"All the party people dancing for the indie star"

[beautifulduckweed]

Of Montreal was one of the danciest, funnest, bizzarrest, surrealest, just plain out -est shows I've seen. Ever. Troops of dancers wore, at various times on the stage, animal masks (including an apatosaurus* head!), Laughing Buddha costumes, bikinis, disco outfits (complete with a roller-skating girl in black spandex and a fake afro), gigantic papier-mâché arms and legs, a centaur costume and a satyr costume. Death also loomed large on the stage: Lots of stabbings, and, during a particularly memorable moment, Kevin Barnes hanged himself from a gallows on-stage.

Also, Kevin Barnes in pinkish-orange lamé underwear. For a weird, skinny nerd, he's in mad good shape.

The best part, though, was the encore. They closed with "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Everybody went INSANE. I pretty much pogoed like a mad thing through all of Teen Spirit.

Conclusion: One of the most entertaining shows I've been to in a long, long time. A+++++, would see live again.



* Firefox has underlined "apatosaurus" in red and gently suggests "brontosaurus" as the correct spelling. Hee!

Comments

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Whooooa, Of Montreal covering "Smells Like Teen Spirit"? Damn, I want to hear that. They are playing in SF tonight, and I wasn't planning on going, but...shit, that show does sound pretty insane.

Firefox has underlined "apatosaurus" in red and gently suggests "brontosaurus" as the correct spelling. Hee!
That's AWESOME...ly incorrect.

[skeets.livejournal.com]

MAN, that sounds like a fun show. I must look into this band!

[bonobo23.livejournal.com]

Indeed; me too.

HOLY SHIT

[katealaurel.livejournal.com]

Firefox has it BACKWARDS!

BRONTOSAURUS is deprecated!

Oh god. Somebody write a patch right now.

[benefitz.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Sounds fantastic.