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Post by scalabrine on Sept 2, 2008 14:05:27 GMT -5
While waiting for Jack Johnson I was standing right next to the tower. Obviously it was packed and about 5 rows up there were a bunch of people sitting so everyone behind them were packed like sardines, tons of people were trying to get by to get a closer seat and there was alot of shoving going on, I had a camelback filled with whisky and green tea mix so when me and my friends were getting pushed we were all getting pretty frustrated as we had been waiting there for a while and people just be jerks and push us to get a spot. Then... this girl comes in and is saying that her friends are right up (pointing) there and she just needs to get by and she was with a group of like 3 other people and I told her "listen I physically cant move, try to find another way" she got pissed and plowed through us yelling at me "thats not the bonnaroo spirit" multiple times.
So my question is, what is this bonnaroo spirit? I thought it was just being laid back and having a good time but am I wrong? Is it something that has to do with letting people shove their way through the crowd so they can get to their "friends"? Was I really in the wrong there? Thanks.
Post by autumnsredtears on Sept 2, 2008 14:18:34 GMT -5
wow... that's ridiculous... nothing like that happened to me but im going to guess its because the only stages i was ever in front up close were the tents...
lol, thank god I never like the headliners enough to deal with getting that close, except for radiohead i got really close but no one seemed to pushing then.
Bonnaroo spirit is kind of like right of way, you know. I wish I could explain this better but I'm very tired. The idea is that its not something you demand, its something you give. She obviously didn't get that but you should just keep giving Bonnaroo spirit and when someone doesn't, just keep on doing what you know you should and let the other shit roll off your back and it will work itself out.
This sounds kinda silly but I'm going to post it anyway and hope ya'll get what I mean.
As a first timer, I see bonnaroo spirit (or the experience) as pure joy and a carefree spot...I read on some post last year Bonnaroo defined as Mecca and i have to agree...I know it is not a good explaination but it is the best i can currently do!
Edit: I did not try to get close for most shows...
I experienced bonnaroo spirit first hand this year, my newbie year. I thought I had lost my phone so I wrote it on my big chinese hat in black marker. Then later on my friend who was all beer and corned out had it in his pocket because we have the same ENV even though his was a different color. Anyway I found it but it still said on my hat. So I was in the internet cafe or something like that one of the AC tents. This girl was talking to me about if I found my phone and how bonnaroo was a community and anyone who found it would probably try and get it back to me and I said I was worried if people would and she well then have a bonnaroo hug, and we had a bonnaroo hug. The random hug I would include in the bonnaroo spirit, I thought it was really cool how total strangers just love eachother and I was totally down. Can't wait for next bonnaroo haha.
as well as pure joy and carefree spirit tho you are supposed to respect and watch out for your fellow concert goers and basically treat others as you want to be treated. something the girl mentioned in the original post obviously forgot. which is why one particular action is really the only thing that pisses me off to holy hell sometimes.
people who just pust pash you! I mean all it takes is a simple hand on the shoulder and a simple "scuse me"
Post by sparklybecca on Sept 3, 2008 11:09:16 GMT -5
the simple hand on a shoulder and excuse me rule, is something that i look for EVERYWHERE i go, and pisses me off to no end when it doesnt happen, and makes my day when it does ;D
Bonnaroo spirit is kind of like right of way, you know. I wish I could explain this better but I'm very tired. The idea is that its not something you demand, its something you give. She obviously didn't get that but you should just keep giving Bonnaroo spirit and when someone doesn't, just keep on doing what you know you should and let the other poop roll off your back and it will work itself out.
This sounds kinda silly but I'm going to post it anyway and hope ya'll get what I mean.
Not silly at all. It's just easy for cynical people to ridicule most "good" things in life so too many people are reluctant to express them.
Bonnaroo spirit is kind of like right of way, you know. I wish I could explain this better but I'm very tired. The idea is that its not something you demand, its something you give. She obviously didn't get that but you should just keep giving Bonnaroo spirit and when someone doesn't, just keep on doing what you know you should and let the other poop roll off your back and it will work itself out.
This sounds kinda silly but I'm going to post it anyway and hope ya'll get what I mean.
Not silly at all. It's just easy for cynical people to ridicule most "good" things in life so too many people are reluctant to express them.
I think you got it spot on.
it took a minute to absorb your definition but I think you got it right... it's basically the golden rule...
it's part of what makes 'roo and other festivals such a wonderful experience, the kindness, love and sharing that take place without expectations of anything more than genuine gratitude and friendship... ;D
the simple hand on a shoulder and excuse me rule, is something that i look for EVERYWHERE i go, and pisses me off to no end when it doesnt happen, and makes my day when it does ;D
Haha thats my special move at shows. Even in the deepest, darkest, sweatist, beeriest depths of the flogging molly pit, on the way out even say excuse me. I think you could even relate pit physics to the bonnaroo spirit. Just watch the next pit you see, even though it looks like people beating the hell out of eachother wait until someone falls or needs to tie their shoe. I love the shoe tie barrier when like 4 people crowd someone in the pit to let them tie up, or when someone falls the whole pit stops and gets that person up. hahahahah!
i also had a weird jackj experience...my two friends and i had saved spots during bbking so we would be close for jack and then for pearl jam. so inbetween bb king and pj i decided to go to the bathroom and get something to eat as i wasnt feeling well and hadn't eaten all day. as soon as i was walking away from my friends i knew it would be really hard to get back as there were A LOT of people. it ended up taking me way longer then expected and when i tried i get back i couldn't. there were people shoulder to shoulder and i just couldn't get by. i knew exactly where my friends were and i was close to them but there were literally hundreds of people between myself and them. so i decided to just chill, eat my noodles, and watch jack alone ( or rather with all of you). it was quite enjoyable, and then some guy asked me to dance and i said nahhh that i was trying to figure out how to get back to my friends who were slightly closer, and then he took my hand and somehow got me there.. i felt bad that people got shoved in the process.... but was really glad to get back to my posse.
i know what you're talking about though, there were so many people pushing and shoving, i hated it... all to get just a little closer, i just dont get it!!
i think people who don't attend concerts regularly don't realize that you don't have to be up against the rail to have a good time and having room to move around a bit makes your time much much better.
i think people who don't attend concerts regularly don't realize that you don't have to be up against the rail to have a good time and having room to move around a bit makes your time much much better.
^^^ I completly agree with Lakai If there isn't enough room for my tall azz to dance then I don't like where I am. All you have to do is move back like 30 feet and then all of a sudden there is space, fresh air, and not 15 sweaty people rubbing all over me. I think being in the front is completely over rated. Often times you can't even see the full visual effects that the band wants you to see, i.e. Ghostland Observatory, if your all the way up front.
Post by rhymenocerous on Sept 6, 2008 13:24:45 GMT -5
I mean, when you sacrifice the time to get there, and some pushes past you, nothing at a show upsets me more..On a few occasions when I couldnt stand it, I have said..esp. when they stop in front of me, "Are you really gonna stand there? Im mean seriously..?I have been here for ..whatever time. If they say something smartass. .the shake of head and direct look in the eyes.
I dont think its breaking any unsaid rule to stand up for yourself. Not just Bon. spirit, but any show spirit.
Post by BonnarooDetective on Sept 6, 2008 21:10:36 GMT -5
The Bonnaroo spirit was seriously lacking this past year. In years past the place was much more of a community - with people sharing, getting along, and respecting each others' space. This year was more like your generic-shitty-pushing and shoving-let's all be d'bags-crowd.
Post by inertiaticc on Sept 8, 2008 21:24:24 GMT -5
i felt the Spirit. within the first 5 minutes of being there, we befriended our neighbors and made a super-fort with them. we watched each others' backs all weekend
;D 
