So are Fleetwood Mac lying about Glasto?

[mrtourette]

Why has he 'fallen' for it. He was there and that's how he feels.

That's an odd response. I'm not doubting that's how he feels, I'm questioning whether how he feels reflects reality.

[Wooderson]

For stones nerds it was a knock out. For me it was a huge relief - and "Can't You Hear Me Knockin" was badass.

[Wooderson]

Yep, "Silver" was special. As was "Gimme Shelter" obv.

It was a good show. Lovely atmos in the crowd too. People around us were fantastic.

[russycarps]

they didnt play street fighting man though, the rotten shits.

[Gnomicide]

It completely blew me away it was so damn good. A perfect storm of thinking it could be shit but turning out to be outstanding. The band, the songs, the crowd, the location. Midnight Rambler alone was worth the ticket money.

Straight to the top of my best gigs ever. Gobsmacked.

[russycarps]

It completely blew me away it was so damn good. A perfect storm of thinking it could be shit but turning out to be outstanding. The band, the songs, the crowd, the location. Midnight Rambler alone was worth the ticket money.

Straight to the top of my best gigs ever. Gobsmacked.

pffft it wasnt even the best gig that weekend!

Edited December 11, 2014 by russycarps

[Wooderson]

Straight to the top of my best gigs ever. Gobsmacked.

Must be a rather impoverished list.

[Wooderson]

Stones was good but folks lets not lose the run of ourselves.

[DJL]

It would make my top five, but a big part of that is sentiment... I mean, it was the Stones at Glastonbury.

Oh to be excited about a pyramid headliner

[russycarps]

One of my favourite ever live moments that as a standalone song.

The great thing about the stones for me, and I reckon most stones fans who are on here will relate to this, was the whole rollercoaster ride. Not just the will they/won't they but nals - amongst others - clips of gigs in the autumn making everyone sure they'd be shite and at one point I hoped they didn't play. Then from Christmas time ish onwards the clips got better and better to the point where you just knew you wanted them there more than anything else that year. Then there was still the doubt over Wether they'd take glastonburys low fee. Then they were confirmed and before I knew it, I was sprinting from the park after rodrigueZ to make sure I could get near ish the front cos by then you knew the chance of magic was high.

By the time gimme shelter was blasting out, you knew you were part of an experience that the majority of the world would never fully understand and I look back on that night with great emotion.

And having said all that, Portishead were better.

you always post better when you're pissed

[MichaelsBeard]

Must be a rather impoverished list.

I've seen pretty much every seminal artist or band that is still alive and the Stones at Glastonbury is my favourite gig as well.

Edited December 12, 2014 by MichaelsBeard

[CaledonianGonzo]

Depends, partly at least, on your emotional investment in the band. And on how the rest of the day went for you, the weather, who you were with, who else you saw beforehand, etc.

All my ducks lined up in a row for that one, so at the final reckoning it'll probably be my favourite gig ever as well. I've seen more technically polished performances, but not many that have had greater meaning for me.

[CHRLY]

Love reading all these stories of the Stones, was a very special gig.

[russycarps]

What makes you think I was pissed?

because I enjoyed reading it

[The Nal]

Dear Lord, what a loaf of waffle. If you enjoyed it then fine, but all of that is complete speculation. You've fallen for that hook, line and sinker.

Do you know what speculation means? None of that was speculative. It all actually happened.

Must be a rather impoverished list.

Can't think of any better gigs that I've seen. Possibly my favourite gig ever to add to the folks above. And I was really expecting it to be horrific. Faxed in by the band.

The greatest rock and roll band ever playing some of the greatest rock and roll songs ever at the greatest festival ever. And playing well. Can't ask for more than that.

Edited December 12, 2014 by The Nal

[Wooderson]

I have a similar "ducks in a row" experience for Macca in '04 Cally so fully get your perspective on this.

[The Nal]

I have a similar "ducks in a row" experience for Macca in '04 Cally so fully get your perspective on this.

Macca in Dublin in 09 was better!

He had dispensed with some of the cringing between song banter by then.

[russycarps]

Macca in Dublin in 09 was better!

He had dispensed with some of the cringing between song banter by then.

did I imagine him putting on a jamaican-type accent at glastonbury? that didnt happen did it? please say it didnt.

[The Nal]

did I imagine him putting on a jamaican-type accent at glastonbury? that didnt happen did it? please say it didnt.

If it did it has been deleted from my memory banks out of complete necessity.

[russycarps]

If it did it has been deleted from my memory banks out of complete necessity.

oh lord I've just found an article which confirms it. This isnt a very complimentary article either (and it's from the bbc!)

"Younger festival goers showed a healthy disrespect for Sir Paul, in the same way that the Beatles once poked fun at authority.

Yet no amount of heckling could persuade him to perform A Hard Day's Night or The Frog Chorus, and shouts of "boring" did nothing to silence Sir Paul's drawn-out Beatles anecdotes.

Whipping off his jacket, there was a touch of Tony Blair about his attempts to speak to the Glastonbury crowd in a language they would understand.

"Standing in the conference of ley lines we are buzzing," he said, prompting further sniggers by adopting rasta and Scouse accents, using the words "groovy" and "cool" and declaring: "We are digging it!""

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3844005.stm

[Gnomicide]

Must be a rather impoverished list.

Jane's Addiction, Guns n Roses, Slade and U2 make up the other four. So yeah, you have a point.

The act they ousted was The Rolling Stones from a previous tour so I didn't feel bad.

Edited December 12, 2014 by Gnomicide

[The Nal]

oh lord I've just found an article which confirms it. This isnt a very complimentary article either (and it's from the bbc!)

"Younger festival goers showed a healthy disrespect for Sir Paul, in the same way that the Beatles once poked fun at authority.

Yet no amount of heckling could persuade him to perform A Hard Day's Night or The Frog Chorus, and shouts of "boring" did nothing to silence Sir Paul's drawn-out Beatles anecdotes.

Whipping off his jacket, there was a touch of Tony Blair about his attempts to speak to the Glastonbury crowd in a language they would understand.

"Standing in the conference of ley lines we are buzzing," he said, prompting further sniggers by adopting rasta and Scouse accents, using the words "groovy" and "cool" and declaring: "We are digging it!""

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3844005.stm

Christ.

Yeah one of my favourite gigs but the banter in between songs stopped the gig dead at times.

Thanks for reminding me about that, you heartless swine.

Edited December 12, 2014 by The Nal

[mrtourette]

Do you know what speculation means? None of that was speculative. It all actually happened.

You're speculating that Jagger hinting that's it's their best/favourite gig, changing the words of a song to namecheck the venue and Richards touching the stage afterwards means something, that the gig was special to them and somehow drew them out of their corporate world. I'm speculating that it's the same sort of shit they've done hundreds if not thousands of times before, that it means nothing and that you're trying to shoehorn 'evidence' to try and prove a romantic notion that nobody has any idea is true or not.

I'm not doubting those things happened, I'm questioning your interpretation of them.

Edited December 13, 2014 by mrtourette

[mrtourette]

There's your reality, and Nal's, and everyone else's. They're all as real as anyone's

So the word 'delusional' is redundant?

[CaledonianGonzo]

They've not done something like Glastonbury Girl ever before. They certainly knew it was one that they had to get right and Jagger gave plenty of indication in the post mortem interviews that phoning it in was the last thing on his mind