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I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

Billy Idol

3 votes

R. Kelly

0 votes

"Weird" Al Yankovic

7 votes

Edgy MD Jun 10 2013 11:22 AM

You're at Bonnaroo. You see some good and some bad, rock out to some, are mildly interested in others, and are bored senseless by still others. You take a breather, get some food in you, slam a disgusting energy drink, and your legs are coming back at you. You are ready to RAWK and RAWK you must. You check the schedule and see who is going on, and it's the three acts above. Whose stage do you head to?

metirish Jun 10 2013 11:26 AM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

Billy Idol....especially if Steve Stevens is playing with him.

Edgy MD Jun 10 2013 11:49 AM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

Steve Stevens would be the appeal for me there, too. But a big part of both Billy Idol's and R. Kelly's appeal is the sort of posturing that may have got a young hormonal audiences off a generation or two ago, but grew tired before their audiences even got a chance to grow old, and thus makes for easy targets of parody... by the likes of Weird Al.

themetfairy Jun 10 2013 12:00 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

If you have never seen Weird Al in concert, go see him.

TransMonk Jun 10 2013 12:19 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

I went with Billy Idol. He is playing Summerfest in Milwaukee on 6/27. Playing at Summerfest at the same time as Billy: REO Speedwagon Atlas Genius Dropkick Murphys Blues Traveller

Edgy MD Jun 10 2013 12:27 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

That's a five-way conflict? Sheesh, that's a lot of stages.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 10 2013 12:28 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

I'd go see Weird Al. But I'd be more likely to see something truly special at R. Kelly, I suspect.

TransMonk Jun 10 2013 12:29 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

They have 8 or so stages over ten days. FUN is the headliner that night. Given the options, I think I'd see Idol in Milwaukee too (but won't).

Edgy MD Jun 10 2013 12:33 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

TransMonk wrote: FUN. Dumb name, but they somehow manage to rock me every chance they get. About the only act on pop radio I'm not turning off. And I'm trying real hard with the others.

RealityChuck Jun 10 2013 01:04 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

Dislike Yankovic (he consistently fails to impress me; Frank Jacobs and Allan Sherman were far better) and Kelly's music is not my thing, so I guess it's Billy Idol. Maybe I'd just leave early to beat the traffic.

Edgy MD Jun 10 2013 01:24 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

Sorry, forgot to mention, but there's a gun to your head. Actually a painful handheld disruptor gun that's banned in the Federation because of the extreme pain it causes your body as the cells turn against each other before you disintegrate.

Mets – Willets Point Jun 10 2013 02:14 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

I'd go with the parodist Weird Al as opposed to the self-parodies.

Edgy MD Jun 10 2013 02:15 PM Re: I Believe I Can Eat It Without a Face

Yeah, that's a successfully briefer way of putting it.