30 replies to this topic

[rivalschools.price]

FR have taken some stick this year due to the line up but i,for one,would like to defend them cos-

a) competiion from download/sonisphere------
pressure to match last years increadable rage/killers/metallica line up
c) credit crunch meaning lack of feasibility of some american bands playing.
d) genuine lack of availibility of some potential headliners.
e) a huge effort has gone on behind the scenes to motivate some bands into playing.
f) a controlled drive by promoters to drum up support and promotion.
no-one has been more vocal than myself in the critisism of FR but i genuinely believe that they will redeem themselves next year with a storming line up and 2009 will be quickly forgotten.
am i on my own?? or are there others out there that that next year will be a corker??

2010.the best reading ever????????????????????? what do u reckon?

[jammy2211]

I've got no problem with this years line up, but I'd imagine next year will be fine too. Doubt we'll get a coup like Radiohead next year, reckon the headliners will be pretty predictable although I wouldn't mind seeing Muse again.

[rivalschools.price]

ive just had a bollocking off my wife for defending FR.but i genuinely believe that they made a huge effort this year against all the odds.so,at the potential wrath of my wife,i say FR 2010,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thomasowen]

It's only on here there seems to be some disatisfaction - all my friends think this is the best year since we've been going (I would say it's equal with 08). They have done a great job getting a good mixture of acts agains the odds.)

[rivalschools.price]

jammy2211, on Jul 11 2009, 11:40 PM, said:

I've got no problem with this years line up, but I'd imagine next year will be fine too. Doubt we'll get a coup like Radiohead next year, reckon the headliners will be pretty predictable although I wouldn't mind seeing Muse again.

exactly,thank you.next year ill be a stormer.remember who told you first.

[rivalschools.price]

thomasowen, on Jul 11 2009, 11:44 PM, said:

It's only on here there seems to be some disatisfaction - all my friends think this is the best year since we've been going (I would say it's equal with 08). They have done a great job getting a good mixture of acts agains the odds.)

i agree.people seem to think that some bands are sitting at home waiting for reading to ring them up and ask them to play.i think in years to come,people will look at the line up and say that its not so bad.

[inspectedinspector]

rivalschools.price, on Jul 11 2009, 11:28 PM, said:

FR have taken some stick this year due to the line up but i,for one,would like to defend them cos-

a) competiion from download/sonisphere------
pressure to match last years increadable rage/killers/metallica line up
c) credit crunch meaning lack of feasibility of some american bands playing.
d) genuine lack of availibility of some potential headliners.
e) a huge effort has gone on behind the scenes to motivate some bands into playing.
f) a controlled drive by promoters to drum up support and promotion.
no-one has been more vocal than myself in the critisism of FR but i genuinely believe that they will redeem themselves next year with a storming line up and 2009 will be quickly forgotten.
am i on my own?? or are there others out there that that next year will be a corker??

2010.the best reading ever????????????????????? what do u reckon?

I'm pretty sure your drunk

[rivalschools.price]

inspectedinspector, on Jul 12 2009, 12:15 AM, said:

I'm pretty sure your drunk

youre 100% correct  in your drunk assumtion but my support for FR still(probably tomorrow) rings true,.

if u think im drunk.u should listen to my wife and her friends drunken conversation.

highlights include---------


1) FR should encourage more rockers as they drink more beer(therefore) making them more profits.(i dont think that this has been scientifically been proven)

2) FR should have booked 'down' as they are not touring that weekend(i severely doubt that they have checked this fact)

3) FR have made no effort whatsoever this year as they know that the festival will sell out anyway(if true,this attitude wouldnt last long as people would simply go to other festivals)

4) rise against will blow arctic monkeys off the stage (highly unlikely as arctic will have at least 5 times as many people watching them)

5) if they were organising next years festival they would have,therapy?,clutch,dream theater,trail of dead,mars volta,biffy clyro,green day,reel big fish and NIN playing (i bet this would sell out in a second)

6) this years line up is just all the shite bands from the last  3 years in a slightly different order.(the girl who is saying this is almost topless so im not going to disagree with her)

7) i dont need a seven as the first 6 points are outrageous enough.imagine what its like for me listening to all this bollocks,yes, im pissed but not this bad.

[scottt]

There's always going to be bad years. Some years you win some years you lose, unfortunately im not a fan of this years line up, but oh well. Im sure a future line up will appeal to me, and others will complain.

[zero000]

This isnt the best lineup ever to be honest. But it was going to take a hell of a lot to beat 2008's lineup and it is probably better than 2007's lineup IMO.

[rexclark]

I agree that the lack of a big Metal headliner might put a downer on it for some people but try goin on the Glasto forum, they'd die for Radiohead this year.

I would bet my balls that next year there will be a huge rock act headling and calm will be resumed.

[rivalschools.price]

somebody save me!!!!!! the latest is that 'tool' will release album of the year and convert the indie fans and the new 'best of funeral for a friend'will outsell the best of michael jackson cos 'everyone who likes michael jackson will already have his albums'

im drunk,but the only voice of sanity.

my wife friends(none who,may i add.have put their name to any of these posts) would like to soberly say that they want next years reading to be a rockfest and any indie fans who dont like it can f**k off to v.

the sober efesters will be glad to know that im switching the forum off now(let me assure you,this is mild compared to their facebook quotes)

[scottt]

rivalschools.price, on Jul 12 2009, 01:33 AM, said:

somebody save me!!!!!! the latest is that 'tool' will release album of the year and convert the indie fans and the new 'best of funeral for a friend'will outsell the best of michael jackson cos 'everyone who likes michael jackson will already have his albums'

im drunk,but the only voice of sanity.

my wife friends(none who,may i add.have put their name to any of these posts) would like to soberly say that they want next years reading to be a rockfest and any indie fans who dont like it can f**k off to v.

the sober efesters will be glad to know that im switching the forum off now(let me assure you,this is mild compared to their facebook quotes)

The next Tool album will be the single greatest release of all time. Presuming Neutral milk hotel never release another album

[rivalschools.price]

scottt, on Jul 12 2009, 01:37 AM, said:

The next Tool album will be the single greatest release of all time. Presuming Neutral milk hotel never release another album

scott,u need to be here mate cos theyre doing my head in.saying that,if youre going to agree with them about tool then youre only encouraging them.

[scottt]

rivalschools.price, on Jul 12 2009, 01:48 AM, said:

scott,u need to be here mate cos theyre doing my head in.saying that,if youre going to agree with them about tool then youre only encouraging them.

Im going to encourage them. First bit of sense ive heard on these forums!  

[thetime]

scottt, on Jul 12 2009, 01:37 AM, said:

The next Tool album will be the single greatest release of all time. Presuming Neutral milk hotel never release another album

when has greatest hits albums been the reason for greatness? even shed seven do a good greatest hits cd.

[Explosions_In_The_Sky]

rivalschools.price, on Jul 11 2009, 11:28 PM, said:

FR have taken some stick this year due to the line up but i,for one,would like to defend them cos-

a) competiion from download/sonisphere------
pressure to match last years increadable rage/killers/metallica line up
c) credit crunch meaning lack of feasibility of some american bands playing.
d) genuine lack of availibility of some potential headliners.
e) a huge effort has gone on behind the scenes to motivate some bands into playing.
f) a controlled drive by promoters to drum up support and promotion.
no-one has been more vocal than myself in the critisism of FR but i genuinely believe that they will redeem themselves next year with a storming line up and 2009 will be quickly forgotten.
am i on my own?? or are there others out there that that next year will be a corker??

2010.the best reading ever????????????????????? what do u reckon?

They haven't taken any stick over the lineup! Most people I know love the lineup! It's only on here that I see people weep over it.

- There's a nice even mix of styles throughout the lineup. I think the variety on the Carling stage is a good reflection of the festival as a whole. Yes, it's slightly geared towards the younger kerrang readership more (lower reaches main stage, the lock up, top of R1 Sunday, top of Carling Saturday), but overall it's quite well spread.

- The dance tent is the best it has been in years (a good mix of big beat, d & b, a little dubstep, electro house, progressive house, grime etc),

- You have one of the most important popular artists in a generation headlining (you may not like them, but you can't dispute their contribution to popular music) who are well renowned for exceptional live shows.

Your seemingly equating the quality of the lineup with the presence of mainstream metal. However, it may be a shock for some that a lot of people really don't like stuff like Metallica or Rage Against The Machine. In fact, I'd go as far as to say the vast majority of the Reading/Leeds demographic at the festival this year don't. I'm not sure where the myth of Reading as some 'metal' late summer mecca arrived from. It's a mainstream festival that reflects main stream taste, and looking back over the lineups, metal (even in the 80s during the Nicky Clarke metal heyday) has never dominated the lineup. It's only around 99/03ish that it kinda overtook the festival, but if you want the days of Linkin Park, Hed PE, Staind and Ill Nino back, your more drunk than I first thought.

I have noticed that of my mates/work mates, it's a only a tiny minority who don't like it this year ('last year...Metallica and Rage....this year it's all indie': says it all really). The fact you consider that Download and Sonisphere's existence has hurt our lineup is indicative of that. I personally (and I know many others) are glad most of the music (NIN aside) at those festivals aren't near Reading/Leeds. See how this works?

The credit crunch point is fairly null and void. Money is money, and whether you getting £4,000,000 for 2 performances, or £900,000 it's still a lot for a few evenings work. Not sure what you mean by points E and F, that seems to be conjecture more than anything.

Edited by Explosions_In_The_Sky, 12 July 2009 - 12:38 PM.

[lifelessfool]

They will redeem themselves when they book the flaming lips or sonic youth

[Budweiser]

Personally i think this years line up is great, maybe not as good as 2008 but still very good for the major set backs FR have had this year.

[VCK]

I hope next year's is at the very least decent. This year is just a crock of shite.