The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2009
- The Dresden Dolls' video for 'Coin Operated Boy' off the album Yes, Virginia - available now on Roadrunner Records. Download now on iTunes: smarturl.it/yesvirginia
LYRICS
coin operated boy
sitting on the shelf he is just a toy
but i turn him on and he comes to life
automatic joy
that is why i want a coin operated boy
made of plastic and elastic
he is rugged and long-lasting
who could ever ever ask for more
love without complications galore
many shapes and weights to choose from
i will never leave my bedroom
i will never cry at night again
wrap my arms around him and pretend....
coin operated boy
all the other real ones that i destroy
cannot hold a candle to my new boy and i'll
never let him go and i'll never be alone
not with my coin operated boy......
this bridge was written to make you feel smittener
with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
can you extract me from my plastic fantasy
i didnt think so but im still convinceable
will you persist even after i bet you
a billion dollars that i'll never love you
will you persist even after i kiss you
goodbye for the last time
will you keep on trying to prove it?
i'm dying to lose it...
i want it
i want you
i want a coin operated boy.
and if i had a star to wish on
for my life i cant imagine
any flesh and blood could be his match
i can even take him in the bath
coin operated boy
he may not be real experienced with girls
but i know he feels like a boy should feel
isnt that the point that is why i want a
coin operated boy
with his pretty coin operated voice
saying that he loves me that hes thinking of me
straight and to the point
that is why i want
a coin operated boy.
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I literally just randomly started singing this song while doing laundry and I stopped and had a moment of shock because I haven’t thought or heard of this song in a literal decade if not more.
I had to re-listen to it after a doja cat interview with nardwuar.
The song has been rattling around in my head the past day but I could not remember the exact words. I forgot the "Coin" part and thinking "Boy Operated Toy", "Toy Operated Boy" ??? Had to look it up again.
Literally same
Same here. You know what this means.
@@BikePackingPleb lol same. this was a local hit in boston
I have a feeling a lot of people don't realize how sad this song is.
Harrison Hedge your right
Harrison Hedge the point of the song.....
I know right...poor boy gotta be with this high maintenance girl
i thought the song was about dildos
I do. And it brought tears to my eyes. Everyone thinks only about the sex part.
This is a song about a woman who desperately wants to find true love and companionship but who is terrified by the idea of being with a real, flawed person and experiencing the pain that comes along with it. All the other ones are guys who have been with her who she rejected because they turned out to be real, flawed dudes. I think the coin-operated boy in the video is a fantasy but also could be someone she has found who is willing to play the part of the idealized fantasy image she has in her head. This person is willing to exist co-dependently in the relationship while sacrificing their own sense of self and their own human, emotional needs. The sad irony is that, while they are in a relationship together, emotionally, they are both alone and isolated. trapped in a miserable, loveless relationship based on an impossible fantasy.
Ah man. You just nailed my last relationship on the head. I tried so hard to be perfect for ten years, giving up all of my boundaries in the process... then, of course, I failed to sustain that effort, and failed spectacularly, just the worst. When I tried to rebuild our relationship (confusing friendship at this point) after the fall-out, I started working on my boundaries, and it pushed them away, like I was always afraid it would. But it makes sense, as so much of our relationship was built on my unsustainable codependency. If I had worked harder on those boundaries before I broke, maybe we could have worked it out.
Moral of the story, don’t wish for, or be, a coin operated boy.
My ex said this was my song about me just wanting a coin operated boy. All I wanted was for him to be happy we were going to have a baby not happy that I miscarried. Post partum was real and he no longer felt like my person but a stranger.
You just described me
The song is mostly about the feeling, not literally wanting a plastic boy.
It just sucks being so heartbroken and being at a point where you want a coin operated boy, and the realization that you're miserable. It's all about the sad state and deepness of your own misery and how you got there, everything else comes second to that.
No nigga. It's about masturbation.
Everybody Talking about the meaning of the song.
Me: *staring at her tattooed cursive eyebrows.*
They are not tattoed they are painted, in some video you can see her painting it in lest than a minute , even tho now she has her eyebrows growed with her hair
It’s one of the many reasons I love Amanda
420th like nice
The eyebrows are always enchanting 😍
Everyone talking about the meaning of the song and I'm just like, "Look at that
same
My mom used to listen to this song all the time as I was growing up and I always found it "annoying". She passed away three years ago, and now as a grown adult going back to this song, it breaks my heart because I now know that she was just lonely and fed up with all the abusive relationships she was in as a single parent raising me. 😔
ur mom was rlly rlly kool
So sad my friend 🥺
My condolences 😓❤⚘
oh no im so sorry!
So sorry for your loss I just lost my uncle just past he used to play this as a joke I also thought it was annoying but now it brings so much nostalgia I miss that f**ker
as someone who likes both this song and the broadway karkat parody i never know which one is gonna play when i hear the opening notes and i sit there waiting in fear and dread until i hear the first sung line
Lol me
“god fucking dammit dave”
Literally me, just anxious to hear the lyrics. I half expect someone to swap the songs half way through, and I always wonder if I’ll hear that damn zipper effect. ☠️
usually tell from the beginning instrumental does anyone else hear it or is that just me
god fucking damn it Dave, there goes the last shit that I ever gave
god i can still hear the zipper at the end
Poor Karkat... or, who do we even feel bad for in that situation?
god, fucking damn it-
:(
its just ingrained into our heads at this point
no...please...
I used to listen to this song every day and watch the video with it. It has been almost 8 or 9 years I think since I heard/saw it but as soon as it played I remembered every word she sings and every detail in this video. I also remember their website was like a doll-house and you could explore all the rooms. Oh nostalgia... I wish I was 16 again
Dude, same.
I haven't listened to Amanda Palmer/The Dresden Dolls in YEARS but the minute I went on this kick I was like, "oh shit I'm 16 again", instantly remembered all the lyrics and all the places I was when I was listening to this on repeat on my iPod shuffle. Nostalgia tripped HARD.
Debbie vancb me too deb , me too
Same!!! Everyone talking about Dave. I mean, it’s great! Brings new audience but the intro doesn’t remind of gfdi Dave it’s the other way around. It brought me back here...to my past.
Same girl same
That sounds really nice, you still listening to that song?
I CAN'T LISTEN TO THIS WITHOUT HEARING GFDI DAVE.
Porcupore Poison because they legit copied it
That's why I came looking for this, just saw a video using this song
That's why I'm here.
Amanda Palmer made a tiktok acknowledging the parody. It just appeared on my fyp.
Anna S parodies aren’t copies 🙃
The song is about loneliness. I think you may be missing the point if you think it is about her wanting a sex doll.
Could be about both.
Dream Delirium I get so irritated that people think this song is simply nothing more than about a dildo
Ichiban Suzuki
I'm pretty sure this is about her having bad relationships and her wanting decent, regular sex without the bullshit that comes from dating.
If it was about loneliness it wouldn't have such obvious sexual innuendos.
Loneliness? I have a masculine perspective on this song, paying VERY CLOSE ATTENTION to 3:14 where she mentions how she wants her coin operated boy to have "a pretty coin-operated voice, saying [blah blah]" and in my male brain all I can think that means is she wants to hear nothing from her perfect boy unless she puts in a coin first. There is no way that lyric means anything else beside that. I cannot unthink it, and now neither can you. This song is sexist. Funny, though, that if you replaced "boy" with "person" and didn't give it a gender, it's a perfectly non-sexist song. Or is it?
MrOvergryph “and in my male brain all I can think that means is she wants to hear nothing from her perfect boy unless she puts a coin in first.” Honey, what does that even mean? Perhaps I’m not “male” or “sexual” enough as to see what, probably far fetched, conclusion you’re implying.
I was at a bar a few weeks ago and a girl sang this for karaoke and I fell absolutely in love with it. I'm glad I was there to hear it.
I was listening to this and every time I try to I hear the “god fucking dammit Dave” audio
SAME
I'm fairly certain that the song is NOT meant to be an objectification of men. The song is about wanting a 'perfect' relationship with the 'perfect' partner. But people aren't perfect and a "coin operated boy" would be, by definition, 'perfect' but he wouldn't be *real*.
@@doctormanganate5814 I think they mean by her definition, which is what the song is saying the entire time. According to her definition of a perfect relationship, no flesh and blood could be his match. Yet she obviously isn't happy.
@Tommy Hass they would be wrong then too.
Reminds me of the Black Mirror episode "Be Right Back"
Phh theres no such thing as objectification of men
Pretty sure its just about a dildo man
Amanda is talented beyond belief. What a sad song. I feel it's about building walls after being hurt by someone you loved deeply and being scared to be intimate again. the only way you can deal with intimacy is through your fantasy i.e the 'perfect' man or woman.
its a great song but i thought it was about dildos lol
Dashie Allheart !
blackwarb Why did you insult him/her like that.... That was fucked up. I actually thought referenced a dildo/vibrator as well. Haha. And that's okay, music is actually up for interpretation. No need to be a dick to anyone...
Shinitkun you're pretty sensitive if you were really offended by his comment
well she is talented thats for sure but.. coins and boys...thats just bitching....
with the sheer amount of times ive listened to gfdi dave you think i wouldnt be suprised hearing this
isnt it ironic
used to be platonic
**screams**
how is this comment only a month old. I thought we were past this
@@dandiestdryer it just never dies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nora TikTok is bringing everything back to the surface
STOP I FOUND YOU AGAIN YOUR EVERYWHERE
OK, Lets set the record straight I watched an interview with Amanda Palmer she said this is the most mistook song she ever made.
It is NOT about a vibrator or dildo, It is about a girl that wants the "perfect" guy. She knows she will never find one so she builds one so that everything in her little world is what she considers perfection.
End of Story !
+Jo Blow so in other words......a dildo
Thanks for clearing that up. Perfect guys like me haven't been around since Shakespeare. We all done writing so good, it's like "what's the matter"? Supposebly!
+Jo Blow It is, literally, about a sex toy. That does not, however, mean that the song's meaning involves the sex toy. It is a basic artistic device. The lyrics specifically reference sex toys at multiple points, but you are not meant to think that the song is actually _about_ a sex toy. It is clearly about relationships.
By wanting the perfect guy, she's looking for a guy who is her toy, because that's less dangerous than a real relationship. It's kind of the same way boys treat girls or people treat people, when wanting to avoid relationships. So the sex-toy is there, just not the way you want it.
Wait, how does anyone miss this? The intended interpretation is even closer to the literal meaning of the song than that interpretation.
I think at the end my heart broke, because he looked so tired of life, but he still loved her enough to comfort her, when she seemed upset.
Elizabeth Rose its about a vibrator, and her sadness for her real relationships failing.
Damn bro smoke a joint
And also that she cringed at the idea of someone loving her
My wife & I used this for an ice dancing free dance program a few years ago. It was my favorite of all we did.
Absolute genius. Amanda is a very special and unique human being.
Hello, I am a Homestuck and I came here because of GFDI Dave. I like this song.
I love how the beat is mechanical sounding in parts and winding down toward the end just as you would expect something coin operated to act. Lyrics and rhythm combining to portray the story. Genius! :)
I absolutely LOVE this song. It wouldn't be out of place in, say, a Turn-of-the-Century Viennese avant-garde theatre or a Weimar-Era Berlin cabaret. Einfach wunderbar! 🤘
My English teacher played this in our class and I was like
yo this is cool
what a story mark
Anyways, how's your sex life?
EmilyHatesYouAll
Was it Mr. Rumpsy from 8th grade?
Hi doggy
Mr. Riener?
She wants a perfect relationship. But she realizes that a perfect relationship with a fake person isn't productive either. She ends up realizing that she'd rather be with the person she actually loves than a fake person she just made up even though that person isn't perfect and they won't have a perfect relationship.
I'd say Neil Gaiman Is close enough to perfect.
@@skreedom222 he's perfect for her.
Nahh she's talking about a vibrator
Yeah its a vibrator bro, made of plastic and elastic
People who think this song is about a vibrator are depressingly simple.
Note: "I can even take him in the bath" is NOT the line she uses in concert.
I love that song!
The line she uses is much more graphic😂
now im curious to what it is
*him
Hahaha I think I know
BRENDAN I MISS YOU! :(((((
I kinda knew what the song was about when I was in middle school but now that I’m 27 I GET what the heck this song is about. I want one too sis.
Help I can't stop listening to this song.
try Coin Operated Goi .- Voltaire will not be able to unhear
Elijah Jackson HAHAHA YOU'VE BEEN SUCKED IN WITH THE REST OF US WELCOME TO THE PARTY 🤣
Right its like I hate it but part of me cant stop listening
It's been 4 years...are...are you still listening to it?
Should I call for help?
Are you still addicted?
The more I listen to this song the sadder is gets. It's gone from, "Aww, cute" to "Ha, Vibrators" to "Wow that's actually very sad..."
I may have giggled loudly at the bathtub part.
That was surprisingly depressing
So's life, so find the beauty in it
"let's make it about aliens masturbating" said the homestucks
to me, this song is about someone who is so done with "love" and the complications that go with it that they would rather deal with something simpler... something that doesn't involve feelings or other complications. it might not amount to "love" but it is so much easier.
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT DAVE
If you find this song relatable you'll understand that if you're needy for love enough, you'll invent your very own boyfriend.
If you can't relate with this song, you'll think it's about a vibrator.
Roger Goremän probably guys who think this is about a vibrator
I don’t relate but I still understand the song
I'm a boy but I don't think this song is about a dildo
@@heradow4672 _respekt_
I just played the mission in cyberpunk, so I thought of a vending machine.
This song has been so misunderstood lol but remains one of my favorite songs to cure my depression. And I’m a guy lol. This song is more deep than people realize
What Do you think the meaning is?
i love this song...its about wanting to have someone who is always there for you, always faithful, and always loving you...without all the little arguments and complications that come with relationships
God fucking damn it Dave
what did i do
+Dave Strider made Karkat fall for you
+Sollux Captor aint my fault im hot
YES
+Sollux Captor THANK YOU
I have only just found this amazing group and this song just blows my mind, so relatable. Amanda Palmer is amazing.
This song is ab a vibrator lol, also te singer is like a super shitty person
Lonely crying to this song yet again, so relatable. What I would even do without it
*God Fucking damn it Dave*
there's too many of these comments
RIP Brendan
I've been looking for this song ever since I heard it on the radio as a kid. What a haunting tune.
Damn, if I were a teacher I would totally show this to my students, because it's a great point of discussion. You'd find out a lot about a person based on their reaction to this song/video.
when I was in grade 7 we had a "burned cd" and the teacher downloaded alot of songs for all of us to listen to and it was alot of mainstream music that my fellow classmates suggested, and I remember suggesting this song, because my sister was 6 yrs older then me and I liked her music but my teacher and all the students laughed at this song and made me feel humiliated, I wouldn't even admit when the teacher asked who suggested the horrid song, ......
I have a feeling you'll get very different responses based on gender; men will echo a lot of the comments here whereas women will likely give a more nuanced explanation where the woman is sick and tired of emotionally or physically abusive men and is willing to push real relationships away because she no longer believes that it's possible to have a genuine relationship with a man, but still has the slightest bit of hope
Currently ending the 16 year relationship I was (subconsciously?) referring to 5 years ago when I posted that. Can attest it doesn’t last and leaves you very hollow.
@@SweetMofoDealz don’t worry, my mom and her friend started laughing and making fun of me when it came on in the car
@@SweetMofoDealz(I had the aux lmao)
this is such a good song...... but.... i can’t. i can’t listen to it. it’s impossible.
Why?
@@marinameilenstein gdfi dave
the profile picture is telling enough
then don't :/
GOD
God, Fucking Dammit Dave!!!
Coin operated boy, sitting on the shelf
He is just a toy but I turn him on and he comes to life
Automatic joy that is why I want
A coin operated boy
Made of plastic and elastic
He is rugged and long lasting
Who could ever ever ask for more?
Love without complications galore
Many shapes and weights to chose from
I will never leave my bedroom
I will never cry at night again
Wrap my arms around him and pretend
Coin operated boy
All the other real ones that I destroy
Cannot hold a candle to my new boy
And I'll never let him go
And I'll never be alone
And I'll never let him go
And I'll never be alone, go
And I'll never be alone, go
And I'll never be alone, go
And I'll never be alone, go
And I'll never be alone
Not with my coin operated boy
This bridge was written to make you feel smitten
And with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
Oh, can you extract me from my plastic fantasy
I didn't think so but I'm still convincible
Oh will you persist even after I bet you a million dollars
That I'll never love you and will you persist even after I kiss you
Goodbye for the last time will you be trying to prove it, I'm dying
To lose it, I'm losing my confidence
I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
I want to, I want to, I want to, I want to
I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you
I want a, I want a, I want a, I want a coin operated boy
And if I had a star to wish on for my life
I can't imagine any flesh and blood could be this match
I can even take him in the bath
Coin operated boy, he may not be real experienced with girls
But I know, he feels like a boy should feel, isn't that the point
That is why I want a coin operated boy
With a pretty coin operated voice saying
That he loves me, that he's thinking of me
Straight and to the point that is why
I want a coin operated boy
i hate that i heard gfdi dave before this and i can only hear that when listening to this
same 😭
This song is genuinely so sad, I wish I listened to this before getting into homestuck 😭😭
What a great song! Hope it doesnt get a parody based of a webcomic whereas a troll is doing the self pleasure thinking about a human.
Oh god
Did this happen, seems odly specific
@@Raylen_Fa-ield LMFAOO
@@Raylen_Fa-ield Let me tell you about homes-
GAMZEE? WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU AND CAPTOR HERE?
This was one but not only one of my Ma's favourite songs, she just needed a rock among a vast ocean. Bless her heart
OOOHHHHHH.. THIS is where the GODDAMMIT DAVE song comes from. Huh it took like 10 years but I finally came across the original. Neat
yeah... uh.. I have a bit of explaining to do
now I’m horns over hills, for, god, fucking dammit dave
god fu- oh
Whisper in my ear-
love me hate me fuc-
This song didn't have to go my jugular like that
Sad, lonely, relatable. I too want someone that doesn't exist, that would never hurt me. Thank God for imagination at least. Ironically, the imaginary are more human than real physical ones.
God...fucking damit Dave....
this song makes me both happy and sad at the same time. its just amazing. I can relate very much to the lyrics. and the last moments of the video where amanda looks like she is about to start crying and brian strokes her face. so beautiful! this is ART!
my dad used to listen to this a lot and i’ve been looking for the song for years because he’s dead and this song just holds a special place in my heart
Wow, I was obsessed with this album when it came out, and for years afterwards, but this is the first time I'm seeing the video! Going to have to run through the whole album now.
I remember going to see Simple Plan in concert, and The Dresden Dolls were part of the few opening acts. They played one song and Amanda broke her wrist while she was on the keyboard! This was over 10 years ago, and I still love this band!
HI GUYS I'M BACK HERE TO SAY THAT AMANDA PALMER IS COMPLETELY AWARE OF GFDI DAVE AND HOW IT WENT VIRAL IM CRYING RN
HUH WHUH I MEAN IM NOT SURPRISED BUT STILL-
I hope she enjoyed it lmfaooo
Uhh, what the fuck is this about. I just came to Dresden dolls because doja cat said something about it at nardwuars show.
@@tjallevanderwal8031 There's a Homestuck parody of this song called GFDI Dave that was really popular on TikTok for a while. It is a bit inappropriate but it's funny how people react to it.
@@braingame647 ITS ON HER TIKTOK I CANT EXACTLY GIVE PROOF THOUGH CONSIDERING I DONT HAVE IT
Soon to be 4 years since Nikteh Sanchez left us. Miss you, sweet.
Saw these two play at roskilde festival in '05. It was incredible and that dude is an amazing drummer.
Feel like I've been in a time machine listening to this again >
Found this song through homestuck; GFDI Dave. And I love both so much!
s a m e
I grew up with this song and to this day I come back just to remember how many times my sister sung this song to me when I was three
I'll always remember you Brendan...All Cyberpunks in reply F for the nicest vending machine.
I did competitive dance for 10 years and a dance academy competing against us did a routine to this song. It was stuck in my head for weeks! xD
I love this song. The video is great too. I just started reading Amanda's book "The Art of Asking" & it made me think I had missed something. Boy did I ever.
Check out her patreon... she publishes something new and fascinating once a week (or more often): www.patreon.com/amandapalmer
Excellent song, deep meaning, beautifully acted, photographed and cut! Why have I never heard it before, what year was it introduced?
2003, released as a single (with this video) in 2004
*now i realize*
*i’m horns over heels*
This song never gets old for me :)
The 2000s was a weird time for music, but it's so nostalgic for me
Theatrical eye-brows & musical score. The drummer scores.
who here still watching in 2077??
This song is pure genius. Pure art. Beautiful.
haven't heard this in a long long time.
This video desperately needs a remaster, such a shame it languishes in 480p.
If he's artificial he can't hurt you. Sometimes that feels safer and better than risking it with these flawed people who only break your heart. That's when you know you're more hurt than to want to be alone, and more lonely than to want a love.
As charming as the vintage VHS look is, someone needs to remaster this work of art
The last line “I want a coin operated boy with a pretty coin operated voice saying that he loves me and he’s thinking of me straight and to the point that is why I want a coin operated boy” always gets so me 😭
the way this triggered my fight or fight the first few seconds
Shout outs to anyone who feels like this 🫣🤭😢 such an old school banger 🔥
Do you ever suddenly remember a song that you really didn't like but haven't heard for a long time, and you think "I should listen to that again, see if it's any different than I remember?"
Yeah, that was me with this song. Still not my jam, and that's fine. Y'all have fun and enjoy it.
Just wondering if that happens to anyone else, or if I'm just a weirdo.
I do this with dresden dolls every half a year. And im getting step by step closer to actually liking their music bc I can tell the lyrics and the atmosphere is quite me the only thing that bothers me is the low sound quality and incomprehensible noises 😅.
Me here! But I like delving into the meaning of the song
Neil Gaiman is coin operated? GENIUS.
Naaaah,this was long before they even met.
I'm pretty sure we still haven't figured out what he runs on.
The greatest bridge in any song ever!!
WHY AM I HEARING A ZIP
I'M CURSED FOREVER
well done amanda, i love that you are keeping WEIMAR GERMAN dark Kabarett music very much alive, i am sure you will be winning some prestigious music awards, grammies, oscars, very soon with your songs
Until you run out of coins...
It’s not a sad song! It’s a funny song, funny as heck. It’s called wry humor, a little twisted from the norm, humorously sarcastic or mocking. I sing it with a smile in my heart.
The bridge of this song is so lit!!
This song hits me real hard!
And people thinking that it's about sex toys makes me sad.
Tenar tbh it can interpreted that way, but what people don’t get is that it’s so much deeper than that (no pun intended)
2:54 *squeaky-squeak* that face she pulls, omg XD
Amanda is so real. She's not a fake model of a girl. That makes her 100 times more beautiful
Get back in your space ship :P
Anyone know if she's still married to Neil Gaiman?
@@charleypatterson9956 she is
HELP I CANT STOP LISTENING TO THIS SOMG!!!
i love Broadway Karkat
Everytime someone mentions this song I have to listen to it. So good!
I will never not hear "Coin Operated Goi" Thanks a lot, Voltaire.
In my college years. I went to event where you had Neil Gaiman and his wife Amanda Palmer preforming in NYC. It was more about Amanda Palmer. However she preformed her version of Coin Operated boy. Amanda Palmer was the one with the good singing voice. Neil Gaiman sung too, but no very well. When I was back on campus and was telling two of my female friends about it they said that they loved the song “Coin Operated Boy.”