Prostitutes and STDs: a concert one may want to walk out of
The Lollipop People and the Tiger Lillies at Innis Town Hall, November 10th, 2005
By Jessica Mifsud
Issue date: 11/17/05 Section: Film & Music
What was disappointing was the fact that, by the sixth song of the 19 song set, it became apparent that all of the Tiger Lillies songs were about a) a prostitute, b) a psychopathic killer, c) an STD, or d) some combination of the above. This was funny for the first three songs, then it was just creepy. The music of the Tiger Lillies would also have fit well into a cabaret, but that would be the sort of cabaret where you have to present three different pieces of I.D at the door.
Despite the song lyrics, there were a few good moments in this show. The drummer causing his drum kit to collapse because he was hitting it with a pair of giant plastic hammers was one. The bassist playing the saw was quite entertaining, particularly because it didn't sound like you would think a saw would sound. The use of a baby doll to illustrate a point about kicking small children down flights of stairs was another, the first time they did it. However, the best moment of the show was when one woman sitting in the front row got up and left. The band stopped playing and watched her as she headed out, and insulted her as she did so. From then on, any character in a song that either was the devil or died and went to Hades was honourarily titled 'the lady who walked out'.
As I was leaving the show that night (after it had finished, mind you), I overheard someone say how events like this were 'so cultured', with culture clearly being meant in the sense of high tea and caviar. Fair enough. I never liked caviar anyway.
Despite the song lyrics, there were a few good moments in this show. The drummer causing his drum kit to collapse because he was hitting it with a pair of giant plastic hammers was one. The bassist playing the saw was quite entertaining, particularly because it didn't sound like you would think a saw would sound. The use of a baby doll to illustrate a point about kicking small children down flights of stairs was another, the first time they did it. However, the best moment of the show was when one woman sitting in the front row got up and left. The band stopped playing and watched her as she headed out, and insulted her as she did so. From then on, any character in a song that either was the devil or died and went to Hades was honourarily titled 'the lady who walked out'.
As I was leaving the show that night (after it had finished, mind you), I overheard someone say how events like this were 'so cultured', with culture clearly being meant in the sense of high tea and caviar. Fair enough. I never liked caviar anyway.
