Amanda Palmer - Vegemite (The Black Death)

[gerymylove]

I´ve never had Vegemite - but I´ve had Marmite, which was horrible enough. You either love it or hate it - well, for me it´s probably the latter.

I completely understand what Amanda is talking about ;)

[vVRavenVv]

Vegemite FTW!!!

[ulula]

pure genius!

i never had a taste of vegemite, but this song is just great!!

[JessicaFlecher]

i dont like vegimite but i like marmite :D

[lumat7000]

@JessicaFlecher No your wrong vegmite on hot toast with the butter all melted just nicely eeeeettttssss GGGGgoooooooddd..!!!

[MrSunshineinthesky]

my wife eats the black death paste on a daily basis and now my son loves the stuff too... ITS TAKING OVER!...

[MegaOnionRings]

I love both this song and vegemite

[gregwyattjr]

Two people don't know what Vegemite is.

[drumdust]

She's cute but....

I'd have to pick vegemite.

[theyclippedmywings]

I love this song, it always makes me laugh. I desperately want to perform it in my school talent show, but seeing as I've had to explain what Vegemite is to every one of my friends that I've had listen to this, I don't think anyone in the audience would get it except for my mildly bemused friends.

[PopeAlanII]

I would do unspeakable things to this woman...then, celebrate with Vegemite.

[Alun53]

Marmite remains one of the greatest spreads anyone can possibly place on their morning toast. To not appreciate its delicate flavour is to not have any taste.

[nem1979]

I have never heard the old veg described like that before! Glorious I say Glorious!!!!

[RedRobin13]

One of the great things about Vegemite is that you can still taste it for half an hour after you eat it.

[Denuhm]

Marmite and cheese omnomnomnomnom

[Mat13Sid]

Take your toast - first the Vegemite, then a little honey... AWESOME!!! Been doing this since I was a kid.

[defqonez88]

this woman is EFFING increadable!!!!!!!! I'D GIVE UP VEGEMITE FOR YOU AMANDA!!!!!!!

[Lhappylstalker7]

The words 'foul death paste' set me off every time. :L

[fairyRoxxi]

but he told me it was chocolate fudge

[js331975]

"Tastes like Batteries"

[david552]

If the people at Vegemite have any sense this will be the theme song for their next advert...

[MedlarGW]

Marmite is better than Vegemite...

[sykadelic15]

@MedlarGW only if you're crazy. Marmite is disgusting... so is Promite.

[x0xTnimx0x]

I really, really, really, really F'ing LOVE Amanda Palmer and I love vegemite.

[Readmybumpersticker]

I like Vegemite, it's just the Australian way. But if it was really Amanda or Vegemite I'd never touch it again :P

This song is funny I love her :)

[l33tmomiji]

I really hate Vegemite...

[KatieElleReeve]

Does anyone have access to chords for this!? I'm happy to pay! I just love it and want to sing it for a cabaret....

[rjherie]

I find it funny how the audience is suggesting what patch Amanda should use on her keyboard.

Starting at: 0:08 -

Person in Audience: Harpsichord!

(audience laughs)

Amanda Palmer: No harpsichord.

(audience continues laughing)

P. in Audience: Electric Tympani

A. Palmer: No Electrical Tympanies...

The latter one makes me LOL. Why the heck would someone want to hear a song played on a Tympani patch?

[Team9Trivia]

@rjherie There is a reason behind the madness: she opened that show with Sex Changes, but got too excited and accidentally hit the "change instrument" button, changing the music from piano to harpsichord mid-song (hence "Harpsichord!"). She tried to carry on, and called for Mikelangelo, the supporting artist, to come onstage to correct the problem; but, he deliberately made it worse by putting the pre-recorded electro-synth backing track on (hence "Electro version!").

[rjherie]

@Team9Trivia Thanks for providing the background information. That definitely gave a better picture of the situation.

[MrsLovett112]

This....this can't happen! I love Marmite! I feel as if I'm betraying her!

[TulipsToKiss]

I NEED this on my iTunes, MAKE IT HAPPEN PEOPLE!!

AFP FTW <3

[SakuraRosalie]

Just tried marmite. I now completely understand.

Thank you, Amanda Palmer. <3

[AlwaysTeatime]

You were bombarded by the vitamins? Bombarded?

[amosthree]

this song is beutiful :')

but i love marmite haha

[strangegurlie]

Ha! Ha! Too Funny!! AFP RULES!

[TulipsToKiss]

AH! I love this song so much I want it on my ipod!! Can somebody make that happen please? haha

[Emzybobs]

best song EVER!

[tinkerbom]

I love a girl from Australia, and this is our song. <3

[MachVX]

Thank you for uploading this!

Just got back from the sydney show at opera house! This was an awesome song!

lol @ our concert she followed it up with the happy little vegimites theme

[OrpheusBetts]

ha, oh wow, I was there, wasn't it insanely fantastic?

[14thBlackCrusade]

Ditto, that concert was AMAZING! The theme song was hilarious.... "You guys are weird!"

[propertyofranger]

@MachVX Oh God, I know! Wasn't it the most amazing performance ever?? I was hoping that some footage from the Sydney concert might have been posted, but I haven't found any yet :( I wanted to see what our mobile phone symphony sounded like!

[mandyoliverio]

couldn't figure out why this tune sounded familiar, it was driving me crazy and

then it dawned on me...through the years-kenny rogers

p.s. my dad once forced me to eat a spoonful of cranberry sauce from the can which he convinced me was jello, at which point I threw up. years later he did the same thing with canned beets, which I also threw up. Don't know which is worse, forcing me to eat horrid canned food, or my falling for it twice!!

[anna0conda]

Ps Amanda, please perform this song during your March 10, 2010 concert in Brisbane :-)

[anna0conda]

Yay she performed it! And recorded the performance for an album she's gonna release in Australia in January!

[anna0conda]

I love vegemite... but man this is funny!

[RAre61636]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! That was awesome. 'Absolutely loved it, yes.

I've heard of Vegemite, and now I have even less of an impulse to try it (if that makes any sense at all).

[fuckingcuntt]

This is fucking great. If she wouldn't of made it as such a great artist, she would of been a fucking great comedian for sure....although I think she has combined both :)

[inhaunting]

:| she's always had a belly, it's a recurring amanda palmer theme. I don't think she's pregnant.

[Scribblar]

Girls that can't swallow vegemite....can't swallow!!

Vegemite will still be around when this dud singer is loooooooong gone.

'Mrs. Palmer and her five daughters' hate this song.

[xxxJeahxxx]

Taking things too seriously, maybe?

[lucilka]

Hahah xD

I guess I love her even more after this!

[capt0annabelle]

Marmite is delicious. And this from an American. But I am still in love with this song.

[IMBananas666]

Hilarious! I had to share it with my husband. He agrees that the stuff is foul.

[ficklefiend]

I love watching people (for people read "americans") try vegemite/marmite for the first time on youtube.

Like 2girls1etc.. for foodstuffs.

[TWIB627]

Win.

[HoliHallow]

This may be the best thing I have ever heard in my life

I want her babies :)

[juro45]

GREAT!

[Milippede]

This song makes me want to eat vegemite toast =D

[metamorphosisxx]

I was there and laughed so much at this!

She is brilliant. My friends all hate me right now cuz I won't stop talking about how f*cking awesome it was!!! =D

Amanda Fucking Palmer, is awesome! =)

[Susanmitch7]

Ps: pregnant? The girl is a size 4 at best.

Jeez ppl

[TWIB627]

I'd say more a size 12[UK] but she's fucking gorgeous.

[Susanmitch7]

AFP always knocks it outta the park.

I  this.

[Caseyjarryn]

I so wish I could have been there!!! damn cheap flights not letting me change! :(

p.s. Vegemite is Delicious!!!

[buskerbuoy]

Vegimite is only for cultured tastes.

[egyptiansushi]

I can't decide if this is brilliant wordplay or accidental genius. PLEASE ALERT ME

[sleeplessnights13]

Somewhat accidental genius. She was in a taxi going to dinner and it all basically came to her.

It was actually chokeingly hilarious to see her play it. If not a song writer then she should have been a stand-up comedian.

[egyptiansushi]

My comment was in reply to someone who said that vegemite required a "cultured" taste.

[xxxJeahxxx]

LOL brilliant wordplay I hope! I caught that too, egyptiansushi!

[MinionOfTeam9]

this song reminded me of how much I love vegemite. I've eaten it, like, five times since I got home from the Forum 40 hours ago.

[JellyOnTheRoad]

0:07 You look pregnant!

[littleweloosmom]

@JellyOnTheRoad She said it is a beer belly a minute ago on Twitter. Lol.

[Tumekera]

Vegemite Cheesy bite, still hate the shit but LOVE the song lol

[slackerati]

clever, clever girl..

[hsgoose3]

Could anybody convert the actual song part of this video into an mp3 format?? I'd love you forever!!

[iLisaYOU]

that stuff is horrible! and i'm australian too! :S

[XshattereddreeamsX]

Harpsichord!

[adiaax]

at 0:07 she looks pregnant

[Oggunashe]

i love her in all ways!

[derebin]

Holy shit this is fucking awesome and she wrote it in one day

i agree 100%, whoever invented vegemite deserves to be dragged out into the street and shot

[otherssystem]

this was fucking awesome.

..i like vegemite.. :X

[DanielJohnsLover]

Vegemite is horrible - Marmite is stunning. They do breakfast bars now too :D

[Cantstandurfunk]

this melody reminds me of another song...can't place it though.

[mandyoliverio]

through the years-kenny rogers..i know this drove me crazy too. apparantly kenny rogers is in amandas subliminal consciousness

[TulipsToKiss]

"my heart is in your hands....please wash your hands, you just had vegimite for lunch."

XD i love AFP

[taracb]

Your recording is better than mine!! Thanks :) AFP brings tears to my eyes.

[kateweb]

love it

[NeverSayNikki]

Agreed with AFP. Vegemite is foul.

Marmite is also foul.

This song, however, is a win.

<3<3<3<3<3

[amandapalmer]

I AM PREGNANT WITH HATRED FOR VEGEMITE

[GotPizazz]

you are a genius. I love vegemite, but I would give it up for you :P

[itsonlykatie]

I love you.

[addprisoner]

@amandapalmer

UGH! once when i was in grade school, my neighbor got me to try toast covered in about a half inch if Vegemite by telling me it was a new type of Nutella X_X I swear i was hallucinating for over an hour due to nausea!

[alicehasfilms]

Just how different is vegemite from marmite?

[Zharwyn]

Oh Amanda, you never fail to deliver! This was awesome! Thanks for uploading :)

[ficklefiend]

marmite win!

[katalukon]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!

[dantasticnz]

Brilliant, but even better live!!!

[KayteBlack]

Yes, pure genius, I agree.

[evilmoxie]

loved it :D

[Nell440]

This is genius.

[steelstrings87]

Brilliant!

[JadyLester]

I'm trying to buy my first jar of Marmite for the B vitamins (northwest has very English weather), but I haven't tried it in years and don't know if that tiny pot is worth the seven bucks... Perhaps I'll save it... for now.

[koriina]

if I ever get the chance to try Vegemite I'll have to keep this song in mind.

[kimwasley]

if you insist on putting that foul death paste in your mouth

you're in my heart but put yourself inside my shoes

i have to know, it shouldn't be that hard to choose

i know it's tearing you apart but it's the way it has to be

it is the vegemite my darling,

it is the vegemite my darling

put down the vegemite fucker

or i'll leave.

[kimwasley]

it's all about you isn't it, this has nothing to do with the vegemite

this is what i'm talking about, you never actually listen to me

i can't take it anymore, it's all about you

it's just take, take, take, take

what about my feelings, what about me?

and no matter what you eat i'll always love you completely

i might just always leave the room at meal times

or refuse to touch or kiss you for a week

[kimwasley]

i cannot hold a man so close who spreads this cancer on his toast it is the vegemite my darling, or it's me you have to make the fucking choice i cannot sit with you at breakfast the very smell of it obliterates my senses and if that weren't bad enough you also eat the shit for lunch which means we can't spend any time together what kind of relationship is that the choice is yours, my heart is in your hands please wash your hands you just had vegemite for lunch you selfish bastard

[kimwasley]

lyrics: you tell me that you love me when i'm lying by your side you tell me that i am the only one who understands your fragile mind that i'm blind to any evil you could do and that i love you like any other girl could ever do you love the things that i love you love art and you love books and you love love as much as i do and you love my dirty looks and you love me right now so how can you love vegemite? it tastes like sadness it tastes like batteries it tastes like asses

[insignifikunt]

I NEED the lyrics to this song. It is so full of AWESOME! I love vegemite though...

[middleearthguy]

They're taped to the top of her Keyboard

[lacksmyorganics]

this song is brilliant.

[Miss00Meg]

Absolutely hilarious.  God, I love her.

[MissedMeMrsO1]

DUDE! you were right near me and i didn't even see you!

i love this song, and vegemite, but this song is so hilarious :D

[middleearthguy]

I was in front of the speaker you were probably beside it or something

We need to start a campaign to call it Vegemite Love