best roo shows ever?

I can't name a best show at Roo, but probably my favorite moment of live music was watching John Butler play Ocean on What stage in 2010

Just off the top of my head:
2008: Pearl Jam and MMJ
2009: Robyn Hitchfleshy banana, Kaki King, Gov't Mule, NIN

First 2 that come to mind above all others:






Hands down the best. 09 was so quacking epic. Damn

Some runners up:
Dead Weather 2010
LCD Soundsystem 2010
Crystal castles 2009
YYY 2009
Deadmau5 2010

Hands down best show in my nine years attending Roo was that little band that could, MMJ in 2003, "all the way from Louisville, Kentucky." We walked up on them in a tent having never heard of them, one of the first bands to play Friday noonish and they blew our minds. No one's touched 'em since. Runner up: North Mississippi w RL Burnside that same year. I say goddang.

for me in no order
MMJ 08
Byrne 09
Bon Iver 09
Jeff Beck 10
Phish (Sun) 09
Jay Z 10
Stevie Wonder 10
Levon Helm 08
Plant/Krauss 08
Back Door Slam 08
Flaming Lips 10

what really intrigues me about this years lineup is a lot of it is similar to the lineup in 08 (mmj, plant, wsp) which was my first year, so it will be interesting to compare my fourth time to that one

2007: White Stripes, Tool
2008: My Morning Jacket, Pearl Jam, Sigur Ros, Raconteurs
2009: Nine Inch Nails, Phish (Sunday), Wilco (Hot Air Balloon!!!)
2010: LCD Soundsystem, Flaming Lips, Jay Z

Thought the FLips performance in 2007 was off.

Favorite headliner: Radiohead (honorable mention to Metallica)
Favorite Pre-Headliner: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (honorable mention to Beck and The Roots)
Favorite Late Night Which: Nine Inch Nails (no others I've seen even come close to comparing)
Favorite Late Night Tent: DJ Shadow (honorable mention to Sigur Ros)
Favorite Day Time Which: The Mars Volta (honorable mention to David Byrne and Orchestra Baobab)
Favorite Day Time Tent: Tortoise (honorable mention to Ornette Coleman, Jeff Beck, and Levon Helm)
Favorite Thursday Set: Neon Indian (honorable mention to MGMT, Battles, and Alberta Cross)
Favorite Daytime What: Jimmy Cliff (honorable mention to Erykah Badu and Al Green)

Sets I'm omitting because I missed a portion of the show:
MMJ in 08 (caught second half from my campsite, so I only heard half, but it was amazing as people say.)
Dungen in 06 (only caught the last half, right before Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, but that last bit was incredible and really got me into the band.)
Zappa Plays Zappa in 09 (Sandwiched in the middle of a conflict with BB King and Levon Helm, I caught the first 25 or so of King, then only 15 or 20 minutes of ZPZ, and all of Levon Helm. I wise I could have seen all of ZPZ, even if Levon Helm was one of the best sets of the weekend.)
Gov't Mule in 07 (Even though Flaming Lips had a fun atmosphere and an amazing sound check, when I left after Flips and caught the rest of Mule... I knew where the real shiz was. Amazing.)

the raconteurs 08 by far...best show ive ever seen

hon. mentions: phish, galactice, and mule in 09. metallica, pearl jam, and backdoor slam in 08,

my morning jacket '06
mars volta '05
tool '07

edit: also femi kuti '04 (almost forgot)

Despite the awful setup, due to the sheer amount of equipment.

Dan Deacon never fails to impress.

Phish 09' was amazing, Trey plucked my brain with his guitar playing, the light show was mesmerizing, and the fireworks near the end topped it off.

Vieux Farka Toure in 09' was unbelievable, his master djembe drummer was unreal, i haven't been able to find out who he was but he incredible.

The Mars Volta were awesome too.

Wow, I'm ashamed... I forgot about Public Enemy, one of my favorites. Damn, well that one's an honorable mention for me.

yeah i like that format. i cut my other list short because it just gets too long
HL: Pearl Jam/Stevie Wonder
PRHL: David Byrne 09 (i know he wasnt on what stage but this is how i look at that set)
LNWhat: Phish 09/JayZ 10
LNWhich: MMJ 08/ FLips 10
LNTent: Disco Biscuits 10
DTWhich: The National 10
DTTent: Bon Iver 09
Thurs.:Vampire Weekend/Portugal. The Man/The XX
DTWhat: Unless i say Wilco (which was PreHL) most of the time these sets are miserable for me, even when its one of my favorite bands, Galactic. too hot.

yeah man like you said people just have different styles in music. I can see why people like him, he brings a great party.
He just sounds like cheerleading music to me.