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
- Coin-Operated Boy - 3:33
- Coin-Operated Boy (Live) - 5:44
- Baby One More Time (Live) - 3:20
Personnel
Notes
- ^ http://www.dresdendolls.com/contact_theband.htm
- ^ Dresden Dolls Companion, by Amanda Palmer, eight foot music publishing, June, 2006, ISBN 157560888X ISBN 978-1575608884
- ^ http://www.darbo.at
External links
- Watch "Coin-Operated Boy" on YouTube
- The Dresden Dolls official site including lyrics and downloads
- In July of 2005, the Internet Sketch Comedy Show Moron Life released their parody of Coin Operated Boy entitled Beer Activated Girl to the delight of both Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione.
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