N*E*R*D, Girl Talk tapped for Spring Fling
N*E*R*D, Girl Talk tapped for Spring Fling
Monday, March 23, 2009
The funk rock band N*E*R*D, the remix artist Girl Talk and the rapper Wale are slated to perform at Spring Fling next month, the News has learned.
The Yale College Council and the Yale Student Activities Committee, which plan the annual concert, have not yet announced this year’s performers. But the three musical acts are listed on the Web site of Pollstar, a trade magazine covering the concert industry, as being scheduled to perform at Yale on April 28, the date of Spring Fling.
Wale, Girl Talk and N*E*R*D (pictured left to right) are reportedly slated to perform at Spring Fling next month.
Reached by telephone early Monday, YCC President Rich Tao '10 would not confirm that the three acts had been booked for Spring Fling. He declined to comment on whether the three artists comprised the entirety of the show's lineup and on the status of the selection process.
"All of us involved have put in a lot of time and energy into this year’s Spring Fling," Tao said in a statement. "We are all really excited about sharing the lineup with the school. Right now, we are still working on the show and we aren’t ready yet to announce the full lineup."
For more on this breaking story, see Tuesday's News.
Comments
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Wait, are you guys saying Girl Talk combined songs by two people who are, like, totally different? No way! That is INSANE!
Hey, what if a punk band covered some love song from the 80s? Can you imagine!??!?
None 2 years, 10 months ago
is this open to the public??
None 2 years, 10 months ago
No.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
for those that don't know, girl talk is 2 djs who do crazy mashups and remixes. NERD is pharrell's rap/rock band, they're unreal in concert. and wale is soon to be the greatest rapper alive. reppin dc baby. sick spring fling
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Girl Talk is ONE D.J., Gregg Gillis, who does mashups using pop hits of the '70s, '80s, and '90s and rap music to boot. And it just so happens that my entire damn suite can follow the lyrical transition from James Taylor to Ludacris. It is genius.
I don't really care about N.E.R.D. or Wale, I'm just really happy that Nickelback isn't coming.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
the wale pick is brilliant. dude is blowing up very soon, and plays with a live plan.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Ya WALE! Good choice, one of the best up and comin rappers out there. Saw him last summer and it was a good show
None 2 years, 10 months ago
I've skipped the last three spring flings, but I'm actually looking forward to Girl Talk. Never thought I'd say this, but well done, YCC.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
All the girls standing in the line for the bathroom
None 2 years, 10 months ago
not to mention, Wale is awesome. Seriously. Listen to "The Crazy"
None 2 years, 10 months ago
WALE is SICK! Everyone should check him out. He has a mixtape online for free!!!
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Nothing will ever top Wilco, 2003.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Wow. I picked the wrong year to go abroad.
Girl Talk is gonna be so ill.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Seriously?
Bleh.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
thank god this year's ycc prez and ysac chair have good taste in music.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Well, at least its not Hootie and the Blowfish.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Oh god, wtf. Obviously picked by people who think they're hip. Couldn't we at least get a more diverse representation?
None 2 years, 10 months ago
YES!!!!
None 2 years, 10 months ago
All of these are awesome...good work
None 2 years, 10 months ago
we got girl talk for free before.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
GIRL TALK!?!?!
HECK YES!! YCC got it right this year. :)
None 2 years, 10 months ago
guess the days of really big spring flings are over...
None 2 years, 10 months ago
the ydn decides to publish without confirmation yet again. shocking. why don't you just break the story when the event's organizers are ready to announce? excited about the line up, disappointed in the ydn's journalism "ethics."
None 2 years, 10 months ago
what is nerd and wall
i would rather watch paul blart
None 2 years, 10 months ago
another year at yale, another disappointing spring fling line up.
why can't we ever get somebody that anyone has even HEARD OF?
None 2 years, 10 months ago
hasn't girl talk come to yale several times for events of smaller scale? kinda makes these choices seem less than special
None 2 years, 10 months ago
I dunno, it's not terribly exciting, but it definitely could have been worse.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
yes! not huge names, but lots of fun. this should be great.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
how many of the people disappointed with this year's lineup thought Sean Kingston's performance was totally rad?
None 2 years, 10 months ago
so disappointing. thanks a lot, ycc.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Thank god for the end to the 90's Throwback Band era. And yes, Girl Talk came before on a smaller scale, but that was before he was one of the hottest names in the business... should be a lot more hyped this time.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Girl Talk was here a year or two ago in Stiles dining hall.
Seriously, YCC/YSAC, this is pathetic.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
If we're going to be hiring people who've been at Yale in recent memory, why couldn't we get Third Eye Blind? There are no crowd-pleasers here. Spring Fling is only fun when everyone knows the lyrics.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
To #21, everyone WILL know every lyric in Girl Talk's set. If it's singing along that matters, you should note that his performance is the only way we'll ever be able to sing along to Jay-Z, Kanye, Journey, Nirvana, Lil Wayne, or Radiohead at Spring Fling.
If anyone is disappointed and wants to feel a bit better about the selections, read this. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/arts/music/20girl.html
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Re: #21, everyone knows Girl Talk's lyrics--that's the point.
Still, this line-up smacks of fall 2006...
None 2 years, 10 months ago
For all of those with the comment that Girl Talk already played at Yale, I’ll give you an analogy which I’m sure you can relate too:
The difference between seeing Girl Talk years ago in a dining hall and seeing him this year at Spring Fling is like the difference between seeing the Jonas Bros. when they were just a Disney Channel band and seeing them now. There’s a big difference, most importantly in the crowd.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Isn't it kind of hard to sing along to Girl Talk? I mean sure, he uses songs most people know, but only fragments. I doubt many people are going to follow James Taylor to Ludacris transitions...
None 2 years, 10 months ago
YESSSSSSS
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Killer win. And YPMB is AWESOME.
None 2 years, 10 months ago
Bulldog, bulldog, bow-wow-wow, Eli Yale! Bulldog, bulldog, bow-wow-wow, our team will never fail! When the sons of Eli break through the line, That is the sign we hail. Bulldog, bulldog, bow-wow-wow, Eli Yale!
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