if you werent at Bonnaroo

Yellow Bedwetter · September 2008

deadhead321 wrote:

i feel bad for you

I was there!! One of the best experiences of my life

From Raconteurs to standing in line for three hours to make it into PJ's pit to tripping in the rain at MMJ to Metallica to all the low-level name bands I checked out to the people I met to the camping to the food - it was awesome!!

Def gonna keep going if the bill stays fresh and diversified

Lizard · September 2008

deadhead321 wrote:

i feel bad for you

Ehh--thanks.
I'm good though!

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun · September 2008

this year's bonnaroo was easily the most fun i've ever had at a rock show.

i hear some people say there was a bad crowd but if there was i never saw them. people were great. i think its just a rumor started by people who didnt go and were pissed that Metallica was there. people love to be the first to bash a festival for "going corporate".

Roo was no more corporate this year than it has been for years. it was a fantastic experience. left me broke for months after, but well worth it.

NeilJam · September 2008

southerngarden wrote:

i was VIP for the first two...there is no other way to do it...unless you enjoy not sleeping or showering for 4 days....unless you enjoy walkinng two miles to see the stages...

sounds like a great crowd...people getting robbed and beat up....sweet, count me in...

bonnaroo would be great if some of the bands actually colaborated on stage but this is a rare occurence at the roo...the first two roos had superjam band sessions that were awesome...did they still do that?

Went GA the from 05-07, upgraded to VIP this year and it was worth it. They still have the Superjam each year. I've seen plenty of other collaborations there the past few years when they would have an artist in residence that would go around and join various musicians during their sets. John Paul Jones was there in this respect for Bonnaroo 2007.

Artists still collaborate there, but I wish there would have been more of that for the acts I saw this year. Ed played with Jack Johnson and Kirk Hammett joined My Morning Jacket on stage, but I really wanted to see Les Claypool jam with Pearl Jam.

Sprunkn7 · September 2008

I really wanted to see Les Claypool jam with Pearl Jam.

I would have loved that. Went to Les's talk in the cinema tent and got his autograph on my Roo book. I was happy about that!

LukinFan · September 2008

Sprunkn7 wrote:

I really wanted to see Les Claypool jam with Pearl Jam.

I would have loved that. Went to Les's talk in the cinema tent and got his autograph on my Roo book. I was happy about that!

damn, I didn't know Les was signing :(

krobbinz · September 2008

Last year was my first Bonnaroo experience ever

I dont like big crowds...
I dont like HOT temps...
I dont like camping so close to people that we share tent stakes...
I dont like sitting in the car for over 20 hours...
I HATE porta-potties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant wait to return!!!

For those of you that havent experienced something like that, you have to!

LukinFan · September 2008

krobbinz wrote:

Last year was my first Bonnaroo experience ever

I dont like big crowds...
I dont like HOT temps...
I dont like camping so close to people that we share tent stakes...
I dont like sitting in the car for over 20 hours...
I HATE porta-potties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant wait to return!!!

For those of you that havent experienced something like that, you have to!

exactly. If you weren't there, you just don't understand. It really blew me away

PJBuckeye · September 2008

deadhead321 i hear ya. but it was my first time at a festival and it was better then i anticipated. no one can talk me out the weekend i had[/quote wrote:

Agree, I had a great weekend. I definitely wanna go back.

brainofPJ · September 2008

BetterThanYou wrote:

too many idiots.

every Pearl Jam concert...

PurlGurl · September 2008

Lizardking wrote:

If you didn't make the Gorge Show's you really don't understand what you missed!!! CD can't explain.

Exactly! The Gorge is breathtaking, and really not chock full of idiots...bonus! The camping is decent, the walk is manageable, and the atmosphere is laid-back. At least for PJ it is, but the DMB show I attended last weekend is another story. Love them, hate the moronic, drunken, over-sexed, silly little frat boys that can think of nothing else but ruining everyone's good time! So yeah...never been to Roo, but the three-day weekends at the Gorge are not to be missed!

1STmammal2wearPants · September 2008

Danimal wrote:

Hate festivals, hate the heat, hate the mud, hate the idiots that go there

Honestly, I saw more idiots at the Pearl Jam show in Hartford that I went to, and there were far less people. The Bonnaroo crowd for the most part is a good-natured crowd. You'll have idiots anywhere you go.

a5pj · September 2008

bonaroo was def an experience, not something I owuld do again unless pj was playing, but something you should do once in your life.

I saved all my energy up til pj's set, then was done after that. The Raconteurs also rocked, got into them afterwards.

Show was awesome, probably one of my favs. Only parts that sucked were the stupid fuse vip ppl that got front row before all the fans that waited 10 hours... And the security guards who picked up 90% of Mike's picks and kept them... I thought they were pretty tight too. I got a jeff and mike pick so I can't complain

If bonaroo wasn't so damn hot it would have been so much better, it just wore you out, my friends andI didn't even touch any beer after the 2 we had after waiting in line for 7 hours to get to park.

can't wait until they tour again!

odie · September 2008

LukinFan wrote:

Bonnaroo rocked!

The weekend was totally awsome!!!! I had never been to Bonnaroo before and it would have been better if someone would have answered there phone....hint hint....but it flippin rocked...and then to go onto SC show after was toally worth the drive from Kansas!!!!!! I would do it all over again!!!!! And next time maybe someone would answer there phone!!!!!!

odie · September 2008

a5pj wrote:

bonaroo was def an experience, not something I owuld do again unless pj was playing, but something you should do once in your life.

I saved all my energy up til pj's set, then was done after that. The Raconteurs also rocked, got into them afterwards.

Show was awesome, probably one of my favs. Only parts that sucked were the stupid fuse vip ppl that got front row before all the fans that waited 10 hours... And the security guards who picked up 90% of Mike's picks and kept them... I thought they were pretty tight too. I got a jeff and mike pick so I can't complain

If bonaroo wasn't so damn hot it would have been so much better, it just wore you out, my friends andI didn't even touch any beer after the 2 we had after waiting in line for 7 hours to get to park.

can't wait until they tour again!

It was totally worth it for the experience wasn't it...I just wish I had been one of those people that came upto me stating I haven't seen my campsight in two days do you know where it is????....I wanted to be that person!!!!

if you werent at Bonnaroo

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