BBC Television Coverage

[adam1234]

Well it's just begun on BBC3 and seeming as i am not there, thought it would be good to discuss who looks good or not so good untill eveybody gets back. x

[Alcatraz]

I mean the BBC are terrible at this. Every music event they do in the summer features a performance from Florence and the Machine and Dizzee Rascal . Please, a performance of theirs from one event will do. I notice theres red button stuff going down which Tom Ravenscroft features on so I might stick to that.

It's giving me pangs though

[pezzypops]

that interview edith did with florence - that was the first time i've actually seen her, she looks like a man in drag

this is the first time i've seen glasto (live) on the telly since 2000 (i've always watched highlights etc. once i got home) - i'm missing that place so much

[Alcatraz]

She certainly sings like a man in drag. I swear her defining attribute as a singer is to sing really loud.

Considering she's just played a new song I'd have to say If I was a fan, I'd be disappointed.

One good thing about the BBC coverage though:

Adam and Joe return 6music in 8 mins

[Alcatraz]

Hmmmmmm...so Florence thought Fleetwood Mac would be at Glasto this year? Interesting

[pezzypops]

jeez, another song? the beeb's got a right boner on for florence!

[Alcatraz]

Oh Shakira Shakira

[funkymp]

^ she was well ace, saw her in berlin last year at the ema's thingy and she was awesome, defo gonna see her when she tours next year over here. editors sound good

[brettredmayne]

kylie looking hot

[pezzypops]

can't stand scissor sisters so i'm watching jackson browne on 4

[fuzzyvision]

This is the first Glastonbury i have missed in 10 years - though its horrible not to be there i am enjoying skipping between bbc 3, 4, the red button, the live streams , using twitter, facebook.. Plus loads of loads of cider.. We actually seem to have captured the Glastonbury spirit & i'm having a really good time!

f**k me, i'm going next year though!!! This must never happen again!!

[funkymp]

muse seem a bit 'flat' so far, still cant stand 'uprising', but ya for 'new born'

edit: piano-less intro to 'new born' wtf?

Edited June 26, 2010 by funkymp

[StevenHooper]

muse seem a bit 'flat' so far, still cant stand 'uprising', but ya for 'new born'

edit: piano-less intro to 'new born' wtf?

[Alcatraz]

The problem with Muse is that so many of their songs just descend into the same sound. Still, Matt Bellamy is a storming front man

[TwistedReligion]

f**k me, i'm going next year though!!! This must never happen again!!

[Alcatraz]

First time in 5 years not being there for me. Mixed thoughts on it though, part of me wants to be and part of me doesn't. This comes from the steadily growing bad experiences with people I have had around the main stages. I have to say the festival has changed so much recently I do feel a part of it has gone.

Still I guess it was always going to grow to the point where it took on a different following.

I will probably go next year having said all that and hang around the glade all weekend.

Both Muse and the Pet Shop Boys are failing to make a real impact I'm afraid. I can't get my head round Muse having seen them on the sunday in '04. I still can't decide whether they are good or just pretty mediocre.

[brettredmayne]

I missing it badly, me and my friends both say it actually hurts not been there,

BBC are doing a great job but it can never capture the random moments you have

[TwistedReligion]

I do get pangs though when they have those long shots of the whole site and the lights as if it were a city lighting up the valley.

[brettredmayne]

Im craving sitting at the stone circle with some cider and a million candles

[Chiefski]

Stockholm Syndrome~!

Muse have been quite solid, crowd have been very decent for em too, agree that Editors did look very good as well earlier, quite looking to Friday at T now...

Florence has been all over the coverage, her own set yesterday, special guesting with Dizzee yesterday, special guesting with The XX today...

Dont think of Scissor Sisters much, but yeah, Kylie....lord yes.

[Alcatraz]

Holy shit its the Edge

[TwistedReligion]

Okay they brought The Edge on to play one of U2's actual songs. Now I wanna be there

[funkymp]

wtf? absolutely huge u2 fan, muse are ruining this... matt can't sing this for shit

[TwistedReligion]

Holy shit its the Edge

[fuzzyvision]

I think with the TV coverage you have to dig around just like you do if you are at the festival.. We've watched/listened all day & night via every available feed and seen/heard tons of great new bands, not just the headliners. I think overall the BBC coverage has been excellent, particularly 6music. This is the first time since Radiohead in 97 or 98 (one or the other) i have watched it on TV & i'm quite surprised at just how much i enjoyed it..