Hypothetically Speaking.

Now I have been thinking a lot about my new years camping festivities at the Peats Ridge Music Festival. As I have said earlier it is a hippy festival with a great mix of art, music, organic food (oh my god the food! Amazing) and information about creating a sustainable future. What more can you want, have an amazing few days with your friends frolicking around eating gozleme and drinking smuggled in hooch with your conscious being cleared knowing that you are ultimately helping save nature. At least that is what I tell myself.  Also, I watched the Woodstock documentary for the first time when I was 12 and since then I have longed for hedonistic adventures like that, and this is the closest I can get, for now.

Now this year hopefully I can rustle up a few more amigos to come with, to join my beautiful Peats family that I met last year so I can celebrate with them before heading off to what will be both the hardest and hopefully most rewarding escapade of my life- to Kenya. More on that later, but yeah, I have been checking the festivals website quite regularly seeing when they will announce acts.  Usually it is a lot of local Australian acts, some DJS and a hell of a lot of awesome acoustic sets to go along with the constant sound of bongos playing at every hour of the night in the campsites.

I thought while I waited I would ponder my hypothetical dream line-up.

Now obviously if it was dream list, obviously The Beatles would be the headliners. They are my absolute favorite, and I am actually sad that kids these days may not be able to experience them, thus why I will teach my class when I am a full time teacher Beatles songs for choir. I mean I love them so much, I lost my shit at another festival I graced where they had a Beatles tribute band.

But realistically my hypothetical list consists of acts of recent times that I think would fit fantastically within the ambience and atmosphere of the festival.

Devendra Banhart.

Although I do not like sharing him. So sharing hime with 1000s of festival goers would be difficult, I mean sharing him with the tiny audience at the Metro last month was hard enough, I nearly had to smack some bitches calling out to him and making eyes. Whores.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s.

I absolutely adore their folky ditties. ‘Home’, ‘Janglin’, ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ and even ‘Carries on’ are just asking for peaceful sways and jubilant joining’s, in with the chorus of there hits.

The Polyphonic Spree.

Now like Devendra I have seen these guys before when I was 16 and it was awesome. The giant choir of Technicolor smocks singing songs of such positive melodies would definitely go down a treat.

 Ben Lee.

Another one that I have had the joy of seeing, Ben Lee is the quintessential Australian musical gem. His songs are not only heartfelt and raw, but incredibly catchy. He is just adorable. I just want to hug him. Then make him and his wife adopt me.

Florence +The Machine.

I have also seen this glorious woman live in concert and afterwards announced to the world if Florence Welch started a cult I would gladly leave my studies, job and regular life to join her. She is mesmerizing. I saw a video of her singing Cosmic Love at a UK festival, in front of tens of thousands of folks and it was pouring rain and she was out there amongst the raindrops and just bringing the house down. Ahhh she is just fab.

Lisa Mitchell

Now she wouldn’t be good for the main stage but I think she would do fantastically in one of the smaller acoustic tents. As did her other idol alum Matt Corby last year. I really love love love her song ‘Incomplete Lullaby’ so I would really dig hearing it live.

Now those are the realistic (well kinda) choices on my dream team line up.

Now for some not so realistic.

Smashing Pumpkins.

Although they would fit in well I think, good old Billy Corgan is a bit of a douche. Don’t get me wrong, I idolize the bloke, but he hardly ever plays the hits from the 90’s like my personal favorites ‘Luna’, ‘1979’, ‘Mayonnaise’  or even ‘Disarm’ and talks back and gets mouthy with the crowd so I can not imagine it going smoothly.

Hanson.

I would just love to ring in the year 2012 hearing my first favourite band play ‘MMMBop’. I would also like to throw my undies on stage at Taylor.

Snoop Dogg.

I just love him. Well not really. Something about his undeniable sleaze is in fact undeniable.

Fleetwood Mac.

Another vintage love of mine.

Lady Gaga.
Another one I’m secretly fond of.

Coolio.

So I could run on stage and rap to ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ with him, the last time I could actually sing ‘I’m 23 now….’ And it be the truth.

Dire Straits.

Just to have them serenade me personally with ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Bruce Springsteen.

Just to have him sing  ‘Dancing in the Dark’ and pick me out of the crowd like I was Courtney Cox.

Cher.

Just because she is Cher!

And a few more posthumous appearances from
Of course, The Beatles

Elvis

Johnny Cash and June Carter

Bob Marley

Nirvana

Janis Joplin

Jimmi Hendrix

Thank You and GOODNIGHT

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