I love self mocking titles.So as some of you may or may not know, I took my first trip without my parents to Chicago this weekend for Lollapalooza. I LOVED Chicago. The city is tailor made for people in our age group who love indie music, modern art, and just generally chilling in parks ( I just described about 90 % of our age group...how sad is that). As much as I’d love to go on and on about Chicago, this post is about the bands I saw.
It'll be broken up into three parts (three days, three parts look mom I can do math!)
Day 1:
The Walkmen-There is absolutely nothing bad to say about the Walkmen, besides that I didn’t expect them to be as good as they are. My friend played me some of their stuff and they were a band I checked out because I had nothing better to do, and because honestly...my body refused to let me sleep in ( I apologize Walkmen, I know the error of my ways now). They sound almost exactly like they do in the studio, and bring a lot of energy to the table. I also like the fact that their gimmick is to dress up like they are business men while rocking out.
New Pornographers-They led off with Sing me Spanish Techno which I’m pretty sure is the only song of theirs anyone actually knows. I didn’t stay for long because I wanted to get a good spot for Matt & Kim, which was either a mistake or one of the best decisions I made all festival.
Matt & Kim-Was CRAZY! Whether it was Kim dancing on top of the audiences hands, Matt pretty much standing on his fingers while playing piano, or being kicked in the back of the head by crowd surfers seven times, they brought SO much energy to the show. I was exhausted after, but at least I helped my friend fufill his dream of getting his picture with Kim (he missed out on his attempt to give her a butt touch though... shame for him)
Hot Chip-I kinda passed out on the ground near the Hot Chip stage being so tired from Matt & Kim. While I wasn’t busy getting high off second hand smoke (I hope this isn’t true, but the smell of pot became second nature), they sounded pretty good in the background. Not much else to say because I was in a daze from having been kicked in the 7 times (did I mention this already? ...I’m like one of those rappers, I got kicked 7 times!)
Lady Gaga-The biggest disappointment of the festival! Before all you fans get your panties/thongs in a bunch, let me just say that all she did was rant for nearly an hour while only playing one song. As much as I agree with her message that it’s ok to be who you want to be, it was a music festival, not tell us all about your daddy issues festival. I may have enjoyed this show if I had taken the acid some dude offered me at the start. It sucks because I’m a straight male and will admit I used to have dance parties to Lady Gaga...but now I’m not so sure.
The Strokes-I should slap myself for not trusting my gut instinct to go to The Strokes in the first place. At least I got there in time for all my favorite songs...I even sung and danced along..in public! *gasp* The Strokes reminded me of why I used to love them so much, and made me slap myself for ever doubting them.
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I'm not sure how to feel about the Lady Gaga thing. On one hand, I'm relieved because my brother wanted to go (very much against my will...partially the drugs thing, and partially because it would have come down to either being miserable in the park [I don't like loud places and neither does my mom. Metric is the only group I would have wanted to see.] or having an anxiety attack because my brother was on his own in the city) and now I know he didn't miss much, but on the other hand that really sucks for all the people like you who paid for tickets and went out there to see her D=
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