Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by bnyced0:
I think it's more of a perspective thing. If you're only festival in 2007 is Lolla, it's pretty impressive. But if you go to say Coachella, Bonnaroo, your local radio fest, and a host of individual shows then there's nothing special about it.
True, but most people aren't professional concert-goers. [/b]
I named the most mainstream and easily attended festivals I could think of to make my point, if I was referring to "professional concert-goers" I'd put SXSW, CMJ, Noorderslag, POPCOM, ATP, Pitchfork, NXNE, and assortment of other venues where you could see 75% of the Lolla line-up at smaller, more intimate atmospheres. It's a good thing there are so many opportunities to see a lot of bands. But it makes any particular festival, especially later in the year not that much different from any other. ie. When Bjork was announced to play Coachella it was huge (and still is), but she's also playing Sasquatch, Glastonbury, Connect, Seine, and countless others. Again this is good thing, the earth is shrinking and great music is within the reach of most, but if you even just attend two festivals a year you're likely to have a 50% overlap. Again this isn't bad, but when there were fewer festivals they were more unique (not necessarily better, but different). These aren't complaints just observations.
