Kanye West

[stuartbert two hats]

why? was anyone downloading child porn?

Who could that be?

[Michaels denim shorts]

Didn't watch kanye, I was at mothership giggling my bollocks off on mushrooms, but a few from my camp went, including a couple who were proper die hard fans, and they all came back thoroughly disappointed

What strikes me is even the fans here seem to accept it was shit, "but it was kanye so it was still good."

I'm still confused how he needed to restart songs? - Press play & sing at the right moment. Surely there wasn't much more to it than that?

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

He restarted 2 songs, one after the stage invasion and one other, so that's the same number as The Who apparently? And he did have live musicians with him on stage according to the RBMA article posted earlier in the thread

[TiZuff]

think he only restarted when the bell came on stage?? and when he went on the cherry picker (i think that was planned?) .

 

dont know about any others. As for him restarting hes done it before. i went to see him when he had a live orchestra playing with him and he restarted a few tracks. hes a perfectionist. to a fault really.

[swordfish]

'Hold my Liquor' was the only fuck up which really took away from the set massively. The restarts of 'Black Skinhead' and 'Touch the Sky' were a bit of an anti climax, but the crowd was deffo won back around near where I was standing (by the left hand screen about 50ft back). I can also understand why non-fans and casual fans wouldn't enjoy long autotune-heavy versions of 'Lost in the World' and 'Only One', but personally I thought they were some of his best moments.

[Michaels denim shorts]

Didn't see the who restart anything, but I only watched the first half hour then went to chems. I'd still forgive a live band (ish) for messing something up. Restarting a backing track is pretty unprofessional IMO. A little rehearsal for what was probably his biggest gig of the year wouldn't have gone a miss, especially as he's "a perfectionist" as the fans like to keep reminding us all

[SonOfTroyMcClure]

one thing i dont understand is when people say it "went downhill after the first few songs"? like where??  at the cruel summer stuff? Mercy is a brilliant track, yeah i guess he should have skipped clique it doesnt translate well to a festival (imo). 

 

other than that?? skipped the chief keef cover? ok ill give you that too. maybe not worth it (i loved it). but maybe ppl didnt know the track.

as for I Wonder. WHAT A CHOICE! have you seen the lyrics?? definitely was in there for a reason. He rarely plays it but he played it at glastonbury. Dont think it was a coincidence. 

Still cant believe i was there for the set. dont think ill ever forget it. as for the flag. wonder if they had a flag against downloading child porn? prob not i guess. 

 

I agree (ish) but my gripe with Kanye was not the songs, but the structure of the set. By all means, have those songs, but don't have ALL of the more well-known songs that casual fans/curious attendees will know at the very start and end of the set. Cater for the die hard and the casual fans alike, give them something to keep them hanging around throughout.

 

I went to the loo after the Bon Iver appearance and it was deserted around the back. Mass exodus taking place, and it wasn't surprising.

[Andeeroo]

He stopped and then restarted Gold Digger too after deciding he wanted to say something.

[Fivefingerjohn]

Eh didn't he restart one cause some bellend crashed the stage and another because of the cherry picker. What's the problem?

[The Placid Casual]

Eh didn't he restart one cause some bellend crashed the stage and another because of the cherry picker. What's the problem?

 

 

He stopped and then restarted Gold Digger too after deciding he wanted to say something.

[Bonehead> Clapton]

He had a chance to prove all the doubters wrong, and he ultimatley failed at delivering a great headline set imo. in parts it was good, but there was no flow between songs, no crowd interaction. Poor setlist, Something a bit weird about a whole field of mixed races of people shouting "All Day Nigger". Lee Nelson is also the most unfunny person thats classed as a comedian. even seeing Bon iver, which should of been great was dissapointing

[wolfamongwolves]

He had a chance to prove all the doubters wrong, and he ultimatley failed at delivering a great headline set imo. in parts it was good, but there was no flow between songs, no crowd interaction. Poor setlist, Something a bit weird about a whole field of mixed races of people shouting "All Day Nigger". Lee Nelson is also the most unfunny person thats classed as a comedian. even seeing Bon iver, which should of been great was dissapointing

Poor setlist ?

[Bonehead> Clapton]

Yes

[FloorFiller]

Yes

 

the setlist was outstanding - for a Kanye fan (and casual listeners) i literally can't think of much else he could've done to make it better. played all the hits, a couple of fan favourites, and even FourFiveSeconds which he's never done before. what could he have added to make it better?

[Bonehead> Clapton]

Through the wire.

 

Also you do know that a setlist is down to the order as much as the songs played? there was too much of a lul in the middle. People started talking around us when the autotune bit started. And that went on too long imo.

 

I was in a group of 30+ people, several die hard kanye fans, who were nothing but dissapointed.

[SonOfTroyMcClure]

the setlist was outstanding - for a Kanye fan (and casual listeners) i literally can't think of much else he could've done to make it better. played all the hits, a couple of fan favourites, and even FourFiveSeconds which he's never done before. what could he have added to make it better?

 

Exactly what I said earlier: spread the hits out more. If you're indifferent or a casual fan, there was nothing for you (really) between the end of All Day and Jesus Walks. 

[wolfamongwolves]

Nothing wrong with the setlist !

[TiZuff]

nothing between end of all day and jesus walks??  

 

so basically anything he released in the past 8 years?? o_O 

Ultimately most people havnt paid attention to kanyes last two (excellent imo) albums. plus the little extras he did with cruel summer (i only really liked Mercy from that stuff). thus they would not have enjoyed the set. as someone said earlier, i thought the slower auto tuned tracks (lost in the world, hold my liquor) were really really good. Like any artist. if you are not into their stuff you wont enjoy a live set. 

He should have played blood on the leaves fully and then im in it with bon iver. 

heres the set list that would have had the casuel fans rocking. shall we say a "pharrell" set. i would have been disapointed but i think the haters would have been appeased.

 

 

1. Stronger
    
2. Power
    
3. Niggas in Paris
   (Jay-Z & Kanye West cover)
4. Through the wire
   (Aborted and re-started due to stage invader)
5. All Day
    
6. Intermission
   (Foreigner song) (Cold As Ice)
7. Cold
    
8. Slow Jamz
   (Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean cover)
9. Get em High
   (Chief Keef cover) (Remix)
10. Mercy
     
11. Otis / Who Gone stop me
     
12. Flashing Lights
     
13. Heartless
    (verse 2 and 3 were performed)
14. Never Let Me Down
    (first time since 2013)
15. FourFiveSeconds
    (Rihanna cover) (Kanye Solo Live Debut)
16. Workout Plan
    (Bon Iver cover)
17. Homecoming feat Chris Martin
    (with Justin Vernon) (Extended version. 1st time… more )
18. Hold My Liquor
    (with Justin Vernon) (first time that he performed… more )
19. No Church In The Wild
    (Jay-Z & Kanye West cover) (Kanye Solo Live Debut)
20. Jesus Walks
     
21. Diamonds from Sierra Leone
     
22. Bound 2
     
23. Runaway
     
24. Only One
     
25. Touch the Sky
    (Aborted and re-started with… more )
26. All of the Lights
    (On Crane)
27. Good Life
    (On Crane)
28. Bohemian Rhapsody
    (Queen cover) (On tape, Kanye / crowd… more )
29. Can't Tell Me Nothing
     
30. Encore:
31. Gold Digger
     
32. All Falls Down

Edited July 1, 2015 by TiZuff

[ghostdancer1]

e: i'm way behind the thread

Edited July 1, 2015 by ghostdancer1

[ghostdancer1]

Exactly what I said earlier: spread the hits out more. If you're indifferent or a casual fan, there was nothing for you (really) between the end of All Day and Jesus Walks.

and yet there was shitloads for casual fans there, certainly a lot more than most headliners of recent times.

other than the Jstin Vernon tracks, Cold and maybe New slaves, any casual fan should know the rest.

[Matt42]

I couldn't care less about the stops, because usually when they resumed something awesome happened

I think the break before the cherry picker added to the surprise when he got on it!

[The Placid Casual]

I think the break before the cherry picker added to the surprise when he got on it!

...and the boos. So many boos.

[FloorFiller]

...and the boos. So many boos.

 

i think a bunch of people were just waiting for the opportunity to boo, and unfortunately he gave them one which is a shame

[The Placid Casual]

i think a bunch of people were just waiting for the opportunity to boo, and unfortunately he gave them one which is a shame

I thought he'd gone for good. I didn't boo, but was a bit like, what?

[FloorFiller]

I thought he'd gone for good. I didn't boo, but was a bit like, what?

 

yeah there were quite a few moments where i was like '...so is that it then?'. he seemed to walk on and off stage quite a lot in between songs