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Post by Professor Pancakes on Jan 24, 2017 21:47:56 GMT -8
Sure, 21 Pilots sells out arenas in the city. That's because parents will pay $50 and drop their kid of at the local civic center for a few hours. Those parents are not going to pay $300 and drop their 15 year old kid off at the Gorge for three days. The Cure was too old. I get that. They needed to go younger, but they overshot their mark.
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Post by Cbats on Jan 24, 2017 22:14:18 GMT -8
Sure, 21 Pilots sells out arenas in the city. That's because parents will pay $50 and drop their kid of at the local civic center for a few hours. Those parents are not going to pay $300 and drop their 15 year old kid off at the Gorge for three days. The Cure was too old. I get that. They needed to go younger, but they overshot their mark. Yep this is my main thought as well. They're terrible and I'm personally mad about that but I'm almost as mad about how bad of a business decision it is. Chance and Frank are great bookings because they skew younger but still appeal to older crowds. If you match them with a slightly older skewing headliner (LCD or Arcade Fire would be good examples) you have a solid batch of headliners. As it is now, your largest market is people who have to get permission/money to come to a 3 day festival in the middle of nowhere. Maybe it works out just fine but...I'm not optimistic. The fact that the undercard is pathetically weak isn't helping anything either.
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Post by totinoboy on Jan 24, 2017 22:23:32 GMT -8
Fuck. I would be celebrating so hard if this was the lineup buuut LCD is my favorite band so I am very biased.
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Post by chubbystackz on Jan 24, 2017 22:30:45 GMT -8
The funny thing is, it seems like we all we saw 21 pilots as the first name, stopped the video in anger, and decided we weren't going. Insert LCD. We would have saw LCD as the first name, stopped the video in a freak out, and decided to buy tickets ASAP.
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Post by Darth on Jan 24, 2017 23:27:06 GMT -8
The funny thing is, it seems like we all we saw 21 pilots as the first name, stopped the video in anger, and decided we weren't going. Insert LCD. We would have saw LCD as the first name, stopped the video in a freak out, and decided to buy tickets ASAP. I see it like this- It's Thanksgiving dinner and all the adults are at the table and there's a few yummy side dishes: stuffing, mash potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, veggies... well I like all those things. But then out comes the highly anticipated main course. Will it be a delicious turkey? Ham? Roast? Tofurky even? Nope. Dad brings out a tray of Oreo cookies. And all the kids coming running. They crowd around the table, eating all the Oreo cookies as there Thanksgiving main course. And the adults are eating there side dishes, which are ok, but feel they left out, disappointed, this was very unexpected. To top it off, there's not enough side dishes to enjoy. And now there's just a crowd of kids singing 21 p1Lot songs at, what use to be, a nice dinner table. Sasquatch 2017. So in my humble opinion, 1 band, the center piece of it all, can totally dictate the audience in which it commands. But hey, to put a positive spin on it, all your friends are at the table with you and you do really enjoy those side dishes. And it's the weekend so enjoy it!
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Post by Darth on Jan 24, 2017 23:29:29 GMT -8
Now I'm hungry
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Post by Darth on Jan 24, 2017 23:33:08 GMT -8
Gimme that tofurky Zacks!
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Post by Darth on Jan 24, 2017 23:40:04 GMT -8
But hey, I'm done bitchin about it all because a) I've made the decision not to go already b) I want all of you who are going to have the best fuckin time!
Seriously, I love Sasquatch. I respect the hell out of Zacks, and I wish you all the most positive vibes!
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Post by Pea on Jan 24, 2017 23:49:43 GMT -8
Twenty One Pilots is more like a stale package of marshmallow peeps.
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Post by toastercult on Jan 25, 2017 6:31:34 GMT -8
Admittedly I have never been to Sasquatch. I've always, ALWAYS wanted to go to the Gorge and I was planning on this being my year (actually, I had tickets to JulySquatch but...yeah). I figured that "leak" was too good to be true so I wasn't betting on the lineup being super stellar, but it's pretty...meh. LiveNation knew that 21 Pilots would sell tickets and that's why they were booked, and I get that--it makes sense....I just never thought Sasquatch would book a band like that. The undercard is OK--Foxygen, Shins, MGMT, Mount Kimbie (!) are all highlights--and Frank Ocean is the shit, but even if 21P was changed to LCD or Arcade Fire I'd still have reservations about making the trip (Bjork is a different story). A lot of the bands on the lineup are not unique to Sasquatch and that's what is holding me back. If I was closer I'd probably be there, but driving eight hours for a couple of bands just doesn't seem worth it.
Hopefully I'll make it up there one year. It really does look friggin magical.
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Post by grundelwald on Jan 25, 2017 9:29:37 GMT -8
It would be a little better but wouldn't change everything. The headliners for this lineup are only the start of the problem and LCD wouldn't redeem it much. The problem is that there is a second or third line that seems to be missing even with LCD as #1. The second line needs a smallish legacy act like Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, or New Order, another indie rock (NOT indie folk) staple such as Spoon, TV on the Radio or even Death Cab, and I guess a dj and/or a Lorde/Lana Del Ray type singer. Then the lineup needs about 20 more acts, prefereably rock, psychedelic, punk, and electronic (no more indie folk!!), and they don't even have to be people I have heard of.
That wouldn't even be close to a dream lineup, but it would be more like what I expect of this festival. I bought early bird tickets though, and I consider that money already spent, so I will go this year anyway and make the most of this lineup.
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Post by jul on Jan 25, 2017 16:25:34 GMT -8
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Post by transatlanticism on Jan 25, 2017 22:08:35 GMT -8
I'd like to point out that visually this year's poster sucks. It looks like someone found a fun font on photoshop and quickly put it together.
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Post by banana on Jan 25, 2017 22:18:54 GMT -8
I'd like to point out that visually this year's poster sucks. It looks like someone found a fun font on photoshop and quickly put it together. What you don't like the green text on green background?
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Post by becoolyolanda on Jan 25, 2017 22:28:06 GMT -8
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Post by mikhiel on Jan 26, 2017 9:34:25 GMT -8
I'd like to point out that visually this year's poster sucks. It looks like someone found a fun font on photoshop and quickly put it together. I was really liking the theme this year with the van and colours until they actually released the poster and the text/colours with the artists is brutal.
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Post by Pea on May 5, 2017 11:30:44 GMT -8
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Post by chubbystackz on May 5, 2017 11:36:52 GMT -8
Pea is an adequate predictor of futures
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Post by totinoboy on May 5, 2017 11:37:40 GMT -8
You god.
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