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Mine's probably gonna be different than most others, but I'd have to say far and away the worst set I saw all weekend was the first 30 minutes I caught of the Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone. Boring, bad reggae with a lot of guys on stage who didn't seem to be adding much. When you have 8 guys on stage, I expect more than what a 4-5 piece outfit could do for you. On top of that, I was pretty much front and center and the crowd was so fucking flat, you could just feel the indie kids waiting for Matisyahu sucking the life out of the set. I felt sorry for the guys because they seemed high energy and they have a great story, but between the crowd not feeling it and the music being fucking boring, I didn't regret leaving to see the Streets which ended up being easily the most surprisingly entertaining set of the fest.
Phil Lesh was disappointing to me. No special guests, mediocre jamming, lame Joan Osborne. I expected much more--They should have given that slot to Bob Wier.
There were a couple shows where the sound guy was disapointing. I was up close, but the bass for Bright Eyes was WAY too loud. I could barely hear any other instrument, but I could feel the bass deep into my breastbone. A few of the tent shows had ridiculously loud bass too.
On the other hand, Rusted Root was too quiet to hear from where we were under a tree. But we really didn't feel like fighting the crowd to get into the tent.
i had a few disappointments, mostly revolving around the fact that i didn't get to see as much music as planned. But my biggest disappointment was missing all but the last song of Dresden Dolls because we went to the masquerade ball. The masqued band came on late and we waited to get in and I had gotten myself all excited because we were convinced that it would be Galactic performing. We left after two songs to catch Dresden Dolls, but it was too late. Stupid! Also, I've learned that we need to set some ground rules for bringing people to roo. First and foremost, they have to be capable of being alone (or they must bring a friend to sit with at camp) if they don't want to see the music I want to see. Big reason we didn't catch all the bands we had planned. I'm not there to babysit other people!
There is definitely such thing as bass that is too loud.
If it makes you physically uncomfortable or it's rattling the windows of your house at 3 AM coming form a crappy car rolling down your street, then it's too loud.
There is definitely such thing as bass that is too loud.
If it makes you physically uncomfortable or it's rattling the windows of your house at 3 AM coming form a crappy car rolling down your street, then it's too loud.
yeah, I can't understand how anyone could be disapointed with Oysterhead.. they brought it in full force.
You know it's funny. The three groups I keep hearing bad things about were the lead-ins to the headliners on the main stage (Oysterhead, Beck, Moe.) which leads me to wonder how much people were there for the act on the stage and how much people were positioning for the headliner. Maybe it's just a bad slot. I don't know, but it seems like that time slot drew a lot of blanks.
yeah, I can't understand how anyone could be disapointed with Oysterhead.. they brought it in full force.
You know it's funny. The three groups I keep hearing bad things about were the lead-ins to the headliners on the main stage (Oysterhead, Beck, Moe.) which leads me to wonder how much people were there for the act on the stage and how much people were positioning for the headliner. Maybe it's just a bad slot. I don't know, but it seems like that time slot drew a lot of blanks.
I don't think there were that many people waiting for Tom Petty during Oysterhead. Well it didn't seem like it. Everyone as far as I could see looked like they were jammin out like they should be.
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You know it's funny. The three groups I keep hearing bad things about were the lead-ins to the headliners on the main stage (Oysterhead, Beck, Moe.) which leads me to wonder how much people were there for the act on the stage and how much people were positioning for the headliner. Maybe it's just a bad slot. I don't know, but it seems like that time slot drew a lot of blanks.
I don't think there were that many people waiting for Tom Petty during Oysterhead. Well it didn't seem like it. Everyone as far as I could see looked like they were jammin out like they should be.
Probably not. I just find it interesting that the time slot seems to have at least some bearing on complaints from people I've heard from.
for me that spot is habitually bad. i know there were people out there who enjoyed some of these shows but for me bob dylan, black crowes, and the allman bros were all huge letdowns. steve winwood is the only show ive seen in that slot that was enjoyable. he fuc.king rocked. when willie dropped out i was so dissapointed that steve winwood filled it but that was an awesome show. i really wanted to see moe but fell asleep at streets and missed the firsthalf and listened to the second half from camp. we could hear great at camp and it sounded good to me.
and oysterhead was good. i couldnt get into it cuz we had a horrible spot and i thought it was a horrible time slot for them. petty should have openend for them. i dont think the daytime slot would have hurt pettys set at all and it ruined oysterhead for me. althoguh i still love seeing oysterhead. it just coulda been so much more.
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There is definitely such thing as bass that is too loud.
If it makes you physically uncomfortable or it's rattling the windows of your house at 3 AM coming form a crappy car rolling down your street, then it's too loud.
Besides, bass will damage your hearing more.
there is no such thing as too loud claypool bass
But for Bright Eyes? Come on. I wanted to hear the other instruments too. I'm not a huge Claypool fan, so I wasn't there. But Claypool is bass driven. Bright Eyes is not. There is a huge difference. Even at Mike Doughty, who definitely has a more bass driven style, the bass wasn't as loud as it was for Bright Eyes.
I don't think there were that many people waiting for Tom Petty during Oysterhead. Well it didn't seem like it. Everyone as far as I could see looked like they were jammin out like they should be.
Probably not. I just find it interesting that the time slot seems to have at least some bearing on complaints from people I've heard from.
And as far as Oysterhead goes....again, expectations. People see Trey, Les and Stewart and expect magic to happen. If they dont deliver a life-changing experience, it's a disappointment. Expectation need to be tempered - it was a reunion show with guys who haven't played together in 4-5 years or so.
there was magic ;D I can't even stop listening to the show since I've downloaded it....its crazy incredible. They met every expectation I could have imagined.