yamaonna

Well, Big Day Out has come and gone for the Gold Coast.

Now, I think that this is going to sound a bit negative, so I’m going to start with the positives, just so that you know and can keep this in the back of your heads.  I *did* enjoy myself very much!  It was a fun day, many quality acts.  In short it Rocked.  (with a capital R)

I enjoyed the Living End the most, they put on a great show, and their music was tops.  They even sang a cover of Tainted Love, which as Scott said, would have been his best song of the day if it wasnt for the fact they didnt finish it.

I bought a shirt that I love, its red with white stripes and says ‘big day out’ (well dur….)

And my other highlight was the slient disco.  Its a dogem car ring (with out the cars), 2 dj’s, 400 people and headsets.  So there is no music playing and you have to listen on the headsets.  Its a great concept, becuase If you want to talk to someone, you just take off the headsets and talk at a normal level!  Shear brilliance!  I would love for one to open up in Brisbane, its my kinda clubbing!  Of course I am the type to dance around the house and go nuts without music 🙂 hehe

Okay, critical observation time

the venue, well, it was well suited for the size of the event (50,000 ppl!), however, becuase I was all the way down the Gold Coast, I had to leave early just so I could catch a train home.  This means I missed out on Iggy Pop and the White Stripes, which the later was one band that I really really wanted to see.  And not only that, but the ground were very very damp, which pretty much resulted in a mud bath by the end of the day.  And that stank.  Oh, and toilets weren’t marked out very well. thank god I wore my docs.

It’s very much a tiny bopper event too.  Tons of kids (well, people younger than me) and they dont lend to the best atmosphere for music festivals.  They dont tend to be all the considerate of other people or friendly.  And dont even start me talking about ppl who dont know how to mosh properly….

actually, I do want to talk about that.  Moshing isnt about jumping around thrashing about and creating a half meter radius about your self.  Moshing really is a conformity dance of sorts.  Think about it.  You are all packed in tight, so the only way you can move is jumping up and down on the spot.  with one arm up in the air to breath/protect your head from crowd surfers etc.  I certainly didnt experience this yesterday.  which was slightly dissapointing.

I must admit I have had a better time at Livid.  But it was fun none the less. and everyone is very jealous 🙂 

A breakdown of the day – I saw Faker (okay), Gerling (great act, okay music), Magic Dirt (kinda bored me, but then I dont like girl lead vocals), Wolfmother (i really dont get the hype), Hilltop Hoods (exellent!), the Living End (best I saw), Franz Ferdinand (not good at all, and they have a song that really sounds like Ghost Busters), and a bit of Iggy (which doesnt appeal to me.).  Next time I will have to stray further away from the main stages.