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LondonTom, on 19 April 2011 - 12:34 AM, said:

I am not, but if your really telling me a good majority would like to pay £200 more for the circus acts and art installations fine I think theres bit of its GLASTONBURY! and the history associated with it and everything to but I'd imagine a lot do get tickets just expecting it to have great music acts on through out the days.

Exactly. So it's not all just about the bands is it? And it can't be all just about the other stuff. As everyone has said, you find the balance at Glasto.

[Liam13th]

The worst thing by far... The Middle Classes.

[rexclark]

The only thing that annoys me are the people who think they have a divine right over others to be at the festival. No matter what age, creed, sex, whether you've never been or you've been fourty times, whether you go and spend all weekend in The Green Fields or if you spend all weekend at The Pyramid.

Everyone deserves to go and nobody should be treated less deserved of a ticket.

[whatmidlifecrisis?]

Liam13th, on 19 April 2011 - 08:32 AM, said:

The worst thing by far... The Middle Classes.

Eavis! STAY AT HOME! You are not welcome.....apparently......

Unless by "middle class" what you actually mean are idiots with a bit of cash parking thier deck chairs in front of the Pyramid.

I would say that Glastonbury is pretty class-structure-less festival.....but then I am a toff......

What i don't like - the walk from the car park but it is a very small price to pay.....

[Thrash D Garbage]

Having only been once so far, which was last year, so not having much experience of the place, the only bad thing was the long walk and wait to get in.  Which, to be honest, was instantly forgotten about once we had found a place to set up our tents and cracked open our first beer.  And that's no different to any other festival I've been to.

Every moment after that was brilliant, and has definately got me hooked for life.  My only other gripe is not about the festival itself, but at myself.  Why oh why did I wait so long to go to Glastonbury in the first place?

Edited by Thrash D Garbage, 19 April 2011 - 11:26 AM.

[harderfaster]

So you're walking from the car park, backpack on your shoulders and clipped round your waist, holding a crate under each arm. After about 15 minutes you've decided enough is enough, it's time to unclip the waist strap. A few minutes later you experiment with new ways to carry your beer: can you balance a crate on either shoulder? Or perhaps you can carry them both in front of your chest? Oh shit, my shoulders are really hurting now. And it feels like the tent is slipping off of my backpack. But I'd fastened it so well...

Shit f**k f**k, I've been here half an hour and I'm sweating like a mofo.

[hashcity]

rexclark, on 19 April 2011 - 09:56 AM, said:

The only thing that annoys me are the people who think they have a divine right over others to be at the festival. No matter what age, creed, sex, whether you've never been or you've been fourty times, whether you go and spend all weekend in The Green Fields or if you spend all weekend at The Pyramid.

Everyone deserves to go and nobody should be treated less deserved of a ticket.

Apart from the media w*nkers in on a free hospitality ticket, having a corporate jolly. They can all burn.

[Kyelo]

• F*cking chairs at or near the front of the main stage(s)
  
• Huge amount of flags at main stage(s)

Other than that it's fine, it's size can be a problem but that's also part of the beauty. The 'there to be seen and fashionable' crowd, although to me that's a cultural thing and not necessarily Glastonburys one.

[TwistedReligion]

harderfaster, on 19 April 2011 - 11:26 AM, said:

So you're walking from the car park, backpack on your shoulders and clipped round your waist, holding a crate under each arm. After about 15 minutes you've decided enough is enough, it's time to unclip the waist strap. A few minutes later you experiment with new ways to carry your beer: can you balance a crate on either shoulder? Or perhaps you can carry them both in front of your chest? Oh shit, my shoulders are really hurting now. And it feels like the tent is slipping off of my backpack. But I'd fastened it so well...

Shit f**k f**k, I've been here half an hour and I'm sweating like a mofo.

I am back there now, shoulder burns, soon to be escaping ground mat and all.

Note to self: must spend more time thinking of new and ingenious ways to balance kit on extremities before June.

[mrtourette]

BlackHole2006, on 18 April 2011 - 03:21 PM, said:

Yes of course, it's the opinion of the majority that matters   . A good minority of people go to Glastonbury for the Greenfields, the circus fields and Shangri la. Infact you get alot of people that just wander around the whole time, as shown by some of the posts on here. It's ignorant and stupid to say that the people that claim it's not all about the bands are just mentalists because actually what they are saying is true and you saying that completely proves my point.

Sure there are people like that but they have to respect that it's the masses of people who spend the money to come and see the bands that keep it going and give the people who aren't interested in the mainstream stuff a festival to have a good weekend. Without one you wouldn't have the other, and it probably works both ways. It's the patronising view of "if you're only interested in the music then you don't experience the real Glastonbury" when it's the people who pay for the music that keep the festival going in it's current format that's annoying, not the fact that there are people who don't go for the music.

[hashcity]

BenchBuddah, on 19 April 2011 - 08:28 PM, said:

• F*cking chairs at or near the front of the main stage(s)
  
• Huge amount of flags at main stage(s)

Both of those are symptoms of the real problem: selfish people.

Of all places in the world you'd hope people would manage even a little consideration for others at Glastonbury.

i.e. Switch brain on, apply common sense to everyday activities, and think before doing something "will this be really f**king annoying for other people". If everyone carried on the way some people do, there wouldn't be a Glastonbury - the whole thing relies on people being nice to one another and if people are not, then they are undermining the festival.

[starknaked]

I hate the fact that i have to sleep whilst being there

[anoldhippie@60]

Having to leave and go home after 5 days of bliss.

[LORD ALAIN DAMAGE]

Getting assaulted by a Welshman in the urinals.

Groupie, on 15 April 2011 - 12:08 AM, said:

Apart from the people, the music, the weather, the intimidating atmosphere, the flags, the toilets, the overpriced drinks and the lack of quality smack what do you really HATE about Glastonbury?

[fraz]

The fact that Arcadia has not been in a big enough field

[blackcockerel]

mrtourette, on 20 April 2011 - 10:09 AM, said:

Sure there are people like that but they have to respect that it's the masses of people who spend the money to come and see the bands that keep it going and give the people who aren't interested in the mainstream stuff a festival to have a good weekend. Without one you wouldn't have the other, and it probably works both ways. It's the patronising view of "if you're only interested in the music then you don't experience the real Glastonbury" when it's the people who pay for the music that keep the festival going in it's current format that's annoying, not the fact that there are people who don't go for the music.

Excellent post that, it's something I forget myself sometimes.

[Spindles]

BlackHole2006, on 18 April 2011 - 03:21 PM, said:

Yes of course, it's the opinion of the majority that matters   . A good minority of people go to Glastonbury for the Greenfields, the circus fields and Shangri la. Infact you get alot of people that just wander around the whole time, as shown by some of the posts on here. It's ignorant and stupid to say that the people that claim it's not all about the bands are just mentalists because actually what they are saying is true and you saying that completely proves my point.

I have friends who steward in the greenfields (cheesy, dicken and assorted clan) and through them have met many people who wouldn't bother heading to the pyramid apart from maybe one oddball moment or classic artist here and there each year and have no clue or care about who is playing where.  I can assure you that they have a great time, perform around the festival (the original smirkins, catch them at various stages over the course of the week, check forthcoming small stage listings for details ) and the festival is very much for them as much as anyone else...hell, based on the fact they've been working it, performing there and run a pitch in green crafts I'd say more than most.

It would really help if people understood that it is no ones job to tell other people what they should or shouldn't be enjoying there.  Stuff you think is shit other people love and vice versa.  I've never particularly 'got' shangri la, but I wouldn't criticise people for wanting to spend a large period of their festival there.

I love the greenfields, I spend more time at the 50p tea tent than anywhere else at the festival.  Chilling with a cup of coffee and a spliff, chatting to random people, watching happy people going about their day and generally soaking in an atmosphere that money cannot buy.  There is a little corner of heaven down by the strummer stone and that place is for me, it took me several visits over decades to discover that.

I still run from stage to stage some nights, checking out as many acts that I love as I can, but that is NOT the only part of glastonbury that matters, trust me.

So the worst thing about glastonbury?  People who judge.

[rexclark]

Spindles, on 04 May 2011 - 06:17 PM, said:

So the worst thing about glastonbury?  People who judge.

Probably the truest thing said in this thread.

[blackcockerel]

rexclark, on 04 May 2011 - 06:45 PM, said:

Probably the truest thing said in this thread.

Yeah, trouble is it counts for the majority of posters on here doesn't it?!

[rexclark]

blackcockerel, on 04 May 2011 - 06:54 PM, said:

Yeah, trouble is it counts for the majority of posters on here doesn't it?!

Well I certainly can't say I'm 100% innocent and I think most would feel the same. Normally though when you actually arrive at Glastonbury any preconceptions you have about people ar out the window and everyone is treated fairly and equally and that's what makes Glastonbury so amazing.