DRESDEN DOLLS – Fight for your Right to Party (live)

The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, USA. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (lead vocals and piano; additional: keyboards) and Brian Viglione (drums and backing vocals). The two describe their style as "Brechtian punk cabaret", a phrase invented by Palmer because she was "terrified" that the press would…

THE DRESDEN DOLLS – Ultima Esperanza

From the album No, Virginia (2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9crwL7L6Eoc Downloading doves on your fancy computerYoure shooting for love in the darkHey jude youve found her now go instant messageHer name is a pretty good start Ultima sits in her bedroom in texas andWaits for her hamsters to touchShe lost her legs in a car crash three years…

THE DRESDEN DOLLS – Me & The Minibar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06bCrDPtgjg Bring two prix fixe dinners upI'll unwrap the plastic cupsIt's just us my loveIt's just us my love I will make the room up nicePut your insides all on iceIt was real true loveIt was real true love Close all the windowsPut signs on the handlesAnd strip down to my dun-dun-dunsYou have gone so…

The art of asking – Amanda Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMj_P_6H69g Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer. Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.

Ampersand – Amanda Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJOMSkn1Wwg I walk down my street at night The city lights are cold and violent I am comforted by the approaching sounds of trucks and sirens Even though the world's so bad These men rush out to help the dying And though I am no use to them I do my part by simply smiling…

Runs in the family – Amanda Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i0o3JRaF2g My friend has problems with winter and autumn They give him prescriptions, They shine bright lights on him They say it's genetic, They say he can't help it They say you can catch it But sometimes you're born with it My friend has blight he gets shakes in the night And they say there…

Leeds United – Amanda Palmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3d0dRMurk We watch you your expert double X's It's just like you to paint those whiter fences It's so polite, it's so polite It's offensive, it's offensive It's so unright, it's so unright It's a technical, accept it But who needs love when there's law and order And who needs love when there's Southern Comfort…

My Alcoholic Friends – THE DRESDEN DOLLS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqWasHbhUnI I'm counting backThe number of the stepsIt took for me to getBack on the wagon of the weekend I'll use the autotimer to prove thatI'll get home with my imaginationIf they find the body in the basement"in the very house that she was raised in!" I'm taking downThe number of the TimesSo when we…

Boston – The Dresden Dolls

An overwhelming, heart-arresting ballad. So lengthy for commercial standards (7 min. +), and yet I whish it kept going on for hours and hours.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hW8BmkxuVU All the cities in the world And so very little time and So many different girls... All you have to do is find them There's a wealth of opportunity you…

The Kill – The Dresden Dolls

Music video for the song. "The Kill" by The Dresden Dolls. This is the result of crazy DD fans and cinema students from Brazil teaming up to make a colorful music video. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tqvbgads1E I am an anarchist An anti-christ An asterisk I am an anorak An acolyte An accidental I am eleven feet Okay,…