Iron maiden?....

[mrtourette]

The crowd wouldn't be big enough. They are a band that you really need to like to go along and see. It's not the kind of music you can just get in to (at least, that's my opinion) and enjoy for one evening.

I do find the metal lovers hilarious with their determination to defend metal at Glasto though. Like there's not already festivals dedicated to that genre.. That isn't good enough. GLASTO MUST HAVE METAL.

No, it really doesn't need it.

[russycarps]

Glastonbury has heavier guitar bands every year.

[FloorFiller]

i think the very few heavier acts Glastonbury does have on it's lineup makes it even more special. like when Fucked Up played a couple of years back - going from seeing some absolute cheese on the Pyramid to getting screamed at by some fat sweaty man in the John Peel is just brilliant, and any more heavy acts would ruin the hilarity / spontaneity of that (for me, anyway)

[eFestivals]

On the flipside you have the 'Glastonbury covers aeverything and has something for everybody' camp when it clearly doesn't. Both are as dumb as each other.

But you've said it wrong.

It only has something for everybody if everybody is open to something.

When people start demanding metal - or anything else come to that - they cease to be fully open to what Glastonbury offers.

There's an unequalled variety at Glastonbury - including metal (tho not of the biggest bands). If you need to be telling them that they're shit unless they have XYZ-band then the issue is with you and not them.

[Gnomicide]

I demand more acoustic glam punk funk.

[mrtourette]

Well I guess that's technically true but so vague you could apply it anywhere - Reading has something for everybody as long as everybody is open to something

My point was I can understand why they get annoyed because they get told on one hand that there's other places to go that they can listen to 'their' music but on the other that Glasto's supposed to be this wonderful palce that caters for everybody and has an open mind towards anything, whereas it's both parties who have the wrong take on things.

As long as people accept that while it is by far the most varied festival it doesn't and never will equally represent every size of act in every genre and stop either i) trying to claim that it does and ii) trying to change what it is then the whole world will be a better place.

[russycarps]

Well I guess that's technically true but so vague you could apply it anywhere - Reading has something for everybody as long as everybody is open to something

My point was I can understand why they get annoyed because they get told on one hand that there's other places to go that they can listen to 'their' music but on the other that Glasto's supposed to be this wonderful palce that caters for everybody and has an open mind towards anything, whereas it's both parties who have the wrong take on things.

As long as people accept that while it is by far the most varied festival it doesn't and never will equally represent every size of act in every genre and stop either i) trying to claim that it does and ii) trying to change what it is then the whole world will be a better place.

[mrtourette]

you're talking absolute shite as usual.

There is metal at glastonbury.

[russycarps]

I didn't say there wasn't.

[FloorFiller]

you're talking absolute shite as usual.

There is metal at glastonbury.

Edited November 21, 2013 by FloorFiller

[eFestivals]

Well I guess that's technically true but so vague you could apply it anywhere - Reading has something for everybody as long as everybody is open to something

My point was I can understand why they get annoyed because they get told on one hand that there's other places to go that they can listen to 'their' music but on the other that Glasto's supposed to be this wonderful palce that caters for everybody and has an open mind towards anything, whereas it's both parties who have the wrong take on things.

As long as people accept that while it is by far the most varied festival it doesn't and never will equally represent every size of act in every genre and stop either i) trying to claim that it does and ii) trying to change what it is then the whole world will be a better place.

you're missing the big difference between it having something for everyone, and someone only being happy if it has the particular band they're wanting.

If you compare the want of Iron Maiden with (say) a want for Take That, it's no less fulfilling of each of those wants (to date, at least).

But in both cases there's acts that people who like Take That should like, and there's acts that people who like Iron maiden should like too.

That's what "something for everyone" means. It doesn't mean that Glastonbury HAS TO HAVE Iron Maiden (or Take That).

[mrtourette]

you're missing the big difference between it having something for everyone, and someone only being happy if it has the particular band they're wanting.

If you compare the want of Iron Maiden with (say) a want for Take That, it's no less fulfilling of each of those wants (to date, at least).

But in both cases there's acts that people who like Take That should like, and there's acts that people who like Iron maiden should like too.

That's what "something for everyone" means. It doesn't mean that Glastonbury HAS TO HAVE Iron Maiden (or Take That).

Edited November 21, 2013 by mrtourette

[LondonTom]

I do find the metal lovers hilarious with their determination to defend metal at Glasto though. Like there's not already festivals dedicated to that genre.. That isn't good enough. GLASTO MUST HAVE METAL.

[FloorFiller]

I find the metal haters hilarious personally...someone suggests a metal band. "NO GO TO DOWNLOAD! GLASTONBURY DOESN'T DO METAL! STOP ASKING FOR IT!" When most of the time it's no different to any other act suggestions really.

[LondonTom]

the metal suggestions seem to be a lot more frequest / a lot more unwilling to believe that it just isn't going to happen. it's like somebody coming on and suggesting Dave Matthews Band should headline and then when told 'no', arguing back that they're huge in America and have sold millions of albums etc. doesn't change the fact that it just isn't going to happen

Edited November 21, 2013 by LondonTom

[brandycoke]

Can I raise a practical question at this point? Are we gonna do "Stonehenge" tomorrow?

[FloorFiller]

They are no more frequent than any other suggestion and mostly no more unwilling than any other fans of other acts (See: Radiohead and Daft Punk fans each year ).

It's discrimination!

[tommyds]

I think the main barrier to Iron Maiden playing Glasto would be that their stage set up takes an absolute age.

I saw them when they headlined Reading in 2005, they were awesome but the wait between the previous act and them while they constructed everything was ridiculous.

Unless they agreed to play without the theatrics (which would be a shame), or if they could get everyone else on the stage to work around it, I don't see it happening purely from a logistical perspective

[The 38 year old virgin]

A decent metal band that would appeal to glasto goers? It has to be the deftones. Genuinely alternative, great live, heavy enough, good lyrics and leftward political stance. Anyone not convinced, look up team sleep, deftones singers other band

[FloorFiller]

A decent metal band that would appeal to glasto goers? It has to be the deftones. Genuinely alternative, great live, heavy enough, good lyrics and leftward political stance. Anyone not convinced, look up team sleep, deftones singers other band

[mrtourette]

A decent metal band that would appeal to glasto goers? It has to be the deftones. Genuinely alternative, great live, heavy enough, good lyrics and leftward political stance. Anyone not convinced, look up team sleep, deftones singers other band

[The 38 year old virgin]

Because may already have a preconception about them, whereas team sleep offer another route into them- why I started to listen properly

[mrtourette]

Ah OK, I guess that makes sense.

[The Nal]

Ah OK, I guess that makes sense.

[FloorFiller]

Was thinking that too. The Beatles are a great band. If anyone wants to check them out...... look up "Wings".