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Post by Teenage Jesus on Feb 21, 2013 12:06:00 GMT -5
This lineup is great. My only complaint is that it seems really heavy on bands who play original songs. Whatever happened to all the cover bands? I feel like Bonnaroo is really straying from their roots by not booking Lez Zeppelin, Dark Star Orchestra, Unchained, etc. Hopefully we get Mini Kiss or Hell's Belles in the additions to fill this obvious gap.
This lineup is great. My only complaint is that it seems really heavy on bands who play original songs. Whatever happened to all the cover bands? I feel like Bonnaroo is really straying from their roots by not booking Lez Zeppelin, Dark Star Orchestra, Unchained, etc. Hopefully we get Mini Kiss or Hell's Belles in the additions to fill this obvious gap.
I love the "popularity" argument when it comes to headliners. Any time popularity is used as one of the reasons why a band could headline (unless we're talking dinosaur nostalgia acts), some moron immediately goes the whole "well then why dont they have beiber and brittney spears lol."
lol, first of all, calm down.
The point is, just because they are popular doesn't mean the should headline or make a good headliner.
Ex: Metallica, Eminem, Jack Johnson, Lil Wayne, should I go on?
I love the "popularity" argument when it comes to headliners. Any time popularity is used as one of the reasons why a band could headline (unless we're talking dinosaur nostalgia acts), some moron immediately goes the whole "well then why dont they have beiber and brittney spears lol."
lol, first of all, calm down.
The point is, just because they are popular doesn't mean the should headline or make a good headliner.
Ex: Metallica, Eminem, Jack Johnson, Lil Wayne, should I go on?
srs question when was your first bonnaroo?
this is an open question and can be answered by anyone who has read this jack-a-lope's posts before.
The point is, just because they are popular doesn't mean the should headline or make a good headliner.
Ex: Metallica, Eminem, Jack Johnson, Lil Wayne, should I go on?
Metallica was a great headliner. I don't know why you keep including them.
The rest aren't my cup of tea, but they fit the "popular-enough-but-not-completely-disposable-pop" category. If you're really not understanding this, it's simple. Popularity isn't the ONLY reason you book someone to headline, but you need someone that will appeal to a large demographic of the type of people who might attend your festival in the first place. For instance, fans of acts like Taylor Swift or the Biebs aren't going to drop $300+ to camp on a farm in the middle of nowhere for 4 days and sit around for a roster full of indie, bluegrass, hip-hop, etc. But people who like the acts you mentioned above? Yeah, probably.
Also, let us be clear, Mumford and Sons did not "come up in the festival scene." They came up in top 40 radio.
They played Bonnaroo in 2010 as small time folkies, they returned in 2011 as the radidly ascending next big thing, and now they're back as a headliner after selling nearly 4 million albums and winning the Grammy for Album of the Year. They also played Coachella and Lollapalooza during that rise, among other festivals. They didn't just drop out of the sky with a hit single.
Also, let us be clear, Mumford and Sons did not "come up in the festival scene." They came up in top 40 radio.
The band formed in 2008 and played the Glastonbury festival that year. They've played tons of european and American festivals as well as created their own "Traveling festival" things with the Railroad Revival tour and the Gentleman of the Road festivals. They gained a ton of popularity with people at festivals. I'm sure a ton of people heard them on top 40 radio too. Either way, point is they are popular and will put on a good show. Regardless of your complaints that they shouldn't headline. I think a good amount of people will leave this year's festival looking at Mumford and Sons as a top level act from now on.