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Playing outside in the wind, heat, etc., can be a challenge. I'm sure some musicians and bands are better suited for it than others. Allison Krauss, Mavis Staples, and Steve Winwood all gave it everything they had but, all struggled. The thunderstorms the first year wiped out some of the performances. Hangout has been lucky that weather has been good as it has. It would seem bands with smaller numbers, beat or music box, younger, probably have less risk to put on a decent show. The 2016 lineup is probably more flexible and adaptable to the beach than someone like DMB or Fleetwood Mac who probably prefer an indoor venue.
We were real lucky last year. That storm came real close and it monsooned in Mobile from what I heard. Friday night from what I remember
Playing outside in the wind, heat, etc., can be a challenge. I'm sure some musicians and bands are better suited for it than others. Allison Krauss, Mavis Staples, and Steve Winwood all gave it everything they had but, all struggled. The thunderstorms the first year wiped out some of the performances. Hangout has been lucky that weather has been good as it has. It would seem bands with smaller numbers, beat or music box, younger, probably have less risk to put on a decent show. The 2016 lineup is probably more flexible and adaptable to the beach than someone like DMB or Fleetwood Mac who probably prefer an indoor venue.
We were real lucky last year. That storm came real close and it monsooned in Mobile from what I heard. Friday night from what I remember
I remember seeing the storm clouds coming during Spoon and being like
I was watching the storm on radar. It went east of us. I believe Foos were setting up when it went by and into Orange Beach. One of my survey comments was about the lack of warning and moving people someplace safer given lightning in the area. Most emergency managers clear crowds when lightning is within 5-10 miles. Standing out on a beach is not a good place to be with lightning close by. Neither is a stage loaded with electrical power, metal structures, and being really tall.
Panic at the disco meets Alabama shakes....better run with your jewels. There goes the weekend. My favorite Jason Isbell cover is him playing Hurricane by Neil Young. Yikes! LOL
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Everyone around here talks about Radiohead so I thought I'd mention they are supposed to play Osheaga this year in Montreal. The Canadian dollar is cheap (70 cents to 1 U.S. Dollar) and Montreal is a great city!
One last comment on the DMB thing since I missed most of it, I've seen them close to 40 times now and for what it's worth the Hangout show was one of the worst. They just don't fit in a fest setting imo. They're best songs are ones that aren't popular radio hits and they're not gonna play those when they have a crowd of 40k ppl who aren't all there to see them. Seeing them at Alpine Valley or The Gorge would be ideal for someone trying to get a feel for how good they are live. Also the difference between seeing them from far away, whether on the lawn of an amphitheatre or the back of a fest's GA area,compared to in reserved seating/PIT is night and day. Thing is, if you're not into them at this point, you probably never will be because their newer stuff isn't very good. Usually only a few good songs on any of the recent albums.
I agree with Zaj although I don't think they have ever been a great studio band. It's the intensity they bring to their songs live that makes them incredible. A good portion of the songs they performed at Hangout were new that year if I remember correctly and they seemed to be just playing the new singles and didn't really have a feel for how to take them to vat open spaces like they do with their older songs. That being said the time I saw them after that was in Tampa and they had some guy from Brazil who was laying down 8 minute solos on a picalo. Dave just kept bringing him back out for more solos. I think He might be bored. He needs a break.
As for the superman video. I was hoping they could just dance live for 3 hours in the middle of the afternoon while I melt in the sun and pretend I'm in Mumbai.
One last comment on the DMB thing since I missed most of it, I've seen them close to 40 times now and for what it's worth the Hangout show was one of the worst. They just don't fit in a fest setting imo. They're best songs are ones that aren't popular radio hits and they're not gonna play those when they have a crowd of 40k ppl who aren't all there to see them. Seeing them at Alpine Valley or The Gorge would be ideal for someone trying to get a feel for how good they are live. Also the difference between seeing them from far away, whether on the lawn of an amphitheatre or the back of a fest's GA area,compared to in reserved seating/PIT is night and day. Thing is, if you're not into them at this point, you probably never will be because their newer stuff isn't very good. Usually only a few good songs on any of the recent albums.
Having to struggle through his insistence on having the crowd sing the first verse of Jimi Thing at Hangout was excruciatingly painful. Worst set for me too relatively speaking but a festival set where 10% of the crowd is die hard fans versus 100% at normal concerts is just apples and oranges. WSP felt the same way to me honestly. Jam bands are just not for the non-hetty festivals.
Post by krisplettuce on Jan 26, 2016 9:27:43 GMT -5
Never been a huge DMB fan other then crash into me and a few other songs. I can agree that HOF performance was balls and we walked. Now I did see Dave a few years before at roo in 2010 and he was better Id say but I didn't have any expectations going in.
The concert gods smiled on me last night. I decided at 7:30 to drive out to east bumquack (Gwinnet Arena) and see if i could score a Tool tik...had one for face about 2 minutes after getting out of my car...great seat, great show.
It all starts off in the lot when me and my boys are in a circle poundin' Busch Lights while were blastin' Ants Marching from my new Jeep Grand Cherokee. Ya my Jeep is white and i know it gets dirty easily but fuck it, the bitches love that shit. As we pass around our fat fucking bottle of Absolute Strawberry, we just scope out hotties while we try to ward off all other loser Chads, as the bitches flock to my Jeep like a fucking watering hole in the desert. SLUTS. Me and my Bro's don't even head in until the 3rd song. As we walk in I stick in a fatty dip of grizzly bear and simultaneously smoke a cig and drink the rest of my warm Busch light. So were in the show. We start just pushing our way to the front. Lights. Dave. Black dude on drums. Jesus on Saxophone. SLUTS. By this point every song sounds just the fucking same as the other one. But I know Dave is fuggin killin' it anyways. I grab this girl next to me and we makeout for a solid 15min during Crash Into Me. I finally push that bitch off and low and behold some other slut starts grabbin my ass. After that I head to the bathroom with my bros and wait in line for 20 mins. We head back to our spot and some jackass is standing there. I'm about to bust his ugly Ted Danson lookin' face in, but before I can he whips out a joint and offers me and my crew to smoke up. He tells me he's there watching his daughter and her friends that are all in high school. Next thing I know I wake up in my Jeep with my dick hanging out of my zipper. Now this has happened to me before so it doesn't even phase me. I just pop in a sick 03' Dave CD and fucking cruise home.
One last comment on the DMB thing since I missed most of it, I've seen them close to 40 times now and for what it's worth the Hangout show was one of the worst. They just don't fit in a fest setting imo. They're best songs are ones that aren't popular radio hits and they're not gonna play those when they have a crowd of 40k ppl who aren't all there to see them. Seeing them at Alpine Valley or The Gorge would be ideal for someone trying to get a feel for how good they are live. Also the difference between seeing them from far away, whether on the lawn of an amphitheatre or the back of a fest's GA area,compared to in reserved seating/PIT is night and day. Thing is, if you're not into them at this point, you probably never will be because their newer stuff isn't very good. Usually only a few good songs on any of the recent albums.
Having to struggle through his insistence on having the crowd sing the first verse of Jimi Thing at Hangout was excruciatingly painful. Worst set for me too relatively speaking but a festival set where 10% of the crowd is die hard fans versus 100% at normal concerts is just apples and oranges. WSP felt the same way to me honestly. Jam bands are just not for the non-hetty festivals.
DMB was the drunkest I've ever been at hangout. My friend and I decided to relive our college days and just went for it. I had a great time. All along the watchtower into fireworks after I've had 9-10 dos xxs tall boys? Yep.
Matt & Kim - How they have the fan base they do is beyond me. The music is not that technical, and I have no idea how people love that **** so much. I don't hate them, but I don't need to see them again.
Grouplove - Don't really care. Don't like or hate them.
Lil Dicky - Been wanting to see him for a while, but I already have him at Euphoria
Baauer - I think Baauer is pretty great, but I already have him at Buku and have seen him a few times.
Big Freedia - Freedia is always fun as shit, but I also have her at Jazzfest
Moon Taxi as People of the Sun - Was a pretty great set at Hangout back in 2014. I'd see it again in a heartbeat.
Samo Sound Boy - I have no idea who this is.
While I would certainly welcome some of this to the actual lineup, I'm not going to the pre-party. Like last year, it's not going to completely suck though.