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If you want Bonnaroo to be amazing - David Bowie*RHCP*Radiohead*Beastie Boys*Daft Punk*Furthur*Lady Gaga*Pearl Jam If you want Bonnaroo to be alright? - DMB*Soundgarden*MMJ*A Perfect Circle If you want Bonnaroo to be terrible - Coldplay*Lil Wayne*Wiz Khalifa*Rush If you want me not even thinking about coming - Muse*Black Eyed Peas*A7X
If you want Bonnaroo to be amazing - David Bowie*RHCP*Radiohead*Beastie Boys*Daft Punk*Furthur*Lady Gaga*Pearl Jam If you want Bonnaroo to be alright? - DMB*Soundgarden*MMJ*A Perfect Circle If you want Bonnaroo to be terrible - Coldplay*Lil Wayne*Wiz Khalifa*Rush If you want me not even thinking about coming - Muse*Black Eyed Peas*A7X
Maybe you should work for AC. You clearly know what you're talking about...
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I think your concept of "well known names" differs greatly from reality.
Could you explain more?
Everyone's opinion differs on what bands are 'well known' - it really just depends on the type of music we listen to. But, you can look at objective information, such as how many Grammy Awards they have won.
Prince - 7 Paul Simon - 12 Coldplay - 7 The Eagles - 6 John Mayer - 7 Muse - 1 Arcade Fire - 1 The Killers - 0 Furthur - 0 (relatively new band, with Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, I have a feeling they could put on a good show) Biffy Clyro - 0
A-I love that you defined who Furthur was. B- Rush has never won a Grammy either. Are you saying that they wouldn't headline? Because they certainly would. I don't really think Grammy wins have a lot to do with headliner status. A little bit maybe but. Not a lot. Celine Dion and Seal have both won Grammys too but I'm not going to put them on the same level as Arcade Fire or Prince.
Everyone's opinion differs on what bands are 'well known' - it really just depends on the type of music we listen to. But, you can look at objective information, such as how many Grammy Awards they have won.
Prince - 7 Paul Simon - 12 Coldplay - 7 The Eagles - 6 John Mayer - 7 Muse - 1 Arcade Fire - 1 The Killers - 0 Furthur - 0 (relatively new band, with Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, I have a feeling they could put on a good show) Biffy Clyro - 0
A-I love that you defined who Furthur was. B- Rush has never won a Grammy either. Are you saying that they wouldn't headline? Because they certainly would. I don't really think Grammy wins have a lot to do with headliner status. A little bit maybe but. Not a lot. Celine Dion and Seal have both won Grammys too but I'm not going to put them on the same level as Arcade Fire or Prince.
I wasn't really making an argument about who should headline based off of Grammy Awards, I am making an argument that by winning Grammys, you make yourself a 'well known band'. There are some exceptions with some of the best that have never won a Grammy, but none of the bands being named on this board are one of them.
If the voters are actually paying attention, though, I think it's tough not to vote for Reyes.
Preach!
As a life-long Muts fan I can vouch that this team is indeed terrible. The only thing keeping it afloat is the coaches and Reyes. And you flipped Wright and Reyes, the Mets are 10 games under .500.
I think right now you're talking Reyes, Fielder, Kemp, Berkman, Braun for NL MVP. Kemp's probably the best statistically, but usually for a player to win MVP from a last place team they need to put up a historically good year (A-Rod in Texas, basically). I think Fielder and Braun will split votes, which is unfortunate. Berkman, if he keeps it up and keeps the Cardinals in the race, will have a really good argument - a huge career resurgence, and despite losing Pujols the Cards aren't losing ground.
If the voters are actually paying attention, though, I think it's tough not to vote for Reyes. A non-power hitting SS putting up an OPS of 960 is impressive enough, but the fact that he's more or less single-handedly keeping a terrible Mets team from failing is really amazing (yeah, the pitching's been good too). When you look at the injuries the Mets have (Wright, Davis, Santana, Pagan), and the under-performance of players like Jason Bay, it's mindblowing that they're over .500 right now.
Yeah it's gotta be Reyes with a .350 BA that is incredible. I saw the stat in his first 1000 games he was just below Ty Cobb in triples and stolen bases I believe.
The Met's are awful still. On the radio yesterday the FAN was celebrating their over .500 accomplishment. They're still gonna get swept by the Yanks this weekend. LETS GO YANKEES!
Yeah it's gotta be Reyes with a .350 BA that is incredible. I saw the stat in his first 1000 games he was just below Ty Cobb in triples and stolen bases I believe.
The Met's are awful still. On the radio yesterday the FAN was celebrating their over .500 accomplishment. They're still gonna get swept by the Yanks this weekend. LETS GO YANKEES!
OH COME ON. I'll be there tomorrow. Last year I got Joba to throw a baseball at me by the bullpen and got tossed. I'm sad he won't be there this year.
How many baseball games have you been tossed from?
Honestly? I have a streak of 13 in a row. I'm hopefully going to happily break it tomorrow night. Citifield has the bullpen picnic area and then the Mets are losing we just go down there and yell at the visiting teams until they tell security to get rid of us.
This is the first message board I've ever been on, the only reason I joined is because I love Bonnaroo and wanted to read and talk about it all year long.
Yeah it's gotta be Reyes with a .350 BA that is incredible. I saw the stat in his first 1000 games he was just below Ty Cobb in triples and stolen bases I believe.
The Met's are awful still. On the radio yesterday the FAN was celebrating their over .500 accomplishment. They're still gonna get swept by the Yanks this weekend. LETS GO YANKEES!
OH COME ON. I'll be there tomorrow. Last year I got Joba to throw a baseball at me by the bullpen and got tossed. I'm sad he won't be there this year.
I'll be there too...run on the field...you wouldn't
OH COME ON. I'll be there tomorrow. Last year I got Joba to throw a baseball at me by the bullpen and got tossed. I'm sad he won't be there this year.
I'll be there too...run on the field...you wouldn't
Ah, but do you know about tailgating under the overpass?
And while my penchant for raising mischievous hell at Citifield may get my tossed on a regular basis, I don't like spending full nights in jail in Flushing, Queens. Although they do leave the Mets game on so you can watch from the holding cell....or so I've been told.
Coldplay, Muse, U2, nor Lady Gage will be at Bonnaroo next year, just stating the obvious folks.
Fact: The powers that be booked Muse to headline another festival.
No idea what he's talking about. Muse seems pretty likely since they're doing OL, and U2 and Coldplay seem very plausible. I've never heard of Lady Gage so I'm not too sure on that one.