Music
Watch MGMT get hundreds of shoes chucked at them on stage
by Alicia Condarcuri
August 9, 2011
MGMT was treated to a shoe shower this past weekend while playing to a packed field in Huntington Beach, California at the US Open of Surfing. As lead guitarist James Richardson was trying to get the masses riled up, he let a heat-of-the-moment demand slip without thinking of the repercussions: “Everyone give me your left shoe, right now!”
Worst. Idea.
Before they knew it, shoes were flying for three whole minutes and the rest is musical history. Watch the clip above and play it to the end to hear the line about shoes singer Andrew Van Wyngarden slips in to their song, “The Handshake.” According to OC Weekly, this was their last song and everyone was then kicked out and left shoe-less. Bummer. At least you don’t need shoes to surf. [via Pitchfork]
