Despite the threat of thunder, lightning, and pouring rain, yesterday’s show at Brooklyn’s McCarren Park Pool featuring MGMT and the Ting Tings filled the place to capacity–even on the celebrity side, as Agyness Deyn and Kirsten Dunst were both in attendance. Alas, I had a date with an awesome Mets victory, so I was not in attendance, but I got a feel for the afternoon’s vibe via those sweaty New York City types who can’t help but gloat about their ability to stand in line and, therefore, be better than everyone else in the comments section of Brooklyn Vegan. Their writings have been giving me fits of laughter/periods of despair at our future, and naturally, I couldn’t help but share some of the “best” comments, with the definition of “best” either meaning “funniest” or “aptly capturing the multitude of reasons I was happy that the Warped Tour was my weekend all-day outdoor concert of choice.” (Hey, I am a girl from Long Island. I know my place.)
First you have, of course, your person in the know who makes you want to erase any knowledge of anything you might have ever possessed, ever:
hahaha get on the list next time fools…. free booze and no lines. just you know, hang out and get to know the right people or lose some weight and be cuter and then you can be where everyone else wants to
The street team member behind the cloak of anonymity:
this was as close to beatlemania (or menudomania) as Ive ever seen the scene at the pool. the crowd was super loud even for ting tings (we listened from outside, never got in). but if you were inside it was only half the story. You had people scaling fences, 20ish girls in high heals climbing that big 10 foot chainlink fence and heroically making it inside, you had people in the playground climbing on the rock, on the monkey bars, there were people up on the fire escapes two blocks away. there was blood sweat and tears out there. even though we never made it in, seeing all this and listening from the outside still made for a memorable day. esp when they played “time to pretend”. it was so moving to hear the people sing it under their breath. just an amazing amazing day. MGMT will be huge after this, mark my words.
(Beatlemania? You do mean as in the cover band, right? I’m going to say yes, if only because of this person’s preferred spelling of “heels.”)
And your obligatory missed connections, “funny people” edition:
I saw a hipster awkwardly and unathletically jump the fence, splitting his pants. No joke. Hilarious.
anyone see the old man who got nabbed by the cops trying to get under the fence by the port-a-potties?
the naked black dude on the slip and slide was really throwing himself out there.
Why do people crowdwatch so much at fucking shows? Who cares?
Duh, to post comments that are more insightful than yours, dude!
Moving on, here we have people who are going to be laid off soon, if karma is real:
i was with blah and we are stunning young men, each bestowed with well paying jobs
we tipped 6 bucks on top of the 6 dollar price of beer because we are filthy fucking rich
And finally, what all 160-plus comments all pretty much told me in toto, summed up quite succinctly by anonymous @ 8:39 a.m.:
blah blah blah, the line was long, blah blah blah, I hate people who cut, blah blah blah, i cut in line, blah blah blah, mgmt doesn’t have that many fans, blah blah bah, i deserved to be in there more than you did.
Oh, Internet. I love the way you bring the people together.
MGMT @ McCarren Pool was packed [Brooklyn Vegan]
[Photo via Suburban Cowboy]
BV was over when Taco Time For Mom & Dad retired.
Pretty happy I stayed home to get psyched for the Mad Men premiere (much better than anything MGMT ever has done and will do).
things like this are the #1 reason i’m comfortable never living in new york
Like (middle-class raised hipster-trash from Wesleyan) attracts like, no?
@walkmasterflex: Your loss. I have no car expenses (however, the rent probably offsets those). But we always get the bonus/special shows (us and Los Angeles).
Too bad the McCarren fence wasn’t electrified. Then hipsters could have had their very own Altamont.
i’m confused on one point - were Blood Sweat and Tears also on the bill, or were they just wandering around outside mumbling Spinnin Wheel under their breaths?
“Alas, I had a date with an awesome Mets victory”
You mean, “Alas, this band is fucking bullshit” right?
@Christopher R. Weingarten: i like to focus on the positive.
@Christopher R. Weingarten: i mean, johan santana pitched the mets’ first complete game since 2006!!!
Reading BV comments is kinda like eating an Oreo. You know you shouldn’t; it’s bad for you, it doesn’t even taste that good, and you’ll be angry with yourself afterwards… but you just can’t help it sometimes.
and it definitely goes to say a lot about the readers when the threads that have the most comments are always MGMT / VW type bands of the moment.
MPP has had some pretty shitty luck with weather this year. Death Cab ended early due to high winds & rain, There was more water in the pool for the Hold Steady show than there has been in years and now this. Clearly they need to invest in some of that weather changing technology the Chinese are using over in Beijing for the Games.
So after President McCain takes out Iran, can we have him do something about Brooklyn when he’s done?
I was eating at Enid’s starting right around 1 PM (veggie hungry bear!!), and was there for an hour. Not only did the line stretching throughout my entire field of vision never, ever move, but there was a never-ending stream of people arriving to heroically sit on their ass in 90 degree weather.
Pretty much every 20 year-old mall hipster who rolled up in old navy shorts and kooky sunglasses said exactly the same thing: “Oooooh mmmmmyyy gooood (hahahhaah) Guys, no, guys, for real - do you see this line? ohmygod.” And then they stood in that line, never to get in.
Amusingly, according to my spies (because I don’t go to outdoor events in NYC. ever. no exceptions. well, i may go see jill scott and estelle but that’s a major exception…) the Ghostland Observatory show was full of Old People and was practically dead. Confidential to the Ting Tings and MGMT: Enjoy this while it lasts, kids!
@Marth: Nuke it from orbit.
Old assholes apparently prefer to be outside, not inside:
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This show sounds like a new circle of hell.
@BigRicks: You forgot that whole “dead guy in a shed” thing from a couple weeks back, it seems:
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@MTS: I want to see THAT Law & Order episode. NOW!
Someone remind me why MGMT is popular, because I don’t get it.
@tenners: I don’t either, but those kids don’t sound like anything else that people request on my club night. “Electric Feel” is getting me harassed every Thursday night right now.