ACL: State of Emergency
Day 1 of ACL.
By Audra Schroeder, 12:19AM, Sat. Sep. 15, 2007
“His hair.”
“Yeah, his hair.”
“It’s nice hair.”
“Yeah. Shiny.”
Friday’s fire apparently happened during Pete Yorn’s set, but backstage shortly afterward, two young ladies provided the above dialogue about his hair, in glassy-eyed awe of his wavy, dreamy locks. What fire? Such was the ebb and flow of ACL Friday. Peter, Bjorn & John proved they have more than one song, even pulling out an Undertones cover (“Teenage Kicks”) and a Buzzcocks cover (“Ever Fallen In Love?”). M.I.A.’s late-set impromptu stage bum rush was quickly dispersed, but not before she conveyed her disappointment (“No one brought any weed up here? Damn.”). Surprise of the day: James Hunter. Why isn’t he huge? Revelation of the day: After watching Josh Homme goth dance through the beginning of a song, Queens of the Stone Age could easily cross over genres.
Three words: Bjork. Lazers. Confetti.
More to come ...
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ACL Fest 2007, M.I.A., Bjork, Peter, Bjorn & John
