Update: Organizers of Bacchanal have pulled together funds from councils and are now at roughly the same budget they had two years ago for Chewbacchanal. Here’s an explanatory video CCSC made about the club’s financial situation:
In the democratic spirit of the recent elections, the people from Bacchanal want to know what sort of band you want occupying the steps during Bacchanal this spring. While a dispute with the administration set Bacchanal’s budget back significantly and caused the cancellation of Bacchanal’s fall concert, the group currently has ~ $38,000 $100,000 to spend on the act of your choice. Tell them what sort of sound you’re interested in by voting in the poll to the right, or, if you feel hindered by the choices available write in the specific style, artist, or vibe to which you dream of getting your crunk on in the comments section of this post. Reach Bacchanal directly here..
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@Anonymous Janelle Monae, that is all.
@Anonymous Sir Paul McCartney
@Anonymous How has Pretty Lights not been mentioned?! BEST CONCERT EVER!!!!
@Anonymous OFWGKTA
Childish
JCole
thats it really.
@Anonymous MACKLEMORE.
Drake would be dope too
@Anonymous NO ELECTRONIC SHIT. why would I want to go to a concert when I can just listen to a song the exact same way on my ipod? If we are going to get an artist, I want one that is LIVE and actually uses their voice.
@wow das pretty dumb.
@Anonymous The
Black
Keys
@Anonymous kanye/jay z, WARM BREW, third eye blind, nicki minaj
@Anonymous idk but tiesto played at schools such as uc davis and other state schools suffering from budget cost … i doubt we are suffering much at all so why cant we actually pay the guy and get him here or someone of his status like kaskade, avicii, aoki,skrillex, above and byond, ATB or up and coming alesso….just dont do Guetta
@Anonymous we should get KASKADE!!!! His concert was too SICK!! or Alesso!!! Definitely some house music!!!
@Anonymous Backstreet Boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Anonymous Childish Gambino’s new album is HOT HOT BOT
@Anonymous NO NO NO LIL WAYNE PLEASE PLEASE.
Drake or J. Cole’d be amazing, though. Or or or Lady Gaga!! But she’s likely out of the price range…
@Anonymous I vote for Coldplay. That would be amazing!
@Anonymous BEYONCE!
Vampire Weekend!
Goo Goo Dolls!
Belle & Sebastian!
@Anonymous Lady Gaga!
@Anonymous Beach House
James Blake
Fleet Foxes
Cake
Andrew Bird
Neon Indian
Star Fucker
@Anonymous I WANNA SEE SOME CUDI
@Anonymous no one wants to hear these obscure indie bands
@Anonymous truth, we need mad pump up music to get everyone out there!!!
@Anonymous SHAKIRA …. plz?
@Odd Future I wanna see some fucking Wolf Gang!!!!
@Anonymous …no. they rap about murder and rape. in what world does that constitute good music?
@CC'13 childish gambino should open for mos def
@also people suggesting things like bon iver and beach house (my favorite band, for the record)-have you ever been to an outdoor concert??
@Bon Iver should be here!!!!!
@Anonymous coldplay, vampire weekend, arcade fire, florence and the machine!
@yo MARC ANTHONY.
CALLE 13.
PRINCE ROYCE.
stop ignoring the latinooooooooosssssss
@CC2012 LMFAO = yes please.
If we all just take a minute to think about what we really want from Bacchanal, we will realize that it is all about Party Rockin’ and Shots Shots Shots Shots Shots Shots!
P.S. Everyday I’m shufflin’
@Anonymous Martin Solveig and Chromeo…..doable at least
@Anonymous Woah ya Kid cudi!
@Anonymous KID CUDI would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Anonymous kid cudi YES!!!!
or kanye..
@Anonymous KID CUDI!!!!!!!!!!!
@Anonymous kid cudi would fucking rock!!!! he is the BEST
@Anonymous Kid cudi!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Anonymous Please for the love of god, no dubstep.
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@anon mumford and sons
wilco
arcade fire
fleet foxes
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE!!!!
@Anonymous MGMTMGMTMGMT
Beach House
Tame Impala
yes.
@Anonymous and Neon Indian!
o0o0o0o0oo0o0o0o0o0o0o0o yes.
@Anonymous MGMT would be pretty goddamned amazing.
@Anonymous M.I.A
Done.
@OK sooo Does anyone know immortal technique??? I don’t know how well known he is here but according to the website posted above he is only $10,000 and he is pretty boss. All the other prices are kind of killing my dreams. Just saying.
@Anonymous http://www.concertideas.com/#search
This website has all the breakdowns and childish gambino will only cost like 20,000 so he can be the opening act…plus Columbia is on the front of the website!!
@Yo Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon
@Anonymous Ne-yo
Usher
Thanks
@ymous J. Cole
@Anon Toby Keith
Kenny Chesney
Zac Brown Band
@Anonymous Blink 182
Rascal Flatts
Alexandra Stan
Red Hot Chillies
Ne-Yo
Kelly Rowland
@Anonymous Cee Lo Green
@Enya make my mom happy guys
@I'm judging everyone so hard you have no idea how high up my nose is right now
@Lou Reed!!!! yeah!!!!!
@????? Honestly, is there even a question of who we want?
J BIEBS !!!!!!!!!!!!! of course!!
@Anonymous Perfect line up… Get ready
Empire of the Sun, Drake, and Deadmau5
or
Cut Copy, LMFAO, and Kaskade
or
Passion Pit, Odd Future (Tyler the Creator), and Swedish House Mafia
Any of these artists are needed at Columbia before I graduate!!!!!!!
@Thibault BREAKBOT
@yes amen, frenchie
@deadmau5! deadmau5 would be the shit!
@dead mau5
@YES deadmau5 YES DEADMAU5
@deadmau5 we should have deadmau5 come visit.
@deadmau5 deadmau5
@Anonymous LFMAO
@GIRLS GIRLS
@Anonymous The most reasonable artist to bring would be someone who would be able to cater to all music tastes.
*Drake.
Easily. Everyone knows his music, and he just released a new album.
@Van Owen Olaf’s “Fuck Your Yankee Bluejeans,” is the the only band worth considering!
My love for you is like a truck Berserker!
Would you like some making fuck? Berserker!
@Anonymous kaskade!!!! or alesso or avicii
@burial Burial
Burial
Burial
Burial
Burial
Burial
Burial
@burial is awesome but not party music. good for alone, crying-times.
@the music we need we need stuff the crowd can get into, rather than just stand around and watch. That being said, no post-dub or super alt-indie-chill-rock, no matter how much I enjoy listening to it. I’d rather have Girl Talk/Super Mash, Matt&Kim (they’ve been known to do cheap shows if it’s in the city), Passin Pit, etc. that would actually be a fun concert. Hell, I’d even take some frat rap (Hoodie, IanJ, Sam Adams, etc.) if it meant avoiding a Borechannal
@Anonymous I agree, but the music doesn’t have to be shitty (sorry but who the fuck listens to mashups anymore?) just because it isn’t stand around music. Why not Flying Lotus or ASAP Rocky?
@Anonymous MATT AND KIM
@YES They are so good live and would be pretty cheap!
@Anonymous Bruno Mars!
@Friendly Fires Do it!
@Anonymous James Blake would wonderful.
@Anonymous KATY PERRY. PLEASE!!!
@ew id rather them bring in the back street boys or nsync than that “i kissed a girl” shit
@Anonymous mumford and sons!!!
@Anonymous VAMPIRE WEEKEND OR BEIRUT OR ARCADE FIRE!!! NO HIP HOP!!!
@Anonymous bob crusoe
@Anonymous GOO GOO DOLLS.
@ew *vomits*
@Anonymous can we take a break from the lame hip-hop/rap please?? how about representing some other musical genres?
@Anonymous Linkin Park!
@Anonymous The Killers or Coldplay
@Anonymous Childish
Justice
phantogram
chromeo
neon indian
@Anonymous Though I have to concede, Childish Gambino plus Justice would be incredible!
@Anonymous I think a bit of genre variation would work great, Ghostface Killah, Wiz Khalifa, and Of Montreal was pretty decent. So you know, something like The XX, Odd Future Wolf Gang. I donna.
@Anonymous HOW HAS NO ONE MENTIONED KE$HA?
@ummm Ke$ho is so much better ;-)
@Oh man We should get Sam Lachow
@Anonymous Aoki, Bennassi!!!!!!!!!!!!
house artists
@Anonymous OVOXO: drake and the weekend… Canadian takeover
@Coco COLE WORLD NO BLANKET BITCHES
MINAJ WOULD BE DOPE
DRIZZY PRIZZY DRAKE
@Anonymous J Cole for sure.
@Grecia ok ok ya
@Grecia Avicii or deadmau5 or any of that shit everyone’s into.
@SHUT THE FACK UP
@Anonymous mac miller!
@Anonymous Drake, Wale, or Lupe.
@Easy Chromeo!!!! Dave used to teach here, he’d do it for 100k
@MMM Bonobo!
@Anon Can we just not have a fall concert and go all out for the Spring…?
Kanye anyone? :)
@that's... …what we’re doing.
@Anon Oh, woops. You’re right, you’re right.
Kanye for spring??
@Anonymous Disco Biscuits :)
@probs mad expensive... Adele
@Anonymous Regina Spektor
.
.
.
hehehe
kidding
@nowait! fell for it :(
@also GirlTalk
tame impala
SBTRKT
James Blake
Frank Ocean
@Anonymous Skrillex or Avicii
@Anonymous Why is Indie Rock in first place?! Indie Rock sucks!
@Anonymous Pop or country! Taylor Swift!
@Anonymous Adele
Prince
Mumford and Sons
@Anonymous Ying Yang Twins
@Anonymous beach house! MGMT!! tame impala!
@cc 15 my three favorite bands. I LOVE YOU
@come on RUSH
@Anonymous JUSTIN BIEBER JUSTIN BIEBER JUSTIN BIEBER!!!!!
@Anonymous Ideally we’d have the Flaming Lips, but that seems unlikely…
Other ideas-
Ben Kweller: 15k w/ band, 10k solo
Dr. Dog: 15-20k
Rusted Root: 25-30k
Polyphonic Spree: 20k
Darwin Deez
Fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzvs_uIhbAk
…Sum 41: 20-25k…
@Anonymous This is a vote for Childish Gambino, but I like most of the bands people are saying on here.
@Anonymous deffffinitely phil collins or coldplay
@Anonymous ratatat. SUPER MASH :)
@Anonymous ratatat would be awesome!
@Anonymous SUPER MASH BROS ALL THE WAY
@yaaaaaaaa RATATAT and Girl Talk!
@Anonymous KASKADE (aka Ryan Raddon)!
@well re nytimes today, kaskade charges $200,000 per night, soo….
@Anonymous I want a decent DJ to play someone from Fool’s Gold or Ed Banger Records
@Anonymous The Weeknd and a great trance DJ and a group similar to Empire of the Sun or Cut Copy
Let’s make a combo of Ultra music festival and Coachella *dream*
Im tired of old rappers- coming from a hip hop fan
@Anonymous CUT COPY. It would never happen, but it would be amazing.
@Anonymous LMFAO
Deadmau5/ Kaskade
Drake
Empire of the Sun
Passion Pit
Odd Future
Dream: Jay-z or Kanye *sigh*
@EMPIRE OF
THE
SUN
best live show eva!!!!
@SEAS 15 EMPIRE OF THE SUN
@Anonymous Odd Future would kill us all. Literally. Kill us.
@Anonymous AZEALIA BANKS!
Because, in case you didn’t know…bitches…we’re in the 212.
@Anonymous FOSTER THE PEOPLE!!!!!!
@Anonymous DEATH TO FALSE INDIE ROCK
@Anonymous I know people have said it already but he needs to be mentioned again…
CHILDISH GAMBINO!!!!
@Anonymous Childish / J Cole please!
@Anonymous m83!
Lana Del Rey
Paul Kalkbrenner
Devendra Banhart
James Blake
Braids
jj
@German you know paul kalkbrenner, i love you.
@Anonymous how do you like your eggs? fried or fertilized?
@i love music Frank Ocean, or Justin Timberlake!!!!!
Wale would be cool too.
@Passion Pit!!!! Passion Pit would be *awesome*!!!!
@Passion FTW Agreed. Passion Pit rocks!
@student childish gambino
minaj
mumford and sons
beach house
best coast
turquoise jeep
GUCCI MANE
@Anonymous fleet foxes
dirty projectors
local natives
beirut
st vincent
grizzly bear
sufjan stevens
(!!!)
@Anonymous I heard Sufjan is incredible live
@Anonymous oh it’s true
@Anonymous LOCAL NATIVES
@Anonymous JANELLE MONAE.
@Anonymous mouse rat
@Leslie Knope aka Fourskin
aka Just the Tip
aka Punch Face Champion
@Anonymous 1000000 times no to Taylor Swift
@Anonymous taylor swift
@FOLKSY MUMFORD & SONS.
@Anonymous ^^ they are AMAZING live!
@Anonymous LETS RAAAAAVE
@Anonymous odd future wolf blitzer kill them all
@Duh Britney Spears.
@Actually maybe my vote is for Austra!
@Yanyi Would be too amazing.
@HOUSE afrojack, avicii, wolfgang gartner, feed me, calvin harris, dirty south, skrillex
PLEASE make one act house/electronica/dubstep. it literally would be the coolest thing ever / different from all the rap/hip hop we’ve had lately
@ew dubstep is shit.
@not all electronic music is dubstep. i’m not saying it should be dubstep – but it’s an option. i just think it would be cool to have a light show/house concert with glowsticks as the sun sets … electric zoo style. seriously, don’t knock it until you’ve experienced it.
@Anonymous look up Steve Aoki…..this school desperately needs a party
@I am literally addicted to Avicii. yes.
@Anonymous YES something electronic PLEASE!!
@Anonymous These are all awesome suggestions
just please god not deadmau5
@Anonymous Florence and the Machine!
@Anonymous Would be awesome.
@Anonymous I’ve been listening to her new album nonstop. The woman is a goddess <3
@HOODIE ALLEN Affordable and MANY good songs. Not just one hit. Saw him live in San Francisco and he’s fantastic live.
@Anonymous I saw him in San Diego this summer!
He really knows how to work a crowd and his stuff will get anyone really hyped. It’s kinda perfect for Bacchanal.
@Anonymous GORILLAZ
RADIOHEAD
DEVENDRA BANHART
@Anonymous Drake. Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, YOUNG MONEY!
@Anonymous Get a cool Trance DJ. We probably couldn’t afford Tiesto, or Armin but we can always dream.
@The Weeknd DO IT.
or jcole.
@Puppy Cops Nathan Albert!
@nathan albert WILCO
@Anonymous lil b
@Maxwell Conor Oberst.
@Anonymous pure trance
the men
neu! circa ’75
jens lekman
the clean
burial
@give the money to other clubs
@intravenous meth use daily pandit pran nath
puppy cops
lab rat XL
bongwater
les rallizes dénudés
@some ideas CULTS
GRIZZLY BEAR
DIRTY PROJECTORS
ST. VINCENT
JAMES BLAKE
BEACH HOUSE
M I N A J
@anon I mean these are definitely great artists, but I feel like I’d prefer to have someone that I can have fun to, drink, rather than listen to post-dubstep at an all school concert.
I think we need to take everyone’s preferences into consideration. That being said, DEADMAU5 lolz.
@Anonymous AZEALIA BANKS is the really obvious choice.
She lives, like, not even 30 blocks away and her music is awesome. She’s probably super cheap, too.
And also Childish Gambino <3
@Anonymous obv nicki minaj
@Anonymous she cost over $200,000 so no go sorry
@Anonymous Arcade Fire!!!
@YOO AZEALIA BANKS
@Yanyi It has baffled me that we live in one of the richest places for new music in the country, and somehow our past few spring concerts have been rather lackluster in ambition, booking acts that honestly any college in the country could bring, if they wanted and had the money.
You can do a lot with $38,000. Artists like Lana Del Rey, Cults, or Small Black (yes, I know tastes differ, but let’s be real, but I think we can objectively say that each of these artists has some form of significant following) who are gaining popularity but who don’t charge artist fees beyond $5000.
I would honestly rather see several less-known bands of high quality who have the potential to be big (such as Grizzly Bear, who did get much bigger) than some hip hop singer who has basically become a parody of him or herself (read: Snoop Dogg). Why not an all-day music festival that could accommodate the diverse tastes of the entire student body rather than one big concert that might only satisfy a few aurally? You can also get a great electronic act to DJ into the night. Glowsticks come very cheaply in bulk, and cosponsorship from student groups is a possible and more likely to happen with a diverse lineup of musicians.
Actual suggestions, bearing in mind that these are my own tastes: Wild Beasts, The Weeknd, M83, Baths, Oh Land, Lana Del Rey, various other bands that are making the rounds in the city right now. Oh, and the person who said The Arcade Fire up there.
@Yanyi Oh, and this, too: give Columbia students some credit. I think a large number of us have some sort of musical background, and know something good when we hear it. The only nice thing about famous people is that we can brag about it to our friends from other schools, but who gives a shit about that, in the end, if we had a bad time? Bacchanal is one of the only times of the year when the entire student body gets together; some of us will go even if we hate the music because it’s about being part of this awesome Columbia tradition. So it’s better when the music doesn’t suck.
@nathan noooooo please don’t get lana del rey, anything but her, please god!
@Um Couldn’t agree more. With this in mind, I think it’s finally time to give the Metropolitan Opera a shot and explore all the diverse kinds of music that can be found here in New York City. Minimalist productions of Wagner and Strauss are becoming rather popular nowadays.
@nathan and cults and LDR def cost more than 5000 at this point. i think any band that has a vevo costs more than 5k
@Yanyi That was the range of their rates when I contacted them a few months ago.
@Anonymous Lana Del Ray is just so fucking awful
@Anonymous Love me some M83
@Anonymous I totally agree with you, but unfortunately the Bacchanal crew already tried this. My freshman year (2007-08) we had Grizzly Bear and the National play. Despite the fact that both were pretty well known and had just played some major shows at the time, everybody complained. The show was amazing, but very few people even came.
@Anonymous Fuuuck complainers. There are some people who just have bad musical taste, and of course you’ll have to just accept that.
I’m pretty sure there’s a saying that goes something like “you can’t make something great without having some people hate it” — this is definitely applicable for music.
By the way, I hate shitty rap. Why do I have to suffer?
@Yanyi I think there’s a way you can balance that, though. Since Bacchanal is in the afternoon, you can have a more indie rock band play during the day and book a great DJ / hip hop artist to play into the party that is sure to follow that night. I’m sure there are logistical issues that I’m not aware of, but perhaps you could work around those.
@Anonymous Same poster as above: yeah I agree with this. I’m just concerned people who don’t like terrible rap and dubstep are being squeezed out of the equation. Maybe Bacchanal committee members assume that everyone likes that crap.
I don’t want all four years here to have lame Bacchanals that cater to people without musical taste. Not saying that rap or dubstep can’t be tasteful, because rap at least can be, but nowadays they are the preference of people who just don’t listen to music.
@Anonymous Truth. I was always shocked that in NY of all places people would still be pretty close-minded as to music. Although you should check out some WBAR shows if you’re into that sort of music.
I don’t think you’ll end up with the Snoop Dogg disaster that happened last year, at least. With $38,000 they definitely couldn’t afford something that terrible.
@Yanyi I still stand by this suggestion after the recent update, even more so with this size of a budget.
@Anonymous Jerry Sandusky and the Shower Buddies
@Anonymous I would love some Toby Keith or Zac Brown.
@Anonymous I would love some Jason Aldean or Justin Moore.
@Anonymous Turquoise Jeep
@Holy Crap! I was about to say the same thing! Turquoise Jeep is the bomb! They do play at colleges, they’re much more affordable than Snoop Dogg or nearly anyone else, and they’re twice as good. For those who don’t know, they’re the crew who brought us instant classics like “Lemme Smang It”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt5ghXdq6Z0
@Holy Crap! I was about to say the same thing! Turquoise Jeep is the bomb! They do play at colleges, they’re much more affordable than Snoop Dogg or nearly anyone else, and they’re twice as good. For those who don’t know, they’re the crew who brought us instant classics like “Lemme Smang It”, “Cavities”, “Stretchy Pants” and “Go Grab My Belt”!
@Anonymous Drake. OVOXO
@Benny http://cdn.someecards.com/someecards/usercards/e9141f907f00a96cdbaca8e600883444.png
@Member Jesus. For that money, we’ll be lucky to get a student band.
(And for people suggesting Arcade Fire/Lonely Island: do you have any idea of how much a known act costs?)
@anon NO LAME HIP HOP PLEASE
@Jay-z That shit cray.
@Curb YA MOUTH If you say anythin’, you’ll beg me to die,
‘Cuz I’ll make you suck my dick, and I’ll nut in your eye.
I’ll stomp on your world, like my name was Godzilla,
I’m comin’ for you motherfucker, I’m your Krazy Eyez Killa.
@Anonymous Hanson is spelled wrong.
Also, why are pop and rock not choices?
@Victoria J. Cole or Chiddy Bang!
@Anonymous LUDACRIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
more students will have sex that night than ever before.
@Anonymous Childish Gambino
@me llamo t-bone donde. esta. la biblioteca…
FUCK YEAH!
@anonymous DONALD GLOVER IS A GOD WHO WALKS AMONG MEN.
@Anonymous Was literally just about to write Childish Gambino. SO PERFECT FOR BACCHANAL.
@Anonymous CHILDISH GAMBINO!!! YEAHHZZZZZ
“only black kid at a sufjan concert”
i LOVE this guy
@Anonymous Oh. Childish Gambino please! I would literally die.
@UCLA=Columbia Asian girls everywhere…
@Anonymous Lonely Island
@Anonymous Who’s down for Waka Flockanal?
@Anonymous Wakka flakka retired from the game :(
@Anonymous YES YES YES YES YES. Definitely thought about this one many a times.
@Anonymous Arcade Fire!
@Anonymous this is why you can’t trust koreans