LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Dunno if I should meet up with anyone. I'm afraid I'd eat your brains.
Lollapalooza 2010
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cobl04
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wish i was planning schedules for this... have a ton of fun peeps 
(is this a three-day, stay-on-site-and-camp sorta thing, or do you go home each day?)
(is this a three-day, stay-on-site-and-camp sorta thing, or do you go home each day?)
bono_man2002
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I think its a bit like Splendor, you can stay or go home.
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bono_212
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Nope, can't stay at lolla.
bono_man2002
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There you go, shows how much I know 
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
My friend is trying to convince me to go, and it is tempting, but I am going to Voodoo this year as well (finally!!) so I might want to save my money for that...
lazarus
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Is there a lineup for that yet? I was really think about that last year.
powerhour24
ONE love, blood, life
It usually comes out in June, so any day now. MuteMath, Rebirth Brass Band and other standard NOLA fare should be expected though.
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bono_212
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I'm ready, who else is?
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bono_212
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So day 1 roundup:
B.o.B. - missed half of his set because of the line to get in, but he backloaded his show, so we got to hear all of the hits, plus my favorite non-single from the album. Then he blew my mind and covered "Kids", so I'm kind of in love right now. My only complaint is that when watching him live, you're only getting 50% live audio, 50% piped in guest vocal.
Wavves - stuck around for three unintelligable songs and then gave up. Not my bag.
The Walkmen - didn't know a note of their music, but it was a solid performance, enjoyed it.
The New Pornographers - absolutely amazing. I don't know much by them, but they kept me entertained, even though by this point i'd pulled a muscle in my foot and was beginning to feel a bit of pain.
The Dirty Projectors - I'm never going to like these guys, but I'll say something nice: I'm surprised at how well they can reproduce the seemingly random guitar parts from the studio versions of songs.
Hot Chip - one of the only bands that wasn't Lady Gaga getting crowd support. I didn't care much for the way they performed some songs live, but overall the atmosphere more than made up for it, pretty much was a giant dance party.
Chromeo - was listening to them while waiting for Gaga. They were very, very good. If anyone has rec's for them, I'd be interested in checking out an album.
Lady Gaga - see Lemonmelon's post in the thread. I got seperated from him, we spent an hour looking for each other because my phone died, and by the time we found each other i'd been forced to walk in circles so much that the pain in my foot had become severe so we had to leave. What I saw of gaga was great, but I'll be glad to see her fans go tomorrow.
B.o.B. - missed half of his set because of the line to get in, but he backloaded his show, so we got to hear all of the hits, plus my favorite non-single from the album. Then he blew my mind and covered "Kids", so I'm kind of in love right now. My only complaint is that when watching him live, you're only getting 50% live audio, 50% piped in guest vocal.
Wavves - stuck around for three unintelligable songs and then gave up. Not my bag.
The Walkmen - didn't know a note of their music, but it was a solid performance, enjoyed it.
The New Pornographers - absolutely amazing. I don't know much by them, but they kept me entertained, even though by this point i'd pulled a muscle in my foot and was beginning to feel a bit of pain.
The Dirty Projectors - I'm never going to like these guys, but I'll say something nice: I'm surprised at how well they can reproduce the seemingly random guitar parts from the studio versions of songs.
Hot Chip - one of the only bands that wasn't Lady Gaga getting crowd support. I didn't care much for the way they performed some songs live, but overall the atmosphere more than made up for it, pretty much was a giant dance party.
Chromeo - was listening to them while waiting for Gaga. They were very, very good. If anyone has rec's for them, I'd be interested in checking out an album.
Lady Gaga - see Lemonmelon's post in the thread. I got seperated from him, we spent an hour looking for each other because my phone died, and by the time we found each other i'd been forced to walk in circles so much that the pain in my foot had become severe so we had to leave. What I saw of gaga was great, but I'll be glad to see her fans go tomorrow.
cobl04
45:33
Hot Chip will break your legs, snap off your head
If you shout...
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Anybody who's in from out of town, make sure that you either get something from the Kuma's Corner booth or find time to visit the actual restaurant. Best burgers in the country, no contest. Just know that while I don't know what the menu is like at the booth, I do know that you'll save a lot of time, effort, and possibly suffering, unless you're a metal fan, by just eating their food at Lollapalooza. The longest I've ever waited for a table was nearly two hours, but at least I got to check out a bunch of hot metal chicks.
If the menu is duly represented, I STRONGLY recommend the Insect Warfare, Led Zeppelin, YOB, Black Sabbath, and Plague Bringer burgers. That's no knock on any of the others, but those are most of my top picks.
If the menu is duly represented, I STRONGLY recommend the Insect Warfare, Led Zeppelin, YOB, Black Sabbath, and Plague Bringer burgers. That's no knock on any of the others, but those are most of my top picks.
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bono_212
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So the Kuma burgers are actually good? LemonMelon couldn't stop laughing at the Judas Priest and Iron Maiden burgers and then walked away because of the price.
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Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
I'm not kidding, they really are the best burgers in the country. Stunning. They've won all kinds of awards, commendations, and so forth.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Someone please tell me that Blitzen Trapper sucks live. I'm sitting in the Mumford & Sons pit and missing them.
In other news, I was in the very center of a Cut Copy mosh pit and got to hang with the Greenman. Life = made.
In other news, I was in the very center of a Cut Copy mosh pit and got to hang with the Greenman. Life = made.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
Top 5 from the weekend:
1. Arcade Fire
2. Cut Copy
3. The National
4. The New Pornographers
5. The Dodos
It was a great, exhausting weekend. Friday was pretty lame, but Saturday and Sunday were equally terrific.
1. Arcade Fire
2. Cut Copy
3. The National
4. The New Pornographers
5. The Dodos
It was a great, exhausting weekend. Friday was pretty lame, but Saturday and Sunday were equally terrific.
GirlsAloudFan
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Yeaaeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Best Lolla Ever.
The Strokes were the winners of the weekend. They fucking owned on Friday. Just no bullshit, straight forward, we are going to play all of the songs that you like and play them good and play them fast. Great, great crowd. And I accomplished my mission! By a stroke (hahahahahaah) of fate, they ended their set a little bit early and I was able to book it over and catch fucking BAD ROMANCE. Which is really the only thing I wanted to see Gaga play. So that was incredible. Friday was just an unbelievable, awesome, perfect day. One of those days where everything comes together. I can't even... Oh yeah. Black Keys and Jimmy Cliff were great, too. Like really great.
Saturday we got a little bit too messy, so yesterday didn't get started 'til late. But THE NASH! and the Fire both put on unforgettable performances. I guess i'll go talk about those in their appropriate threads.
"When we was young, awwww man did we have fun..."
Best Lolla Ever.
The Strokes were the winners of the weekend. They fucking owned on Friday. Just no bullshit, straight forward, we are going to play all of the songs that you like and play them good and play them fast. Great, great crowd. And I accomplished my mission! By a stroke (hahahahahaah) of fate, they ended their set a little bit early and I was able to book it over and catch fucking BAD ROMANCE. Which is really the only thing I wanted to see Gaga play. So that was incredible. Friday was just an unbelievable, awesome, perfect day. One of those days where everything comes together. I can't even... Oh yeah. Black Keys and Jimmy Cliff were great, too. Like really great.
Saturday we got a little bit too messy, so yesterday didn't get started 'til late. But THE NASH! and the Fire both put on unforgettable performances. I guess i'll go talk about those in their appropriate threads.
"When we was young, awwww man did we have fun..."
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bono_212
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My top five was probably...
The National
Arcade Fire
Stars
Cut Copy
Mumford and Sons
Good God, was Mumford awesome live. Sunday was so packed with all of my favorite artists,but the whole weekend was a great experience for me. Not sure I'll ever do all three days again, but I'm glad I got the chance to do it at least once.
Thanks to Phoenix not having nearly enough material to fill the headliners spot (well, you know what I mean), I got to catch almost all of Green Day's encore, so that made my night, since American Idiot and Good Riddance are probably the only songs by them, save a few select others, I'd have liked to have heard.
The National
Arcade Fire
Stars
Cut Copy
Mumford and Sons
Good God, was Mumford awesome live. Sunday was so packed with all of my favorite artists,but the whole weekend was a great experience for me. Not sure I'll ever do all three days again, but I'm glad I got the chance to do it at least once.
Thanks to Phoenix not having nearly enough material to fill the headliners spot (well, you know what I mean), I got to catch almost all of Green Day's encore, so that made my night, since American Idiot and Good Riddance are probably the only songs by them, save a few select others, I'd have liked to have heard.
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bono_212
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What I was getting at is that they only seemed willing to play Phoenix tracks. Played a few others, but, not much. I'm amused that they play a like, ten minute version of "1901", since it's just that popular right now.
LemonMelon
More 5G Than Man
I wonder if Flock of Seagulls sets are 90 minute versions of I Ran.
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bono_212
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I still need to find out if the Verve Pipe just played the Freshman 5 times at their Kidzaplaooza sets.
lazarus
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That would be a shame, because it's a very underrated album. I guess they figure they have to do more of the rock stuff for the kids.
But four albums is certainly enough to play a set of whatever length they would be given.
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