The Dresden Dolls – Life is no Cabaret
September 17th 2006 04:49
a. a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized
by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
b. a style or movement characterized by the adoption of aggressively
Punk
1. Slang.
a. something or someone worthless or unimportant.
b. a young ruffian; hoodlum.
c. an inexperienced youth.
d. a young male partner of a homosexual.
2. a punker.
3. Archaic. a prostitute.
4. Informal. poor in quality or condition.
Cabaret
1. a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
2. a café that serves food and drink and offers entertainment often of an improvisatory, satirical, and topical nature
3. a floor show consisting of such entertainment: The cover charge includes dinner and a cabaret.
4. a form of theatrical entertainment, consisting mainly of political satire in the form of skits, songs, and improvisations
Put Punk and Cabaret together and you get The Dresden Dolls. Two crazy kids that love punk and cabaret and who clearly love putting on a great show. I saw these guys last night at the UNSW Roundhouse in Sydney. Despite having to wait out the front for the best part of the first support act (thanks Moshtix!), we eventually made it inside. Which was a relief because I didn’t want to miss The Red Paintings, whom supported The Dresden Dolls.
The Red Paintings really put on a theatrical show, complete with face paint, costumes, toy guns, Japanese film projections, human statues and even painters for said ornaments. Sounding like Tool and at times Placebo in the depths of a despairing generation, they had an interesting non-preachy sound that was both politically charged and gripping to watch.
The dolls played for at least an hour and a half, mixing classics with tracks from their new album, Yes, Virginia. They even threw in a cover of Bon Jovi’s Livin on a Prayer and Black Sabbath’s War Pigs/ Luke’s Wall. What a treat!
Sadly they skipped on Sing but many of the other favourites were there and Amanda even managed to gracefully recover from a fall when her stool broke mid song. The Dresden Dolls put on a warm, intimate show that was definitely a crowd pleaser. Punk Cabaret is where it’s at.
*All the above interesting little definitions for Punk, Punk Rock and Cabaret were taken from www.dictionary.com.
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Comment by Shani
Look how lame I am- I spent the afternoon with my little sister when she was in hospital making dresden dolls dolls!
Dresden Dolls
Comment by Emma
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Comment by Neat
I can't wait till the Dolls come back Down Under,
Punk Cabaret is Freedom!
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