you for a while

All reviews for this series written by Kelli.

Montreal, Canada

Featured Doll: Isabel
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Wigs

C’est bon! It’s the first Izzy boot, and if you are anything like me, you find Izzy pretty cool. She does In The Springtime of his Voodoo, which I personally wanted over Tubular Bells in Perth, damn you, and it is freakin’ sweet. Tombigbee and Scarlet’s Walk are awesome; however, you don’t get the whole ‘you just lift your lamp’ reference, because well, duh, you’re not there. Izzy lifts a lamp, so that’s what peeps be cheerin’ ‘bout in that line.

The Montreal show also has the only Playboy Mommy available in the boots, so if you have a special connection to that song, it’s worth it for the song, which is executed perfectly. The star of this show is the ‘C’est bon’ improv. where Tori reveals that she got a tattoo in Bora Bora, and also reveals the truth about French speaking people (i.e. they make you do crazy things because they make feel hot. Rrraarrwww!) Baker Baker and Garlands are great. Seriously, Baker Baker is awesome, so much emotion when she says “I ran from him.”

Toronto, Canada

Featured Doll: Pip
Rating: 3.9 out of 5 Wigs

So Tori went to Degrassi-town, eh? This is the first time we learn that the young Pip has a slight case of Canadian tourettes. “Fucking, eh I said! Fuck!” We get some Space Dog (Andromeda intro)/ liquid diamonds (with a Matty’s beats improv.) / Glory of the 80’s action; it’s all lovely, like yoghurt. Tori fucks up during Cornflake Girl. Hey, we all have bad days when songs we’ve been playing every concert for 13 years elude us. ‘da da da da’ ‘Just a peel out T’s words.’ The improv. – “What do you do when your kid is smarter than you” is an absolute crackup! Seriously! I won’t tell you the end, but you may or may not need to put on an adult diaper before you hear it. And Toronto brings the loveliest of the lovely – Take Me With You flowing into Horses. Ahhh… so pretty!

Vancouver, Canada

Featured Doll: Santa
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Wigs

I love Canada. I’m going to move there and grow vegetables and throw oranges at passers by. When I’m senile and 80. 1) Santa, which as the kids in my tutoring class realised the other day, is an acronym for Satan. Is she evil? No. She is much like that jolly fat man who comes once a year, in that she always brings us a new present. Bug a Martini, anyone? 2) She’s your Cocaine and Raspberry Swirl. Mmm. 3) The ‘If it keeps on going’ improv. Tori wants to move to Canada too! But I don’t think she wants to throw oranges at passers by. Doughnut song! Yum! 4) Winter and Ruby Through the Looking Glass – with a new intro. Fun! 5) The Beekeeper. Yes, I have an unhealthy love of this song, so shoot me. 6) A Tori version of Bliss. Pip does it all the time, I hear you say. Pip is Tori! Tori is Pip! What’s the diff? Tori sings better as Tori. She concentrates her voice more, and she’s not all Cruelled out!

Filed under: Legs and Boots Review on January 3rd, 2008