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Post by roolacksreality on Apr 17, 2008 9:11:35 GMT -5
Man...It's been a minute since I've posted on this board.
I'm a 'Roo vet (at least I like to say so). I've gone since the monsoon year of 2004, what I like to call the "metamorphosis" year of 2005, the Oysterhead year of 2006, and the interesting, but IMO disappointing year of 2007.
I first checked out the artists when the initial line up came out and was kinda disappointed. I liked BB King, the Bluegrass Allstars, Sigur Ros, Bisco, etc. But the Metallica and Jack Johnson heads kinda threw me off.
*Please don't smite me. I'm just giving an opinion.
So today checked the line up again and saw many more artists shows I'd love to check out. So, now the line up looks good, but I have another worry: the environment.
*Please don't smite me. I'm just giving an opinion.
I was very upset when Shakedown was (IMO) located way back on plantation street. Some of the newer 'Roo crowds were just really immature and disrespectful to both the farm and my friends.
Anyways.....Enough of my rambling.
'Roo is my first festival. I will never forget some of the greatest shows and times of my life.
Now, I'm in grassroots promotions and I can get a ticket for free if I really want to work for it and go.
In the end, I guess this question is directed towards those of you who have been to the last few 'Roos.
Should I go? Convince me.
*Again, no need for smiting. But this is really something I need convincing with. I spent half my day on these threads before I saw the line up and started to weigh the possibilities, then I took time off from this blog. I love Bonnaroo, but I don't know if it's worth it to me anymore.
All I can say is... Roo will be different than it was last year.
It may be different in a good way(a good way judged from my own personal opinions about what good should be)
It may be different in a bad way(a bad way judged from my own personal opinions about what bad would be)
I'd love to check out the lineup but by no means does it really "WOW!" me. That being said, I have a ticket and may or may not be going due to conflicts in June.
I too call myself a roo vet and living here about 45 minutes from the site I just can't miss it! It is rare to find that kind of atmosphere with "my kind" of folks around here...it is no doubt going to be a different vibe but not COMPLETLEY...now we have widespread back and phil lesh...bb king good grvy I would go for him alone! How many more times will we get to see him (bless his heart) and I FINALLY get to hear Yellow Ledbetter live after missing pearl jam in my teens and their prime....Robert Plant...jiminey christmas i am getting myself so excited......I just don't see how you can't go! The festival evolving is what makes bonnaroo what it is! As long as they keep our old jam bandy stand bys and our legends coming i am willing to deal with Kanye West and Metillica (who I actually have seen before and used to love when I was rebeling against my parents and our hippie roots! lol)
Post by Whatsnew_c on Apr 17, 2008 13:06:28 GMT -5
The only issue I had with the environment was the heat and dust. If you can cope with that then your going to be fine. From my experience everyone seems friendly and keeps to themself. If your getting a ticket for free why not go?
I gotta say - i would not trade Bonnaroo for anything in the world - yeah there are better line-ups - but that is not what it is about - there is something magical about the dirt in Tennessee and the well water on the farm. It just draws you back year after year. I have been the last two years and each year I come away having listened to stuff I have never really paid atention to before.
As for Rothbury - great lineup - looks like it will be a great festival. Lack of money keeps us from going to both and lack of money will continue to keep us from doing anything other then Bonanroo.
This will be my fifth Bonnaroo. '03, '05-'07 and '08. Now, I think musically it's going to be hard to ever compare to '06 with Beck, Oysterhead, Radiohead, MMJ's epic late night, and the Trey/Mike/BR Duo/Lesh thrashing. Quite frankly, I really never expect the music to ever beat that year for me.
However, for me, Bonnaroo is as much about the ability to get away and be a part of a makeshift community as it is the music. I have had the good fortune (knock on wood) to be around some great people in the camp, which has made a phenomenal experience every year for me, regardless of whether or not I loved the music. Bonnaroo provides the ability for me to leave society behind and step into a world that is completely free of judgment or expectation. I make it a habit every year to bring a friend of mine that has never been, just so I can spread the experience of Bonnaroo. That makes it even more fun as well, to see the look on my friend's faces as we finally pull into and walk around the site. Almost worth the money in that alone. It's about community for me as much as music.