Amanda Palmer - Please Drop Me (03.28.2009) Fort Lauderdale

[aseasyash]

I have no idea why I thought "Wherever you're going, I'm going away" was one of the lyrics.

[theswopes]

this tune is similar to the one holly plays in breakfast at tiffany's.

[461909S]

Amanda, you rule!

[NeichaMooonfire]

the song is fun but when she says You don't get me and what follows her voice IS amazing that's one of the part you can really hear just how touching and powerful it is.She's not just a good singer she really reaches me she makes me shiver . I'd love to see her live

[Sixchomp]

I wonder what Mancini would think of this?

[jekyllcorvus22]

@Sixchomp id hope hed be honored lol

[art4thecure1]

she's my hero! though im a visual artist and not a singer i totally relate to this song. you want people to enjoy your art and greedy people get in the way and ruin it. love this.

[GTaege83]

Ok can we stop being negative pricks and realize that this was sung in tune to moon river??? eh how's that idead?

[dashootowl]

This made me tear up! Fuck the man!

[Cynthia284]

did she say nickelback at the end? lmfao

[wookywooky91]

sooooo fuckin funny!

[cien1975]

I think I'm in love. Again.

[natej]

hey i got an idea. let's all be mindless sheep and swing from AP's metaphorical nuts. like.... OMG! ur all morons, think for youselves. you don't know the story, you know what she and the record label wants you to know.

[YellowLloydus]

I do love AFP.

[StanleyBradshaw]

what do you have against metal?

[bandfan1234]

Congrats on Finally getting dropped from that horrid sexist label! Stupid censorship. Amanda Fucking Palmer deserves creative freedom, she's an absolute genius and does not deserve to be censored. 

[devindugan]

loooooove her, really, but this obnoxious piece. dumb, crowd pleasing, i love everything else, i dont care about dumb songs

[JillTerwilliger]

Congrats on finally getting dropped! Love The Truth!

[AstronautBandoleer]

Congratulations on your freedom AFP!

[ArcadianQueen]

You GO GIRL! We are ALL sick of sucking corporate dick! Fuck Record Companies!

[AnnieReed]

Finally Amanda is free! Let's bring out a toast: to VICTORY!!!

[myhouseofsorrows]

HAHAHA Oh, Amanda. I love you.

[krazykarl0920]

hahaha

[thestarfishsaver]

their self-titled album was independently released, and it did ok

plus, it was infinitely better than anything the dolls/amanda have released since

[shoemoneytonight]

WIN.

[saxus50]

..знаешь..я перед твоей песней слушал Чижа "НА ПОЛЕ ТАНКИ ГРОХОТАЛИ" ..ржачь,но в темму...бля...про ЛЮБОВЬ!!!!! :-)

[GoatMaggot07]

The word Slipknot just came out of Amanda Palmers mouth, I can die happy!!

[saxus50]

А я б вдул ей!!! С удовольствием!!! :-)

[lapdog1970]

I love ya Amanda!

[usedtohatecellphones]

This woman is awesome. I don't care what anyone says.

[keikothemeowmeow]

What was that last thing she mentioned?

"aaaaaand....[hard of hearing]"

[BrOkEnPiNcEsS]

nickelback jaja

[keikothemeowmeow]

AH!Thank you.Perhaps they just don't register as a band to me >_>

[lapdog1970]

thats funny! not many of em she mentions register for me either.

[Tionois]

Nickelback, I believe.

[meratenjou]

D: Nickelback.......*hisses*

[daratheexplara]

The melody is basically "Moon River" and that is amazing.

[Milkshake85]

O.O

The names of the bands she sang - oh my god, she must be sneering, doesn't she? xD

[opressor555]

im seeing her on november 11th!

[janieharmony]

me too me too! itll be the third time, i cant wait!

[VonBlade]

Following the hype on the ustream tonight, this'll get busy in a hurry :)

AFP ftw.

[pixidediesslowly123]

My god! I love her. That was amazing!

[crimsonwerecat]

this woman has the biggest set of Guts to tell em how it is, I love her, and her voice is just wow!

[viktorandlydia]

lollll

[angelhikaru01]

lol great song!!!

[pabloven64]

That's some funny shit....I don't care who you are. lol PV

[meliohmy]

ahh I'm so glad that I could be at that concert she's so amazing

[tamlynleigh]

This is such a great video lol I really hope Amanda gets dropped from RR. I really think fansupport is the way to go for many artists, not just Amanda, but she leads the way for sure!! (together with the fabulous Thea Gilmore and others obviously :) )

[mislaunch]

oh my fucking god that's hilarious. i love amanda, she's an inspiration, and i'm pretty sure RR have some fatarse men on there but do they get shoved out the music videos? amanda's a healthy weight, anyway.

[HarlotBug3]

She'll get the promo, then the sales she deserves with a dif comapany and have the last laugh. It's that simple.

[Letsplayalovegame1]

i dont understand this... :/

[spasticowl]

Amanda gets signed by record company Roadrunner Records > Roadrunner Records are crap and want to photoshop Amanda to make her fit into the general publics ideal > No way Amanda is gunna take that bollocks.

This is the result :)

[LadyFertility]

"one of the best labels in the world"?...they are trying to censor her body image and essentially change who she is. Why would she stick around? There's no point in being an artist if someone is constantly staring over your shoulder with one eyebrow raised...

I hope everything works out for her so she can continue being Amanda Fucking Palmer.

[Kijanawazhere]

FREE AMANDA PALMER!!!

[uttermadnes]

Moon River :)

[InnanaAscending]

I agree, all record companies should drop this annoying jackass. Her label probably wanted her to create a song that was worth listening to.... but all she wants to do is show her undies in public and have tantrums. meh.

[Lhappylstalker7]

...I think I love you Amanda. (:

I'm pretty sure this is what love feels like (:

You are pretty much as awesome as it gets <3

[runsinthefamily1]

Amnda... how can words describe her wonderfullness? They can't. At least none that have been invented yet. SHe RULES!!!

[Ultramorphine]

Go Amanda :)

[RyanSalami]

I lover her

she's just amazing !

[wesker01]

fuckin love it

[4492]

Oh, go Amanda!

I love that RR thought that she'd be in the same cat as Killswith and Machine Head! Our girl's more metal that we or she ever thought! LOL

[yzetta]

That was funny! I bet if Dave saw this he'd laugh.

I think people laughed loudest for Megadeth because that was the only band on the list they knew.

[agentofsteel12]

Megadeth fuckin slays

[Simontonguemusic]

Beautiful... Megadeth and Machine Head in an Amanda song... I didn't think I'd ever see these bands cross paths... now if only Amanda would cover Davidian and Tornado of Souls and Megadeth and Machine Head Girl Anacronism and then the musical cycle would be complete.

[Artemis300]

Too awesome

[ArkAngelec]

Oh, I love you Amanda Palmer. :]

[gianfranco1958]

I love Amanda

[RetardedOWL]

FUCK YOU ROAD RUNNER!!!!

LONG LIVE AMANDA FUCKING PALMER!!

(sorry,This is just a random out burst of.... i'm not sure)

[Defkatz]

Go Amanda!

[Henshitsusha]

Hah. Awesome.. But I can't make out what she says at the end. Sounds like, Goldback or something?

[nikkili]

Nickleback.

[Henshitsusha]

Oooh thanks heh.

[missivonmcgowan]

I can't wait to hear amanda's story about how she got signed to roadrunner. I always thought it was a funny idea. In my younger years I liked lots of bands on their label - mostly chimaira and anyone (i still love anyone ::maximum acid:: guys! but i digress...)

thanks for posting this.

i like the healthy debate going on also.

x

[xdmatthew]

Haha brilliant way of asking out. I wasn't aware of the list she gave, but anyone that has ever listened to ONE of her songs (or a Dresden Doll song , for that matter) would realize it has NOTHING to do with Megadeth, Cradle of Filth , Three inches of blood, etc etc. It's safe to assume then, they just signed her for novelty or with a hidden agenda. Sure, nobody gun-pointed her, but isn't this world filled with sheep dressed wolves ???? (The answer is yes, case you wondered)

[Missnightie]

It`s funny, when she was singing the other bands names it made me realize the band names are really retarded! I mean Cradle of filth? Megadeth? Hatebreed? C`mon!

[kroneage]

@Missnightie

She meant it to be funny. Remember she'd like her name changed to Amanda Fucking Palmer! haha Which makes Megadeth & Cradle of Filth sound childish!

WMG hasn't followed up w/ their threats against Roadrunner Records, Megadeth and Amanda to have YouTube remove these channels! haha

She's simply calling their bluff & she tired of working to fill the pockets of bunch of ignorant Exec Suits (like most musicians).

She's not the 1st Artist Wanting Out of WMG or a major label! :D

[Missnightie]

I realised she meant it to be funny, and I just thought she succeeded! :)

I hate this modern music business thing of big record label bosses making money off of creative talented artists! it`s all way too corporate and money-driven these days, can we please go back to the 70s or something! :)

And by the way...thank you for giving me the rare pleasure of getting a decent reply on Youtube, I thought the comment would be from some headbanger ranting about what I said! :)

[LoofyGun]

You do realize she wasn't insulting any of the bands?

[ThoBrian]

Fans of those bands don't realize very many things.

[rainbosprinkles]

Except maybe NickleBack ;)

[thenerocomplex]

seriously, she wasn't insulting those bands. she actually likes 3 inches of blood. but some of those bands, if not most of them, are god awful. especially nickelback.

[beercan75]

Huge fan of all the bands she mentioned. But why is she on Roadrunner again?

[savagestar711]

hahaha She's fierce.

[dansinch]

Wait... someone isn't happy being on Roadrunner Records?

[twistedpopart]

I hope it's okay that I like Amanda & Cradle Of Filth.

[psychicbooty]

It is. People can like any bands they wish.

I think her point was that, from a completely business aspect, the two bands are so different, having her signed to the same record label is counterintuitive.

"...I'm not making you any money."

[Missnightie]

maybe one of the reasons she wants out is because the fat middle-aged men at Roadrunner told her they wouldn`t air her music video because they think "she`s too fat" and because of that "not commercial"!

[kroneage]

@KublaConn

haha..... yeah right! Obviously you're either part of or support the Over Inflated Bureaucratic FUBAR that has become the Music Business today!

An Over Populated w/ Corporate Greedy Basturds Business, run by carpetbagging suits! ...who make money off of other people's talent! lol Becuz you/they don't have any of your own! haha

[kroneage]

@kublaConn 1st

'85 Sony sued by Universal in Betamax fiasco, shouldn't have signed? lol Result Court gives Us "Fair Use" Rights!

1998 lobbyed by Big 4 Labels, Congress enacts DMCA which is so nibulous it renders "Fair Use" worthless. RIAA & Music Industry bends DMCA to fit!

Year 2002 RIAA under Edgar Bronfman Jr's sig, begins suiing own customers. Years later he admits his own kids have Pirated music. Shouldn't Have Signed? lol

2004 Jr. buys WMG from TimeWarner=Shouldn't have Signed!

[kroneage]

2nd W/ Bronfman in charge WMG's on the verge of going under. Stock Shares way down 300% last yr alone. If the ship's sinking aren't YOU going to want to jump off? ha

First Jr orders everything off YT now he wants it back up. Google/YT now says PAY US asshole! haha

Now to the crux of this. Amanda did a video, showed her bare stomach. Label refused to publish, claiming she was too fat. She performs in underwear idiots. Writes songs UK TV refused to Broadcast, but hey they signed right? haha

[wojo4hitz]

2008 - Warner Brother Music removes Tegan and Sara's own music videos from their own MySpace page, leaving only a message that says, "This content has been removed due to a copyright claim." When an artist can be subject to a copyright claim from their label for posting their OWN video to their OWN MySpace page, perhaps something is wrong.........

[kroneage]

@wojo4hitz

When this country was born. Our government started Copyright & Patent laws that were intended as temporary protection of a few years before going into the newly enacted Public Domain. Of which Benjamin Franklin was the first contributor, putting Franklin Stove plans in. Some musicians put their music straight into public domain!

It was a 150yrs before it was increased & publishers demanded same rights as writers. Writers have life time now, publishers 2xLifetimes! That's fucked up!

[Somethingreallycool]

@wojo4hitz

Oh my god, fuck them

Just fuck them.

[kroneage]

@KublaConn

A note to destroy your argument once & for all. Any contract involves two parties. Divorce rates prove that if either party wants out, they're doing it in record numbers! :D

Courts are full of cases where your dearly beloved spouse has a right to get out!

Corporations & your own Political Organization's (Ideals you aspire to) are going to Court everyday to kill contracts!

So YOU are saying none of them should have signed. haha But none, have the Gift of Foresight. Do They?

[GK456html]

I love Amanda with all my heart. It's sad she's stuck with Roadrunner. I mean, she has nothing in common with the rest of bands they support and they really couldn't give two hoots about her and talk about the reBELLYon. Dear.

Amanda's hella boss for performing this.

[Soundslikebiff]

At the Road Runner Staff christmas doo this year i hope she doesn't get picked on by the masked tyrant metal bands.

Poor amanda, the punch and cheese on a stick will have to save her.

Good luck girl

[ananagram]

does she say "they're all bad" at the end?

I agree if she did and I adore this song - it's genius.

I just can't hear if that's what she said.

[angelanorketthubbard]

No, ananagram, she actually said Nickelback....

But I think most of us would agree with that.

[wordsayers]

that's absolutely hilarious, i heart AFP

[whynotmelvin]

Mooooooooooooon Rivvvvvver! Wider than a mile.  I'm crossing you in style....sooooooooome Daaaaay!

[mack89464]

Wow - if this is what she sounds like I'm amazed she hasn't been dropped already. I hope the public didn't have to pay to see her.

[RyJo]

She wants to be dropped. The label won't do it because they're assholes. She's brilliant live.

[willyu34]

to be honest, I have never heard of her before except this news got on techdirt. However, judging someone's music by listening/watching a video, on youtube, made from, probably cellphone, is not exactly fair

[smellslikechildren1]

Hey, maybe you should try listening to one of her actual songs.

[bigshrimpin]

hahha that was awesome

[Syntox]

Funny song, but kinda dumb situation. You mean to tell me she didn't know the label she was signing a contract to to begin with? She struck me as smarter than that...

[feelquiet]

Lots has changed in the music biz since she signed with RR 6 years ago. In 2003, the label would prolly not have told their own "alternative" artist to re-cut their videos coz they seem look too fat. All she's asking is for them to not exercise their options for 4 more albums. It seems reasonable enough, and she did say "Please"!

[Syntox]

Good points...I'll grant you that...but Slipknot. Slipknot. Slipkont was on that label in 2003. Red Flag, Red Flag.

With the (major label) industry bleeding from it's ass the way it is, I'm sure her request will be granted sooner than she might ever dream...

[whenyousleeep]

maybe she shouve never signed to roadrunner records. i mean what was she thinking? now she doesnt want to honor her contract because theyre not respecting her as an artist?

what did she think they were gonna do? theyre roadrunner records.. she saw flashing lights and a big solo career, this is why you show some integrity in the first place and never sign to roadrunner..

[feelquiet]

She signed in 2003 when roadrunner was indie, before it was bought by Warner and before she was solo ....

[RyJo]

She signed with them long ago, with The Dresden Dolls. Different times, and with a label that looked like it was expanding it's horizons, not the picture you paint. Do your homework first.

[xxxJeahxxx]

Win win win. Times infinity.

[astarisbored]

She needs a lawyer.

[iamfreakingnameless]

Love her so much.

[whisperitru]

Bravo!

[sunbead]

she is so fucking rad....love you amanda!

[TormentedByDemons]

Gosh. As president of the Amanda Palmer-Killswitch Engage fan club, I hope the eventual parting of ways doesn't rule out the duet I constantly fantasize about. :)

Godspeed on your journey, Amanda!

[DarkPizza]

Fucking awesome.

[PrimusSucks626]

Epic win.

[Sesshychicklet7]

:D Awesome!

[MRBLuD]

lol the list of pretend-metal bands at the end.

[boredIDK]

those are all real bands on the roadrunner label, actually

[MRBLuD]

I know; I meant "pretend-metal" to mean that many of those bands (Slipknot, for example) are known within the metal community as soulless posers...and some, Slipknot in particular, are not actually metal at all.

[boredIDK]

haha yeah, I thought you might be referring to that instead. Good call man

[whitestripes171]

well that was a big F.U. to the label lmao

[DeLaSoul246]

hahaha I love it

[cisilcisil]

what does she say in the end? the last word!?

[stabbysox]

nickelback

[Speilbilde]

Awesome! Great new song in tune to a great original! ;)

[SquallLeonhart86]

woot I was at this concert!

[psychicbooty]

Woo! Me too. I was the one juggling outside.

[Claddagh413]

Hahaha! Love moonriver, and her parody. Genius!!!

[DellaFitzgerald]

priceless!  5 stars baby.

[laquena]

yes, perfect

[lilemopirate]

OH MY GOD, so good.

[momentofzen]

This. Is. Fabulous.

[PapermoonPixie80]

fabulous

[WerewolfMorgue]

Lol, at the very beginning of the song it almost sounded like she was about to play Hallelujah for a second . . .

And I know Trent Reznor dropped his label for problems with it too, and started his own . . . rock on, Amandaaa.

[SovereignBeing]

thats really embarrassing she forgot to put her dress on over her underwear!!

[VoxEvidence]

O Noob to Amanda, your naïvete is refreshing. :D

[seurat2]

Very cool. I hope Amanda gets her wish. Still my all time favorite slap down of a record label will always be Graham Parker's Mercury Poisoning

[jepardy]

well it wasnt COMPLETE lol improvisation cause she used the cords and melody of moon river lol but I still love her

[forrestp14]

she talked about this in houston XD

[prospectnyc]

this is awesome

[mrky0923]

We need this to go viral !!

This is the reason why the RIAA & co. sux.

Even the artists want out. Lets get the message out !!

[threechordme]

this has nothing to do with the RIAA

it has to do with her and her label having creative differences

[MrTangent]

What does she say at the very end?? I can't make it out...

[Hotsoup1]

Nickelback

[MrTangent]

Thank you. :)

[smellslikechildren1]

Nickleback.

[MissMonicaJay]

What do you mean you don't fit in with Nickelback and Slipknot!?

:-P

[DaveO15]

She means she's not the same genre as those particular bands. CAPTAIN OBVIOUS AWAAAY!

[MissMonicaJay]

Yes. I am aware of that, hence the tongue sticking out smiley at the end of my comment.

[psychicbooty]

Amazing show, Amanda!

Going to make my YouTube version of this soon.

[Imisazombie]

That was beautiful. That show was fuh-mazing.

[ayearofholidays]

Well if this doesn't work, you can keep pressing the "gay button" until they drop you. Good luck AP. -olivia

[yuritogoth]

Looool! This is brilliant! How could they drop her after that?

[dekusalesman]

Haha, good stuff! Is that the tune to 'Moon River'?

[4sakenaiden]

I like a lot of the bands @ Roadrunner, but I'm well aware of how much that label sucks sometimes. They should leave you alone, AFP. Was that Nickelback she said right at the end?

[IglooDweller]

She's so clever. That's why they could never drop her.

[kurtisFL]

Dang wish this was done in St Petersburg

[doortempleandarch]

this is amazing, gotta love her