Glastonbury ...

[bruno]

That time of year again. Mostly uninteresting.
Switched on the TV on Friday and RadioHead were playing, and it left me cold - didn't really enjoy it, lasted about 15 minutes.

Ash then text'd me last night, the Foo Fighters are on! WOWZER, what a band. Not perfectly played, but tight as anything, they love playing the music and being in that band, that is evident! And what energy. I watched the whole set, and then got up in the morning and watched the whole thing again. The audience seemed to be having a blast - but mixed reviews this morning. Everyone has an opinion I guess, mine is that that was the best single performance I've ever seen at Glastonbury, and made me want to be there. Any other views - am confused by the bad reviews.

B

[Oldrottenhead]

Not saw much but the flaming lips where fab as ever.

[Groundy]

Watched RadioHead, Then switched off,  Rubbish....

Alex

[Johnny Robbo]

Recorded Foo Fighters & watched it yesterday. A great set, I thought. Radiohead? Not my cup of tea, so I avoided their set altogether. My biggest gripe with all of these festivals, or the TV coverage at least, is that you get one song by the band (Jools Holland, for example) you want to see, then aeons of blethering by the presenters (I can't watch Lauren Laverne without a mute button). Then you're treated to the full set (no just one song) by some band you've never heard of or aren't remotely interested in, but who happen to be the current flavour of the month with the "bushy beard & skinny jeans" demographic.

And yes... I know I sound old 

[Oldrottenhead]

i quite enjoyed radiohead, but can understand folk not liking them.

however i will not hear a bad word about Lauren Laverne, i drool at the sight and sound of her, she is both gorgeous and intelligent. Drooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllll.

[Mike_S]

Then you're treated to the full set (no just one song) by some band you've never heard of or aren't remotely interested in, but who happen to be the current flavour of the month with the "bushy beard & skinny jeans" demographic.

I only caught a few snippits mainly on the BBC News... fair play to Barry Gibb seems like he can still do it. Nile Rogers and Chic seemed great.

[Flash Harry]

Glaso is fab - you have to be there at least once in your life.

It's cramped, crowded, the toilets are legendary, the rain, the mud, camping with unwashed smelly people...

...all disappear within  hours of getting there. The atmosphere is wonderful, happy, friendly chilled, the music is fantastic, there is stuff there for everyone, loads of little interesting areas with odd goings on, loads of cider and loads of food.

I love it. I missed out on tickets this year. There's no festival next year, but 2019, I hope to be there.
 

[Hilary]

One day I'm going to play at Glastonbury (in the comedy tent) . . . one day!

[kenny mac]

From what I can gather a lot of the high end current artists suffered from bad sound problems.
I've taped a load of it so I'll be filtering through it.

[kenny mac]

Watched the killers in the john peel tent.
My kinda concert,bouncing.
Branson flowers voice was a bit out there but think he got caught up in the energy.
The only thing I don't like about these bands is the way they put the session guy...in this case a guitarist behind the amps like he doesn't exist or matter