The Tiger Lillies: Difference between revisions

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Their songs range from deranged screaming to incredibly touching sailor ballads. The band isn't afraid to cover, either: their work includes songs by [[Jacques Brel]], [[Kurt Weill]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[The Village People]]. They also have several [[Concept Album]] projects and shows: one based on ''[[Struwwelpeter|Shockheaded Peter]]'', one that's a parody of ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'', and an album with [[Edward Gorey]]'s unpublished poems, created by Gorey's express request.
 
InSince the pastearly few years2000s, they've gone from piss-poor obscurity to international fame, playing high-end theatres all over the globe. Most recently, they were invited to play in [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s own Berlin theatre — one of the ''very'' few occasions the theatre hosted anything aside from classical plays by its own ensemble. The band's celebrity fans include [[The Simpsons (animation)|Matt Groening]], [[Terry Gilliam]], [[The Dresden Dolls]], [[Franz Ferdinand]] (who attend their concerts when they feel like it), [[Marilyn Manson]] and [[Dita Von Teese]] (who used songs by the Tiger Lillies as their ''wedding music''), and [[Hedwig and The Angry Inch|John Cameron Mitchell]].
 
They have to be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbEKFVCrArA seen to be believed].
 
Not to be confused with the all-female undergraduate ''a capella'' vocal group of the same name from [[Ivy League|Princeton University]].
 
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* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]
* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]
* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]: "The Crack of Doom"
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: "The Crack of Doom"
* [[Harsh Vocals]]
* [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]