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Post by sillygreen89 on Mar 16, 2012 8:41:40 GMT -5
Last year was my first roo and it was legitimately the best time of my entire life, but if I'm being honest the music was a second on the list of awesomeness. The community was/is the best thing about roo for me. I spent a good portion of my time at my campsite and around the campgrounds, hanging out with my camp neighbors and meeting new people. When I did go to shows I rarely went to the front, except for a few LN shows when I wanted to go nuts, for the most part I stayed in the back and talked/danced with people. In real life I'm a bit of a misanthrope and I know and accept that about myself, but at roo I just love people and find them fascinating. I know that roo is different for everyone and I'm sure I'll follow the same strategy this year of spending a ton of time on the campgrounds, I just wanted to know if anyone else felt this or am I in the minority.
ps. Lounging around camp w/ the random people who happened to breeze through my site also helped my stay up super late for LN. STS9 at sunrise anyone?
I'd have to say that the music barely edges out the community for me, but it's definitely close. The schenanigans that occur at the campsite are a wonderful part of the Bonnaroo experiance, and I can't wait for more! Last year we happened upon a large quanity of sticky black substance that smelled like candied flowers, and quickly turned everything into a chasing the dragon reference. We created a terrible rap song called "Get your D Rag On", and I ended up getting a huge henna tattoo of a dragon on my forearm.... Epic epic epic lifelong inside jokes made that long weekend on the farm.
I was lying in a burned out basement With the full moon in my eyes. I was hoping for replacement When the sun burst thru the sky. There was a band playing in my head And I felt like getting high.
Post by funkybuttlovin on Mar 16, 2012 9:35:28 GMT -5
I know exactly what you're saying OP. My buddy chilled at camp all day then watched the Headliners/LN's he wanted to see. No harm in that, others do Bonnaroo different than others. I loved the community, everyone was so great, the festival is just an awe to look at, no one stole anything from my camp, and every time we saw someone go to Bonnaroo on the road trip down they looked like kids going to Disneyland.
But I saw over 30 shows that weekend so for me it's music over community but without the camping those 30 shows wouldn't have been the same.
This is very similar to how I do roo. I like the atmosphere just as much as the music. I usually plan on 1 day show, then save myself up LN and any headliners I want to see. My first few I tried to see every show I like and found myself getting stressed and burnt out. This way, I am solid all weekend long and have more fun!
Post by postreznorjack on Mar 16, 2012 10:09:11 GMT -5
music is always first, but live music doesn't exist without the community. while some people hate large festivals because of the bigness, to me that's what makes them special. more people means more energy, and a good musician will harness that energy to create what scientists call awesomeness.
music is always first, but live music doesn't exist without the community
[/color]. while some people hate large festivals because of the bigness, to me that's what makes them special. more people means more energy, and a good musician will harness that energy to create what scientists call awesomeness.[/quote]
Well said. OK, so maybe it *can* exist without community, but where's the fun in that? The festival experience - esp. @ Roo - is best when it's at its most concentrated: the closer you are to the center of the action, the more intense your experience will be.
You can still have fun if you stay at a hotel, but you miss out on so much of the bonding-with-fellow-festies fun. That's where the memories are made...at camp, in the most unexpected ways & at unexpected times.
Post by abrakapokus on Mar 16, 2012 10:35:20 GMT -5
The people is the number 1 reason I go to roo. I love it, the feeling of community. I think I would do good on a commune because I crave that closeness of a big group of people.
Post by Vector Viking on Mar 16, 2012 10:39:42 GMT -5
For me, the music and community at things like Bonnaroo are interdependent. I'm just as excited to see the people in my camping group and other friends that I don't get to see very often as I am to see Radiohead, Puscifer, etc... Knowing people that have done day parking a few times, they just miss out on most of the social aspect. And you never know when that can be crucial in the long run. I met some friends in 07 from Chicago who kept me from having to crash overnight on the floor at Midway airport in '10.
Post by stillsick1 on Mar 16, 2012 10:54:30 GMT -5
As much as i love the lineup every year, and the music being a huge part of the experience for me, the atmosphere of the campsites and just walking around centeroo really make bonnaroo what it is. This will be my fourth year on the farm and i must say, I'm mostly excited about the meeting new people, and being able to completely unleash. My schedule is insane and im probably going to have a lot of conflicts, but im more worried about being camped next to some bad seeds like i was last year. I still made the best of it and had one of the best roos ive had, but having bad neighbors who were very passive agressive towards the whole thing was deffinatly a buzz kill, especially for the 2 people that came with us last year for the first time. But i love the community of bonnaroo none the less, i will never let a couple of bad seeds get in the way of me interacting with everyone else that crosses my path.
Maybe you are alone maybe you are God hallucinating other beings into existence out of boredom. Maybe you gave yourself amnesia maybe when you die you will laugh at the dream. Maybe everything is here for your enjoyment but ultimatly at the end of it all you were alone the whole time.
1-1-12 Bassnectar NYE SHOW! 1-21-12 G. Love and Special Sauce 3-1-12 Radiohead 3-9-12 Experience Hendrix 5-15-12 Jack White @ The Ryman 6-7-12 Bonnaroo 6-19-12 Roger Waters presents "THE WALL" 7-7-12 Ringo Starr's 72nd Birthday Party Extravaganza at the Ryman
The people is the number 1 reason I go to roo. I love it, the feeling of community. I think I would do good on a commune because I crave that closeness of a big group of people.
I'm just outside Memphis, and there is a Beale Street Music Festival here (many bands from roo past will be there in early May, and I'll go, but I just can't get as excited about it because it is a walk in/walk out daily type deal.....I go in, get into the groove, then have to go out at night (back into the real world).
Just isn't the same as roo for that reason...it's not a community, it's just damn good music. Nothing wrong with that, but it'll never be roo.
At the farm, we all share in the misery and the fun, and we have to help out neighbors because it may be us next that needs help...it is a commune, in a way.......but what a fantastic experience.
Post by scissorbaby on Mar 18, 2012 13:19:36 GMT -5
Last year I stayed in a hotel and this thread just reminded me of all my awesome campground memories from roo 2010! I'm staying in a hotel again (because my sister can't handle camping) but I'll definitely be exploring the camp grounds again this year, you can find so many neat people (: