Girl Talk – Live @ Summer Camp

May 27, 2008

Summer Camp seems like a really weird festival for Girl Talk to be playing (the hippie to hipster ratio is about 100 to 1 here), but Gregg Gillis completely worked the crowd, putting on the most memorable show I’ve seen from him yet (and I’ve seen a few). This was the first Girl Talk show where I got to dance on stage, which is a totally awesome experience. Gregg debuted a bunch of new stuff this show that was completely incredible, while playing some classics like “Hold Up”, “Bounce That” and “Smash Your Head”.

Out of the new stuff, Jay-Z’s “Roc Boys”, Blur’s “Crazy Beat”, M.I.A.’s “Boyz”, Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come On Eileen” all killed and live staples “Whoomp There It Is”, “Since U Been Gone”, “Jessie’s Girl”, and “Faithfully” were out in full force. By the end of the set, Girl Talk had a sizable crowd and everyone was waving their hands in the air like they just didn’t care. Wayne Coyne even came out during part of the set to dance (and was nice enough to let me take a picture with him). Gregg ended with an enthused performance of Nirvana’s “Scentless Apprentice” that included jumping into the crowd and doing handstands on the front barrier. I was unsure how Girl Talk would come off at this fest, but he murdered Summer Camp and made a ton of new converts along the way.

MP3 Bounce That
MP3 Hold Up

Posted by Taylor in Festival, Live