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1. Tripping balls to the Raconteurs and Chris Rock
2. Going all night long partying with MMJ and all their fans.
3. Ending up at camp after Metallica and before MMJ and catching up with our two camp neighbors who took the same thing we did and laughing for about 30 minutes.
-When I Hear My Name -Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -Blue Orchid -Passive Manipulation -Red Rain -Death Letter -My Doorbell -Hotel Yorba -Same Boy You've Always Known -Lovesick -Little Ghost -We're Going to Be Friends -The Hardest Button to Button -Black Math -The Nurse -I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Encore: -Ball and Biscuit -Seven Nation Army -Screwdriver
But wouldnt Tom Petty already claim the spot of bringing in the top 40. And Dave Matthews Band has had more top 40 hits than everyone on that band thru the 90s. Sadly.
-When I Hear My Name -Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -Blue Orchid -Passive Manipulation -Red Rain -Death Letter -My Doorbell -Hotel Yorba -Same Boy You've Always Known -Lovesick -Little Ghost -We're Going to Be Friends -The Hardest Button to Button -Black Math -The Nurse -I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Encore: -Ball and Biscuit -Seven Nation Army -Screwdriver
1. When Dave Matthews and Friends ruined Bonnaroo in 2004 with their frat boy fanbase. 2. When Dave Matthews Band ruined Bonnaroo in 2005 with their frat boy fanbase. 3. When Radiohead ruined Bonnaroo in 2006 with their hipster fanbase. 4. When Tool ruined Bonnaroo in 2007 with their heavy metal fanbase. 5. When Metallica ruined Bonnaroo in 2008 with their violent metalhead fanbase.
Give it a rest, man. If you think a band will "ruin" the fest for you, stay at camp... don't go.... shut up.... Stay positive, for goodness sake.... these bands don't "ruin" Bonnaroo, they make it inclusive.
That being said, one of my best moments was Tool. I'm not a huge fan and would probably never buy tix to see them in concert, but the experience was wicked! The super fans made it crazy and the screen show was trippin'.
I guess that's the thing - you can see acts that you don't really know and would never experience if it weren't for 'Roo. I had a great time seeing Ricky Skaggs a few years back. Who'da thunk...
Basically, I'm just a fan of every year when one band singlehandedly ruins Bonnaroo with their sh*tty fans. I'm looking forward to Bruce Springsteen ruining Bonnaroo this year with his mainstream Top-40 fans.
Post by localweather on Apr 15, 2009 11:33:06 GMT -5
1. FLips - 2007...it was like seeing God in concert.
2. Tiesto - 2008: I was there with my sister and when Tegan and Sara came out on stage, everything just kicked in at once and we just went crazy. The rest of the night is just a fun filled blur.
3. Meeting my neighbors in 2007: In 2005 we did not meet our neighbors at all. In 2007 we did and it made Bonnaroo about 5x awesome. It was so much fun that in 2008 I made it a point to meet everyone around us. We all partied at the camp on Sunday night rather than going to Widespread. One of the guys we met actually said "Man, next year the first thing I'm doing is talking to all my neighbors." (what's up, Joel?)
4. The hot, topless, 30 something lady in the Arcade Disco in '07.
5. Sitting at my desk at work in October or November of last year I had this vision/daydream of walking over to something and I realized that I was walking under one of the canopies/tent things with the white metal supports and the dirt and hay underneath it and I swear I had a brief but powerful surge of endorphins that made chills run up my back. I realized that I was in love with the Bonnaroo from that moment.
And here's something else:
I like 2009 a lot so far because the message boards aren't flooded with stupid nonsense about petitions to remove acts from the lineup. That got so horrible last year and it was ALL FOR NOTHING. Last year was awesome.
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 quack 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!
THAT.
#2. Dancing like a maniac to Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple, and when they threw the giant drum into the crowd and Eugene simultaneously crowd-surfed the poop out of that drum WHILE singing.
#3. Drifting closer and closer to the stage of the FLips set and seeing all thousands of red lasers dancing all over the place and the space ship landing, etc, while everyone was having the time of their lives around me
#4. Dragging ass back to my tent with my buddy and not wanting to start up the hibatchi in the blazing sun, when our SUPER AWESOME neighbors offered us their dinner scraps, which happened to be the most amazing meal of chicken, green beans and rice
#5. Checking out the Michael Franti set and hearing him sing the Sesame Street that transitioned into What I Got (or was it vice-versa?) while thousands of us sang along in gleeful unison. C is for cookie!!!
1. One Big Holiday under the tent, MMJ latenight '06 2. just rocking the hell out in general at Hold Steady '07 3. There There opener, Radiohead '06 4. GRAB latenight '06 - too bad the band didn't live up on tour after that 5. Going nuts to Phish remixes at some dance tent they had set up Thursday '07
honorable mentions are Tortoise '07 (totally exceeded expectations) and El-P latenight '06, going by myself on a whim
oh and I'm totally ready for the Slave Friday latenight closer at 5am to top this list in 55 days
6. Finally getting to see the Roots! (07) The dude was playing the baseline with a suzaphone!!! 5. Orchestra Baobab (08) My beautiful lady and I danced like crazy! 4. Nightwatchman (07) The country was hurting so badly. It was great to see protest music so inspiring. 3. Gogol Bordello and Les Claypool superjam!!! (08)...playing Tom Waits covers! 2. The sun setting on the Death Cab set (08) BEAUTIFUL....or was that the altered state???? 1. My fiancee and I sticking around for BB King, Jack Johnson, and Pearl Jam (08). I had to pee like a racehorse, but we were front row for the two headliners of the evening. I can't say I'd trade that night for any other I've EVER had...seriously.
Post by DrJohnMadeBonnaroo on Apr 17, 2009 23:13:12 GMT -5
5 Neil Young 03 - those high guitar notes in Sedan Delivery...the slow pace of Cortez The Killer...the wonderful light show
4 Believing the world was ending (because of the fireworks) after Dead 03 and that we were just going back to the car so that my friends could dump me on the side of the highway so we could all go our separate ways for the last few hours of the world's existence.
3 Greyhound 03. Getting on the bus in DC and meeting kids who had already been on the bus for 6 hours....traveling west, the bus gradually filling up with bonnaroo-bound kids...the whole bus getting busted by undercovers in nashville but they let everyone continue on to the fest...arriving in Manchester (at the "gas station/bus stop") and finding Tennessee people the most hospitable people I've ever met..society lady in her sunday best buying arts and crafts from a bunch of dirty kids pounding tall boys in the gas station....having the gas station employee apologizing to us for asking us to stop drinking beers...hitching a ride into the fest with a fire man who let us continue pounding beers in hs car...
2 After New Orleans Tent shows ended in 06 telling my friend "hey, look over there!" then when he looked over there taking 10 steps in the other direction and passing out on the lawn.
1 Dead 03: William Tell Bridge --> The Eleven. We hit William Tell and it was like "hold it...wait for it...hold it...wait for it..." then we hit The Eleven and it was "RELEASE!!!!!!!!!"
If anyone here has a long way to go to bonnaroo and doesn't know how they're going to get there, TAKE THE GREYHOUND. Proceed directly to the back of the bus. Meet your new best friends. Fark flying.
...3 Greyhound 03. Getting on the bus in DC and meeting kids who had already been on the bus for 6 hours....traveling west, the bus gradually filling up with bonnaroo-bound kids...the whole bus getting busted by undercovers in nashville but they let everyone continue on to the fest...arriving in Manchester (at the "gas station/bus stop") and finding Tennessee people the most hospitable people I've ever met..society lady in her sunday best buying arts and crafts from a bunch of dirty kids pounding tall boys in the gas station....having the gas station employee apologizing to us for asking us to stop drinking beers...hitching a ride into the fest with a fire man who let us continue pounding beers in hs car...
If anyone here has a long way to go to bonnaroo and doesn't know how they're going to get there, TAKE THE GREYHOUND. Proceed directly to the back of the bus. Meet your new best friends. Fark flying.
I'll say that sounds totally amazing. May be my way to 'Roo 2010 since my car can't make that journey anymore (bless that bitch's heart for doing it somehow in '07) and I can't afford a new one. This year I'm ridin' in either my roommate's or my former roommate's vehicle.
OK, I cheated. 5 is not enough though. I didn't go in '07 and '08.
(Best Headliner moment) tie between Radiohead playing the best Roo headliner set I've seen in '06 and being front and center for Trey's set closing the festival in '02
(Best Late Night moment) tie between late nights 2002 (moe if I had to pick one) because they were the first late nights, and Flaming Lips in 2003
(Best Enhanced moment) tie between '03 Flaming Lips and moe/David Byrne 2004
(Best Daytime moment) -on the rail for One Big Holiday to kick of MMJ's 2004 set -my introduction to Andrew Bird in 2006 -realizing MMW were backing Vusi Mahlesela in a nearly empty tent in 2003 -David Byrne in 2004 -Ray LaMontagne in 2005
(Best non-music moment) -15 hour wait to get in in 2002. The anticipation, the comraderie and then the payoff that followed. I'm glad it doesn't take 15 hours anymore though.
11) 2008 - cruising my NICKELBACK shirt and getting pictures taken with 100's of you. plus i was on the prowl harassing people with my squirt gun. Just try and stop me this year!!!
Dude, if I see some jackass wearing a f'in NICKLEBACK shirt I'm throwing something at you. Nickleback sucks donkey balloons.
First, biggest regret: That I didn't see Tool and The Flaming Lips in '07. Reading what amazing experiences everyone had there makes me want to cry I missed it. I've only been one year, but here's my best memories:
1. The whole ride there and then realizing I was actually there. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack I was so excited.
2. MGMT '08 - my first Bonnaroo show and it was awesome, just wish I'd known their songs at the time
3. Seeing THE FLAMING LIPS at City Stages in Birmingham, AL the day I got back from 'Roo last year, just 24hrs after being a few feet from Wayne Coyne at the CHRISTMAS ON MARS premier.
I was still wearing my 'Roo shirt and wristband at the show, and I accidently paid for my ticket with.... let's just say... a $50 piece of wrapped up aluminum foil...
4. Everyone chanting "KANYE SUCKS"... yeah.. I have to admit, that was fun. Oh, and boycotting METALLICA to party at the campground.
5. Finally feeling I belong somewhere, with people who are freaks, like me.
OHH, and people yelling "HAPPY BONNAROO!!", like it's our own little obscure holiday. And people yelling "BONNAROOOOOO" at me at other shows, like Lollapalooza, when they recognize my shirt!
5. MMJ 2003 4. Ray LaMontagne 2005 3. Nickel Creek 2003 2. Girl Talk--->Flaming Lips 2007 1. Radiohead 2006
Non-music related fun moments:
The whole Kanye fiasco last year - I've never laughed harder at anything in my life than spending time with my friends in that field, waiting to see him, and continuously seeing the time get pushed back. It was frustrating at first, and then just became hilarious
Sowing the seeds of love with the woman I'm going to marry last year at Bonnaroo
Post by losthorizons on May 19, 2009 17:10:07 GMT -5
1. Roo 07 was my graduation from high school celebration, most of my classmates headed straight for the shore after graduation for senior week, i got to go to bonnaroo (suckers!! haha) I went with my sister, her boyfriend, and his cousin. So just the whole weekend where I bonded and partied with my sister is my favorite memory. My family will never know the .shit we did, hehe.
2. Well although I love my sister, she was being slow getting ready for tool (too much partying) so i said "screw it, im going" ate a little treat and power walked to the what stage, as soon as I turned the corner Jambi starts and the next two hours were complete face melting awesomeness, walking away from that show i had a sense of calm over me that i really cant explain, that show was one of the most beautiful and epic things i have experienced, thank you tool!
3. thanks to you good people on this board i got into STS9 right before roo, my favorite song was breathe in and i was really hoping to see it live. after a little detour we finally got to the tent tribe was playing at and what song are they just starting? yup... breathe in. when we got close enough it broke down into my favorite part and the crowd went absolutely nuts! glowsticks and smiles were everywhere, ahh im listening to that song right now and am seriously getting chills!
4. After stumbling upon shakedown street I decided to buy some glass. Me and my new friend got very acquainted during the Xavier Rudd set, such a great set and a really cool vibe from the crowd.
5. Staying up as late as possible for sasha and digweed, probably 5 or 6 cant really remember. then somehow having the energy to get up the next morning and make it to John Butler Trio on the what stage around noon. I got there at the perfect time as I snuck right into the pit and saw a great set very close
Roo was my first camping festival and it seriously changed my life. I tell my friends this and they just kind of go "yeah whatever you had a good time its just a big party" but it really is so much more then that. It's an experience of a lifetime! for all you first timers have a great .fuckin' time this year!