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[tolywoly]

Flaming Lips for me. Admittedly I wasn't there in '94, so maybe the Chems were amazing. I'm not usually a fan though.

[Joshuwarr]

She Dont Use Jelly is a song that has been with me since I was about 13 when I discovered the band. Right up until now I've always had a soft spot for it and all the fond memories of  me and freinds drunkedly singing to it. And to experience it live (along with Do You Realize? o/c)was mindblowing.

[pehaw]

Has to be The Chems.

Genuinely surprised by all the votes for Lips.

[russycarps]

blackcockerel, on 16 March 2011 - 07:12 PM, said:

There's several better than Radiohead in 97.

My point was, in almost every poll I have ever seen of the "best gig ever" "best glasto headliner ever" Radiohead 97 comes out on top. I see no reason why it would be any different in a poll made on this forum.

whether you think there has been better or not is besides the point.

[blackcockerel]

Doesn't stop me saying it

[russycarps]

blackcockerel, on 17 March 2011 - 10:02 AM, said:

Doesn't stop me saying it

indeed, but you just missed the point of the conversation. Nevermind

[blackcockerel]

No I didn't. But you have to be right don't you?

[robith]

jimmyt, on 15 March 2011 - 09:21 PM, said:

I don't think the Flaming Lips would win this if the poll was conducted in ten years time.  They're obviously one of everyone's cult favourites at the moment and they only played recently.  Don't get me wrong, I really like them.  But I voted Chems cos they were awesome!

Erm, they've had a massive, long and illustrious career of what must be more than 20 years. They've released two of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time. If anything, they're less popular now than when they played the 2003 Pyramid/Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots came out.

Having seen them play before, last year was something over and beyond. It was totally incredible.

When I went last year I was like "Oh cool, Flaming Lips are playing". Not like a must see or anything. If you ask me who was the best band you saw at Glastonbury 2010 now without a second's pause I would say Flaming Lips

[jimmyt]

robith, on 18 March 2011 - 02:27 PM, said:

Erm, they've had a massive, long and illustrious career of what must be more than 20 years. They've released two of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time. If anything, they're less popular now than when they played the 2003 Pyramid/Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots came out.

I had no idea - I thought they were new!!! Now I know how long they've been around I wish I too had voted for a performance from last year.

Dispensing with the sarcasm for a minute (I can do iot, honest!) my point was simply that their performance is only a year old and so a) lots of people on here seem to be relatively new to the Glastonbury experience and so may only have last year's performances to choose from and FL are obviously fresh in people's minds (and, of course, benefitted from being the "anti-Gorillaz" last year (I'll bet they had at least twice as many people watching at the end as opposed to at the beginning of their set)).

Having said that, some people on here have made me think they must have been brilliant (I only saw about 15 minutes from the walkway at the back and they seemed good but no better than when I'd seen them before) and maybe I missed out.  

Nevertheless, run the poll in ten years time.  They won't win.  Something newer will.

[robith]

jimmyt, on 18 March 2011 - 02:46 PM, said:

I had no idea - I thought they were new!!! Now I know how long they've been around I wish I too had voted for a performance from last year.

Dispensing with the sarcasm for a minute (I can do iot, honest!) my point was simply that their performance is only a year old and so a) lots of people on here seem to be relatively new to the Glastonbury experience and so may only have last year's performances to choose from and FL are obviously fresh in people's minds (and, of course, benefitted from being the "anti-Gorillaz" last year (I'll bet they had at least twice as many people watching at the end as opposed to at the beginning of their set)).

Having said that, some people on here have made me think they must have been brilliant (I only saw about 15 minutes from the walkway at the back and they seemed good but no better than when I'd seen them before) and maybe I missed out.  

Nevertheless, run the poll in ten years time.  They won't win.  Something newer will.

Sorry, the career length stuff was because you had said "They're cult favourites at the moment" which I don't really think hold true in lieu of that.

And being a total pedant, no, a performance 11 years ago will not win a poll entitled "Best OS headliner of the last ten years" in 10 years time

[Yokel Again]

Blubbed like a baby during the Lips.  

[J1mbo]

rubenz, on 15 March 2011 - 08:38 PM, said:

The Chemical Brothers dont play records on stage it is a live show.

THIS.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

Yokel Again, on 18 March 2011 - 05:00 PM, said:

Blubbed like a baby during the Lips.  

+1

[rexclark]

Yokel Again, on 18 March 2011 - 05:00 PM, said:

Blubbed like a baby during the Lips.  

And this is what made it special. Other headline acts may be amazing but The Flaming Lips experience is something else, people crying with tears of joy, strangers hugging. They're so good i think they could start a cult.

Edited by rexclark, 18 March 2011 - 08:19 PM.