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My second vote is between Hambone and Kim Smoltz, and I could be swayed either way.
Would either of you be willing to walk me through exactly what you would do if you were at your festival from Thurs-Sun and go into detail on why the experience would be so awesome? I know this is a bit of a chore, but I don't want to be missing anything before voting.
On Thursday I'd start out with SiR, a rising star at TDE. Then I'd be forced to make a decision between Frank Ocean collaborator Alex G or rising hip hop sensation Smino, either way I'd see a fantastic show. From there I would most likely split half of Stormzy's set and half of Andy Stott's set both two of the best acts in their respective genres. After that I'd head over to Tzusing, a rising techno star from Hong Kong (though indie fans could see Liars > Parquet Courts at this time). Biggest act of Thursday would then be Hozier who would be the first person to play Which Barn on a Thursday. Following Hozier, treat yourself to the sounds of underground hiphop legend Lil Ugly Mane, or get your disco on with a set from Talaboman. You could then close your late night Thursday with either a jazzy James Holden set, or the intense techno of Paranoid London.
On Friday I'd start my day with Rufus Wainwright, one of the most underrated showmen around. From there I'd catch the second half of Detroit Love, a b2b2b set from Moodymann, Carl Craig and Kyle Hall. From there I would get in the Kanye pit line and get to enjoy Sufjan Stevens and Grace Jones mindblowing shows while waiting for Yeezus himself. Kanye from the pit, worth the ticket price alone. Then a late night barn with performance from Spiritualized and then D'angelo & The Vanguard. This would be the greatest day of any festival ever.
My Saturday would start with the legends The Zombies performing one of the greatest albums ever, Odessey & Oracle, for it's 50th anniversary. From there I'd probably see half of Susanne Sundfor and then half of Ben Howard (festival exclusive). I'd then go check out Owen Pallett who you may know from his work with Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, REM, Taylor Swift, The National, Caribou, Majical Cloudz, Charlotte Gainsbourg, etc. Then I'd check out Chris Stapleton, someone so good even non country music fans can't help but love. After that this night gets really crazy! While most of the crowds are at Sheeran, I'd be seeing Grizzly Bear > The Streets (playing all the hits) > Four Tet (live). Three amazing shows in a row. Then comes possibly the worst conflict of my festival The Prodigy vs John Talabot vs Boris vs Apparat. I'd probably choose Apparat but there is literally no wrong answer there. I'd then probably see Stromae over Planetarium since I saw Planetarium last year, but a barn going The Prodigy into Planetarium is pretty insane. I'd close the night with part of xiu xiu into Bicep one of the best live electronic shows touring today.
Sunday I would start with the Punch Brothers, a perfect way to start a hot Bonnaroo Sunday. Then comes Cat Stevens (legend), Lupe Fiasco > The National > TI > Live From Here (hosted by Chris Thile). amazing run and you just know people like Jose Gonzalez, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan, etc will show up for Live From Here. David Gilmour would then put on the greatest headlining performance of all time followed by The The reunionon which, and SOPHIE literally destroying The Other Barn to end the festival.
My second vote is between Hambone and Kim Smoltz, and I could be swayed either way.
Would either of you be willing to walk me through exactly what you would do if you were at your festival from Thurs-Sun and go into detail on why the experience would be so awesome? I know this is a bit of a chore, but I don't want to be missing anything before voting.
Sorry Hammy, but Kim has Radiohead. JS.
a lot more people around here have had the chance to see Radiohead than have had the chance to see David fucking Gilmour
a lot more people around here have had the chance to see Radiohead than have had the chance to see David fucking Gilmour
David Gilmour is cool but outside of the fact that he’s a great guitarist and has a cool light show, there really isn’t much interest for me to see him. He doesn’t really do Floyd songs any justice and I don’t care for his solo stuff. The Rolling Stones on the other hand....
David Gilmour is cool but he doesn’t really do Floyd songs any justice
what the fuck?
I said he was a great guitarist and had a cool light show and that's pretty much all that video is. Comfortably Numb is basically just a 7 minute guitar solo. A great one, but I don't want to see 2 hours of just good guitar playing.
I said he was a great guitarist and had a cool light show and that's pretty much all that video is. Comfortably Numb is basically just a 7 minute guitar solo. A great one, but I don't want to see 2 hours of just good guitar playing.
you also said he doesn't do Floyd songs justice, a completely moronic statement. More evidence:
On Thursday I'd start out with SiR, a rising star at TDE. Then I'd be forced to make a decision between Frank Ocean collaborator Alex G or rising hip hop sensation Smino, either way I'd see a fantastic show. From there I would most likely split half of Stormzy's set and half of Andy Stott's set both two of the best acts in their respective genres. After that I'd head over to Tzusing, a rising techno star from Hong Kong (though indie fans could see Liars > Parquet Courts at this time). Biggest act of Thursday would then be Hozier who would be the first person to play Which Barn on a Thursday. Following Hozier, treat yourself to the sounds of underground hiphop legend Lil Ugly Mane, or get your disco on with a set from Talaboman. You could then close your late night Thursday with either a jazzy James Holden set, or the intense techno of Paranoid London.
On Friday I'd start my day with Rufus Wainwright, one of the most underrated showmen around. From there I'd catch the second half of Detroit Love, a b2b2b set from Moodymann, Carl Craig and Kyle Hall. From there I would get in the Kanye pit line and get to enjoy Sufjan Stevens and Grace Jones mindblowing shows while waiting for Yeezus himself. Kanye from the pit, worth the ticket price alone. Then a late night barn with performance from Spiritualized and then D'angelo & The Vanguard. This would be the greatest day of any festival ever.
My Saturday would start with the legends The Zombies performing one of the greatest albums ever, Odessey & Oracle, for it's 50th anniversary. From there I'd probably see half of Susanne Sundfor and then half of Ben Howard (festival exclusive). I'd then go check out Owen Pallett who you may know from his work with Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, REM, Taylor Swift, The National, Caribou, Majical Cloudz, Charlotte Gainsbourg, etc. Then I'd check out Chris Stapleton, someone so good even non country music fans can't help but love. After that this night gets really crazy! While most of the crowds are at Sheeran, I'd be seeing Grizzly Bear > The Streets (playing all the hits) > Four Tet (live). Three amazing shows in a row. Then comes possibly the worst conflict of my festival The Prodigy vs John Talabot vs Boris vs Apparat. I'd probably choose Apparat but there is literally no wrong answer there. I'd then probably see Stromae over Planetarium since I saw Planetarium last year, but a barn going The Prodigy into Planetarium is pretty insane. I'd close the night with part of xiu xiu into Bicep one of the best live electronic shows touring today.
Sunday I would start with the Punch Brothers, a perfect way to start a hot Bonnaroo Sunday. Then comes Cat Stevens (legend), Lupe Fiasco > The National > TI > Live From Here (hosted by Chris Thile). amazing run and you just know people like Jose Gonzalez, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan, etc will show up for Live From Here. David Gilmour would then put on the greatest headlining performance of all time followed by The The reunionon which, and SOPHIE literally destroying The Other Barn to end the festival.
Thanks for putting this together. I am going to listen to these artists (few songs) in order before making my decision. Also love your dedication to the term "barn."
I said he was a great guitarist and had a cool light show and that's pretty much all that video is. Comfortably Numb is basically just a 7 minute guitar solo. A great one, but I don't want to see 2 hours of just good guitar playing.
you also said he doesn't do Floyd songs justice, a completely moronic statement. More evidence:
His voice cracks throughout that whole performance. It's cool to have some gruff to a singing voice but there are parts where he flat out misses the mark so much. Plus, Shine On deserves better visuals than that. Waters really has the right idea with his set ups.
e: plus what's Pink Floyd without the political message that Waters brought?
Gilmour is a better singer and a better musician than Waters, not to mention a rarer show. I just think all voters should take into consideration when voting that Tranter thinks David Gilmour doesn't do Pink Floyd songs justice lmfao
Gilmour is a better singer and a better musician than Waters, not to mention a rarer show. I just think all voters should take into consideration when voting that Tranter thinks David Gilmour doesn't do Pink Floyd songs justice lmfao
The performance is still really good but Floyd songs should only be performed at a world-class level. Something only Waters brings these days.
I feel like the live comedy part of my lineup isn't getting enough attention. What other festival can you attend the live tapings of some of the funniest shows on television?
To anyone who wishes to answer: How many acts on your lineup have you seen before? Which act that you haven't seen would you be the most excited for?
On my lineup, I've seen 28 (and a half). Which shouldn't be that surprising - one of the ways I brainstormed acts was to think of the best shows I've seen in the last five years.
Acts I would be most excited to see for the first time: Justin Timberlake Massive Attack N*E*R*D Pharrell Lauryn Hill The Lonely Island Jimmy Page John Carpenter Yo La Tengo Echo and the Bunnymen Basement Jaxx
This reminded me that I'm seeing Waters in 1,5 months from now and those video's (even though they're from Gilmour) made me fucking excited about it. Can't wait man
Thur.-Daughter> ? don't know any of the options>?>Rhye>Shamir>Goat (pretty good Thur. but those gaps hurt it) Fri.Alvvays>Parquet Courts>E,W,&F>Busta>Chris Rock>NERD>Chance>probably some of Basement Jaxx and bed, because I'm old now and nothing that would keep me up Sat.Pharcycde>UMO but it will way too fucking hot>Temples>Banks>Alicia Keys but bummed because you put a 90's hip hop superjam against it>McCartney>Massive Attack>you're killing me having Lauryn that late and what if she's not on time? but I'd have to power through it Sun.-Russian Circles if I can make it in that early>Yob>Thurston Moore>Yo La>Pharrell but I'd have to leave to see Jimmy Fucking Page, even though I'm not sure what he does in a solo show?> JT
This would be a pretty good fest, probably on par with 15 and 16 but you have McCartney so that's a plus. I had ranked you #1 because most bands I wanted to see and least amount of conflicts
Hambonnaroo
Thur.-I either don't know or not a big fan of anything on Thur. other than Parquet Courts. So I either would have found a lot of stuff in reserach or been really bored on Thur. Fri.-I've never been the type to stay at camp till fucking 4 pm, so I have no idea what I'd do?Angelo Badalamante let's get weird to start with>would love to stay for Grouper but have to get to Sufjan>Interpol>Kelly Lee Owens>get a super early rail spot for Spiritualized and D'Angelo which is an infuckingcredible way to end a night, but I should be well rested because you gave me nothing to do earlier and also remembering why I didn't vote for you in the first rd. If you let me make your clashfinder you would have won easily. Sat.-Again nothing till 5 pm? Susanne Sundfor>Ben Howard>Chris Stapleton>Grizzly Bear>Four Tet>Apparat>Planetarium way too fucking late and fuck anything after that. But this day had really great sets Sun.-Punch Brothers>Joanna Newsom>Cat Stevens>The National>would love to go to Live From Here but no way I'm leaving a stage David Gilmoour is about to play. Bonus David Gilmour is about to play. Again fuck anything after that.
Mae Daze Thur.-Pussy Riot>Alvvays>Banks>Jessie Ware>probably bed light, but good enough Fri.-enduring the heat for Ibeyi(I know made the set time)>Jenny Lewis>Father John Misty>Sigur Ros>Bjork, sorry everything else that played other stages on this day>some of Tyler and Superjam Sat.-BRMC>Annie Lennox>Moody Blues>Steely Dan>Iron Maiden, I think I've discovered that I just want to stay at one stage all day and see great bands>Chic>Tricky Sun.-Emmylou Harris>Patti Smith>have to leave for Fiona>Van Morrison>maybe go see some of DEVO put probably just stay for>Peter Gabriel
Those are some fucking impressive days of music. What great scheduling.
Kimaroo Thur.-Mitski>Vagabon>Dickey Betts, what a crazy fucking jump, but that's Bonnaroo>Curtis Harding>Hop Along>Sohn>Sheer Mage>Mule Looks like old school Roo Thur. with Dickey and Mule mixed in, I like it Fri.-Alvvays, even though I like Jenny Lewis more, I've made many decisions like that because the heat at What/Which>Dungen>Laura Marling>Michael Kiwanuka>Ryan Adams>Bootsy>Arcade Fire leaving early for>Thom Yorke>KISS That run early in the day is me all day, great job Sat.-Fantastic Negrito>Neko Case>BSS>Booker T>Sylvan Esso>Little Dragon>Avetts>Radiohead, I think that's a repeat of 12?>Disclosure and Superjam I love these days, not sure why I didn't realize how good your fest is? Sun.-Hamilton & Rostam>Mandolin Orange>Wolf Alice>Toots>Wye Oak>Florence>you're killing me with Santana and Mogwai, idk?>U2
I think I may have just changed my mind about my 2.
King T Thur.-Tank & the Bangas>Blood Red Shoes>Wolf Alice>Alex Lahey>Of Montreal I guess, never been a fan>Lightning Bolt>Here Come The Mummies Solid day Fri.-Benjamin Booker>Jenny Lewis>Fogerty, way too early and way too short>Yo La>Jawbreaker>Bon Iver>Duran Duran>Gorillaz>Superjam>Earl Lots of running round but that's how it really is(was) Sat.-American Football>Violent Femmes>Savages>DBT? not really a fan>Colbert>SOAD>Sunn>Jay>some of Justice>Aesop>Shadow can't deny it's a good day Sun.-Waxahatchee>Whitney>Kevin Morby>BOH>Chris Rock>Future Islands/Blur/Stones Another solid day, early part is perfect Sun.
I've hated on you the most but it's definitely a good festival.
Thur.-Daughter> ? don't know any of the options>?>Rhye>Shamir>Goat (pretty good Thur. but those gaps hurt it) Fri.Alvvays>Parquet Courts>E,W,&F>Busta>Chris Rock>NERD>Chance>probably some of Basement Jaxx and bed, because I'm old now and nothing that would keep me up Sat.Pharcycde>UMO but it will way too fucking hot>Temples>Banks>Alicia Keys but bummed because you put a 90's hip hop superjam against it>McCartney>Massive Attack>you're killing me having Lauryn that late and what if she's not on time? but I'd have to power through it Sun.-Russian Circles if I can make it in that early>Yob>Thurston Moore>Yo La>Pharrell but I'd have to leave to see Jimmy Fucking Page, even though I'm not sure what he does in a solo show?> JT
This would be a pretty good fest, probably on par with 15 and 16 but you have McCartney so that's a plus. I had ranked you #1 because most bands I wanted to see and least amount of conflicts
Hambonnaroo
Thur.-I either don't know or not a big fan of anything on Thur. other than Parquet Courts. So I either would have found a lot of stuff in reserach or been really bored on Thur. Fri.-I've never been the type to stay at camp till fucking 4 pm, so I have no idea what I'd do?Angelo Badalamante let's get weird to start with>would love to stay for Grouper but have to get to Sufjan>Interpol>Kelly Lee Owens>get a super early rail spot for Spiritualized and D'Angelo which is an infuckingcredible way to end a night, but I should be well rested because you gave me nothing to do earlier and also remembering why I didn't vote for you in the first rd. If you let me make your clashfinder you would have won easily. Sat.-Again nothing till 5 pm? Susanne Sundfor>Ben Howard>Chris Stapleton>Grizzly Bear>Four Tet>Apparat>Planetarium way too fucking late and fuck anything after that. But this day had really great sets Sun.-Punch Brothers>Joanna Newsom>Cat Stevens>The National>would love to go to Live From Here but no way I'm leaving a stage David Gilmoour is about to play. Bonus David Gilmour is about to play. Again fuck anything after that.
you're forgetting to mention that Iron Maiden 2018 has a song where bruce dickenson pretends to be a monkey doing weird gyrations and hand motions on the stage for like 6 minutes, plus they didn't even play Hallowed, like wtf is that.
i probably should have finished my clashfinder but i had portishead > MBV > cornelius with nina going til the sun came up leading to a Stott sunrise show. oops.
besides the light show Gilmour > Waters for sure. 
