At this point in the summer, how is anyone who attends music festivals not ruin or hospital? Surely not at the festival in our province have $ 300 left in his bank accounts for inputs-and left enough serotonin in their brains to achieve other-weekend party.
Wrong!
Legions of people who seem to have endless supplies of money, wreaths insatiable appetites, and Andre the Giant-esque tolerance for drugs and alcohol swarmed the opening day of the Music Festival Squamish Valley.
(Notably absent were about 80 lightweights Boonstock Festival last weekend in Penticton music.) But how long would it last? Walking down a serene, winding path to the entrance of the festival, a fellow shirtless annihilated in a clown mask, too drunk to walk at 2 pm If this was how the day was going, hopefully the medical staff had numerous pumps stomach and enough to power a locomotive activated carbon site.
This year, the annual blowout has an expanded to accommodate more revelers and brands looking to "activate" through the power of marketing of events. To give you an idea of how big the new festival is, if you smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day (well, a complete package) and legs are still sore after playing soccer with a group of 12 years five days old, it takes about 20 minutes walk from the stage Stawamus on one side of the gardens of the main stage Tantalus, on the other. (Or 15 minutes if not stopped to smoke a cigarette.)
This means you have to make some tough decisions because you cannot possibly see all the acts. Sorry Foster the People, it's not my fault you were far away and a whole overlap with the man who released one of the best rap albums of all time, the man who played halftime show of Super Bowl this year, and the DJ whose voluptuous, flowing mane has its own Twitter parody account
(TommyTrashsHair). "Are you ready to get wonderful? Can smell something in the air," asked Lykke Li, the first of the heavyweights of the festival to go on stage Stawamus before performing "Sadness is a blessing." Surprisingly, it turned out to be more vocal day weed defender. Little in his unique system called the effort with Swedish style, "Can someone pass that joint on stage, please?"
Someone handed him a forced and massive. He jerked away from him and placed it on a keyboard to save for later. Lykke Li Zachrisson Timotej Svensson! I'm not sure how things are going down at music festivals in Sweden, but here in Squamish, bogarting called a company and is not a fun thing to do.
Nas, who was playing right after our pot queen, received the second-most shout-outs to Li. He kept going on about how excited I was to see the half-man, half-amazing-MC and even devoted a whole to him before "Youth Knows No Pain". However, unless Elon Musk installed
HYPERLOOP for talent to travel between stages, it is unlikely that she called legendary rapper.
"If you have heard of my first album, Illmatic, for 20 years, put his hands in the air," Nasty Nas early in his set. If not required, which was fine as it was about to make a whole. With upwards of 14 women sitting on the shoulders of men, Nas reached the third track of the album, the chorus of which is probably a motto for many a festivalgoer: "Life's a bitch and then you die / Es why we have high / 'Cuz you never know when you'll go. "
The 40-year-old rapper Illmatic burned through in 30 minutes, ending with "It is difficult to say." Then he reached into his vast catalog, and after "If I Ruled the World (Imagine that)" sincerely told us. "You know I love you" Heck, we were a little unsure, Nas, so it was nice to hear that really says.
Sure, you could hang around and listen to another 20 minutes of classic rap, but there was a DJ with a fantastic hair playing on stage dance music. No one was there when it began, but Tommy Trash locks looked great. As it grew darker, however, the appeal drops low samples and Lil Jon shouting "down so that" it proved irresistible and people slowly fist-pumped into there, even though Bruno Mars was about to get on the main stage.
If any schlub read Bruno Mars lyrics from a sheet of paper, which came across as cornball lines collection. However, his undeniable charisma, talent and charm means every woman drops one of those lines would diminish her panties. Rocking a fedora and the best smile I've ever seen, he opened with "Moonshine", "Natalie", then "treasure." Fortunately, his exceptional band accompaniment, the Hooligans, abided by the old rule one fedora per crew.
During the making of "First Timers" Mars transitioned versions of "Pony" by Ginuwine and "on" remix by R. Kelly, and that proved to be the-grind-the-person-you-next time the festival. He followed with "Marry You", it was time lift-the-nearest-female-on-his-shoulders day. After an interlude of piano, global pop superstar returned with a new fedora to end "Grenade" and "Just the way you are", the all-women-in-Squamish-was-feeling-beautiful-while-singing -along time.
He was then apparently everything and slowly people began to file out of the festival. Rookie mistake! Mars had not played "Locked in Heaven" yet. And if you were not already sold on the talent that this guy is that he chose to play a long drum solo introduction to his most successful.
Viewing Mars sing, dance, and charm the hell out of everyone, it was not hard to see why people are proclaiming the next Michael Jackson. Fortunately, there was no king of pop (and Pepsi!) Comparisons to be made when he received a shower of sparks during the final issue of the series, "Gorilla" because her hair did not catch fire.
Fittingly, the best song of Mars ever appears on
"Bubble Butt" of Major Lazer, played over the speakers as we booked the arena to catch Blueprint Boys Noize.
"Are you ready to get turnt up?" A brother shirtless near me asked his friend. Everyone was, and dance stage was now officially raging fucking type of game that does not always want their parents to know that you were on.
Headliner EDM festival, Boys Noize, was in its socket LED-stand and drop an aggressive set that included his song "Excuse Me", Danny Brown remix of "Smokin and Drinkin" and House of Pain "Jump Around" . I guess one of those songs that received the most ecstatic response from all muscular shirtless men?
At one point during their set a woman asked to borrow my lighter. I later she and a group of friends who all had joined arms and were doing a routine with his dancing Rockettes style kick saw. In the name of God they were smoking? Why not offer to share? Lykke Li, I blame you for this!
Walking back to his car along the winding path, you could hear the howling and screaming campers. It was 2 am, but the party will continue well into the morning. Sure, they were having fun now, but this was only day 1 we will see that it has an overdraft and still standing come Sunday night.
