The Dresden Dolls 'Coin-Operated Boy' music video

[superfreakinawesome8]

i like this song:)

[mariegriffiths]

This has the feel of Kate Bush's Coffee Homeground. Great stuff.

[guitarjd13]

Can I be your Coin-Operated Boy

[VivePaix]

I would to like that until i die!!!!!! <3

[Kagaminshi]

@broadkil

Um, I've never been with ANYONE, so... no.

[BumLolly]

i remmber listening to the song when i was very young in myspace...never knew what it ment >.>yup

[EzaNorthmanCullen]

This song is awesome. It has so many hidden meanings.

[Warpony9000]

Yep, not feeling a single bit of sexism out of this video at all.

[8bitmagic]

Coin

operated

goi

scary but its true he is not a jew!

<3 saw this after voltaire's

[IslandFlier]

The verdict is out! My two year old keeps saying "again! again!". I guess she's the best judge, for a child's opinion is the most honest.

[Savoree790]

Everything about her face I so love.....

[Tobi6kun6is6kawaii]

I love her eyebrows :D

[mothersofamericasuck]

These people freak me out

[AnimeYoaiRulez]

I was extremely disturbed by this video until I watched the ending part. It's so beautiful, in a wicked way... LOVE IT -3

[BACKSPACE855]

Its not a dildo she says "operated voice saying that he loves and that he's thinking of me " :)

[PieCakeCookie]

Closely she looks like my aunt Nancy

[SuperJonirenicus]

Coin operated girl sex every 3 hours -:D

[amydumaslita]

her eyebrows are raw ass hell

[moonlady3000]

I always thought that this was about... There's this girl, and she's lonely, but she's scared of being in a real relationship with anyone. She's scared she'll hurt them or scared of real emotions or something like that. So she wants a man who can't hurt her if the relationship screws up somehow and that she can't hurt emotionally no matter what she does to him. Yeah?

I don't even really get how anyone get 'dildo' out of this song if they see the video. Maybe if they just heard the song.

[ALanSaidTrujillo]

too fukin simple.. ASSS

[NatashaLynn7]

@Glowskully LOL. No. She's really not, don't believe that crap.

[Faltingsity]

Who would want a coin operated dildo?

No quarter, no orgasm? Sucks for her.

[NatashaLynn7]

It's definitely not about a vibrator/dildo. It's about loneliness. She's confirmed this herself, and she doesn't seem to talk about her song's intended meanings often.

[subsonicdeathmonkey]

Just saw them live. So, so good!

[littleromanticvoice]

0:22 nice smile :)

[sonicrocks06]

I can even take him in the bath! :D *squeak squeak* Guy: O.o;; Amanda: *innocent face* ....xDd my favorite part.

[fosterslover]

@sonicrocks06

The original lyric is "I can even f*** him in the ass"

[sonicrocks06]

@fosterslover So? I don't give a shit. She changed it, that's the version I hear, and that's the version that matters. :P

[toribjork10]

@sonicrocks06 yeah but that's the reason they have the little squeak and innocent face in the video. because the lyrics is supposed to be "fuck him in the ass" so its a reference to that.

[sonicrocks06]

@toribjork10 It seems more like the squeaking thing is her squeezing his dick lol

[ConsiderableGravity]

1:12 to 1:50 <3

[DrAvalanche1975]

Well I love Amanda but you still arsfuck the stereotype in the end you have an robot that will do about anything for you... And yet you chose to be the victim in the end and letting "him" spoon you! Why?

[alexandergreenb]

@DrAvalanche1975 There's a layered irony here. The fantasy doesn't work, her voice drops into a breaking minor key. The first layer of irony, which we see throughout the song, says, "I know it's impossible to have this, but I want it anyway." The second layer of irony, which only breaks through toward the end, and which is more dark and tragic, says, "If I had it, it still wouldn't work in the end." That's what really hurts.

[alexandergreenb]

It's obviously not about a dildo. Listen to the lyrics. It's not an allegory.

[Bombenbatz]

I love this kind of surrealism - Wie die den Surrealismus rüberbringen einfach nur Klasse!

[NobodyLikesPaul]

the songs original lyrics were;

"Any flesh and blood could be his match

i can even fuck him in the ass"

it IS about a dildo, whether the underlying tone is loneliness or not.

[KarmicAnarchist]

@NobodyLikesPaul Maybe it's about a lonely dildo.

[juanfmoretti]

@NobodyLikesPaul i'm curious on how she would find the dildo's ass.

[cmeast]

@NobodyLikesPaul It's about the 'him', not about the what she could use on his ass. Just because a lyric once referred to using a strap on that doesn't mean that's all the songs about. The words drip meaning and to turn it into something so shallow just doesn't do her or the song justice.

[NobodyLikesPaul]

@cmeast tl;dr

dildo

[onutubecuzilackalife]

Amanda went to my high school :)

Just thought I'd share that XD

[mardisaurus]

This song is "about loneliness," Amanda said so herself!

Don't taint this with simplicity.

[ResidentPyro]

In the words of Amanda Fucking Palmer: "FOR THE LAST TIME IT'S NOT ABOUT A DILDO!"

[NobodyLikesPaul]

@ResidentPyro it actually is

[NamelessUndead]

@ResidentPyro Indeed. Dildos are battery operated.

[6Qubed]

@ResidentPyro Well of course not. It's about a clockwork erotic automaton.

...

HOLY SHIT I JUST THOUGHT OF THE BEST BAND NAME

[unorthodoxJ]

If the song was about a dildo it'd be battery operated boy

Morons...

[innocentaxe]

I had read somewhere that Amanda said this song was not about a dildo, although it does seem like that. She said something along the lines that the song is about an imaginary boyfriend/lover who does all the things you're longing for and wish to find but can't. The perfect partner. "Saying that he loves me, that he's thinking of me. Straight and to the point."

[Filinepriss1]

Without seeing that

[Filinepriss1]

O.O could've gone my whole life with

[Hitman2actuall1911]

Isn't this song about a dildo???

[darksslayer]

wow brian is a genius.,this 2011,he make a album with his fan voltaire.

/watch?v=ohELyD0EeDc&sns=fb

riding a black unicorn

[SarahSkr1]

Amanda Palmer is seriously one of the most beautiful people I have ever seen

[chelmoekilljoy]

They're both so beautiful <3

[OZVION]

love song

[LaRaLush1]

beautiful



[PickleSea]

This is so cute aw >w<

and as for the meaning goes..several of the dresden dolls songs have multiple meanings so take it however you want,it's still a clever and addictive song :)

[unorthodoxJ]

Such convicting emotions conveyed during that last scene on the bed I can't help but be drawn in every time

[hxcdncing21]

Y is this song soo catchy?

[satiro118]

Ni soy compatible, ni manejable, menos perro!

[leniGirly99]

i searched this song a few years .. and now, in the school, i found it ! : D looove tus song ... -3 -3

[oT1eMoRoKProductions]

She is absolutely BEAUTIFUL without her normal make-up.

[AlexTechNicol]

@oT1eMoRoKProductions

no kiddin

[Surathan]

Anyone else notice the vid and music are out of sync?

[thomasdjrasta]

She shaved her eyebrows of to make that vid.

[balelan]

i find this song creepy.

[liltdragon97]

best song ever!

[controlalldefeat]

poor girl as never been to arizona

[praisemusicforever]

Her face at 2:57

[LittleLambChop2011]

Me too I want one too! But maybe one with batteries because I would run out of change and I couldn't be bothered with that.

[happybea]

stop it guys, this is NOT about a dildo.

it's about a girl sick of relationships that fail, just want stability and someone to love her. and that someone is the coin operated boy, he'd never betray her, he'd always be honest about his feelings.

so basically, a romance without complications, galore!

[h8yuns]

@happybea Are you actually defending this incredibly easy target against dildo jokes? On the internet? Really? Don't get me wrong, I like the song, but you're fighting an uphill (like complete 90 degree incline) battle if you expect to see nothing but mature remarks here.

[happybea]

@h8yuns

problem?

i'll fight an uphill if i wanna. like you said, this IS the internet after all

[XBlackRoseAlchemistX]

Must suck when she runs out of coins

[kevinkosmo]

it'd be awesome if Madd Chadd (the robot dude from Step Up 3d) played coined-operated boy for this video.

[atthebottom94]

Brilliant.

[jimeerey]

Concept is pretty lame? Mimes?

[fall4themusic]

@jimeerey ...you've never heard of them before have you?

[nestorite]

@jimeerey dildos

[avrambrankovich]

fuckface

[harajuki]

be careful what you wish for! now i have to deal with such a person in reality while having already a perfect boyfriend. choices choices...

[TheLilbud777]

I always wanted a coin operated boy... but it fell in love with the parking meter outside.. >:(

[makespeaches]

i want a coin-operated girl. just tell them to love me and it happens. tell them to be my friend and it happens. feel like a girl should feel, i'd never be lonely again.

[bradyfitzy]

holy shit this is scary

[Natheyja]

@Dannyrocksass Coin operated boy, with a soft hand, holds me very close. Always does the dishes, buys me pretty dresses, takes me out to eat just every now and then just every now and then *repeat* but not to KFC! Love with simplistic easy things galore! No nagging or repeating will go on!

Isn't that the point : straight guy with some sense in his head?

[433p]

@Natheyja The straight guy with some sense in his head is a myth unless he has a gay best friend which is unlikely.

[Natheyja]

@433p haha I just love that <3 :D Or maybe a good female friend but then the guy'd probably end up cheating, right? Tough life, heh. :D

[433p]

@Natheyja Yeah eithor way it's like WHYYYYYY!!!!!!

[Natheyja]

@Dannyrocksass yours was? I didn't see that ;P

[Natheyja]

@Dannyrocksass Hehe, I'm unimpressed by your logic.

My reply was a REPLY to your comment. Your comment was far from witty, in fact it only makes you seem very sexist and immature and quite far from knowing what real relationship is. But since it's a joke, not my kind of humor though but like I said, it was my reply on your comment. So kthxbye! ;)

[Natheyja]

@Dannyrocksass It doesn't make sense in what way? You're joking about nagging girlfriend, who's to make you sandwiches. I'm replying to your comment joking about an idiot guy who doesn't know how simple things can stop that nagging, but some guys just don't get it now do they? :P And you're telling me about your relationship having lasted for almost two years? No offence, but do you have something to prove?

[Dannyrocksass]

@Natheyja it's usually dickheads and chavs that don't appreciate their girlfriends, love is the way forward. Don't hate, I don't know why I started this, I must have been in a bad mood but I sense that you aren't a bad person at heart or on Youtube (which is a great characteristic). I'm a bit of a dick on Youtube, I'm completely the opposite in real life. Forgiving a enemy which has no forgiveness in it's heart, letting them live is a worser punishment than death.

[XxXMuzicluvrXxX]

LOL at @2:54 XD

[central717]

dildo. definitely about a dildo.

[zahgidiwinDAWN]

I remember listening to this song years ago.. my best friend started humming this song and she was like "Why does that sound so familiar?" and we sat and thought about it.. <3 brings back old memories <3.

[fll7181]

i've just found about The Dresden Dolls a week ago. i cannot cannot CANNOT get enough of them :) love this vid

[MsAnonymous103]

wow the song's kinda sad but I love both the song and the video

[jezkn]

Spooky- I shall sleep with the light on after watching that

[Peanutbutter1zation]

So....This IS or ISN'T about a dildo?

[DawnlessSkys]

@Peanutbutter1zation Is not.

[Cfrosssrjr]

@Peanutbutter1zation Is it not about a dildo xD or about any sex toy :P In an interview they said it was about her fears of isolation and loneliness. Basically if her love isn't real, he can't leave her.

[TheSlightlyUnhinged]

Gerard Way led me here. I'm personally grateful to him for that :)

[IamMoaningMyrtle]

@TheSlightlyUnhinged How did G lead you here? (I <3 MCR btw)

[BipolarStickMan]

I found this after I found voltaires :o

[BipolarStickMan]

Coin operated goi,

Scary but it's true,

He is not a Jew.

He won't dance the horah,

Won't light the menorah,

And it's not a lie,

He ain't even circumcised.

Oi!

Coin operated goi.

[VoxEstNex]

@BipolarStickMan thats what brought me here

[greekmythotaku]

@BipolarStickMan  Hail Voltaire~! One of my faves~.

[GaladedridDamodred]

She has such fascinating eyebrows.

[SailorBarsoom]

The perfect counterpoint to Duran Duran's "Electric Barbarella."

[rambobunny1]

is girl has no tanut is going is shit . which is wusu Rebecca Black is girlg

[silvermittweasle]

@rambobunny1 this comment makes me sense :S

[1987kids]

@rambobunny1 totally man!

[TheKatStrange]

For christmas, I am going to ask for a Brian doll :)

[Rimetyme]

if a guy said that he'd be called a misogynistic asshole. why is it okay when a girl sings about it?

[9656311]

@Rimetyme It's about commitment issues and opening up to somebody, not vibrators.

[Rimetyme]

@9656311 haha not even close. Its about having a boy that only talks and moves when you want him to. you really used your imagination with that one

[9656311]

@Rimetyme It's obvious that girl is not happy with the coin operated boy, and she would like somebody else, but she's scared. You probably didn't even listen to the lyrics, theres a lot of other things to be upset about, like wanting somebody to run after you while you say no.

[Max19674]

Ti piace Vittoria !!!

A me si !

[TWLBOAJ]

I wish they hadn't cut the song up... ):

[finunlucky]

no this is about a girl who made the coin-operated boy to drive her lover to lover her more but then the guy left her so to stop herself from goin completely insane she relies on the coin-operated boy to be her world. I simpathize with her...hard world, its easy to wish for perfection even if its not possible completely.

[TheKatStrange]

Everybody says this is real music, (agreed) compared to Lady Gaga and katy perry etc. But when this music came out, I was not aware of it, so please give all the other people who enjoy tasteless popular boring music a chance to discover real music, before you send out hate saying they have no taste. Thank you <3

[Tweedledee167]

I want a Brian-doll :(

[Tweedledee167]

@Tweedledee167 yellow silk jimjams optional.

[MONSTERinSOCKDRAWER]

Oh god that bath scene LOL

[RisingOfTheMilkyWay]

Best.....troll....song.....EVE­R.

[cedyladdp]

the ending makes me sad..

[gsp1175]

@cedyladdp Yeah, this is awful.

[lucadepu]

bad music.

[henrithefreak47]

Why istn there at least ONE intelectual comment? I was really expecting one

[SheiIaaliens]

her eyebrows are wild

[Sasoriscarecrow]

I am in love with this song.

I need a coin operated boy...I am tired of the hurt.

[JerkyMcAsshole]

@Sasoriscarecrow Then stop picking douchebags for boyfriends.

[Sasoriscarecrow]

@JerkyMcAsshole He wasn't a douchebag! He was the sweetest boy I have ever met. He lives in London, and his computer broke. Moving on is just such a bitch. I can't find anybody who loved me like he did,and I can't find anybody who I love like him.

Anybody I like turns me down. So, I am just in this pit of loneliness. it hurts after a while, you know?

[justplayfm]

This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm

[therunes100]

thumbs up if you came here from kingdom hearts the stupid files 12

[BabyGirlGoddess]

I love my coin operated boy as well.

He treats me very well.

[Vamp1re07]

@EvanescenceOFan I can't stop watching this vid either, I think its pretty awesome, though I've seen it so many times it never gets old

[TeaChanPunker]

Ummmm so you guys are trying to say this isn't about a sex toy? I'm sorry but knowing Amanda palmer this is definitely a double entendre. XD I mean in the original lyrics she says: "You can even fuck him in the ass" ....so yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... Even if it isn't, it's meant to be dirty.

[YourEverydayMonster]

I could imagine at the end there was a scream. (:

[YourEverydayMonster]

Also at 1:05 the pic in the back is creepy..

[ziggletron]

Dildo dildo a-roony roooooo

[Mongo999]

Love this. Mad that it took me until now to hear this. But on the plus side, I'm probably the only person on the entire planet who 'discovered' the Dresden Dolls today.

[xXWinterNightsXx]

don't we all wish brian could be our coin operated boy??? I do~

[TheJakers2021]

1:18 omg



[akaMommyKandA]

I think I may love you... yep :)



[akaMommyKandA]

I think I may love you... yep :)

[ForgotFuckIt]

Why did she make a song about a dildo?

[fightersanime]

So pretty much what she's saying is that she wants Night Tenjo from Absolute Boyfriend. XD

[xTobixthexemoxteddyx]

@fightersanime DUDE.

YES <3

Whoo, I thought I was the only one who thought that xxD

[chyanchyan]

@fightersanime omg I love ur comment! absolute boyfriend ftw! ^^

[JustCallMeFox]

TORRENTEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD @ 0:10

[Kesselwerner]

spitze!

[cazadoress13]

Awesome eyebrows!!



[aubzdall517]

I....have just fallen in love with this song. 

[pLanetstarBerry]

This actually reminds me of an adult webcomic I've read recently. It's about a woman whose emotionally neglectful husband builds her a robot to... keep her busy while he's away at work. Her and the robot end up falling in love. It's a really sweet story, and I'd reccomend it for anyone whose into steampunk and wouldn't mind the more adult scenes.

[MsAnarcha]

@pLanetstarBerry Whats the name of the webcomic?

[kumatsuotaku]

@MsAnarcha Sounds like Chester 5000 xyv

[pLanetstarBerry]

@kumatsuotaku That's the one! :3

[pLanetstarBerry]

@MsAnarcha kumatsuotaku beat me to answering- and they are right, it is Chester 5000 XYV.

[Stanzara]

I can understand the appeal of no-strings-attached -policy in a given relationship. It's just that usually I'm willing to pay the price even if it all fails, for a moment of connection with someone who is special to me.

[ChoZoxKnightx]

Ahh!!! here eyebrows are jacked up

[natbat482]

@ChoZoxKnightx Their part of the video. she drew them on.

[EvanescenceOFan]

I don't know why but I just can't stop watching it ^-^

[FizZChizZer]

CANT. .STOP. . REPLAYING. .