AHH YARDFEST (POLL)!!!!!!!
Posted by The Voice Staff on November 1, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Woodstock 1969 or Yardfest 2010?
Noice is excited. We’re so excited that were building blanket forts and playing with Super Soakers. That’s right, we’re turning into children. Why?
Because the CEB (College Events Board) just announced that they are looking to see who we want for this year’s Yardfest… about 6 months away. But were already freaking out, like majorly freaking out… because unlike last year’s distressingly vague “fill-in-the-blank” style poll they’ve actually given us a couple options. And the options are… A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN WE COULD HAVE IMAGINED. Especially given the Ratatat/Sara Bareilles combination of last year. No offense to those artists, but yeah, this is looking goooood. And since Girl Talk was epic fail we’ve had high hopes that the CEB would make up for that hot mess. Let’s not have Yardfest be another Yawnfest.
Here’s a link to the poll. This blogger’s faves from their list: Andrew Bird (impossible to get his tickets fast enough), Drake (crushworthy), Grizzly Bear, TVOTR, and Of Montreal. But don’t take our word for it, get together with some friends and vote for the ones you want to see! Read the full list of CEB suggestions after the jump!
Full list to get you excited for voting:
GALACTIC
GEORGE CLINTON
ROBERT RANDOLPH
REGINA SPEKTOR
ANDREW BIRD
CHESTER FRENCH
COLD WAR KIDS
GRIZZLY BEAR
OF MONTREAL
PASSION PIT
PETER BJORN and JOHN
PHOENIX
SOCIAL DISTORTION
SPOON
THE NATIONAL
STATE RADIO
TV ON THE RADIO
BELA FLECK AND THE FLECKTONES
BRANFORD MARSALIS
MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD
COLBIE CAILLAT
ESTELLE
RAY LAMONTAGNE
HANSON
AESOP ROCK
BLACKALICIOUS
BUBBA SPARXXX
CHROMEO
CLIPSE
DE LA SOUL
DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN
DJ SHADOW
DRAKE
E-40
FABOLOUS
FAT JOE
GINUWINE
IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE
JUELZ SANTANA
KID CUDI
MF DOOM
MIKE JONES
MOBB DEEP
RICK ROSS
TALIB KWELI
THREE 6 MAFIA
PEPPER
SLIGHTLY STOOPID
MATISYAHU
FLO RIDA
SEAN KINGSTON
SOULJA BOY
YING YANG TWINS
AGAINST ME!
AMERICAN HI FI
BLOC PARTY
CHEVELLE
COHEED AND CAMBRIA
G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE
GYM CLASS HEROES
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS
HOT HOT HEAT
JET
LOS LONELY BOYS
MATT and KIM
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
OK GO
THE BRAVERY
THE HOLD STEADY
BLUES TRAVELER
COLLECTIVE SOUL
SPIN DOCTORS
CATCH 22
REEL BIG FISH
RUSTED ROOT
TOOTSAND MAYTALS
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI
!!! (CHICK CHICK CHICK)
photo courtesy Healey Library
pretty much every other artist at the beginning of that list played at Bonnaroo 2009…:
Galactic, Andrew Bird, Grizzly Bear, Of Montreal, Passion Pit, Phoenix, TV on the Radio, Bela Fleck
I’d love to see any a second time.
My hopes are so high now, I hope they don’t come crashing down
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Sorry guys, but that CEB poll was really just to get an idea of the relative popularity of different types of artists, since polling on different “genres” doesn’t really mean a whole lot anymore (i.e. “choose three! rock, alternative rock, indie, pop…?”).
And, get ready for a news flash — the CEB doesn’t even pick the Yardfest artist! That’s right — the CEB is pretty much just in charge of tire swings and pink t-shirts. The actual concert production, including choosing an artist with a limited budget, is done entirely by the HCC, aka the Harvard Concert Commission, who also puts on Comedy for a Cause and the occasional campus visit from a famous musician.
So don’t be fooled by that poll!