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'''''Coin-Operated Boy''''' is a single by [[The Dresden Dolls]] duo, taken from the self-titled debut album ''[[The Dresden Dolls (album)|The Dresden Dolls]]''. It was released on [[December 13]], [[2004]] by [[Roadrunner Records]]. ''Coin-Operated Boy'' was written by [[Amanda Palmer]]. The title track's tune is sharp, sweet, and [[staccato]], including among its instruments a [[toy piano]].
'''''Coin-Operated Boy''''' is a single by [[The Dresden Dolls]] duo, taken from the self-titled debut album ''[[The Dresden Dolls (album)|The Dresden Dolls]]''. It was released on [[December 13]], [[2004]] by [[Roadrunner Records]]. ''Coin-Operated Boy'' was written by [[Amanda Palmer]]. The title track's tune is sharp, sweet, and [[staccato]], including among its instruments a [[toy piano]].


Palmer expounds on the many advantages an artificial partner has over real ones in a tick-tock rhythm reminiscent of [[automata]]. The concept of a mechanical lover has obvious implications of [[masturbation]], which are mentioned in the lyrics, but the song has broader overtones of loneliness.<ref>http://www.dresdendolls.com/contact_theband.htm</ref>
Palmer expounds on the many advantages an artificial partner has over real ones in a tick-tock rhythm reminiscent of [[automata]]. The mechanical lover is an implicit [[double entendre]] for [[masturbation]], but the song has broader overtones of loneliness.<ref>http://www.dresdendolls.com/contact_theband.htm</ref>


The music video was shot, cut and directed by [[Michael Pope]].
The music video was shot, cut and directed by [[Michael Pope]].

Revision as of 04:56, 18 January 2008

"Coin-Operated Boy"
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Coin-Operated Boy is a single by The Dresden Dolls duo, taken from the self-titled debut album The Dresden Dolls. It was released on December 13, 2004 by Roadrunner Records. Coin-Operated Boy was written by Amanda Palmer. The title track's tune is sharp, sweet, and staccato, including among its instruments a toy piano.

Palmer expounds on the many advantages an artificial partner has over real ones in a tick-tock rhythm reminiscent of automata. The mechanical lover is an implicit double entendre for masturbation, but the song has broader overtones of loneliness.[1]

The music video was shot, cut and directed by Michael Pope.

In the Dresden Dolls Companion,[2] Amanda Palmer has published the lyrics, sheet music, history, and creative process for this single.

In January 2007, Coin-Operated Boy was used in a commercial for the Austrian jam brand Darbo.[3]

Track listing

  1. Coin-Operated Boy - 3:33
  2. Coin-Operated Boy (Live) - 5:44
  3. Baby One More Time (Live) - 3:20

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.dresdendolls.com/contact_theband.htm
  2. ^ Dresden Dolls Companion, by Amanda Palmer, eight foot music publishing, June, 2006, ISBN 157560888X ISBN 978-1575608884
  3. ^ http://www.darbo.at
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