Bonnaroo 2013 Day 3 Recap & Photos: Bjorkupine, Body Paint & Weird Al Cobain

By Johnny Firecloud

As we kick off Day Four of Bonnaroo 2013, catch up with our ongoing coverage of the best damn festival North America has ever seen with a recap of Saturday’s events! Featuring Bjork, Jack Johnson, Portugal. The Man, Cat Power and more, the day was a sweat-fest marathon of excellent music and sun-kissed fun. 

Progressive Assault Award: Death Grips

To the uninitiated, a Death Grips performance can be downright terrifying. A primal and incredibly raw intensity surges through the sound of Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett belting out barking vocal accompaniments to percussion-heavy prog-spaz punk freakouts, a true contrast to the general peace-and-love atmosphere of Bonnaroo.

 

Strangest Performance of Day 3: Weird Al Yankovic

Whether impersonating Kurt Cobain, covering Lady Gaga or simply losing his mind onstage, Weird Al kept a massive audience dancing frantically along with his breakneck-paced polka-laced cover song mutations. The spoof video interviews between songs sagged the momentum, but the nerd-frenzy celebration was on ten for 90 minutes of goofball overdrive.

GALLERY: Weird Al Yankovic performs at Bonnaroo 2013!

 

Best Cover of The Day: Matt and Kim – “Push It” by Salt n Pepa

So premium. 90% of the crowd had no idea what the hell they were hearing (because the song’s older than they are), but it didn’t stop them from rocking out to the 1987 hit – a testament to the track’s greatness.

GALLERY: Matt & Kim perform at Bonnaroo 2013!

 

Quote of the Day: Kim Schifino of Matt & Kim

“If you wanna crowd surf while having sex, please feel free!”

 

‘Really F*%ed up, Or Just Weird?’ Award: Cat Power, who was a mess onstage but sounded fantastic

GALLERY: Cat Power performs at Bonnaroo 2013!

 

Dilated Pupils Award: Balloons with blinking lights

A blizzard of white balloons released into the sky during R. Kelly’s set made it very easy to tell who was awash in chemicals and who wasn’t. Reactions spanned from “Oh hey, that’s cool” to “OhmygodohmygodSTOP! Look up! Lookupohmygod… oh wow…”

 

Weirdest Outfit: Bjork, of course

 

Best Performance: Bjork

Backed by a 14-piece female choir and decked out in an ethereal jellyfish-porcupine outfit, the Icelandic enigma delivered powerfully moving, celebrated versions of “Hunter,” “Joga,” “Crystalline” and more. Eschewing much of her more obscurely dissonant recent material for songs the fans were familiar with, an aggressively climactic “Hyperballad” sent the crowd – a massive turnout which stretched all the way back to the main entrance – into a frenzy.

 

Painted Clothing Award: These girls

 

The ‘Ed Hardy’ Bro-Fashion Award: “I Fingered Molly” shirts

 

Odd Feels Award: “I Believe I Can Fly”

An ocean of ‘Roo revelers sincerely – and loudly – singing along with R. Kelly’s goofballishly melodramatic signature hit just after midnight was a mix of pure comedy gold and a genuinely touching moment.

 

Sugar-Crash Award: The best donut in history

These little fried rings of sugar-glazed dough are deliciously sweet enough to make Krispy Kreme donuts seem like handfuls of sand by comparison. Hot enough to burn your mouth and every bit as incredible to the taste, these are the perfect way to end a late night on the fields of ‘Roo.

 

Now for the Father’s Day fun on Sunday!

 

All photos by Johnny Firecloud except Bjork by Danny Clinch

 

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Johnny Firecloud
Johnny Firecloud

Senior Writer

A senior writer at CraveOnline since 2006, Johnny has reported on music culture around the world for over a decade while setting a higher standard of reviews, editorials, photography and interviews with the industry's biggest names. Johnny has conceptualized and produced a wide range of original Crave features such as the long-running Band of The Month series, the CraveOnstage performance feature, the Music History video series and the Passport travel colum, among others. His Crave coverage spectrum has included Lifestyle, Travel, Film & TV, Politics, Sports, Fashion and Food writing.

A jack of all journalistic trades & master of several, you can also find his work on Antiquiet, Filter, Food Republic, Media Roots, The Owl Mag and beyond. His music photos can be seen on Instagram. Keep up with Johnny on Twitter at @JohnnyFirecloud, and on Facebook.

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