Why does no one jump?

[caffers2]

I noticed in 2002 2003 2004 when watching most bands the crowd used to jump around and go abit mad but since that it has declined each year.With people at a stand still for kings of leon last year??

Is it the change of crowd?

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

No, it's just the Kings of Leon.

[HurrahBrother]

2005/2007, we were all suckered to the ground by the mud!

Echo and the Bunnymen, other stage, 2005, I tried to move, almost fell over as the body moved but the feet we not going anywhere! Spent the rest of the set as still as an Eric B and Rakeem dancer

Last year, more bounce was experienced.

[Josie's Cat]

Not just KOL though - loads of the bands on the main stages are such droney bastards it's hard to remember to breathe let alone jump. Dance Village will be better.

[pie_and_a_pint]

Have you tried jumping up and down in Worthy Farm mud? It's... not quite as springy as the grass, shall we say!

*squelch... squish... squelch... bollocks I've lost my welly...*

Edited June 9, 2009 by pie_and_a_pint

[puppetmode]

yeah, I was exhausted most days just from walking around. It was a blessing just to stand still in front of a band

[When Jokers Attack]

Just wait till the opening chords of Rockin' in the free world are played.

[Mr Ploppy]

Just wait till the opening chords of Rockin' in the free world are played.

[LusciousLucy]

Young uns just dont know how to rock like us over 30's used to do in the early and mid nineties!

[meesh]

well you all need to join in the skank for the specials!

and we shall be dancing like crazies to the king blues

[pie_and_a_pint]

Young uns just dont know how to rock like us over 30's used to do in the early and mid nineties!

[port]

go see the other stage Sunday night... you'll find it harder to spot someone standing still, even in the mud....

[punkincowcat]

I'm 20 and to be fair I get tired and low on energy most of the time so by the time i've walked around glastonbury for most of the day then the last thing I actually feel like doing is jumping around in a crowd.. eventhough in my head that is what I REALLY want to be doing!! but I just cant find the energy, I do always give it my best but it is often short lived and wastes that last bit of energy that I have for the day. I quite enjoy standing and watching

Edited June 9, 2009 by punkincowcat

[Festy Lover]

go see the other stage Sunday night... you'll find it harder to spot someone standing still, even in the mud....

[lofichic]

It IS the young uns! No stamina. My 20 year old cousin says his front row days "are over", he's still an embryo!!!! They haven't been trained on a diet of grunge and britpop, that's the problem. You'll see plenty of bounce at Blur

[gReG s]

I remember copious amounts of jumping going on last year around me when Jay-Z kicked off 99 Problems!

[Festy Lover]

I remember copious amounts of jumping going on last year around me when Jay-Z kicked off 99 Problems!

[caffers2]

Ok here's jumping - 1999

Fun lovin 99

And here's a distinct lack of - 2008

Fun lvin 08

[eastonite]

It's nothing to do with us young'uns not being able to hack it anymore, go to most gigs in the country, along with reading/leeds and the like, and you'll see the hordes bouncing.

The reason why it was different in the mid 90's (an educated guess at the least as i wasn't around) is that there were far more young(er) people in the festival due to it being cheaper and easier to break into. Nowadays, a larger proportion of the glastonbury-goers are of an older age, and, it would seem, less inclined to join in a bit of the hokey kokey.

2007 has been my only glastonbury too date, and gorgol bordello was the most amount of bouncing i took part in, im hoping prodigy can surpass that.

[ThomThomDrum]

Ok here's jumping - 1999

Fun lovin 99

And here's a distinct lack of - 2008

Fun lvin 08

Edited June 11, 2009 by ThomThomDrum

[Katster]

OK your links dont seem to work for me but anyway back in 1999 the Fun Lovin Criminals where a lot newer. 100% Columbian was just out and "The Fun Lovin Criminal" was only a few years old.........Fresh and exciting...........

Not so in 2008. Maybe that has something to do with it? Also they had not released anything in the 3 years prior to last years fest............They acted as filler really...........

It will be very hard not to imagine a fair few jumping people when Blur play Boys and Girls or for the whole of the Prodigy gig this year.............just have to decide who ill be jumping too...........

[ThomThomDrum]

But then why will people still jump about to Boys and Girls? That tune's about as old as the fun lovin crims surely?

[Katster]

Because Blur a good! ............My Grand kids will jump up and down to Boys and Girls...........Fun Lovin Criminals were cool for about 3 years (to some!) in the late 90s and thats about it..........

No one jumped last year because who could of been arsed getting excited for the Fun Lovin Criminals.......This year I feel there will be one or two getting excited for Blur........one or two.........

[freeak]

Crowds are generally more subdued at gigs and festivals these days compared to the late 90s. Hardly anyone moshes or dances to bands anymore.

[paulo80]

People are too busy these days fannying around with flags and taking crappy blurred photos on their mobiles to jump up and down. I was in the FLC crowd in 1999 - it was superb. Definitely need more of it.