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I might sit down at some stage and do proper write up, there's certainly plenty of material, but for a start here's some bullet points....
Food...... Michaelwood Sevices on the M5 offered better value for money. I think that says it all!
Music...... plenty of choice there!
The site...... I got the distinct impression that areas such as the Greenfields far from being the centre of the whole thing as they should be were only there as token, decorative, gesture - very disappointing.
The people..... Back in 84 the site was full of non-comformists of all descriptions, but not many going as far as anarchists and such. Going to Glastonbury was all about telling others that are alternatives. Last weekend the vast majority were conformists having a naughty weekend it seems. Mothers being conned into taking their 14 years old kids so they could say they had "done Glastonbury", lads (who, judging by their conversation could not give a dam about the planet) on extended stag nights, even one old git very pointedly saying drugs should be banned from the site (just what exactly was he doing at the festival for gods sake?) and such.
I've read a lot about Michael Eavis selling out to commercialism and didn't want to believe it. But when there is blatant fixing of prices site-wide, and prices rose for Saturday and Sunday on some stalls, I'm left wondering just what it's all about now.
To sum up - is Glastonbury better now that then? Well, there isn't a yes or no answer because the festival is no longer what it was. Back then it was a collection of people who muddled along together for a long weekend, now it is a fund-raiser and a fund-raiser only - purely money driven. Which is great for those who have the funds. It has got too big. Wednesday evening was like it used to be - plenty of time to chill and chat, but Sunday evening was hell on earth with everyone set soley on completing the mission they were on to the exclusion of others, due in a large part to the crowds.
Will we go again? Probably yes, but we won't be going to Glastonbury Festival, we will be going to see bands with shops attached at Worthy Farm. For a really good chill-out weekend we will look elsewhere.
Edited by beamends, 30 June 2009 - 12:55 PM.
