{"id":699,"date":"2009-04-10T07:03:12","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=699"},"modified":"2010-07-08T19:15:16","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T00:15:16","slug":"yay-coachella-aka-how-bad-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/yay-coachella-aka-how-bad-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Yay Coachella!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Embrace your pain; use it to create art. Ok, so I embraced my pain, and I created… something<\/em>. The song is called “Yay Coachella!”, and it’s sung to Weezer’s “Troublemaker”<\/a>, which WFNX<\/a> has played, I think, about 500,000 times to date. Once would have been enough. In fact, once<\/em> would have been too much<\/em>. We put together this video for their contest to win a trip to the wonderful Coachella music festival<\/a> out in Indio, California, April 17-19. A partial list of bands I would love, love, love<\/em> to see: The Airborne Toxic Event, Leonard Cohen, The Cure, Conor Oberst, Franz Ferdinand, Morrissey, Silversun Pickups, The Hold Steady, We Are Scientists, Band of Horses, Bob Mould, Fleet Foxes, Glasvegas, Henry Rollins, M.I.A., TV on the Radio, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Lykke Li, My Bloody Valentine, Okkervil River, Public Enemy, The Orb, Throbbing Gristle (good heavens, Throbbing Gristle??<\/em>), X, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. All except for Franz and TATE I’ve never seen before, and I’ve never been to a music festival like this (save for maybe one or two low-key things in Connecticut, back in the late ’70s). Wish us luck! (I really<\/em> need a vacation…) <\/p>\n

Yay Coachella!<\/h3>\n

Put me on a plane somewhere,
\ncos’ I am comatose
\nI just crawled through the winter
\nand I need a rockin’ show.<\/p>\n

Who needs stupid sports,
\nand frozen ski resorts,
\nwhen out west there’s a rock fest of
\nthe music of my dreams.<\/p>\n

Get off the internet
\nwe’ll do a midnight run
\nbut an evening out at Hooters
\nisn’t my idea of fun.<\/p>\n

What am I doing here?
\nwith these jocks and their beer.
\nThey think you are from Mars
\nand from Southie you have scars.<\/p>\n

(Chorus)
\nGet me to Coachella
\nsunny Cali. weather
\nhippie beads and t-shirts
\nand bands I really love.
\nBrian Jonestown Massacre
\nAirborne Tox, Orb, and The Cure
\nwe are out of patience
\nwe need to rip it up.<\/p>\n

I drew the card of Death
\nwhat does that signify?
\nI need a quick live music fix
\nor else someone will die.
\nyou wanna have some proof?
\nhow’s this then for some proof?<\/p>\n

:: Arrggghhhhhh!!!!!::<\/p>\n

That’s right.
\nI’m tearing out my hair
\nI wanna go to Indio
\nand hang out with some rock stars
\nand you can come along with me
\n’cause I can’t stand my job
\nI feel just like a slob
\nface glued to a computer screen
\nas creepy as The Blob.<\/p>\n

developing a twitch
\nshort-term memory a bitch
\ngetting tired and feeling old
\nand crying out to God…<\/p>\n

(Chorus)
\nGet me to Coachella
\nsunny Cali. weather
\nhippie beads and t-shirts
\nand bands I really love.
\nBrian Jonestown Massacre
\nAirborne Tox, Orb, and The Cure
\nwe are out of patience
\nwe need to rip it up.<\/p>\n

We’ll wish upon a star
\nso many awesome bands
\nhave never seen them play before
\nI’ll be a happy fan.
\nHenry Rollins, M.I.A.,
\nTV on the Radio
\nThrobbing Gristle, Public Enemy –
\nis this really the same show??<\/p>\n

A slice of history
\nrock, rap, folk, and indie
\nI’ll dance around and celebrate
\nas happy as can be.<\/p>\n

Leonard Cohen, he’s so classy
\nPaul McCartney – an old geezer
\nhe’s been at it for 100 years
\nbut he’s WAY better than WEEZER!!<\/p>\n

(Chorus)
\nGet me to Coachella
\nsunny Cali. weather
\nhippie beads and t-shirts
\nand bands I really love.
\nBrian Jonestown Massacre
\nAirborne Tox, Orb, and The Cure
\nwe are out of patience
\nwe need to rip it up.
\n(need to rip it up)
\nGet us to Coachella
\n(we need to rip it up)
\nGet us to Coachella
\n(I need to loosen up)
\nGet us to Coachella
\n(we need to rip it up)
\nGet us to Coachella
\nwe’re not giving up.<\/p>\nshare this: \"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"tumblr\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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