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  1. 2 hours ago, Matt42 said:

    This is one thing I never understand, nostalgia for when things were objectively worse. 

    I think 'objectively worse' is a bit much. There were a few things about the 90s festivals that I think were better, and they are the festivals that made me fall in love with the place.

    The diversity of the crowd seemed greater back then, I remember in 2008 - my first visit after they built the fence - it was quite noticeable that the crowd was more white than it used to be.

    It was also a lot easier to get in, score, find somewhere to camp.

    For sure I'd agree that it couldn't stay that way, and there are more improvements than compromises today, but it's definitely not all one way traffic.

     

  2. 1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

    Going from the love shared in the Acoustic thread I may be alone here.

    Paul Heaton has been responsible for many against popular . His insipid, twee melodies and "look at me, aren't I clever" lyrics are capable of melting your teeth quicker than a 2 litre of Mexican Coke with added sugar. 

    It's taken a good few years, but you've finally happened upon a musical opinion with which I can agree.

    39 minutes ago, T-Mouse said:

    Gorillaz in 2010 were absolutely fantastic. Flawless performance. Loved every second.

    I enjoyed that set very much, but even so, I think "flawless" may be pushing it somewhat.

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  3. 33 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

    A grand behind the bar in 60 pubs across the to celebrate his 60th and thank his fans. In to other celebrities such as a couple of stupid wags arguing in court over posts. 
    would love to see Paul at Glastonbury this year. 

    Top bloke, agreed, but come the day I'll be down the front for Wagatha Christie - The Musical!

  4. 59 minutes ago, Harry_W01 said:

    could we see screens a la Leeds this year? I don't think they'd look good on the pyramid but I think they'd look amazing on the other stage

    Leeds Screens.jpg

    Now if they could just push those two screens together and change the channel to, I dunno, Gardener's World or something.

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  5. 12 minutes ago, David_303 said:

    I can let him off - simply for the trolling he did to Jedward live on XFactor. (dont' judge me for watching it - we've kids who used to like it, luckily they're older now!)

    Jedward? XFactor? 

    No, you're not being judged. Not at all. 

  6. I usually spend a bit of time there, it's a great stop off after the main stages have closed, much more busy than during the day normally.

    And they sell mojitos.  I'm not sure if they'll sell you anything else, tbh.

  7. 9 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

    Does anyone have a bidet at home? I thought they died out in the eighties.

    Nope, but I wish I did, quite honestly.  Our European cousins seem to have a far more enlightened approach to undercarriage cleanliness.

    We've all been conned by Big Toilet Paper.

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  8. 31 minutes ago, NoBuses said:

    GOOD FOR ADELE FANS: After everything fell through at the 11th hour, Adele is currently gearing up for an August relaunch of her Vegas , drafting in Take That's creative team to redesign the show from scratch in to recoup the $15m that went down the pan with the ill-fated 'baggy ' staging.

     

    GOOD NEWS FOR DRAMA FANS: Once again, production insiders are panicking that the deadlines to turn around this entirely new show are miles too tight – an issue that's been compounded by a production manager quitting this week as it was all so out of control.

  9. 1 hour ago, al_coholic said:

    Not music related but 2015 getting up crazy early to get front and centre for the Dalai Lama. I know he went to the pyramid later but felt much more personal at the king's meadow. 

    That same Sunday morning I wandered down to Williams's Green for a bit of food. Decided to turn on the Internet on my phone for the first time in days and check the Sunday papers for the weekend's reviews where I saw the live feed on the Guardian website. The Big D-L himself was doing q&a in the tent, so I wandered in and caught the last. 

     

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  10. Having enjoyed perusing the 'one you wish you'd been at' thread, lets spin it around.  Which festivals were you at where you got it right, intentionally or otherwise, and saw something that went down in festival history, or just something cool you and your mates still fondly remember?

    For example, in 2015 I happened to be walking by West Holts just as Roy Ayres - who'd been on my list but I'd forgotten about by the day - began playing Everybody Loves the Sunshine.

    I'm no Bowie fan, and in 2000 would have been elsewhere were it not for a compromise with my friends, so I saw what was on of the great gigs of his later career.

    1997 - seeing out a wet festival to watch Daft Punk headline the dance tent.  I'd never have thought then that that would be their only appearance at the festival.

    Perhaps most of all 1994.  The whole thing.  It was my first, at 16 years old.  I didn't know much about Glastonbury (it wasn't on TV before that year) but had an older step brother who went in '93 and took me with him in '94.  He assured me I'd love it.

    As an extra from that year I hung around at the NME stage after watching Bjork and sort-of accidentally ended up watching Orbital - my first experience of live dance music and a gig that usually ranks pretty highly in the Glasto all time lists.  I was a raver after that!

     

    I'm sure there are many more in the efests hive.. let's have 'em!

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  11. 12 hours ago, Wanderlei said:

    Unpopular opinion

    There are a few people who arse kiss the festival and the Eavii no matter what, like they're above any kind of criticism. I fucking hate it. If Emily was at the entrance cutting their bollocks off with a butchers knife as they were coming in, they'd say "it's brilliant how you keep that so sharp, Emily, I barely felt it". If you love something, you need to criticise it and hold it to account (and THINK FOR YOURSELF!!), or it'll go to shit. I even find myself being extra critical of things unnecessarily just to wind these people up, and I hate that too. I hate myself. I hate you. Fuck off.

    This reads like a cry for help.  Did "Emily" hurt you? Are you OK?

  12. 2 hours ago, TheDayman said:

    It wasn't an attack on the genre but rather highlighting my gripe with giving that kind of content airtime (particularly when there's plenty of young and impressionable ears in the crowd).

    Those examples were both just big Pyramid acts of late but I think you'd be hard pressed finding worse lyrics, tbh.
     

    Those young and impressionable people in the crowd are Stormzy's fan base. It's the 40 year olds like myself who'd never heard those lyrics before. 

    Tbh though I didn't notice. I only really recognised the bit where he played a snippet of Sweet Like Chocolate. 

  13. 1 hour ago, maelzoid said:

    The hype reminds me of Bis.

    No one gives a fuck about them now.

    Bis signed to Grand Royal though, which puts them amongst the coolest acts ever, even if I couldn't name a single tune they made. 

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