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27 Jun 13
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Is it all that for what alleges to be the number one festival?
Of course there are a few gems, but definitely underwhelming overall. The main stage at Reading this year is far stronger, imo.
Of course there are a few gems, but definitely underwhelming overall. The main stage at Reading this year is far stronger, imo.
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Tradition, peeps just go ,could be Chas and Dave everynight still be full to bursting...............
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getting away getting away getting away with murderrrr
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it's been scheisse for years
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it probably is pish, but you sound like old duffer music snobs moaning about it.
i bet theres a few on that id listen to |
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There is bob! But that wasn't the point I was making, was it?!?!?!?
Hives, Editors, Of Monsters & Men, Smashing Pumpkins, The XX, Portishead all great and on the second stage, it's the main stage that is pretty weak, bar Primal Scream. Still, the kids wearing their Ramones T Shirts that couldn't name a Ramones track for toffee will doubtless describe it as "Awesome!" come Monday. God, I sound old!  |
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just had a look, the vaccines are alright arent they? i only know 1 song like.
 not my kinda music to be honest, its mostly middle of the road indie rock. are the rolling stones the umm...rolling stones?? |
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There are so many bands performing over the wekend that I have never heard of and I'm sure that if I were there I would enjoy a fair few of them. Likewise there are a few that I know of and would most likely enjoy such as The Stones, Bragg, Costello.
However, I'd only really want to see four; Dinosaur Jr (Friday), Pumpkins, Nick Cave & Evan Dando (Sunday..... all at the same bloody time(ish)). I'm not a particular fan of Steve Winwood but after the carer he's had I would imagine he's gutted at being an understudy to the Bootleg Beatles on Saturday night despite the chance that they'll be a feckin' good listen/singalong. I have to agree with both HRH and 11kv - the main stage at Glastonbury looks a tad barren and it matters not a jot, as to many it's purely a tradition. The Friday at Reading (main stage) looks ok to me, and at 90 quid for a day ticket is probably worth it for the Mrs & myself (GD & DT for her & FT & SOAD for me) and of course we'll have plenty of time before hand to see the Gnarwolves (first up) on the Lock Up Stage.  |
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* I'm sure Steve Windwood doesn't need looking after too much so I'll correct carer (to the anguish of his potential nurse of beneficiary) to career if I may.
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It like everything else has become a sad reflection of the original idea:-
“By the time we got to Woodstock – we were half a million strong!” Like corporate politics, corporate football crowds, corporate music festivals, it seems blandness & boredom these days, is the order of the day – why don’t youngsters revolt or do something new any more like we did in 67 & 77?  |
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they do, then you old farts complain about it!
stuff like what the masses lazily term emo (but is really just a kind of gothic alternative rock/punk crossover) was youngsters rebelling in a more dignified manner than previous generations but all people did was take the piss out of them for it. calling the bands commercial, just fashion and pop, when they arent any more commercial or pop than all the old beloved bands like the beatles, sex pistols, iron maiden, anybody you would care to mention. bands are there to sell records, concerts tickets and make money. always have been, always will be. bands have always been about image as well as music. the whole mods rockers thing was 90% about image and fashion. so was punk. everybody says oh the lyrics these days are meaningless, no they arent. like all music, some lyrics mean a lot and are deeply personal and emotional and some are just any old rubbish jotted down that doesnt really mean anything. i suppose the beatles singing about frickin yellow submarines was so deep really? then everything these days gets called pop, like the sex pistols were really so hardcore. their songs sound like easy listening compared to some of the stuff these days. but you wont find the younger generations being disrespectful about the old bands. most of them have a surprisingly good knowledge and respect of older music. you get teenagers listening to stuff i never even listen to cos i wasnt old enough when it came out. obviously theres a whole sea of youngsters wearing ramones, misfits etc t shirts who have never listened to 1 song in their lives. but theyre the posers. the real music fans know a lot more and listen to a lot more old stuff than most people would imagine. just cos they listen to new bands you have never heard of, dont dismiss them as being sheep who just listen to what they see on tv. |
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agree, overall the line-up looks a bit underwhelming this year, but the Rolling Stones will ensure maximum publicity so it will get more coverage than ever.
the whole thing has turned into a big music juggernaut, I went to the very first one when it was called The Pilton Folk & Blues festival or something like that, it was a few years later when they started to call it The Glastonbury Festival (which sounds a bit better than calling it The Pilton Festival), and in the early years it was more like The Cambridge Folk Festival. the first one was a 1-day thing on a Sunday in Sept., and there was probably less than 1,500 people there in a field. Marc Bolan was the headline act, and it was also the w/e that Hendrix died because they announced that over the speakers. we had no plans to go, but on the Saturday night we went to a folk club in Bristol and Al Stewart was there, and he said he was appearing at this festival near Glastonbury the next day and said why don't you all come along. it was Al Stewart and a few folk singers from Bristol who went on stage together - we called them The Bristol Mafia - and just before they were due to go on that is when they announced that Jimi Hendrix was dead........which completely killed the atmosphere and they went on stage to a stunned audience. The Kinks were booked but they didn't turn up - after being one of the top groups in the 60's don't think they liked the idea of appearing in a field ! So Marc Bolan was the last minute replacement act and he was brilliant. |
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same old same old
yawwwwwwn |
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Spot-on SSB, well said.
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and still no Disturbed
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Blur were brilliant a couple of years back...
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did Blur play when they were actually about? ie rather than a 'how good were we?' comeback?
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Whilst I share the nostalgia for more innocent festivals, I don't think the music scene has ever been as healthy as it is now. The charts are meaningless, if you're any good, you put your music online and people will listen. Even being fit doesn't seem to be as important. I've got dozens of artists I want to get into but haven't got round to yet because I'm so into the stuff I'm currently into. In a great irony, illegal downloading saved music, by killing off so much of the commercialism. Only touring makes real money now, and people who might buy a CD cos all their friends have, won't waste an evening and fifty quid unless they really like what they're going to see.
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Yeah Blur headlined in 1994 and 1998 aswell...
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I thought they did, marvellous band.
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Blur were appalling a couple of years ago - like an end-of-the-pier novelty act...
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Great cheese though
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Blur are a class act YY Great Escape onwards..barring a couple of old tracks `There`s no other way` to name the main one pre Great Escape.
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Just to add people go to Glasto to escape this society for a while..it`s a different world of expressionism man.
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Um Yorkshire Terrier the 2009 set they played was classed as one of Glastonbury's finest ever sets if you look at the reviews, I saw Blur loads over the years...always put a top notch 2hr+ show on!
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Mmmm, who by ? Whiley and the Lemmings ? I know what I saw/heard, and it was terrible.
Still, thank God it's all about opinions..... |
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always liked the other stages at Reading best, but too old for all that now
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anyone know who's playing the sunday afternoon slot on the main stage, the one that an old timer normally plays?
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Kenny Rogers
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Blur @ glasto in 92 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVxqLdgtHI  |
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not the rolling stones sunday afternoon ?
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Anyone that judges Glastonbury,or any festival, on its main stage acts has missed the point.
Sure,if I was there I'd plan to see the Stones but, if I was actually there, I would be a 6/4 chance. |
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old fart here, love the Editors (been playing their Back Room CD on the way to work this week I bought from a charity shop last Saaturday for 59p
)But hardly an act to set a festival on fire |
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Why is bob going off on a rant to try and make out he's down with the kids and score points off the ageing chit chaterati who see no worth in doing anything but knocking the younger generation of music fans, when I don't agree and no such thing was suggested? That wasn't my argument! I simply stated that a festival that revels in it's undeserved reputation as the most significant of its kind has a pretty uninspiring main stage line up, especially after an enforced one year hiatus.
brngtwt's point doesn't need to be made on this thread - Glastonbury is the Royal Ascot equivalent of music; The media and general public would have you believe it's the biggest and most relevant event of the industry for the whole year, for many it's a token being able to say "I was there!" rather than have a clue about what you are seeing and listening to. |
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"anyone know who's playing the sunday afternoon slot on the main stage, the one that an old timer normally plays?"
Was that when Neil Diamond played? I remember that. He was brilliant |
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My lad still, who was then six years old, still loves to talk about
the Helter Skelter in the Kids Field, the Big Top Circus, the weirdos in Arcadia, the nutters sliding in the mud outside the John Peel tent, seeing some CBBC presenters in the comedy area, dancing like a maniac with some cool teenagers (who rightfully ignored his parents), outside a tent, close to midnight in the Dance Village and generally all the strange and wonderful people he (and we) met over the week. The only music he vaguely remembers was Ray Davies in a tiny acoustic tent and err... Lily Allen Just to add people go to Glasto to escape this society for a while..it`s a different world of expressionism man. This is a fair point |
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have these kids not still got school to go to ? didnt think it was summer holidays yet.
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Beady Eye kick off the Other stage at 11am this morning (secret act).
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Hey Kelly yeah Blur were there in 1992 aswell, great setlist that, drunk and rocking imo what Blur did best!
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i'd guess most that would really want to watch winwood would prob want to see the stones too
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