Comments on: Tilly and the Wall at The Doug Fir Lounge, 4-4-08

By: hotshotrobot

hotshotrobot — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:10:25 +0000

I have a confession to make.

I found Tilly and the Wall completely infectious live.

And i must point out that they came on stage and played after some horrible douchebag acoustic guitarist who pandered to his obviously liberal audience by playing a half-assed “Bush and the war suck” song that made me want to rip his eyes out, so i was REALLY ready to unleash on a goddamn happy-sappy bright pop band with a goddamn tap dancer.

And yet, i really dug them. I sort of doubt i’d see them again, but i had a lot of fun.

Me! And i hate almost everything from Omaha!

By: onelcolin

onelcolin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:11:19 +0000

well, i can’t fault you for feelin’ weird. just realize it’s not like fred astair onstage with a couple of shoegazers, the tapper is just another member of the whole band, and stays in back on her soapbox the whole time.

at least it’s not like those dudes who tap for cash bumping R. Kelly on the sidewalk.

By: amber

amber — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:41:31 +0000

see?

By: amber

amber — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:40:32 +0000

if you like tap dancing, fine. but that really is the exact opposite of what i consider to be “fun” as a live act. it would make me feel like zach galifianakis on the set of ‘ellen’.

AWKWARD.

By: daniel

daniel — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:48:14 +0000

Well, having a single jazz hand would be kind of useless. What would the other hand be doing? You’d have the one hand being all happy and needing ritalin and jazzy, then the other hand just hanging there, not joining in the fun, all depressed. You gotta have the double with the jazz hands.

Anyway, tap dancing aside, I’m not really a fan either.

By: onelcolin

onelcolin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:02:51 +0000

PS: i sat through the whole show, not one single “jazz hand”

By: onelcolin

onelcolin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:02:07 +0000

what are you people even talking about? sound like shit? jazz hands? i’m pretty sure you’re thinking of the tap dancing crackhead out in front of your 7-11, and not Tilly and the Wall. i highly suggest you both suspend the snark until you see them live.

i admit the notion of a tapdancer instead of a drummer seems odd and even a bit gimmicky, until you see it done on stage in front of you; a skilled tapper on the box puts their percussionist to shame - as proven by a mid-show solo-off. and i frankly think that anthemic songs about gender queer street kids is pretty fresh.

as a band, they come together way better with the energy of a crowd than their studio efforts would show, and that’s what eventually sold me on Tilly and the Wall, a fun live act. which, in my opinion, should be how all bands are.

By: joiezabel

joiezabel — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:19:57 +0000

i’d be ok with the tap dancing if they didn’t sound like shit.

By: amber

amber — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:06:06 +0000

i never understood this band. no offense.

the radio station i dj for is booking them for our annual outdoor fest, and i’m kinda upset about it. but perhaps they will tap dance into my heart.

but i doubt it. my heart doesn’t support tap shoes and jazz hands.