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When Kanye did his Blood On The Leaves encore. One of my favorite tracks from him, and I remember when he was doing Bound 2 thinking WTF he didn't do Blood on the Leaves.... then all a sudden the smoke filled the stage, and the Nina Samone sample started coming in. One of the hypest moments for me. I definitely had chills.
Also during Chances set, I ate a certain sour patch watermelon someone gave me that night about a half hour before, and I just remember waving my arms back and forth with the crowd singing along to "Everybody's Something" and it felt so magical.
I'm pretty sure that was me. Mine was when I was walking to centeroo the first time and saw some girl kiss the arch. I knew this was were I needed to be
When Kanye did his Blood On The Leaves encore. One of my favorite tracks from him, and I remember when he was doing Bound 2 thinking WTF he didn't do Blood on the Leaves.... then all a sudden the smoke filled the stage, and the Nina Samone sample started coming in. One of the hypest moments for me. I definitely had chills.
Also during Chances set, I ate a certain sour patch watermelon someone gave me that night about a half hour before, and I just remember waving my arms back and forth with the crowd singing along to "Everybody's Something" and it felt so magical.
I'm pretty sure that was me. Mine was when I was walking to centeroo the first time and saw some girl kiss the arch. I knew this was were I needed to be
This was my 8th in a row, and last year was insanely hard to beat (I had super all-access) but this year was better on different levels.
The festival proved to me that after nearly 6 years straight of backstage access, and going GA this year and having an AMAZING time without the all-access PROVES it is the best festival on earth. It is SO HARD to go backward with access like that, but the festival and the people made it SO EASY!
My tops moments: 1) Seeing the sunrise, ALL FOUR MORNINGS!! This was a first for me. 2) Running into Skrillex out in GA camping, right in front of Tent Only, at 6am, (I guess on his way to play Kalliope stage). There were only a couple other people on the street, no one knew who he was. I just walked right into him and hugged him and thanked him for the show. Told him I dance as an LED robot, and he told me he did too. I told him we'd work together someday, "mark my words." 3) attending the producers meet and greet. meeting all of the founders of bonnaroo. seeing ashley and jonathan, who remember from years past, telling them about the LED robots and them giving me their personal email. Let's pray that works out. 4)taking hot photos of bearded guys all weekend for #beardsofbonnaroo
It was a great year and I can not WAIT till next year, my 9th in a row!!!
Post by drewduction on Jun 29, 2014 18:27:38 GMT -5
My two friends and I were all first timers, and our buddy Chris was extremely excited for Bobby Womack.
Anyone who made it to that set knows it started over 30 minutes late and there were some technical issues. My friends and I were squirming knowing we were on a tight schedule, everyone wanting to get over to Cage the Elephant in time. After listening to a couple songs and feeling letdown for the first time the whole weekend, we raced over to the Which Stage. I wanted to catch a glimpse of Grouplove and being the leader of our group, made sure we took the long way by That Tent.
As we turned the corner and came into range of the show, Tongue Tied started playing and the crowd went nuts. Hugely positive vibes, Saturday afternoon beach party on the lawn. Couldn't help but "dance-walk" (slowly) all the way over to Cage. Felt like I was going to cry, don't even like Grouplove that much!
I'll be back every year until my legs stop working.
Lost my phone getting into the Disclosure pit, got up super early and searched the empty field for it, didn't find it. Lost and found didn't have it. I used a friends phone and called it over and over again, no answer. I gave up around 6:30am of getting it back. 9am someone called my friends phone back from my phone & told him they were turning it into lost and found. It was back in my hands by 9:30am.
Being side stage for Arctic Monkeys & seeing that big ass crowd.
Meeting ALL the infroosters I got to meet, though I didn't spend nearly enough time with you guys, nor did I meet even close to everyone I wanted to.
Finding Kpowers in the Kanye pit before the show started & dancing and grooving the entire time with him. And the several hugs I got from him kinda made my night.
Being front, literally front- no one but a security guard between us & my bag was sitting on the subwoofer- row for Disclosure then freaking out & screaming silently (I lost my voice) when I saw Sam Smith waiting 10 ft from me at the stairs to go on for Latch.
Getting to work with amazing people all week, getting to drive a golf cart, getting drunk with my supervisors Sunday night, seeing the farm empty then getting built up.... Basically getting to work for AC entertainment.
This Bonnaroo was so special to me in so many ways and I'm thankful for all the opportunities that were made available to me because of this site and all the people on here. So thank you all.
When Kanye did his Blood On The Leaves encore. One of my favorite tracks from him, and I remember when he was doing Bound 2 thinking WTF he didn't do Blood on the Leaves.... then all a sudden the smoke filled the stage, and the Nina Samone sample started coming in. One of the hypest moments for me. I definitely had chills.
Also during Chances set, I ate a certain sour patch watermelon someone gave me that night about a half hour before, and I just remember waving my arms back and forth with the crowd singing along to "Everybody's Something" and it felt so magical.
I'm pretty sure that was me. Mine was when I was walking to centeroo the first time and saw some girl kiss the arch. I knew this was were I needed to be
Your profile says your a male and the person who gave it to me was a female. She gave it to me while waiting for Kanye.
Seeing Kanye play on my b-day. College dropout was the 1st rap album I can remember buying. When he did Jesus walks into all falls down I got chills. Reminded me of being a kid an actually seeing it live was overwhelming.
I think my 5 moments happen to also be in chronological order. Coincidence? Also, they're all firsts. 5. Being part of the parade - This was my second Bonnaroo so of course I hadn't hear of the parade before last time. Getting to dance and celebrate at the unofficial opening ceremony with the people who make the farm special was a great Thursday night memory.
4. Brunch - Meeting several of you and just having that time together was awesome. The time dedicated to Whoreshack touched even us who never that the opportunity to meet him. It shows that this community is real and not a group of anonymous posters who like to debate music.
3. Bobby Womack - I rediscovered him in 2012 and just about lost it when I saw his name on BLAM! What a legend and to be able to be at that show, magically walking up 30 minutes "late" so that I didn't get turned off by the technically difficulties was perfect. This was a moment especially in hind sight that made me cherish the present, to be here now, and to turn off everything else.
2. Darkside - Mind blown. No hype, nobody telling me I'm going to love it, just me and Spicy Pie on the third row. From as soon as they started, the world really turned off. It was me, the band, and the mirror. I'm begging for this recording, but at the same time I don't want to hear it again because I know it won't be as magicial as the moment that night at 2:30am.
1. Tiny Dancer - My wife and I got married in 2010 and had some of our friends do the music for our wedding. She LOVES Tiny Dancer and I love her, so of course it made it into our heavily curated songs to have played before the wedding started. Well, for some reason or another, we never asked, they skipped over Tiny Dancer at the wedding. Not only did my heart sink because that was one song closer to us getting married and for some reason that made me very anxious, I also knew that it was too late to have them correct the mistake...So here we now stand in the What field, four years later at my second and her 8th Bonnaroo. The farm is special to us both as it is to us all but that moment when Elton John played Tiny Dancer transcended any other moment either of us had ever had there. The fact that she was on my left, just as we would have been at the wedding and the song we've reminisced about over these years was being performed to us by the man himself, tears flowed, lyrics were sung, and an unforgettable memory was made at Bonnaroo 2014.
1) I straight up cried at Phosphorescent. There was definitely a chemical component to the whole thing if you catch my drift but it was a good cry. The music was beautiful and even though it wasn't exactly a "happy cry", I felt cleansed afterwards. And I was rather discrete about it. When I brought it up to my friend, he said he didn't even notice.
2) Cut Copy. The whole thing. Made some Canadian friends and engaged in a huge dance party. I was super close to the stage but everyone was being super respectful and giving everyone else space.
3) Was walking around during Flaming Lips set with my two buddies and walked directly into our group of friends that we were separated from 6 hours earlier. Coincidences like that have an odd way of happening at Roo but they're always appreciated. Definitely helped that the rest of their set was great.
4) The night finished off with Kaskade and we just walked straight into the pit. There was a ton of room in there (it was like half filled) and there was more then enough room to dance. I'm not really too fond of Kaskade's music but live, it was fun. Even more fun was trying to make my friends laugh by pulling the most ridiculous dance moves. At one point, we broke off with another group of people and had an improvised dance competition. Dancing in a circle with those beautiful mofos was just a great way to end the day.
One of the buddies I spent the latter part of Saturday with was a returning Army vet who had just come back from Iraq and was weeks away from finishing up in the military (stationed in Tenn, so he just showed up and bought a ticket there lol). He was my brother's friend growing up and I didn't really talk to him all that much until Roo since he was a super quiet kid. Just talking to him and reassuring him that he'd acclimate well to civilian life because he was a smart, driven kid made me feel good. It made me feel even better when my brother told me that he confided in him that Roo definitely helped him regain some faith in the world.
BONUS ROO MOMENT: "It's Real" by Real Estate on Thursday. First off, I love Real Estate, they're definitely in my favorite five bands. I spent a lot of the concert looking around, seeing if many people knew them. Thursday shows get packed and there's no guarantee that the people at the concert actually know the act (I've become a fan of plenty bands while at Roo, it's not a bad thing). I was happily surprised to see a few people singing along, as I wasn't sure if too many people would know the group. Then, the chorus of "It's Real" kicked in and the WHOLE CROWD sang along. I almost cried there (and that day I was relatively sober).
Jesus I almost cried twice during Roo and I literally don't remember crying since college in 2008 (after watching "Into the Wild" drunk lol).
Sunday morning - from crashing in the hammock at ENO, the 90s rave party, and jamming along to skrillex as I picked up garbage for the clean vibes trading post; that moment was the best.
How was the 90's rave party? I was completely dead after staying at the front for the entirety of the Skrillex superjam so I never made it over there
First ever Bonnaroo for me. My mom, who I was very very close to, died when I was 14 from cancer. When I was very young, I remember asking her why my middle name was Elton, she told me that Elton John was her all time favorite artist and he brings a lot of good to the world. I went with friends to Roo, but decided to find a spot just for me for Elton's show. She never got to see Elton John, but I like to think her and I both got to see him live together, with a whole bunch of great people that night.
Starting a onesie dance party during Vampire Weekend. I was in a Winnie the Pooh onesie, dancing with our Winnie the Pooh totem, when suddenly a bunch of fellow onesie-wearing people joined me. A girl began to choreograph everything and I led the charge by dancing around with my totem, freaking surreal. Later in the set, I clapped the hands of every single person in a huge conga line of people dancing.
Do you remember any the girls' onesies?! A bunch of the girls that I know that go every year wear onsies at roo at least one night.
Post by nakedChiliPepper on Nov 29, 2014 1:20:56 GMT -5
"Glitch mob... Glitch mob... Come out and plaAaay!"
And then I realized that something way bigger than bonnaroo was happening. And the only thing I could do, the only thing I wanted to do was to completely soak up each moment, each note, each beautiful or terrible feeling as it passed. I worked hard for that moment, I learned patience while I waited 25 years and six months for that moment. All I had to do was not take one step back, just walk calmly up to the stage to win bonnaroo. In that moment, the entire set, my entire life, I claimed bonnaroo for myself, I claimed serenity for myself, but better yet, I claimed myself for myself. Good thing I had my bat with me.
Post by frankthezappa on Nov 29, 2014 4:37:52 GMT -5
dancing with newly acquired friends to James blake
pissing in a porto coming to the realize jack white was covering zeppelin and running furiously back into the what stage
grinding with a strangler on top of a trash can in a banana suit during die antwoord
wandering around at sunrise Thursday morning (we couldnt blow up the air mattress and i was way to excited to sleep) having a group of strangers on mushrooms surround me with hugs and kisses/telling me i looked like Ryan gosling?
making eye contact with Julian during neutral milk hotel
slowly sinking into mud laughing at kanyes rant with my best friend
ty segall: i had napped most of thursday afternoon away so i woke up around 11ish enjoyed way to much corn walked into hear white denim finishing there set sucked up the pain of missing most of it and headed to this tent...the set started and i immediately felt claustrophobicly crushed by the crowd only to look over and find two of my close friends spreading the crowd out to open a small pit I immediately tackled both of them with a massive hug and proceeded to dance my ass off through the remainder of the set
I have two: Vampire Weekend at sunset with a nice breeze blowing and Hotel Yorba. Jack White's whole set was phenomenal, but one of my favorite song lyrics of all time is "4 5 6 7 grab your umbrella and grab a hold of me 'cause I'm your favorite fella" and hearing 1000s of people singing just warmed my soul.
Post by congratulations on Nov 29, 2014 19:15:55 GMT -5
Two moments that made my first Bonnaroo THE best experience of my life.
1. Laying in the grass, listening to Real Estate with my cousin. Taking in all the sights (beautiful, happy, dancing people), and of course the beautiful show that Real Estate put on. It was getting dark by then, and I was just sitting there waiting for Cherub, but I actually really, really enjoyed Real Estate and am now obsessed with their music. 2. Waiting for Vampire Weekend in the pit line. I met some very cool people; two girls from Georgia. (I eventually found one of them a few months ago through Twitter!) Then, as they came on the stage and I stood there in the front row, I realized just how blessed I was. To be listening to my favorite band in the whole world, standing beside other people just like me who knew all of the words and were dancing and radiating such positive vibes. It was just... incredible. I will never forget the sun going down as Ezra of VW sang, "Outside the tents, on the festival grounds: as the air began to cool, and the sun went down..." because it all just felt so real and magical. Wow.
2017: 2/24 Twenty One Pilots 4/1 Radiohead 6/7 Glass Animals 9/10 Modest Mouse 9/21 Arcade Fire 9/29 Kings of Leon 10/3 Foster the People 10/17 The xx 10/22 LCD Soundsystem 11/8 Bon Iver
Post by brghteys1216 on Dec 8, 2014 13:38:54 GMT -5
My other Bonnaroo moment. I was seeing Little Dragon (one of my favorite bands)and I was dancing like a mad man to this song.
This awesome girl came next to me and started dancing crazy like I was. And she hugged me and said "I like your dancing" and then handed me a pair of 3-D type glasses that made everything blurry and colorful, and then she said "Be free" haha. Definitely one of the best live sets I've ever seen.
Dancing at Cherub on Thursday night and kinda having a "So this is what Roo is all about" moment
The Head and the Heart set. I'm in the pit. Sun is setting over the farm. Then Josiah comes over and lets me and others sing into the mic during "Lost in My Mind"
Chance the Rapper's set at 2 am. Somehow pushed my way to the front. Was incredible
Avett Bros set was so chill. Found one of my buddies wondering through the crowd and we just sat on a blanket and enjoyed
Walking up to Zedd's set and being like wow i almost missed it. Proceeded to dance my ass off
Dancing at Cherub on Thursday night and kinda having a "So this is what Roo is all about" moment
The Head and the Heart set. I'm in the pit. Sun is setting over the farm. Then Josiah comes over and lets me and others sing into the mic during "Lost in My Mind"
Chance the Rapper's set at 2 am. Somehow pushed my way to the front. Was incredible
Avett Bros set was so chill. Found one of my buddies wondering through the crowd and we just sat on a blanket and enjoyed
Walking up to Zedd's set and being like wow i almost missed it. Proceeded to dance my ass off
Elton because Elton
Were you on the right side of the stage for Chance? I feel I might have talked to you and your friend before the show
Dancing at Cherub on Thursday night and kinda having a "So this is what Roo is all about" moment
The Head and the Heart set. I'm in the pit. Sun is setting over the farm. Then Josiah comes over and lets me and others sing into the mic during "Lost in My Mind"
Chance the Rapper's set at 2 am. Somehow pushed my way to the front. Was incredible
Avett Bros set was so chill. Found one of my buddies wondering through the crowd and we just sat on a blanket and enjoyed
Walking up to Zedd's set and being like wow i almost missed it. Proceeded to dance my ass off
Elton because Elton
Were you on the right side of the stage for Chance? I feel I might have talked to you and your friend before the show
I was in the direct middle. But I did talk to a lot of people waiting for the show though so maybe! Got a link to other social media? Maybe I can remember the face!
Probably hearing Damon Albarn perform BOTH Feel Good Inc. AND Clint Eastwood. Two songs from my childhood that I definitely never thought I'd hear live!
Probably hearing Damon Albarn perform BOTH Feel Good Inc. AND Clint Eastwood. Two songs from my childhood that I definitely never thought I'd hear live!
I have heard Clint Eastwood performed three times now. Del solo, Deltron 3030, and Damon Albarn each time better than the last but always a great sing along. Feel Good Inc. was a treat wasn't expecting that especially with Del la Soul. Was in the pit for that probably my second favorite show for the weekend.
Probably hearing Damon Albarn perform BOTH Feel Good Inc. AND Clint Eastwood. Two songs from my childhood that I definitely never thought I'd hear live!
I have heard Clint Eastwood performed three times now. Del solo, Deltron 3030, and Damon Albarn each time better than the last but always a great sing along. Feel Good Inc. was a treat wasn't expecting that especially with Del la Soul. Was in the pit for that probably my second favorite show for the weekend.
Did Del or De la Soul do any other performances while they were on the farm? I hope they got to do more than one song each!
I have heard Clint Eastwood performed three times now. Del solo, Deltron 3030, and Damon Albarn each time better than the last but always a great sing along. Feel Good Inc. was a treat wasn't expecting that especially with Del la Soul. Was in the pit for that probably my second favorite show for the weekend.
Did Del or De la Soul do any other performances while they were on the farm? I hope they got to do more than one song each!
Did Del or De la Soul do any other performances while they were on the farm? I hope they got to do more than one song each!
Not that I know of.
Meh that seems like kind of a waste. (Not that I'm complaining or anything but it would have been cool if one of them showed up for a superjam or sumfin)
