LMFAO
Bojangles Coliseum
June 19, 2012
LMFAO's Bojangles Coliseum performance Tuesday night was, in a word, inspired. A feast for the eyes, it combined the visuals of a bad acid trip with the skull-hammering bass of a dance club. And the crowd lapped it up.
They're all about forsaking tradition - the only form of a "band" joining the two on stage was a DJ and a drummer - and yet they've obviously hit a chord with people who like to party. At face value, the bond with the duo's audience seems to be the ability to take shots and party all night. LMFAO knows that what it's doing is ridiculous and embraces it.
Everywhere you looked there was something out of the ordinary and completely random coming to life to shuffle with LMFAO through some of the worst lyrics ever written. One particularly memorable transition, after "I Am Not a Whore (But I Like to Do It)" began with Sky Blu ranting about loving hot paninis after sex. After initial crowd confusion at the random segue, Redfoo saved the day by screaming, "I need a 'Hot Dog'!" and launched into the furious, fast paced and repetitive song. "Street meat," anybody?
Nothing about the live act makes sense and there were more costume changes than Lady Gaga on overdrive ('80s-style, neon leopard pants, bike shorts and jockeys), and yet it was a wildly entertaining show. Concert? Not so much. Full-on party experience? Taken to excess and expertly executed.
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