urbannomad30
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joined Sep 2003
Lily is honestly kind of a drag (is it just me, or does she look way less pretty than her photos suggest? 😁), I only really vibed with 3 or 4 tracks, so I'm definitely not giving them five stars. Actually, that's a lie—let's call it *1/2
Now, Apple totally blew me away (I had zero expectations going in, but wow, they sounded amazing!) ****
Kraftwerk ♥ I'M GOING TO THE CITY BUT IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPUTER LOVE ****+ extra points for that Robot(er) bit I actually regret that one time I casually mentioned that the Tour de France wasn't all that great
Because of them, I finally checked out one of those YYYs songs, and man, it felt so weird coming from all that minimalism to suddenly hearing so many guitar effects! And seriously, why do they even move around the stage so much?? 😬 Most of the newer stuff I recognized (Skeletons, Soft Shock) is mostly boring (except for Zero and maybe Runaway)—the acoustic version of Maps was a total miss, and the only song that truly hit the spot for me was Y Control. Shoutout to the crowd, though—at least people were jumping around! 🙂 **I'll stick with 1/2 for now, because who knows? Maybe they're great live, but all this production just ruined it for me 🤷
As for Franz Ferdinand, I wasn't expecting much since their new album is such a grind and I've honestly forgotten their first one, but it did bring back memories of Matinee, Take Me Out, and Tell Her Tonight (though today they almost sounded like some Unknown track? 🤷 ). ***
All in all, it was a beautiful day, even if my feet are absolutely killing me. 🙂
Anyway, I better go get some studying done—looks like I actually have some time after all 😳