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Jan. 25th, 2006 02:22 pmVoltaire last night was fun. He played about 2/3 of the show solo, then brought his new band The Oddz onstage for the last 1/3. They were quite catchy, kind of new wave.
Voltaire was very, very drunk (as befits a 39th birthday party, I suppose). He kept forgetting the lyrics and blaming it on alcohol and old age. Luckily there was a fairly large and rapt audience (seated all around this teeny packed room) who helped him by shouting out the lyrics.
I sat in the corner, alone (I almost managed to talk my roommate into coming, but he had to get up early for work--pffft, as if I didn't!), drinking a mai tai (it was a tiki bar). But grinning, because Voltaire is funny as hell. I left immediately afterward.
I love that Voltaire went into a 10 minute tangent talking about Star Wars (and getting every single geeky term correct--well, except when he accidentally called a blaster a phaser and then mocked himself for it). He filled in a hilarious "missing scene" from The Empire Strikes Back--what happened after "We would be honored if you would join us"? Vader, Lando, Han, Leia, and Threepio having a very awkward dinner, apparently--Voltaire did all their voices.
Then he sang his Star Wars cantina song, the one about Luke Skywalker having sex with all the various creatures in the Mos Eisley cantina. Even the badass goth crowd was gaping at that one. (I almost fell out of my chair laughing.)
Then the Oddz came on. They played a song they're doing for a Neil Gaiman tribute CD (at his request), played a song about selling out (very catchy and funny), and played one of my favorites, "Medicated Girls Brigade" (which I love for its message and its twistedly sweet sincerity).
Stangely enough, I'm not the hugest fan of Voltaire's actual music; it's his sense of humor that really appeals to me. He's sarcastic and clever and sings about Star Wars and the suckiness of New Jersey. And really, how many goth comedians are out there? I love that he can write a song parodying Rammstein's "Du Hast" that goes something like "You love this / But you don't know what I'm saying" and I totally get it, because I remember that year when everyone was singing along with "Du Hast" and no one could figure out what it meant.
Anyway. Fun show.
Voltaire was very, very drunk (as befits a 39th birthday party, I suppose). He kept forgetting the lyrics and blaming it on alcohol and old age. Luckily there was a fairly large and rapt audience (seated all around this teeny packed room) who helped him by shouting out the lyrics.
I sat in the corner, alone (I almost managed to talk my roommate into coming, but he had to get up early for work--pffft, as if I didn't!), drinking a mai tai (it was a tiki bar). But grinning, because Voltaire is funny as hell. I left immediately afterward.
I love that Voltaire went into a 10 minute tangent talking about Star Wars (and getting every single geeky term correct--well, except when he accidentally called a blaster a phaser and then mocked himself for it). He filled in a hilarious "missing scene" from The Empire Strikes Back--what happened after "We would be honored if you would join us"? Vader, Lando, Han, Leia, and Threepio having a very awkward dinner, apparently--Voltaire did all their voices.
Then he sang his Star Wars cantina song, the one about Luke Skywalker having sex with all the various creatures in the Mos Eisley cantina. Even the badass goth crowd was gaping at that one. (I almost fell out of my chair laughing.)
Then the Oddz came on. They played a song they're doing for a Neil Gaiman tribute CD (at his request), played a song about selling out (very catchy and funny), and played one of my favorites, "Medicated Girls Brigade" (which I love for its message and its twistedly sweet sincerity).
Stangely enough, I'm not the hugest fan of Voltaire's actual music; it's his sense of humor that really appeals to me. He's sarcastic and clever and sings about Star Wars and the suckiness of New Jersey. And really, how many goth comedians are out there? I love that he can write a song parodying Rammstein's "Du Hast" that goes something like "You love this / But you don't know what I'm saying" and I totally get it, because I remember that year when everyone was singing along with "Du Hast" and no one could figure out what it meant.
Anyway. Fun show.