I thought m.i.a. was a lot of fun and was not aware that diplo wasn't manning the beats. From where I was standing I couldn't see if he was operating a cd player, being sloppy behind some turntables or what. So why the hell wasn't he up there on stage if he was in the building. That's lame-ass shit. I do agree that her set started off pretty boring, but got livelier once the crowd warmed up to her more and I would have liked to have seen more of that sri lankan devil dancing :eek: . Ahmad did tear it up tho - some of the best moves this side of Terry Crews. So i enjoyed her set enough but thought she's a much more animated and colorful personality on record.
LCD could be a pretty powerful instrumental band but their singer Mr. Murphy is just obnoxious and made it impossible for me to respect anything they were doing most of the time. As far as I'm concerned, he didn't succeed as being any more than another posturing school-of-Can goofball. If they were honestly students of Can, don't you think they would care to embrace some of their less obvious qualities other than their rhythmic sense the occasional blast of controlled guitar feedback? I'll put it this way - Can's biggest influences (popular music, not classical) probably lied in the music of the Beatles, the Velvet Underground and James Brown & the Jb's, but did they sound anything like those bands? Hardly. But if you think about it, the influences make complete sense. I'm sorry, but LCD just don't add up to much for me and James Murphy is nothing more than a charlatan in my book. Although I will say that the last 2 or 3 songs, including the cover, was pretty damn crucial actually. I'll maybe grab those tracks off p2p or some shit.
oh yea, the song where he actually name checks Can, Suicide, Lee Perry, Beefheart and some others was in VERY poor taste. Gross.
