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Live From Bonnaroo 2003

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On one hand, this double-disc perfectly captures some of the spirit of the 2003 Bonnaroo festival. Key songs and performances from the Dead, the Flaming Lips, Galactic, Polyphonic Spree, Warren Haynes, MMW, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and others, highlight this selection. However, many of the songs chosen leave you scratching your head. Why "the Seed" from the Roots, when many of the other songs were more well-performed? Why is there no STS9, Moe., funky Meters, etc? These were bands that drove the festival, and should have been included. It almost seems like those in charge of the compilation were more interested in showing off the diversity of the lineup (the Dead, sonic youth, James Brown, etc) than actually keying on the best performed songs.

Oh, and I have no idea what that reviewer below is talking about. I have both the special edition ordered from Bonnaroo.com, and the regular one from Amazon, and neither has RAQ or Neil Young, although both did play the festival.

The Bonus Features are worth the price of the double DVD. In fact, there are 45 minutes of awesome interviews on the second disk! Some of the reviewers point out that some bands (like moe and Particle) did not make the feature. But they do appear in the bonus features. The bonus features include rare interviews with The Dead, Wayne Coyne, Particle, Al Schnier, Warren Haynes, Stanton Moore, Michael Franti, Jack Johnson, G Love, Ben Harper, James Brown, Wide Spread Panic and others. The best part of the DVD, in my opinion, are the bonus features.

For those interested, I know that the bands choose which songs were used, not the film producers. Some bands did not participate in the DVD project.

The coolest thing about Bonnaroo is the amazingly diverse and eclectic music lineup they offer each year. With 2003 being the 2nd Bonnaroo I have been too, I was quite impressed with the lineup and I was even more impressed with the awesome sets of music I was lucky enough to catch. As with any festival, you have to pick and choose which sets of music you can see (because acts are scheduled at the same time), but with this CD, everyone has a chance to see highlights from the festival. It's a 2 CD set, so both cds are packed with music that showcase the talent and intensity of the performances at Bonnaroo. You got Widespread Panic, Allman Brothers Band, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, My Morning Jacket, Galactic, Flaming Lips, Warren Haynes, Ben Kweller, just to name a few. I bought this cd for friends of mine who couldnt go to the festival cuz of work, and they loved it. I went to the damn festival and I adore it. Defintily a great purchase. Highly recommended

Let's just say that 200 DVD's aren't enough to even come close to capturing all of the great music and fun that happened at Bonnaroo. I can understand people's complaints about not seeing at least a little bit of every act, much less Neil Young and STS9. I did not see the 2002 DVD, but am pleased with the overall quality of this feature - the footage and audio is great. Everyone who was there will be looking for themselves somewhere in the crowd. Even though it was Disneyed up a bit excessively with cutsey kid shots and quick-cut editing, it justifies its existence by (mostly) accurately portraying to the general public why Bonnaroo is so popular.

Why isn't moe. on here? Why isn't Particle on here? Why isn't Sound Tribe Sector Nine here? How about Garage-A-Trois? How about the Super Jam?
Why would they choose the Dead's most overplayed and annoying song. I mean, they played a great show and the song that is chosen, was the absolute low point of the show.
I was hugely disappointed for their exclusion of what I thought were the highlights of the 2003 festival. The DVD isn't much better in its track selection either.
The music on this set is good, but it is a weak sampling of the highlights of the Bonnaroo weekend. To me, a very disappointing effort.

Being at Bonnaroo 2003 was nothing sort of awsome! Best festival of the year! It is too bad this 2 cd set doesnt do the festival justice. It seems like they only picked artists that would help them sell the cd better to people who werent there. Artist like James Brown, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz and Ben Harper are very weak compared to some they skiped such as Moe., Neil Young, North Mississippi Allstars, Spearhead, and The Wailers. Also A lot of the songs they picked are not the best from each artists shows, like The Dead's Sugar Magnolia and Widespread Panic's Papa Johnny Road. my advice is dont buy this cd you will not be happy with it, if you are into jamband music your better off trading for live shows from the weekend.

the best mix of indie rock the world has to give, my favourite song has to be the buddahead song called invisible!!! which is amazing and very emotional but the neil young and r.a.q songs are good too..

I bought this CD with the intention of rehashing a wonderful weekend in Teneessee. However, the CD is a huge letdown from an emotional and musical standpoint. I was disappoined with the choices of songs for the artists and the omission of other artists such as moe. Why would they put 'Papa Johnny Road' on the CD when they could have put a tribute to Houser and put one of his all time bests...'Driving Song'. I honestly don't get it and wonder what the collaboraters were thinking. Also, why would anyone want to hear Sonic Youth or The Flaming Lips or Jason Mraz or Nickel Creek? Not sure what happened but the 2003 CD of Bonnaroo is hugely disappointing!