Your 5 Highlights / 5 Lowlights

[greenfairy43]

HIGHS

Sitting in a wicker dome in the Healing Field on Thursday afternoon, in the sunshine, with Rabid. Supping a box of rose, which was still cool, just me & him, not another soul around. Well, so it seemed. One of life's perfect moments.

Tom Jones, in a FABULOUS frock I'd found in a "2 for a Fiver" box on my way up to Greenpeace to marry Rabid (he wore the other one, naturally) & a feather boa. Knicker flinging, a pint of Burrowhill & special fudge helped things along nicely.

Dan le Sac & Scroobius Pip secret gig in the Igloo, totally random & one of the acts I really wanted to see.

Mim Souleiman's gig in The Glade. We wandered through there on our way somewhere (we never have worked out where!) & there was this immense voice coming out of this tiny woman, singing gorgeous traditional songs, accompanied by a guy doing the most amazing beatbox . A true Glasto find, random, unexpected, totally sidetracked us. Briliant.

The thunderstorm. Less said about that the better!

Walking up to the very top of Flagtopia before we turned round, not long after arriving on Wednesday. The view & the sound. Ice cold Pimms too. Perfect. Then, in The Park as we were lounging on some wooden benches, Sir Eavis pulled up in his landrover & started wandering around. Cool!!

Spending Glastonbury with someone I love. I've been several times before & had loads of different experiences there - I've been in the 80s, I've worked there & I've been on my own & with mates. But going there with my soulmate was just perfect.

LOWS

Losing Rabid's phone between the campsite we were at the night before & getting to Glasto & thinking it was my fault. But when we got back to the car when we left, he found it in the tent we'd used that night, so that ended up a high.

The wait geting in. But we had a cracking mixtape on in the car so that wasn't too bad either.

Leaving. But all those memories.............So, another high!

I know It's not 5 Highs/5 Lows, but there are 10 in total so that's OK I hope!!

[austrian_zeppelin]

Highlights

- the 3 pyramid headliners - all absolutely brilliant in their own rights

- finally seeing Terry Reid live

- weather

- the lovely people i was with

- 100s of others (lovely cider, best line up for me in a long time, super friendly police force onsite, general happiness around the place)

Lowlights

- stupid security people (plenty of them)

- the must leave after each film rule in the cinema field

- not enough Brothers Cider tents (gaymers and the cider bus stuff is not as nice)

- scheduling (some highly avoidable clashes, Rolf Harris at the Jazz Stage when there were only 10000 at the pyramid at the time????)

- that it is another 360 days till the next one....

thanks Michael & Emily

[nolovelostt]

Highs -

-BLUR ofc.

-Sun, sun, sun !

-Schlomo and his Vocal Orchestra

-Coming across The Futureheads playing a secret gig

-(as ashamed as i am to say this) Lily Allen

Lows -

-Spiders in the tent

-Having to leave Monday morning

can't think of any more lows to bring it up to five.

[Alexi]

Ah I wasn't the only one then! I was in so much pain after Pendulum, I sorta forgot I wasn't a fit young raver any more and danced like I was one Oh the pain!!!!!!!!

[Grimmy]

Highs

Blur

Brendon Burns + Ed Byrne

Attila the Stockbroker

Kasabian

Doves

Lows

Poor lineup

Too many posh people

Not enough rock

The queue to get in, we did 200 miles in 13 hours, that's an average of 15mph despite driving most of it on the motorway.

[Derby_Dave]

High.

1. Blur - Simply fantastic

2. Lady Gaga - A perverts paradise

3. Seeing my mate Dan sleep the entire of Thursday day and night after Wednesdays excessess (it was his first time and truly went for it ha ha).

4. Nick Cave - Again fantastic

5. Candle powered steam boats - Still going strong, at least some things are constant.

Low

1. Flags - I know its boring but they really ruined some of the experience for many people.

2. Finding out that an old friend of mine hung himself last year - R.I.P Adam

3. Thursday morning - Sheesh

4. Queuing to get out of W22 - That was tedious

5. Kasabian - There was something missing, We were not overly impressed.

Edited July 2, 2009 by Derby_Dave

[krisskross]

Highs

- Quality Music - lamb, dead whether, bsp, maccabees, eodm, csn, jarvis, art brut, yyys... wow

- Food in the Greenpeace area. Mmm

- Lovely lady feeding me wine from bag on sunday

- The Buzz

- Triangly peoples! games and fun

- people in campervan who took pity on us foolish walkers

Lows

- feeling shit on saturday

- walking from castle cary on wed

- leaving my tent on a campervan

- not getting to trash city till sunday

- missing BTWS on sat night

[Redwinevino]

Highs

Weather

The people we met

F***ed up

Fleet Foxes

Enjoying Blur as im really not a fan

Low's

Missing Neil Young

The Maximo Problems on the 1st night

Walking to wrong gate on leaving hungover and sore to only have to go back on ourselves so much

Seemed to be a lack of Brother's Bar's

Some of the Prices where very very high even for a festival

[kaiser_soze13]

Highs -

1. F**ked Up - an awesome show that got our weekends off to a great start

2. Shangri La - Our first time at Glasto and if you've spent the last 5 years at T in the Park then this will blow you away! It was like being on a different planet for us, never seen anything like it. All that was missing was Harrison Ford hunting Daryll Hannah.

3. Sunday - Art Brut followed by Brand New followed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs followed by Bat For Lashes followed by Bon Iver followed by Nick Cave and topped off by Blur, some of my favourite bands and all played stunning sets... especially Yeah Yeah Yeahs although disappointingly no Y Control.

4. The Banter / general good vibes - met some new friends in the campsite and experienced no arseholes. 100% scum free! (I realise not everyone felt the same)

5. The Weather - the rain couldn't have come at a better time.

Lows -

1. "Special Guests" - All Shite!

2. Living in Scotland - 9hrs there, 9hrs back!

3. People pitching their tents on the pathways, couldn't find our way back to the god damn tent.

4. Leaving Neil Young to go watch Animal Collective - I thought they were pretty disappointing, and I missed Heart of Gold bad times.

5. My back was killing me! Really need to sit down between sets

All in all it was an awesome weekend!

[IGNITE77]

Highs

Trash City - Especially Shitmat on Saturday night

The growler - sorted me out for the day in preparation for lots of boozing.

Paines Ground - lovely campspot - been there last two years now - very quiet but still easy to get to the other stage.

Blur - never been the biggest fan but fell in love with them after Sunday night.

Seeing lots and lots of bands - saw about 25 bands/djs this year which was a first.

Lows

Parking in E1 and having to trek to Paines ground - mission

Ques to get in.

Overdoing it on Friday and only getting two hours sleep due to the hot sun in the morning.

Picking up strongbow from my mate's car - 2 hours!

Leaving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[airds]

Highs

Neil Young...wow!

Blur / Nick cave / f**ked up / king blues / the slips...all great

the sun

ending up at the west car park, which was good since by the time we got there cockmill meadow was full

my first can after finally getting to site...bliss

Lows

The journey there, 10 hours instead of 4-5 hours....we passed 4 accidents on the way and the only way we managed to get in was follow some lads with a sat nav, thanks guys

The journey home.....we had to leave after blur and it took 2.5 hours to get out of the car park

The flags...especially the ones with 2 or 3 flags per pole ?!?

litter...scruffy scruffy people

picking bruce instead of the wonderstuff

[LEDZEP66]

High

Neil Young - awesome, I've been really getting into Neil Young for the past few years so when I saw he was headlining I was really looking forward to it. I had heard though he can be very awkward live, he does what he wants to do and there was talk of him playing most of his new album (which i quite like but not compared to his classics). When the first few cords of my my hey hey kicked in the hairs on the back of neck stood up, his whole set was perfect and my favorite song, Down by the river was amazing.

Gas light anthem - Great album and I know they are a good band. The JP tent was fairly busy for it but I was quite close to the stage. After the 4th song on the screen came a view of the back of the stage for about a second, there was a man stood there with sunglasses on and a guitar, I thought I recognised him, then it clicked who it was. I said to my mate Bruce is on stage, he thought I had taking something and was tripping. The lead singer said 'everyone be quite, do you hear that?' Then out walks on the JP the boss, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. The place erupted, everyone who was sat down outside came running it, it was amazing. He played the one song with them but then for the rest of the set just stood at the side watching

The weather - made everyones festival

The specials - haven't lost it, great live band

Thursday night - dancing outside next to a clothes stall that had a dj on whilst it was thundering and lightening, only at glastonbury

Low

Getting there - 17 hours from Nottingham to site

sunday night/monday morning rain - got drenched to the bone walking to trash city

Going so quick - it really flew by this year, I think its because I booked the ticket so early I had 7 or 8 months anticipation rather than the normal few months

Thats all I have, just 3

What a great year, bring on 2010

[idleboy]

Highs -

- Blur

- Jack Penate

- Those random/interesting treats on Friday night! Oh we laughed, A LOT!

- Group nap around healing area, perfect!

- Strawberry cider from the Brothers bar - very nice!

Lows -

- Yeah, felt like too many people there this year, not noticed it to be like this ever before - Jazz world for Rolf?? Nighmare!

- Didn't meet with quite so many nice/cool characters this year, sadly.

- Stone circle was enjoyed least by me than previous years - maybe it was my mood, but some people up there on Thurs eve generally got on my baps.

- Geeting on site/off sie - riduiculaaaaarrsse!

- Missing Calvin and mr Scruff, blub! Hey ho, Blur had to win it I guess...

[Storm_NL]

Highs

Lamb - A phenomenal and emotional performance.. Obviously happy to be back playing together at festivals...

Rolf - I was lucky enough to be near the front (ish). What a legend. The crowd were also awesome.

Campsite - The lovely people that camped next to us, and also those in the vicinity. Great amenable peeps, some of whome weren't averse to being photographed at 5am.

Shangri-La/Arcadia - Especially at night. Really captured the evolving spirit of Glastonbury.

The Tiny Tea Tent - My little home away from home, as per usual.. :angry:

Lows

Congestion - On the way to the site (multiple accidents and no traffic police)... and on-site... just a tad too squished on the main walkways.

Shangri-La/Trash City/Arcadia - Late opening made me sad.

Sound/Power problems - Seriously, guys! Witnessed problems on Thursday for The Whip, Speed Caravan, Lamb, and a bunch of others.

Naughty People - Hedge P!ssers, Litter Droppers, Antisocial Buggers..

Unruly Kids - Parents! They are your responsibility! Kids seen breaking stuff, destroying artwork, causing near-serious accidents, etc.. all with the parents sitting nearby. Tsk.

Final Score

I'd run out of Lows long before I ran out of Highs. :angry:

[cartilage]

Highs

1. For the first time in years, headliners! - Neil Young and Blur, especially the crowd in Blur's set.

2. Trash City and particularly the Drag Strip bar on Saturday night. Finding myself sort of swept in there as it opened and watching Bishi and then the cabaret acts. An absolute dream.

3. Major Major at the Queen's Head - they were the band that won the Rockstar competition this year which I listen for, and I was worried that at 12 noon on Sunday on a new stage they might struggle to get a crowd for their prize slot. But the tent filled up as they played and they got a great reception.

4. Tunng and Tinariwen on the Park Stage. Had been kicking myself for missing their collaborative tour as I really admire both acts, so it was fantastic to get to see them reprise it there.

5. Shlomo and his Vocal Orchestra plus guests. Possibly grinned more than in any other set of the weekend. Bellatrix and Marcus Brigstocke's face-off was priceless.

Lows

1. The smell of the ground outside Brothers Bar when it got quiet - ugh!

2. The girl talking at the top of her voice throughout Blur right behind me, apparently oblivious to dirty looks, not to mention one of the great headline slots of modern times!! I kept thinking "these Pyramid speakers are quite loud, how the hell are you talking over them. And more to the point why?!". I finally found somewhere to move to during Tender and am so glad I did.

3. The guy who asked me to hold his cider for him - it turned out to be so that he could leave a great big bit of plastic on the ground more easily. Dick.

4. Sadness at seeing how the JazzWorld crowds have dwindled for anyone who isn't a household name. I think they're going to have to find a way to revitalise that field.

5. Picking an overcomplicated, unsuitable-for-a-festival piece to read at my own slot at the Fluffy Rock - I was the worst thing I saw all weekend : p

Not enough spaces in a top 5 for all the highs, and struggling to think of 5 lows. Brilliant.

[Bort]

Highs:

+when strangers are friendly/helpful/etc

+Blur singalongs

+all the tasty food

+Emmy the Incredible

+Neil Young

Lows:

-people are absolutely disgusting...if you are so lazy that you cannot wait in a 3 minute queue to use a festival urinal and instead are just pissing out in the open right next to it, you should have your face shoved in the piss mud you created and be forced to eat every bite of it. and don't get me started on all the litter or the fact that someone pissed on my tent

-the rain and therefore the mud

-the 9 hour national express ride from London

-all the best camping sites being overstuffed by Wednesday night

-missing Jarvis Cocker, Priscilla Ahn, one of the Emmy the Great sets, Animal Collective, etc due to clashes

Edited July 6, 2009 by Bort

[puppetmode]

Highs -

Sunrise Sunday morning at the Stone Circle

Jarvis

Blur

Ichi

Learning to Salsa dance in the Greanpeace field at sunset

Lows -

The weather, too hot to trot

The litter on the Stone circle!!!

The shouting and talking over bands that people obviously have no interest in...just f*** off somewhere else!!!

The Queens Head. Get rid of a popular tent in the Leftfield, rename it, half the size and put bigger names on. a tight squeeze, I should think so.

Missing Rolf Harris

[cejx]

Highs

Freeland and Evil Nine on Sat night in Arcadia

Pendulum

Bringing Space Blankets and Travel Johns

SUNSHINE!

5 days of utter fun

Neil Youngs opening track

Lows

The Trash City trudge on the friday. Thank God for slippery dicks shack.

Lazy f**kers who cannot put their litter in the bin... or even close to it

the friday pear cider hangover!

mud thus wellie rub

The glasters comedown.

[ShadyBlueBell]

HIGHS

{1} Watching my hubby's face light up with the biggest smile on his face whilst he watch Steve Hillage play in the Glade,

{2} Neil Young playing a brilliant best ever performance i have seen

Trying to investigate the whole of Glastonbury's fields and attraction but never did the place is just damn big lol

{3} Sitting in the stone circle at night watching the night lanterns reach the sky specially the one that got stuck in the tree lol

{4} Watching 3 Daft Monkeys play epic and left you feeling so chilled out

{5} Seeing the peed up people go around in circles trying to get somewhere but never did

LOWS

{1} The long walk back to the camper van and the hill of death

{2} Getting stuck in a crowd

{3} The knob heads in the crowd watching Prodigy i knew i should have watched Blur gutted i miss them

{4} The traffic jam when getting out of camper van field took us 3 hours to get to Bristol in the heat nasty,,,,

{5} The damn Flags yep i had to say it i hate them specially the big I LOVE SAUSAGE ONE i think everybody saw that monstrosity

[llcoolphil]

Highlights

1. Efests World cup

1=

3 The Specials

4 Blur

5 Weather

Lowlights

None (breaking a tentpole putting my tent up would have been one had I not been able to get a suitable replacement from joe Bananas withinn 5 mins for £2)

[Kowalski]

Highlights

1. Blur

2. Madness

3. Jarvis Cocker

4. Neil Young performing "A Day In The Life"

5. Gem Ale

Lowlights

1. Crowds

2. Toilets

3. Friendly Fires

[zero000]

Highs:

1) The sunset at the stone circle on the wednesday

2) Getting wrecked on the Thursday and singing along to Guns and Roses at the Brothers Bar

3) Blur just wow

4) Touched the Boss' guitar during Born To Run, enough said

5) Spiked my friend with herbal viagra to hilarious results

Lows:

1) Eyes f**ked up so couldnt wear contacts

2) Fleet foxes were shite, wish I'd seen White Lies

3) Wackos death

4) Bitchy Neighbours complaining about noise, its a festival for f**k sake!

5) Tent collapsed on the last night, so had to sleep in a single skinned tent during that thunderstorm. Was not good.