Rightfield

[bigfurbdogg]

Is there a Rightfield at Glastonbury? I found the Leftfield in 2011, just wondering where the Rightfield is?

Cheers

[THEBOILERMAN]

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[hedgepeg]

it's in the pit under the longdrops

[grumpyhack]

Nigel Farage's back garden.

[Wooderson]

Is there a Rightfield at Glastonbury? I found the Leftfield in 2011, just wondering where the Rightfield is?

Cheers

[staggerlee]

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's the field with the dead Tories in the toilets.

[jonny2mad]

You could say most of the field now is rightfield consumerism blokes selling festi hats and suchlike babylon as tis called, look at all the litter left on site

[bigfurbdogg]

You could say most of the field now is rightfield consumerism blokes selling festi hats and suchlike babylon as tis called, look at all the litter left on site

[Ed209]

Snore

[evilging]

Dont feed the trolls...

[bigfurbdogg]

Try and get a bit of debate going and I'm called a 'troll' as usual...

[James Bolivar]

I am a troll and when I see bridges and goats skipping and disappearing I know I'm not the only one around.

[Teddington]

I prefer the term "correctfield".

Actually I attended one of Billy Braggs talks a few years ago.

I have never heard so much bollocks in my life. "I was a young tearaway who attacked OAP's but now I can see the error of my ways" etc. Then proceded to read out a fucking awful poem about how life had treated him badly, and it was the "system" etc etc

Utter shite. I restrained myself from heckling, laughed out loud, shaked my head and wandered over to the Brothers bar.

I absolutely believe in social justice, but some of the shite that comes from Leftfield is just that.

Edited May 10, 2013 by Teddington

[king of carott flowers]

I am sure he was absolutely gutted....

But there is a bit more to leftfield than billy bragg.

[Apone]

Try and get a bit of debate going and I'm called a 'troll' as usual...

[ian the worm]

Dont worry, its always the lefts way of shutting down debate if you have an opposing view to them, you get called a troll or some kind of 'ist'. You get used to it after a while

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Dont worry, its always the lefts way of shutting down debate if you have an opposing view to them, you get called a troll or some kind of 'ist'. You get used to it after a while

[bombfrog]

I absolutely believe in social justice, but some of the shite that comes from Leftfield is just that.

[bombfrog]

This isn't Glastonbury relevant. Please delete this thread.

[hedgepeg]

who would the rightfield's billy bragg equivalent be? jim davidson?

[4AssedMonkey]

^^ This.

I love everything about Glastonbury except the politics.

[fur_q]

Hmmm. Given the festivals roots/history I find this a bit odd.

I love the atmosphere and people at Glasto. It's a real melting pot of people but it feels like a genuine community. It's integral. Everyone - regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, height, weight, dress code, inside leg measurement etc. can get along, be friendly and inclusive. It's what I wish society was like and this in itself is a political position.

I may not agree with certain outright socialist views and some of these are present at the festival, but along the line of socialist to capitalist, I'm much closer to socialist.

The ethos of Glastonbury and the principles on which it is based and run are intrinsic to what it is. It doesn't cowtow to huge, potentially lucrative corporate control (which I don't doubt has been offered) and remains independent and run not to maximise profit, but for other - and in my opinion - better reasons. Support of worthy charitable causes. Variety. Freedom. Choice - all social ideals.

I don't think you can separate the festival from it's politics. If you did, you'd be camping outside the fence, buying £25 of bar tokens every morning before entering the Starbucks arena and picking between 3 or 4 massive stages all day, every day and subjected to 30 minutes of brainwashing between acts, encouraging you to drink Carling/Coke, eat McDeathalds, buy a festy T-Shirt made in a Bangladesh deathtrap sweatshop and basically act as though you were programmed to give up your money willingly like a spendthrift robot. There would be no more Shangri-La, Greenfields, Bandstand, Circus, Kids Fielkd, Cabaret Tent, tiny intimate cafe type venues and all the generally weird and wonderful bits that make Glastonbury what it is.

So, in summary, I think you're naive. And wrong.

[Somersetsun]

Can I ask a stupid question?

Is wishing everyone would be nice to each other a political stance? I mean, does it have to be?

[fur_q]

Can I ask a stupid question?

Is wishing everyone would be nice to each other a political stance? I mean, does it have to be?