CONCERT REVIEW: Girl Talk
By Jess
Gregg Gillis, a self described maker of pop/pop/POP music is at it again with his latest album, Feed the Animals, and on tour. I recently saw him in concert and you should too. His music is a dream for today’s youth suffering from self inflicted ADD. It’s almost too much for me to sit through a whole CD of one artist but that is why listening to a Girl Talk album is so much fun…it’s like listening to 50 albums at once from all corners of the music world!
And if you think his music is interesting, just look at his life. He went to school for biomedical engineering in Ohio and later got a job in that field while leading a double life as a DJ Rock Superstar. It wasn’t until it all became too hectic that he decided to quit his job in May of last year.
He mashes up everything from Nirvana to Lil’ Mama and back again to Elton John’s Tiny Dancer and Britney Spears Gimme More all the while weaving a mixture of booty shaking beats and 50 cent style “yeah yeahs” to keep the rhythm.
“Give Me A Beat” on his myspace is one of my favorites for its American Girl background interlude. Seeing him in concert is a fantastic experience because he is a smart guy who programs his sets with the crowds emotions. They are almost rave-like in that the energy goes in waves and just when you think its starting to die down he brings out one of his big guns which, to me, is anything mixed with Bittersweet Symphony.
This is a great video of him explaining his genre.
Video via philoblog.blogspot.com
Photo via www.myspace.com/girltalk
