I think Rolling Stone said it best:
8:00 p.m.—10:00 p.m.: Lady Gaga
8:30 p.m.—10:00: The Strokes
This is festival programming genius at its finest: on one stage, the definition of opulence and spectacle — a mind-blowing, eye-widening panorama of sight and sound that, according to most estimates, cost upwards of a quarter of a million dollars. On the other stage, five guys who are the apotheosis of don't-give-a-shit minimalism. You'll be lucky if they even have a smoke machine. Look, let's be honest: no matter how fantastic it is that the Strokes are out of their temporary limbo, that they're working on a new album, and that recent show reports have been excellent, don't you kind of have to see Gaga? It's like being in the same room as a mermaid riding a unicorn through the aurora borealis and deciding instead to watch this really great Fellini movie on a TV. I mean, the Fellini movie is still great, but it's a mermaid riding a unicorn through the aurora borealis. Which, coincidentally enough, is actually a set piece in Lady Gaga's quarter-of-a-million-dollar Lollapalooza performance.
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
8:30 p.m.—10:00: The Strokes
This is festival programming genius at its finest: on one stage, the definition of opulence and spectacle — a mind-blowing, eye-widening panorama of sight and sound that, according to most estimates, cost upwards of a quarter of a million dollars. On the other stage, five guys who are the apotheosis of don't-give-a-shit minimalism. You'll be lucky if they even have a smoke machine. Look, let's be honest: no matter how fantastic it is that the Strokes are out of their temporary limbo, that they're working on a new album, and that recent show reports have been excellent, don't you kind of have to see Gaga? It's like being in the same room as a mermaid riding a unicorn through the aurora borealis and deciding instead to watch this really great Fellini movie on a TV. I mean, the Fellini movie is still great, but it's a mermaid riding a unicorn through the aurora borealis. Which, coincidentally enough, is actually a set piece in Lady Gaga's quarter-of-a-million-dollar Lollapalooza performance.
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
ME! styling/make-up by me, photo by Denny Lee
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