2013 Headliners

[abdoujaparov]

Yes abdou, you must be new to this forum. You need telling what this place is for.

[abdoujaparov]

Damn, I didn't decide anything. I just suggested a change in subject? hardly me being stuck up? Seeing as this is the headliner thread.

Maybe a couple of years ago he was deserving.

[mattgimmeshelter]

I think he is an act for different festivals, maybe not so much glastonbury.

I think shows like hop farm are a better choice, no pressure on him to do amazingly, and he can be abit more relaxed on stage.

That's what I mean.

[eFestivals]

Depends on whether you believe the artist has a responsibility to give the punter what they may want (churning out the hits ad nauseum).

the old product vs art argument.

[abdoujaparov]

I think he is an act for different festivals, maybe not so much glastonbury.

I think shows like hop farm are a better choice, no pressure on him to do amazingly, and he can be abit more relaxed on stage.

That's what I mean.

[FloorFiller]

Why is Hop Farm a better choice? What better festival could there be than Glastonbury, given its heritage and history...

[Andeeroo]

I personally wouldn't watch Dylan but I'd have little objections if he did headline. I'll just go elsewhere.

[Guest]

I personally wouldn't watch Dylan but I'd have little objections if he did headline. I'll just go elsewhere.

[abdoujaparov]

because clearly an average Hop Farm crowd would 'get' a Dylan performance more than an average Glastonbury crowd

[FloorFiller]

that isnt even remotely clear to me...

[MEGABOWL]

Crikey, you can tell it's "Blue Monday" today. Even this place is depressing/moody/angry

[abdoujaparov]

well then i don't know what to tell you. clearly you enjoy being awkward

[abdoujaparov]

Crikey, you can tell it's "Blue Monday" today. Even this place is depressing/moody/angry

[FloorFiller]

no, I'm not being awkward - but if you are going to say that it is clear that Dylan would work at one festival and not another it's not unreasonable for me to thjink that you might have thought that opinion through a little...

[Vanderlyle]

granted i don't think he'd be a particularly suitable headline choice anymore, i think, given the extent of his contribution to music, it'd be wrong for him to play anything under sub. if leonard cohen can sub (and i mean this with absolutely no disrespect made to cohen, one of the greatest popular lyricists and songwriters of all time) then dylan certainly should

[abdoujaparov]

well you're either being awkward or are incredibly ignorant if you don't realise that the key demographic / main percentage of attendees of Hop Farm would appreciate a Bob Dylan headline performance more than the key demographic / main percentage of attendees of Glastonbury. if Dylan got announced as a headliner for Glastonbury an awful lot of people would have question marks over their heads as to why he was there in such a position. at Hop Farm... well, he's been there twice in the past three years. says it all

[Andeeroo]

Let us pause, breath and clap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmCEQVcNp4s

[Mardy]

I reckon, having pondered it for a the last 10 minutes, I reckon there is a difference. Dylan was announced as headliner at Hop Farm and people came specifically to see him (whether they were going to get what they expected is another matter), he had a field of people who were Dylanites.

Dylan at Glastonbury, well now, he wouldn't let the set be filmed for starters, which would presumably bugger up the deals with media partners, and more importantly, he's not predictable enough to be headliner at Glastonbury.

Now, I'm a massive Dylan fan, he is, as far as I'm concerned the greatest artist of our time. But is he right for a Glastonbury headliner, no, I don't think he is. This is not to denigrate him, it's more to praise him, he's an artist, he follows his own path, you won't get a mass singalong of a perfect reproduction of a 1963 version of 'Blowing in the Wind', you'll get an awkward, wilfull old sod.

And I love him for that.

[abdoujaparov]

I reckon, having pondered it for a the last 10 minutes, I reckon there is a difference. Dylan was announced as headliner at Hop Farm and people came specifically to see him (whether they were going to get what they expected is another matter), he had a field of people who were Dylanites.

Dylan at Glastonbury, well now, he wouldn't let the set be filmed for starters, which would presumably bugger up the deals with media partners, and more importantly, he's not predictable enough to be headliner at Glastonbury.

Now, I'm a massive Dylan fan, he is, as far as I'm concerned the greatest artist of our time. But is he right for a Glastonbury headliner, no, I don't think he is. This is not to denigrate him, it's more to praise him, he's an artist, he follows his own path, you won't get a mass singalong of a perfect reproduction of a 1963 version of 'Blowing in the Wind', you'll get an awkward, wilfull old sod.

And I love him for that.

[abdoujaparov]

Just MOR dullness? Can't believe you passed up an opportunity to label them as East Coast coke-fuelled MOR dullness

[abdoujaparov]

pedant

[dancelittleliar]

I sincerely apologise for starting the Bob Dylan debate

[Wooderson]

Sorry, but it was you that got n his high horse and decided that a discussion of Dylan wasnt appropriate for this thread. I frankly couldnt give a fuck whether you like Dylan or not - what I do object to is being told that I cannot discuss whatever subject I choose on here. It was you that was seeking to stop discussion, not me

And if you cant argue on a discussion forum, what can you do?

People like me? What the fuck is thatv supposed to mean? You know nothing about me..

In fact, I think you're right. Dylan wont headline. I dont want Dylan to headline. But he is hugely more deserving of a headline slot than all of the three currently being touted as favourites and saying so in this thread is entirely appropriate

[Role Model]

Dylan headlining in 2013

What planet are some people on.

[pyramidsong]

i've had some information that strongly suggests that the friday headliner will be a jeff mills b2b alison moyet set spinning the best in dutch gabba

you heard it here first guys