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[perfectpassion]

And she says in her best bossy voice...I mean JUST that....
No chatting about the cigarette vending bimbos, ducks on poles, or the fact that Villa won. And only 3.... Ben dont even think about making it 5!!!!

1. The Duke & The King

2. Okkervil River

3. Richmond Fontaine

[bennyhana22]

1. Explosions in the Sky

2. The Tallest Man on Earth

3. Richmond Fontaine

You see, Sue, I CAN do brief and disciplined...!

Ben

[MattL80]

1) The Duke & The King

2) The Low Anthem

3) Vetiver.






Now can I enter again please?

[Dibford and Son]

using this thread to talk about my first festival experience at nearly 40 yrs old!! Found out about this one through Mumford and Sons who I think are and were superb and will be big. Became even more excited when I and my 11 yr old son saw that Okkervil River were playing our fave band by miles(cool 11 yr old!!).
Anyway, loved the weekend, loved the music, the atmosphere, the people, the food and the hot cider with Brandy!!

To get to the point tho, top 3 bands were:(surprisingly)
1. Okkervil River - fantastic show and could and should have done more
2. Mumford and Sons - great but short opening show on Friday.
3.The Leisure Society/Herman Dune/The Duke and the King/Vetiver/The Low Anthem/Shearwater( is that cheating??!!)

Also despite the mixed reviews I thought that the Fleet Foxes were excellent. Great set, banter and performance.

Just paid for next years!!

Cheers.

[perfectpassion]

Um your vote may be disqualified...thats at least three threads you have covered! LOL Nice to meet you tho Dibford & Son....I may just take The Duke and The King as your third answer!

[Dibford and Son]

Thanks. I can live with that, they were superb............................... but so were all the others!! I will get posting on the other threads now that i've worked out how to do it! What an introduction to festivals tho. I can't imagine how it can get better that EOTR.

[Fat_Buddha]

The Duke and the King (Big top)

The Duke and the King (Tipi)

Motel Motel.

Low Anthem might have made 3 but I heard them in cafe dish while drinking lemon and ginger tea in an effort to revive myself rather than seeing them.

[wockey]

Fat_Buddha, on Sep 17 2009, 11:05 PM, said:

The Duke and the King (Big top)

The Duke and the King (Tipi)

Motel Motel.

Low Anthem might have made 3 but I heard them in cafe dish while drinking lemon and ginger tea in an effort to revive myself rather than seeing them.

When did The Duke and the King do the Tipi

1.Low Anthem (Tipi)
2.Okkervil River
3. Duke and the King

[GTG]

wockey, on Sep 18 2009, 04:29 AM, said:

When did The Duke and the King do the Tipi

About 1.00 am (?) same/next day they played the Big Top. You sound nearly as annoyed as I am that I missed Okkervil's secret set around the piano in the woods!! Though I was fortunate enough to see Motel Motel play a stunning set in the Tipi, also about 12 hours after they had done the Big Top.

My top 3 (probably):

Okkervil River
David Thomas Broughton
First Aid Kit

[airboy paul]

1. Efterklang
2. Peter Broderick
3. Ohbijou

[Fareham Grecian]

1. Leisure Society
2. Richmond Fontaine
3. Steve Earle

[wolfamongwolves]

1. explosions in the sky
2. okkervil river
3. richmond fontaine

[perfectpassion]

wockey, on Sep 18 2009, 04:29 AM, said:

When did The Duke and the King do the Tipi

1.Low Anthem (Tipi)
2.Okkervil River
3. Duke and the King

Um I enjoyed their set so much in the big top that i hung around afterwards and did the totally unlikely thing for me and got pics and a tshirt. They announced it very vauguely then! The did the Tipi at 11.45 although they pffafed around for a while before! Sorry Wookey!

Edited by perfectpassion, 18 September 2009 - 10:11 AM.

[wockey]

perfectpassion, on Sep 18 2009, 11:10 AM, said:

Um I enjoyed their set so much in the big top that i hung around afterwards and did the totally unlikely thing for me and got pics and a tshirt. They announced it very vauguely then! The did the Tipi at 11.45 although they pffafed around for a while before! Sorry Wookey!

Next year I'm gonna go on late shift. No getting up before 7 and bed at midnight (dont laugh,you tend to do that at our age!!)

[Swindlebiscuit]

The Hold Steady - I don't care what anyone says, riffs, rock and Super Mario on keys makes me happy.
The Low Anthem - Wonderful, basically.
Leisure Society - Twee, but brill.

[perfectpassion]

So far on my rudimentary points system The Duke and the King have had the most votes...followed by Okkervil River, then Richmond Fontaine and The Low Anthem....and no one has said FF

[wockey]

perfectpassion, on Sep 18 2009, 03:05 PM, said:

So far on my rudimentary points system The Duke and the King have had the most votes...followed by Okkervil River, then Richmond Fontaine and The Low Anthem....and no one has said FF

Were Franz Ferdinand there as well

[Elfy]

wockey, on Sep 18 2009, 04:09 PM, said:

Were Franz Ferdinand there as well

No, but Friendly Fires were

[ljsawyer]

1. Richmond Fontaine
2. William Elliott Whitmore
3. Wildbirds & Peacedrums

[Dibford and Son]

I gave FF a mention, for which I got told off for breaching forum etiquette and cheating in the pol!! I thought they were excellent, just the others were even better.