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Henry Edwards30 said:I wonder if the whole "anti-corporate" symbolism gets lost when they perform at a massive corporate-sponsored festival like Coachella.
Wait, really? Where did you get that idea? 😲 🤣
Honestly... I think it might be the worst organized festival out there, maybe since those old rock marathons back in the late eighties. It feels like those big, shady corporations are just meddling in everything again.
The coolest band on the planet, hands down. Sonic Youth... though I have to say, those VIP areas decked out in Grateful Dead corporate branding really rubbed me the wrong way. It made the first day of the festival feel totally sterile...
Then there were those annoying little booths where you couldn't escape the noise, plus those senseless people smoking Marlboros everywhere. And don't even get me started on that tent we used to call the "glam tent" because it was just full of preppy types standing around instead of actually dancing. It was such a letdown.
Happy Mondays felt like a caricature of their former selves. They used to be such a massive band, but now they’re about as exciting as watching a group of retirees reunite.
But then... Sonic Youth. Powerful, intense, "flawless" (if you ask Gall), and above all, just cool. Seeing Kim in that Dorothy dress, and then Thurston cutting through those corporate VIP balloons—which felt pretty symbolic, I guess... 🙂—the whole vibe they created... and that moment when Kim started dancing at the end... "shake, shake"...
It shows up through this intense focus on the state—it's pretty well known that fascism prioritizes the supremacy of the government over the individual.
Well, Alex, I guess you finally admitted to supporting that expansionist ideology and laid out exactly what it looks like. In reality, it only survives in places like "South Dakota," where those fascist, genocidal, and ethnically cleansed territories exist. Good for you.
What a bunch of animals. 😠