Plan B

[glastouser]

Just seen emilys tweet back to somebody who asked if there was a chance plan B would play.... saying

@somersetsam1975 Certainly a chance!

having seen him supporting noel gallagher at RAH i guess i have to admit he maybe could be good enough to play. although i prefer his older stuff as it seems more like him, not a copy of mark ronson. but please emily dont get carried away like Vfest has and go putting him as high as sub headliner. i couldnt believe it when i saw him that high on their bill!

obviously that is just my opinion and plenty of people may disagree....

Where do you all think he would play if he does? hopefully he wont for me but for arguments sake, are we likely to see him high up on the bill??

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I can't see it considering he played last year, unless he gets a very big slot.

[Big Vern]

Just seen emilys tweet back to somebody who asked if there was a chance plan B would play.... saying

@somersetsam1975 Certainly a chance!

having seen him supporting noel gallagher at RAH i guess i have to admit he maybe could be good enough to play. although i prefer his older stuff as it seems more like him, not a copy of mark ronson. but please emily dont get carried away like Vfest has and go putting him as high as sub headliner. i couldnt believe it when i saw him that high on their bill!

obviously that is just my opinion and plenty of people may disagree....

Where do you all think he would play if he does? hopefully he wont for me but for arguments sake, are we likely to see him high up on the bill??

[kingjamma]

Was excellent last year in the Dance Field (as well as his live lounge set on the BBC Introducing stage). I reckon if he played this year it'll be mid-way to upper half on the Other stage.

[glastouser]

His "older stuff" is actually not like him, by his own admission. He wanted to do a soul album first but thought it would not do well, so went down the hip-hop/grime route first to gain a fan base.

The guy can write, sing, rap, act. More than deserves a shot at a decent stage slot.

[Bisque]

how did he go down last year? i didnt see him. did he do the soul or the grime thing??

[cornelio]

His "older stuff" is actually not like him, by his own admission. He wanted to do a soul album first but thought it would not do well, so went down the hip-hop/grime route first to gain a fan base.

The guy can write, sing, rap, act. More than deserves a shot at a decent stage slot.

[idontgetoutmuch]

absolutely loved him when he came on and sang end credits with chase and status last year on the Friday night. Bring him on I say!

[NeilVJ]

Saw him live a few months ago and he was very very good. Very good band who you could tell have been with him a good while. I think he would be 2nd / 3rd to top of other stage if he was to play

[amfy]

Just saw him at Wolverhampton the other week. Great show - would love to see him again at Glastonbury.

[future_shock]

I'm not normally one to comment on bands/artists I don't like but I'd have to agree with the assessment the guys from Mogwai gave in a review of his single they did for the Skinny (Scottish free culture magazine type thing). The whole change of sound in nonsense.

Plan B – Writing’s On The Wall (679/Atlantic, 7 Mar)

Stuart: (rubbing hands) Let’s get started on this! Do you even know who this is Barry?

Barry: No, who is it?

Stuart: It’s this f**king shite rapper whose A&R guy told him to sound like Amy Winehouse and then all the f**king stupid English journalists said it was a brave decision. Like it’s really brave to stop rapping and start singing just to copy the person who’s sold the most records in the last ten years. It’s f**king pish! Do you know what it says to me? You’re with a lassie, looking about Topshop, raging.

Skinny: Marks out of ten.

Stuart: Nothing. Zero. I wish he hadn’t made it.

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/101655-the-dirty-dozen-mogwai-takeover

[1mills]

I can't see it considering he played last year, unless he gets a very big slot.

Edited March 13, 2011 by 1mills

[1mills]

I'm not normally one to comment on bands/artists I don't like but I'd have to agree with the assessment the guys from Mogwai gave in a review of his single they did for the Skinny (Scottish free culture magazine type thing). The whole change of sound in nonsense.

Plan B – Writing’s On The Wall (679/Atlantic, 7 Mar)

Stuart: (rubbing hands) Let’s get started on this! Do you even know who this is Barry?

Barry: No, who is it?

Stuart: It’s this f**king shite rapper whose A&R guy told him to sound like Amy Winehouse and then all the f**king stupid English journalists said it was a brave decision. Like it’s really brave to stop rapping and start singing just to copy the person who’s sold the most records in the last ten years. It’s f**king pish! Do you know what it says to me? You’re with a lassie, looking about Topshop, raging.

Skinny: Marks out of ten.

Stuart: Nothing. Zero. I wish he hadn’t made it.

http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/101655-the-dirty-dozen-mogwai-takeover

[MEGABOWL]

This is not right. The reason why he done a soul album is because he would never get any airplay or the radio and in one interview from him he even days glastonbury would never book him because all he done was grime. So he done a soul album to break through and become more commercial.

His words.

[Festival Liam]

It sounds absolutely nothing like Amy Winehouse. Worst comparison I've ever heard.

[Messi30]

'she said' deffo has a Winehouse vibe about it

[1mills]

Really, maybe just me then.

Think they are nothing alike personally, but by the sounds of it, maybe it's just me.

Think She Said maybe is a bit similar, but I'd say overall the whole tempo and everything is so different to Winehouse that they wouldn't be called alike.

[jimmyt]

'she said' deffo has a Winehouse vibe about it

Edited March 13, 2011 by jimmyt

[1mills]

If you don't like something, cool. There's lots we all don't like. But if your main reason for hating something is that it sounds a teeny-weeny bit like something else, it's probably time you stopped listening to any new music and locked yourself away with all the (fantastically original sounding) records you already own.

[Glastoboy]

His "older stuff" is actually not like him, by his own admission. He wanted to do a soul album first but thought it would not do well, so went down the hip-hop/grime route first to gain a fan base.

[fingers_mark]

The guy's huge, rubbish, but huge.

Can see him being on before Beyonce to be honest - just look where he is on the V Fest bill

Edited March 13, 2011 by fingers_mark

[Festival Liam]

From what I've read, he mainly made 'Strickland..' aiming for commercial success, to fund other projects he wants to do more. I think he's talked about a reggae record. He's milking this cash cow so he can focus more on what he would prefere to do. A factor in this, whether it be in his writing or the production, will have involved looking at records where the 60s vibe has been recreated. Such as Miss. Winehouse's. The two records obviously have similar influences. I also would question if Plan B would have released, or been able to release, the record, without Winehouses commercial success.

I don't really blame him. I also like the record, so won't be complaining.

[eFestivals]

He only played in the Dance village last year and that slot was given before the album had come out.

it was - but he was booked in the full knowledge that the album was going to be huge (I've spoken with Malcolm [the booker] about him).

[LondonTom]

Looks like he done strickland to fund a punk album then