Kristin WolgemuthDresden Dolls at the Corner
September 18th 2006 15:48
This isn't strictly a poetry related post, but there isn't much that isn't poetic about the Dresden Dolls. I am now a convert after seeing them last night live at Richmond's Corner Hotel.
Shaved eyebrows, face paint, stripey socks, emo outfits & wigs abounded, with a crowd of hundreds packed in to adulate & adore Amanda Palmer & Brian Viglione.
Amanda Palmer wore a DEATH TO THE PIXIES t-shirt, which I thought might have gone over the heads of teenagers cramming the front rows, but the predominantly young crowd proved they knew their stuff.
The band relished performing a cover of War Pigs, while the final encore consisted of a many-throated rendition of Bon Jovi's karaoke favourite, Livin on a Prayer, (Brian on vox & guitar, Amanda on drums) complete with humourous asides from James Webley (resident crowd-warmer) who also performed A is for Aardvark to an audience not so far removed from their Sesame Street days.
Despite technical glitches galore, after Palmer muffed her first song five seconds in & had to start again, the jet-lagged duo put in an energetic set filled with theatrics & instrument switches. The "rented keyboard" pissed them off so much that they reverted to vox & guitar German Caberet halfway through, before hashing out the second album hits in the dramatic finale.
The stand-out feature of the gig was Palmer's crunching, heartfelt lyrics, even if rhyme was overdone. Her devoted fans hung on each verse, lip-synching their way through the entire ride.
If Amanda Palmer ever decides to ditch the Rock scene for spoken word, she'd be a sensation. Be sure to catch their next tour, which going by the sold-out shows on this foray, will be in the near future.
Shaved eyebrows, face paint, stripey socks, emo outfits & wigs abounded, with a crowd of hundreds packed in to adulate & adore Amanda Palmer & Brian Viglione.
Amanda Palmer wore a DEATH TO THE PIXIES t-shirt, which I thought might have gone over the heads of teenagers cramming the front rows, but the predominantly young crowd proved they knew their stuff.
The band relished performing a cover of War Pigs, while the final encore consisted of a many-throated rendition of Bon Jovi's karaoke favourite, Livin on a Prayer, (Brian on vox & guitar, Amanda on drums) complete with humourous asides from James Webley (resident crowd-warmer) who also performed A is for Aardvark to an audience not so far removed from their Sesame Street days.
Despite technical glitches galore, after Palmer muffed her first song five seconds in & had to start again, the jet-lagged duo put in an energetic set filled with theatrics & instrument switches. The "rented keyboard" pissed them off so much that they reverted to vox & guitar German Caberet halfway through, before hashing out the second album hits in the dramatic finale.
The stand-out feature of the gig was Palmer's crunching, heartfelt lyrics, even if rhyme was overdone. Her devoted fans hung on each verse, lip-synching their way through the entire ride.
If Amanda Palmer ever decides to ditch the Rock scene for spoken word, she'd be a sensation. Be sure to catch their next tour, which going by the sold-out shows on this foray, will be in the near future.
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