If You Can't Find One Artist You Like At This Concert, Then There's No Hope For You

[Seil]

Canadian Concerts Are The Shit. (http://www.songkick.com/festivals/59691-ottawa-bluesfest/id/4839071-ottawa-bluesfest-2010)

1. Arcade Fire
2. Weezer
3. The Flaming Lips
4. Passion Pit
5. Metric
6. Andrew Bird
7. Drake
8. Santana
9. Iron Maiden
10. The B-52's
11. The Hold Steady
12. Rush
13. Crowded House
14. Blonde Redhead
15. John Butler Trio
16. Jimmy Cliff
17. Keith Urban
18. Dream Theater
19. Great Lake Swimmers
20. Gipsy Kings
21. Alexisonfire
22. Steve Winwood
23. Ozomatli
24. Foghat
25. Old Crow Medicine Show
26. The Cat Empire
27. Joan Jett
28. Steel Pulse
29. The Swell Season
30. John Hiatt
31. Bear In Heaven
32. Marc Cohn
33. Plants and Animals
34. The Rural Alberta Advantage
35. Robert Randolph And The Family Band
36. Elvis Perkins
37. Marianas Trench
38. Susan Tedeschi
39. Basia Bulat
40. Dana Fuchs
41. The Lights
42. Matthew Good
43. Faber Drive
44. Martin Sexton
45. Great Big Sea
46. Aterciopelados
47. Budos Band
48. Elvis Perkins In Dearland
49. Timber Timbre
50. Down With Webster
51. The Aggrolites
52. We Are Wolves
53. James Hunter
54. Levon Helm
55. Moneen
56. Woodhands
57. Steve Hackett
58. Charlie Winston
59. Caravan Palace
60. Trevor Hall
61. Marcia Ball
62. Renaissance
63. Babe Ruth
64. Polaris
65. The Planet Smashers
66. Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes
67. The Gories
68. Grupo Fantasma
69. Alvin Youngblood Hart
70. Roger Hodgson
71. Group 1 Crew
72. Tab Benoit
73. Staff Benda Bilili
74. Tommy Castro
75. Octoberman
76. That 1 Guy
77. Culture Reject
78. Furthur
79. Anders Osborne
80. Tye Tribbett
81. The Lost Fingers
82. The Mohawk Lodge
83. Further
84. Derek Trucks
85. Amos The Transparent
86. The Ethics
87. Kings Go Forth
88. Ethiopiques
89. That's the Spirit
90. Tramaine Hawkins
91. Matt Andersen
92. Newworldson
93. Yat-kha
94. Jonas
95. Carolyn Wonderland
96. Kevin Costner and Modern West
97. Ryan Montbleau Band
98. Campbell Brothers
99. Matt Schofield
100. Afroreggae
101. Curtis Salgado
102. Love Machine
103. Ronnie Baker Brooks
104. Soiree
105. Eamon McGrath
106. Paul Rishell And Annie Raines
107. White Wires
108. Monster Mike Welch
109. Bjorn Berge
110. Drew Nelson
111. Too Slim And The Taildraggers
112. Gord Downie
113. Nicolas Collins
114. Lukas Nelson
115. Coolooloosh
116. Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience
117. Phil Lesh and Bob Weir
118. River City Junction
119. Murray Kinsley Duo
120. Bill "Sauce Boss" Wharton
121. Del Ray
122. Shawn Tavenier
123. Robert Farrell Band
124. Southside Johnny And The Asbury Dukes
125. Bjorn Berg
126. Mannie Makris
127. Occidental Brothers
128. Richie Righteous
129. Good2go
130. Champion and His G-strings
131. Big Jeezus Truck
132. The Country of Miracles
133. Big Soul Project
134. Ken Workman & the Union
135. Garaga
136. Graham Greer
137. Roxanne Goodman
138. St Joes Mission
139. Laurent Bourque
140. Steve Dawson's Mississippi Sheiks Project
141. Ethiopique
142. Christophe Elie


Fuck yes.

[Carade]

METRIC FUCK YEAH.

[Yrcrazypa]

Hey, I only liked 4 of those. Does that mean I'm too old?

[TIME BOMB]

didnt recognize most of those. Hardly any really. But the aggrolites are on there and theyre the raddest band ever!

[Lumenskir]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that after #42 it turns into a collection of local Canadian bands.

[DarkDrgon]

no hardcore, no fun.

why is the mosh gone?

[bluestarultor]

I'd say there's no hope for me, but I know that's not true. It's simply a matter of them severely lacking in older bands from when music was, you know, good. I know Santana is on there, but I'm meh on him. Only five of those bands are ones I've ever heard of and I haven't heard any of Joan Jett's stuff.

Damn kids and your fancy music.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I barely recognize any of those bands.

Knowing my tastes in music (mainly Rock) though. I'll like at least half of them.

[Lumenskir]

no hardcore, no fun.

why is the mosh gone?
Have you ever seen a hardcore band in an outdoor festival in the summer? The sound is way too diffuse, the crowds aren't dense, and whatever meager attempts at uncoordinated moshing there are devolve into a bunch of sweaty people realizing that thrashing against each other in 85+ degree heat somehow isn't as sweet as it sounds.

[Token]

The only one I care about is Joan Jett, and even then, barely.

[Amake]

Iron Maiden and Santana are seriously the only ones of those I'm sure I've even heard of. Do I win the too old prize?

[Seil]

Okay, let me break it down for you guys:

Arcade Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRGbFRFCBa0)
Weezer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQbXhdJYqhE)
The Flaming Lips (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92TNIIbaBOo)
The Gipsy Kings (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mifnMC_Kn1Q)
Alexisonfire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8qYbtRVNno)
Basia Bulat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnbE1IBCGQ8)
Great Big Sea (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OENjixZd_Oo)
John Butler Trio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIoczR01TQk)

[Azisien]

Woooooooooooo they have Down With Webster. *blows brains out*

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

I only recognise 3, and of them I only like Maiden. I just got back from Download though, Which had a much more awesome lineup (http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/lineup/).

[Nikose Tyris]

Seil, there were so many BETTER choices for Great Big Sea. That's like, their most overplayed song.

When I'm up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnsXi0zBzoc&feature=related)
Ordinary Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AvkyHCU7XU&feature=related)
Sea of No Cares (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNDNoxGU3vQ&feature=related)

See these are good songs by Great Big Sea.

Yes they also all sound very similar. It's because GBS is not a particularly original band, but a very, VERY Happy one.

[Token]

It's not an "old" thing, IMO. I mean, I'm not even eighteen yet and I don't recognize most of these.

[Seil]

Seil, there were so many BETTER choices for Great Big Sea. That's like, their most overplayed song.

Eh, it's one everyone knows, so I went with that.

[TIME BOMB]

gotta disagree with the hardcore statement, hardcore shows are way worse inside in a cramped venue. At least outside theres air. Ive literally had to wring out my jeans from sweat after a have heart show in an overly packed bar and i wasnt even slamming/moshing/surfing that much. But then again thats half the fun.

[Jagos]

I barely recognize any of those bands.

Knowing my tastes in music (mainly Rock) though. I'll like at least half of them.

Weezer actually does rather well. Alternative rock but a good band regardless.

[Mondt]

gotta disagree with the hardcore statement, hardcore shows are way worse inside in a cramped venue. At least outside theres air. Ive literally had to wring out my jeans from sweat after a have heart show in an overly packed bar and i wasnt even slamming/moshing/surfing that much. But then again thats half the fun.The best show i ever went to I was soaked from neck to ankle. My clothes were drenched in strangers' sweat.

And it was goddamned fun.

[Odjn]

Hey this is basically hipster fest 2010, where everyone has a beard and is called ben.

But yeah it's pretty much all one genre. Iron Maiden is ok I guess though.

[Seil]

I don't understand the appeal of a mosh pit. Why join in on a crowd of people thrashing around? What's wrong with regular dancing? When did we replace dancing with getting a black eye?

[POS Industries]

I don't understand the appeal of a mosh pit. Why join in on a crowd of people thrashing around? What's wrong with regular dancing? When did we replace dancing with getting a black eye?
It's an expressive release of aggressive energy, and there is actually a well-understood code of etiquette involved, though not everyone follows it. To put it simply, if you're throwing punches, you're a noob and will eventually be removed so that everyone else can go back to having a good time.

Loads of fun when I was 18, but I got most of the need for it out of my system after about a year or so of it.