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Post by Britney's_Fears on Jun 3, 2009 9:49:53 GMT -5
OK so this isn't the most manly thing to admit, me being a manly man and all. But music stirs many emotions, usually at Bonnaroo it's a good time dance party, but sometimes I hear a slower, more somber tune and it gets to me.
Last year I was at Willie Nelson (was eating corn before Claypool) and he started playing "Always On My Mind". I started thinking about my wife and how maybe I didn't hold her all those long and lonely nights or little things I should've said and done and how I never took the time.
My eyes started welling up and I looked around and wondered what everyone around me would think if tears started streaming down my face.
Have you ever cried at a concert? Ever seen anyone crying?
There's no way I can eat corn before Bruce unless he only plays fast songs. I'll be a wreck when I walk out of there. (NIN or moe. will snap me out of it I'm sure)
Ive had a few moments at Bonnaroo that I thought I may cry but not because of a particular song but because that particular song was being played with 80,000 people singing along. The environment gets to you I think a little. Knowing you are surrounded by so many people, almost all there for the same reason. You get that community feeling as soon as you hit the farm. Rod y Gab's "Wish you were here" in 07 absolutely changed my life. While that song may be played out...I did start to think about my best friend I had lost a year before and how Roo wouldve been the perfect place for her. Almost got the waterworks going but I stopped
I will gladly admit, and many of my friends have seen me, moved to tears at certain concerts or due to certain songs that i have a connection to. Pearl Jam's set a roo last year was a tear-jerker multiple times, as was Sigur Ros. Ive always been moved deeply by music and connect with it, which isnt a rare thing, but its just moving.
It was about a month after 9/11 in Canada. The border crossing was a ghost town. When we arrived a bit early we were waiting in line to get in and making small talk with the Canadian folks around us. They were curious about the aftermath and very empathetic. Very Canadian.
Anyways, it was the sort of awesome, cathartic performance that U2 has a reputation for and we had an awesome general admission spot on the floor standing a few feet from the stage. They brought a guy up from the crowd to perform "People Get Ready" (I think) and that was cool. Late in the set (encore, I think) they started playing "One" and raised a big screen behind the stage with a scroll of all of the victims and that set me off.
Oh yeah, man. I've cried. In fact, I balled like a baby at Nickel Creek at Bonnaroo in 2003. It was just a culmination of a bunch of things going on in my life, and they played a cover of "Yellow" coming right of "Lighthouse's Tale" right when the sun came out, and I lost it. It was one of the most beautiful concert experiences I've ever had, and will always hold a special place in heart.
I also cried at one of the recent performances I saw of the Kronos Quartet. There was something just emotionally celebratory, and I found myself crying. No idea why, but it just happened that way.
I don't think it's weird at all that music moves people to tears. In fact, I wish that happened more often. I find myself drawn to the emotive music the most; the stuff that really digs under your skin and makes you feel something. Whatever that emotion is. It's the goosebumps effect.
I cried a little bit at the Jonathan Richman show I went to, last year... his performance was emotionally powerful, to say the least. I imagine if there were ever any potential for that at Roo, this year, it would be NIN doing their last show in the US for a long time.
I cried at the Swell Season show last year, a combo of reasons. Glen Hansard has so much emotion and energy on stage, it's hard not to get caught up in it.
I cried at Sigur Ros last year, also. I thought I was dead it was so beautiful. I still cry when I watch videos of their set. It transcends YouTube.
I came close to crying during Sigur Ros but didn't... but I totally agree with what else she said.
And for the record, yea... I cry at shows, movies, whatever.... if it moves me, absolutely. I have cried at more than one Phish show off the top of my head...
6/18: Phish in Hartford 6/25: Phish in Camden 7/2-7/4: Nateva 7/17: God Street Wine at Irving Plaza 7/23-7/25: String Cheese at Red Rocks!! 8/17-8/18: Phish at Jones Beach 9/3: Rush at PNC
This Bonnaroo lineup is in dire need of some Rush.
That song always gets me. I wasn't at Roo last year, but I'm sure I would've been crying like a baby at Sigur Ros. I don't know what they're saying, but it doesn't matter. It gets you right here **grabs heart**
I cried a little bit at the Jonathan Richman show I went to, last year... his performance was emotionally powerful, to say the least. I imagine if there were ever any potential for that at Roo, this year, it would be NIN doing their last show in the US for a long time.
If I saw him play "As My Mother Lay Dying" I would frickin' lose it. No doubt.
Post by Johnny Cornseed on Jun 3, 2009 10:27:39 GMT -5
When I saw Trey with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra he played the song he wrote about his sister who just passed with his whole family in the audience. I don't think there was a dry eye in there including myself.
edit: It also got a standing ovation after he finished. Very powerful, very moving.
Johnny Cornseed was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced corn trees to large parts of the east coast. He became an American legend, largely because of his kind and generous ways, his great leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance of corn.
Post by stephiejane on Jun 3, 2009 10:35:05 GMT -5
radiohead 06 for me too. cried like a baby and it was awesome. that's definitely not the only time for me, but it was one of the few times i saw my husband tear up as well.
i'm such a pansy though, i started tearing up just reading your post...
"Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors" - Hunter S. Thompson
radiohead 06 for me too. cried like a baby and it was awesome. that's definitely not the only time for me, but it was one of the few times i saw my husband tear up as well.
i'm such a pansy though, i started tearing up just reading your post...