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Post by itrainmonkeys on Apr 26, 2012 14:19:40 GMT -5
I think it's possible they don't announce new comedians, but rather announce some activities the comedians will be doing.
Like, they could announce that Marc Maron will be taping an episode (or more) of his WTF Podcast in the comedy theater and that Doug Benson will be doing some movie interruptions (like he tweeted about) in the movie tent. Maybe another type of comedy-related activity is included.
Post by stillsick1 on Apr 27, 2012 10:52:25 GMT -5
If Kenny Rogers was added on the initial line up, i would have no problem with it. But he took a decently big addition slot that could have been filled by someone who would please a lot more people than Kenny Rogers is doing. Why does bonnaroo always pull these random acts out of the woodwork, its almost like they think people will enjoy it for a "nostalgic" reason or something. But id rather see someone who matters than someone i can say "oh yeah i saw kenny rogers perform" and thats it.
If Kenny Rogers was added on the initial line up, i would have no problem with it. But he took a decently big addition slot that could have been filled by someone who would please a lot more people than Kenny Rogers is doing. Why does bonnaroo always pull these random acts out of the woodwork, its almost like they think people will enjoy it for a "nostalgic" reason or something. But id rather see someone who matters than someone i can say "oh yeah i saw kenny rogers perform" and thats it.
Agreed, my list of Ironic Must Sees and Nostalgic Must Sees is starting to dwarf my It's 2012 Must Sees
If Kenny Rogers was added on the initial line up, i would have no problem with it. But he took a decently big addition slot that could have been filled by someone who would please a lot more people than Kenny Rogers is doing. Why does bonnaroo always pull these random acts out of the woodwork, its almost like they think people will enjoy it for a "nostalgic" reason or something. But id rather see someone who matters than someone i can say "oh yeah i saw kenny rogers perform" and thats it.
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If Kenny Rogers was added on the initial line up, i would have no problem with it. But he took a decently big addition slot that could have been filled by someone who would please a lot more people than Kenny Rogers is doing. Why does bonnaroo always pull these random acts out of the woodwork, its almost like they think people will enjoy it for a "nostalgic" reason or something. But id rather see someone who matters than someone i can say "oh yeah i saw kenny rogers perform" and thats it.
He took it? Or Bonnaroo gave it to him? There is almost always a older country legend act at Bonnaroo so I think he is just filling the same role that Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Ralph Stanley, Merle Haggard have all had in the past. In fact I would have been more surprised to NOT see a older country act on the lineup.
Bonnaroo has a lot of diversity, there are certainly festivals out there that go deeper in one direction instead of casting a wide net that leaves some peoples favorite bands out.
If Kenny Rogers was added on the initial line up, i would have no problem with it. But he took a decently big addition slot that could have been filled by someone who would please a lot more people than Kenny Rogers is doing.
Huh? Just because you don't like him doesn't mean that's how most everyone else feels. I'll be honest that I'm not really excited about the add and most likely won't catch his show unless I don't like anything else playing while he's on stage but there are a good amount of people who are really pleased with this add. Your post comes across like the kind of "I don't like this band so they should have added somebody else" post that come about each year.
This is just from the first two pages of the Kenny Rogers thread:
He's going to be our Saturday night headliner!! LOL...although to be honest, I will go see him if there's no major conflict. He really does have a lot of good songs...grew up with my mom listening to him alot!
So pummmmped for this add! My 63 year old mother now wants to know if I have room in my RV. Beach Boys and Kenny Rogers?!?! During childhood car rides these were the tunes getting played!
This is one of those adds that makes me realize Bonnaroo is truly the most diverse festival in the country and there's really nobody they could put on a lineup that would shock me.
And the Facebook post is full of positive reactions to the Kenny Rogers addition.
Would I have preferred someone like Jack White to be added? Yea, I would have. But I'm not going to act like everyone feels the same way I do. While there are complaints/jokes about him being added there is also a lot of support for him being added. I'm actually a bit surprised at how many people are pumped to see him.
Post by stillsick1 on Apr 27, 2012 12:01:20 GMT -5
I just feel like they saw him playing in Nashville that weekend and were like "eh, lets see if we can get em. It'll be kinda cool."
I'm not saying people aren't excited for him, but from what I'm seeing, there's not many that are happy about it. Of course your going to find positive feedback in a Kenny Rogers thread. Its a Kenny Rogers thread. Look around in other threads and see if you can find as many positive things. 10 people on a message board doesn't really account for the 80,000 attending.
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ITM, maybe I'm reading it wrong, but there are a number of those replies you posted which I wouldn't count as positive. People saying "eh, if there's nothing else happening I'll see him" isn't really an endorsement.
Yea there are a few of those. Still, it's not like it's a negative response and they are saying "WHAT!??!!? WHY KENNY?". I quickly looked for quotes with people that seemed to be happy/not have a problem with him being added. Basically I felt like stillsick was trying to speak for everyone with his post and I was just trying to point out that there are plenty of people who are pleased with Kenny as an addition even if he, myself, and other vocal board members would have preferred a different act getting a stage slot.
I just feel like they saw him playing in Nashville that weekend and were like "eh, lets see if we can get em. It'll be kinda cool."
I agree that this is probably how it went down. But so what? If it was an artist you really like then would you be complaining about the method they used to get him added?
I'm not saying people aren't excited for him, but from what I'm seeing, there's not many that are happy about it. Of course your going to find positive feedback in a Kenny Rogers thread. Its a Kenny Rogers thread. Look around in other threads and see if you can find as many positive things. 10 people on a message board doesn't really account for the 80,000 attending.
I also said check the facebook page and going through twitter there are some positive mentions as well.
You're right that 10 people on a message board don't really account for the 80,000 attending. But you didn't have a problem with accounting for the 80,000 people attending when you said that people aren't pleased with the add as much as if it was somebody else. Why can you make a claim based on people's comments on message boards but I can't? Or have you talked to the 80,000 people going to Bonnaroo and most of them agree with you?
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Post by metallicalec on Apr 28, 2012 2:37:05 GMT -5
Hey, reptar is out, they just tweeted me back because I was confused on their status “@alecfletcher: @reptarathens you guys coming to bonnaroo??” nope sorry. Wish we were. Maybe next year..
Post by macmusicjunkie on Apr 28, 2012 14:14:12 GMT -5
This whole Reptar thing came from someone noticing that Reptar had Bonnaroo under their tour dates on their official site. Inforoo got a bit excited...which got CoS excited. From then on out, they were expected to play. Bands should post a festival under their tour schedule until the festival announces them.
anyone else think its weird that oberhofer isnt on the lineup but is in the announcement
Niether is Stooges Brass Band. Their band pages are there if you type in the band name in the URL. Once again, the Bonnaroo tech team is just Fing up. There's no excuse for leaving bands off a festival lineup.
As you guys know, Bonnaroo had Valient Thorr spelled wrong on the lineup page, and the url still goes to the misspelling "http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/band/valiant-thorr"
However, when I do type in the URL "http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/band/valient-thorr," it redirects me to a Web Site Error page with the following URL: "http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/band/11pm-valient-thorr-http-www-valientthorr-com"