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Only been to one so far but it was so amazing that I could probably do a top 10 if I wanted too.
1.Watching my fav. band (Pearl Jam) front row with a bunch of fellow die hard Pearl Jam fans that I had befriended waiting for front row all day. Probably the greatest concert experience of my life.
2.All of Thursday night.
3.Walking around Friday late night just taking it all in and then getting my face melted by My Morning Jacket.
4.Sigur Ros, nuf said.
5.Sitting waiting for Kanye to come on when I heard Ghostland blaring in the distance so I just said quack it and went to check them out. Probably one of the best decisions of my life.
Cant wait to see what great moments 09 will bring. (:
Okay Im not putting these in any ranking order, just what comes to mind.
Been three years, but I love the anticipation and nervous tension from the time you hit Manchester and wait in line till you see the gate and then while you are driving to your camping spot wondering where the fuck will I be located and then the mass confusion of unpacking and getting set up to only be interrupted by thousands yelling BONNNAROOOO!!!!! ahhhh I love it!
Pearl Jam's set: Betterman, Black, and Love Reign o'er me!
Tool: Wing's of Marie and Morrello coming out
Radiohead: Entire set
Watching everyone leave, Pearl Jam?? last year after the rain with the big swamp in front of the beer tents and watching people try to jump over it only to land half way in the shit!
I hate to say it but taking in the entire craze of Kanye West and then watching his show and getting back to camp as people were waking up!
I'm going to stop now cause I could probably keep on and keep on.
Post by candyflippedaround on Apr 3, 2009 18:08:33 GMT -5
haha the puddle that stopped the entire flow of people after the Pearl Jam show. i was a little, out there at the moment, and the crowd just came to a dead halt and i was not feeling being stuck in that crowd for too much longer. i was like keep moving! were stuck back here! and then they started going again, then we finally get to the puddle and are just like... this? this is what stopped everyone?
1. Excitement while waiting in line to get onto the farm 2. Raconteurs, Blue Veins 1. Pearl Jam, Release 2. Admiring the Sunday morning carnage in front of the What Stage 3. Dancing during Yonder Mountain String Band later that day
1. The Raconteurs-Strore Bought Bones through Blue Veins- 2. Phil Lesh acoustic Friend of the Devil (Sunday morning, I was like 3 ft away from Jackie and 6 ft. away from Phil. 3. Metallica- fade to black 4. Back Door Slam- Redhouse (Hendrix cover) 5. Trying to figure out if gogol bordello was the strangest thing ive ever seen or if it was just something i ate. It was a little bit of both.
2005 Being 18 at my second Roo and a high school graduate, getting a sunscreen massage from five ladies I didn't know. 2007 Finding a bag of top shelf portabellos and giving the whole thing to my dad. 2006 Walking up to Cat Empire and asking some strangers, "Who is this?" They said, "We don't know," and offered me some corn. Then the parade went by right behind me. UNREAL 2004 Being 17 at my first ever festival. Walking through a crowd, I heard a girl say "molly" and I honestly thought she was looking for her friend. This is my #1 2007 At Sasha, I saw some total freaks dancing and I thought, "I'm gonna go dance by those freaks." After about twenty minutes I realized they were my friends from home who I didn't even know were at Roo. Needless to say there were a whole lot of HOLY SH.ITS being screamed. Then listening to my copy of Selling England by the Pound by Genesis and actually watching some trees exchange oxygen for co2.
5. Wandering over to Michael Franti and Spearhead in the middle of a major corn episode and hearing them close with What I Got and the Sesame Street theme song on Friday 07
4. Kanye West rapping Good Morning as the sun rose in 08
3. Flaming Lips playing War Pigs as a "sound check" 45 minutes before their set started proper on 07
2. Kirk Douglas of The Roots covering Masters of War, specifically the extended solo in the crowd, on Friday 07
1. After getting camp set up, being there for the first time in 07, just enjoying some Jack and some corn, hearing shouts of "Bonnaroo!" all around me and responding, letting it all set in, and realizing that for those four days, the farm really is the best place on Earth. I'll never forget that afternoon.
Dude, I seriously can't concentrate on anything but bonnaroo right now. . .It's to the point where I'm poking myself in the eye with foreign objects. . . I think I just need to be sedated until Tuesday. . . . Dystopian Dream
Post by futurecowboy on Apr 5, 2009 21:35:22 GMT -5
I was there for '04, '05, and 06'. In no particular order:
1) Peelander-Z, Thurs night '04. My first Bonnaroo band, and my re-introduction to how much fun punk rock can be.
2) Radiohead, House of Cards. 'Nuff said.
3) KDTU after Trey '05.
4) Ramble Dove, Last Night I Got Loaded.
5) Mouse on Mars. Even though they got shafted w/ their timeslot (3pm).
Honorable Mention: Bo Bice coming out w/ Trey was the most HILARIOUS thing my altered ass has ever witnessed. Because I look at my friend who instinctfully starts clapping and yells "YEEEEEEEEEEEEA. BOOO BIIIIIICE!" in a super redneck accent. Comic gold.
No order: 1. Broiling in the sun to acoustic moe. at the Sonic Stage 2. Tool- Wings for Marie on a field in the middle of Tennessee 3. Cat Empire Thurs night in 06- what an energy release just to be there! 4. Oysterhead 5. Kings of Leon in 07- was it Friday or Saturday Moments occur when you least expect them....
Last year was my first Roo but I think I can still make a good list: 1. My Morning Jacket - 4 hours complete with great covers and rain. Best time of my life. 2. M.I.A. - INTENSE. She is such a badass and I lost my mind when Afrikan Boy joined her on stage. 3. Partying front row with MGMT on thursday 4. Deciding to get close for Pearl Jam. what a show 5. The 14 hour drive to Manchester and back to Houston with 5 of my best friends. So much fun!
I've only been to one Bonnaroo thus far, so I have no comparison, but I still had some amazing experiences. Looking forward to more in 09!
5. Stumbling upon the Grupo Fantasma show on Thursday night and joining the massive dance party that ensued. Even the vendors were dancing!
4. Wandering around Centeroo alone at 3:30am on Saturday morning, a bit lost but never feeling like I was.
3. Bursting into tears for no apparent reason during the Swell Season's set, and feeling a little stupid, until I looked over and saw another girl crying, too. We looked at each other and laughed and kept on crying.
2. The entire Sigur Ros set, having goosebumps the whole show and being on the brink of tears. To this day, I can't listen to their music without getting goosebumps!
1. Ghostland Observatory show- hearing it from a distance, seeing the lights and making the decision to see them instead of Kanye. Hands down the best show I've ever been to!
PS. Rideincircles, I think we were standing in the same area for Sigur Ros based on your video!
5. Arrival back at the farm for round two in '08. Had a great Thursday night especially with The Felice Brothers. So much excitement and joy in the air. 4. Hanging out with our neighbors a lot more in '08. Can't wait to meet the neighbors this year! 3. Sunday '07. Pretty much all day, but standout moments were being at Wolfmother and seeing the entire sky on fire during "Woman," and finding my friend who had disappeared for six hours as we both went on separate adventures. 2. The clouds and sunlight in the handicapped camping area on Friday afternoon '08 say about...1pm-ish. Possibly the most beautiful thing I've ever seen/experienced. 1. First arriving on the farm in 2007. Within minutes of parking and starting to set up camp we had to become very resourceful because of that damn heat. We had tarps but no poles to put them up or let air flow between the two cars of our crew. So we started downing beer in somewhat successful attempts to create poles of duct-taped beer cans. Then we found some corn and the adventure began.
!.) My very first night of my very first bonnaroo (2006) 2.) Pearl Jam, All of it (2008) 3.) Flaming lips, Untill this show I didn't know who they were, UNBELEIVABLE (2007) 4.) Rolling my Balls off to Tiesto/Mstrkrft/Disco Biscuits (2008) 5.) After arriving my first day in 2006, within 20 minutes of setting up my tent this guy strolled up to me and sold me all different kinds of corn, I was set for the entire weekend within 20 minutes of being on the farm.
Post by candyflippedaround on Apr 10, 2009 18:17:34 GMT -5
i only gave PJ as one before so ill fill out my list now.
4 hours of My Morning Jacket getting soaked, and the harder they played the harder it rained.
DSO on thursday night screaming out the lyrics to Tennessee Jed and Shakedown Street. (ill add being on the rail for them @ the sonic stage too)
Leaving the What Stage as soon as the second "Kanye pushed back 15 min" announcement to go roam the campgrounds. i didnt come to Roo for him, never mind to fucking wait for him to come on stage.
this one is tough but im gonna have to say just lying on the ground in the way way back of the Which stage during Phil Lesh, just staring at the stars and watching all the crazy people walking around me
3. Being so tired after being at the What Stage all day Friday last year for Raconteurs>Chris Rock>Metallica and falling asleep under a tree next to That Tent and waking up halfway through MSTRKRFT and wondering how the hell I slept through that and then dancing my ass off for the rest of their set.
4. Deciding to get close for sets and watch whole sets instead of bouncing around.
