Lollapalooza 2013

[nielsgov]

Must cover a huge area then.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

If you stand in the middle of the park you can both hear and see both main stages. It's big but probably a 15 minute walk end to end, most of which occurs because you're weaving in and out of people.

 

[bono_212]

Don't kid yourself, 7 it's a mile walk from end to end

 

[LuckyNumber7]

2012 -

M83 puts on a disappointing show and the crowd is incredibly dull waiting for Midnight City.

Neon Indian brings the terrible news of the show being cut short due to weather and subsequently leading The Temper Trap being cancelled.

Bloc Party impossible to see or hear due to massive amounts of mud and crappy stage design.

2013 -

Imagine Dragons encounters technical difficulties in front of a massive crowd leading their show to be totally boring.

We lose a friend at the bathroom leading the missing of The Lumineers.


Lake Shore is cursed. I genuinely am considering seeing Two Door instead of Alt J for this very reason. Something will go wrong.

 

[bono_212]

M83 was fine, it was their crowd that sucked.
Come see Wavves.

 

[iron yuppie]

Great show from Teagan & Sara. Some of the new tracks I felt were lackluster on record really soared live.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Think the Nash are a mediocre live band is a big time unpopular B&C opinion on par with "Joy Division > New Order, "In Lameblows," and "Cobbler makes a valid point."

You guys like New Order better than Joy Division? crazy talk. Although I'm in the mood for some New Order and will listen to some now

 

[U2inUtah]

Looks like great weather today. 73 degrees in Chicago right now.

The Chicago skyline provides a pretty spectacular backdrop to the festival. I think Grant Park is a great place for Lolla.

 

[LemonMelon]

You guys like New Order better than Joy Division?

The Deputy doesn't speak for all of us.

 

[bono_212]

It's downright cold now. Managed a stupidly good spot for The Cure.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

It's official. I'm bailing my people. Seeing The Cure alone.

 

[IWasBored]

You guys like New Order better than Joy Division? crazy talk. Although I'm in the mood for some New Order and will listen to some now

I didn't even know that joy division > new order was an opinion, let alone an unpopular opinion around here. I thought it was just fact.

 

[IWasBored]

I didn't even know that joy division > new order was an opinion, let alone an unpopular opinion around here. I thought it was just fact.

As for 7 and the national, it's times like these where I am reminded of the fact that the kid likes imagine dragons.

 

[Imperor]

For some reason I was under the impression pretty much all of us preferred New Order.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

As for 7 and the national, it's times like these where I am reminded of the fact that the kid likes imagine dragons.

Yeah that 'kid' has such bad taste in music. PS, kindly, get over yourself. Totally unwarranted.

 

[bono_212]

For some reason I was under the impression pretty much all of us preferred New Order.

I think Laz 's dedication sways the impression a tad.

That being said, I much prefer New Order.

 

[cobl04]

You terrify the land, you are pestle and mortar
Your first love's New Order...

 

[u2popmofo]

You terrify the land, you are pestle and mortar
Your first love's New Order...

I prefer Joy Division by an enormous margin.

Ready for this "Cure" band to start.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Oh yeah....

 

[joyfulgirl]

Ok, Robert Smith can still bring a tear.

 

[u2popmofo]

How cool would it be if they played Disintegration in full?

 

[IWasBored]

Yeah that 'kid' has such bad taste in music. PS, kindly, get over yourself. Totally unwarranted.

Funny, I didn't get half as upset about jt telling me that any opinions I may have are invalidated by the fact that I listen to the barenaked ladies. I took it as the joke it was meant to be. So who really needs to get over themselves?

 

[u2popmofo]

So much for that.

 

[joyfulgirl]

So happy.

 

[u2popmofo]

RS is really into stickers.

 

[iron yuppie]

This has been about the worst possible setlist for me thus far.

Still a lot of fun, though.

 

[joyfulgirl]

This has been about the worst possible setlist for me thus far.

Still a lot of fun, though.

I heard Robert say early on that's kind of "pop heavy" or something to that effect. Kind of what I expected, actually. He's in great form.

 

[u2popmofo]

Festival setting, gotta expect that.

 

[iron yuppie]

Pretending those first four albums don't exist, apparently. But yeah, Robert looks to be having a blast.

 

[No spoken words]

I wonder if I should Cure it up one day. I used to listen to so much college/alt radio in the 80's and heard a lot of Cure stuff over the years...but only own Disintegration. What a glorious beginning to an album those first 4 songs are, fuck.