Lollapalooza - n. - an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event.

Sitting in Grant Park, sweating,
grass tattooing itself onto my flesh,
and I swear to god I can actually
feel my sunburn blistering.

It’s day three and I’m tired as all hell.
I’m staring into space while my tank top
melts into my flesh, sticky and searing.

But then -- there are the Kaiser Chiefs.
And the drummer clicks off
1...2...1-2-3-4 and away we go.

I’m pushed into the crowd,
bass and drum thumping in my core,
and we’re swept into a frenzy.

There’s a kid who looks like Adonis
standing behind me. I don’t know him,
but under the August sun we dance,
we clap, we jump and shout out a primal call.

Ricky Wilson is at the barrier,
calling to us - Citizens of Lollapalooza!
We’re carried on a wave, jumping
over the stage,
over Buckingham Fountain,

over the Sears Tower.
We leap the Atlantic Ocean,
landing who-knows-where.

A great mob of sweat and beer
and sunscreen and marijuana and
euphoria splashing mud through
the cobblestone streets, a tidal wave of
dancing and cheering.

We’re the kids on the street and
we never miss a beat,
never miss a beat, no we never miss
a beat-beat, beat-beat.

Just like the lyrics.