Bonnaroo Roll Call

Wilco was fantastic. Thanks for posting that simulcast link. I'll never have to go to a hot sweaty outdoor festival, watching it on the computer gives you a much better view. I had AC, dinner with a glass of cold white wine, and front row views. How could I have asked for anything more? I just wish I had seen the link before Sunday afternoon. I did have to turn it off a few songs into the White Stripes. They are total crap.

can someone please explain to me why widespread panic are so popular? i hadn't heard of them until some school buddies took me to see them at the orpheum in boston, they played two night that sold out immediately. i wasn't that impressed then, i was even less impressed last night watching them at bonnaroo. these guys closed out the festival? really?

when phish broke up all their fans became widespread panic fans…or so it seems.

I was gonna say the same thing, but yeah, that's a good explanation. Chances are, you won't like Phish either (if you've never heard or seen them…)

Originally posted by manimtired:
when phish broke up all their fans became widespread panic fans…or so it seems.

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Wilco was fantastic. Thanks for posting that simulcast link. I'll never have to go to a hot sweaty outdoor festival, watching it on the computer gives you a much better view. I had AC, dinner with a glass of cold white wine, and front row views. How could I have asked for anything more? I just wish I had seen the link before Sunday afternoon. I did have to turn it off a few songs into the White Stripes. They are total crap.

it was SOoooo great to watch it online…for an old lady who is pregnant and doesn't like crowds or hippies even when I'm at my best, it was a dream come true to be able to see the Wilco show like this

Originally posted by sweetcell:
saw the last 5 minutes of the john butler trio, impressed me enough to make me regret missing their show at the club.

Really? Hmmm…I've listened a couple of times and I dunno…Perhaps not my thing? They are the only band playing in Ireland when I'll be there, and I'm somewhat disappointed. (They are jam/roots, right?)

i cant watch festivals online…it makes me sad that i am not there! :(

Originally posted by sweetcell:
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flaming lips did their usual thing (which is good), and seemed genuinely psyched about being there.

- did anyone catch the superjam with JPJ?

Did you see the Flaming Lips' final encore? It was Moonlight Mile (Rolling Stones). If that's their usual thing, I didn't know it. It was a really amazing end to that set. The FL set felt like about the most crowded show all weekend. During the FL set, we seemed to be next to a group having their first LSD experience and it was really funny to watch the immense joy they derived from glow sticks.

I tried to catch the superjam thing with JPJ, but once it got to be about 12:15 and it still hadn't started, I left just to being so worn out from seeing shows the whole day and wanting to be sure I had some energy left for Saturday and Sunday. People said it was cool, lots of Led Zeppelin songs, including Dazed and Confused.

I'm not a huge Police fan, but I was happy enough with their set. Tons of wailing by Andy Summers.

Gogol Bordello was a serious highlight, what a great live band. Cold War Kids and The Hold Steady both drew huge crowds. I was bummed to miss Hot Chip, but the Nightwatchman was great and felt like the right choice. Tom Morello came out and jammed with Tool during Lateralus which was really cool.

The sound at Bonnaroo was really amazing at all the stages. I am just amazed how they were able to fill up the huge areas in front of the two stages with such full, clear sound.

Originally posted by manimtired:
when phish broke up all their fans became widespread panic fans…or so it seems.

a wrong concept. when phish dissolved, their fan base moved on to string cheese incident (horrible) and moe. (brilliant). most of the widespread fans have steered away from phish, because of the crowds – sometimes lame, "all about me and my high" kids who treated a lot of other people around them like crap, due to their drug fueled paranoid fits, and the such. widespread fans are more laid back and easy going with smiles on their faces and handshakes to strangers they meet in the seats next to them. the kids at phish shows always had an eye on you like you were undercover, ready to bust anyone around. and boy could they stink.

widespread fans are rabid fans, hands down. the band headlines any festival they play because they sell tickets. what . . . this is their third year headlining bonnaboob? like pearl jam fans, like jimmy buffet fans, like madonna fans. bands with that much muscle behind them can headline and they can sell out every show; more power to a group that can weather the years and lose two lead guitarist and still be that popular.

Did anyone else see Rodrigo y Gabriela? Incredible.

yeah. it was a great set. easily the best show on thursday.

dont get me wrong..cluch was great too..the national was a bit of a disappointment. hopefully the sound will be better when they play at the club this wednesday.

Did anyone else see Rodrigo y Gabriela? Incredible.

I cannot believe you guys posted on a message board from Bonnaroo…

Anyway, I had to leave early Sunday afternoon due to a few obligations back here today, so unfortunatly I had to miss Ralph Stanley, The White Stripes and Wilco. I did get to see:

Rx Bandits
Lewis Black + Finesse Mitchell and two others
David Cross + Aziz Ansari + Nick Kroll (the weekend highlight for me, besides the Police)
Old Crow Medicine Show (finally, I always seem to miss their shows up here)
Gogol Bordello
Fountains of Wayne
Franz Ferdinand
The Police
Flight of the Conchord + Demetri Martin

All in all a good weekend…didn't get to see as many bands as last year, alot of the ones I wanted to see either played Thursday night (we rolled in at 7am Friday), Sunday afternoon or conflicted with bands I did see. Also kind of passed out before the Flaming Lips (that all night drive Thursday finally caught up), and everyone seemed to be rubbing it in by raving about it the next day.

But besides the drought and the dust, the weather seemed slightly nicer than last year, except for Sunday, which was bloody awful…but whatever, I left early anyway that day.

Oh, and only one death this year! Yay Bonnaroo!

Originally posted by Brandon Brendall, the thief:
I cannot believe you guys posted on a message board from Bonnaroo…

i think most of these posts were from people who were watching the live bonnaroo stream online, not from people at the show! :)

only exception might be kosmo, but i think he has some sort of a hand-held/internet cellphone/blackberry/PDA thingy.

busted

Sorry for the belated response. I actually went again this year, had a great time.

thursday's thoughts:
little ones= fun
black angels- play something slow and brooding, why dontcha?
mute math performs well but writes crappy music
nick kroll is only funny when he's not nick kroll, aziz ansari is funny for being aziz, and david cross is a funny person who tells great jokes.

friday:
cold war kids are really cool
brazilian girls are even cooler but write boring tunes
KOL are good but could be better
the roots were awesome but need to play more roots tunes
tool was unbelievable. best show of the festival.
why oh why did I sleep through DJ Shadow?

sat:
old crow was good
regina was good
gogol was awesome
annuals was good
hold steady was great
spoon was good
police were fun, but not as mind blowing as tool
flaming lips=good, not as crazy as I've heard they can be, and wayne needs to learn the art of shutting the fuck up

sunday:
don byron was ridiculous
wolfmother was good
ralph stanley was fun, lots of gospel tunes
ornette coleman was great until he collapsed and was carried offstage. also, chicks apparently do not like free jazz at all, just weirdo college students and old hippies.
white stripes sounded awesome, I couldn't see them

i got a different vibe this year than i did last year, not sure why, maybe somebody else felt the same. i was exhausted for most of the festival, not getting enough sleep at all, that's probably why.

Does anyone have the White Stripes setlist? That would be awesome.

Originally posted by lukas:
Does anyone have the White Stripes setlist? That would be awesome.

The White Stripes 6-17-07 Bonnaroo Music Festival,Manchester,TN


01.intro
02.Dead Leaves
03.When I Hear My Name
04.Icky Thump
05.Hotel Yorba
06.Jolene
07.Slowly Turning Into You
08.I think I Smell A Rat
09.Death Letter>Motherless Children
10.Do
11.In The Cold Cold Night
12.Cannon>Little Room
13.Ball & Biscuit
encores
14.Black Math
15.Rag & Bone
16.Blue Orchid>Party Of Special Things To Do
17.I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
18.We're Going To Be Friends
19.I'm a Martyr for My Love for You
20.Seven Nation Army


Flac

MP3

A recording too? Verrrrry nice!

Links to recordings of ~40 Bonnaroo sets can be found here:

http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2007/06/2007_bonnaroo_d.html