History Music / PinkMartini

->“Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure … if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.”

* IronicNurseryTune: Their cover of "Que Sera, Sera", which is much more grim and creepy - fitting, as the film it's from wasn't light at all.

[[MST3KMantra Whatever it is, it sounds great.]]

They currently have seven albums: ''Sympathique'', ''Hang On Little Tomato,'' ''Hey, Eugene!'', ''Splendor In The Grass,'', ''Get Happy,' ', and '' Je dis oui!'', plus a holiday album, ''Joy to the World.'' Visit their website [[http://pinkmartini.com/ here]]. Pages on this wiki featuring their lyrics include WholesomeCrossdresser, SongFic, and ManicPixieDreamGirl. Their song "Donde Estas, Yolanda?" also got a starring role in the series 3 premiere of ''{{Series/Sherlock}}''.

* BasedOnATrueStory: According to [[WordOfGod China Forbes]], "Hey Eugene" was indeed written about a guy who failed to return her call after a party.

They currently have seven albums: ''Sympathique'', ''Hang On Little Tomato,'' ''Hey, Eugene!'', ''Splendor In The Grass,'', ''Get Happy,' ', and '' Je dis oui!'', plus a holiday album, ''Joy to the World.'' Visit their website [[http://pinkmartini.com/ here]]. Pages on this wiki featuring their lyrics include TheyDo, WholesomeCrossdresser, SongFic, and ManicPixieDreamGirl. Their song "Donde Estas, Yolanda?" also got a starring role in the series 3 premiere of ''{{Series/Sherlock}}''.

They currently have seven albums: ''Sympathique'', ''Hang On Little Tomato,'' ''Hey, Eugene!'', ''Splendor In The Grass,'' and ''Get Happy,'' '' Je dis oui!'', plus a holiday album, ''Joy to the World.'' Visit their website [[http://pinkmartini.com/ here]]. Pages on this wiki featuring their lyrics include TheyDo, WholesomeCrossdresser, SongFic, and ManicPixieDreamGirl. Their song "Donde Estas, Yolanda?" also got a starring role in the series 3 premiere of ''{{Series/Sherlock}}''.

They currently have six albums: ''Sympathique'', ''Hang On Little Tomato,'' ''Hey, Eugene!'', ''Splendor In The Grass,'' and ''Get Happy,'' plus a holiday album, ''Joy to the World.'' Visit their website [[http://pinkmartini.com/ here]]. Pages on this wiki featuring their lyrics include TheyDo, WholesomeCrossdresser, SongFic, and ManicPixieDreamGirl. Their song "Donde Estas, Yolanda?" also got a starring role in the series 3 premiere of ''{{Series/Sherlock}}''.

* BilingualBonus: This is a very multilingual band. They've sung in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Croatian, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Greek, Romanian... and with their holiday album alone they add Hebrew, Ukrainian, German, Ladino, and Chinese to the list. And they're trying to get Armenian in at some point.

* AnAesop - In "Bitty Boppy Betty," a moral is lightly dropped at the end about celebrating variety and tolerating other people, mixed in with a GayAesop (Betty's a crossdressing man). As well, "Cante E Dance" has a message about accepting the unpredictability of life and enjoying it while it lasts.
* {{Arcadia}} - an ideal retreat from the world is described in "Tea for Two" and "Splendor in the Grass" -- somewhere with little traffic, plenty of greenery, peace, and quiet.
* AttractiveBentGender - "Bitty Boppy Betty", about a drag queen.
* BasedOnATrueStory - According to [[WordOfGod China Forbes]], "Hey Eugene" was indeed written about a guy who failed to return her call after a party.
* BilingualBonus - This is a very multilingual band. They've sung in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Croatian, Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish, Greek, Romanian... and with their holiday album alone they add Hebrew, Ukrainian, German, Ladino, and Chinese to the list. And they're trying to get Armenian in at some point.
* BreakUpSong - "And Then You're Gone" is, from Maria's perspective, definitely a Break Up Song, as she asserts she's sick of Lorenzo's flakiness, and that their relationship is over. However, Lorenzo is in blissful denial, as expressed in "But Now I'm Back".
* ButLiquorIsQuicker - Part of the story behind "Hey, Eugene!" They were both buzzed (though Eugene's skinhead friend was smashed... and they were both buzzed enough to not notice a completely drunk skinhead staggering out of an elevator).
* ChristmasSongs - on their album "Joy To the World," including the original Ukranian "Carol of the Bells," and "Silent Night" and "Auld Lang Syne" in three different languages apiece.
* CityOfAdventure - "City of Night" -- in its romantic, nightlife aspect.

* HilarityEnsues - at their concerts. Stilt-walkers, puppeteers, and an entire high school marching band have all made appearances.
* IronicNurseryTune - Their cover of "Que Sera, Sera", which is much more grim and creepy - fitting, as the film it's from wasn't light at all.
* LoveAtFirstSight - "Sunday Table." Hard to say, but it might be a SubvertedTrope, as the last two words of the song imply [[spoiler: that the woman simply turns around, keeps walking, and the two of them go on with their day]].
* ManicPixieDreamGirl - "Lilly." The Lilly in the song is wild and rambunctious, and completely turns the nameless guy's life around. Disregarding the fact that the original Lilly is a dog -- "Lilly, stay!" -- the song could work very well.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot - a Jamaican-style ''"[[ChristmasCarol Little Drummer Boy]]"''?

* TheOneThatGotAway - A few songs, such as the melancholy "Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu" and "Veronique," the upbeat "The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley" and possibly the tragic "Piensa en Mi." And of course, "Hey, Eugene!"
* RashomonStyle - "And Then You're Gone" / "But Now I'm Back."

* RockMeAmadeus - And swing me Schubert.

* RussianGuySuffersMost - in "Dosvedanya, Mio Bombino" the half-Russian, half-Italian boyfriend of the singer is constantly torn between his two natures and homelands, never ending up satisfied.
* SmokingIsGlamorous - The woman in "Sympathetique" pulls it off nicely. Fitting, as the song is about a depressed, recently broken-up woman despondently sitting in her room and smoking all day.
* SurprisinglyGentleSong - In this case, surprisingly sinister - "Que Sera Sera" sounds right out of a horror flick... and given it's originally from a thriller film where its upbeat mood and lyrics were at odds with the possibility of getting killed by a conspiracy, it's fitting.

* WholesomeCrossdresser - "Bitty Boppy Betty," about a charismatic district attorney who dresses as a woman on the weekends, and who is the toast of her local nightclub:

* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Hey Eugene" tells a humdrum story about a guy who flirted with China Forbes at a party, got her number, and never called back. This is the basis for an ''epic'' slapping funk number that ''will'' [[EarWorm get stuck in your head all day]].

* AnAesop - In "Bitty Boppy Betty," a moral is lightly dropped at the end about celebrating variety and tolerating other people, making it something of a GayAesop. As well, "Cante E Dance" has a message about accepting the unpredictability of life and enjoying it while it lasts.

* TheOneThatGotAway - A few songs, such as the melancholy "Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu" and "Veronique," the upbeat "The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley" and possibly the tragic "Piensa en Mi." And of course, "Hey, Eugene!"

Defining their music is a bit more difficult. Pink Martini is a [[GenreBusting weird postmodern classical retro-kitsch international-lounge/Tropicália jazz outfit]] which they themselves have described as "music for children and dogs."

* JapaneseLanguage - Most of "1969", some of whose songs are translations of EnglishLanguage standards (e.g. "Puff the Magic Dragon"). Before it was released, there was Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu.

* ButLiquorIsQuicker - Part of the story behind "Hey, Eugene!" They were both buzzed (though Eugene's skinhead friend was smashed... and they were both buzzed enough to not notice a completely drunk skinhead staggering out of an elevator). The other part is WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief that anyone would get [[http://wweek.com/photos/3415/large/10410.jpg China Forbes']] phone number and never call back.

* TheOneThatGotAway - A few songs, such as the melancholy "Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu" and "Veronique," the upbeat "The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley" and possibly the tragic "Piensa en Mi."