History YMMV / AmandaPalmer

** The song "Oasis" from ''Who Killed Amanda Palmer''. The narrator is a teen who gets drunk at a party, raped, and harassed first for getting an abortion and then for her former best friend spreading rumors about her. Said narrator deals with her trauma by focusing on her letter to Oasis, the band. Sounds like fuel for angst? But then pair it up with a chipper G major melody, happy backup singers, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C17yfGyJjM some amusing props in the music video]] and you can understand why the audience laughs. It gets even funnier when Amanda at one live performance tried to sing it in a minor key, but only managed through the first verse before she said "Fuck it!" and sang it as originally planned.

** "The Vegemite Song" is a comedic song about how Amanda loves Creator/NeilGaiman but doesn't understand his love for the "Death paste" Vegemite and jokes that she'll leave if he doesn't put it away. It becomes a little less funny in 2020 after Amanda announced that she and Neil are separating, for reasons undisclosed. (They have since reconciled.)

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

** In "New Zealand," Amanda jokes that she's sure that she's not pregnant despite a missed period. This was before she married Neil, mind. After she married Neil, she took a strong antibiotic for a kidney infection, assuming that she was not pregnant, she found out she was carrying his child, and needed an abortion due to the antibiotics' potency
** Becca Rosenthal aka Becca Darling playing Melissa Mahoney in the "Oasis" video becomes this with [[http://amandapalmer.tumblr.com/post/56841557887/cutegayemokid-is-her-name-really-melissa Becca's untimely death in 2013]].
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: She has her fanbase in America, yes, but she's ''adored'' in Australia and, to a lesser extent, the UK.

** "The Vegemite Song" is a comedic song about how Amanda loves Creator/NeilGaiman but doesn't understand his love for the "Death paste" Vegemite and jokes that she'll leave if he doesn't put it away. It becomes a little less funny in 2020 after Amanda announced that she and Neil are separating, for reasons undisclosed. And we don't need to know why.

* CrazyAwesome: In the books of her fans, easily the best way to describe Mrs. Palmer.

** In "New Zealand," Amanda jokes that she's sure that she's not pregnant despite a missed period. This was before she married Neil, mind. After she married Neil, she took a strong antibiotic for a kidney infection, assuming that she was not pregnant, she founds out she was carrying his child, and needed an abortion due to the antibiotics' potency

** In "New Zealand," Amanda jokes that she's sure that she's not pregnant despite a missed period. This was before she married Neil, mind. [[spoiler:After she married Neil, she took a strong antibiotic for a kidney infection, assuming that she was not pregnant, she founds out she was carrying his child, and needed an abortion due to the antibiotics' potency]].

* EarWorm: "Map of Tasmania"

* YokoOhNo: The only famous creative person love interest that generates more rage would be Yoko herself.

%%* InternetBackdraft: The whole 'Music/EvelynEvelyn' debacle. Oooh boy.
%%** Hell, just read the comments on any SPIN article about her. She has a really, really dedicated hatedom.
%%** The 2012 ''Theatre Is Evil'' crowdsourcing debacle especially spawned a fair amount of ire and commentary, her previously acquired detractors being all too keen to join in did not improve matters one bit.

Here's a list of YMMV tropes for Music/AmandaPalmer.

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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The flash mob wedding she organised for Creator/NeilGaiman on his birthday, and, of course, their real wedding a few months later. You can read about the flash mob in her own words [[http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/1597897908/still-life-with-wedding-party here.]]
** [[http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/3448247232/christchurch-canceled-due-to-massive-earthquake Her blog post]] in the aftermath of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for the girl and arguably a TearJerker, too.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: During the Music/EvelynEvelyn tour across Europe, the crew got stuck in a different country because of the Iceland volcano. Instead of using her crew, Amanda pulled two fans onto the stage to stay there throughout the show and hold the webcasting laptop. She also had the opening band {{Music/Bitter Ruin}} play the theme from ''Film/{{Clue}}'' on her keyboard, while she ran around the stage between the songs acting out the theatre parts by herself, "Creator/TimCurry style". Because the show was supposed to be played together with Jason Webley (who couldn't make it either), Jason joined in over Skype, with his face, accordion and ukulele playing on a laptop screen being held up next to Amanda ''throughout the entire gig''. Oh, and the entire thing was broadcast live over the internet, with Amanda constantly talking to her online fans and tweeting.
--> "The only element here that is not part of the actual Evelyn Evelyn show... is me drinking beer. * chugs* "
** "Fuck the Ashcloud" performance in Dublin.
* NightmareFuel:
** Her love for theatrics and doll/clown makeup and costumes brings her into this category a lot.
** Intention of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfGULBvnc2E Slide]]" = mildly creepy; Effect of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfGULBvnc2E Slide]]" by the Dresden Dolls = ''really incredibly terrifying!!!''
** ..."THE ORANGE MAN'S GOT YOOOOOOOOOOU."
*** On the sheet music, she's got the final note listed as, "The saddest note in the world."
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xoniTn7ygA Lonesome Organist Rapes Page-Turner]]". And the fact that Amanda gets manic at various points in the song doesn't help.
** [[WordofGod Amanda Palmer]] has said that Half-Jack was about far more than one subject. One such subject could be interpreted as a split personality in her (who just happened to be an authoritative male figure) who was forcing her to suicide.
-->"It might destroy me\\
But I'd sacrifice my body\\
If it means I'll get the Jack part out \\
AH-OH! AH-OH!"
** "Mrs. O" is pure terror about Holocaust denial from a teacher. Coupled with the bright chords that Amanda uses, it creates a nightmarish effect rivaling Coin-Operated Boy.

* InternetBackdraft: The whole 'Music/EvelynEvelyn' debacle. Oooh boy.
** Hell, just read the comments on any SPIN article about her. She has a really, really dedicated hatedom.
** Has the honor of having a dedicated [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Palmer#Controversies "Controversies"]] section on Wiki/TheOtherWiki. The 2012 ''Theatre Is Evil'' crowdsourcing debacle especially spawned a fair amount of ire and commentary, her previously acquired detractors being all too keen to join in did not improve matters one bit.

** [[http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/3448247232/christchurch-canceled-due-to-massive-earthquake Her blog post]] in the aftermath of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the girl and arguably a TearJerker, too.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: During the Music/EvelynEvelyn tour across Europe, the crew got stuck in a different country because of the Iceland volcano. Instead of using her crew, Amanda pulled two fans onto the stage to stay there throughout the show and hold the webcasting laptop. She also had the opening band {{Music/Bitter Ruin}} play the theme from ''Film/{{Clue}}'' on her keyboard, while she ran around the stage between the songs acting out the theatre parts by herself, "Creator/TimCurry style". Because the show was supposed to be played together with Jason Webley (who couldn't make it either), Jason joined in over Skype, with his face, accordion and ukulele playing on a laptop screen being held up next to Amanda ''throughout the entire gig''. Oh, and the entire thing was broadcast live over the internet, with Amanda constantly talking to her online fans and tweeting.
--> "The only element here that is not part of the actual Evelyn Evelyn show... is me drinking beer. * chugs* "
** "Fuck the Ashcloud" performance in Dublin.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The flash mob wedding she organised for Creator/NeilGaiman on his birthday, and, of course, their real wedding a few months later. You can read about the flash mob in her own words [[http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/1597897908/still-life-with-wedding-party here.]]
** [[http://blog.amandapalmer.net/post/3448247232/christchurch-canceled-due-to-massive-earthquake Her blog post]] in the aftermath of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the girl and arguably a TearJerker, too.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The whole of the Glasgow show as mentioned above.
** The Oasis video.
** "Map of Tasmania"
** Vegemite (The Black Death) for both lovers and haters of the spread in question.
*** Even funnier, is that she wrote it for [[Creator/NeilGaiman her husband]] and his love for Vegemite in question. He mentioned in an interview that the song made him, "very sad" and he gets PuppyDogEyes.
** During a concert, she begins to play the first few lines of Rebecca Black's ''Friday.'' The fans in question sense doom, and one even shouts out "Don't you dare." She then proceeds into a '''VERY''' NSFW [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04fAhOej1m8 version of "Friday"]] that must be heard to believed.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=--GcThRqfjM#! Amanda Palmer sings "The Most Amusing Tweets of the Year"]]. It is glorious.

* MemeticMutation: "Map Of Tasmania" is becoming this is a huge way. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B8omCWBl8s Check it out here!]]

* BlackComedy: While "Oasis" was already this, the crowd the one time she tried to sing it in minor key thought it was gut busting.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Commonwealth Countries Love Amanda Palmer]]: She has her fanbase in America, yes, but she's ''adored'' in Australia and, to a lesser extent, the UK.

** "Fuck the Ashcloud" performance in Dublin

** The Oasis video, nuff said.

** Don't stop there. While [[WordofGod Amanda Palmer]] has said that Half-Jack was about far more than one subject, this troper had always thought that it was about a split personality in her (who just happened to be an authoritative male figure) who was forcing her to suicide.

** Has the honor of having a dedicated [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Palmer#Controversies "Controversies"]] section on TheOtherWiki. The 2012 ''Theatre Is Evil'' crowdsourcing debacle especially spawned a fair amount of ire and commentary, her previously acquired detractors being all too keen to join in did not improve matters one bit.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: During the EvelynEvelyn tour across Europe, the crew got stuck in a different country because of the Iceland volcano. Instead of using her crew, Amanda pulled two fans onto the stage to stay there throughout the show and hold the webcasting laptop. She also had the opening band {{Music/Bitter Ruin}} play the theme from ''Film/{{Clue}}'' on her keyboard, while she ran around the stage between the songs acting out the theatre parts by herself, "Creator/TimCurry style". Because the show was supposed to be played together with Jason Webley (who couldn't make it either), Jason joined in over Skype, with his face, accordion and ukulele playing on a laptop screen being held up next to Amanda ''throughout the entire gig''. Oh, and the entire thing was broadcast live over the internet, with Amanda constantly talking to her online fans and tweeting.
--> "The only element here that is not part of the actual EvelynEvelyn show... is me drinking beer. * chugs* "

* InternetBackdraft: The whole 'EvelynEvelyn' debacle. Oooh boy.

* InternetBackdraft: The whole 'EvelynEvelyn' debacle. [[UnfortunateImplications Oooh boy.]]

Here's a list of YMMV tropes for AmandaPalmer.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: During the EvelynEvelyn tour across Europe, the crew got stuck in a different country because of the Iceland volcano. Instead of using her crew, Amanda pulled two fans onto the stage to stay there throughout the show and hold the webcasting laptop. She also had the opening band {{Music/Bitter Ruin}} play the theme from ''Film/{{Clue}}'' on her keyboard, while she ran around the stage between the songs acting out the theatre parts by herself, "TimCurry style". Because the show was supposed to be played together with Jason Webley (who couldn't make it either), Jason joined in over Skype, with his face, accordion and ukulele playing on a laptop screen being held up next to Amanda ''throughout the entire gig''. Oh, and the entire thing was broadcast live over the internet, with Amanda constantly talking to her online fans and tweeting.