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[rexclark]

Leeds is good for seeing the big acts of the day and I really enjoyed it but I enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere of Glasatonbury more where I could see acts I would never see regularly such as Willy Nelson and Rolf Harris.

I've beeen to 11 Leeds and 1 Glastonbury and I was always quite defensive of Leeds but now I've experienced Glastonbury I can definately say it's the better fest in so many ways.

[musiclove123]

Leeds is a crap festival full of 17 year olds, no entertainment at night and nothing compared to Glastonbury. Not suprised it won the award considering NME did it

[Jackmypie]

eFestivals, on 15 September 2010 - 08:30 AM, said:

It depends on your tastes.

R&L beats the shit out of Glasto only for those with very narrow music tastes.

Not really dude, Glasto never has any 'heavy' bands apart from 1 or 2 that I've seen over the years, reading as a little bit of everything, where as Glastonbury has alot of a few genre's think about it

But there's one thing that neither of them have and that is classical music.

[Bradders]

So Glastonbury has very little 'metal'. That is about all it's missing. R/L have no Jazz, Country, Soul and a lot more.

[LondonTom]

Jackmypie, on 14 September 2010 - 06:57 PM, said:

Line up wise, R&L beats the shit out of Glastonbury.
Glasto beats it in every other aspect though.

Entirely subjective, I much prefered the line up on the main stages at glasto (cos we count all the other stages that provide various other acts in various genres ) Plus Faithless into Stevie Wonder?!

Its a silly poll for various reasons, not just that NME clearly chooses who they want to get in bed with for the next festival season but because its very subjective and what about people who go to reading/leeds for the day cos there favourite band is headlining?

[RichieParf]

Bradders, on 15 September 2010 - 09:42 PM, said:

So Glastonbury has very little 'metal'. That is about all it's missing. R/L have no Jazz, Country, Soul and a lot more.

I'm not saying Reading's wider than Glasto, that would be stupid, just that Glasto could be even wider than it is

[Insomaniac]

RichieParf, on 15 September 2010 - 10:00 PM, said:

I'm not saying Reading's wider than Glasto, that would be stupid, just that Glasto could be even wider than it is

It could also be narrower than it is, like every other major festival. So what is your point?

[Bort]

Bradders, on 15 September 2010 - 09:42 PM, said:

So Glastonbury has very little 'metal'. That is about all it's missing. R/L have no Jazz, Country, Soul and a lot more.

Glasto needs some shoegaze/dreampop and post-rock.

[Bradders]

Good point, but ATP is about the only festival in the country that gets bands like that.

[eFestivals]

RichieParf, on 15 September 2010 - 05:13 PM, said:

Admittedly I didn't think that post through, though I'm glad everyone can make such damning judgements of me based on that one statement

I don't assume they're not one of these genres on the basis that Reading don't book them, but its been said plenty of times that someone like Metallica would never play Glastonbury, and I think the same would go for a great deal of bands under the genres I mentioned, so I was just pointing out that there are ways in which Glastonbury narrows its lineup. I can sense the wvolves out to get me on this one but I'll stick to my guns

For each band Glasto books, that's one less slot available to another band.

Given that indie durge has by far the largest representation of any genre, for the extra metal you're wanting to be on the bill it would be fair for it to be at the expense of indie durge. Anything else wouldn't widen what it has one jot.

Anyway, there's huge amounts of ska. As you've never realised you're not really in the place to critise what it has and hasn't.

Edited by eFestivals, 16 September 2010 - 08:41 AM.

[eFestivals]

Jackmypie, on 15 September 2010 - 08:13 PM, said:

Not really dude, Glasto never has any 'heavy' bands apart from 1 or 2 that I've seen over the years, reading as a little bit of everything, where as Glastonbury has alot of a few genre's think about it

But there's one thing that neither of them have and that is classical music.

You're talking complete shit.

There's heavy bands each and every year at Glasto. Not as many as for some other genres, granted, but more than some others.

Reading has a lot of a very narrow range of music.

Show me the jazz music at Reading. Show me the reggae. Show me the chilled beats. Show me the ska (REAL ska). Show me the howdowns. Show me the acoustic. Show me the blues. Show me the psychedelia. Show me the techno. Show me the pure pop. Show me the r'n'b. Show me the world music. Show me the latin beats. Etc, etc, etc.

Glastonbury had a dedicated Classical stage for a while. It has classical acts now and then on it's main stage.

FFS.  

Edited by eFestivals, 16 September 2010 - 08:50 AM.

[micawber]

Red_Eye_Jedi, on 15 September 2010 - 10:46 AM, said:

  


R&L always has a few bands i'm jealous of.. but I find Glastonburys line up better due to the range of bands...

for instance.. I went from.. The stranglers to frank turner to snoop dogg to detriot social club to reverend and the makers to carl barat to gorillaz then to some mad rave.. then a lovely chat with people at the stone circle.. I'd like to see R&L pull that out of the bag.

Also seeing acts like.. Neil young?!?! CSN?! Space ritual?!?!?! Robin Hitchcock!? MEETING MICK JONES?!?!?!?!?!?!!? I could list for a very long time, yes R&L have bands i'd like to see.. QOTSA.. NOFX.. Bad religion etc etc.. but f**k it. GLASTONBURY IS THE MOTHERF*CKING DON.  

Ah, it's that time of year for the adolescent 'mine is best' arguments. Ridiculous. No festival is better than any other - it's purely down to personal preference.

Glastonbury has more music and genres than I could see in a lifetime. We could say ten times as much as Reading. So, when I'm disappointed that I have to make hard choices at Reading between, say, Ash and Arcade Fire, you can only imagine how bad Glastonbury makes me feel! No, my personal preference is to maximise my music input at one festival a year, so I pick a nice 'gig in a field' where I can cover the ground as quickly as possible.

Even with a tenth of Glastonbury's selection, I went Modest Mouse, Frank Turner, Serj Tankain, Dizzie Rascal, Libertines, Arcade Fire, Hotel Bar, which I find as good as the list above. And Neil Young? Didn't Reading have him headline 15/20 years ago? But I'd love to see him there again.

[Bradders]

What heavy bands were on at Glasto this year? I'm not doubting there are any, but I don't know of them.

[eFestivals]

Bradders, on 16 September 2010 - 09:57 AM, said:

What heavy bands were on at Glasto this year? I'm not doubting there are any, but I don't know of them.

Starting with the very obvious .... never heard of Slash?

[Bradders]

Well, now that you mention him he does ring a bell    Yeh completely forgot about him.

[rexclark]

musiclove123, on 15 September 2010 - 07:38 PM, said:

Leeds is a crap festival full of 17 year olds, no entertainment at night and nothing compared to Glastonbury. Not suprised it won the award considering NME did it

That's a very narrow minded view. I'm 28 and have been going to Leeds since the very first one. Yes it is full of teenagers but is that such a bad thing, sometimes yes but not all the 17 year olds that go are there to act like a dick. Yes it doesn't compare to Glastonbury, of course it doesn't but to say it has no entertainment at night is ignorant. There's DJs on till 6am!

Glastonbury is the daddy of them all and yes it does shit all over Leeds but to dismiss the festival as crap is rather narrow minded.

[Jackmypie]

eFestivals, on 16 September 2010 - 08:47 AM, said:

You're talking complete shit.

There's heavy bands each and every year at Glasto. Not as many as for some other genres, granted, but more than some others.

Reading has a lot of a very narrow range of music.

Show me the jazz music at Reading. Show me the reggae. Show me the chilled beats. Show me the ska (REAL ska). Show me the howdowns. Show me the acoustic. Show me the blues. Show me the psychedelia. Show me the techno. Show me the pure pop. Show me the r'n'b. Show me the world music. Show me the latin beats. Etc, etc, etc.

Glastonbury had a dedicated Classical stage for a while. It has classical acts now and then on it's main stage.

FFS.  

You're quite rude towards your members being an admin ain't you .

Edited by Jackmypie, 16 September 2010 - 08:27 PM.

[cabstar]

Leeds was actually quiet good this year, possibly because they had the worst main stage line up in the history of festivals. Which meant the smaller bands had possibly larger crowds than they would have done.
Libertines where appalling, as was G n R & putting Mumford & Sons in the NME / Radio 1 tent was possibly the biggest cock up at festival I have seen since Kylie played the small tent at V, just after Spinning Around had been released...

At my local college this week I saw many Leeds wristbands being worn, a few Download & I have yet to see anyone wearing a Glasto wristband apart from myself... That is why L / R wins the best festival in NME...

[RichieParf]

eFestivals, on 16 September 2010 - 08:40 AM, said:

For each band Glasto books, that's one less slot available to another band.

Given that indie durge has by far the largest representation of any genre, for the extra metal you're wanting to be on the bill it would be fair for it to be at the expense of indie durge. Anything else wouldn't widen what it has one jot.

Anyway, there's huge amounts of ska. As you've never realised you're not really in the place to critise what it has and hasn't.

Oh you're all so tetchy

The point was that there are types of bands (predominantly the heavy ones) that you could see at Reading but would never see at Glastonbury.

I never said there wasn't good reason for any of it, and I certainly never said Reading wasn't narrower. With regard to your first comment, I'm aware that its usually a case of one band to one slot, but thanks for the help

[eFestivals]

Jackmypie, on 16 September 2010 - 08:26 PM, said:

You're quite rude towards your members being an admin ain't you .

Nope. Just honest. I said you were talking shit because you were.

There's nowt wrong with honesty.