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Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under

post #1 of 11
1/8/11 at 8:37am
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January 21st. Is there anything more hilarious and awesome than an infinitely catchy lead single about 70s bush?

Answer: No. No there isn't.

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post #2 of 11
1/8/11 at 8:39am

Does she still do the Dresden Dolls piano thing? I haven't followed her solo shit at all.

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post #3 of 11
1/8/11 at 8:50am
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She still plays piano, and Who Killed Amanda Palmer's still very much in line with the Dresden Dolls' stuff, but the random stuff she's done after that album has been all over the damn place. I didn't even know about this till this past week, but she released an album of Radiohead covers all done on ukelele last year, for cripes sake.



 

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post #4 of 11
1/8/11 at 9:23am

I heard about that, but my disdain of ukuleles and the thought of Amanda Palmer's voice performing Radiohead songs kept me away. I wasn't a fan of the one cover I heard:

 

 

But the unique piano style and amazing drumming were pretty much the drawing point to The Dresden Dolls for me, and helped me tolerate her voice (though, admittedly, it's well suited for some of the songs) and lyrics.

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post #5 of 11
1/8/11 at 9:46am
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The Exit Music For A Film cover is fantastic up till time comes to belt "And now we are one in everlasting peace". I love distinctive, unorthodox voices much as the next guy, but...no.

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post #6 of 11
1/8/11 at 1:16pm

WHO KILLED AMANDA PALMER is a fantastic album, but it (purposefully) lacks the edge of the Dresden Dolls stuff. Well worth a listen, Palmer's also one of the few celebrities with a blog that is worth reading. 

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post #7 of 11
1/8/11 at 1:30pm
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Also, I'm the last guy who gives a fuck about celebrity couples, but it really does kinda put a smile on my face that she married Neil Gaiman.

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post #8 of 11
1/8/11 at 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post

Palmer's also one of the few celebrities with a blog that is worth reading. 



Hahahahahaha.  Wow, do I ever disagree with that. 

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post #9 of 11
1/8/11 at 6:45pm
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Also, I'm the last guy who gives a fuck about celebrity couples, but it really does kinda put a smile on my face that she married Neil Gaiman.



And how they got married was utterly charming and so very them.

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post #10 of 11
1/9/11 at 9:54am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Spike Marshall View Post

Palmer's also one of the few celebrities with a blog that is worth reading. 



Hahahahahaha.  Wow, do I ever disagree with that. 



Probably should have put an IMO there. 

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post #11 of 11
1/11/11 at 6:06pm

Yeah, I didn't mean to act like a dick.  It's just that I was coming in specifically to talk about how I hate the way Palmer markets herself and casts herself as an outsider undercover in a "Hollywood" type environment.  I don't buy it.


Also, I have some friends who work for the A.R.T in town and she said she was incredibly difficult to work with when she did Cabaret.

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