tiger lillies -the dreadful story of harriet and the matches

tiger lillies performing shockheaded peter in new york

[@Peachyminipie]

I loove it! One of my weirdest memories is sitting by a lake ( I was 14 and somehow drunk by 3.5 beer??!) listening to this song with my bff. We still crack up as soon as we hear Tiger Lillies.True friendship FTW!!!

[@MsHowdull]

Best sounding version of this story & song. No other rendition live or album compares to this one

[@seechao]

I was not expecting the cat to say meow... made milk shoot out my nose for the first time since grade school... I love these guys, so much, so very much...

[@majamaja3333]

the beauty and brilliance are in the simplicity, and dont these guys prove it again and again.

[@barrywilliamsmb]

And right here you growl "meow" in a mad fashion four times. Fantabulous! These fellows are frigging geniuses or whatever they call it. Thanks for the video, imaraccoon.

[@ltaoklazteck]

this is the sickest stuff I've ever seen in my whole life tho, they're the greatest band with simplicity and a distinctive style, I just love'em!!

[@Aaskereia]

next wednesday I'm going to see them Live! Man I'm so happy about that they#re playing in my region!!!

[@BelterSkelter]

Came here after reading the poem which was displayed on the wall of my hotel room, Dunbrody House in Ireland

[@pulyapudoff]

A cautionary tale, for my lovely young daughters. Beware the matches...

[@tchrterri]

@philipchek The musical from which this song was taken, was based on a German children's book called 'Der Struwwelpeter (1845) by Heinrich Hoffmann. I know a number of adults from Germany who were read these stories when they were children.

[@lalunabril]

Ja. Espero no volverlo a borrar, es que mi dislexia me ha metido en muchos problemas.... Los sonidos son hermosos y esto me gusta por que es como una espiral.

[@heddersuk1974]

And they are coming Calgary of all places for Halloween :)

[@pulyapudoff]

My daughter saw them in New Zealand. How I envy that child. I had 'Shockheaded Peter' on CD some years ago. Traded it away. Now, my local can't find it, as it's out of print. Ah, regrets.

[@elysianintricacy]

My mum bought me a struwwelpeter book when I was a kid.. nice woman

[@fairydust1893]

Thank you youtube for letting me find genious like this! :D absaloutley blood love them :)

[@KatastrophieLuv]

so crazy - I was at this show and pop up in the audience in places in the videos! luv you lilies!!!!

[@paddy_black]

I'm going to see them today in Vienna =) Really looking forward to "Woyzeck and the Tiger Lillies" ^^

[@FlamingParanoiaSpoon]

Oh wow, they sound like Skeksis singing this song!!!! :D

[@michaelmouse1]

@themightytim1 Thanks- these aren't available where I live but I tracked it down on amazon. amazing album.

[@kellydarbyshire6693]

Nothing like it 😍

[@wochenendsonnenschein5853]

Gänsehaut...................

[@F01d3r]

Hmm... they come to my city today... never heard them before, but gotta "try it out":)

[@urmeli64]

saw them in Montreux last week- Brilliant!

[@mingiugingiu]

The performance in Bucharest was amazing !!!

[@caroldefender4144]

I will never get how anyone can like a musical about torturing and killing children.

[@violetninja]

im in calgary and i am SO there omg i cant beleive they are comming here

[@thebrightonickabod]

I don't know why I like it but I do. It's like som old school vaudeville story telling. Normally I'm a drum and bass man myself but this draws me in to the theatrical side.

[@Ripto]

On Sunday they'll play in the theatre I work in

[@joannahewson]

Well it almost makes me cry to tell What foolish Harriet does befell Mama and nurse went out one day And left her all alone to play Well on the table close at hand A box of matches chanced to stand Well mama and nurse had told her That if she touched them they would scold her Well Harriet said what a pity ‘Cos when they burn they seem so pretty They crackle so they spit and flame Mama and papa do often do the same

[@Avalon_PL]

This is so brilliant!

[@Iburndowncities]

So god damn brilliant

[@michaelmouse1]

@themightytim1 you may (or may not!) like this as well: formidable marinade by mikelangelo and the dead sea gentlemen it's on utube- the best version is the one with amanda palmer at the sydney opera house. not up to tiger lillies standard but close.

[@garychap8384]

So, never play with matches children. Miaooow Got to love the lillies. : )))))

[@LivOdinArt]

Great!

[@IsraelCastorenaLemus]

muy buenos!!!

[@lasaboteuse]

@lasaboteuse OH! It IS from Struwwelpeter! This is the band that made the book into an opera!

[@pulyapudoff]

My daughter saw them in New Zealand. How I envy that child.

[@philipchek]

@tchrterri Yes , les contes d'Hoffmann are famous in many countries, wittren to talk about violence and limits with children. I don't think this song based on it can be called a lullaby. But as I say that, I know many people will react as lady gaga 's fans and will not wonder to try to think or understand the comment - and just think I do a blasphem against their idols.

[@NewPaltzIndie]

I saw this on Ovation at 3 in the morning when there was nothing else on. it's the weirdest thing ive ever seen. gotta say though, like a train wreck in which all of the fatalities were party clowns, you cant look away

[@wookywooky91]

im actually lovin this..haha

[@shnuglefeet]

Brilliant!

[@sasukenojutsu]

lol so scary! I like it! :D

[@philipchek]

I like their talent - really they are great artists - but sometime I wonder why among so many negative songs : so where is the way out ? Suicide ? But as I notice they do not suicide themselves. They are great artists to say what's bad, but I will appreciate some songs from them to say what's good. I do not want to be negative - I like their songs, they are great . But just : only negative feelings about all what's around me is not enough to fill and feed me.

[@samuelclemens8361]

Freaking Brilliant!

[@majamaja3333]

Well...you don't know your Tiger Lillies then. They are one of the hardest touring bands around, mainly because they don't sell much cd's. Go to their website and check their past tours, you are in for a surprise.

[@jimdwyer4440]

Really seems more like contemporary cabaret than steampunk. I hear the steam, but no punk. Love it, though. Unique.

[@nonioiminette]

wow!

[@NicklausDeyring]

@phillipcheck Perhaps I misunderstood what your comments were getting at

[@uriangatobataclan]

This is such a great band, a wonderful tune. I'm barely learning about them and they are --as far as my research has gone on-- one of the bands i enjoy the most. There's a coincidence i just found... Rammstein's song "Hilf mir" speaks about the same subject... I think both songs are pretty bizzare and nice... I'm just trying to point out a coincidence, not making comparissons.

[@caroldefender4144]

They're based on the same (very terrible) poem...

[@foojuice101]

LOL This song is kinda funny...in a sadistic kind of way XD I guess you have to really listen to the lyrics to find the humour in their songs.

[@lucymight]

He scares me.

[@algamepe]

excelentes... alguien sabe si regresaran a Mexico pronto???... saludos

[@ANREWTROFIMOV]

it's a fucking great!!!!!isn't it????????

[@schwasareeh]

@BHargoman I think it's "we told her soooooooooo"

[@Scourge_Cat]

One (14) was ??

[@inmortalbathory]

ese sujeto se parece a mi amado ^^

[@lasaboteuse]

What's the story from? Is it from "Struwwelpeter"? If not, then God damn, there was sure a proliferation of violent cautionary tales back in the day.

[@joannahewson]

‘Til she's got nothing left to lose Except her little scarlet shoes And only these only these are found Amongst her ashes on the ground Oh miaow miaoh miaow miaoh She's burnt to death we told her so Oh miaow miaoh miaow miaoh She's burnt to death we told her so The pussy cats they sat beside Her steaming ashes and they cried Oh miaow miaoh miaow miaoh She's burnt to death we told her so Oh miaow miaoh miaow miaoh She's burnt to death we told her so

[@samahnord]

@Gavriel0 movie? this is the tiger lillies, a band.

[@thunder_heads]

Tigerlillies are a band

[@joannahewson]

So she wouldn't take their advice She lit a match it was so nice It crackled so it burnt so clear Exactly like the picture here So she jumped for joy and she ran about And was too pleased to put it out Well the pussy cats they saw this They said naughty naughty naughty Miss Oh miaow miaoh miaow miaoh She's burning to death we told her so Well see what a dreadful dreadful thing The fire has caught her apron string She burns all over everywhere She burns her nose and her arms and her hair

[@Silvia1826]

Well at least the cat's fine. :s

[@jcrystalfrost]

argh... wonder what the hell is inside the mind of that man... i like the whole consept... but jeez sometimes it makes me wonder :P

[@Scourge_Cat]

Me (24) Was.........That Cool;

[@sirenitaliquida]

miaaaauuuu

[@pen64]

@philipchek You clearly don't get it. Two words you can type in to Wikipedia: Grand Guignol, for that is where their influences lie...

[@Meyaleleth]

HAHAHAHHA excellent song!

[@plushmoon02]

wow.

[@thegarbageboy]

@Gavriel0 Plunkett & Macleane.

[@violetninja]

lol they have never left uk???? did you read the description for this video? "tiger lillies performing shockheaded peter in new york" lol?

[@tjunkieu2b]

очень поучительная песенка - надо деткам показать LOL

[@CharlieCobolt]

@burtmurdoch Well of course there's "SOMETHING" wrong with me for enjoying and laughing at a song about a girl who burns to death but the sickness has a name: Morbid and black humor! :D And music is an art form so yes this is ART(Sounds a bit pretentious).

[@pervlo]

Harriet!

[@ThatTurboOwl]

The singer looks a bit like a fat cousin to the joker. Still brilliant music.

[@ltaoklazteck]

why do you discuss? I mean, enjoy music! it's so simple! thank god I'm not def =)

[@philipchek]

@nicklausdeyring Sorry to have say a blaspheme - I thought the Tigger Lillies was a group with lyrics - so that people can talk about and give their feelings. I never could have thought that a TL fan would answer with argument words like "ass" (and next probably more strong arguments like fuck, and shit, like so many people on the net) - when I said I like them - and even posted a translation based on a live video made by a friend.

[@PAUVASHES]

dIsCULPEN LOS QUE LES GUSTA......pero esto ha sido lo más espantoso..que he escuchado....este grupo pueda que sea bueno en su género...pero no .....

[@AceAurora13]

@burtmurdoch sounds like someone likes to make stupid comments, really though this is the fifth time i've seen you comment with the same thing, If you don't like this or cant understand it the don't watch it. Your one of those people who says that the cant understand a magic eye picture. So please refrain from commenting on more videos so i have to take time out from listening to something i like to tell you to shut up. Thank you -Lazarus Tiberius Maxwell

[@mapsofwar]

@robjacksontop Sounds like fun.

[@peonunion]

i dont even know what hes saying and it sounds morbid lols : O) oh man here comes the thumbs downs >>>>

[@TBOwi]

So fucked up & I think I like

[@vivalemarco]

this is wierd and evil shit