My music's better than yours

[llcoolphil]

My opinions. And a few minor things.

[llcoolphil]

How friendly are Simply Red crowds.

[philipsteak]

They both sit next to each other and share sweets by all accounts

[Pogues Mcgogues]

Why are people at what you define a hippy festival going to be offended by your opinions? And what minor things?

But what you are saying here is that you would be considered offensive by people outside a rock festival (a fair point ). So at a hippy festival where everyone else gets on with each other, your behaviour is the offensive behaviour, rather than everyone else there being an unfriendly crowd.

[philipsteak]

Just minor things. You know what I mean.

[feral chile]

I really hate to say this but I think neil and paul are right. Rockers are a friendly bunch - to each other. I'm into rock music myself, and I must confess to being very narrow in my musical taste, and only liking rock music. But metalhead friends are even more insular, and refuse to go to Indie clubs because they're out of their comfort zone, which they then interpret as feeling that the place is unfriendly. I've experienced that feeling myself in certain places, and I'm fairly sure it's my issue and not the venue.

So yes, there is a massive feeling of acceptance and solidarity within the group, but a great deal of insecurity and mistrust of people who are not rockers.

with good cause sometimes, but that's another story.

Edited September 21, 2010 by feral chile

[llcoolphil]

Just minor things. You know what I mean.

[greenfairy43]

Me

[rabid]

What are you doing that pisses of hippies? Do you go around poking them with sticks? Telling them to get a hair cut?

[greenfairy43]

There are friendly people & unfriendly people at every festival. As at every gig & in every pub.

I've found, as a general rule of thumb, the smaller the festival the friendlier the general atmosphere. The people there tend to be there for the party as much as the bands theselves. Which , for me means people ready to get stuck in to the whole experience rather than run around band catching. Which makes for more random banter & more laughs!

On and for the record I love a bit of good hard rock (waits for the inevitable edit!!) as much as anyone else, but I f**king hate GnR.

[sifi]

I don`t get overly excited to Sweet Child. Heard it far too many times now. I remember when Axl sang the second verse first at Wembley one time just to confuse people. I`d heard enough of it by then. Rocket Queen is a far superior song.

I said as far back as page one that I thought there was a cammaradarie amongst metal / rock fans that comes out of an us and them mentality. Almost a tribal kind of thing I haven`t read anything susequently that makes me change my mind.

In terms of friendliness, I have to say that nearly all the raves that I`ve been to at least one complete stranger has come up to me and told me that they love me. You don`t get much friendlier that that.

[rabid]

In terms of friendliness, I have to say that nearly all the raves that I`ve been to at least one complete stranger has come up to me and told me that they love me. You don`t get much friendlier that that.

[eFestivals]

I'm actually going to agree Pogo on this one because after 12 or so festivals visited this season...

Other than Download, were any of the others single-genre fests?

[Pogues Mcgogues]

Other than Download, were any of the others single-genre fests?

[ampersand]

Download has varying genres.

[philipsteak]

Download has varying genres.

[Pogues Mcgogues]

no it doesn't. i was listening to prodigy last night and thought 'shit, that sounds well like acdc'

[Pogues Mcgogues]

So why do hippies hate you?

[eFestivals]

Download has varying genres.

No, it has varying sub-genres.

Download is very tightly themed to its genre compared to nearly all other festivals.

[rachbon]

Just lifestyle choices and opinions of things in the world. Plus you have the kind of festival ettiquette more in tact at smaller ones don't you? You know like don't litter and all of that? I'm good, but I'd probably fall foul at a few points over the weekend.

[rabid]

so you'd be going around giving everyone your opinion on everything? what are you on about?

[ampersand]

I think he's worried about getting strung up by hippies for eating a burger and apparently he can't make it to a bin.

[rabid]

i wore a 'you don't win friends with salad' tshirt to my first glastonbury in the greenfields. who cares

[rexclark]

I'm not saying your lieing, but you're the only person I can think of who says that about the Glasgow ones (bar Rufus T's)

[llcoolphil]

Just lifestyle choices and opinions of things in the world. Plus you have the kind of festival ettiquette more in tact at smaller ones don't you? You know like don't litter and all of that? I'm good, but I'd probably fall foul at a few points over the weekend.