Overwhelmed and underwhelmed

[cejx]

Over - Muse, Paloma Faith, Get Cape, wear Cape in a tiny acoustic set in Climate Camp, Way Out West

Under - Gorillaz, New Arcadia stage, The common, Biffy (park couldn't cope) - oh and football nonsense!

However, not my best Glastonbury, but still had a fantastic weekend.

[Abbathehorse]

Over - Jerry Dammers was different class from beginning to end.

[piggypop]

Over - Pet Shop Boys. Great set. Being Boring as an encore? Superb

Under - Kelis and <gets ready to duck> Ray Davies

[chuckley]

Over - Stevie Wonder.

Under - Groove Armada.

[bambina]

Over - Newton FAulkner, I could have said the Pet Shop Boys, but I knew they would be fab.

Under - Gorillaz, I have never heard people booing and witnessed people leaving in droves with the first 20 minutes!

[Guitargeek4]

Over:"radiohead" and Gorillaz. I thought Damon etc were amazing despite what everyone's saying here.

Under: Muse. Good, but didn't come close to the "best live band ever" label that they've been given.

[adamefc1]

Over - Jamie T for just unbelievable interaction between him and the crowd. Also Plan B on the BBC introducing was superb.

Under - MGMT need to stay away from festivals.

[20/20]

Over: Sander Kleinenberg, Snoop, LCD, Orbital (yes, even better than I hoped for), Arthur Brown in the Glade, the steel band that played in the Park

Under: MGMT were terrible, Hot Chip and Kate Nash just don't work on the Other Stage

[Salt_On_Everything]

No offence but what did you expect from Snoop Dogg!!!

[NeilVJ]

People upset by Snoop Dogg swearing too much. Its snoop dogg and every album he's ever done has swearing in it. What did you expect?

Can I also give an Over shout to Corrine Bailey Rae on the Pyramid, a lovely set in the early afternoon sunshine, oh and Candi Statton who was amazing.

[Nixy]

Over - Gorillaz - I'm massive fan so to see Plastic Beach brought to life was amazing.

Under - ok Stevie was out of this world - but no As? Seriously? I stood at the end thinking where's the encore? Come on, where is it? When do I get to singalong to As? Woke up the next day with As in my head and a wee question mark on my face.

[glasgowpete]

over - jerry dammers, ray davies, chase and status, toots and the maytals + all the raves i was at over the weekend (the main part of glasto for me!), optimo night (thurs), NYC on the friday, some other on the the saturday in arcadia.

under - didnt really see enough bands to be honest due to being up all night and not being fit for feck all til 4pm. missed loads i wanted to see, if anyone disapointed, had to be the neighbours moaning about to much dance music in the late night areas!

[glasgowpete]

over - jerry dammers, ray davies, chase and status, toots and the maytals + all the raves i was at over the weekend (the main part of glasto for me!), optimo night (thurs), NYC on the friday, some other on the the saturday in arcadia.

under - didnt really see enough bands to be honest due to being up all night and not being fit for feck all til 4pm. missed loads i wanted to see, if anyone disapointed, had to be the neighbours moaning about to much dance music in the late night areas!

[Douzeper]

Over - Vampire Weekend

Under - Gorrilaz

[Johnthebar]

I thought Jerry Dammers was first class too. Did you see them marching through the crowd and playing once the set had finished? Space is the place, space is the place...

[Digi]

Over - Faithless. I'm not a big dance fan but they blew me away. I had a great time dancing like a tosser by myself whilst hubby went off bimbling. PSB - 2 hours of great fun right up front with THE campest campers surrounding us. Michael Eavis in conversation in the acoustic tent - I cried my way through his hour or so on stage - shame all those sheltering from the heat in there couldn't have had the grace to stay awake and listen

Under - The Lightning Seeds. Pretty much the soundtrack to my 90's and having seen them a few times in the past I was a bit disappointed - his voice sounded shot to pieces. Also MGMT - thank feck I didn't venture away from my tent to watch - it was awful enough from there!

[Red_Eye_Jedi]

Over - Frank Turner. Reverend and the makers. Hawkwind. Carl Barrat. Snoop dogg.

Under - Biffy. Innercity unit.

[Mr.Tickle]

Over - Blood Red Shoes, Detroit Social Club, Mumford, Two Door....I could name more

Under - Holy f**k @ Queen's Head, blew me away last time I saw them but seemed a bit subdued this time and the new album tracks didn't transfer to a live performance too well

[DaveMac]

Hmmm after a few thought I came to this conclusion - the 'Overwhelms' outnumbered the 'Underwhelmed' by a large margin.

So here we go ...

Overwhelmed

Muse esp. when the Edge came on and did 'Where the streets have no name' - utterly briiliant and music highlight of the festival for me!

Also Flaming Lips - who were simply spectacular and joyous - what an enterance - I hope it turns up on youtube!

Jackson Browne - who put on a great performance on the Pyramid.

Faithless, who equalled their 2002 performance imo.;

The Orb at the Glade - one of my Festival rave highlights.

3 Daft Monkeys at The Avalon Cafe - played a blinder to an adoring audience...

The Stranglers on The Other Stage - great set and massive crowd.

Ray Davies - who graced the Pyramid with brilliant sunny weather music.

Rolf Harris - enormous crowd - happy uplifting tunes and banter - a true showman, who is unbelievably 80 years old !

Underwhelmed

Gorillaz - went with an open mind and gave them a chance - seemed distant and unengaging imo left after 15 minutes.

Jack Johnson - obviously talented but did nothing for me alas.

Stevie Wonder - stayed for half an hour but was not engaged by him so I went off to Arcadia/Shangri-la instead..

No complaints with the quality of the music on offer at all.

Edited June 29, 2010 by DaveMac

[tolywoly]

Over - Rolf. Expected a laugh, but really enjoyed his set. What a showman.

Under - The Hold Steady - Used to really like these guys, but the new stuff isn't as good and their stage antics now come off as a bit contrived.

Edited June 29, 2010 by tolywoly

[lord stradmor]

Over

Toots was just marvellous, joyous inspiring - everything you want for a sunday evening, Reef were the only real rock band I saw all weekend and Jackson Browne who I have loved to bits for years, but thought would be a a bit depressing for a Pyramid slot in the afternoon. I just stood there crying buckets. very cathartic

Under:

Two door Cinema Club and The National. don't know what the fuss is about. Indie Landfill.

[rexclark]

Over - Rolf Harris, just the feeling in the crowd for him summed up the festival for me.

Under - Florence And The Machine, just wasn't half as good as I expected, I thought her singing was awful.

[she bangs the drums]

Over:-

Muse ft the Edge - I've never heard a roar of a music crowd as loud as that.

Sophie Hunger - the singer has such an amazing voice from a band I had no intention of seeing.

Band of Skulls - really enjoyed them, a good under rated upcoming band.

Stranglers - enjoyed the singalong in a massive crowd.

Plan B - I went to see him for my daughter and wasn't expecting much but he was really good live and the guy who does the beatbox for him is amazing.

Under:-

Gorillaz - I expected a lot more from a band I really like but ended up leaving after 6 or 7 songs to see Fatboy Slim.

Stevie Wonder - I left after 4 songs as I just didn't feel the music.

Mumford and Sons - I caught the last 2 songs whilst waiting for the tent to empty for Black Keys, they sounded really boring, I cannot see what the attraction is?

I had such a fantstic time, I cannot wait for next year.

[dancingdaisy09]

No offence but what did you expect from Snoop Dogg!!!

[Chimps in Balaclavas]

I was more underwhelmed that there was no big firework display at the end of Stevie's gig (considering it was the 40th) even if it was a little 1 like the 1 macca threw on in 2004.

Michael Eavis's singing slightly made up for it though lol