"Coin-Operated Boy"...With Sign Language Interpreter (Live)

[EccentricElegance]

i just love watching him trying to keep up with what she's saying XD its a pure look of fear

[ducey75]

weres the drummer

[deafculture17]

I'm hard of hearing and what the interpreter is signing is not ASL at all!!

[emmetgirl]

@deafculture17 it's in manchester, so it's probably british sign language?

[Carlyndra]

I love the way she said "like a boy should feel" XD

[JackieTheCaveman]

Tough life of an Interpreter...

[mastiloko]

I-N-C-R-E-H-I-B-L-E-E-E-E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[CreatureofMasquerade]

well at least she didn't make him say "fuck him in the ass" on sign language :P

[undeadda]

cant see the interpreter at all cuz that stupid light. i just signed in the front row at one of her shows. it was rad. she kept giving me weird looks. yay.

[satanicsuicide666]

Why can't we get them to play Hull Pride! ! ! Our Pride events suck :(

[autigerssuck]

coin operated dildo

[LuLuLOVEEE]

love herrrr

[angelfireburger]

she rox man!

[xx49metallica]

lmfbo! XD

[chickenfromwendys]

lol

[cobhatecrew1649]

You messed with the interpriter so bad, i loved it! ♥ You sound amazing and i love your make up!

[Maskedhaven]

Awesome version!

[missbeingsuper]

I like those shoes:D

[ergata121]

she was fucking with him so bad

[Garbanian]

I knew it was that part too. I laughed so hard!

[shinchan00]

Awesome! She really had fun playing this XD

[sorandomchick04]

how do u get ur voice 2 b soooooo deep???????

[babykitten123]

Well... if she needs a dude doing sign language, that means people in the audience are deaf, huh? then what's the point in her playing the piano for them? I mean... why would deaf ppl go to a concert? Not to be ride or anything. I'm just confused about the whole matter...

[IXAsudemXI]

If I was deaf I'd go to concerts all the time.

You could still watch the performance and feel the vibrations of the music. Just by watching her facial expressions you could tell what emotion the song conveys whether the song was happy, painful, angry,etc.

[iiLela]

A sign language interpreter doesn't necessarily mean they're deaf. They could just not speak English. But, of course, they'd have to know ASL anyway. And it could just be for entertainment purposes.

[Dragonate89]

Sign Language is not universal.

ASL (American Sign Language)

and British Sign Language (which I believe the interpreter is doing.) are different. He did a FANTASTIC job though!! I'd love to Interpret for an Amanda Palmer concert!!!

[JustCallMeFox]

ha whoa that must suck if a blind person wants to travel

[hoeyhemp]

Im deaf myself and I love go to concerts I can feel the beatz I perfer drums than pinaos interpreting really do help alot to understand what the singer are singing its fawken awesome !

[sunilthegreat]

so from a deaf persons perspective, would you get that this song is about her dildo from watching her fuck with the sign interpreter?

[Dragonate89]

The interpreter is doing British Sign Language right?

I mean, OPERATE/CONTROL is the same, but BOY and "A" is different. I know that BSL uses a 5-handshape to represent vowels very different from ASL. And It is in Manchester, England...

[theartofnotbeingseen]

i've never heard this group before, but i think she's great. i know there's another guy in the group, but just amanda alone is entertaining enough. her playing with the interpreter was really funny. well done, amanda, well done.

[GerardCollingtonWay]

She's so silly. :3

[ZachsMind]

What I find amusing here is the multi layered irony of her song being about a "boy" she can control for her own pleasure, and her words are controlling the actions of the sign language guy. So the signing guy ends up becoming a proxy for the coin operated boy in the song. Not literally of course, but having a man reacting to her every word as she performs it does lend an entirely new dynamic to the performance that even she couldn't have imagined when she wrote the song in the first place.

[LoffleMe]

fuck yeah. i never considered that XD

[123joe43]

they removed it i think

[TheDudeLordOfFantasy]

good man good man

[tehxfurrehxpanda]

she had fun, it's obvious

[GK456html]

I never got the sense of sign language interpreters for music, They can't hear it just lyrics isn't enough.

[veganmochi]

Many of the people who request an ASL interpreter for a concert are hard of hearing, or have residual hearing. I'm a sign language interpreter who works with MANY people with cochlear implants and other assisting devices- music can still be pleasurable for deaf and heard of hearing people w/ an interpreter. :)

[DiegoSk8Rules]

it's not the same thing whithout Brian...

Amanda is amazing,

but thew two of them together...

well,I miss it :/

[poppoppop24]

So, what happened? Did they split the band up? I'm sorry, I've been out of the loop 0_o

[DiegoSk8Rules]

Yes...

they went separeted ways,

Amanda is in a solo album and

Brian is in the World/Inferno

[dreamdragon228]

they haven't broken up their just taking a hiatus to work on their own projects

[panchojaramillo]

help help help

does anybody can giveme the link to the original clip of this song.. it used to be pretty easy to findit a year ago but now its impossible pleaseeee

[vocyou]

amanda rules

[anoesfan]

she's just gettin a real kick out of messing w/ the signer;it's hilarious how evry1 groans wen amanda says "take him in the bath" nsted of "fuck him in the ass"

[JarethDrakul]

I think Amanda enjoyed the "never let him.." bit hehe.

[shadowkid379]

poor signer.

[briannafucker666]

lol, those poor deaf people were probably very confused. i'd be like, "WTF, i think we need a new signer.

[DiegoSk8Rules]

the interpreter just went crazy,

and Amanda must have enjoyed that,

she start laughing

lol

[JarethDrakul]

I think Amanda has a great time when performing this with other people as very few seem to be able to keep up. I remember seeing avideo fo her performing it with an orchestra and she was having fun with it haha.

[mychemfreak246]

i dont get the sign language guy thing. if there are deaf people there, then that wud mean they cant hear the song so wots the point? just 'listen' to the lyrics? (im not trying to be rude, im just making an observation). :P

[CreatureofMasquerade]

ammm maybe the show had that guy and she wasn't the only one in the show? or maybe it was just fun to see him try to keep up with the "and i'll never be alo-------" part

[trinafool]

Deaf doesn't necessarily mean can't hear anything. Many deaf people listen to music but still use ASL to communicate. It depends on the decibals and frequencies that they can hear. They might also enjoy the vibrations. It depends on the person.

[mychemfreak246]

enjoy the vibrations? ew! i have such a dirty mind. lol. but you brought it up!!!

[tomidavidcoru]

es GENIAL!!!

[EliseC16]

what is she drinking? XD

this is so amazing. she's my idol when it comes to piano-playing.

[Barlecilla]

yes, but why a Solo Performance if she have Brian? :(

[JarethDrakul]

I think Brian also does drums in another band, but I'm not sure. Also might have been having personal problems which prevented him...but I'm not sure.

[Barlecilla]

Where's Brian? :(

[smellslikechildren1]

This is a solo performance.

[tjs8n]

obviously, but why just Amanda? What does Brian do to keep himself busy when Amanda does solo performances?

[raynedrops]

and another yey

[PandasEatingPeople]

that is so amazering...

[hyperteener]

thats pretty neat.

<3

[raynedrops]

yey....just yey.

yey amanda <3

[CatepillarsRule]

It's normally "I can take him in the bath," ...

[raynedrops]

i can even fuck him in the bath

[CreatureofMasquerade]

live, it's normally "fuck him in the ass" hahaha

[salomslot]

hahaaah

[MrsRagamuffin]

She was being kind with him for not saying 'fuck him in the ass' at the 'I can even take him in the bath' part XD

[Sarix35]

i love her shoes! a lot. :]]] <3

and her face.

and her voice.

and her style.

and her hair.

i love amanda palmer.

[baaatmannn]

That was so so fucking funny! LOVED IT AMANDA!

[Jessicathecrazyone]

EXCELLENT!! and i love that she kept messing with him. and he was a good sport and laughed too. great job :]

[kethSanders]

it's funy how she's screwing with he interpetur(sp)

[prepucio13]

oh my goodness, she´s an excellent singer, i love this band, and i´d like they come to mexico, here love´s you!!!!!

[evy3v4]

Excellent <3

[Freekun]

I love that there's an interpreter at a music concert.

;D

[paniclover4ever]

lol she kept messing with him....reminds me of the translator at Universal Studios when i saw Beetlejuice...."see this guy right here? hes gonna say everything i say....watch this.....DIARRHEA!!!!" -- Beetlejuice

good timesss

[kabire123489]

I love this song SO much!

[wessels6]

I love Amanda & her music. I think this had good potential...but I think the interpreter from the TC tour in Houston was the best! Spikey haired gal.

I did not care for the lighting on him either.

Lastly, my son has Autism and sometimes we use sign language with him b/c he has trouble finding the verbal words. hmmmmmm.

Still love u Amanda!

[sicksilentghost]

...you're really amazing... even my son loves your music...

[tigregirl18]

I saw you're video! LoL. Cute :)

[onoodlemantra]

Simply brilliant.

Haha, wow.

[gigiobill]

Grandissima! Sempre meglio!

Great! Waitin for a show in Italy!

[singfortheuniverse]

yeah i think that had to do with the venue. children go to pride. its either that or she didn't want to make the inturpeter say "fuck him in the ass". just my two cents.

[edgarg310]

except that she says fuck yea at the end :p

[rydencanJWALK]

oh wow. the best live coin operated boy vid. i've seen in a while. wow. that was amazing.

amanda, i have to hand it too you. you win 50 EXTRA BROWNIE POINTS(!!!) for screwing with the translator!

gosh, he was amazing.

[anamae03]

That was AWESOME! I loved it!

[freakoffreaks145]

I think that for a while there, she was messing with the translator. :DDD

[EthanRocks]

Absolutely hilarious! I am constantly amazed at how well sign language conveys an added dimension to all "heard" language.

[virginwolf]

very good idea! disappointed by the camera-man, cause, although I love Amanda he should have been concentrated on LANGUAGE INTERPRETER. So just like everyone else said: GOOD IDEA, LOUSY ANGLE FOR THE LANGUAGE INTERPRETER!

love ya!

[liberteen]

this set was amazing...despite the sound problems at first.

i hope she comes back to manchester.

sign language guy was awesome throughout...the dolls should take him on tour with them he could become part of the brigade!

[MaireMannix]

this song never gets old to me. thank fucking jesus for amanda palmer. i love amanda palmer.

[theredderred]

i second that.

[andr123w]

i third.

[goplanet]

I loved everybody's disappointment when she decided to keep out "fuck him in the ass".

[deardiary56789]

haha.

[knownbugs]

Good idea, but a shitty angle for the interpreter

[linko12345]

Looove this song so much! What serious feeling in the lyrics. THEN there's the interpreter who has a tough job while making me laugh and giggle away from the seriousness of the thought of a coin-operated boy!!!! FUN.

[chickabiddybex]

I WAS THEEEEERRRRREEEE!

Look on my vids for more of her songs at Manchester, she rocked!

[xplict0a]

Phenomenal. One of my favorite songs + hilarity = I love you Amanda. (Where's Brian though??)

[paradoxos81]

HAHAHAHHA Amanda, I LOVE YOU. That was awesome. I was wondering the same thing... where's Brian??

[nicky1970]

Ha! Messing with the poor interpreter boy with a little too many "go's"...

[leeloo741]

Amazing. Amanda, you are beautiful and hi-fucking-larious. Haha.

She's really loving every minute of that. =D

[Aincircle]

Amanda is seriously one of the funniest people in entertainment. Ecxellent Excellent. I wear hearing aids so sign may be the only way i listen??? to music in the future. Cool stuff.

[Panicatthediscoho]

LMAO!

i havent laughed this hard in a while XD

& i havet seen a s.l

inturperted to that good

LMAO!

[RadioSlayer]

Where's Brian?

[WerewolfMorgue]

Ah Amanda, you never fail. :]

[FrayedKnotJeff]

I always wondered what Coin-Operated Boy would look like in sign. Amazing!

[demonlordeclipse]

i liek this because im taking ASL now and i love Dreden dolls but i felt bad for him during that one part

[SourLullabies]

I don't think it's ASL - makes sense because this was shot in the UK. I don't know what it's technically called, but I think this might be British Sign Language.

With they showed more of the interpreter.

[demonlordeclipse]

yea but they hae some similarties. i didnt, but it was kinda cool to see a dresden dolls song in any signed language, it was amusing

[lunaticum]

hahaha, this is awesome!

[arrozc0nleche]

Most excellent. I'm sure the interpreter had a blast with it. ^^

[jaspringer1986]

love love love it! amanda is the shit!

[dresdendolls92]

i think shs fucking with the signner. i'd do the same. that soooo funny, amanda you've made my week with that

[pinkchimps]

omg, freaking hilarious...i fucking love amanda...she could sit there and sing the alphabet and id be absolutely mesmorized

[dresdendolls92]

me too

[Changeling]

That was awesome. I did feel kind of sorry for the sign-language interpreter though...

[arkose001]

and i'll be al... >> go!

haha this is brilliant.

[singfortheuniverse]

she never ceases to amaze me. :)

[MeleeStormbringer]

That was hilarious!!!! Poor guy...that was tough gig! Amanda is so mean....:)

I LOVE IT!!!

[UnspokenLoveAwaken]

ahh.i love it!!

(:

[farker175]

I would do horrible, questionable, disgusting things to get with Amanda Palmer.

[missmurder99]

love it, love it, love it.

[MrShenanigans]

this song is about vibrators lololol!

[k3ls0cl4ncy2]

It's about loneliness, idiot.....

[blacknightstar]

yeah, it can sound like it but amanda palmer said herself that it's about loneliness, not dildos and stuff.

[grandejete94]

heyy i can play this song!

well...kinda...

but it'll never be this good!

Amanda, you're my hero!!

[TheLynnChannel]

I love how she keeps trying to mess up the interpreter. XD

[runningforamsterdam]

flipping awesome

[MissMetamorphmagus]

Oh wow.

That was such an amazing night. So incredible.

Thankyou for being you, Amanda.

[thatguyonthestreet]

That was spec-fucking-tacular.

Made my day. Night. It's two in the morning.

Amanda, you are truly ethereal.

Sign Language Guy, congratulations for takin' it like a champ and being undeniably charming.

[Willish]

I have always wanted to learn sign language from my brief introduction of it as a child, this is more of a drive to learn it.

Love how Amanda was messing with him at different parts of the song.

Awesome as always.

[jackcage83]

Wow, that truly is awesome :) Hey I have a documentry that might be heading to a certain super high profile film festival in the future and I'd love for you guys to have a copy :)