Lollapalooza

Well, I just got back from said concert, and here it is in a nutshell…

(From 1-10, with comments where applicable)

The Distillers - 2 very, very scary how bad they sounded

The Donnas - 5 would have scored lower if their act wasn't so tongue in cheek

Jurassic 5 - 7 good crowd pleasing band, but didn't see much from them that any one of 5 or 6 hip-hop bands couldn't have done

Queens of the Stone age - 1 were so bad it was painful. Not only did their sound guy throttle them with bad sound, they were just straight up awful. AWFUL. :D

I think one's impression of sound may be affected by location; I heard QOTSA from the lower part of the lawn and I thought they sounded ok. I also found that the vibe improved as night fell and the lights came up - when Audioslave and Jane's performed. And Incubus did a cover of Lionel Richie's "Hello."

Very good, but what was the other cover that Incubus performed? Hint: The original performer hails from D.C.

Originally posted by Dandy01:
I think one's impression of sound may be affected by location; I heard QOTSA from the lower part of the lawn and I thought they sounded ok. I also found that the vibe improved as night fell and the lights came up - when Audioslave and Jane's performed. And Incubus did a cover of Lionel Richie's "Hello."

Audioslave was amazing! I agree that QOTSA did not sound good. I was in the pavillion over to the side, and it sounded very muddled. I also liked The Music and Burning Brides a lot.

Day 1 Livestream starts at 5pm on Hulu. (Livestream schedule: https://www.hulu.com/lollapalooza)

That is, a schedule.

amazing that I only recognize 4 names in that whole sched….I guess today's music is leaving me in the dust

Hatchamaticıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl wrote:
amazing that I only recognize 4 names in that whole sched….I guess today's music is leaving me in the dust

Have you seen tomorrow's lineup?

grateful wrote:

Hatchamaticıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl wrote:
amazing that I only recognize 4 names in that whole sched….I guess today's music is leaving me in the dust

Have you seen tomorrow's lineup?

I just found out about Stray Kids yesterday..only because it was news that they and another K-poper from BTS knocked both Taylor and Eminem off the 1 and 2 spots on the charts
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/stray-kids-jimin-debut-at-nos-1-2-on-billboard-200-k-pop-has-top-two-albums-for-first-time/ar-BB1qMn1R?ocid=BingNewsSerp

grateful wrote:

Hatchamaticıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl wrote:
amazing that I only recognize 4 names in that whole sched….I guess today's music is leaving me in the dust

Have you seen tomorrow's lineup?

I know I'll be tuned unto Laufey with the Chicago Philharmonic at 8:50 tomorrow on Hulu.

Hatchamaticıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl wrote:
amazing that I only recognize 4 names in that whole sched….I guess today's music is leaving me in the dust

Can't believe Kamala's VP is performing

some serious shade from CoS and maybe why I didn't know anyone

Lollapalooza Is Veering Dangerously Close to Becoming a Shitty Top 40 Radio Festival

Lizzy McAlpine and her band full of middle ages men (I think I recognized the black guy as someone who has played with Dr. Dog at the 9:30 Club) were pretty awesome.

Wait . You are at Lola?

hutch wrote:
Wait . You are at Lola?

No, just watching select acts on the Hulu stream.

I watched the Chappel Roan performance with my kid. She loved it, I though she was pretty "meh."

Watching acts on Hulu seems pretty meh to me….

hutch wrote:
Watching acts on Hulu seems pretty meh to me….

Do you have any alternative recommendations for this evening?

Watching Lolla on tv is a whole lot more comfortable than being there.

I might go see Bill Kirchen for free if the storms hold off.