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[Vieuphoria]

Who are your top 10 acts.

[Vieuphoria]

for me.....

1. The Libertines
2. Weezer
3. Ash
4. Guns n Roses
5. Emo Philips
6. Queens Of The Stone Age
7. Cypress Hill
9. Warpaint
10. Limp Bizkit

[lharris92]

1.  Weezer - totally blew me away and everyone there i believe
2.  Limp Bizkit - entertaining and brought back some memories of songs i used to listen to
3.  QOTSA - great set and a good comeback gig
4.  Biffy Clyro - apart from missing a few older songs but that was expected
5.  Zebrahead - went into there not expecting much but was very entertaining
6.  Ash - went along and was a great show
7.  Billy Talent - got in as they were just starting and was a great setlist and great banter
8.  Milton Jones - brilliant alternative act, quality jokes
9.  Blink 182 - entertaining with the banter and the drum solo was epic
10. Dizzee Rascal - had the crowd going from start to finish

weezer blew me away and the others were all great too for different reasons i just listed them but there was hardly anything between them all really

edit: i went to reading ;o

Edited by lharris92, 30 August 2010 - 09:27 PM.

[paulomas]

this list isn't necessarily in order of how good the band actually were, but a mix of the atmosphere, how much fun i had etc. as you can tell by my top placed band..

1) BLINK 182!!!!!!!!!
2) Arcade Fire
3) The Maccabees
4) Foals
4) Local Natives
5) Phoenix
6) LCD Soundsystem
7) The Drums
8) Mystery Jets
9) Wild Beasts
10) Girls

(at Reading, not Leeds)

Edited by paulomas, 30 August 2010 - 09:30 PM.

[Dukeeyyy]

1 Biffy Clyro
2 Blink 182
3 Guns N'Roses
4 The Gaslight Anthem
5 Weezer
6 Limp Bizkit
7 Gogol Bordello
8 Enter Shikari
9 Angelos Epithemou
10 The Rats (Gallows)
At Leeds

Edited by Dukeeyyy, 30 August 2010 - 09:47 PM.

[j...rox]

1. Arcade Fire
2. Phoenix
3. We Are Scientists
4. Klaxons (Pretty damn good I was smack bang in the middle after We Are Scientists and after seeing how many left I just thought no point so stayed. They blew me away and have no qualms about missing this Blink show which didn't seem like my kinda thing.)
5. The Libertines (Not as good as Wednesday)
6. The Cribs
7. LCD Soundsystem (Not awesome after Phoenix but still pretty decent)
8. The Futureheads
9. Biffy Clyro
10. The Gaslight Anthem

Lows:
1. Lostprophets (Rubbish at V in 08, thought give them one more try they were just awful)
2. Mystery Jets
3. Band of Horses (Not bad i'm a huge fan and expected a bit more)

Not a shabby weekend all in all. Arcade Fire I

[Vieuphoria]

I really have a problem understanding why people though Blink put on a decent show :S

[johnmcga]

Highs (in no particular order):

1. Goldheart Assembly. Stunning sound - they were first on in the NME tent on Sunday so a tiny crowd, but well worth getting up for.

2. Arcade Fire. Totally blew me away. Beautiful.

3. Weezer. I know very little about them and they held my attention for an hour. Really cracking set. 10/10.

4. Frank Turner. Packed tent and a nice singalong. Can't ask for much more.

5. General Fiasco. Went along not expecting much, actually they were pretty exciting.

6. Freelance Whales. Another new band I'd heard good things about. They had a lovely attitude and some beautiful harmonic sounds. And a squeezebox thing.

7. Gaslight Anthem. No nonsense Springsteen-esque rock. I think they appealed to the Hold Steady fan in me.

8. Klaxons. I had a right good dance to them in the tent last night. Seems like they've really developed as a live act. Must give the new stuff a proper listen.

9. We Are Scientists. Worth it for the banter alone.

(Sorry, I can only give you a top nine - there weren't any other bands that really stood out for me over the weekend. Lots of others I enjoyed though.)

As for the bottom:

1. Guns n Roses. Worst band I've seen at Reading by a mile. I'm surprised at the range of opinions on here about their set - guess it just goes to show what different tastes we all have!

I didn't see anything else that was offensively bad, to be honest.

Edited by johnmcga, 30 August 2010 - 10:01 PM.

[the_mars_volta]

1. Queens Of The Stone Age
2. Atari Teenage Riot
3. Guns N' Roses
4. Weezer
5. Ash
6. Paramore
7. Biffy Clyro
8. Serj Tankian
9. The Gaslight Anthem
10. Limp Bizkit

[Vieuphoria]

^^^^
Your top 5 is a good top 5

[jimmyd93]

Vieuphoria, on 30 August 2010 - 09:58 PM, said:

I really have a problem understanding why people though Blink put on a decent show :S

It's because just about everyone of my age (late teens, early twenties) went through a phase of loving them. Nostalgia innit! Tom still can't sing, but I would've paid good money to see them just because I was obsessed with them when I was a kid! Gutted I didn't go

[paulomas]

Vieuphoria, on 30 August 2010 - 09:58 PM, said:

I really have a problem understanding why people though Blink put on a decent show :S

i think it completely depends on how you look at it. i'm 20 and blink used to be my favourite band from the age of 13 to about 16. i went to my first reading in 2003 and saw blink. 7 years later i'm back watching them at reading re-living all my old favourite songs with my best friends getting drunk having a great time. that is what reading is all about so if you're trying to base blink's show on their songs and performance alone, you've got it all wrong

[paulomas]

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Edited by paulomas, 30 August 2010 - 10:26 PM.

[lharris92]

Vieuphoria, on 30 August 2010 - 09:58 PM, said:

I really have a problem understanding why people though Blink put on a decent show :S

being drunk makes it sound better  

besides it wasnt that bad really

[adam1234]

Leeds
Blink
GnR
Limp Bizkit
Biffy
The Libertines
QOTSA
Weezer
Arcade Fire
The Maccabees
Pulled Apart By Horses

[Vieuphoria]

jimmyd93, on 30 August 2010 - 10:04 PM, said:

It's because just about everyone of my age (late teens, early twenties) went through a phase of loving them. Nostalgia innit! Tom still can't sing, but I would've paid good money to see them just because I was obsessed with them when I was a kid! Gutted I didn't go

paulomas, on 30 August 2010 - 10:10 PM, said:

i think it completely depends on how you look at it. i'm 20 and blink used to be my favourite band from the age of 13 to about 16. i went to my first reading in 2003 and saw blink. 7 years later i'm back watching them at reading re-living all my old favourite songs with my best friends getting drunk having a great time. that is what reading is all about so if you're trying to base blink's show on their songs and performance alone, you've got it all wrong

Yeah i understand the nostaligia side. Limp Bizkit were nostagia for me, but they all played well and did themselves proud. Blink really did not put on a good show. They are just not a headliner act.

lharris92, on 30 August 2010 - 10:13 PM, said:

being drunk makes it sound better  

besides it wasnt that bad really

Was kinnda high.

[roymcbean]

1) Weezer
2) QOTSA
3) Libertines
4) LostProphets
5) Limp Bizkit
6) Biffy
7) Dizzee Rascal
8) Blink 182
9) Billy Talent
10) All Time Low

GnR awful. NoFX pathetic. Paramore poor. End of. w*nkers

[saskofreak]

1. blink
2. gogol bordello
3. streetlight manifesto
4. crystal castles
5. motion city soundtrack
6. king blues
7. weezer
8. frank turner
9. cypress hill
10. alkaline trio

[SomeDay]

1 Blink
2 Weezer
3 QOTSA
4 Arcade Fire
5 Dizzee Rascal
6 The Gaslight Anthem
7 Kele
8 The Futureheads
9 Gallows
10 Russell Kane

[Scoobyben]

1) QOTSA
2) Weezer
3) Biffy Clyro
4) Blink 182
5) Frank Turner
6) Guns N' Roses
7) Ash
8) Billy Talent
9) Gogol Bordello
10) Zebrahead