Coachella

[Shootenanny!]

I agree, but I think their R&L place is to keep them from V. I reckon they'd be 4th/5th place main if not.

[the wonderwhy]

It's the city affect of it I don't like. Going to Reading, to go out and back in felt like going to a series of gigs and not back to a festival, this is why i don't think I could ever do Lollapalooza. Bannaroo looks very hit and miss lineup wise or only like the headliner and maybe band under I want to see.

I'm presuming Coa has an arena like R&L? Just I saw a video of people walking from cars to a dance tent.

[Shootenanny!]

The bit where Radiohead played part of After The Gold Rush sounded beautiful, wish they'd done the whole song!

Gotta say though, too many newer songs in their set for me, could have done with more from the first three albums.

[gazza_20]

Coachella you camp with your car in fields seperate to the actual festival arena. So yeah, its like Reading just a lot more spread out/further away.

The maps explain it better http://www.coachella...nteractive-maps

[kaosmark2]

The bit where Radiohead played part of After The Gold Rush sounded beautiful, wish they'd done the whole song!

Gotta say though, too many newer songs in their set for me, could have done with more from the first three albums.

[AcademicPistol]

Radiohead have so many good songs they don't need to touch Pablo Honey.

[Shootenanny!]

Radiohead have so many good songs they don't need to touch Pablo Honey.

[kaosmark2]

Despite its unpopularity I'm a fan of Pablo Honey, would like to see them play things like Stop Whispering and Anyone Can Play Guitar (although I realise that really wouldn't fit in with their set just now)

[chriseede]

I'm not. Just seems like a generic rock album to me. A few decent songs, a few boring ones, with nothing particularly interesting about it.

[Shootenanny!]

Fair enough, I can respect that. I know Pablo Honey isn't groundbreaking stuff but I like some of the stuff from it. The Bends is a big step up though, still my favourite Radiohead album.

[rug568]

ATDI tonight! Alarm set for 5 am

[kaosmark2]

THIS. If Radiohead had continued to release albums like Pablo,Honey, they would have just been another generic rock band with nothing special about them, the same with The Bends to an extent, though there are some very good tracks on that. It's albums like OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows that have made me fall in love with their music. They're continuously experimenting with their sound and refusing to stick to a formula, but still maintaining that headline and arena band status on their own terms.

[paulomas]

santigold is wicked!

[chriseede]

The Bends was a really good bridging evolution between Pablo Honey and OK Computer. It's a cracking album, but it sounds nothing like their later stuff. Taken on its own merits, it's a cracking, and interesting, rock record. Of course, they're not a rock band any more, so a lot of the songs don't fit in nowadays.

I'm continually amazed by the lack of love for Amnesiac. Pyramid Song, You and Whose Army and Knives Out are some of my absolute favourite Radiohead songs, interspersed by songs of amazingly subtle effect. I can't listen to it as often as I can their other greats, but I still adore it.

[AcademicPistol]

ATDI tonight! Alarm set for 5 am

[chriseede]

Ooooh, does anyone know if they show re-runs?

[kaosmark2]

The Bends has my favourite Radiohead song on it (Fake Plastic Trees), but there's also quite a bit of filler. I rated it on here recently as my 4th or 5th favourite album by them. I love Pyramid Song and You And Whose Army on Amnesiac and do agree that it's a very good album, just not up there for me with the genius of OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows.

[Vieuphoria]

The Hives are superb. Would love to see them for the Saturday main slot.

[Vieuphoria]

or even one of the Special Guests slots. Or maybe FR headliner?

[mrtourette]

I'll have to check some of these out when they inevitably get chopped up and put on eBay.

A lot of people rave about Coachella but I can't get excited about a festival that only lets you drink inside certain barriered areas and has it's campsite marked out with no erecting tents outside of the marked bays. Lollapalooza always seemed far less pretentious and more like R&L (when you're in the arena, the lack of camping is obviously a difference).

Edited April 16, 2012 by mrtourette

[AcademicPistol]

Don't most festivals have marked bays for tents? And US festivals all seem to have strange names.

[kev1664]

So what's peoples views upon the tupac hologram?

Tasteless? Inventive? Good use of technology? Adds to the live performance? Makes the performance too per-rehearsed and less live? Would you like to see anyone back from the dead? Nirvana, Beatles? Good for a fest or not? Good for own shows?

Discuss

[guitarbhoy1888]

So what's peoples views upon the tupac hologram?

Tasteless? Inventive? Good use of technology? Adds to the live performance? Makes the performance too per-rehearsed and less live? Would you like to see anyone back from the dead? Nirvana, Beatles? Good for a fest or not? Good for own shows?

Discuss

[gazza_20]

I'll have to check some of these out when they inevitably get chopped up and put on eBay.

A lot of people rave about Coachella but I can't get excited about a festival that only lets you drink inside certain barriered areas and has it's campsite marked out with no erecting tents outside of the marked bays. Lollapalooza always seemed far less pretentious and more like R&L (when you're in the arena, the lack of camping is obviously a difference).

[LondonTom]

I'll have to check some of these out when they inevitably get chopped up and put on eBay.

A lot of people rave about Coachella but I can't get excited about a festival that only lets you drink inside certain barriered areas and has it's campsite marked out with no erecting tents outside of the marked bays. Lollapalooza always seemed far less pretentious and more like R&L (when you're in the arena, the lack of camping is obviously a difference).