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Sounds killer. I'm glad Cat Power was good, but I'm sorry to hear that Dylan and Jack Johnson didn't do it for you. It looks like you have the same opinion of Foo Fighters that I do - every now and then, I enjoy a listen, but I can't bring myself to say that I like them. I don't know - maybe it's because I always thought Grohl was a goober, even before he started his own thing.
Wish I could have been there.
Grohl is a rocker and a good front man. His commitment to bringin music to the people can't be faulted and he's a got a sense of humor that many performers lack. He's such a good drummer too - almost too bad that he has expert Taylor Hawkins in the band. But like you I just don't dig their music all that much - just a little too simplistic and chorus-y.
But he was the drummer for Nirvana and that I will always appreciate.
Jack Johnson was a big snore.
I'm a Dylan fan but was disappointed in his set. The band was highly skilled, and capable of way more than the plodding country rock accompaniment that they applied to every dam* song. Intelligibility of the lyrics was a problem. So for me the music was pedestrian; the magical lyrics were hard to get; the musical re-castings of familiar songs were not improvements over the old versions....Of course some people dug his show and maybe I missed out. I left after a while to the other stage to see NIN. They played very well and effectively but dang that's another band I don't love so I didn't really care about them.
If I had to name one performance as best, I'd say BRMC. First show of the Sunday, small audience, too bad for the thousands who missed 'em!
With Dylan?! Really?
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a puzzling detail - there were big video screens flanking the stage. For ALL the bands/artists, EXCEPT for Dylan's set, there were videocamera men/women - showing musician closeups and various angles. For Dylan, tho, there was only one wide static shot showing the width of the stage - in other words, for people far from the stage, there was only a video view of what they saw anyway from a distance.
Guess Dylan specified that in his contract??
oh. how I love music festivals....