Rock im Park Day One (because I'm too lazy to finish the whole entry now)

[des_pudels_kern]

Foreword:

This is a long entry (but the other two will be shorter), and it includes a couple of pictures, no interesting ones though, we didn't bring a camera, (which is why it's behind a cut) and some song-downloads

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[grace_poppy]

And you know, musicians of the same genre always seem to look the same. The ones in your pictures all kind of look the same (except for Die Arzte, because they look like they don't take themselves super-seriously. They look like they have fun instead of trying to impress people with their awesomeness.)

Classical musicians look dressed up for a wedding or formal event. Hiphop artists usually look really mean and dangerous and wear baggy clothes (the males anyway). Country and folk singers usually look friendly and down-to-earth, normal apart from their hats (or kilts, or whatever cultural group they represent). Rockers often look like "I am SO too cool for you, dude. Look but don't touch. My hair gel costs more than you earn in a year." New age musicians look ethereal and dreamy. Indie and emo musicians look drugged and/or geeky and uncomfortable.

If they want to be really unique, breaking the mold like the rebels they think they are, they should mix it up a bit. Have an ethereal dreamy rapper, a classical musician in baggy clothes and bling (ha!), friendly rockers in cowboy hats, etc.

[des_pudels_kern]

Could be my fault for picking these pictures, but hey, you're right (silly me, of course you are right. You are Grace!)

Die Ärzte really are having fun. You should hear their interaction on stage. Sometimes they change some lines in the lyrics, e.g. in that one song the lyrics go You just love him because he's got a car, and not like me a rattly ladies' bike, and they sing You just love him because he's got no car, and not like me a Porsche, leaving all the fans singing along hanging. And! They were wearing suits! I've never seen them wearing suits before! More andmore bands are wearing suits as a rule, and of course they had to come and persiflage that. Oh, and on day three we had another band from Berlin at RiP, and the Ärzte asked the fans during their concert to form a speaking choir when that band was on stage and tell them that they send them their regards. They may call themselves 'best band of the world', but no holier-than-thou band would waste time on stage to have the fans practice greetings to another band!

Well, we have slight differences. Mostly casual wear, but Velvet Revolver are clad in leather, and Korn with their Nu Metal look a bit like goths. There's more variety on day two, with average rock outfits and e.g. The Hives in black suits and The White Stripes who only wear black, white, and red (always).

Well, some are wearing suits...