Post by The Curmudgeon on Jul 15, 2013 13:16:33 GMT 2
Result? Ke$ha wins..
Bit of backstory; you may have noticed my distinct absence over the last few days. I was at Scottish music festival T in the Park, and it's been widely critisced over the last few years because of it's increasing reliance on pop acts over actual bands and musicians. Beyonce's been there, the Saturdays and a whole host of X Factor dicks and this year the BIG signing, the pretty much main event of the three day festival was Rihanna. Hey, why not? She's the biggest star in the world. Ke$ha, not exactly an underground cult act, was seen as a "oh, and she's playing too."
So Ke$ha was fourth on the bill, a whole three acts before Rihanna. Ke$ha could have came out, sang a few hits and left. Credit where it's due, she fucking NAILED it from the first song. She was chatty, funny, outrageous, filthy ("guys, during this song I want you to get your balls out and teabag your neighbour"). She brought out purple sword-wielding ninjas, a huge inflatable pig, giant blow up legs, fireworks, streamers, beach balls..she really gave the crowd a great show. It was pure pop spectacle.
Rihanna, on the other hand? Twenty minutes late, opened her set with four dud album tracks that almost no-one knew, left the stage a couple of times for what was presumed to be a costume change but without actually changing her costume, and just gave the crowd the usual "it's great to be here" shit while sounding as genuine as being told to enjoy your meal at McDonalds. God only knows how much money the festival paid getting her, but she was a complete flop. AND she fucking sang over a DAT recording! The biggest pop star in the world headlining the main stage of a live music festival and she pulls that shit?
Fuck you, Rihanna.
Bit of backstory; you may have noticed my distinct absence over the last few days. I was at Scottish music festival T in the Park, and it's been widely critisced over the last few years because of it's increasing reliance on pop acts over actual bands and musicians. Beyonce's been there, the Saturdays and a whole host of X Factor dicks and this year the BIG signing, the pretty much main event of the three day festival was Rihanna. Hey, why not? She's the biggest star in the world. Ke$ha, not exactly an underground cult act, was seen as a "oh, and she's playing too."
So Ke$ha was fourth on the bill, a whole three acts before Rihanna. Ke$ha could have came out, sang a few hits and left. Credit where it's due, she fucking NAILED it from the first song. She was chatty, funny, outrageous, filthy ("guys, during this song I want you to get your balls out and teabag your neighbour"). She brought out purple sword-wielding ninjas, a huge inflatable pig, giant blow up legs, fireworks, streamers, beach balls..she really gave the crowd a great show. It was pure pop spectacle.
Rihanna, on the other hand? Twenty minutes late, opened her set with four dud album tracks that almost no-one knew, left the stage a couple of times for what was presumed to be a costume change but without actually changing her costume, and just gave the crowd the usual "it's great to be here" shit while sounding as genuine as being told to enjoy your meal at McDonalds. God only knows how much money the festival paid getting her, but she was a complete flop. AND she fucking sang over a DAT recording! The biggest pop star in the world headlining the main stage of a live music festival and she pulls that shit?
Fuck you, Rihanna.
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