Comments on: Bonnaroo Retro Diary (Part 1)

By: Bryn

Bryn — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:28:30 +0000

Whoa, chill for a second Miss Mix-Master. Franti got a major bonus for being so unexpectedly good. Maybe too major, fair enough. And by the way, we went into Franti with an over/under of nineteen “How you feelin’s,” I don’t think we even hit twelve. However, the number of “Bonnaroo, let me see your hands,” was off the charts.
LCD was #3 on my first two days list. I had a blast at that show. I thought the 8.5 was a complimentary grade. Like you said, certain deductions have to be made for the bad crowd. I can’t justify a 9+ when the front man doesn’t have command over the audience.
…And by the way, if you’re going to argue with my ratings, you should put your own up. We’re waiting.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:42:27 +0000

BRYN! Were you trippin’ when you rated these acts? There is absolutely NO WAY Michael “How you feelin?!?” Franti would ever beat an LCD Soundsystem show! Even with an audience full of creeps and glow stick-throwing d-bags as well as his obvious state of inebriation, James Murphy STILL pulled out an amazing performance. Michael Franti, albeit an energetic performer, ends up playing a hypeman for himself stuck on replay. (Again, how many times did he say “How you feelin’?”)
Now I am not saying that Michael Franti was bad. I’ll even admit that I enjoyed a lot of his act to denigration of my indie cred. I’m saying the quality of performance was not enough to boot LCD down to a 8.5. LCD and anything below a 9.0 is blasphemy.