Girl Talk @ The Henry Fonda Theatre (10.24.2008)
Written by willshoob on Sunday, 26 of October , 2008 at 6:00 pm
I’d like to start out by apologizing for the lack of postage recently… Our first quarters end is approaching us, and our teachers have loaded us with essays and tests all do this week. Anyways, on Friday night I attended the first of two LA Girl Talk shows, at the Henry Fonda Theatre.
The show started off shittily as the first band, Hearts of Darknesses, sucked. They were really bad at what they were trying to accomplish. Their live show suggested that if No Age and Health were to form a really shitty cover band, this would be their child. I have no idea what their studio sound sounds like, but I’m not really interested after what I heard on Friday. Here’s a picture to illustrate what they described as music.
After they left the stage, the show got significantly better for a couple of reasons. First of all, Hearts of Darknesses were no longer playing, and second of all I was introduced to a great hip hop act by the name of Grand Buffet. Grand Buffet hail from Pittsburgh, PA (just like Girl Talk), and they make awesome, danceable hip hop. Consisting of a dancer, a hype man, and a rapper, Grand Buffet really set the table for a night of awesome partying. I remember them having a song about killing your microwave, and another one about cream cheese money. It was really cool. They also had a backdrop controlled by a computer which adjusted to the current song. Like one song would have a Seinfeld clip playing, and then a song about heartbreak would come on, and a google image search of the heart would appear. Anyways, here are a couple of pictures and songs for your listening/seeing pleasure.
Now came time for the main event. Girl Talk’s sidekick nicely dressed in feathers and stronger glasses, stood motionless as the crowd heckled him, anxious for Mr. Gillis to hit the stage. As soon as his intro blasted through the speakers (see the video below), the crowd went apeshit and didn’t stop until the final note of Journey’s “Faithfully” ended. Girl Talk entered the show wearing a headband, sweatshirt, tank top, and sweat pants, and ended in just sweat pants. Not really surprising, because he is known for stripping during his shows. He’s really not to blame, either. By letting people on stage he puts himself in a cubicle of sweat, getting air once in a long while when his 300 pound body guard throws people to the side of the stage. At this point he (Girl Talk) runs around the stage pumping up the crowd, or gets on top of his table and jumps and bangs on shit. I would describe this show as a sweaty ass bar mitzvah. Essentially it was the most hard rocking, exciting bar mitzvah ever. He played the music that would be loved by pre-pubescent teenagers, but he somehow transcended it to appeal to teenage hipsters. One thing I loved was how much of the material he played was not on any albums. My personal highlight being, “Club Action” by Yo! Majesty, and “Kids” by MGMT. I got a little bit angry when the synth line for “Kids” got mixed in (and everyone went apeshit), but as soon as the real heavy synth and Yo! Majesty lyrics “Fuck that shit, fuck that shit, fuck that shit, say fuck that shit” kicked in, I forgot about all my MGMT problems and went apeshit, just like everyone else. He of course ended with “Faithfully” by Journey, and once that dropped out it was just Andre 3K saying “Keep your heart 3 stacks, keep your heart.”
Overall, I enjoyed this show a lot more than I expected to. I have to say that his studio album does absolutely no justice to his live show. Once you see him live, I doubt you’ll be able to listen to his albums in the same way again.
Girl Talk- Play Your Part (Pt. 1)
Category: Concerts
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