The Major Lazer Lads

[CaledonianGonzo]

Where it's at cutting edge beats with a refreshing global emphasis and a likely almoghty bangerfest?

Or insufferable EDM nonsense for taps aff bros called Chad and altogether best avoided by right thinking cognoscenti?

[dentalplan]

7 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Where it's at cutting edge beats with a refreshing global emphasis and a likely almoghty bangerfest?

Or insufferable EDM nonsense for taps aff bros called Chad and altogether best avoided by right thinking cognoscenti?

I vote the top one

Although Chad is quite a fan... but so is Beyoncé.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I have downloaded Spotify's This Is: Major Lazer playlist onto my phone, so come tomorrow morning's commute we shall see.

Full disclosure:  I already know and like Light It Up.

[rpfranks]

16 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Where it's at cutting edge beats with a refreshing global emphasis and a likely almoghty bangerfest?

Or insufferable EDM nonsense for taps aff bros called Chad and altogether best avoided by right thinking cognoscenti?

Top one. Saw them at Benicassim last year, really good

[CaledonianGonzo]

Likely Other Stage headliners, do we reckon?  Any indicators as to which night?

[defrio29]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Likely Other Stage headliners, do we reckon?  Any indicators as to which night?

Friday. 

Source: none, but it makes sense and if poster placements are any indicators..

[CaledonianGonzo]

Friday could work if Radiohead feels like it might be a bit downbeat.....

[jonodillieono]

They're a lot more edm-y live than they sound on record.

It's essentially a DJ set playing all their big tunes mixed in with stuff like swedish house mafia and snoop dogg and everywhere in between

[simian_mobile_mushrooms]

The second one without a doubt

[ghostdancer1]

it's the latter.

not quite Guetta/Aoki levels of EDM nonsense, but it's still pop-dance rubbish for the flower crown, bindi and vest selfie crew.

[Tootts]

I saw them a few years ago off the back of the first album (which I enjoyed) and it was awful, featuring someone wandering around the stage in a Major Lazer inflatable suit, Diplo zorbing badly and taking his top off/waving it around his head, and nonsense EDM music. I was aghast but the crowd were going nuts! I think I might be about 20 years too old though... won't be making that mistake again 

[dentalplan]

9 minutes ago, jonodillieono said:

They're a lot more edm-y live than they sound on record.

It's essentially a DJ set playing all their big tunes mixed in with stuff like swedish house mafia and snoop dogg and everywhere in between

Aye but from what I recall of seeing their footage on streams/telly a few years back, they have hype men getting the crowd going and dancers and pyro and stuff so it's not just yer man Wesley bobbing about behind the decks.

They've had some crap chart hits since I saw those though. Stuff like Lean On will probably suck the atmosphere out of the field.

[Mardy]

I'll be honest, i'd never heard them/heard of them till a few days ago. Someone put a clip up on here somewhere and was pretty dreadful. It's the EDM equivalent of Agadoo

[Woffy]

Is there a specific dance we have to learn like Oops Upside Your Head or the Lionel Richie one?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Get half naked, daub yourself in fluorescent paint and wave a couple of glowsticks around like you're trying to land a plane.

[jonodillieono]

5 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Aye but from what I recall of seeing their footage on streams/telly a few years back, they have hype men getting the crowd going and dancers and pyro and stuff so it's not just yer man Wesley bobbing about behind the decks.

They've had some crap chart hits since I saw those though. Stuff like Lean On will probably suck the atmosphere out of the field.

Yeah I've seen them a couple of times live and love it. They've stolen the inflatable hamster ball crowd surf from the flips as well.

Most of their songs they play live are remixed a lot so it's more dancier, they closed with the original version of Lean On at Parklife for like a less intense closer i think

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, jonodillieono said:

Yeah I've seen them a couple of times live and love it. They've stolen the inflatable hamster ball crowd surf from the flips as well.

Most of their songs they play live are remixed a lot so it's more dancier, they closed with the original version of Lean On at Parklife for like a less intense closer i think

Ah sounds about fair.

And they probably look cooler when doing it than ol' Wayne.

3 minutes ago, Woffy said:

Is there a specific dance we have to learn like Oops Upside Your Head or the Lionel Richie one?

Daggering, mate.

[Mardy]

[Woffy]

3 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Daggering, mate.

Good god

[CaledonianGonzo]

3 minutes ago, jonodillieono said:

Yeah I've seen them a couple of times live and love it. They've stolen the inflatable hamster ball crowd surf from the flips as well.

I think I'm right in saying that The Prodigy did it before the 'Is David Bowie Dying?' hitmakers.

[Bisque]

I'm going. Drop dat bass

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, Woffy said:

Good god

 

I don't think they still do this. Stewards best get practicing.

(nsfw probably)

[CaledonianGonzo]

Gonna go dressed as a set of stepladders.

[CaledonianGonzo]

"Get your own ladder, you bargain basement Jagger!  We've got some important stunt daggering to be getting on with".

[CaledonianGonzo]

In my day all we got up to was pretending we were in the boat race to Oops Upside Your Head.