What Woodstock '09 lineup could partly make up for '99 ? My catchphrase would be: "Nothing Nu"

[Bombtrack]

And no, no Woodstock 2009 has NOT been announced but it's always a possibility. Here'd be a sweet, well rounded lineup. Not all of them are my favorite bands (most are though) but I try to include respectable acts that would be enjoyed by respecable people.

AC/DC
The Arctic Monkeys
Audioslave
Bad Brains
Better than Ezra
The Black Keys
Black Sabbath
Cheap Trick
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Dinosaur Jr
The Donnas
Edgar Winter
The Flaming Lips
Foo Fighters
Guided By Voices
James Taylor
Jimmy Eat World
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
John Fogerty
The Living End
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Neil Young
Nine Inch Nails
The Offspring
Public Enemy
The Pixies
Queens of the Stone Age
Radiohead
The Raconteurs
R.E.M.
Rob Zombie
The Smashing Pumpkins
Social Distortion
Steve Miller
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
TV on the Radio
Weezer
Wolfmother

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Of those the most reaching notions would probably be Neil Young and Radiohead. I can just see them as being the most super aprehensive about taking the risk of being associated with a franchise that has diminished in quality each time.

[Bombtrack]

1. There's a conspiracy to make me feel sad

nonresponsive bastards

[Deja Q]

2. The first, I thought, was a one and only event... it made history...

As such, the popularity must be reproduced for ideal financial gain, hence subsequent "events" to make concertgoers believe they are in something special too...

"The Simpsons" had a lampoon of Lollapalooza that says the point eloquently... :D

[Bombtrack]

3. Homerpalooza might be my favorite Simpsons episode. Without a doubt part of its best season

the same season that also had "Who Shot Mr. Burns part 2" and "Summer of 4 foot 2".

I'm just going on the hypothetical, IF THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE. Not arguing if they SHOULD.

[SteppingRazor]

4. Short answer: No lineup could make up for '99. Long answer:

I was somewhere north of Indianapolis in late July 1999, at the Deer Creek Amphitheatre, for a two-day run by Phish, the inheritors of the Grateful Dead traveling-hippie circus. The band was playing its second night, and word had come down the wire that Woodstock was burning. The band performed a good set -- I recall a particularly stellar "Theme from the Bottom" segueing into "Down With Disease" -- and the band's lead singer/guitarist then gave a little speech about how great the band's scene was, what a community atmosphere, love, peace, and so on. He ended it with "It's only when you get greedy that things go up in flames."

Phish encored that night with "Woodstock" by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

What it comes down to is, there is combination of quantity and quality of bands that would make Woodstock great again. In fact, a killer lineup like you suggest would only make matters worse. Because it wasn't truly the lineup that killed Woodstock. It was the $8 bottle of water.

[KenHodson]

5. You are right, that's why

you gotta bring some homegrown. I got a hydroponic chamber in my basement strictly for growing the wet stuff.
Look for my van, man, I'll hook you up. 7.25 a bottle. Tops.