That's right the future is coming again and in March 2011 it will be in the form of the Future Music Festival, another relatively recent addition to the festival scene that specializes more in the electronic genre.
Earlier in the year, you may or may not remember, I had a pretty lukewarm response to this festival and didn't waste anytime blogging about my gripes with it on this very site. The line-up was alright, but I was only really interested in Franz Ferdinand and The Prodigy.
But next years line up is quite impressive with a swathe of major international and local acts such as The Chemical Brothers, Dizzee Rascal, Pendulum, MGMT and The Presets.
I was considering giving it another go next year, in the vain hope that maybe they've cleaned up their act a bit and actually organised a proper festival. But then, further down the lineup list, I noticed a single word that chilled me to the bone: Ke$ha.
Yep the dirty, talentless bitch is one of the 'performing' acts. At first I was a little confused. Mainly because she doesn't appear to sing a single note in her album (That's right, I subjected myself to it. With a cyanide tablet at the ready in case it all got too much. It may - or may not have - also been downloaded for free and swiftly deleted following listening).
There most definitely is a lot of auto tune and some woeful attempts at rapping, but it's completely void of any sort of human sounds.
I couldn't understand how she could be even considered against some of the genuinely good artists that are performing at Future. But I suddenly remembered the horde of mindless and pretentious teenage fuck-wits David Guetta attracted last year, and it all made sense again.
Yes I know, I've read her interviews. Of course all us haters just don't understand. None of it is an image. She's just all about having a good time and likes to write about stuff that doesn't usually get talked about in pop music (with THREE other writers too! And her current lyrics are the best they could come up with). Like how, like, you always like have that friend that back-stabs you or like how this guy I was seeing like cheated on me.
Yep. Totally unique stuff.
Obviously if you're reading this on Whiteboydancefloor, you probably have similar ideas to me about Ke$ha's ability already.
However, if you
a) Are moved by Ke$ha's lyrics;
b) Think she brings something different to the pop scene;
c) Think the $ symbol in her name is ironic;
d) Agree with anything Ke$ha has said. Ever;
d) Totez luv Ke$haaaaa. She'z da bomb!!! ROFL LOL ^_^
Then please comment now and I'll give you some expert advice on how you can end it all quickly and, mostly, painlessly. Depending on how annoying you are. And you WILL be annoying.
So I have now struck Future Music Festival completely from my list. It's a festival full of people who enjoy the likes of David Guetta and Ke$ha. And lets face it, they're all status obsessed morons who really have no idea what they like, just what everyone else does.
It's a real shame that there are some great bands playing because I would like to have seen them. Maybe I'll catch a sideshow or two.
But luckily there's plenty of great festivals around now and a hell of a lot of good acts coming out over the next few months.
If the other artists on the bill for Future are enough to get you there, be prepared to be doing a lot of bemused sighing all day. I'm sure all the "Ke$has" of Australia will be out in force. And that's something worth staying home for.
And if you really don't think the fans are that annoying. Then experience them for yourself. They're plastered all over youtube. And let me tell you, they are fucking annoying.
Here's a clip from a competition one of her fans won. If you really want to watch it, then go ahead. But I'm not condoning it.
4 comments:
down at the pub the other week i had to endure a kesha top ten. ten of her songs back to back. it induced much drinking and wishing for that cyanide pill you speak of.
that being said the weight of the lineup has the potential to cancel her out.. pity im already going to so many shows..
wake up in the morning feelin' like P.Diddy!
That video was SO painful. She doesn't look unique, she looks like a badly dressed hooker.
This was the only good thing that came out of that song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4npUdfEmbQ
I'll be honest Dave. I couldn't actually sit through her album for longer than about 10 minutes. Although, as I skipped through each track I could've sworn it was the same song at least 9 times. She has 15 tracks on that album! 15!
So yeah, kudos for sitting through 10 songs.
Man I wish I'd put that video up instead. I laughed a bit. As opposed to the video up now where I cried a bit.
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