Hahaha nice. I saw a dude in a banana costume dangling from one of the Sahara's cross bars by his legs like a monkey. Damn I loved the people at that fest. I have a special note about them in my review.
And like wompwomp said...those fucking kids rolling balls during the hottest parts of the day...tisk tisk. Come ON people. I could barely bring myself to drink a cold beer at that point. Save your drugs for the pretty lights and colors during the wonderfully comfortable evening temperatures.
Save your drugs for the Chemical Brothers kids. I feel like my experience can be summed up like this:
I'm glad I caught the end of the Strokes set, because they were better live than I expected, and I got to move up closer for Kanye while all the Strokes fans were leaving. Outside of cbats, I don't know anyone who likes Kanye a lot, so it was a treat to be surrounded by so many die hard Kanye fans. The first 30 minutes of that show blew our socks off, and everyone between the stage and soundboard had their hands up jumping around and singing the entire time. Once he started playing the 808 songs, the crowd took a breather, and was pretty hit or miss the rest of the show. That first 30 minutes was probably the best crowd experience I've ever had. Having seen several rap shows that really sucked in my days, (too much filler, not able to make out the lyrics), I must give even more props to Kanye. You could hear every word he rapped. The sound was nearly perfect. Hopefully Odd Future got to witness that.
During Arcade Fire, a giant crane lifted a box above the stage. The dimension of the box was about 60 x 25 x 25 (feet). In other words, it was huge. The box opened, and about 500 white beach balls with lights inside them fell onto the crowd. The balls bounced up and down for several minutes before people started holding them as souvenirs. The lights in the balls were programmed to change color with the music. The crowd shots were pretty crazy with all the balls being one color, then changing to another, then being 50/50 two colors, etc.
I was ready to cut my wristband and retire from music after the Animal Collective show. It was that good. I can't imagine them doing anything remotely that grand in the next ten years. There was no way I was running to the next stage to pollute my ears with Empire of the Sun, and they were one of my top five can't misses. I didn't even care Arcade Fire was playing next, and watched most of their show sitting down near the back.
I left the Plan B show thinking there were two different dudes named Plan B. He went from Eminem to Michael Bolton.
I don't get CSS.
Pea had to remind me that I saw the Foals when their name came up later that night back at the campground. I guess they left that big of an impression on me. There is something about up and coming British and English rock bands, they all sound the same to me.
Skrillex with Korn, "Arrrre Yoooou Reaaaaaaadaaay..."
Beardyman was way too much fun. He sang White Stripe's 7 Nation Army while making up words, such as, "I don't know the words to this fucking song." He sang a Black Eyed Peas song while making up words as well, "we used to be good, but now we totally suck." I left that show in a light-hearted mood, and didn't feel like watching someone who takes themselves so serious. That is probably why I enjoyed the Aquabats show so much.
Bikinis.
Basically every light show in the Sahara was on par with some of the best light shows I've ever seen. It was ridiculous.
The campground doesn't shut down. The food court is 24/7. There were DJs playing until 4 a.m. There was a roller rink, pinball machines, and lit up swingsets. It was a playground for wasted people. Getting to sleep before 4 a.m. was really tough. Sleeping past 7:30 a.m. was tougher.
Phantogram has a drummer now.
Perry Ferrel is such a chick. Actually, that's probably offensive to chicks, I apologize.
I'm 90% sure I'm going back next year regardless of the lineup.
Mosh pit during OFF! was a lot of fun to watch. "This next song is our slowest song in our catalog. It's called Fuck People." (crowd continues moshing).
Foster the People had one of the largest crowds I saw outside of the main stage. Granted, they are a L.A. band, but still. Staying on the Yeti doesn't make a lot of sense for them. They could fill an afternoon mainstage slot with their popularity growing as quick as it is. I only caught three songs of their set before having to leave for Duran Duran, but it looked like they were putting on a pretty good show. They had a couple extra guys performing with them, so there were five or six on stage.
I might be in love with Ellie Goulding.
Chemical Brothers, wow.
Robyn is a fine dancer.
It was nice meeting Pea and bforeman. It would be fun getting drunk with them. Like I mentioned earlier, I was either sober and hurting, or wasted when we hung out.
My girlfriend and I had a game of how much booze can we sneak through the gates all weekend because we brought way too much. Sunday afternoon we probably got in about 60 ounces of vodka between the two of us. Then that night after it was shared and consumed, we tried to go out with a bang and sneak in a 4 bottle bag of boxed wine. That was our only failure.
During Arcade Fire, a giant crane lifted a box above the stage. The dimension of the box was about 60 x 25 x 25 (feet). In other words, it was huge. The box opened, and about 500 white beach balls with lights inside them fell onto the crowd. The balls bounced up and down for several minutes before people started holding them as souvenirs. The lights in the balls were programmed to change color with the music. The crowd shots were pretty crazy with all the balls being one color, then changing to another, then being 50/50 two colors, etc.
I was so amazed by how awesome this was when I was watching the coachella webcam. I'm so pissed that I missed that
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