Margaret has added two more “Cho Dependent” shows in London on October 17 and 18!
Tickets are on sale now to the public, but we are holding the first FOUR ROWS of premium seats for Margaret’s fanclub members. Sign up for her mailing list here to get the password.
But hurry! All of the premium seats will be released to the public on JULY 7th.
I love Ani DiFranco and it was such a dream to collaborate on this song with her. We wanted to write a light and happy love song, and I really think Captain Cameltoe is just that. She played everything, and sang backup, encouraging the captain onward. I sang/spoke the lead, and we did it all in her home studio last spring, surrounded by vintage instruments and modern recording equipment. Afterwards we ate alligator cheesecake and played the song loud – its bumping beat is so addictive and powerful. Now when I hear the song, it makes me feel like I am flying.
This video is the perfect way to capture what the song is – thanks Robert!! I love being this superhero! It’s awesome. And I need a tattoo of the logo. Hooray Captain Cameltoe!
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[Team Cho]: Cho Dependent is Grammy nominated! Order the CD or Vinyl from Margaret here, and receive an instant download of the album!
I love this video and this song with Tegan and Sara. We shot it in Houston on a brief moment where all of us were free. Louis Van Amstel makes a fun little cameo too as we were right in the midst of “Dancing with the Stars” madness. Liam Sullivan directed this gem of a film and I absolutely love it. It makes me cry. Enjoy!!
– Margaret
Photos by Lindsey Byrnes
Margaret Cho – Intervention – featuring Tegan and Sara from Margaret Cho on Vimeo.
Read Margaret’s blog about making the song.
“Intervention” is on iTunes here or buy the CD or Vinyl directly from Margaret and get an automatic download of the whole album!
Margaret’s new musical comedy album, Cho Dependent, was just named as one of the Grammy nominees for Best Comedy Album, along with albums from Flight of the Conchords, Kathy Griffin, Lewis Black and Robin Williams!
Cho Dependent was released on Margaret’s own label, Clownery Records, in conjunction with Redeye Distribution, in August. A collection of music with laugh-inducing lyrics, Cho Dependent features Margaret’s collaborations with musicians Andrew Bird, Tegan and Sara, Fiona Apple, Patty Griffin, Grant Lee Phillips, Brendan Benson, Ben Lee, Ani DiFranco, Garrison Starr, Tommy Chong, Meghan Toohey, Jon Brion, AC Newman, Rachael Yamagata and more.
“I wanted to create a new genre of music that is hilarious but also seriously good, so I turned to some of my music heroes to help me out,” says Margaret. The lyrics on Cho Dependent, which tackle issues of sex, drugs, rock & roll – and lice, may be laugh-inducing, but Cho has made no compromises when it comes to the quality of the songwriting and production. With Cho Dependent, she got a chance to hone her craft with some of the top names in the business.
Cho Dependent is available in stores, on iTunes, or if you buy the CD or Vinyl from Margaret’s Shop, you’ll get an automatic download of the album!
Read the Reviews:
Margaret Cho’s sassy humor often veers on the nasty, even the scandalous, but what’s really shocking about her new CD, Cho Dependent, isn’t the explicitness of tunes like “Your Dick,” “My Puss,” and “Gimme Your Seed,” or even the super-stellar list of musicians who join her on each track (Fiona Apple, Tegan and Sara, Ani DiFranco, Ben Lee, Brendan Benson, Grant Lee Phillips). No, what gets our attention on the crackling collection of tunes is Cho’s big belter of a voice. Who knew? Girlfriend has obviously been working on her singing in between acting and comedy gigs.
-LA Weekly
The result is a delightfully exuberant album that includes melodic drug-inspired pop (“Calling in Stoned”), a club-thumpin’ dance number about sperm donation, a Dylan-esque folk anthem for head lice, a perfectly titled torch song (“Eat Sh-t and Die”), and a lush, “wall-of-sound” ode to cock. Overall, Cho Dependent delivers both musically and comically….Margaret manages to do justice to both.
- Koream Magazine
This is no half-assed attempt at crossing over – she enlisted the help of everyone from Tegan and Sara and Ani DiFranco to A.C. Newman and Andrew Bird to create some damn fine tunes for her damn fine voice.
- New York Magazine
Cho Dependent is filled with witty and funny lyrics as well as delicious vocals and catchy hooks….Her brilliance is showcased best in tracks like “Your Dick” a ballad that pays homage to a man’s southern region while the lyrics are blunt the melody is sweet and the harmonization is lovely enough to momentarily make you forget you’re listening to a comedic album, that is until the falsetto comes in proclaiming “I like your balls too.”
- Sinister Girlz
The album succeeds along the lines of Yankovic’s and those of Cho’s other contemporaries – like Tenacious D and the Bloodhound Gang – with first-rate music combined with laugh lines worthy of a spit take via milk, beer or an internal organ.
- The Press-Register
Personally I love the whole record and foresee it living on my CD player for quite some time.
-Holly Cara Price, The Huffington Post
Margaret Cho sings – and she doesn’t suck! Her first single, I’m Sorry, is just like her – sweet and funny….charming and clever…It will put a smile on your face!
- Perez Hilton.com
Margaret Cho is hardly the first comedian who has developed a sudden urge to sing, but unlike a great many of them…Cho’s music suggests that she might have been able to get by as a pop singer if her career in comedy hadn’t worked out.
-iTunes
Watch the Videos, Directed by Liam Sullivan:
I wrote this song with Ben Lee who I absolutely worship. He helped me so much with the album and I can never thank him enough. He send me the instrumental when I was in Morocco last year, and recovering from a rather mild case of head lice. I didn’t know what the song was yet, but then I thought, write what you know. I know about head lice. I love how the song came out, and Jack Rudy‘s harmonica is a perfect punchline. Thanks to Kevin Avery as the louse!!
-Margaret
The third video from Margaret’s Cho Dependent Album, LICE, featuring Ben Lee and directed by Liam Sullivan!
Want the song? It’s on iTunes here or buy the CD or Vinyl directly from Margaret and get an automatic download of the whole album!
For those in New York, Ben Lee is going to be a special guest on Margaret’s NYC show at the Beacon Theater this Friday, as part of the New York Comedy Festival! Tickets and more info here.
Margaret’s music video for “Intervention,” featuring Tegan and Sara is coming soon! We are working on a few final touches and will be able to post it on Dec. 1st! Stay tuned!
Margaret and her Dancing with the Stars partner, Louis van Amstel, will be on The View tomorrow, October 7th to do a final dance! Margaret will talk about Dancing with the Stars, fighting to end to anti-gay bullying in schools, and her new tour, Cho Dependent. Don’t miss it!
Margaret Cho gives it good at Humphreys
by Renee Westbrook
San Diego Local Music Examiner
Margaret Cho can’t help but be brutally honest. It’s her nature. But there’s something else about her the audience clung to Friday night at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay; something that keeps gay, straight, young and old people of all races coming back for more.
It’s generosity.
Whether she’s talking about “spit roasting”, a sexual act that involves at least three people or her feminine nether regions being the site of Oprah’s newest school, Cho exudes generosity.
Opener John Roberts is no stranger to that artistic altruism. Dressed like a gay Gallagher, his multi-character Carrot Top with wig props routine was just enough to get the audience in gear. Looking a bit worn when she took the stage, she kicked off the show talking about the difficulties of being a competitor on “Dancing With The Stars”, a bit that wouldn’t be complete without the voice of her mother chiming in, “Ohhhh, it so haaaaaaaaaard.”
Sex and politics are major staples of her act. She touched on gays in the military and Proposition 8 then offered the audience a glimpse of her many “fellationships” and sexcapades including accidentally sexting Mrs. Cho.
Probably the most poignant bit of the night came when she spoke about her grandfather, a man she says suffered disfiguring facial burns when he rescued his adoptive children from a burning building.
Grandpa was her biggest fan. The cancellation of her 1994 sitcom “All American Girl” took a toll on him and he died shortly thereafter. In true Cho fashion, that moment went from poignant to gut busting funny when she told the story of how at Grandpa’s funeral several of his grief-stricken girlfriends jumped into the casket with him.
Because it’s still early on in the tour and the act has not quite settled into its groove, songs from her musical comedy CD “Cho Dependent” gave the unsteady show a much needed balance.
By far the highlight of the evening was Cho singing the song about the human male genitalia. She brought in the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus to sing backup and with a ton of heaping liberality shared her dance partner Louis van Amstel with the audience.
Cho is not a woe-is-me kind of comedian. She’s the kind whose entire show subtext simply offers this: I
stand before you fearless and steady, anchored in my experiences, ready and willing to share with you exactly who I am.
You may wince and cringe at the overt vulgarities, but once acclimated you’ll double over with laughter and be grateful you spent an hour and a half accepting her generosity.
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