Gah. I love that song and what a perfect first introduction to a band.

After I heard that song (and put it on repeat over and over and over again), I bought their album No, Virginia. There were a few more good songs on that album. I loved Girl Anachronism which was just this angry angry song that's so loud that you almost don't hear the lyrics, which I think is what Palmer was going for. First Orgasm is also a great song, it has a great atmosphere. The song literally talks about the first orgasm of the morning and the music and tone is very soft slow, just like how an orgasm would feel first thing in the morning.

One very creepy song that I ended up loving was Slide. I was listening to the album on the drive to work and enjoying the beat and tone of the song. It seemed pretty upbeat. It wasn't until the end when my brain registered what they were actually singing about. I almost physically recoiled. Palmer was singing about an old man raping a little girl! It's a little disturbing and you can tell there's some social outrage there:

who are you blaming?
they're just playing!
that's a good one...

And a snippet from the song:

a late april day and it's sunny outside,
and a red little girl's at the top of a slide,
and an an orange old man at the bottom,
wants to take her for a ride,
as she slips and she tumbles the orange man mumbles,
pennies crash down from the sky,
and he tells her he'll take her away where it's safe,
and of course it is a lie.
she's a third the down and her skirts are yanked up
and her little girl cheeks start to wrinkle,
but her smile is wide and her legs are spread wider,
her hair growing long and her hips,
getting larger, past
getting brighter, light
growing weaker....

And then Delilah, which almost sounds mainstream (for The Dresden Dolls, at least). What a great song about friendship and broken love. In this song Amanda is talking about a friend (or not, maybe it's her) and how her friend is a bit broken and there's hints of being in an abusive relationship and the friend is just in pure denial. And Amanda is stuck in the classic girlfriend role of not being able to do much or say much to change Delilah's mind.

And you thought you could change the world
By opening your legs
Well it isn't very hard
Try kicking them instead
And you thought you could change his mind
By changing your perfume to the kind his mother wore
Oh God Delilah why?
I never met a more impossible girl

In this same bar where you slammed down your hand
And said “Amanda, I'm in love”, no you're not
You're just a sucker for the ones who use you
And it doesn't matter what I say or do
The stupid bastard's gonna have his way with you

You're an unrescuable schizo
Or else you're on the rag
If you take him back
I'm gonna lose my nerve
I never met a more impossible girl

And near the end of the song, she just gets angry at the friend. . .but the end of the song has her sympathizing again.

You're an unrescuable schizo
Or else you're on the rag
'Cause if you take him back
I'm gonna lose my nerve
He's gonna beat you like a pillow
You schizos never learn
And if you take him home
You'll get what you deserve

So don't cry Delilah
You're still alive Delilah
You need a ride Delilah
Let's see how fast this thing can go
Let's see how fast this thing can go
Let's see how fast this thing can go

I honestly love The Dresden Dolls. They have such a unique sound and if you listen to the lyrics, they don't sing about the normal, mainstream things that very Dick, Tom and Harry sings about. It's pretty damn deep and brings your mind to a different place. Amanda Palmer also has such an expressive voice; when she's angry she screams, and then wails in despair.

So what are you waiting for? Go listen to the album. Go on Youtube and listen to the songs I recc'd. And if you need links, let me know.

I'm just here to spread the love.