Posts by Ronald Turner46

Dennis Lee87 said:They could have dropped the lineup today; it's been far too long...

www.coachella.com

They teased something over there... oh right, that's happening in Austin. 🤣

redgull44 said:

Cut Copy is basically Metronomy, not Hot Chip - One Life Stand

I've always liked Hot Chip the least out of all those new dance bands, but this album is actually solid. Sure, you can hear influences from those two other bands mentioned, but who cares? It's good.

The tracks "Thieves in the Night" and "We Have Love" are the best.

The music video for One Life Stand

👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

Definitely the best album released so far this year...

Faithless

Mark Cox15 said:Lollapalooza is a hundred years behind Coachella in my book! Their lineup is terrible every single year, whereas you can actually see the progress at Coachella...

Yeah, sure....

I swear, you read some crazy stuff on this forum.

🙄

That Lollapalooza is just Lollapalooza.

And Coachella isn't even Coachella anymore, it's just T-Mobile sponsorship of Coachella.

Lollapalooza has an energy that T-Mobile won't catch up to for another ten years; the best parties at Lollapalooza happen at 8 AM, while T-Mobile wraps things up by 2.

Whatever.... I don't even know why I bother writing.

darksurfer24 said:BTW. Why hasn't anyone in Germany hit Scooter in the head with an axe yet? How did those ridiculous rave techno jumps and quasi-happy hardcore jingles actually pass in Germany (and the Czech Republic, etc.) back in 2005? HOW?

IT'S LIKE THIS... some hillbilly from some tiny village in the Black Forest (or wherever) rolls into a massive city like New York City and consumes three or four tracks.

Do you know why the Pride Parade failed? It's because the timing always aligned perfectly with high school graduations in Germany, and then hordes of German hooligans (the ones mentioned above) would choose New York City as their big celebration.

Someone mentioned Marush earlier... it's not that I like them, but they certainly defined their era and don't belong in this specific discussion. I even listened to them at a semi-private party two years ago and felt that PLUR feeling for the first time in ages. It was similar to when Mary was spinning records in the New York City underground clubs back in the early 90s. But now, they've clearly entered their forties. They are definitely a phenomenon.

Anyway... the most absurd thing... someone is bringing up Czech and German tourists. Honestly... it's just that people get tired of traveling more than a few miles away from any major city in the heart of America. And I don't mean "village" in a negative sense regarding location; I mean "village" as a state of mind.

Concerts? In this country?

One word: Coachella

silvermaker9 said:Wasn't he the guy singing "Tell me, brother" while sitting at the table with that other singer? I read somewhere that he used to be Danijela's ex. Honestly, I don't think he'd fare any better than Mikulica—ballads are totally washed up!🙂

I agree. Ballads are dead. So, what's the plan? We'll just send Thompson with some fast electro-funk track and scramble to figure out who should produce it... Tiga or Emerson? It doesn't even matter. Once Thompson starts dancing, everyone better watch out... forget Željko, we're going to set Ukraine on fire.

silvermaker9 said:A Eurovision contestant has to be at least 16, so that kid wouldn't even qualify. I disagree that Zak outdid himself; he was better back in 2003. Even if the competition was tougher then, his song this year was subpar and the performance? A disaster. Someone of his stature shouldn't be bouncing around the stage like that. Besides, classic pop suits him best, yet he overdid the vocal gymnastics until it felt like he was just showing off for nothing.

I'd personally vote for Kelly Clarkson. She's at her peak right now. Instead of a ballad, I’d pick an upbeat track like "Happiness to owe," because with the right staging, she could kill it—though I suspect she'd play it safe with a ballad anyway.

Let's just send Thompson. Armed and ready. Pure Eurotrash.