Girl Talk coming back to town Mar. 8
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The disposable nature of pop music is a double-edged sword for Gregg Gillis’ Girl Talk. On one end, it puts an instant expiration date on his hyperactive mash-ups. (Don’t believe us? Give 2008’s Feed The Animals a spin, and let us know how stale those Rich Boy and Flo Rida samples sound.) Then again, with so many artists coming and going (and coming back again) into the public’s favor, the dude’s concerts are allowed space to be an ever-evolving panoply of chart hits, underground favorites, dance-floor classics, and guilty pleasures. This lends an air of mystery to Gillis’ infamous “everybody get onstage and act a fool” roadshow, which will hit most of the continental United States (and hell, why not a couple of South American venues as well?) through March 2011, including a Mar. 8 date at First Avenue. What indie darling will he smash into “Like A G6”? Is it possible to make Ke$ha likable by laying her Auto-Tuned vocals over, say, the piano riff from an old Elton John single and the beat from Big Boi’s “Shutterbugg”? In the time since he last released a full-length, Gillis has missed out on Lady Gaga, “Empire State Of Mind,” and Glee—hopefully only the first two get admission to his big, transcontinental dance party. Until then, feel free to drop your own fantasy mash-ups in the comments.
