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Just a note if you guys decide to do this...They have been playing National Anthem early in the set...If they come on at 8:30 it might still be light out...food for thought...
Post by paranoidbot on May 26, 2006 14:07:11 GMT -5
The "chill up the spine" moment for me has always been in Paranoid Android when they come back hard after the Rain Down segment. Brings tears to my eyes.
The "chill up the spine" moment for me has always been in Paranoid Android when they come back hard after the Rain Down segment. Brings tears to my eyes.
Oooh. I think I got chills just from you mentioning that part.
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
okay thats understandable....it's a different point to not like getting pelted by a glowstick (which noone does )
haha...I apologize for sounding like a fun killer, it's just that as a child I was pelted with glowsticks when I misbehaved...
and actually, I won't really mind if you all are bombing glowsticks...I'll probably be so engrossed in the music that I won't even notice if a falling glowstick becomes lodged in my temple...
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
I say that glowstick wars at Radiohead is kind of like piercing your privates... sure it may look cool, but it's just going to lead to irritation and distraction.
Post by areyoukind on May 26, 2006 20:13:21 GMT -5
terrapin said:
I say that glowstick wars at Radiohead is kind of like piercing your privates... sure it may look cool, but it's just going to lead to irritation and distraction.
and maybe they'll think twice about scheduling bands whose fans don't appreciate glowstick wars next year
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
oh, I appreciate them, and won't mind it at all if it happens somewhere else, I just know a few Radioheads aren't going to be into glowsticks hitting them in the head every couple of minutes
Post by george de la porge on May 26, 2006 23:17:16 GMT -5
juggernaut said:
Ugh. Hippies living the cliche.
Get over it. This was cool back in 1997, when it was spontaneously erupting at Phish shows without mass planning.
A little snotty are we? Im sure it was pretty cool back in 97 at the gorge and the Went, but is it really necessary to rain on our parade? If you dont like em then duck and run, because they are a fact of life now. Besides, I couldnt think of a better way to welcome R-head to Roo. JUST DONT THROW ANY AT THE BAND!
see, that's what I'm afraid of... w/ Trey, or other jammy bands for that matter, they're used to getting the occasional rogue glowstick flying thier way.. hell, Trey picks up the sticks and uses them in jams sometimes.. But Radiohead is a different story.. these guys take thier live music very very seriously.. I mean, they still have fun on stage while playing and everything, but as it's been said before, they are not big on fan antics that obstruct thier playing, such as glowsticks flying at them...
all it takes is for one person to throw one at Thom to piss him off.
Post by oysterheadhead on May 27, 2006 0:04:55 GMT -5
i hope Radiohead is good. i want to be impressed. glowsticks all over the place while they are playing sounds like an awesome visual. wait until its dark tho.
reminds me of Lollapalooza the 2nd year---- when MINISTRY starting playing, people started throwing shoes in the air. cups too. just about everything that could be tossed was in the air. it was spontaneous. it was madness. everything was really laid back right before they played and then it was like thousands of people instantly went insane!!! it was the most amazing crowd reaction. eventually they were tossing girls in the air on blankets, and there was the biggest mosh pit i have ever seen. i don't think Radiohead will be like that. just a hunch.
Thing is, part of their shows are the lighting and other visual effects. I don't know if they're bringing their own to 'roo (and there's been some debate about this), but even if they use what's there, I'm sure glowsticks are not something I want to distort the performance.
that's my opinion too... I just don't think it's appropriate to have one then.. I like glowstick wars, don't get me wrong, but they have thier time and place, and to me, Radiohead is niether the time, nor the place for it...
like I said, it only takes one glowstick to the head to piss Thom off...
or imagine, if you will, Jonny, doing what he does best, totally into the loop he's creating, or the riff he's in, then suddenly getting jarred from his zone by a glowstick that hits his guitar and f*cks up what he was doing... not a good situation.
Ok, obviously some people are going to make a Glow War happen. One Happenned at Trey last year, and they happenned all over phish festivals and shows for the last 7 years of their career. AT The aforementioned IT festival, the most massive one I've ever seen happened during a 30 minute rendition of "Ghost." It was very intense, but also important to mention that it was pulled off entirely with GLOW RINGS. Maybe 5-10,000 of these things. It was absolutely insane and definitely a catalyst for such a long jam.
But, This is an important part of any large inter-crowd glow-war. PLEASE BE COURTEOUS TO YOUR FELLOW FESTIVAL GOERS AND USE GLOW-RINGS. The Glow Sticks HURT like Hell when hit from behind or on the back of the head. IT has happenned to me many times. Glow-Rings are painless and fly through the air just the same. They can also be connected in massive chains. The Stick-like ones that kids use during halloween ARE BAD NEWS AND CAUSE DAMAGE!
Please Respect the Vibe of Bonnaroo and your Fellow music-lovers. Look out for their safety and well being as well as your good time. Remember, nobody wants to go to Bonnaroo and come home with a glowstick to the eye.
or imagine, if you will, Jonny, doing what he does best, totally into the loop he's creating, or the riff he's in, then suddenly getting jarred from his zone by a glowstick that hits his guitar and f*cks up what he was doing... not a good situation.
this is exactly what I've been thinking but what I have not said in this thread...there's a difference between a phish live show and a radiohead live show....phish rely on extended improvised jams, while radiohead rely on precise timed transitions...both are AMAZING in their own way, but while trey and co. can incorporate an errant glowstick into the act and pick back up on the jam, I think it could throw off the timing of thom and co....plus as mentioned before, I don't want to get pelted in the head ;D
I'd have to agree with this. I wasn't at IT, but was at Coventry for the massive DWD war. It was almost all glow rings. I was getting pelted left and right and I didn't care, cause they were GLOW RINGS.
As for whether or not it's appropriate at Radiohead, I'd have to say that it's more than appropriate. They do "jam" from time to time, although not in the typical sense of the word. I mean this is the first time for Radiohead at a festival like this, in America. I mean this is Bonnaroo people. What better way to welcome them, into the fold, so to speak. I think a short glowstick war would be awesome, at the right time. I mean what's one song? Maybe there will be some fans that aren't used to it, and don't appriciate it. Oh well. People are gonna throw them if they want to. That's the freedom of Bonnaroo. With freedom comes great responsibility though. That being said, glowstick safely, and keep them away from the stage. It's all fun and games till someone get's a glowstick in thier eye. GLOW RINGS.
THOSE THINGS HURT WHEN THEY HIT YOU!!!!!!!!! ESPECIALLY IN THE EYE!!!!
IF I SEE ANYONE THROWING A GLOWSTICK NEAR ME I WILL SPEAR THEM !!!!
Sorry to kill the fun but until you get hit in the eye with one you will not get it. PLease no glowsticks. 800 glowsticks is a waste of freaking money!!!
Post by ambientjive on May 28, 2006 12:48:01 GMT -5
as I said before, i threw the smal 4" glowsticks at their west palm show in 03, and it was great...I don't think the band saw it, but the crowd did, and everyone I spoke with was into it. Even the critical masses who posted about it on greenplatic.com enjoyed it. BUT, I agree with the other posters, glow RINGS or BRACELTS are the way to go. I'm sure the band does not want to get hit by them, but I think they'll be quick to understand that by playing at Bonnaroo they are now part of something much much larger than themselves. The incredible, massive, contagious, posiitve energy that is at Bonnaroo will soon overwhelm Radiohead and especially Thom Yorke, just as it has every artist that has played in the heat and funk of Bonnaroo the past 4 years. Throw the bracelets...celebrate bonnaroo, the crowd, and Radiohead.