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i still frequent this board because ive been doing it for years. i have many friends here. and truthfully inforoo is more then bonnaroo. it should be called infofest or something. your right i dont come here for roo. i come for friends and the wealth of info about other fests and music in general. and to be completely real i dont even really frequent inforoo much anymore because it has been over ran with a new crowd. same as roo.
and im not trying to talk nuts about you or anyone else. people of all ages and music tastes are fine with me. but ill be damned if im not gonna speak my mind because it dosent make a few people happy and smiley. the holier then thou attitude is not exclusive to those of us unhappy. plenty of people act superior because they like the linup and know nothing about the history and the changes other then they like the new mainstream lineup and cant understand how metallica and kanye being on the farm is a joke to many of us.
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Post by strumntheguitar on Feb 6, 2008 17:39:48 GMT -5
I can't remember who said it, but they were spot on when they said the worst thing about this line up is all the drama it's caused. I guess no matter who is on the line up though you'll have some who love it and some who hate it... but this has been a little ridiculous if I say so myself...
Post by spookymonster on Feb 6, 2008 17:43:15 GMT -5
asdoye111 said:
wow... i fear there will be no Camp Inforoo at Bonnaroo this year...
all the big names are dropping out... Poopzilla, KBRT, Sparklybecca, Meg, spooky?! wow... this is no good...
wooz, jerz? you guys are still coming and stuff right...
Don't count me out yet! Just because I've only found a handful of reasons to go doesn't mean I've set my mind against it... I've got a bunch of bands to research still, and I wouldn't be surprised if there was another announcement next week right before the tickets go on sale.
im not calling anyone specifically a teenie bopper or meat head. but thats what comes to roo now. not everyone. but the overwheling majority are. its not the same crowd. its not the same vibe. its just a sad fact of life for some and a joyous occasion for others. i dont see how pointing out the obvious business tactics of superfly to target certain groups of people to increase ticket sales by completely changing what roo is all about by changing the lineup in such a drastic way is some evil thing to talk about on inforoo its all about the money. its sad. but im not trying to attack anyone personally. except possibly the kid who attacked anyone who disagrees with his opinion of the lineup and tells them to shut the quack up.
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plenty of people act superior because they like the linup and know nothing about the history and the changes other then they like the new mainstream lineup and cant understand how metallica and kanye being on the farm is a joke.
Like I've said before, what history? What is this long storied tradition of Bonnaroo? The festival isn't even 10 years old. And when it started, it's not like they went after the small jam acts. It's not like they didn't book Jack Johnson, Ben Harper and Norah Jones. They weren't shy about going after big names from the start. It's just they went after big acts that YOU thought were cool and okay. As if Neil Young and James Brown were any less commercial than Metallica and Kanye West....PLEASE.
It's okay to not like a lineup. But it's bullshit to pretend the festival has a history that they're betraying. It's just festival lineups that YOU don't like that they're betraying.
I can look at the same lineup and see what's exactly the same about the festival. Bela Fleck, Phil Lesh, Abigail Washburn, My Morning Jacket, Jack Johnson, Derek Trucks, The Allman Brothers Band, Robert Randolph, Drive-By Truckers, O.A.R., Umphrey's McGee, Yonder Mountain String Band....the list goes on and on...
And yes, it's kind of nice to be arguing with someone about the festival being too commercial when most of the pre-festival debates centered on whether or not groups Stone Temple Pilots or Van Halen would be good for the fest...
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Post by GratefulHippie on Feb 6, 2008 17:51:34 GMT -5
dudewhersmyinforoo said:
i still frequent this board because ive been doing it for years. i have many friends here. and truthfully inforoo is more then bonnaroo. it should be called infofest or something. your right i dont come here for roo. i come for friends and the wealth of info about other fests and music in general. and to be completely real i dont even really frequent inforoo much anymore because it has been over ran with a new crowd. same as roo.
and im not trying to talk nuts about you or anyone else. people of all ages and music tastes are fine with me. but ill be damned if im not gonna speak my mind because it dosent make a few people happy and smiley. the holier then thou attitude is not exclusive to those of us unhappy. plenty of people act superior because they like the linup and know nothing about the history and the changes other then they like the new mainstream lineup and cant understand how metallica and kanye being on the farm is a joke.
i've been following Roo since 03. maybe i didn't GO til 06, but tons of my friends have been since the beginning. yes, it has changed. i'm sorry its not the kind of change you expected, or wanted, but there's also not much you can do about it.
as for me, if you want me to be honest, i'm not falling over myself with this lineup. it was a little deflating to read when it came out. however, ONE YEAR does not cause me to lose all faith that there will be better years to come.
as for speaking your mind, i think you did that a while back. i guess some of us just feel like all you're trying to do now is rub in just how much you're disgusted with not only this year, but with bonnaroo as whole. and while you're free to your own opinion, that is no reason to feel the need to bring the rest of down.
and you can speculate all you want as to why some of us feel this lineup is a good one. as for me, being "mainstream" has not a thing to do with it. PJ will probably be one of the only times i visit the main stage.
in any case, i do respect your opinions on it. but you've stated over ad over how much you have hated bonnaroo since 04, and we get it. there's really no reason to continue to bash something the rest of us still love and appreciate.
Post by BRCHLD LFNT on Feb 6, 2008 17:56:57 GMT -5
Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm sorry if I gave the impression of attacking people. That wasn't my intention. I'm hurt. I'm hurt that a festival that always seemed to me brought people together, is suddenly an object of ridicule and scorn in the festival community.
Though I've only been there one year, I loved every second I was there. The only point I was ever trying to make is that even if I only saw a tainted, not quite original version of Bonnaroo, I fell in love with that farm. Obviously I saw problems, and maybe those problems were handled better before or maybe they just weren't there.
But as a music lover, I want to be proud. Hell, I am proud to call Bonnaroo my own. So people bad-mouthing it bugs me a little. Sorry if things were taken the wrong way.
Post by mulcherry0420 on Feb 6, 2008 17:57:42 GMT -5
i just think this lineup has a lot of the indie acts that I dont really care for. ie. Minus the bear, death cab... its just overwhelming how they have so many bands like that... and so little jam in comparison, granted I do have my Allman Brothers and Phil Lesh
I expect a good lineup addition this year. anyone remember what they were last year?
and I'll be honest when i think hip hop, Kanye West, does not come to mind. I think ppl shit a brick when they saw his name.
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As if Neil Young and James Brown were any less commercial than Metallica and Kanye West....PLEASE.
And yes, it's kind of nice to be arguing with someone about the festival being too commercial when most of the pre-festival debates centered on whether or not groups Stone Temple Pilots or Van Halen would be good for the fest...
ill give ya some room on james brown...although i still disagree with your opinion on that. but are you serioulsy saying that neil young is as mainstream as kanye and metallica?? did you hit your head or eat some brown acid or something? no offense. not trying to be mean but wow. thats an incredible thing to say. do a little poll at the farm this year and see how many people there know kanye and metallica songs and how many know neil young. i doubt most of the rooers this year will even have any idea who neil young is.
and as for the amazingly crappy series of yay and nay its just another sign of the massive changes at roo. its a joke. thats why i havent been around to talk about it. i lurk, read this stuff, and then run to puke and then go on about my day while daydreaming about nelson ledges, all good, 1oklf, etc..
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I expect a good lineup addition this year. anyone remember what they were last year?
Well...The Roots & Wild Magnolia Indians were supposed to be the first round, but Bonnaroodetective blew that open before hand (along with who knows whatever acts they might have planned to hold back)
Second round was: Ornette Coleman El-P David Bromberg and Angel Band Flight of the Conchords The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars Yard Dogs Road Show
Somethin' Else Additions: Scott Amendola Band featuring Nels Cline · Don Byron Plays Junior Walker featuring Chris Thomas King · Ravi Coltrane Quartet · Lou Donaldson & Dr. Lonnie Smith Quartet · Robert Glasper Trio · Lionel Loueke · Mago featuring Billy Martin & John Medeski · Stanton Moore Trio · David Murray Quartet · The Philadelphia Experiment · Jacky Terrason Trio · Doug Wamble Quartet
Troo Cafe additions: Angel and the Love Mongers Bang Bang Bang Dave Barnes benzos The Biscuit Burners Pieta Brown Cage the Elephant Sam Champion Christabel and the Jons Rocco DeLuca (solo) Dixie Dirt Dubconscious The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker Piers Faccini Favourite Sons Fiction Plane Tim Fite Haale Jescoe Alexa Ray Joel Langhorne Slim Manchester Orchestra Jennifer Niceley Brandy Robinson Salvador Santana Band Jonah Smith Smokin' Dave and the Premo Dopes Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter Tenderhooks Tin Cup Prophette The Westside Daredevils The Whigs
Comedy additions: Demetri Martin Aziz Ansari Finesse Mitchell Lynne Koplitz Dov Davidoff Nick Kroll John Bowman
the lineup additions last year really left alot to be desired (compared to previous years). The somethin' else tent additions were the biggest news for me. I felt like they overspent on the Police and couldn't pull many great acts.
I expect the additions to be WAY better this year, without a 1-2 million dollar heavy hitter on the lineup.
Post by hockeygiant88 on Feb 6, 2008 18:21:34 GMT -5
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this is the absolute truth. the bonnaroo crowd will change because there are so many other amazing and unique to the roots jam festivals all over the map. including myself, i think more and more people would rather pay close to half the price of a ticket and see some killer shows at 10k or allgood. not to mention that each of these places keeps and awesome vibe until this day. with prices up and bands i want to see down, the end of bonnaroo has come
i think the big problem here for everybody was the clarification of all our fears. Metallica at the roo? No way. Jack Johnson headlining Coachella, no way he would do that at the roo. then the lineup is out and the we see Metallica and JJ staring us in the face in the first three words. Also, a lot of the bigger names are way down on the list which leads us to believe that they are not as important to the community as they once were. I am still trying to take it all in, just like everyone else. The roo is all about teh music and the love that everybody has for MUSIC. Some are good, some are bad, some we will choose to stay away from, and some we will learn to love all because we caught one song passing by a tent and now we go and get their album. This festival is changing and evolving even as the festival occurs. Does anyone remember the tiny little movie tent that paricle played in as a late night stage the first year? All I am saying is the shock is over and we had to accept it. We will all learn to love it and more than likely, we will all be there anyway because it is our heart and soul of every summer.
ill give ya some room on james brown...although i still disagree with your opinion on that. but are you serioulsy saying that neil young is as mainstream as kanye and metallica?? did you hit your head or eat some brown acid or something? no offense. not trying to be mean but wow. thats an incredible thing to say. do a little poll at the farm this year and see how many people there know kanye and metallica songs and how many know neil young. i doubt most of the rooers this year will even have any idea who neil young is.
You miss my point. Just because they're popular NOW doesn't mean they're more or less commercial than Neil Young or James Brown who were just as big in their day.
And do you think that Roo goers are absolute retards? Did you even follow the boards up until the lineup was announced? Neil Young was the #1 desired headliner for Bonnaroo this year (after Zeppelin). The dude was part of two seminal bands in the late 60s and early 70s. People know who the motherfucker is.
And if there ever were a rap equivalent of James Brown, it's Kanye West (as much as he wishes he were Stevie Wonder).
dudewhersmyinforoo said:
and as for the aazingly rappy series of yay and nay its just another sign of the assive changes at roo. its a joke. thats why i havent been around to talk about it. i lurk, read this stuff, and then run to puke and then go on about my day while daydreaming about nelson ledges, all good, 1oklf, etc..
That's cool man. I view Yay or Nay as a way to get bands out there to board members who might not be familiar with them otherwise and to gauge the similar or different tastes we all have. You view it as a crappy joke.
Post by sparklybecca on Feb 6, 2008 18:27:24 GMT -5
dude and dude should be friends, thats the funny part about all of this.... you guys are both so impassioned... it makes for interesting reading ill say that much
I guess the thing that cracks me up the most is for all the talk about "it's not about the headliners" from some of the inforooers. The lineup comes out, and suddenly it IS about the headliners.
this might have been discussed, but I jumped over some pages....are jack johnson and kanye headlining? cause it just doesn't feel like they'd have the drawing power or the kind of diversity you'd expect in a headlining set...maybe jack will have a collaboration or two?
dude and dude should be friends, thats the funny part about all of this.... you guys are both so impassioned... it makes for interesting reading ill say that much
We probably would be. I always argue with my friends.
Of course it's about the headliners. When you believe for months and months that something huge in the Way of Zeppelin is happenning, pretty much anything is going to be a dissapointment for this crowd outside of a Phish reunion, or Jerry/Bob Marley/Janis/Jim Morrison descending from the clouds to play an allstar superjam to close it out.
Let's be realistic. Part of the HUGE draw of Bonnaroo is HUGE headliners. If they weren't part of the draw, they could get a bunch of 2nd tier acts and not dedicate a headlining slot to 1 band. It is about the headliners.
Post by HoodooOperator on Feb 6, 2008 18:30:26 GMT -5
dudezer47 said:
I guess the thing that cracks me up the most is for all the talk about "it's not about the headliners" from some of the inforooers. The lineup comes out, and suddenly it IS about the headliners.
I guess the thing that cracks me up the most is for all the talk about "it's not about the headliners" from some of the inforooers. The lineup comes out, and suddenly it IS about the headliners.
exactly.
well to be fair the rest of the lineup is not doing much for me either. sure there are a couple of acts id love to see. but roo used to have dozens. and of the ones i do wanna see i will be seeing them all 5+ times at other fests. but of course the headlines get the bulk of the attention. especially when its metallica and kanye at roo. i think the roochella transformation is complete.
Dave Mathews and fans ruined Bonnaroo in '04, Radiohead and their terrible fans ruined it in '06, Tool and their agressive fans ruined it in'07. Whatever. I don't mind people not liking bands, but the summary judgments about the "kind of people" that Dave Mathews or Radiohead or Tool or Metallica or Kanye or Death Cab or OAR or whoever will bring in are ugly and ignorant imo.
If you really think that taste in music is a good indicator of what kind of person someone is, then you probably haven't interacted with very many different kinds of people in your life. The crowd will have a blast at Bonnaroo and will be really, really fun if you are even the slightest bit open and game and if you aren't there to judge people who are different from you.
I was at Roo in '02 when it was the only festival out there, and I've been every year except '07. I'm really excited about the lineup and hope I can manage to go this year. My tastes have changed in six years and so has the types of bands that play Bonnaroo. If you want a jamband fest, there are so many out there now its ridiculous. If you like the Bonnaroo lineup and/or what Superfly and AC have done with the fest over the years, Bonnaroo is for you.
