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Originally Posted by NextMovement41
Just gets worse and worse every year. It's so sad
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I would say that this has been true since AT LEAST 2006 (meaning 2006 was still solid lineup then massive increase in shittiness from that point forward).
I remember going in 2005 when I think they lineup/scene was still jam-centric and very good, and even then the folks who had been to the first few were already saying it had jumped the shark. I think that was a bit rhetoric, as the original Roo intentions seemed to still be there. And for what its worth I had an amazing time in 2005. But by the time I went back in 2009 (essentially solely because Phish was there and I was doing most of leg 1 summer tour), Roo was beyond repair. Still some good music to be seen, but much more bullshit to sift through and the scene had already started to go to hell (and started is an understatement). That was enough for me, and I knew I would never go back.
But even though I went in '09, to me 2008 was the year Bonnaroo died. Metallica as a headliner act? Metallica represents the exact opposite of pretty much everything I stand for musically, and pretty much the exact opposite of the initial Roo lineups. Not to mention Kayne at the top of the bill. Horrid. I can't even imagine it now. Eminem. Lol.