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Post by famousblueraincoat on Mar 2, 2006 15:04:12 GMT -5
It seems to me that Common appeared on the initial list that showed up on Wikipedia before the first announcement. Any chance anyone still has that list? It may be telling of things to come...
Post by HoodooOperator on Mar 2, 2006 15:06:15 GMT -5
attornaroo said:
It seems to me that Common appeared on the initial list that showed up on Wikipedia before the first announcement. Any chance anyone still has that list? It may be telling of things to come...
I remember seeing Queens of the Stone Age on that list.......oh goodness, it seems like this is only getting better...
Sonic Youth: too good to be true ;D Common: there's other hip-hop I'd rather see, but Common is damn good. If he's late-night I'm all over that. Larger stage during the day, I'll check out a few songs. Definitely an add I'm happy about, hope they aren't done with the hip-hop. Not familiar with the other two. My "Bonnaroo 2006" playlist just got a whole lot bigger!
attornaroo said:
It seems to me that Common appeared on the initial list that showed up on Wikipedia before the first announcement. Any chance anyone still has that list? It may be telling of things to come...
I checked the Wikipedia list and its interesting. Only half of about 30 are correct (so far), and at this point there's no way its totally correct (too many big names on there not yet announced). At the same time, some of the 15 or so that are correct seemed like longshots at the time. I think we all tried to predict the lineup and 10/30 was the best anyone did. It seems like there may have been some reliable sources mixed in with speculation on the Wiki. In other words, no way to really know anything from it.
This is a ridiculous round of additions. I was just kicking myself for missing Common last week in Atlanta. I heard he did alot of old school stuff including covering Pharcyde's "Passing me by". I have always wanted to see Sonic Youth, but never have. And my lady (who is coming with) is infatuated with Tortured Soul. They are a jazzy electronic type band with really groovy beats and good male vocals. They play live and seem pretty tight on cd. We actually flew to NYC to see them along with some friends last year, but got delayed on the way to the show and they actually came on early, so we ended up only catching their last song. Absolutely great round of additions. Now just add the Lips and we are good to go. Damn, I am a greedy person.
See my previous post about Tortured Soul. The one song that we did catch was really good. Some of our friends got to the show early and were able to catch the whole set and they said that they were amazing. Definitely worth checking out IMO.
Wow...this one's pretty much a winner across the boards. Sonic Youth came out of left field but I'm not complaining. It'll be interesting to see what direction they're headed now that Jim O'Rourke's stay with the band has ended. Common's addition was expected. Tortured Soul and Matt Costa seem like solid smaller acts with a vibe friendly to the festival.
^^^It really depends on why you're going to roo. If you're going to see Trey, Lesh & Umphrey's then you're probably underwhelmed by the new additions. If you're fan of hip-hop or indie rock, you couldn't really ask for more. Few emcee's match Common lyrically and few bands have been as interesting as Sonic Youth.
Post by Lucid Interval on Mar 3, 2006 0:20:31 GMT -5
I am hoping for more representation of the jamband scene to be added to the lineup. I understand fully why im not impressed i just feel like im the only one round here thats all not a good thing or bad thing. Im just still wondering whether or not Bonnaroo is pushing the jamband scene which it got its start from aside for indie rock and coachellaish acts. I want to beleive its diversifying its lineup but sometimes i wonder if its shifting from one idea to another...
As far as I looked there has been about 20 jam bands a year at roo..everything else is diverse..i think they will add some jammy bands, but i think it looks thin because the big names are not there.
Post by Lucid Interval on Mar 3, 2006 1:21:18 GMT -5
Yeah thats kind of what i've been saying too, the jambands are just being pushed over to the tents this year and arent so much the main focus anymore. Who knows next year it could go the other way or a completely new direction with the headliners...
I don't think so. There are not as many repeats this year(back to Back) I think you will see old faces next yar..every year has a different feel. I think they did more indie this year because of radiohead.
I am hoping for more representation of the jamband scene to be added to the lineup. I understand fully why im not impressed i just feel like im the only one round here thats all not a good thing or bad thing. Im just still wondering whether or not Bonnaroo is pushing the jamband scene which it got its start from aside for indie rock and coachellaish acts. I want to beleive its diversifying its lineup but sometimes i wonder if its shifting from one idea to another...
I think this year's lineup is more telling of the jamband scene than about bonnaroo's direction. Frankly, there are not that many big name acts. You can dress up Phish and Dead side projects all you want, but the fact remains there are only a hand full of "jam bands" right now that can sell out Bonnaroo. And most of them are either on the downside of their careers or have played Bonnaroo in the past few years. I'm not saying the genre's dead, far from it. I just think the jam scene is in transition. Frankly, hip hop acts like Common and the Roots dabble a lot more in live jamming than you'd probably imagine as do many of the other "indie" rock lineups announced.
Personally, my biggest compaint about Roo this year is the lack of world acts. Bring in some West African hip hop. Give me some Manu Chao. How about a Polish folk act? Bossa nova? There's a lot more out there that can revitalize the American jam scene which has the reputation abroad of being rather stagnant right now.
Im kind of with lucid in that im wondering which way they'll go with the rest of the additions, but dudzer makes a really good point bout the state of the jam scene today though. I don't think its nesccesarily bad either. Not that I have a problem with seeing the same band over and over again, but there are only a few bands that fit into that catagory.
anyone know if tortured soul allows recordings? or where i could find some?
I think that the first two rounds of additions were jam bandy. They cant all be jam bandy. The festival definitely need more hip-hop and house which was added yesterday. Since this was a hip-hop and house and indie round, the next round will probably have a jam band or two.
I am not sure that tortured soul allows recordings but their first (and only I think) cd is worth a listen.
Yes, the idea they are shifting to is that music is good and even better when everyone is different.
I think I'll have a stroke if I hear one more complaint that there aren't enough "jam bands." Most "jam band" artists I've ever interviewed personally or read interviews of HATE that label and think it is one of the dumbest, least descriptive of the new genre titles. It continues to be lambasted as the accepted "jam band scene" casts such a wide net of tastes- and yet all of a sudden, it's an exclusive club and foreign bands who also "jam" but just so happen to do so from another country, without smelling like pot, or with their guitars plugged in are sneered at.
What the hell is "indie?" I have my ideas, but most interpretations would include all of the "jam" bands too. The labels are absurd. Right now most people "feel" that the "jam band" scene is essentially anyone within six degrees of the Dead, Phish, Jack Johnson, Particle, Les Claypool and a few others. (And honestly, if you had shown up to a Primus show in 1990 in a Dead shirt you'd get laughed out of the building-- it is hilarious how the 90's and 00's need for belonging has created this club of artists that they don't need to be in).
Seriously. The disappointment is manufactured. The elitism is unbecoming.
And finally, this is about great, honest music that mixes the familiar with the "holy shit I had no idea."
Post by Lucid Interval on Mar 3, 2006 12:49:35 GMT -5
First thing i cant understand how someone would call the "american jam" scene stagnant... More incredible bands have come up in the past 5 years(in this corner of music) than all through the nineties and this whole "jamband" thing whether you think its a pointless label or not is relatively new. I think the problem with labels and genres is that people get idea's of what a jamband is or what indie or emo is and then when they hear it they think they already have the gist of it. I couldnt tell you what a jamband is, its kind of the absence of a genre really, i think it mostly implies experimental or improv rock.
"Right now most people "feel" that the "jam band" scene is essentially anyone within six degrees of the Dead, Phish, Jack Johnson, Particle, Les Claypool and a few others."
Those bands are the very very tip of the iceburg man. Im sure the dead didnt have a clue what a jamband was for the majority of their careers or Phish for the majoirty of theirs. Jack Johnson isnt really jammy he's a great chill singer songwriter. Hippies love Less because of his technical skill and complexity(the man is a bass god) which is what jam fans seek out.
I don't know. I am going to see Trey, Lesh and Umphrey's and I am underwhelmed by the new additions. To avoid labelling, I hope the next round includes more bands that are mostly based on rock, but which have elements of funk and jazz and which perform lengthy improvisations on their songs and imrpovise almost any genre, and appeal to both musicians for their complexity and commercial audiences for their feel and attitude.
