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Post by anicwilliams1580 on Apr 25, 2008 18:07:42 GMT -5
Music is like food, everybody gots different tastes and favorites. I don't think its so much the genre of music that matters but the talent and creativity of it. It all speaks differently to different people. That was my big thought for the day!
People have probably already said this, but considering how the musical genres this year parallel last year, I don't believe we will see much of a change in the sterotypical attendee this year. There really isn't a "sterotypical" Bonnaroo attendee at all, it's more like there is a variety of different stereotypes there...but not much, though. I guess you could say that the sterotypical Bonnaroo attendee is a good natured person that loves to party and loves rocknroll, and that is obviously not changing either.
Post by hibouxdufromage on May 1, 2008 22:47:21 GMT -5
"There really isn't a "sterotypical" Bonnaroo attendee at all, it's more like there is a variety of different stereotypes there...but not much, though."
Sorry, I gotta correct you on this one.
I am the stereotypical attendee. I'm a jamband fan, bluegrass freak, grunge fanatic, metalhead, electronica kid, classic rock, punk rocker, who also digs Neil Diamond.
If anyone wants to stereotype roo attendees, I volunteer!
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
Let me start by saying that I Metallica is my favorite band of all time. My first Roo was last year and I wore Metal band t-shirts all weekend (unearth, cannibal corpse, black dahlia murder, pantera, etc) and i was truly surprised at the amount of cats with tie dye shirts and dreadlocks that pointed at my shirt and screamed "wooo black dahlia murder!" Needless to say I'm out of my mind excited to see Metallica but I'm gonna be grooving for Yonder, Gogol Bordello, Wood Brothers (I'm a huge medeski, martin and wood fan), Phil, and Talib Kweli just the same. I don't think the crowd will change, just the wardrobe. And most metal heads have beards so good luck picking them out in a crowd at bonnaroo. Some one else put it perfect when they said that most metal heads you'll meet are some of the biggest music nerds out there. Personally I am excited for my favorite band to silence all the doubt that they belong at Bonnaroo. I've seen them about 20 times since i was 13 and they keep getting better and better.
PS. if the mars volta get added I'm jumping straight up into the air and landing on my neck. because metallica and tmv in the same weekend pretty much wraps my life up. ;D
PPS. if no one has heard of Minus the Bear. try to catch them that weekend. Minus the bear = dance party.
Ehh...I think that the idea of a radical change of attendee at the appearence of one band is all psychological superstition, a result of a natural predisposition towards entropy. It's very to think of the events in terms of gradual depreciation as opposed to a form of equilibrium. I think everybody will be pleasently surprised at how well mannered Metallica fans like me, and my lot really are. I can't wait to enjoy bonnaroo, and I hope that no amount of typecasting can come between us metalheads, and the rest of the rooer's I can't wait to meet. I bought my ticket for bonnaroo, and for no band in particular, it's the experience that attracts me. That same experience would only logically push away the "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" crowd that seem to be the issue, but I don't see the problem in making Roo a better melting pot of music.
I listen to everything, but don't dress like anything...if you like country, do you need a 10 gallon hat? Or if you like 9 Inch Nails, you have to wear black? Or if you like KISS, you have to paint your face, and wear 7" boots? Hippies have to wear tie-dye? To hell w/that. To look at me, you'd never know what I like (well, you'd be able to tell I like donuts). It's not for any reason, but then again, it's cool to f*ck w/some peoples preconceived images...
The Bonnaroo crowd is the most fun and diverse crowd of dusty people you'll ever see. There will always be someone who complains about the lineup, but for most of us, the music choices are astounding!
One reason that I'm stoked about attending Roo this year is the musical diversity that makes up the bill....a very deep bill at that. I can see a gamut of bands from Talib to The Wood Brothers, from Mastodon to Bela Fleck and anything in between. I know that a lot of people are excited about the diversity in the line up.
Since we are so open to such an array of diversity in musical taste, why are we not as open to the cultural diversity that comes along with such music? A part of the Roo experience, for me at least, is rubbing elbows with the the metalhead that has a "cannibal corpse" shirt on at the Broken Social Scene set or jamming out with the greek lifer to Talib Kweli's lyrics. It's the diversity that makes Roo beautiful. It works because that diversity is anchored in a fondness for artistic expression through song and chord. It's the commality between we ALL share. If music isn't a large aspect of your life...you wouldn't be at Roo. We are all different but yet the same.