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[senoritafish]

The song that just came up reminds me; when John used to work as a meatcutter at Food 4 Less, he got pretty sick of this track as it was repeated over and over on the store Muzak system. That and "Six Weeks in a Leaky Boat" bySplit Enz.

Thing is, that was in Watts and Compton - inner city Los Angeles. Funny, those songs barely got any radio airplay, and whoever programmed the system was pitching the Finns to the hip-hop crowd.

I'm ecstatic to hear Neil Finn is getting Crowded House back together for a tour, but less than thrilled that their first appearance is at the Coachella Music Festival. The last time I saw them was at a the WOMAD Festival at Cal State Dominguez Hills, which one of those deals where if you had to go back to your car, you couldn't get back in, and by the time they came on, the porta-potties were overflowing and drunk kids were barfing everywhere. The music was great (Peter Gabriel and other world music groups were there, too), but the audience experience wasn't all that pleasant. If you happened to own a bladder needing emptying periodically, that is.

I haven't been to the Indio venue, but it's out in the desert at a time of year where it's getting hot, and again, you can't take anything in with you and they charge $6 for a bottle of water, never mind anything else. I'm getting too old for that kind of thing - I wasn't all that excited about it when I was younger. Sigh. Sure a lot of acts I'd love to see though...I sure hope they play some other places near me.

Mmm, there is a live webcast, though...makes up for some disappointment...

Comments

[jcald89.livejournal.com]

I've gone out there twice for the weekend. The water is $2, and they do have drinking fountains. It's still definitely a very capitalistic venture, but it's a lot of fun. I'm just hoping the quirky atmosphere hasn't been distilled and polishsed too much.

I'm not sure whether it would be worth the nearly $100 just to see Crowded House, but if there are four or five bands you'd like to see, I would say it is definitely worth it. I'll be there saturday and sunday this year.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm just thinking of what heard from people who went to other festivals. Glad to hear the water gouging isn't as blatant. There are a bunch of acts I'd love to see, but I think that's still more than I can afford at this point. The camping bit sounds fun, but the no in/out at these venues really bugs me.

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

I would find it so weird to walk into a store in the US and hear Split Enz playing!

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

So would I! It's fairly obscure to the general public here.

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

Yes I would have thought so :)