Question of the day: With festival lineups being announced this time of the year, who would play at your ultimate festival? How long would it be, where, what bands, etc.
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Oh if only I could build a festival in real life! I would have to make it three nights I think, and I'd hold it somewhere in Manitoba so I wouldn't always have to go so ridiculously far for a music festival!
The line-up would be extensive and predominantly Canadian. A headliner would definitely be Broken Social Scene, but with ALL of their members, as each of them would bring their own individual bands to play too. Because how amazing would a festival be if it could host BSS and encapsulate Metric, Stars, Feist, Apostle of Hustle, Land Of Talk and all the others...plus solo performances by Kevin Drew and Jason Collett for sure.
I'd also love to see Canadians Tegan and Sara, Said The Whale, Mother Mother, Zeus, Coeur de Pirate, Wolf Parade, The New Pornographers, as well as the Arkells and Hey Rosetta! (the last two especially I've heard are fantastic live - I'd love the chance to see them!)
To indulge more international music tastes, I'd love to see Phoenix play (I suppose they could headline a day too), as well as The XX, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jet, Kaiser Chiefs (who I did see at a festival and were the liveliest performance, hands down), Regina Spektor, Rilo Kiley, Cat Power, An Horse, and Amy Winehouse, for one out of left field. She was supposed to play Cochella last year and withdrew; I think she's absolutely insane but also very musically gifted. She can be the last ill-fitting headliner.
Hmm, looking back that's less of a good festival group and more of a list of bands I'd like to see play live...and I didn't even get into the legendary performers who would show up to perform with the groups (hello Emily Haines and Bob Dylan singing "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"!) And I know that every time I look at a music festival line-up I find at least three or four more bands I'd want to add to this list! It would be a glorious festival indeed.
I like this question.
My lineup would look something like this:
METRIC No Doubt Sonic Youth Cat Power (Only the stuff from the 90's) The Kills Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Definatly not the new record) White Rabbits Sebastien Grainger Sublime (I wish) BSS Amy Millian Liars Julie Doiron annnnnd Erics Trip
Very nice question, Briggins. You're so creative.
Alex, it looks like you've got your festival all figured out kudos.
"I think she's absolutely insane but also very musically gifted."
Definitely right one that one, especially her first album. Then she just went crazy. lol
Two days, Two stages; one stage will be Rock/Indie/Punk, the second stage will have Jazz/Electronica/R&B/World. Billings, MT at the MetraPark Fairgrounds.
Stage One/Day One:
Be Your Own Pet/Jemina Pearl The Stranglers Sondre Lerche Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis She and Him Fanfarlo Broken Social Scene
Stage Two/Day One:
Fat Segal Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck Cat Power Little Boots Norah Jones Amy Winehouse Tricky and or Massive Attack Lady Gaga *that's for you, Joey
Stage One/Day Two:
The Dead Weather Stars Lily Allen Ok Go Paramore The Ting Tings Grizzly Bear and....duh METRIC
Stage Two/Day Two:
Goldfrapp Mos Def Jesca Hoop Madeleine Peyroux Portishead Mark Ronson Melody Gardot Sia
Done |D
Great choices, guys! I'd definitely go to your festivals. =)
Oh if only I could build a festival in real life! I would have to make it three nights I think, and I'd hold it somewhere in Manitoba so I wouldn't always have to go so ridiculously far for a music festival!
The line-up would be extensive and predominantly Canadian. A headliner would definitely be Broken Social Scene, but with ALL of their members, as each of them would bring their own individual bands to play too. Because how amazing would a festival be if it could host BSS and encapsulate Metric, Stars, Feist, Apostle of Hustle, Land Of Talk and all the others...plus solo performances by Kevin Drew and Jason Collett for sure.
I'd also love to see Canadians Tegan and Sara, Said The Whale, Mother Mother, Zeus, Coeur de Pirate, Wolf Parade, The New Pornographers, as well as the Arkells and Hey Rosetta! (the last two especially I've heard are fantastic live - I'd love the chance to see them!)
To indulge more international music tastes, I'd love to see Phoenix play (I suppose they could headline a day too), as well as The XX, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jet, Kaiser Chiefs (who I did see at a festival and were the liveliest performance, hands down), Regina Spektor, Rilo Kiley, Cat Power, An Horse, and Amy Winehouse, for one out of left field. She was supposed to play Cochella last year and withdrew; I think she's absolutely insane but also very musically gifted. She can be the last ill-fitting headliner.
Hmm, looking back that's less of a good festival group and more of a list of bands I'd like to see play live...and I didn't even get into the legendary performers who would show up to perform with the groups (hello Emily Haines and Bob Dylan singing "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"!) And I know that every time I look at a music festival line-up I find at least three or four more bands I'd want to add to this list! It would be a glorious festival indeed.
I like this question.
My lineup would look something like this:
METRIC
No Doubt
Sonic Youth
Cat Power (Only the stuff from the 90's)
The Kills
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Definatly not the new record)
White Rabbits
Sebastien Grainger
Sublime (I wish)
BSS
Amy Millian
Liars
Julie Doiron
annnnnd Erics Trip
Very nice question, Briggins. You're so creative.
Alex, it looks like you've got your festival all figured out kudos.
"I think she's absolutely insane but also very musically gifted."
Definitely right one that one, especially her first album. Then she just went crazy. lol
Two days, Two stages; one stage will be Rock/Indie/Punk, the second stage will have Jazz/Electronica/R&B/World. Billings, MT at the MetraPark Fairgrounds.
Stage One/Day One:
Be Your Own Pet/Jemina Pearl
The Stranglers
Sondre Lerche
Rilo Kiley/Jenny Lewis
She and Him
Fanfarlo
Broken Social Scene
Stage Two/Day One:
Fat Segal
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck
Cat Power
Little Boots
Norah Jones
Amy Winehouse
Tricky and or Massive Attack
Lady Gaga *that's for you, Joey
Stage One/Day Two:
The Dead Weather
Stars
Lily Allen
Ok Go
Paramore
The Ting Tings
Grizzly Bear
and....duh METRIC
Stage Two/Day Two:
Goldfrapp
Mos Def
Jesca Hoop
Madeleine Peyroux
Portishead
Mark Ronson
Melody Gardot
Sia
Done |D
Great choices, guys! I'd definitely go to your festivals.
=)
It's my turn, I suppose...
***Paralyzed Eternal Youth Music Festival 2010***
Location: Portugal (obviously...)
August 20th, 21st and 22nd.
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Day One
- Metric
- The National
- Hey Rosetta!
- Broken Social Scene
- Arcade Fire
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Day Two
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Patrick Watson
- Stars
- Rilo Kiley
- Dead Man's Bones
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Day Three
- Feist
- Iron & Wine
- Mother Mother
- Bon Iver
- Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
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Now I NEED this to happen! hahaha
;)