Black Keys, Racontuer, and Gnarls were outstanding, Dylan would have been cool if I he played something that the audience recognized. The rest was just ok

i can agree with that. I thought black mountain was good too. My only gripe with NAMU period was Dylan. He nearly put me to sleep. He was a poor choice to headline what was supposed to be a young, hip, rock festival.

Yeah “Like a Rolling Stone” was the only song that got everyone pumped, but it was great to see a legend perform. I thought Jack White killed it. I was really impressed with his guitar playing. The Black Keys, Gnarls Barkley, and The Roots were all great too.

Dylan was so very boring compared to the rest… Gnarls really got the crowd going.

I guess a young, hip, rock festival requires songs performed by Bob Dylan from the 60’s? Half of Dylan’s set-list consisted of recently recorded relevant music. Maybe the young, hip, rock festival crowd was not up to date with the latest Dylan album.

I can’t believe that people are saying Dylan was a boring show, it was Bob Dylan, he was amazing, opening his set with “Rainy Day Woman” was pure genius, same with “Tangled up in Blue”, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, and “Like a Rolling Stone”, it was a perfect mix between old and new. The Raconteurs were absolutely mind blowing, Jack White is this generations guitar god. Of course The Roots were amazing, when aren’t they. The Black Keys rocked out like crazy, and the rest of the line-up was awesome. A fantastic show all around, I wish it never would have ended.

Great festival all around, but Friday night (the festival actually took place on Friday and Saturday – not Saturday and Sunday), with the Black Keys followed by the Roots, was epic. Black Keys set the bar incredibly high and got the crowd into a frenzy; the Roots answered with a performance that couldn’t be topped. Saturday’s performances weren’t a downer, but if you had seen Friday night, there was no was to match that level again.

there’s no one hopper than dylan, come on!

Dylan’s playing and band sounded solid; however, despite his truly deserved legendary status and his multitude of great songs, Dylan’s inscrutable voice is what ruined his show, for me at least (and I like his ’60s/early ’70s-era voice). He sounded like a dying frog mating with Bobcat Goldthwaite. Dylan should think about letting others sing his great songs while he and his band play. Someone in his inner circle should tell him this. His voice aside, the festival was a resounding success–especially the Black Keys, the Roots, and Spoon. Raconteurs were solid classic rock (almost too much so, but still good). Overall, even though I unfortunately missed Gnarls, it was the best festival I’ve been to in years. I took the shuttle from the arena to the Hot Metal Bridge and walked over the river gazing at the cityscape with the sun bouncing off the water and buildings. No traffic hassles, just a great way to enter a killer show.