Bonnaroo Reports

LaurieBlue · Jun 22, 2006, 05:23 PM

Are you guys getting tired of me yet?

http://2headedboy.blogspot.com/2006/06/bonnaroo-2006-report-two-headed-boy.html

Friday night was kinda crazy. We chilled out listening to Tom Petty, only getting excited when Stevie Nicks came on stage to sing. Afterwards, we caught about half of My Morning Jacket's late-night performance. They sounded great, opening the wild party with a great "Wordless Chorus" and a shower of glowsticks. They were joined on stage by Andrew Bird for a few songs, including "It Beats 4 U" and "Gideon." While we couldn't hear his gentle violin strumming over MMJ's wailing guitar solos and screaming vocals, his presence was appreciated. We left the set early due to exhaustion, but we could hear them perfectly from our campsite, catching their great cover of the Who's "A Quick One While He's Away," a favorite due to Rushmore flashbacks.

LaurieBlue · Jun 22, 2006, 05:30 PM

http://nickhaywood.blogspot.com/2006/06/bonnaroo_20.html

awwwww..this is sad...

My Morning Jacket- My biggest disappoint of the weekend. Of course the band played an amazing 31 song set complete with covers, guest appearances by former band members and crazy on stage antics. Unfortunately the set didnt start until midnight and I was in need of sleep (4 hours the night before plus being out in the sun all day doesnt make for being well rested) and only made it halfway through the show. Plus it was really packed and not on either of the main stages. Next time, I will be make sure I am rested for MMJ.

Angry Ewok · Jun 22, 2006, 06:36 PM

QuoteAre you guys getting tired of me yet?

WE LOVE YOU!

cmccubbin25 · Jun 22, 2006, 07:35 PM

we do love you...this stuff is awesome!!!

LaurieBlue · Jun 22, 2006, 07:50 PM

Thank you and I love you too! :-) I've enjoyed the heck outta finding these, reading them and sharing them with people who love them just as much as I do. Wow. If I'm overwhelmed I can't imagine how the band feels.

Dee. · Jun 22, 2006, 10:45 PM

Thanks for all the info, Laurie!

LaurieBlue · Jun 23, 2006, 07:48 AM

http://partoftheheard.blogspot.com/2006/06/bonnaroo-til-you-feel-better.html

We got really close and would have had great seats for Tom Petty, but we ditched the main stage and waited four hours over at This Tent to snag front row position for the midnight My Morning Jacket show.

At this point, our backs, feet, calves, and shoulders were aching, but MMJ was totally worth it. They played for three hours and never let up. Jim James came out crouching with a lantern in his left hand and the band busted right into "Wordless Chorus." They also played a good amount of covers, including Velvet Underground's "Head Held High" and the Rolling Stones' "Loving Cup." This was the first moment that I realized how amazing the rest of this weekend was going to be - especially with the crazy amazing line up for the next few days.

LaurieBlue · Jun 23, 2006, 08:20 AM

http://iguessimfloating.blogspot.com/2006/06/bonnaroo-experience-full-circle.html

My Morning Jacket puts on a live show that is just insane. It's always good. I don't know how they do it all of the time, maybe its their kickass Kentucky blood, but whatever they do.. it works and works almost too well. Perhaps it was their incredible setlist? No, that can't be it. Maybe their cover of The Misfits? No, wait.. Maybe their cover of The Who? No, still? Oh, how about when Andrew Bird walks out to join them for 4 songs. Yeah, I'm thinking all of the above ingredients plus an amazing amount of late night energy added to one of the best set at Bonnaroo this year.

LaurieBlue · Jun 23, 2006, 04:54 PM

http://www.citybeat.com/current/music3.shtml

This article was a really enjoyable read of the whole experience of Bonnaroo...here's the MMJ part of course ;-)..

My Morning Jacket's midnight performance on Friday night was a definite highlight for me. Blaring a pre-recorded version of "When You Wish Upon A Star" over the P.A. as their walk-on music, The Jacket set an unexpectedly eerie and anxious tone before even picking up their instruments. They opened with "Wordless Chorus," the first song on their brilliant new record, Z, as singer Jim James swung a big lantern, stalking the stage like a caged lion. Their two-hour-plus set included covers of The Velvet Underground's "Head Held High," The Stones' "Loving Cup" and, incredibly, The Who's "A Quick One (While He's Away)."

TacoHell · Jun 23, 2006, 08:15 PM

The greatest set of live music I've ever experienced by anyone, anywhere... EVER.

I'll say it and I know everyone else did but the way the band came onto the stage with "When You Wish Upon A Star" playing and Jim with his lantern.... words don't (and can't) describe feelings that something like that evokes.

I've never been to a concert that only continued to build steam and energy as the show moved along. Their flailing around stage, hair flying, guitars screaming, for three hours on a Saturday morning in Tenn. these guys were larger than life.

here are the few vids I managed to shoot in between having my face melted off. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5thrmL3yJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwp1pLhIVXc

MJ

Dee. · Jun 24, 2006, 02:43 AM

Those are rock spectacular, MJ. I hope no one got hurt by the glowsticks.

LaurieBlue · Jun 24, 2006, 11:22 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060624/music_nm/bonnaroo_dc_1

My Morning Jacket has played the last four Bonnaroos. The band's growth at the fest has been significant, and this year a crowd estimated at more than 20,000 enthusiastically caught the act's post-midnight, three-hour performance. That is a tremendous increase over its first appearance, when the band drew less than a thousand.

LaurieBlue · Jun 25, 2006, 12:20 PM

http://www.myselfmyself.com/?p=106

I awoke to the sound of Tom Petty's voice being broadcast all over the campground, and, the abrasive hiss of a nearby nitrous tank. I stumbled out of the tent, disoriented, and found my way to the cooler. When the three of us were all semi-coherent, we began meandering through the dark campground toward the sound and the light. When we arrived we managed to secure a spot to the left of the stage, near enough to have a good view of the action. My friend commented that above all else, he wanted to hear the opener from Z, "Wordless Chorus," live. As if on cue, Jim James and company entered to thunderous applause and began "Wordless...," which was not only spot-on live, but also contained a Jim James vocal finale that blew the album track right out of the water (have a listen to the mp3 above). The rest of the monstrous 3 hour set saw the boys hit up all of their albums and EPs, while throwing in plenty of covers (The 'Stones, Velvet Underground, The Misfits, The Who) to shake things up a bit. I had the pleasure of seeing My Morning Jacket a few times, once in a small club a few years ago from the front row, and it's amazing to see how far they've come both as showmen and musicians. They even invited their old friend and our early afternoon hero Andrew Bird onstage to jam with them for a few songs. The only low point came when we decided to sneak off to catch a bit of Common's set in the next tent over. Unfortunately for us, and for everyone else waiting there, Common was at least 40 minutes late. And when he did come on, his sound was so bass-heavy that it drowned out any reason to remain and watch. We walked back and caught the end of MMJ's set and then, eyes glazed and ears ringing, wound our way back through the throng towards our little oasis in the grass. Somewhere along the way, between the offers of doses and balloons, I realized that we still had 2 more days of music to experience, and my smile cut through the fog in my head.

LaurieBlue · Jun 25, 2006, 12:25 PM

http://themusiclovers.blogspot.com/2006/06/my-bonnaroo-day-1.html

- My Morning Jacket -
My Morning Jacket was probably the most memorable show that I saw at Bonnaroo two years ago. Nothing could compare to the nature's light show as storm clouds formed over the stage and the downpour that followed during the closing "Steam Engine". This time around I left before the group had finished playing but their jams were a nice soundtrack back to home base. I did hear them play: At Dawn, Golden, Gideon (with Andrew Bird apparently, though I was too far back to see), Xmas Curtain, Dondante, Phone Went West, and Run Thru (the song playing as we were leaving for the camp grounds).

LaurieBlue · Jun 28, 2006, 05:10 PM

http://liquidgeneration.blogs.com/music/2006/06/bonnaroo_2006_r.html

My Morning Jacket: Far and away the best set of the weekend. They got on stage and for something like three and a half hours, going 100 mph the whole time. This band has become the poster child for this festival for good reasons. These guys were tight. They drew a HUGE crowd, even the side stage for VIPs was so packed they were turning people away. No one left early, no one was disappointed.

Angry Ewok · Jun 28, 2006, 08:05 PM

Has anyone heard any complaints whatsoever about the guys' performance at Bonnaroo? I mean, usually you'll find at least one or two jackasses who simply cannot be impressed... but at this point I haven't seen any negative remarks towards the show.

I'm still numb... I just want to go back.

tdan · Jun 29, 2006, 12:03 AM

See the Jim James is a moron thread.

LaurieBlue · Jun 29, 2006, 08:22 AM

QuoteHas anyone heard any complaints whatsoever about the guys' performance at Bonnaroo? I mean, usually you'll find at least one or two jackasses who simply cannot be impressed... but at this point I haven't seen any negative remarks towards the show.

I'm still numb... I just want to go back.

http://www.cmj.com/relay/?p=604

Anu · Jul 02, 2006, 11:59 PM

I probably wouldn't be on this board if it wasn't for this Bonnaroo show. Before the 'roo, I owned Z, saw Elizabethtown, and knew I liked this band, but . . . . something hadn't quite clicked.

The magical funk and fuzz of their unlikely yet eternal arrangments, the purple hazy aura that filled and surrounded the tent, tne hypnotic sound of Jim James' voice getting under my skin, it all clicked and it's sticking with me now forever.

MMJ are now one of my absolute favorite bands. I've listened to a bunch of shows online, poked around these boards like an old lady at a yard sale, and today, I added It Still Moves to my collection. I'll probably be buying the rest of their records soon.

At a time when so many bands don't even come to Tennessee, they've made it another home. They're like the freaking house band of Bonnaroo, and they came to Nashville twice in one year's time when too many bands skip us altogether. I'm only sorry I missed the show in April, and I am now waiting until the next time I can see them.

Now, I have to admit, I left the MMJ show early to see Common. That was the story of my 'roo: I wanted to be everywhere and pretty much pulled it off (saw 32 acts in 4 days). But reading the rest of this, well, I kind of wish I stayed for the whole set.

Some lovely lesbians poured glitter all over me at the Common show, but other than that . . .

tomEisenbraun · Jul 03, 2006, 01:35 AM

"I finished the night watching My Morning Jacket play deafening chicken-fried rock, where every song starts at the climax and goes up from there, but I was mostly unmoved. "

Did he even listen to the Bear? Or Mahgeetah? Or Dondante? Starts at the climax my ass, that's pure rubbish. The only thing I think of that fits that bill is Anytime. Maybe that's actually all he heard and then walked away. The fool.