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I was so against Jay Z apearing at Glasto and made my voice heard on this forum. Well having seen him on TV last night and again on I player I take it all back. He was amazing and a real entertainer. It takes a big man to admit he is wrong and that is what am doing right here right now. I hope that everybody has had a great weekend, it looks like you have!!! Anyway off to watch some more (I got 99 problems etc etc etc)
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QUOTE (wilmotalexandra @ Jun 29 2008, 05:44 PM)
I was so against Jay Z apearing at Glasto and made my voice heard on this forum. Well having seen him on TV last night and again on I player I take it all back. He was amazing and a real entertainer. It takes a big man to admit he is wrong and that is what am doing right here right now. I hope that everybody has had a great weekend, it looks like you have!!! Anyway off to watch some more (I got 99 problems etc etc etc)
I think that you are supposed to wait for someone else to call you a big man. Self-proclamation doesn't work!
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his crowd wasnt that big the sound was very quiet at the back which is a shame although the sound system for pyramid wasnt overall better than last years crap sytem
jaz Z was pretty good good lights ect but nothing special
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Such a shame that the Jay-Z hype ( personally i thought he was pants) will overshadow the truly epic performance by The Verve that closed Glastonbury.....
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well i didn't go to see jay-z because his music doesn't appeal to me - but if he's your thing then I have no problem with that... I don't agree with putting artists down.
BUT having seen the killers last year the whole field was packed so not sure how anyone can claim his audience was bigger!
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For those of you who were at the festival you will be pleased to here that the press coverage of Jay Z has be extatic going so far as to compare it with Radiohead 97, claiming near universal acclaim for the chap and his performance.
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QUOTE (harper11 @ Jun 30 2008, 08:57 AM)
his crowd wasnt that big the sound was very quiet at the back which is a shame although the sound system for pyramid wasnt overall better than last years crap sytem
Well I was stood right at the back on the path and I thought: a. the sound was really clear (even managing to drown out the chatterers) and b. the hill was rammed. Was difficult to fight my way up the edge from the Mandela Bar. I only arrived from Massive Attack during the Rhianon (sp?) number - I was hoping Beyonce would make an appearance - but was impressed with his command of the audience. I wished I'd seen the whole thing.
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QUOTE (dorlomin @ Jun 30 2008, 12:24 PM)
For those of you who were at the festival you will be pleased to here that the press coverage of Jay Z has be extatic going so far as to compare it with Radiohead 97, claiming near universal acclaim for the chap and his performance.
A little OTT me thinks. Listening to the radio on the way home Yesterday he was generally a hit with the critics. Thought it was quite ironic that the biggest cheer of the night was for Wonderwall at the beginning of his set!
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i watched it on telly and it was ok, the amount of negative discussion beforehand was just stupid (i'm sure cypress hill headlined reading about 15 years ago and no one blinked an eyelid ) ,
but this greatest set ever stuff is just as dumb. where were all the special guest that were hyped up and could have elevated it into something really special. maybe it was a pride thing as no one said the kings of leon needed gimics to headline, so why should it be different for jay-z, which is fair enough, but it did feel it was slightly less than what was promised
lupe fiasco's set on the jazz world looked much more entertaining.
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Well i have to say i thought if i missed the performance i would regret it so went along to take it in.
Loved the beginning, but after that it was all downhill.
So in the end i didnt miss the performance, but i did regret it, IMHO opinion it seemed he has some pretty big chips on his shoulder, and some pretty big unhidden agendas in his *ahem* "music"
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QUOTE (BeddyDriver @ Jun 30 2008, 02:16 PM)
Well i have to say i thought if i missed the performance i would regret it so went along to take it in.
Loved the beginning, but after that it was all downhill.
So in the end i didnt miss the performance, but i did regret it, IMHO opinion it seemed he has some pretty big chips on his shoulder, and some pretty big unhidden agendas in his *ahem* "music"
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if you were down the front then you really were in for a treat. the crowd was so up for it and he played all of his best songs and singles. The opening video was class and the wonderwall singalong was GENIUS. but Westwood reviewing Jay-Z? f**king no chance.
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Jun 29 2008, 04:44 PM
- but was impressed with his command of the audience. I wished I'd seen the whole thing.
