Music: The Tiger Lillies - Roll Up - Complete show in Nevex TV - With lyrics of Roll Up theme - Photos - Bio English-Espanol - Links

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The Tiger Lillies - Roll Up

Roll Up Lyrics

Tattooed we dance the tango, in a melancholy way,
Bearded ladies, muscle men, freaks entering the affray.
Crowds come in from the suburbs to observe the perverse,
Jimmy the pick-pocket he's on the loose,
Mind out and watch your purse.

Frankie the brain damaged boxer, he's only got left a year,
The local bums take him for a round and for his blood they cheer.
Prostitutes do good business, they'll gob you for a days rent,
And if it's a boy that you're after, they're over behind the tent.

Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up
Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up.

Pimps count their money, they think they've got a good job.
It's better than being a gangster, it's better than being a slob.
Pin-heads, Siamese twins, midgets
They all shock the best they can.
The gypsy fortune teller, she knows we're all damned.

Our life's a side-show attraction, we do our best to please,
Our life is a side-show attraction, death, decay and disease,

Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up
Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up

Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up
Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up, Roll Up

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 The Tiger Lillies are a cult British musical trio formed in 1989 by singer-songwriter Martyn Jacques. Often described as the forefathers of Brechtian Punk Cabaret [1] the Tiger Lillies are well known for their unique sound and style which merges the macabre magic of pre-war Berlin with the savage edge of punk.[2]

Career

Band Formation & Members

The Tiger Lillies current members are:

    Martyn Jacques - vocals, accordion, piano, guitar, harmonica, ukulele and banjolele
    Mike Pickering - drums, percussion and backing vocals
    Adrian Stout - double bass, backing vocals, musical saw and theremin

The band formed in 1989 when Martyn Jacques placed an ad on Loot looking for a drummer and a bass player for a new band. Adrian Huge and Phil Butcher (the band's first bassist who was succeeded by Adrian Stout in 1995)[3] were the only musicians that got in touch with him and therefore became the original Tiger Lillies' drummer and bassist respectively.

In Spring 2012 Adrian Huge decided to take a leave of absence and was replaced by drummer Mike Pickering who has been touring with the Tiger Lillies for the rest of 2012.[4]

Band Name

The band's name is rumored to have been inspired by a murdered Soho prostitute called Lillie who used to dress up in animal print.[5][6] Jacques however has stated that he named the band after a painting he had on his wall.[7]
Musical Style

The Independent has described The Tiger Lillies as "a provocative and avant- garde three-piece band that combines cabaret, vaudeville, music-hall and street theatre",[8] while Tim Arthur of Time Out has given a more imaginative description: "Imagine Kurt Weill conjuring up images of prewar Berlin while a falsetto vocalist screams, squeaks and squawks his way through every number like some rambling madman, and you've got the picture".[9] Notorious for singing controversial songs involving bestiality, prostitution, blasphemy and all other vice imaginable, The Tiger Lillies are undoubtedly not for the easily offended,.[10][11][12] Their musical style is mainly influenced by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's masterpiece The Threepenny Opera and pre-war Berlin cabaret but other influences such as gypsy and circus music, French chanson and British music hall tunes are also evident,.[13][14]
Awards & Nominations

    In 2002 their cult hit musical Shockheaded Peter was nominated for five Olivier Awards. The show won the Olivier for Best Entertainment and Martyn Jacques won the Olivier for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical or Entertainment.[15]
    In 2003 their album The Gorey End (in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet and writer, illustrator Edward Gorey) was nominated for Dominique de Rivaz's Luftbusiness (2008) a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album.[16]
    In 2012 their show The Tiger Lillies Perform Hamlet, produced by Copenhagen's Republique Theatre and directed by acclaimed Danish director Martin Tulinius, was nominated for a Reumert Award in the category Music Theatre/Show of the Year 2012.[17]

Shows

The Tiger Lillies have appeared in numerous shows all over the world. Below is a list in descending premiere date order:

    2013: Either/Or Cabaret
    2012: The Tiger Lillies Perform Hamlet - nominated for a Reumert Performing Arts Award
    2012: Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    2011: Woyzeck & The Tiger Lillies
    2011: Tom Waits' Rain Dogs Revisited
    2010: Here I Am Human
    2010: Cockatoo Prison
    2010: Ballad of Sexual Dependency
    2009: The Tiger Lillies' Freakshow
    2008: Sinderella with Justin Bond
    2008: 7 Deadly Sins
    2006: The Mountains of Madness with Alexander Hacke
    2006: Die Weberischen
    2005: The Little MatchGirl
    2004: Punch & Judy
    1998: The Tiger Lillies Circus
    1998: Shockheaded Peter

Films

    Jake Scott's Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
    Sergei Bodrov's Drunken Sailor (2007) - a documentary on The Tiger Lillies by the director of Oscar-nominated epic Mongol
    Penny Woolcock's The Margate Exodus (2007) - a contemporary re-telling of the Book of Exodus. Martyn Jacques appears in the film as Shebeen Singer performing "Hailstones".
    Dominique de Rivaz's Luftbusiness (2008)
    Valdís Óskarsdóttir's Country Wedding (2008)
    Troma's Return To Nuke 'Em High (2013)

Discography
Albums

    1994 - Births, Marriages and Deaths
    1995 - Spit Bucket
    1995 - Ad Nauseam
    1996 - The Brothel to the Cemetery
    1997 - Farmyard Filth
    1998 - Low Life Lullabies
    1998 - Shockheaded Peter
    1999 - Bad Blood and Blasphemy
    2000 - Circus Songs
    2000 - Bouquet of Vegetables - The Early Years
    2001 - 2 Penny Opera
    2003 - The Sea
    2003 - The Gorey End (with Kronos Quartet)
    2003 - Live in Russia 2000-2001
    2004 - Punch and Judy
    2004 - Death and the Bible
    2005 - Huinya (with Leningrad)
    2006 - Die Weberischen
    2006 - The Little Match Girl
    2007 - Urine Palace
    2007 - Live in Soho
    2007 - Love and War
    2008 - Seven Deadly Sins
    2009 - Sinderella (with Justin Vivian Bond)
    2009 - Freakshow
    2009 - Live at the New Players Theatre - London 2009
    2010 - Cockatoo Prison
    2010 - Here I Am Human!
    2011 - The Ballad of Sexual Dependency(with Nan Goldin)
    2011 - Woyzeck
    2012 - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    2012 - Hamlet
    2013 - Either Or

DVDs

    2000 - Shockheaded Peter and Other Songs - Live in Concert in New York
    2006 - Mountains of Madness (with Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) and drawings by Danielle de Picciotto)
    2009 - The Tiger Lillies - The Early Years
    2011 - "The Tiger Lillies Live in Prague"[18]

Books

    1998 - The Ultimate Shockheaded Peter Book - ISBN 3-932909-99-2
    2003 - Farmyard Fantasy Book - made by b7UE
    2007 - "The Tiger Lillies Book" - b7UE 02 - www.b7UE.com/tigerlilliesbook
    2007 - "The Tiger Lillies - Selected illustrations of songs" - by Anne-Sophie Malmberg
    2008 - "The inquisitorial skeleton shooting" - limited edition shot by b7UE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tiger_Lillies








 The Tiger Lillies son un trío formado en 1989 en Londres. Ellos han viajado por todo el mundo y han sido aclamados por su ópera Shockheaded Peter.

Su estilo surealista ha sido descrito como dark, humor negro, azaroso, brechtiano y de cabaret gitano. También son famosos por interpretar canciones polémicas que tratan temas como la zoofilia, la prostitución y la blasfemia. En 1999 su trabajo fue incluido en la película Plunkett y Macleane.ya que son los grandes payasos de la historia....

Los Tiger Lillies fueron nominados para un Grammy por su álbum de 2003 Gorey End, una obra en colaboración con el escritor e ilustrador Edward Gorey y con el Kronos Quartet.

Su espectáculo 7 Deadly Sins se inició el 7 de abril de 2008 en el New Players theatre en Londres se basa en los tradicionales siete pecados capitales en la confesión católica, y un álbum se editó al mismo tiempo. En mayo de 2010 produjeron Cockatoo Prison, una serie de canciones sobre el crimen para la 17a. Bienal de Sydney, así como en noviembre el álbum Here I am Human, los números para el espectáculo con base en la novela Gargantúa y Pantagruel, de François Rabelais, que les encargaron especialmente para presentaciones originales en el Archa Theatre checo.


Miembros de la banda

    Martyn Jacques - vocalista, acordeón, piano, guitarra, armónica, ukelele y el banjolele.
    Adrian Huge - batería y percusiones, coros.
    Adrian Stout - contrabajo, sierra musical, coros

Discografía

Albums

    1994 - Births, Marriages and Deaths
    1995 - Spit Bucket
    1995 - Ad Nauseam
    1996 - The Brothel to the Cemetery
    1997 - Farmyard Filth
    1998 - Low Life Lullabies
    1998 - Shockheaded Peter
    1999 - Bad Blood and Blasphemy
    2000 - Circus Songs
    2000 - Bouquet of Vegetables - The Early Years
    2001 - 2 Penny Opera
    2003 - The Sea
    2003 - The Gorey End (con Kronos Quartet)
    2003 - Live in Russia 2000-2001
    2004 - Punch and Judy
    2004 - Death and the Bible
    2005 - Huinya (con Leningrad)
    2006 - Die Weberischen
    2007 - Urine Palace
    2007 - Live in Soho
    2007 - Love and War
    2008 - 7 Deadly Sins
    2010 - Cockatoo Prison
    2010 - Here I am Human

DVD

    2006 - Mountains of Madness (con Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) e ilustraciones de Danielle de Picciotto)
    2006 - Shockheaded Peter and Other Songs - Live in Concert in New York

Libros

    1998 - The Ultimate Shockheaded Peter Book - ISBN 3-932909-99-2
    2003 - Farmyard Fantasy Book
    2007 - "The Tiger Lillies Book" - b7UE 02 - www.b7ue.com/tigerlilliesbook

Trivia

    La banda Romanian Spitalul de Urgenţă tradujo la canción "whore" en una nueva canciónCurva, incluida en su álbum Alcool Rafinat (2005).
    La música de whore fue usada en la canción de Leningrad Dikij Muzhchina.
    Hicieron un cover de la canción de Shel Silverstein 25 Minutes to Go en 2 Penny Opera.
    Hicieron un cover de Send in the Clowns en su álbum Circus Songs
    Hicieron un cover de My Funny Valentine en su álbum Urine Palace

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tiger_Lillies

 






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