"Oldchella"

otm, it transcends the ideas of cash grabs and festivals

and tbh aside from Bob and Neil i haven't seen any of them live so this would be a way to cross a few names off my concert bucket list that i was starting to think i never would, so i'd go if i was able.

― some dude, Monday, May 2, 2016 12:20 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I second this except that I've never seen any of these folks live. Man, if you've got the time and money, GO!

for some reason I'm having a flashback to an article in the local paper over the weekend about confused concertgoers showing up at the wrong time

it was a multi-show weekend where they added additional shows to match ticket sales. initially there was only an announced saturday show, then they added friday, and then a couple additional dates

a bunch of people showed up on saturday only to be told they missed their concert as they had tickets for friday. people insisted they bought tickets for the concert they showed up for. the purchasing website had the right date. the email confirmation had the right date. the tickets they'd printed and showed up with had the right date. they showed up on the wrong date.

however, the venue _anticipated this would happen_ and had set aside an entire area for people who showed up to the wrong concert night

I can only imagine what will happen at this festival

man mh I think you underestimate how much people like to make a lot of money

I know, like, who am I to talk, but wouldn't it be cool if at least a sizeable portion of the surely mind-boggling proceeds from this festival held by multi-millionaires who (let's be honest) probably don't have that much longer to enjoy their multi-millions went to a charity of some sort?

Think of their kids!!!!

Their AARP-age kids!!!!!!!!

(Or whatever the British equivalent of the AARP is for some of them, I guess.)

This is definitely a case of giving people what they want. But I really don't think I'd want to hang out with the people that want this.

Grabbing the top critical/financial successes of a narrow set of years that's 100% white rock dudes is so high concept that this transcends being a cynical ploy. It's like replacing the pitcher on a baseball team with a pitching machine that just spits the ball directly into the center of the strike zone at a low speed.

This is exactly how I feel about this. (Well, this plus total loathing for Paul McCartney.)

What's to loathe?

http://movieboozer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/BroadstreetFeature.jpg

Now that you bring it up, I would totally fly out there for a Genesis reunion:
http://36.media.tumblr.com/55e47305ecd8fc98db74928245d747be/tumblr_nh0pb5HbgB1sg1lzqo2_r1_500.jpg

when did I ever underestimate the love of money?

like this isn't a cash grab, this is someone laying in bed at night after devising cash grab schemes all day thinking "what if I just... took all the cash at once?"

i so want to go to this!

under 100 miles away, i just might.

Ok so literally any show done with a professional promoter and venue, basically any show that's not like pass the hat basement punk or a benefit is done to make money why is this particular show being held to some weird standard?

i'd ask the music publications that create "best albums/artists ever" lists, year after year, and have put these artists on them for decades!

searched google for "rolling stone best artists"

numbers 4, 2, and 1 were: the rolling stones, bob dylan, and the beatles. they booked the first two, and got the only touring member of the third

the high concept is literally "can we book the most popular/best artists ever"

i mean...festival promoters are always trying to come up with the best festival lineup they possibly can, and for a certain kind of consumer, these guys succeeded. that's...bad?

Revenge against the Boomers, I guess. But it only guarantees the same treatment 30 years down the road when Washed Out plays the future Oldchella.

did you ever see the invader zim cartoon episode where he has tryouts for his "best friend"?

i mean, a bunch of really great artists, no buffer, sounds like complete overload! it's cool they're doing long sets, time to wander around, probably some breaks between acts

not bad as much as a possible misunderstanding, or different interpretation, of what is good

like when I get one of those prix fixe menus where you have your choice of several appetizers, a couple entrees, and dessert and like an idiot I choose the most fatty, savory option for all courses, wash it down with red wine, and feel like i'm gonna vom

It's the Roll 'Em Out Before They Die Tour. A little depressing, I guess, but that's life. I'd be disappointed if they didn't pass out LSD in the so people could embrace their mortality Huxley style.

I'm interested in what the Millennial version of Oldchella would look like, if society still exists in its current form at that point.

depends on who's restrospectively seen as the canon by the celestial builders

OMG A BIG ROCK CONCERT I'M GONNA DIE OF ANGST

All of them are too afraid to invite Fogerty because his current live show would put them to shame (perhaps even Neil)

As soon as Frey was gone, the promoters were like "Thank God - we can finally do this show without those assholes."

I'm interested in what the Millennial version of Oldchella would look like, if society still exists in its current form at that point.

drake, lcd soundsystem, rolling stones, roger waters, neil young, roger daltrey & the who are you band

all of these artists have made great music. you just need to ignore the boomer industrial complex/critical hagiography establishment.

they've all made bad music too, which adds to their charm.

i'm kinda dying to know who turned them down. zeppelin? springsteen? the kinks? (i wish!)

Stevie Wonder.

drake, lcd soundsystem, rolling stones, roger waters, neil young, roger daltrey & the who are you band

the rolling stones in 30 years? i could see that if they underwent experimental gene therapy or something. knowing how the world goes, we'd experience some disaster where the technology is lost, and the rolling stones are the only ones granted immortality. so each successive generation will get to watch them at their own oldchella. then one day thousands of years in the future when the earth is dying, each rolling stone will fly off to space to colonize their own planet, including Android Brian Jones and his mysterious Planet X. each millennium the 5 rolling stones take off from their planetary kingdoms to reunite on earth to stage the biggest show in the galaxy. that's how i see it working out, at least.

like this isn't a cash grab, this is someone laying in bed at night after devising cash grab schemes all day thinking "what if I just... took all the cash at once?"

this gave me a really great lol, thank you

How will they determine who opens? They should just all play at once.

the dead are supposed to have played their final final show right?

anyway, think the boomers will b p disappointed w/ modern times Dylan since it's not much like what the teaser/nostalgia might have them thinking

https://www.facebook.com/bobdylan/videos/10156802076230696/

seen him once in a huge venue, doesn't suit his style well imo

What's a cash grab and what's a festival? Who decides

― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, May 2, 2016 5:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Indeed they do.

All of them are too afraid to invite Fogerty because his current live show would put them to shame (perhaps even Neil)

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, May 2, 2016 10:40 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This might be the case if Fogerty's drummer was absolutely anybody other than Kenny Aaronoff (including, but not limited to, paramecium).

He's not ham-fisted; he's pig-roasting-on-a-spit-with-an-apple-in-its-mouth-fisted.

I enjoyed larry appleton's last post

Ticket prices are out:
1 day pass General Admission: $199.
3 day pass General Admission: $399.
Reserved floor/grandstand: $699-$1,599.
Standing pit: $1,599.

haw, "standing pit," sounds great.
$399 really isn't *terrible* -- doesn't it cost that much to see the stones on their own these days? still way too rich for my blood.

pit is gonna be a madhouse of angry rich people throwing elbows to get closer to the stage, very american psycho workout chic

seriously, security will maybe wallow in if somebody goes underfoot but there are gonna be a lot of free for all alpha males NEEDING to be up close to get that guitar pick

Average daily high temp in Indio in October is 92F. There are gonna be a lot of 65+ people with heatstroke.

God these old farts make me nauseous. I'ts such a sellout, not like all the acts who play coachella these days, they're doing it for the music man!!!

the boomers will b p disappointed w/ modern times Dylan

boomers have been known to be p disappointed w/modern times neil as well (meaning anytime neil's played an electric gtr in the past 30-ish years)

yeah if dylan sticks with his current set it'll be more than half material from the last 15 years ... which will be unique for this kind of thing.

I'm just imagining Bono and Sting sitting their folornly waiting for their respective phones to ring.

they'll be doing it in 5 years (or less), mark my words.

I need at least 1k words, no just posting digits here