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I would really like a bit more diversity too. Like I know it's an "indie" rock festival but I could use just a bit more variety. If they booked less boring radio acts (Third Eye Blind, X Ambassadors ect) that would be great too
Post by 10goldbees on May 15, 2017 12:52:00 GMT -5
Here's what I put down for requested acts on the survey:
Broken Social Scene, Thee Oh Sees, The National, Angel Olsen, Kevin Morby, Cian Nugent, Tinariwen, Yo La Tengo, David Byrne(?). Then Broken Social Scene announced their Atlanta date about a half hour later so even better.
Good call whoever said more shade. I said they need more non-truck food options. I love all the food but those waits can take a while. Fox Bros seems to work much faster than the trucks. Even if it was just a crappy slice of pizza that would be nice.
Here's what I put down for requested acts on the survey:
Broken Social Scene, Thee Oh Sees, The National, Angel Olsen, Kevin Morby, Cian Nugent, Tinariwen, Yo La Tengo, David Byrne(?). Then Broken Social Scene announced their Atlanta date about a half hour later so even better.
Good call whoever said more shade. I said they need more non-truck food options. I love all the food but those waits can take a while. Fox Bros seems to work much faster than the trucks. Even if it was just a crappy slice of pizza that would be nice.
Broken Social Scene was just announced for the Tabernacle September 22nd so I doubt they would be back again in May, not a band that comes through Atlanta often.
I suggested that they need to upload some full performances from the Peachtree stage. They had some really nice camerawork on the TV screens, shouldn't be hard to take those and add the audio to that.
Random observation- I wore a Bonnaroo shirt all three days of the festival (because I enjoy the random high fives) so I ended up having A LOT of conversations about Bonnaroo. Every person I talked to except one said that they didn't like the lineup this year and weren't going. The one person that was excited had never been to Bonnaroo before and was really excited to see Matoma and U2. So this tells me that not just inforoo but regular festival attendees are not happy with what Bonnaroo has become. I think this year we're going to see a lot less Bonnaroo veterans and more younger people going for the first time.
Random observation- I wore a Bonnaroo shirt all three days of the festival (because I enjoy the random high fives) so I ended up having A LOT of conversations about Bonnaroo. Every person I talked to except one said that they didn't like the lineup this year and weren't going. The one person that was excited had never been to Bonnaroo before and was really excited to see Matoma and U2. So this tells me that not just inforoo but regular festival attendees are not happy with what Bonnaroo has become. I think this year we're going to see a lot less Bonnaroo veterans and more younger people going for the first time.
That's nice and keeps me from squinting. Thanks. When I take my laxative later and eat oatmeal and prune juice for dinner, I'll be thinking about ya sonny!
Random observation- I wore a Bonnaroo shirt all three days of the festival (because I enjoy the random high fives) so I ended up having A LOT of conversations about Bonnaroo. Every person I talked to except one said that they didn't like the lineup this year and weren't going. The one person that was excited had never been to Bonnaroo before and was really excited to see Matoma and U2. So this tells me that not just inforoo but regular festival attendees are not happy with what Bonnaroo has become. I think this year we're going to see a lot less Bonnaroo veterans and more younger people going for the first time.
good, old people suck
Well a lot of those people I talked to were around my age (early to mid 20's) but have gone to Bonnaroo for a few years. But I think a lot of the people this year will be those who are just becoming of an age where they can go to festivals. Or they're just now able to afford it. Basically, it'll be a lot of young people going for the first time. But it's not like they're hitting a huge mark with young people in general.
Post by Redman's Meth on May 15, 2017 18:17:52 GMT -5
So I was only able to go on Friday, but man what a great run of festival shows I saw.
Temples > CSH > 1/2 of The Growlers > 1/2 of Wolf Parade > Twin Peaks > little bit of PTM > little bit of Fidlar > Preoccupations > 2/3rds of Pixies > LCD
Obviously LCD stole the show for the day (one of my favorite concert experiences ever), but Pixies, Preoccupations, Twin Peaks, and Car Seat Headrest were all really phenomenal.
Really surprised with how close we got to both Pixies and LCD. Basically got pit for both shows even though we did leave Pixies early. Twin Peaks is now close to a must see act for me. Such a fun band with really great energy. And it was like they were summoning the storm towards the end of their set. Little bummed the CSH only played about 50 mins, but they sounded great. Wish I had a little bit more energy at that time of the day to go get in the mosh, but I was a little tired from having to work that morning. And finally Preoccupations. Wow, just wow! Noise! Glorious noise! The last 15 mins of the show blew my mind.
One of these years I'm going to get my shit together and plan better so that I can go the whole weekend.
I haven't seen the xx with the new tour, but will do so in a couple weeks at Shaky Knees. But, if it is just on par with their previous shows, I do not get your obsession with it. In that case, I would much prefer just a Jamie XX performance.
Post by Dave Maynar on May 15, 2017 19:41:48 GMT -5
Ryan Adams Hamilton Leithauser PUP Preoccupations Phoenix LCD Soundsystem The xx Great Peacock Hoops Temples
Or something like that. The xx suffered because I couldn't pay full attention to them. Ryan Adams and Hamilton Leithauser were really close. Hamilton's voice sounded just like the albums.
Random thoughts -Agreed that they need to install some shade structures for the weekend. Large portions of the main stage area had nothing. -Also on board with some additional fast service food vendors. I really love that they have some quality local options but sometimes you don't want to wait as long as it took. Still better than the Central Park year though. -They also need more than one water station. Come on. -The ladyfriend's biggest grip re: food was that they had one coffee vendor in the place. She desperately wanted those stands back from last year as the line at the coffee truck was long as shit sometimes. -The crowds weren't as bad as I expected. Hopefully, they will be back to 4-5 stages next year though. -Security was amazingly lax for the most part. The last day, my guy asked me if I had water in my camelbak. I replied I had some leftover from Saturday, and he proceeded to wave me through. On the other hand, the same lady dismantled the ladyfriend's bag two days in a row and also read this girl the riot act for having an apple with her.
Logistics were so good. I just walked out my hotel and was in the fest in 5 min. Reentry allowed 3x so if there was downtime could come back and shower, drink, whatever. Not that I would, but an option. Bags were searched, technically. Short of a bazooka you could bring anything you wanted into this thing. I am not saying flasks. I am saying you could get a handle in if you wanted. 3 stages and would could get to any of them in 5 min if you walked with purpose. A bit of sound bleed between 2 of the stages unless you were up on the stage – which I almost always was. 30 min max between each stages set times. So if you were waiting at stage for a fav the wait was not at all bad. Firefly is like an hour plus between main stage set times and waiting if painful. This was nothing. Loved it so much
Weather was so good. Despite weather prediction to the contrary the rain held all weekend. For 5 min during Shovels and Rope’s Birmingham I had on a poncho. That’s it. The clouds the first 2 days prevented a lot of sunburn Day 3 was all sun all day.
Kings of Leon pre-show was great. Much better live band than I remember from the 1 short time I saw them before.
Crowds were there late in the day. Before 4;00 you could get up on anything you wanted with no effort at all. If you wanted to be close to the rail for anything including headliners there is no reason that you couldn’t if you were willing to be there 2 acts ahead of time. Cage into LCD was the only clusterf and even that wasn’t horrible if you planned it right
I thought the music was amazing
Best discoveries - The Record Company. 1:00 on Saturday and this was my fav set of the fest. I will be seeing them again. Many times - Anderson East – I wont be going to see them but I don’t know why. Amazing voice over top of horns and the organ - legit talent and some fun songs - The Revivalist – Only caught the last 25 min cause Shovels and Rope – but dear lord I will need to see a full set at some point - Ryan Adams was better than I had even hoped
Best moments - Last 5 songs of LCD – Call the Police was amazing and All my Friends was everything I wanted it to be - Singer from Cage jumping on my head during Teeth - About 3 dif times during Dr Dog – oh def the highest crowd of the fest - The Revivalist with an on point Hey Jude and the crowd rising to the occasion - The Record Company first song and the dude owning the stage with just a mic and a harmonica - FIDLAR covering Weezer Sweeter Song - Bleachers - dealing with early sound issues nicely and then I Wanna Get Better to close, my second fav song of the fest
Slightly disappointed - Shovels and Rope – just cause their 2 person act is much better in a club or small stage. I love em but it doesn’t quite work as well on a vast stage - Cage crowd for not being more nuts. Usually all hell breaks loose at Cage, not this time.
Best looking crowd - The XX. Hair done, tons of glitter, actual wardrobe thought, recently showered
Worst looking crowd - FIDLAR – like the XX except the complete opposite. Oh BTW – shout out to the FIDLAR crowd, you are my people
I give this thing like a 9.8 out of 10. Loved everything. Would have preferred a non XX//Phoenix headliner. Other than that, I thought it was great.
Yo I think I stood & talked next to you during Ryan Adams/Bleachers! I remember you making the best/worst looking crowd joke. I was the "Cloud Nothings" instigator lol
Post by death crab on May 15, 2017 20:33:13 GMT -5
By the way I've lurked on this thread a ton but I think I totally saw a bunch on you throughout the weekend. I def saw the guy with the Wilco Star Wars shirt & also the guy with the Swans shirt. I was in the CSH & Cloud Nothings most pit. I have a red beard, about 5'11", slightly long hair, tad overweight, wore an Oasis shirt sunday & a white/maroon baseball tee Friday. Nice moshing with everybody!! Also I interviewed PUP for the college radio station I am a director at & I haven't met any nicer, cooler, hockey-loving, Canadian punks.
Finally back and settled in from another great Shaky Knees! I don't really get on the internet during the fest but if you saw a guy wearing a multi-colored NAMI shirt on Friday, a comic strip of a DJ punching a guy's head off on a dark blue shirt on Saturday, or a blue Southern Justin Show shirt on Sunday, that was me.
My Top Ten: 1. Wolf Parade late night 2. Wolf Parade fest show 3. Ron Gallo (had no idea who he/they were but within 30 seconds of his first song knew I had to be in the pit for this) 4. Temples late night 5. J Roddy 6. Pond 7. Carseat Headrest 8. Sylvan Esso 9. Fidlar 10. London Souls
For 2018: Arctic Monkeys -- Morrissey -- Beck Glass Animals -- Grizzly Bear -- St. Vincent
Post by Son of a Beek on May 15, 2017 21:22:55 GMT -5
Ryan Adams, LCD Soundsystem, Pinegrove and Cloud Nothings were really, really great. I apologize to @radiatebased for shoving the hell out of him at Cloud Nothings but the pit had to get started somehow.
