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We are not going to the fest, but will definitely be heading into Austin for the weekend for any after shows. There are a few bands on the lineup that I REALLY want to see, but I'm pretty indifferent to most.
That is what I did in '09. I heard alot of the festival while hanging out at the Barton Springs pool during the day. When attending the fest I usually skip the headliners and leave at 8 to head to one of the clubs. ACL has great aftershows. Seeing Dylan in '07 at a smaller venue like Stubbs was insane.
You can probably get a room at the Extended Stay on 6th street though and it is in close proximity to all the aftershows. There is also a shuttle close by to take you to the fest.
Post by Funky Munky on May 17, 2011 12:39:18 GMT -5
I hope Randy Newman tours as well as playing ACL. I don't think I'm going to ACL this year, I want to do Voodoo and I can't swing both. I've been wanting to see Randy for years and just haven't had the opportunity.
Stevie Wonder was the biggest disappointment last year for me. I felt the entire vibe of the set was off, and the crowd just didn't seem to be feeling it. Im sure lots of people had a good time, but from where I was standing, something was a little weird.
The overall crowd experience at Bonnaroo 2010 was serious crappy. Way too many bros and first rodeo kids.
Where my friends and I were at for Stevie Wonder, we were the only people raging it seemed. We were getting down pretty hard, and we were getting lots of looks from youngsters for being dirty heads enjoying Stevie.
I hope you at least enjoyed it when he came out with the keytar! that was awesome!
Stevie Wonder was the biggest disappointment last year for me. I felt the entire vibe of the set was off, and the crowd just didn't seem to be feeling it. Im sure lots of people had a good time, but from where I was standing, something was a little weird.
The overall crowd experience at Bonnaroo 2010 was serious crappy. Way too many bros and first rodeo kids.
Where my friends and I were at for Stevie Wonder, we were the only people raging it seemed. We were getting down pretty hard, and we were getting lots of looks from youngsters for being dirty heads enjoying Stevie.
I hope you at least enjoyed it when he came out with the keytar! that was awesome!
yea, don't blame stevie. blame the lame ass crowd. people around us weren't into it, not even paying attention. it pissed me off.
Post by RadioSpirit on May 17, 2011 15:03:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I loved the set, but the crowd definitely wasn't very into it. All the failed sing-alongs, and people just standing around awkwardly. I think Stevie could feel it, and cut the set short a little, there were several songs I'd have loved to have heard, but that he didn't get around to playing.
i agree with whoever said that the lineup was top heavy. i think the smaller bands are way more random, and to be honest i haven't heard of most of the ones after about the 11th line, i am lost!
a lot of people are complaining around here about it....my only sadness comes from the fact that so many bands are doing the fest circut. if you go to more than one major fest in a year, seems like you just get so many repeats.
Post by absolutevonnegut on May 17, 2011 15:37:45 GMT -5
I always feel Bonnaroo is at a disadvantage when comparing festivals lineups because there is always a complimentary jamband headliner, which doesn't appear so inviting on paper. Not to mention, there aren't dueling headliners like ACL and Lolla. I still think Roo does the best job each year of creating a deep lineup.
I went in 2008 and 2010 and loved ACL. This lineup is pretty weak, IMO. I am more than happy I bought a Bonnaroo ticket rather than blindly buying another ACL 3-day pass. Is the crowd at Bonnaroo really more brosive-y than the crowd at ACL? I hope not. Either way I'm sure it will have little barring on my festival experience.
I went in 2008 and 2010 and loved ACL. This lineup is pretty weak, IMO. I am more than happy I bought a Bonnaroo ticket rather than blindly buying another ACL 3-day pass. Is the crowd at Bonnaroo really more brosive-y than the crowd at ACL? I hope not. Either way I'm sure it will have little barring on my festival experience.
No. I used to live just south of Austin, and the location alone doesn't allow the general audience to be near as bro friendly as does ACL. This is in the South on a farm, so you have a different kind of audience. You will see a New Yorker from time to time and some Chicago folk, but it isn't near as hipster friendly. More actual hippies than pseuduo Austin UT wannabe hippies.
Post by grizzlepickle on May 17, 2011 17:26:23 GMT -5
I'm going this year... Skipped out on ACL last year due to school and work commitments. Plus, it was a lot easier to go when I lived there, but at least my folks still live there which gives us a free place to stay.
Overall, I like the line-up and the festival. Not a coldplay fan. definitely not a Kanye fan. But otherwise a fairly strong line-up. The only issue I have with ACL are some of the people that go to it. I will most definitely say that more people at ACL are of the bro-y, summer's eve variety than Roo, and generally the crowd at the former has more unfriendly, agro, snooty, and entitled types. I've never seen a single fight at Roo... I've seen SEVERAL at ACL.
I see a lot of people starting to complain about others in the crowd who weren't "raging" like you were. You're calling THEM names and I'll let it ride at that.
Stevie Wonder was a great show even if you weren't in a dance pit. Sorry you don't understand that.
Post by A$AP Rosko on May 17, 2011 18:34:35 GMT -5
And I agree, I think this is the best lineup of all the major festivals this year. It's close between ACL and Bonnaroo. To me, Kanye over Eminem PLUS having Coldplay and Stevie gives ACL the edge. And Fleet Foxes at #6 is not crazy at all, they've gotten absolutely huge. I think they would be right around Mumford's spot if they were at Roo.
Post by A$AP Rosko on May 17, 2011 18:36:53 GMT -5
If ACL had late nights at which to see Cut Copy and Empire of the Sun and James Blake and Big Boi and their headliners didn't conflict, there's a veeeeeeeeery good chance I'd be making a serious effort to make it out there right now.
i don't want to sound like an old lady, but back in the day ACL was less broseph. maybe b/c i've been out of college and such a few years i'm noticing it more, but this is my 7th year to go and the past two years the crowd vibe has definitely changed. granted, UT has always been there but the fact it has gotten more mainstream and larger has changed the average attendee i think. you'd be surprised, i live only an hour away from austin and most "regular" people i know have no idea what the ACL festival is (they might have heard of the tv show).
that said. it is what you make of it. i wouldn't be going back for this many years in a row if it wasn't worth it. with ACL i feel way less pressure to force myself to go all out. some days i might not show up to zilker until 3 or 4 and still have a full 8ish hours of straight music. i also can't complain about being able to go and sleep in a regular bed at night and take a shower and use a real toilet. next year i might try for lolla to compare two city fests.
Post by A$AP Rosko on May 17, 2011 22:51:25 GMT -5
I'd rather have late nights, see music until 3 or 4 AM and then hit the sheets at 5 AM (assuming it's not a camping fest). The sheets feel so nice when you're that tired!
Post by RadioSpirit on May 18, 2011 1:08:21 GMT -5
See, I'm just not seeing how this is the best overall fest. Best top couple lines? Possibly. I might give it that. I don't care for Coldplay, but I care even less for Widespread Panic. Then you have AF and MMJ at both. Kanye vs. Eminem. Then Stevie thrown on top of it all, while we get Buffalo Springfield (Stevie beats BS, but Neil beats Stevie) They get Fleet Foxes, we get Black Keys. Then they have Krauss really high, and we have her too. They have Nas/Marley while we have Lil' Wayne. Then they have Cee Lo, Bright Eyes, Social Distortion, Empire of the Sun, and Cut Copy. We have Robert Plant, Mumford & Sons, The Strokes, The Decemberists, and I guess SCI.
When I lay it out like that, they don't even have that big of a gap on us, their top line is just really impressive. But then Krauss is 7 for them and 19 for us.
But the farther down you go, the more Roo outshines it I feel. Cold War Kids is 27th for them, 60th for us. I go for the undercard, and Bonnaroo has the clear advantage there. I think it's Coachella/Bonnaroo for the top spot. ACL is great though, especially on the strength of its headliners. It's above Lolla I'd say.
What's the deal with Kanye being everywhere? That dude is a total joke. Arcade Fire was pretty meh@ jazzfest, way overhyped band. Cool, but hipster Leno. Coldplay is weak. Stevie Wonder @ Roo last year was one of my favorite shows of the year, definitely worth skipping MMJ for
