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Post by itrainmonkeys on Feb 16, 2011 13:21:16 GMT -5
From the article:
The 2011 lineup is a whole new level of mainstream though, proving the festival has just lost sight of its beginnings. Bonnaroo was built on the shoulders of small, virtually unknown bands. It was a goldmine of talent.
Right......because 2003 (the second year for Bonnaroo) had such small, virtually unknown bands at the top of the card like The Dead, Neil Young, James Brown, Allman Brothers, and Jack Johnson.
She has a point about it being a Grammy's showcase this year.
Why? Because Black Keys, Eminem, and Arcade Fire are there? How many other artists on the bill won grammy's this year? I haven't seen a full list of winners yet.
This seems to be a case of Grammy's recognizing good music (BK & AF) rather then Grammy's promoting crap music and Bonnaroo capitalizing on it. I know you don't really dig Arcade Fire Jess but it's not like Roo tried to get them after they played/won the Grammy award.
how could they list Primus as a strike against Bonnaroo??? So silly.
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Of course, the article created a swirl that generated traffic to the page, which in all likelihood was the intended goal, as opposed to an intellectual critique of this years Roo lineup (along with expected typical "Roo has sold out" trash talk).
Sometimes I wonder whether it's just some of the PR Roo folks creating various forms of buzz....
Well first, it is CafeMom where the writers are really just mommy bloggers who are willing to write for nothing or close to nothing just to get their name out and claim they are real journalists.
Second, I think Bonnaroo HAS to change over the years to stay current. There are so many festivals now, if Bonnaroo stuck to lesser-known small independent bands, it would either be unmemorable or else defunct. I love that Bonnaroo has a great variety, but unlike some other big fests, I think they do try to get artists who are real artists and musicians, not just those who sell lots of albums because they dress cool or date a cool person or make crazy videos.
(waiting for folks to tell me that Bonnaroo has sold out and that ABC, DEF and XYZ suck because they are not real musicians)
Anyway, snarking about a popular topic brings lots of hits to a Web site. If this mommy blogger wannabe journalist is like moi (a blogger wannabe journalist who writes on sites like this) she is probably getting dinero for us all clicking on the article and complaining. ;D Smart chica!
Article is over the top, but I agree with it in principle.
The festival has changed drastically. What it was in 2002 is not what it is in 2011.
ever thought that maybe you have changed? or maybe the opposite: stubbornness to acknowledge that maybe your finger isnt as close to the pulse of "indy" and "new" as you think. sorry, but those of us who were at the first Roo's are a decade removed from the good old days. Our "generation" made Roo, but there is a paradigm shift happening and all us old farts can only hope that this new generation continues to uphold the tradition of instilling that special whatever-it-is that makes Roo different from all the other festivals.
Post by OldLadyRoo on Feb 16, 2011 20:30:56 GMT -5
This is the comment that makes me laugh:
" Most Bonnaroo ticket holders would never buy a ticket to an Eminem concert. Or Lil Wayne. And come on -- Robyn?"
That's one of the reasons I love the festival -- I get to see acts I may never get to see because I wouldn't buy a ticket to see them on their own. I've become huge fans of acts I originally thought were lame (Jack Johnson comes to mind). Also, if I sample an act and it doesn't live up to expectations, I just move along to another stage.
Post by klimfactor on Feb 16, 2011 21:05:36 GMT -5
Agreed. A couple of friends are going with my wife and I for the first time, and when the lineup dropped they said they could hardly recognize any of the acts, outside the rap acts, Primus, Allman, Haynes and a handful of other bands. I'm going to be burning them a lot of CD's in the coming weeks.
She has a point about it being a Grammy's showcase this year.
Ummm, yeah I'm sure Bonnaroo booked all these bands Monday morning after the Grammy's. That's some pretty quick work, wouldn't you say? And considering that Grammy winners have been playing since 2002 (Bela Fleck), I guess Bonnaroo sold out in its first year. LOL!
That's one of the reasons I love the festival -- I get to see acts I may never get to see because I wouldn't buy a ticket to see them on their own... Also, if I sample an act and it doesn't live up to expectations, I just move along to another stage.
Silly Cafe Mom
very well said. If you approach it with an open mind and open ears, you can discover some gems that you never would have known about otherwise.
As far as the Grammys, thankful that we got who we did and not Bob Dylan (all due respect, I love the man and his work but his performance, in the words of a friend of mine, made me want to "give him a Hall's cough drop")
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