Good Vibrations 2009

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:11 am

Yeah the end is all overlap.. they haven't even bothered to stagger the times

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:18 pm

That is shiteful TBH. Pretty much going to miss at least 2 acts I paid to see.

Good Vibrations Main (Stage 1):
07:10pm - 08:10pm THE PRESETS (AU)
08:40pm - 10:00pm FATBOY SLIM (UK)

Roots (Stage 2):
06:00pm - 07:00pm RONI SIZE REPRAZENT (UK)
07:30pm - 08:30pm THE PHARCYDE (USA)
09:00pm - 10:00pm Q-TIP (USA)

Laundry (Stage 3):
07:20pm - 08:40pm STANTON WORRIORS (UK)
08:40pm - 10:00pm DEADMAU5 (CA)

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:39 pm

always the same with these gigs.

clashes with the only great acts.

overcrowding.

the worst tho, is waiting for hours and hours in screaming crowds, for an act like Rhazel, only to not hear ONE WORD over the shit house stage behind it.

never again.

amen.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:46 pm

Always bad, been to a few festivals, but this seems particularly bad.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:14 pm

An hour each is pretty poor too

Sustain · Post by **Sustain** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:32 pm

yeah pretty dissapointing overlaps.. gonna have to do some serious juggling

will still be a wicked day tho!!

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:11 pm

I'm going to my first day festival in Melbs... this should be good.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:27 pm

only festival i am going to this year.

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:14 pm

catch ups? dunno if I want to hang with crew I'm goin with all day...

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:27 pm

DBoy wrote:Roots (Stage 2):
06:00pm - 07:00pm RONI SIZE REPRAZENT (UK)
07:30pm - 08:30pm THE PHARCYDE (USA)
09:00pm - 10:00pm Q-TIP (USA)

Now that's a nice run. Although reverse order would be better.

yenks · Post by **yenks** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:12 pm

yeah pretty disappointing about the overlaps.

Oh well, ill probs be staying in the Laundry room for the Warriors and Deadmau5.

tee193 · Post by **tee193** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:35 pm

this is true direkt, roni size repra would be amazing at night, but stupid sidney myer would just do what they did with high contrast last year and have fuck all sound and no bass. so minimal that wrec(i think?) got off stage and ran to the sound tent only to be told to fuck off.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:03 pm

Isn't at the bowl, is at Flemington Race Course

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:07 pm

quick wrote:catch ups? dunno if I want to hang with crew I'm goin with all day...

Mate I would not have it any other way. Just rolling with my lady I think. L

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:50 pm

quick wrote:I'm going to my first day festival in Melbs... this should be good.

you what? oh man, i comes with you then yeah? who you going with? i missed last year and i was well cut.

FunkyJ · Post by **FunkyJ** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:05 pm

I've got friends over from Adelaide and friends at work going, and they've talked me into it.

I've never seen Q-tip before, so that's an added bonus. Pity he's clashing with Fat Boy Slim though.

Stray wrote:Isn't at the bowl, is at Flemington Race Course

If it was at the Bowl I wouldn't be going...

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:29 pm

are pharcyde doin a side show???

have just started listenin to there old albums...

SOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOD

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:38 pm

who is the nigga in charge over here?

who is the nigga in charge?

skiba · Post by **skiba** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:02 pm

sucks with so many good acts clashing in particular fatboy / deadmau5 =(
but should be a great day out still..
im down for a meet up at some stage in the day but the later it is, the more messy im going to be lolz

David Bass · Post by **David Bass** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:08 pm

im good with it all...ill be at

Grrilla step
Rico Tubbs
Wale
Kenobi
Roni Size
Stanton
Deadmau5

Raider · Post by **Raider** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:41 pm

My friends suck so i'm going on my bloody well OWN! So yeah, I am so up for a meet up of some kind if you guys are???

tee193 · Post by **tee193** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:24 am

the organisers are a few screws loose by the looks of the set times, look at the main stage too, i would be happier to see artists which appeal to the certain music listener earlieer on main stage rather than some of the other shite thats on that stage

ah well will be a fun day regardless

skiba · Post by **skiba** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:54 pm

bump.
not long left

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:04 pm

Weather is looking perfect

tee193 · Post by **tee193** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 5:14 pm

yeaaah look for the shirtless ranga with excessively large muscles covered in tatts melbourne shuffling at roni size, come say hey!!!

skiba · Post by **skiba** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:39 am

who caught roni size yesterday

best set of good vibes imo

jellybean · Post by **jellybean** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:01 am

Hey Skiba - I was blown away by Roni - and I am also a huge fan of MC dynamite, so I was a happy camper - right up the front. I have never seen DnB done live like that - 2 times Brown Paper bag was a bit weird though??

FBS was only so so imho

but a fun day overall...

Raider · Post by **Raider** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:13 am

Roni made the day for me... and that DJ... Sampology I think it was, led into him nicely. Ah, I was so amped through their set haha. Awesome stuff!

dust · Post by **dust** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:54 am

I thought Reprazent were very good, I had low expectations so pleasantly surprised. Onalee and Dynamite really owned that massive stage.

Great set up for the Roots stage as well, with the massive screens on either side. Made a really nice change from the shabby Roots stage of years past. Sound was still a little patchy, but definitely an improvement.

Highlight of the day for me though was absolutely Pharcyde. The killed it and played all my favourite tunes. I was in heaven.

and Q Tip was a nice way to end the day.

FunkyJ · Post by **FunkyJ** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:04 pm

My review:

Good vibes was much, much better at Flemmington.

The venue, whilst dusty and severely lacking in natural shade, is much bigger and stages can be spaced out better. The sound bleed was not a very big issue, unlike the last few years. Sound still was a little off during some performances, especially in the "Laundry" Stage, but overall it was much, much better.

The organisers are still stupid cunts for putting the biggest headlining acts all on at the same time though.

Performance wise, everyone was great. Finland's Rico Tubbs plays some awesome oldschool rave mixed with newschool breaks, really getting into it by dancing around the stage, picking up the CDJ to scratch. Chromeo were alright, but I'm completely over the 80s electro sounds of these bands. Missed Wale completely because was in a few lines for beer/food/toilet

Roni Size was ok. Where Pendulum are a rock band trying to play dnb, Roni Size's raprenzent is more like a funk band playing dnb. Better musos, better music.

Caught a little bit of The Presets when in another line. Whilst I think Presets are best at doing this retro electro sound, refer to my comments about Chromeo.

Pharcyde tore it up. They do a cover of "My Perogative", doing the typical Bobby Brown dance moves which is funny as fuck. Supernat jumped on stage and busted his freestyle rhymes about people in the audience and items they had. They did their version of "Dirty Harry" by Gorillaz, plus their own tracks, such as "passing me by", pulling a bunch of sluts on stage for it.

Caught the first 20 minutes of Fatboy Slim. He's never been the greatest DJ technically, but it seems he's actually learnt to mix! It was the typical Fatboy Slim sound, but he was having fun and the crowd were going nuts.

Q-Tip was the real highlight for me. I've never seen him before, and he's fucking wicked. So much energy, and with a full band backing him it made the performance so much more energetic. I had a thought whilst he was on - he's the perfect act for Womad. He's got appeal to hiphop fans, yet his music is so textured and complex as well as laid back, it would also suit more musically conservative people who don't normally like hiphop. He also dedicated his set to the Bush Fire Victims - the only artist to do so as far as I was aware.

All up it was a great day. Exceed my, admittedly low, expectations. If it's there next year, and they put some decent acts, I'd go again.

same o · Post by **same o** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:28 pm

pharcyde, q-tip sick!

was much better than ny good vibes i have ever been to

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:43 pm

wow, sounds pretty good!
i may reneg my 'never again' if its at flemington next year...

tee193 · Post by **tee193** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:18 pm

complaining about brown paper bag being played twice should be illegal.
roni repras set was amazing, actually the only thing i paid real attention too all day apart from fat boy, donked it a lil too hard and was floundering under a tree for a lot of the afternoon. found fat boy a lil hard to get into though, and a big what the fuck again to putting all the headliners around the same time when there was dick all on earlier in the day.

will go next year, needs more dnb at outdoor festivals, not just because its something im into, but its clear that most crowds gets the most lively to it, even if they havnt heard it before.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:28 pm

I had a great day.. everything was well organised and set up. My only gripe is that the Laundry stage was too small.. both the tent and the sound.
There were more people at that stage than there was at the Roots stage at any given point during the day.
Oh and what happened to Yelle? She either didn't play or played so late I missed it

RGLZ · Post by **RGLZ** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:54 pm

... and that's a never again from me.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:20 pm

RGLZ wrote:... and that's a never again from me.

Care to expand?

same o · Post by **same o** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:48 pm

bare junglisits were there apparently...

shabana · Post by **shabana** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:35 pm

Pharcyde was sick
had to respect the pipe when they told me to tho nearly got busted
Q-Tip was AMAZING
band was SO SO TIGHT

Blush · Post by **Blush** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:52 pm

That was a great day out, I'm a fan of Flemington as well, some shade cloths would have been good on the open spaces but I can't really fault anything else.

Q-Tip was an awesome awesome way to end the day - Reprazent also was fun for a good dance - I've seen the exact same 60 minute festival set from them before, and it as still awesome the second time because of their energy.

Spent way too much time drinking beer and not enough scooting round the different stages though, gutted to have missed Pharcyde.

I don't really understand why festivals always have people complaining about set clashes towards the end of the day/night. If an artist is booked as a headliner, and think they should be a headlining act, they won't want to play in the middle of the afternoon -The more great acts there are the more there'll be headliner clashes ... it's the way festivals are, no point complaining - just pick your tent and dance!

p.s. Apologies to the guy wearing a recycling bin that I kicked in the head!

dust · Post by **dust** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:27 pm

Blush wrote: p.s. Apologies to the guy wearing a recycling bin that I kicked in the head!

Best part of the day actually. Random fly-kick to the head styles. Even his mate had to give props for that.

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:44 pm

Stray wrote:I had a great day.. everything was well organised and set up. My only gripe is that the Laundry stage was too small.. both the tent and the sound.
There were more people at that stage than there was at the Roots stage at any given point during the day.
Oh and what happened to Yelle? She either didn't play or played so late I missed it

yeah it was small

reprazent killed it

stantons were good fun. wheres my money?

thought the same thing about yelle, was it a yelle dj set or something? wasted the effort walking over to that stage. it didn't say Yelle (Live) so i think it was a dj set and thats what a mate said, pity cos they were great fun at parklife 07

really pissed i missed pharcyde, qtip and deadmau5, fking clashes...

fatboy was good to see, figured i may not get another chance - great visuals too. pity he finished with 'love is in the air', we were standing there bemused while everyone right off chops were hugging. reminds me of strictly ballroom. not cool

tee193 · Post by **tee193** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 6:58 pm

love is in the air... more like on someones shoulders with a ninja bandana making BRRRAP BRRRAP super guns

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:03 am

^ super Guns!

BRAP!

FunkyJ · Post by **FunkyJ** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:54 am

Blush wrote:I don't really understand why festivals always have people complaining about set clashes towards the end of the day/night. If an artist is booked as a headliner, and think they should be a headlining act, they won't want to play in the middle of the afternoon -The more great acts there are the more there'll be headliner clashes ... it's the way festivals are, no point complaining - just pick your tent and dance!

Simple - clashes don't happen at events organised by promoters based in Sydney or Adelaide, nor at events like the Big Day Out.

Hell, I went to Kid Koala "with special guests TZU" last Friday and TZU were on at the same time as Kid Koala? I mean come on! WTF?!?

There is a little crossover in Adelaide / Sydney, but not complete clashes like here in Melbourne.

same o · Post by **same o** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:29 pm

go back to adelaide then innit..

lolz

skiba · Post by **skiba** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:29 pm

Roni absolutely killed it, roots staged was packed for reprezent.
i was so happy after roni finished played, i will really remember that set for a long time to come.
someone above mentioned it was hard to get into fatboys set at the end, i would have to agree some really chessey tunes and no real vibe but to his credit he still drawed everyone in by the end. cursing that i missed deadmau5 for the close but the staged looked packed and i was to toasted to stroll over lolz
so any feed back on deadmau5??

FunkyJ · Post by **FunkyJ** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:39 pm

same o wrote:go back to adelaide then innit..

lolz

Nah, too much dubstep over there now :p

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:44 pm

Blush wrote:
I don't really understand why festivals always have people complaining about set clashes towards the end of the day/night. If an artist is booked as a headliner, and think they should be a headlining act, they won't want to play in the middle of the afternoon -The more great acts there are the more there'll be headliner clashes ... it's the way festivals are, no point complaining - just pick your tent and dance!

Fuck that. Why should people paying to see these headline acts (let's face it, that's why we're there) miss out just to pander to their egos? They put all these big names on to get people there, but it's false advertising imo, as it is physically impossible to see all the acts you have PAID to see.

universal sea · Post by **universal sea** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:37 pm

Flemington was a pain in the ass for something like this..

we were very lucky to find a cab within 30 minutes of walking from the grounds

fatboy was weak amongst the poorest line up theyve had in years... pharcyde and q-tip were pretty good... lots of noise bleed between stages... limited alcohol, including that retarded one per person limit that cricket also adopts (a good system for people with no friends, however)... met some good random people

big commercial festivals whoopee!

amzie · Post by **amzie** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:34 pm

I thought flemington was a great venue,good shade spots, enough dunnies, lines not too huge to get a drink. Tbh thought it was one of the weakest/least diverse line ups vibes has had in the 4 years I have been going. Seemed to be less on early that I was super keen to see.

Stantons were good, Roni fun also, Fat boy slim was taking the piss surely, for the most part pure cheese tunes and pretty average mixing, heard a lot of people sounding pretty dissapointed walking away from his set, was not expecting great things but was well below even these expectations (Sydney reports are even worse). The only bonus was we left 1/2 way though his set and didnt have to much trouble getting a cab.

Managed to to do the typical festival thing and miss a few things that I am kicking myself for now.