Glastonbury

[ForeverPompey]

anyone there/watching on the box?

i thought Florence's was a pretty good set last night..and a nice touch was her tribute to Dave Grohl she covered some ground running about,i half expected her to end up on another stage

[Brockley_Jack]

Florence & the Machine? Just shove an owl in a wind tunnel, same thing.

Not been to Glasto since '99 as you have to pay to get in nowadays. I went 5 times in the 90's & never paid! Over the fence, under the fence, one year pretty much through the fence, piece of piss. One year we also successfully bunked the trains there & back too (SD ). Happy days.

I wouldn't like it now. I bet the art/craft and street-food stalls are now replaced by beard-oil boutiques and overpriced craft ales.

Back in the day the target market was the alternative scene in general & was a great mix of hippies, rockers, punks, indie-kids & grungers where as nowadays it's aimed at marketing execs from Battersea. Wouldn't enjoy it.

[Brockley_Jack]

Although in complete contradiction, I really hope my friends Maid Of Ace absolutely smash the BBC Introducing stage today at 1:30. Those girls are good and really deserve it. - view external link

[kernow]

Enjoyed Lionel Richie, good ole boy !
Looking great for his years.
The audience were "outrageous".

[chiswickmart]

Although in complete contradiction, I really hope my friends Maid Of Ace absolutely smash the BBC Introducing stage today at 1:30. Those girls are good and really deserve it.

I saw the track they put on the red button...which was rubbish. Three chords and a lot of shouting. There was hardly anyone watching either...a lot of wandering about at the back!!

Although better than Kanye's karaoke in a microwave. I seriously have no idea why so many people were watching him, that is not a Glastonbury crowd. There were so many acts who would sit rather too comfortably on Heart Radio too.

Highlights for me, Suede, Alt-J, Father John Misty, Everything Everything, Maccabees, Libertines and Hot Chip. - view external link

[OhWell]

anyone there/watching on the box?

i thought Florence's was a pretty good set last night..and a nice touch was her tribute to Dave Grohl she covered some ground running about,i half expected her to end up on another stage

She certainly won the running championship, but if you asked me to hum a single one of her tunes afterwards, I couldn't. Were there any, apart from the one Foo Fighters song she covered?

[Brockley_Jack]

Although in complete contradiction, I really hope my friends Maid Of Ace absolutely smash the BBC Introducing stage today at 1:30. Those girls are good and really deserve it.

I saw the track they put on the red button...which was rubbish. Three chords and a lot of shouting. There was hardly anyone watching either...a lot of wandering about at the back!![/quote]

Their sound was abominable, the bloke behind the desk needed a slap! Their sound relies heavily on the interplay between the 2 guitars but I could only hear one clearly and the other a muffle. And to be fair, it was not a punk festival and they were on at 1:30 in the afternoon so there was never going to be a moshpit for them!

Oh yeah, and "3 chords & shouting" is the bedrock of alot of punk btw, just so's ya know.

[chiswickmart]

Although in complete contradiction, I really hope my friends Maid Of Ace absolutely smash the BBC Introducing stage today at 1:30. Those girls are good and really deserve it.

I saw the track they put on the red button...which was rubbish. Three chords and a lot of shouting. There was hardly anyone watching either...a lot of wandering about at the back!![/quote]

Their sound was abominable, the bloke behind the desk needed a slap! Their sound relies heavily on the interplay between the 2 guitars but I could only hear one clearly and the other a muffle. And to be fair, it was not a punk festival and they were on at 1:30 in the afternoon so there was never going to be a moshpit for them!
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Fair point about the sound. I heard a Hot Chip track on 6 Music this morning that sounded fantastic. Then watched it again online and

[Brockley_Jack]

Fair point about the sound. I heard a Hot Chip track on 6 Music this morning that sounded fantastic. Then watched it again online and it was really poor. Do they have separate feeds for TV and Radio?

Couldn't tell you. I paid no attention to this years annual hipster & marketing exec getaway other than Maid Of Ace's set, purely because I know them.

Right from the first verse I was fuming with the soundman! But then that's the problem with having been playing music for well over 2 decades, you get really anal about stuff like that. My better half can just listen to a piece of music whereas I'll analyse everything from the tempo, chord progression, sound levels, whether it's a single-coil or a humbucker being used on the guitar, etc.

[Andy68]

Florence & the Machine? Just shove an owl in a wind tunnel, same thing.

Not been to Glasto since '99 as you have to pay to get in nowadays. I went 5 times in the 90's & never paid! Over the fence, under the fence, one year pretty much through the fence, piece of piss. One year we also successfully bunked the trains there & back too (SD ). Happy days.

I wouldn't like it now. I bet the art/craft and street-food stalls are now replaced by beard-oil boutiques and overpriced craft ales.

Back in the day the target market was the alternative scene in general & was a great mix of hippies, rockers, punks, indie-kids & grungers where as nowadays it's aimed at marketing execs from Battersea. Wouldn't enjoy it.

Haven't been since '97 and also have never paid.

Have also managed to get a whole sound system in there on numerous occasions with it running 24/7

used to be 1st stop Stonehenge then onto Pilton then in!

Played there