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Post by shenanigans on Jun 19, 2007 16:23:03 GMT -5
I figure everyone has that one moment that they wont ever forget. I can always remember mine. Last year it was during the radiohead show, at that moment they unleash during 2+2=5. AWesome
This year I would say it had to be at the ben harper show. I arrived late and made it to the railing to witness harper and jones rippin it up during dazed and confused. By far one of the best performances I had ever seen. It sounded so clean and perfect. Almost lost it
We treat mishaps like sinking ships and I know that I don't want to be out to drift Well I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and They both tell me that we're better than this
Post by trippindaisy on Jun 19, 2007 16:30:02 GMT -5
indigo said:
Learn to swim.
That's all I gotta say.
Ditto!! I heard the first bar of Aenima and almost lost it - that made my whole year. If I hadn't seen another band all weekend I still would have been happy
probably when The Flaming Lips played Do You Realize?? and War Pigs. i nearly got teary eyed during the former
oh and the superjam in general, I am an enormous led zeppelin fan, they are my favorite band ever, so this was amazing. I just wish gov't mule wasn't at the same time as the lips so i couldve seen some more zep covers
At the risk of being smited, mine is not a typical "favorite" moment. The shows I attended were amazing, IMO, but my favorite moment is more about poetic justice.
During the Police's set, countless lazy drunken bastards were relieving themselves along the wall (to the back of the mist) tent. Then guys started going in the middle of the mist tent, much to my girlfriend's (& mine) dismay at the utter lack of respect for other Bonnaroovians.
Well, this VERY intoxicated fellow goes into the middle, fumbles with his fly & whatnot, & proceeds to go about his business. When he was finished, he put himself back together, & got out. As luck would have it, he stumbled right by us. In his inebriated state we saw that he had actually gone all over himself...... his shorts were urine soaked from the waistband to the knees.
I know it's kind of mean, but I thoght it was pretty damn funny & well deserved. Lazy bastard, use the Port-O-Pots. That's what they're there for.
Best moment: Flaming Lips, "Vein of Stars", when they aimed all the laser pointers at the big balloon floating and drifting over the crowd with all the house and stage lights off. Wayne Coyne said "That's pretty fucking awesome." I couldn't agree more.
Second favorite moment: Tool comes on with Maynard saying "I smell patchouli oil."
Third favorite moment: Later in Tool's set, the following exchange:
Maynard: Who's high on pot? Crowd: Wooo! Maynard: Who's high on LSD? Crowd: Wooo! (pause) Maynard: You're all under arrest.
"This body holding me, reminds me of my own mortality. So I embrace this moment and remember, we are eternal and all this pain is an illusion" - James Maynard Kennan
Post by sparklybecca on Jun 19, 2007 18:05:06 GMT -5
troo said:
Rodrigo y Gabriela "Wish You Were Here"
agreed!!!!!!
also: -meeting people from inforoo -making the shuttle from the airport to the farm crack up when i called a policeman a supertrooper -all the crazy beautiful people at sasha/digweed -sunrise in centeroo -Mr. Harper and JPJ - Dazed and Confused - WOW what an amazing feeling, you could literally feel the crowds energy and happiness
Post by bamadancer on Jun 19, 2007 18:05:44 GMT -5
I have 3: 1) Sitting in the rain listening to Gillian Welch on Friday....just a perfect feeling 2) The moment the confetti and balloons were unleashed at the Flips show on Saturday...just amazing..sensory overload 3) Dancing my ass off to "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" at Mavis Staples on Sunday!
-pulling onto the farm wednesday nite, i got the shakes i was so excited -hanging out with jen -clutch, the mob went really wild.... -gov't mule's superjam, it was awesome -shit, just about every damn minute of the whole fuckin thing.....
"White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high." Jimi Hendrix
My favorite moment was non-music related. Someone at the brunch brought a bag of pirate eye-patches, and I put mine in my pocket and didn't really spare another thought on it. A few hours later while waiting for Cold War Kids to come out a group of folks came with one guy wearing a pair of Band-Aids taped over his right eye. He proceeded to explain to his friends that he had lost his contact the night before and forgot his glasses, so he figured the Band-Aids were the best option to still be able to see. At this point the eyepatch re-entered my mind. I tapped him on the shoulder and just handed him the patch. He looked at me kind of stunned, and said, "Dude, that is the coolest thing that has ever happened to me. Thanks." I shook his hand and told him, "Things like this just kind of happen here." So I guess my Bonnaroo moment was being someone else's Bonnaroo moment.
Ummmm - for me it was prolly STS9 - Boz's best friend and I were in the same frame of mind for a change instead of nagging at each other and we had a GREAT time dancing all the way at the front while Boz sat at the back on the blanket and held the fort down while laughing his ass off at us.
- I got all teared up for Mavis Staples May the Circle be Unbroken and the FLips Do you Realize??? - Rob y Gab's Wish You Were Here was truly incredible. I'd seen the youtube clips of the same thing at Coachella, but being a part of it was amazing. - Lily Allen's cover of The Specials' Gangsters was my crazy-go-nuts moment. That was such a key song in my youth and her band were great so I danced my nuts off to it. - The FLips laser balloon thingy was completely out of this world - and completly spontaneous on Wayne's part.
i had a ton of extremely memorable experiences but if i had to choose the one i think will always float to the surface, for me it was during sasha and digweed's set.
it was probably about 4 hours into the set and myself and my other 2 friends who spin poi/glowstring had been at it for hours already outside the tent to the back right around where the tree was, so we had room to do our thing. anyway, so 2 of us were taking a break from stringing and were sitting on the blanket smoking/drinking water and watching the set when i hear one of my friends start saying "whoa, WHOA...oh my GOD you're teaching me so much" i turn around and beheld one of the most magnificent sights in my life.
now, me and my friends swing poi a lot when we hit festivals/shows so we're used to people coming up to us and watching and/or asking to try our strings. i'm always drawn to other people spinning poi or glowstringing because i'm hoping to get new ideas and learn new tricks/transitions from them and i'm always a little sad when i don't see many other people doing things i don't already know how to do. i hope this doesn't come off wrong, i'm only mentioning it because its important to the story.
needless to say, that was NOT the case with this guy. by the time i had turned to see what the commotion was about i realized a few things: 1) the guy had borrowed my friend's strings (they had blue sticks) 2) the guy was now using them, AND, the cause of all the commotion... 3) the guy was the best i have ever seen in my life, in person or on video.
any words of mine that attempted to describe his style would not only be an insult to the skill and creativity it took to channel it, but also cheapen the experience for anyone else who might have seen it as well. it was an entirely mystical experience for me, that in all honestly was so overpowering i had to look away and dance and try and refocus just to begin to digest what my eyes had seen.
i will relive one bit though. at one point in his routine (he did it several more times after but the first was, of course, the best for shock value alone) i can't remember what move he was coming out of but he let go and flung one of the strings perhaps 20-25 feet straight up into the air. it reached the peak of its height and began to descend...it happened in slow motion, but of course gravity eventually had its way with it and it fell back towards the earth, where i saw his arm move and all of a sudden the glowstick was swinging back along its prescribed path down and behind his body and back into the move he had been doing beforehand. yes, he had caught it so perfectly that he had managed to get the strings back over his fingers in time to transition back into the next move.
immediately afterwards, my friend and I turned to each other, and looked directly into each others eyes for a split second. in unision, we both uttered a single word: "yep."
what, you ask, was the unspoken question we both answered for each other? i'll let you decide for yourself, because in all honestly there's a lot of them that would fit, and all would be correct ;D
(hoping my stories don't suck because i know they're long, thanks for reading)
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Meeting Tom Morello and making him laugh ;D Seeing/Hearing Guerilla Radio live Mavis Staples "Circle" White Stripes "Friends" Tool w/Tom Super Jam "Dazed and Confused"
Probably when the very close, very protective little core of Flaming Lips fans I was in next to the stage for 4 hours threw out some drunk guy over the rail after he forced his way up 10 feet from the stage about 2 hours before showtime and arguing with not only the fans but the security guards for about 20-30 minutes straight. I was about 2 feet away from where his ass was thrown out.
Actually, my favorite moment was the start of waiting 4 hours with those cool people to the very end of the Flaming Lips set. I felt like giving every single person there a high five after that incredible show from 10-15 feet away.
Post by Jazzmaster on Jun 19, 2007 21:44:45 GMT -5
bamabelle said:
My favorite moments....
Meeting Tom Morello and making him laugh ;D Seeing/Hearing Guerilla Radio live Mavis Staples "Circle" White Stripes "Friends" Tool w/Tom Super Jam "Dazed and Confused"
And everything else
I read in another thread where you said you brought Something Bitchin' This Way Comes for Tom to sign, lol. I bet he laughed his ass off. I missed Tom at Tool I really wish I could have been there, I was really tired and I don't like Tool at all.
edit: I have a short video clip of Guerilla Radio, including the part where everyone (including myself) yells "F--- IT, CUT THE CORD!"
Post by randallpinkfloyd on Jun 19, 2007 21:47:39 GMT -5
john paul jones making a surprise appearance at mule, after matt abst tore the house down with a bonham-like solo...and playing moby d1ck!!!!!
but besides the countless moments brought about by the music...when lewis black came in the mule show during the middle of a jam as a joke. someone nailed him with a water bottle while he was doing his act! lewis tore the a-hole a new one in front of hundreds of people!! it was hysterical
I read in another thread where you said you brought Something Bitchin' This Way Comes for Tom to sign, lol. I bet he laughed his ass off. I missed Tom at Tool I really wish I could have been there, I was really tired and I don't like Tool at all.
edit: I have a short video clip of Guerilla Radio, including the part where everyone (including myself) yells "F--- IT, CUT THE CORD!"
He cracked up! Just shook his head and said he doesn't see those very often, but when he does it always makes him laugh! He asked me if it made me laugh!
That's pretty cool on the video, I didn't get any video, got the whole song on audio though...not great quality but decent....got Alone too.....
Post by Jazzmaster on Jun 19, 2007 22:07:36 GMT -5
I have a good chance of getting in the Alone music video, the camera panned my part of the crowd, and I was taller than most of the people around me so...
I really wish I could have met Tom. However, I was in the 2nd row of people, right at the center of the stage for The Black Keys. I figured I probably wouldn't be able to get a spot in line for Tom's signing anyway. I did get to meet Ziggy Marley though! I was 5th in line, I got really lucky.
I have a good chance of getting in the Alone music video, the camera panned my part of the crowd, and I was taller than most of the people around me so...
I really wish I could have met Tom. However, I was in the 2nd row of people, right at the center of the stage for The Black Keys. I figured I probably wouldn't be able to get a spot in line for Tom's signing anyway. I did get to meet Ziggy Marley though! I was 5th in line, I got really lucky.
Don't know about the video, I was in front, but on one side, and don't know how far they panned, but if they do any wide shots should be a good bet. Ziggy was at one of the press conferences. He seemed really cool, I didn't talk to him after or anything, several people did and he stayed around for a good while and seemed really friendly. I got a couple of good pictures of him during the con. I lucked out on the signing....I was pretty far back in line b/c I had to run get my CDs and I got in line right about the time Tom got there, but most of the people in line were having to buy CDs and I had brought mine, so when we got about halfway up (about 15 min in) someone came along with these blue wristbands and saw that I already had my CDs, gave me a wristband and told me I could go to the front of the line! Didn't have to tell me twice!!
john paul jones making a surprise appearance at mule, after matt abst tore the house down with a bonham-like solo...and playing moby d1ck!!!!!
but besides the countless moments brought about by the music...when lewis black came in the mule show during the middle of a jam as a joke. someone nailed him with a water bottle while he was doing his act! lewis tore the a-hole a new one in front of hundreds of people!! it was hysterical
So thats who that was yelling? We were at our campsite trying to figure out who it was.