Hi, I'm a British expat who currently lives in Poland. I teach English and travel. I keep a blog ca...
Hi, I'm a British expat who currently lives in Poland. I teach English and travel. I keep a blog called "A Band A Day" If you'd like to check it out http://www.muscineverdied.com
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Earlier today, I reviewed a Frank Zappa album and that immediately made me think of The Tiger Lillies, another band fronted by a dramatic genius Martyn Jacques who supposedly spent several years living in a brothel in Soho whilst perfecting his falsetto voice.
Martyn leads the line well with his hillarious face, intonation and general onstage behaviour. This album covers the songs from the Shockheaded Peter tour, a collection of tunes based on the stories from the children's book Struwwelpeter (Shockheaded Peter) written in the 1840's which I imagine would be fairly terrifying for any child but is supposedly for 3-6 year olds!
Anyway the performances from the dark trio are immense and really bring the stories to life. Martyn is completely insane on the song "Dreadful story about Harriet & The Matches", where he plays a cat who watches a girl burn herself to death accidentally with matches after being told not to play with them (he also plays the part of the girl)
There are no weak links on this album and I think it's a masterpiece but the falsetto voice could irritate you if you are not in the right mood for listening to it! In other words don't listen to the album when you are having an argument with your other half!
How helpful would this review be to a person making a buying decision? Rating guidelines
As I don't know much about what either this band or Frank Zappa sound like, a bit more on the music rather than the themes would be more helpful for me.
tayloa22 05.05.2008 08:53
As a consumer i like to see a list of tracks with a break down of each individual track with strengths, weaknesses and lots of personal opinion. I also like to know what genre of music as well as vital info on the cover and inlay. Also be comparative against their other albums asd well as the competition. Furthermore who writes the lyrics, music, does this make a difference and are there guests musicians/singers. Read experienced reviews to learn what is expected anf develop your writing style to accomodate, that is the functionality of a consumer review site