2010: My Morning Jacket's best year???

[Gideon711]

I mean.....

-Coming off of a small hiatus and playing an amazing tour with the        Preservation hall jazz band

-Great television performances (Letterman, Jimmy Fallon)

-TERMINAL 5!!!

-Long awaited Hometown reunion show (Louisville Oct. 29th)

-Great festival appearances (Outside lands, Jazzfest, Voodoo)

-writing a new album due out 2011

[itrainmonkeys]

I mean.....

-Coming off of a small hiatus and playing an amazing tour with the        Preservation hall jazz band

-Great television performances (Letterman, Jimmy Fallon)

-TERMINAL 5!!!

-Long awaited Hometown reunion show (Louisville Oct. 29th)

-Great festival appearances (Outside lands, Jazzfest, Voodoo)

-writing a new album due out 2011

Don't forget - opening up for Tom Petty, playing Levon Helm's midnight Ramble, Carl releasing solo work.


It's a good year for MMJ

[DaFunkyPrecedent]

...jim james and the roots?

[Gideon711]

Yea you guys are right, i especially cant believe i forgot JJ and the roots, Dear God 2.0 is amazing.  I also forgot Appalachain Voices

[Caseydog]

I don't think it's their best year by a longshot.  There seems to be much less buzz about MMJ.  The fact that they didn't play Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, or ACL indicates this.  While Evil Urges was a solid album and seems like it was part of the distant past, it's their most recent, and in no uncertain terms, it cannot compare with either Z or It Still Moves. Maybe my opinion of 2010 stems from only being able to see them once  :(.

I'm looking forward to a new album in 2011 and many more shows!

[Gideon711]

I don't think it's their best year by a longshot.  There seems to be much less buzz about MMJ.  The fact that they didn't play Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, or ACL indicates this.  While Evil Urges was a solid album and seems like it was part of the distant past, it's their most recent, and in no uncertain terms, it cannot compare with either Z or It Still Moves. Maybe my opinion of 2010 stems from only being able to see them once  :(.

I'm looking forward to a new album in 2011 and many more shows!

I can agree with the fact that there may not be as much buzz around MMJ as there was in say 06 or 08, but i have to say I completly disagree with the fact that Evil Urges doesnt compare to ISM or Z. I enjoy all 5 MMJ albums equally, and each for different reasons, which is partly what makes the band so great in my eyes (that and their un-paralled live show).

Also, the fact that Evil Urges is their most recent album is completly normal for MMJ, they always wait at least 2 years between albums:

Tennessee Fire - 1999
At dawn - 2001
It Still Moves - 2003
Z - 2005
EvilUrges - 2008
New album - 2011

[e_wind]

They did far more this year on top of what's mentioned. If were going solely off of shows and released material, I dont think 2010 is the best year. T5 is the epitome of 2010. In 2006 Z(still fresh from 05), Okonokos, and NYE (RS 5th best show of the last decade). I honestly think one epic show is more exciting and unpredictable than T5. Not that t5 isn't AMAZING. Or when the newest Bandmates were added. I just think there are too many epic things to pinpoint any one year as better than the others

[Tracy 3000]

I'd say 2005 was their best year; when I saw them 6x in 6 months (Birmingham, Athens, Knoxville, Nashville, Cincinnati, Louisville)

[itrainmonkeys]

I honestly think one epic show is more exciting and unpredictable than T5.

But....T5 is 5 epic shows.  ;)

[Penny Lane]

I don't think it's their best year by a longshot.  There seems to be much less buzz about MMJ.  The fact that they didn't play Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, or ACL indicates this.  While Evil Urges was a solid album and seems like it was part of the distant past, it's their most recent, and in no uncertain terms, it cannot compare with either Z or It Still Moves. Maybe my opinion of 2010 stems from only being able to see them once  :(.

I'm looking forward to a new album in 2011 and many more shows!

They fulfilled a dream of playing at the Ramble, Jazz Fest, and a ton of other great shows. Their choice not to play Bonnaroo (a shitty over commercialized festival headlined by KOL and DMB-worst year yet) was a good one because they would have had to have outdone their 2008 performances without a new album. They keep getting bigger and bigger, and EU wasn't anyone's favorite MMJ album, it created a buzz so that even the people who didn't care for it are excited about the new album. My boss even learned about JJ last night when he went to the Beacon thing, and he said he was blown away, (think he played Look at You?). Word keeps getting out about these guys, and not just from me. 2010 was a HUGE year for them but certainly not their biggest. They're not a festival band, they're not umphrees mcgee out to play the big festivals year after year....they were always always always more than that.

I'm excited for the future.

[lasvegas]

08 was a pretty damn good year for them.

sxsw, coachella, EPIC bonnaroo, EPIC radio city, european tour, acl tv show, red rocks, EPIC MSG NYE...to name a few.

[Caseydog]

I honestly think one epic show is more exciting and unpredictable than T5.

But....T5 is 5 epic shows.  ;)

While I will not be in attendence at the T5, they can hardly be considered epic.  Bonnaroo late night-that's epic.  3+ hours of greatness.

[jmk]

Um, no, these shows are most definitely epic.

[bold992006]

Radio City was EPIC.  I heard it from the man himself on friday night, he said that was his favorite MMJ show ever.

I think 2008 is hard to top..new album, tons of buzz...Bonnaroo, Radio City, MSG...that is the year they really took it to another level...that was really the year people who didn't know about MMJ found out.

Right now I think they are kind of just creating buzz for what's to come.  2011 will be the year..new album, tour..right now they are just kind of riding the success they had in 08'.  that is what is allowing them to do what they want to do now.

[Gideon711]

Um, no, these shows are most definitely epic.

Agreed

[Tracy 3000]

I honestly think one epic show is more exciting and unpredictable than T5.

But....T5 is 5 epic shows.  ;)

While I will not be in attendence at the T5, they can hardly be considered epic.  Bonnaroo late night-that's epic.  3+ hours of greatness.

An argument over which show was more "epic".  ;D

They must be doing something right.

The most "epic" thing I ever seen was closing with It's About Twilight at the 40 Watt in 2005 with a bunch of screaming, sweaty lunatics in a smokey, sardine can!

[MrWhippy]

I honestly think one epic show is more exciting and unpredictable than T5.

But....T5 is 5 epic shows.  ;)

While I will not be in attendence at the T5, they can hardly be considered epic.  Bonnaroo late night-that's epic.  3+ hours of greatness.

While the TTF and At Dawn shows may not be epic in terms of length, anyone of us in attendance will tell you that they were all kinds of epic in terms of the performance.

I've been a fan and going to shows since 2004, and this is my favorite year of MMJ.  The show spring and summer shows I saw (Merriewather in May and Philly in August) had a seriously majestic quality to them, even if they were shorter than the '08 tour shows.

And T5 thus far has been off the hook.  I was originally just going to attend the first two T5 shows, but they were so damn good that I rearranged things to travel back to NYC for the last two.

[headhunter]

and that's a good thing.  looking forward to seeing you at the remaining shows!

[Penny Lane]

While I will not be in attendence at the T5, they can hardly be considered epic.  Bonnaroo late night-that's epic.  3+ hours of greatness.

they're plenty epic and your post is plenty bullshit.
(you just said, you're not in attendance so how would you know?)
i was at bonnaroo 2006 and 2008 and this is JUST in those ballparks if not more because it's not just the shows, it's the pilgrimmage of hundreds of MMJ fans congregating from all over (Australia, Japan) to experience that. So because the sets are an hour longer, doesn't take anything away from this run. Plus J Quaid all week, and a down the street performance by Carl.. (the only thing missing is the rain!)
but tell yourself whatever you want to feel better..

[Ghosts_on_TV]

I honestly think one epic show is more exciting and unpredictable than T5.

But....T5 is 5 epic shows.  ;)

While I will not be in attendence at the T5, they can hardly be considered epic.  

Um.....no.