose of Perez Hilton yesterday afternoon, I realized the video had made it to YouTube. Of course, that meant I had to come back and update this blog with the clip too! There’s even a site on this network, YouTube Digger, that posts the daily hot video clips, including those of concert footage. And we can instantly download bootleg recordings of the “American Doll Posse” shows at Legs and Boots, instead of having to wait for some questionable quality mp3s to turn up online.

I have to say that I have no problem with this instant Tori-fication. I’m too much of a fan on to appreciate the wondrous information sharing technology allows us to do!

“Pip” came out to play at last night’s second Chicago show at The Vic, and from what I’ve read so far, she literally took no prisoners. Men in the audience (especially those in the front row) feared for their lives. The show opened with an intense version of “Cruel,” during which “Pip” inserted the line, “I’ll rip your c**k off.”

If that wasn’t terrifying enough, the first act it ended with a version of “Me and a Gun” unlike any audience members had ever heard before. First the first time ever live, the band accompanied “Pip” during the song, and there were props involved. Scary, scary props. As she sang, “Pip” took out a large butcher knife and rubbed it back and forth across her leather pants. Towards the end of the song she pulled out a gun, and pointed it at her head before aiming it at the audience. Unlike the Nov. 5 Chicago show, last night had two encores. This concert will be available for download at Legs and Boots.

Here’s the complete setlist:

Act 1 - Pip
Cruel
Bliss
Teenage Hustling
Fat Slut
Smokey Joe
The Waitress
Me And A Gun

Interlude
Professional Widow

Act II – Tori
Big Wheel
Sugar
Almost Rosey
Cornflake Girl
Liquid Diamonds
Caught A Lite Sneeze

Winter
“i can’t f**k this up” improv
Happy Phantom

Band Returns
Digital Ghost
Hotel
Code Red

First Encore
Precious Things
Bouncing Off Clouds

Second Encore
Hey Jupiter

Check out a recent interview with Tori on “Pink is the New Blog.” You can listen to an audio version of the forty-minute interview and see the photos Tori graciously took with the interviewers afterwards.

Tori is scheduled to perform on Chicago radio station WXRT 93.1 FM at 10:30 a.m. this morning. Even if you’re not in Chicago you can go to the website to tune in live.

“Santa” is a popular lady these days. She opened the first of two shows last night in Chicago at the Auditorium Theatre. Highlights of the show included “She’s Your Cocaine,” “Your Cloud,” and the debut of “Raspberry Swirl,” which the crowd greatly appreciated. She included one of her famous improves that paid homage to Hillary Clinton. Fans were a little disappointed that the show ended after only one encore, but one fan on Undented mentioned that they think the auditorium has a strict time limit of ending all shows on “school nights” promptly at 10:30 p.m. So either the curfew, or the fact that she flubbed up “Hotel,” were deciding factors on ending the show early. Here’s the rest of the setlist. Can’t wait to see what she plays at tonight’s second Chicago show!

Body & Soul
She’s Your Cocaine
“love Chicago” improv
Dragon
Secret Spell
You Can Bring Your Dog
Raspberry Swirl

Costume Change
Act II (Tori)
Big Wheel
Concertina
Tear In Your Hand
Cornflake Girl
Your Cloud
Take To The Sky

Solo
“everyone knows the trouble I’ve seen” improv (on Hammond)
China
Cooling (“Brambles” bridge)

Band Returns
1000 Oceans
Hotel (flubbed)
Code Red

Encore
Precious Things
Hey Jupiter

I recently came across an interesting interview with Tori that was featured on Blender.com back in October. Tori talks a little about how she developed the concept for the American Doll Posse album. The video is very well-edited, with footage from shows and the ADP photo shoot interspersed with her interview.

What a busy bunch the APG Gals have been lately! First, an announcement from Tori’s management:

If you’re planning to attend the Chicago shows on Nov. 5th or 6th, don’t plan on waiting around for a Meet n’ Greet unless you have Platinum VIP tickets. Management has alerted fans that Tori is already booked solid while in Chicago. Thanks for the heads up guys!

And now, a review and tour round-up:

Chris Azzopardi conducted a fantastic interview for the Oct. 25 issue of Between the Lines, a weekly GLBT publication in Michigan. Read the article to find how how Tori answered Tash’s question about “What’s a homo?” and where Tori first came across the MILF term.

Isabel opened the Nov. 2 show in Indianapolis. Old favorites such as “In the Springtime of His VooDoo,” “Professional Widow,” “Bells For Her,” and “Mother” all found their way into the setlist.

Lilledeshan Bose wrote a preview article in the weekly publication MKE for the Nov. 3 Milwaukee show. I always love it when the reporter is obviously a fan, and knows Tori’s songs and background. The article announces that there is a live DVD of the ADP tour in the works so the gals will all be documented for posterity. Tori dropped a bomb at the end of the article — she won’t be doing another album for awhile following this tour. She’s been commissioned to write a musical for the British National Theater.

The writers at OnMilwaukee also posted their own review of the show, as did John Gilbertson with the Journal Sentinel.

Clyde opened the Nov. 3 show at the Riverside Theatre, and highlights of the show were “Strange,” “Carbon,” “Horses,” and “Father Lucifer.” Tori was a little rusty playing “Strange,” flubbed it up and then turned it into one of her famous improves that led into “Carbon.”