LDOCs you missed

Seven years of LDOCs have given Duke University seven lineups of varying success. In the interest of nostalgia for concerts that I've never seen, one that I have and one that hasn't even happened yet (I'm pretty confident about that one, though), here is an authoritative ranking of the LDOCs, in descending order.

7. Collective Soul (2005): one of only two LDOCs headlined by a single band, 2005 also managed to grab a group 10 years removed from its prime. At least Third Eye Blind had the Roots to trick people into thinking they were relevant. Consolation points for taking its name from an Ayn Rand novel. You're intellectual, high five!

6. Guster (2006): the other of those LDOCs. Is quantity better than quality when it comes to big-name headlining bands? No, quality is better than suckiness.

5. The Roots and Third Eye Blind (2008): I was actually at this one, so take my word for it. It's impossible to deny that the Roots are funky as ?uestlove's hair, but Third Eye Blind couldn't have been more boring if they'd just shown their decades-old VH1 music videos. At least they don't bleep out the excessive lyrical drug references in real life.

4. Common and Jason Mraz (2007): people (well, girls) keep telling me that Jason Mraz was awesome; unfortunately, I can't really listen to him without laughing. I've also heard that Common was supposed to have been terrible, so this ends up in the dead middle of the list because the bad artist was reportedly good and the good one was reportedly bad. That's balance.

3. Ben Folds, Gym Class Heroes and Girl Talk (2009): Ben Folds has done some good things, while Gym Class Heroes might actually be the worst popular band in music right now. But when a concert features one of the greatest live performers of our time (Girl Talk), top three is a gimme.

2. Wilco and Better than Ezra (2003): Wilco, man. Wilco. A year removed from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Seriously... Wilco.

1. Kanye West (2004): Seeing Kanye West before he became the self-proclaimed voice of our generation must've been like catching Jesus when he first hit the lecture circuit. Duke would probably have to rename itself KanyeUnivercity.com (Soulja Boy style) to get Yeezy here nowadays, and I for one would seriously consider it.