Top 10 Coachella Sets Of All Time

[getbetter]

I'm happy someone is with me about that Verve kick ass at coachella.

[brief_things]

These aren't necessarily in order:
Radiohead 04
Arcade Fire 05 (and again in 07)
Portishead 08
Prince 08
Roger Waters 08
Flaming Lips 04
Paul McCartney 09
Justice 08
Theivery Corperation 09
The Cure 04

Daft Punk 06 and Bjork 07 would have surely made the cut had I not sucked at life and missed them. Daft Punk I was just too late getting to the tent so I skipped it (lame) and I got extremely ill before Bjork's set and spend most of it passed out in first aid (even more lame).

[sleepybrew]

not in order, and obviously only from the years i have attended:

Roger Waters 08 ridiculous production and one of my favorite bands in history
Rage 07 the energy was so moving, i still get chills thinking about it
My Bloody Valentine 09 took my mind to a dimension i didnt know about, and no drugs used
Chemical Bros 09 showed up every other dj that weekend
Bjork 07
Aphex Twin 08
and a random 4 that were simply amazing musically or just fun with the group i was with:
friendly fires 09
themselves 09
cut copy 08
gang gang dance 09

i did this list real quick and i'm already feeling like i'm missing a lot,

lcd 07
mstrkrft 07
arcade fire 07
kraftwerk 08
fuck me!! PORTISHEAD 08

blah i'm no good at this

[yeahfontaine]

Admit it, BT. You watched She Wants Revenge, didn't you?

[mmblack]

i've only been two magical years cause i've always been so broke so i'll only do five:
1. steve aoki
2. the killers
3. girl talk
...
okay seriously.
1. paul mccartney (over four decades of music and multiple generations of people singing the same exact thing. fucking beautiful.)
2. chemical brothers dj set (saturate? oh my god.)
3. roger waters (the reason i went to my first coachella.)
4. blood beetroots (that was me on top of the speaker stack stage left during wake up if you noticed.)
5. ghostland observatory (LAZERS, LAZERS, LAZERS.)

[brief_things]

Admit it, BT. You watched She Wants Revenge, didn't you?

Haha, sadly you are right. But this was after realizing there was no way I was getting in that tent. Not that I don't or didn't like she wants revenge, but come on, I missed Daft Punk.

[RickeyinLA]

Here are my daily favorites (and 2nd place) for every year 2001 - 2009:

2001 Sa - St. Germain (Jane's Addiction)

2002 Sa - Bjork (Cornershop)
2002 Su - Tiesto (Foo Fighters)

2003 Sa - Beastie Boys (Darren Emmerson)
2003 Su - UNDERWORLD (The Polyphonic Spree)

2004 Sa - Kraftwerk (Mindless Self Indulgence)
2004 Su - Sidestepper (The Flaming Lips)

2005 Sa - Bauhaus (Buck 65)
2005 Su - The Arcade Fire (Gang of Four)

2006 Sa - DAFT PUNK (Colette)
2006 Su - Amadou & Mariam (Los Amigos Invisibles)

2007 Fr - BJORK (Benny Benassi)
2007 Sa - Justice (Cornelius)
2007 Su - Soulwax Nite Versions (Rodrigo y Gabriela)

2008 Fr - The Aphex Twin (John Butler Trio)
2008 Sa - Boys Noize (Prince)
2008 Su - Deadmau5 (Linton Kwesi Johnson)

2009 Fr - Buraka Som Sistema (Paul McCartney)
2009 Sa - Tinariwen (Booker T. and the Drive-By Truckers)
2009 Su - Plump DJs (K'naan)

[im so indie]

Yes I loved Waters, McCartney, Portishead, The Cure and Daft Punk, but these 10 shows were the most fun and most memorable for me.

LCD Soundsystem 07
Animal Collective 08
Arcade Fire 07
Ghostland Observatory 09
Interpol 07
Mogwai 06
Beirut 09
The Kills 09
Gogol Bordello 07
The Raconteurs 08

[jamesc2929]

In no particular order:'05, '06. '09

X 2009
New Order 2005
Murder City Devils 2009
Kasabian 2005
Bauhaus 2005
White Lies 2009
White Rose Movement 2006

[Foppie]

DAFT PUNK
SOULWAX NITE VERSIONS
PAUL MCCARTNEY
MOGWAI
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
BAND OF HORSES
GANG GANG DANCE
PORTISHEAD
DR DOG
SIGUR ROS
DUNGEN

[Harrisment]

Any list that doesn't have Portishead in the top 3 is immediately disqualified.

[humanoid]

Any list that doesn't have Portishead in the top 3 is immediately disqualified.

if one has been to only 2 or 3 Coachellas, I could agree...

but shit, after seeing so many bands there since '99, it's pretty difficult to crack the top 3

[ivankay]

but shit, after seeing so many bands there since '99, it's pretty difficult to crack the top 3

yep.

[chairmenmeow47]

Any list that doesn't have Portishead in the top 3 is immediately disqualified.

hey now, some of us were at the hospital.

[thewindowliquor]

Personal Top 10:

1. Prince
2. Portishead
3. Daft Punk
4. Jane's Addiction
5. Radiohead
6. Aphex Twin
7. Bjork
8. Justice
9. The Roots
10. The Orb

[Harrisment]

if one has been to only 2 or 3 Coachellas, I could agree...

but shit, after seeing so many bands there since '99, it's pretty difficult to crack the top 3

Yeah, I've only been to 08 and 09 so they are easily my top pick. That post was just my way of being bitter about all of you that got to see the pyramid.

[thewindowliquor]

the pyramid was very awesome (and imma let you finish) but co-a-chella 08 was the best co-a-chella of all time.

[jcconnors]

I've been to Coachella every year since 2004. I'm probably going to miss something, but this is off the top of my head:
Daft Punk 06'
Radiohead 04'
Arcade Fire 05'
Roger Waters 08'
Prince 08'
Fat Boy Slim 08'
the Killers 09'
Air 04'
Thievery Corporation 09'
Junior Boys 09'

[thewindowliquor]

the killers? wtf? i think you spelled portishead wrong.

[zenidogx]

since '06:
1. Gogol Bordello, 2007
2. Roger Waters
3. Prince
4. Throbbing Gristle
5. Daft Punk
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2006
7. Rodrigo y Gabriela
8. I'm From Barcelona
9. The Decemberists
10. Los Campesinos!

[MrAmeche]

My favorites ('03 on)
1. Daft Punk '06
2. Hot Chip '07
3. Drive-By Truckers '09
4. My Bloody Valentine '09
5. Gang of Four '05
6. Portishead '08
7. Man Man '08
8. Jesus and Mary Chain '07
9. The Rapture '04
10. Sonic Youth '03

[humanoid]

Yeah, I've only been to 08 and 09 so they are easily my top pick. That post was just my way of being bitter about all of you that got to see the pyramid.

I don't even think I included Portishead on my list...but that was a mistake, it was incredible as well


I think the overall experience of Coachella '08 was my favorite of all of them, so you got to enjoy a great one, pyramid or no

[dantoro]

the obvious common shared of all time name here is;

Daft Punk

[MaXiMuS501]

I'm happy someone is with me about that Verve kick ass at coachella.

The Verve was EPIC!

My list since '07:

1. The Verve '08
2. Arcade Fire '07
3. Boys Noize '08
4. Portishead '08
5. Justice '08
6. The Bloody Beetroots/Friendly Fires '09

[matsuolost]

only from the years i went

1. daft punk 06
2. devendra banhart 09
3. yeah yeah yeahs 06
4. the national 08
5. arctic monkeys 07
6. sigur ros 06
7. fatboy slim 08
8. scissor sisters 06
9. arcade fire 07
10. my morning jacket 06

[ZackQ]

Since '07:
1. Portishead '08
2. Prince '08
3. Kraftwerk '08
4. LCD Soundsystem '07
5. Rage Against the Machine '07
6. Stephen Marley '07
7. Dan Deacon '08
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs '09
9. The National '08
10. Arcade Fire '07

[ZackQ]

I don't even think I included Portishead on my list...but that was a mistake, it was incredible as well


I think the overall experience of Coachella '08 was my favorite of all of them, so you got to enjoy a great one, pyramid or no

I agree. Of the past three years, '08 was easily my favorite.

[L7slap]

since 2006:
1) Portishead 2008
2) Sigur Ros 2006
3) Leonard Cohen 2009
4) My Morning Jacket 2006
5) Paul McCartney 2009
6) Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2006
7) My Bloody Valentine 2009
8) Prince 2008
9) The Swell Season 2008
10) Mum 2008
11) Cat Power 2006
12) Daft Punk 2006

[foxydj]

manu chou 07

[taxidermia]

since 06:
1. roger waters 08
2. RATM 07
3. Portishead 08
4.Chemical Bros 09
5 Manu Chao 07
6 K'naan 09
7 Black keys 09
8 Cold War Kids 08
9. Brother Ali 07
10. El Gran Silencio 09