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Post by stallion pt. 2 on Jan 11, 2008 0:29:32 GMT -5
So what is the single most difficult/frustrating/infuriating scheduling conflict the Bonnaroo planners have ever handed you, and what did you end up doing? I think for the most part they do a really good job, but there have been times in the past 6 years where I want to be in 4 places at once.
Mine was def. Saturday Late Night 2004. The scedule had Ween, Primus, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra & Robert Randolph & the Family Band playing at the same time. They were pretty much my top 4 bands I wanted to see that year. I wound up at Ween and had a great time, and it turns out Primus got delayed by the rain and we caught the last half of their set. I saw Skapara play again the next morning, so It still worked out just fine. These are, after all, the kindof problems you WANT to have.
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There was a period in '05 where I remember going from Black Crowes to Jack Johnson to Keller Williams to OAR to Iron and Wine to Will Hoge. I had had a bit to drink so they might not have been pure conflict but coupled with the fact that it was pissing out, I was worn out by the time that stretch was over.
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i think mine came last year with the manu / lilly allen / black keys. yeah im a sucker for bubblegum pop. i figured manu would tour and id travel 5 hours to see him. ive seen the black keys soooo much, so lilly won out that day. late nights were worse last year than ever. but this was my main conflict.
I had a tough one with that 2006 Saturday night mess. Beck vs Cypress Hill vs. Medeski Martin and Wood vs Blues Traveler vs Les Claypool. Beck won by a nosehair.
i think mine came last year with the manu / lilly allen / black keys. yeah im a sucker for bubblegum pop. i figured manu would tour and id travel 5 hours to see him. ive seen the black keys soooo much, so lilly won out that day. late nights were worse last year than ever. but this was my main conflict.
That was mine as well. I was the leader of the group that afternoon so I had us stay at each just long enough to really feel like we actually saw something, then move on. Our last stop was the Roots, which ended up being our favorite as well.
Post by strumntheguitar on Jan 11, 2008 12:33:48 GMT -5
Worst conflict ever?? JBT and the mid-afternoon sun (the sun won, by the way...)
Otherwise, the whole Spoon/Harper conflict was a killer. Ben Harper had been an idol of mine for a while, whereas Spoon was a band I was just getting into but really dug their sound. In the end, I had to pick Harper
Post by lordrockinhood on Jan 11, 2008 12:51:19 GMT -5
Last year, my only true major conflict was Lips/Mule Well, it's ME we are talking about, so the Lips won hands down... BUT... when Wayne and the boys were done, we headed over to the end of Warren's set, and were JUST IN TIME FOR BLACK SABBATH ... it's like Warren KNEW that I couldn't be there until then, and so he saved a little somthing special, just for me, he saved it 'till I got there ;D ;D ;D
Post by experiencehaze on Jan 11, 2008 14:18:06 GMT -5
'07 was my first year and the sun was the only real conflict for me, nobody in my group left the shade of out set-up until around 3 or so. We missed a bunch of good shows because that sun was INSANE.
but yea... SCI/STS9/Superjam was a hard choice, especially with JPJ in the superjam
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Post by littlebirdie on Jan 11, 2008 15:00:17 GMT -5
JBT was crazy! I almost passed out waiting for them to come on...thank god for lemon ice! Couldn't take it for Ratdog and hung out in the shade next to the blue room cafe'...could still hear it though! Only conflict last year other than the obvious late night's was Damien Rice vs Xavier Rudd....saw Damien because I had never seen him before and I have seen Xavier. The show was good but I always wonder what I missed. I'll stand firm...some conflict is a good thing it gives you choices! I would rather have tons of conflicts then tons of down time...down time is not what I paid for!
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Post by sparklybecca on Jan 11, 2008 15:09:40 GMT -5
littlebirdie said:
JBT was crazy! I almost passed out waiting for them to come on...thank god for lemon ice!
yes lemon ice is my savior!!!
for me i almost passed out watching cold war kids. it was bad. thankfully i had an RV last year so i escaped the heat and was able to relax. i had sever heat exhaustion!!
for me id say a really tough conflict night was umph/bisco vs. mmj and sts9/mule/SCI ..every single late night is tough for me usually..
Post by littlebirdie on Jan 11, 2008 15:39:38 GMT -5
Lemon ice rules & Lemonade...works really well with your choice of smuggled hard liquor in centeroo...although i swear we spent $50 on lemonade in 2006...last year was just too hot to drink during the day!
Going RV this year for the first time you have no idea how excited I am to have the A/C option after 3 years of camping! Although camping is a blast don't get me wrong...the TN weather is nuts!
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has the power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive."
Post by sparklybecca on Jan 11, 2008 15:40:53 GMT -5
littlebirdie said:
Lemon ice rules & Lemonade...works really well with your choice of smuggled hard liquor in centeroo...although i swear we spent $50 on lemonade in 2006...last year was just too hot to drink during the day!
Going RV this year for the first time you have no idea how excited I am to have the A/C option after 3 years of camping! Although camping is a blast don't get me wrong...the TN weather is nuts!
no i hear you, i camped 2 years then RV'd and it was a pleasure....
My worst conflicts have to be Saturday latenights. My first 'Roo in '04 I walked the circuit and caught one song by Ween and SkaPara watched some Primus and mostly Robert Randolph, that was a great night. That first 'Roo I remember walking by Patty Smith's show and Ani Difranco's show because there was something I wanted to see more, amazing.
This past years Mule, Flips, and Galctic conflict was tough too. I NEVER miss the Mule but I really wanted to see the other two. When Matt Abts went into a drum solo I went to pee and caught one Galactic song, then I was going to check out Flips for at least one song. As I walked that direction, I heard Warren introduce John Paul Jones and I hustled back to Mule for the rest of their show.
Post by bamadancer on Jan 11, 2008 16:10:17 GMT -5
2006: Sonic Youth v. Matisyahu (2 of my favorite bands at the time), went to Sonic Youth, and lucked out and got to see Matisyahu this summer anyway ;D
2007: Ween v. Spoon v. Ben Harper, SCI v. STS9 v. Superjam, and FLips v. Gov't Mule
I saw Ween (mistake...I wish I had seen Ben harper!), Superjam and FLips, and I was perfectly okay with the last 2 decisions...totally worth it!
Post by BrokenLight on Jan 12, 2008 4:27:01 GMT -5
2005 - black crowes vs. jack johnson - i went to the beginning of the crowes, which i didn't really like, and got to jack about the time he was starting. the worst part was you could hear the crowes over jack's quiet music. and then i heard the crowes doing brokedown palace and was about to cry. ok not seriously, but that's how i felt inside.
2005 - the word vs. modest mouse - not really a conflict but it was a mistake - we were leaving bonnaroo right after modest mouse that year, it was my entire group's first time at a festival, not to mention a festival of this size, and i couldn't tell you how many hours i spent lost and seperated from my group where i was completely alone and afraid that i would never find them again and would have to walk home to cincinnati. anyways, i didn't really want to see modest mouse at all. but we were leaving and i really had no choice even though the what and which stages are basically right next to each other. so with the little bit of energy we had left, none of us could really stand anymore, my legs were shaking but they were also stiff like tree trunks and i was in a lot of pain. so we stayed for modest mouse and then left. needless to say, modest mouse was the second worst show i saw that year. however, i'm really liking their recent album. but if the word is back at bonnaroo this year, there's no way in hell i'm missing them because how often does the word tour? exactly...
2007 was a bad year of conflicts - Friday latenight - not happy at all that SCI got matched up with SuperJam. SuperJam is always one of the rarest things you will ever see in concert, but this was my last chance at seeing the cheese. I saw nearly all of the cheese, but left maybe for 5-10 minutes to go check out SuperJam. Got to SuperJam and saw how crowded it was and just thought the fact they were in the other tent was a mistake. and i wasn't even sure what they were playing at SuperJam so i went back to the cheese. I later found out the song i was hearing at SuperJam was Superstition. Saturday which has already been mentioned - Ben Harper and basically everyone else playing at that same time I wanted to see. Ended up seeing Ben and Keller, and well I never should have left Ben because I missed JPJ with them. I got back just in time for Ziggy and the end of Ben's set. And I honestly prefer Keller solo, even though I love the music from the other guys in Keller's band, Keller is much more amazing solo. And even the group who played in the time slot before all of these bands - Damien Rice, Hold Steady, Xavier Rudd. Again I wanted to see all the bands in this time slot. I should've gone with the Hold Steady because I saw them play last year locally to a crowd of maybe just a couple hundred people at the southgate house. but xavier rudd is fucking awesome so i saw the first couple songs and then went to damien who i'd never seen play. well damien just isn't as good with lisa out of the band. but i stayed for the rest of damien, i think. can't really remember too much. F-Lips and Mule would of been the biggest conflict for me except i was out cold by the time they came on. so i missed both of them. and this was the second festival i'd been to 2 years in a row where i missed the F-Lips. in 06 i missed the F-Lips because of Ben Harper. Not a day goes by where i regret missing the ufo landing at bonnaroo 07. and as for mule, that's easily their best show i've ever heard. the worst part about sunday was the crossover of decemberists and wilco. i'd never seen wilco so i had to make sure i was there on time, thus, i missed the decemberists with mavis staples covering the weight. and by the end of bonnaroo i was so exhausted yet again, that i could only handle a few songs by the white stripes, and i really wanted to hear icky thump because i just learned it on the guitar.
I just hope to God that there are no conflicts this year involving the time slot that Robert Plant and Alison Krauss play, actually if there wasn't any conflicts then they'd be the headliners, which i think is possible but unlikely. I don't want to have to choose between someone else or that show.
There was a period in '05 where I remember going from Black Crowes to Jack Johnson to Keller Williams to OAR to Iron and Wine to Will Hoge. I had had a bit to drink so they might not have been pure conflict but coupled with the fact that it was pissing out, I was worn out by the time that stretch was over.
This is the first one that comes to my mind, but last year's Saturday night (FLips/Galactic/Mule) was really and and also 2003 Roots v. Allman Brothers was another one... Such is the problem when you have so many good bands booked.... But I'd rather have too many good bands than not enough
Post by BrokenLight on Jan 13, 2008 1:58:06 GMT -5
the conflicts kind of suck, but when you're at bonnaroo, chances are you going to see a band that is better than the average band...thank you bonnaroo for opening my mind to so many different types of music...
There was a period in '05 where I remember going from Black Crowes to Jack Johnson to Keller Williams to OAR to Iron and Wine to Will Hoge. I had had a bit to drink so they might not have been pure conflict but coupled with the fact that it was pissing out, I was worn out by the time that stretch was over.
That was probably my worst one too! the crowes keller and oar they were trying to kill us i think!
(the sun won, by the way...)
;D
were JUST IN TIME FOR BLACK SABBATH 
