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Fun Fun Fun Fest review: Yelle
I have no idea what Yelle sings about. I get the impression that doesn’t much matter.
Not to shortchange the French dance trio — led by the almost insufferably adorable Yelle herself, born Julie Budet — but lyrical understanding doesn’t seem like it’s terribly central to enjoying what the band does: bubbly beats, lovable electronic hooks and Yelle’s own giddy girlish vocals.
The very sizable crowd at the blue stage Sunday night seemed to agree — from the moment Yelle took the stage, Budet clad in a large, frayed coat that she shed piece by piece over the course of the show, the audience was a bouncing sea of hands illuminated by the pulsating stage lights. Budet brought the necessary disarming sense of whimsy to “Ce Jou” and “A Cause Des Garcons,” two highlights from debut album “Pop Up.”
In fact, “disarming” might be the key word for Yelle’s set — sure, there was all the clapping and bouncing and fevered dancing you’d expect and want from this breed of pop. But Budet’s beaming smile and cheerful disposition made the entire affair even friendlier and more positive than it might have been otherwise — it takes a frontwoman of serious charisma to convince an entire audience to howl like a monkey, as Budet somehow managed. Taken together with GrandMarnier’s solid drumming and Tepr’s synth-jockey antics, Yelle was a perfect penultimate performer for the blue stage — the tiny little oasis on the northern edge of Waterloo Park that, for the last two days, was consistently the place to go if you wanted to A) dance, and B) see a performance with a truly stupefying amount of energy.
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By neoeccentric
November 9, 2010 5:28 PM | Link to this
Yelle rocked that stage. Lady Gag Gaga eat your black heart out, as this is no cookie cutter pop copy collaboration of everything outside original from YOUR Artistic center delivery. She worked that crowd. The delivery was unique to Yelle Invigorating Intoxicating fresh positivity. Geek manifested crazy Artistic is a recipe for a crowd reciprocating connectivity to break out of your every day tired idea of conformity cool to release your right to express yourself without inhibitions freely ! I Love this Girl ! Give me Euro Pop Unique any DAY OVER regurgitated GAG GAGA American POP thrashed corporate contract nothing. I’m hooked on Yelle !