Reader Request: Give us your SXSW concert lineup, win a dvd!
January 16th, 2008 - by Dave
There’s been a lot hype lately for the South By Southwest music festival. We’re keeping up the excitement at 52 Shows with a special Reader Request contest. Leave a comment and you could win a free copy of the SXSW Live 2007 DVD compilation!
There was official word that Lou Reed will be the keynote speaker for the festival. It came out that REM will attempt to recharge their fanbase with a showcase. Now we know that Daryl Hall will be a featured guest speaker. We’re still holding out hope that Oates makes an appearance.
And then of course there’s plenty of the band lineup announcements/rumors floating around the interwebs…
It seems like everyone and their cousin is picking up a guitar and taking a stage at some point during SXSW. Let’s face it, there’s no way you could possibly see every band. But dreaming about your fantasy concert lineup is all you can do for the next few months.
So how about it — whether you’re going or not, who do you want to see? Tell us your fantasy SXSW concert lineup in the comments and you could win a DVD.
On Monday morning we’ll pick one commenter at random to win a free copy of last year’s SXSW Live 2007 DVD. The disc features footage of last year’s concerts from bands like The Bravery, Peter Bjorn & John, Polyphonic Spree, and Stars of Track and Field. Be sure to enter your email address in the comment form to enter. Comments must be entered by midnight on Sunday 1/20/08 to be eligible for the contest.
January 16th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
My fantasy SXSW lineup:
David Bowie
Joy Division
Depeche Mode
Arcade Fire
Black Kids
VHS Or Beta
The Field
The Human League
New Order
Film School
Yeasayer
Foreign Born
St. Vincent
A Place To Bury Strangers
The Jesus And Mary Chain
The Breeders
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Robyn
LCD Soundsystem
The Raveonettes
Wolf Parade
Justice
Simian Mobile Disco
Boys Noize
Cheap Trick
Girl Talk
Wilco
Steve Earle
Joe Jackson
The Cult
The National
Architecture In Helsinki
I’m From Barcelona
M.I.A.
Loretta Lynn
Willie Nelson
David Byrne
Crowded House
Jens Lekman
Does It Offend You, Yeah
Mstrkrft
Gang Of Four
Mission of Burma
CSS
Times New Viking
Black Dice
Band of Horses
Feist
Broken Social Scene
Shout Out Louds
Shout Out Out Out Out
Annuals
Roky Erickson & The Explosives
Patti Smith
The New Pornographers (full lineup w/ Neko Case and Dan Bejar)
January 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
My fantasy SXSW lineup:
MC Hammer…I don’t need any one else, just MC. Come on, give the guy a break…he is trying to launch a dance dance revolution type website…how far we’ve come since the days of “Hammer don’t hurt ‘em!”
January 17th, 2008 at 11:28 am
INXS, The Old 97’s, Matchbox 20, Modest Mouse, The Four Corners, The Second Amendments, Wolfmother, Cold War Kids, Sparklehorse
January 17th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
1. A living, breathing Ian Curtis and Joy Division
2. A living, breathing Blind Willie McTell
3. Bentobox
4. Simian Mobile Disco
5. Pulp and then a solo set from Jarvis Cocker
6. Minor Threat
7. The Field
8. LCD Soundsystem
9. Black Kids
10. M.I.A.
11. A living, breathing Patsy Cline
12. MSTRKRFT
13. Pantha Du Prince
14. Culture Shock
15. Loefah
16. Modeselektor
17. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
18. Noisia
19. Daniel Miller as The Normal
20. A living, breathing Buddy Holly
21. The Bloody Beetroots
22. Holy Fuck
23. Dan Deacon
24. Nosaj Thing
25. Kurtis Blow
26. Lee Scratch Perry
27. Delta 5
28. Arctics
29. A living, breathing Nick Drake
30. A living, breathing Jeff Buckley
January 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Oh, I just thought of five more (it could go on)
31. Beirut
32. Belle and Sebastien
33. El-Producto
34. Panda Bear
35. A living, breathing Bob Marley and The Wailers
January 17th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
SXSW jumped the shark long ago. See you at Coachella.
January 17th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
oh man, this really could take me all day. here goes…
MGMT
Dappled Cities
Band of Horses
Tegan and Sara
Tunng
Spoon
Nada Surf
TV on the Radio
Queen
NWA
Doves
Tokyo Police Club
Talking Heads
St. Vincent
The French Kicks
Jens Lekman
Gang Of Four
Beirut
Electric Light Orchestra
Editors
The Mae Shi
LCD Soundsystem
Athlete
Bat For Lashes
The Weakerthans
Genesis
Grizzly Bear
Iron & Wine
The Beatles
Wolf Parade
Cloud Cult
Justice
Hall and Oates
Wilco
The National
Architecture In Helsinki
HEALTH
M.I.A.
Feist
Broken Social Scene
Metric
Annuals
David Bowie
Tender Forever
Too Short
Arcade Fire
Black Kids
The Field
Fujiya & Miyagi
Diana Ross & the Supremes
Patsy Cline
The Panda Band
The Thermals
UNKLE
Aqualung
Cold War Kids
January 17th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
this feels like my christmas letter to santa claus. i would like to see please:
Boy Least Likely To
Kate Nash
Vampire Weekend
Martin Sexton
Regina Spector
The Roadside Graves
Johnny Cash
Band of Horses
Cyro Baptista
Jimmy Eat World
The National
Earl Pickens
Jonathan Coulton
Cat Power
The Ramones
Matt White
The National
Martin Sexton
Architecture In Helsinki
Saul Williams
The Killers
The Dixie Chicks
Ricky Lee Jones
Biggie Smalls
Snow Patrol
Ben Folds
Feist
Teagan and Sara
Rilo Kiley
Elliot Smith
Lost Patrol Band
January 19th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Note: For late performers, we’ll just assume they’d be a Jenna! said they are “living, breating.” Hard to sing otherwise.
1. Radiohead (Fave band…but Amnesiac songs, maybe Pyramid Song and Like Spinning Plates)
2. Pulp (Jarvis needs to perform some of his solo stuff as well.)
3. PJ Harvey
4. Suede (w/Bernard Butler at guitar)
5. The Smiths
6. Manic Street Preachers
7. Arcade Fire
8. U2
9. Coldplay
10.Belle and Sebastian
11.Blur
12.Oasis
13.Arctic Monkeys
14.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (How about a special set of songs from The Boatman’s Call?)
15.Yeah Yeah Yeahs
16.New Order
17.(Ian Curtis joins New Order on stage for a set of) Joy Division
18.Nick Drake
19.Catatonia
20.Black Box Recorder
21.DDT (Russki group. Eta Vsyo is a terrific song, even if Ya nye magu panimat what they’re siging.)
22.The Pixies
23.Rilo Kiley (to gawk)
24.Kate Nash (Again, to gawk. Yeah! I have a thing for redheads)
25.The Killers
26.Bloc Party
27.The Cure (Just Like Heaven is my fave song, ever. Best song to fall in love to.)
28.Juliet Lloyd (Eddie knows what I’m talking about.)
29.The White Stripes (I need to check that video to make absolute sure it isn’t Meg White.)
30.The Jesus and Mary Chain
January 19th, 2008 at 10:52 am
jimmy eat world! YES
THE RAMONES
acdc
radio head
queen
kiss
cheap trick
u2
bto
cheap trick
heart
elo
January 19th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
broken social scene
new order
pavement
radiohead
talking heads
roxy music
t-rex
January 19th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
1. Hinder
2. Nickelback
3. Hinder
4. Justin Timberlake
5. Hinder
6. Daughtry
7. Hinder
8. Carrie Underwood
9. Hinder
10. Hinder – Encore
January 19th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Jimmy Eat World
Foo Fighters
Green Day
Snow Patrol
Martin Sexton
The Beatles
The Police
Queen
Counting Crows
January 21st, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Congrats to Brian L. His fantasy SXSW lineup was picked at random to win the dvd.
Thanks to everyone who entered. And don’t let the end of the contest stop you from adding your own lineup.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:50 pm
And for the record, here’s my list
1. Reunited Death from Above 1979
2. MGMT
3. The Streets
4. Rage Against the Machine
5. Tom Waits
6. Hank Williams III
7. Roadside Graves
8. Earl Pickens
9. Bloc Party
10. Okkervil River
11. Led Zeppelin
12. Lupe Fiasco
13. Mr. J Medeiros
14. The Kinks
15. The Yardbirds
16. Lucinda Williams
17. Patty Griffin
18. Mr. Lif
19. (alive and well) Jeff Buckley
20. The Drive-By Truckers
21. Calexico
22. Ari Hest
23. DJ Rap
24. Kate Nash
25. Pulp (circa 1995)
26. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
27. The Blind Boys of Alabama
28. Bobby Darin (what?)
29. Clap Your Heads Say Yeah
30. Carrisa’s Weird
31. Secret Stars
32. The Postal Service
33. Miles Davis
34. DJ Kool Herc (when he was in his 20s)
35. Mastadon
36. Jimi Hendrix (it took me this long to think of Hendrix? I’m ashamed)
37. Mos Def
38. Queens of the Stone Age
39. RJD2
40. Survivor (but only songs that were associated with the “Rocky” franchise.)
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
i wish i could see every band at SXSW that would be extreme but impossible it would probably last a month
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January 22nd, 2008 at 11:28 pm
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January 26th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
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