The Tiger Lillies in Prague - tiger 23 - 2011
With over 2 Hours of material, the new DVD documentary 'Tiger Lillies in Prague' has a bumper crop of unseen footage of the band playing shows in the Czech Republic in the 1990's. This is combined with songs from the new show 'Here I am Human' at the Divadlo Archa in 2010 and a full concert shot in HD from 2009. There is an interview with the band on its long relationship with Prague after the Velvet Revolution and how the Czech lands influenced their music.
The DVD has extras of the band playing shows in the legendary Borat Club in Prague, the Banana Club in Zatek and Divadlo Archa.
The DVD comes in a limited edition hand printed bag. These bags are placed in Prague parks for the collection of dog faeces, they feature a charming image of a hound on the toilet. The dvd tray is the cardboard scooper that is used to collect the mess. This packaging is not to be repeated on future runs of the dvd so get one while you can.
Probably more than any other city Prague holds a special place in my heart.
We started to go there when there were no tourists. Just after the velvet
revolution. It still had the austere feeling of Communism, there were few
fancy restaurants or hotels. The only foreigners were artists, alcoholics, junkies.
It was a great time and we played in every bar and club that would have us.
There were many and we built quite a following.
We were managed by Ben Anderson, a funny painter who actually did a picture
of some Tiger Lillie flowers which were on my wall in London, and inspired
the name. He embraced the town and learnt the language and for us arranged
tours all over the country.
We also played in squats, sometimes to a thousand people, which was quite an
experience for a band used to playing to 50 to 100 people in bars. We drank
enormous quantities of Czech beer and Becherovka and Czech girls are beautiful...
It’s great that we continue to visit the town with the help of the Archa theatre.
I can definitely say it was one of the best times of my life...
Martyn Jaques
Concert from ARCHA Theatre, Prague, 20/09/2009
Tiger Lillies Line
Dribble
Snake Woman
Terrible
High Heeled Shoes
Lobotomy
The Wind and The Rain
She's a Whore
Banging in the Nails
Pretty Lisa
Eternity
King Neptune
Flipper Boy
Yellow Angel
Getting Old
Death Train
Avarice
Crack of Doom
Bully Boys
Hell
Gin
Fidgety Phil
Killer
then 2 mini concerts in the Bonus archive
Club Borat, Prague 1993
Whore
Gouge my Eyes Out
Nobody's Really There
Jesus
In Her Room
and
Club Banan, Zatec 1997
Hell
Dribble
Killer
Banging in the Nails
Terrible
Wake up
The Tiger Lillies in Prague
Tiger 23
Documentary Film by Director David Čálek
Director of Photography David Čálek
Executive Producer Kajka Gottwaldová
Editor Jan Daňhel
Sound Engineer Václav Flegl
Duration 48 min.
Format 16:9
Martyn Jaques - Lead Vocals, Accordion, Guitar, Ukulele, Piano
Adrian Stout - Double Bass, Theremin, Musical Saw, Backing Vocals
Adrian Hughes - Drums, Percussions, Backing Vocals
Early Tiger Lillies footage, Phil Butcher on Double Bass
The Tiger Lillies in Prague
Bonus
Concert by the Tiger Lillies Archa Theatre, Prague, 20th September 2009
Archive
Music Club Borát, Prague Music Club Banán, Žatec Filmed by Pavel Veverka
© & Publishing ® 2011 Misery Guts Music, tiger 023 All songs written by Martyn Jaques. Cover design © Kubát Rydval All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, public performance and broadcasting of this recording is prohibited.
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