Sunday Legend 2016

[mr gumby]

9 minutes ago, Badlands said:

What we all dressing as if Billy Joel is booked? I reckon I can knock up a 'Baby Grand' Outfit in time for June, it'll be a bit wide mind.

Guess I'd have to go as Captain Jack. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or maybe Barry White. 

[stuartbert two hats]

13 minutes ago, Badlands said:

What we all dressing as if Billy Joel is booked? I reckon I can knock up a 'Baby Grand' Outfit in time for June, it'll be a bit wide mind.

I'm going to bring a table with me to knock over during "We Didn't Start The Fire"

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, Mardy said:

I'll certainly be looking for an uptown girl to charm with my downtown boy demeanour

Don't go changin'

[stuartbert two hats]

30 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

I don't particularly like Elo but they have a plethora of singalong songs. My beef is they're all much of a muchness. He could easily do twelve songs that 90 % of people in the whole of glastonbury could sing the chorus to. 

They may not know that they're Elo songs, but they'll know the chorus. 

Then I'm in the 10%.  I can't even sing along to the songs I recognise.

[Woffy]

1 hour ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

The notes are quite high. 

A veritable plethora of high notes ;-)

[Purple aki squat]

7 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Then I'm in the 10%.  I can't even sing along to the songs I recognise.

Not sue what percentile I fall into as I usually can't recognise the songs I sing.

[Justiceforcedave]

16 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Then I'm in the 10%.  I can't even sing along to the songs I recognise.

....You're a lucky fella then!  You'll get to discover them all for the first time :)

[dentalplan]

20 hours ago, The Nal said:

Because hes playing in London on the Thursday, its his last ever tour and hes perfect for the redcoat loving Sunday day trippers. Glasto could actually be his last ever gig going by the tour dates. And he would've seen what Lionels performance did for record sales last year. 

He will not flush unfortunately though, correct. Like a lamb for lunch, beef for dinner next day shit.

We need to face the facts here and plan around it. The Sunday Legends slot is Barry fucking Manilow. 

Even with the Museplay thing, I don't think Glastonbury are that stupid - Manilow would be an embarrassment for everyone involved. Besides, we used the tourdates thing to convince ourselves it would be Frankie Valli or something for this year and it ended up being someone that was touring months before.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, Justiceforcedave said:

....You're a lucky fella then!  You'll get to discover them all for the first time

You misunderstand me.  I've listened to some of the songs and find them utterly unremarkable.  The songs I recognise from the discussions on here like Mr Blue Sky I don't find catchy enough to be able to repeat the melody as it's played.  

I must have had a childhood accident involving ELO's greatest hits, they leave me completely cold, in one ear and out the other. I ran a poll a few weeks ago to try to make sense of the huge disconnect between those of you who seem to think ELO are a massive mainstream act and my own experience.  I thought it was age related, but the results turned out to be fairly inconclusive.

I hope the rest of you get to enjoy them though, those songs clearly appeal to a lot of you.

[ghostdancer1]

19 hours ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

I don't particularly like Elo but they have a plethora of singalong songs. My beef is they're all much of a muchness. He could easily do twelve songs that 90 % of people in the whole of glastonbury could sing the chorus to. 

They may not know that they're Elo songs, but they'll know the chorus. 

maybe if Glastonbury is going to be solely made up of 50 year old men who read the Telegraph.

[ghostdancer1]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

Even with the Museplay thing, I don't think Glastonbury are that stupid - Manilow would be an embarrassment for everyone involved. Besides, we used the tourdates thing to convince ourselves it would be Frankie Valli or something for this year and it ended up being someone that was touring months before.

no more of an embarrassment than Richie tbf, utter cheesy nonsense.

[Mezhyp1]

Who the hell is the legend this year, I'm absolutely clueless, my coin would have been on ELO until Emily said it wasn't strongly rumoured, I've got nothing 

[Smeble]

Sting?

god help us!

[Untz]

10 hours ago, Smeble said:

Sting?

god help us!

Suggestions like Sting make Phil Collins seem like a good idea.

[Badlands]

Manilow would be interesting only as an experiment in seeing exactly how low I'd stoop to enjoy the shit served up to me on a Sunday.

Did anyone see Lionel on TFI last night by the way? That face man, he looks like he's wearing a Bo Selecta head. Who actually looks in the mirror after having that work done to them and thinks, 'yup, look much better now'.

[Guest]

Cliff Richard.

[LeeGalvin]

22 minutes ago, Badlands said:

Manilow would be interesting only as an experiment in seeing exactly how low I'd stoop to enjoy the shit served up to me on a Sunday.

Did anyone see Lionel on TFI last night by the way? That face man, he looks like he's wearing a Bo Selecta head. Who actually looks in the mirror after having that work done to them and thinks, 'yup, look much better now'.

I said the same thing. Bo Selecta Craig David meets Mickey Rourke.

[Justiceforcedave]

2 hours ago, Untz said:

Suggestions like Sting make Phil Collins seem like a good idea.

What planet are you on? Sting would tear up the legends slot sooooooo many hits.

[Badlands]

I think I'd prefer Manilow to Sumner.

That last album he did, where he put the fake geordie accent on.... the bloke grew up in Wallsend, how does he not know his own accent? 

It was shit as well. As were The Police, save a few tracks. As is most of his solo stuff.

[Justiceforcedave]

On ‎02‎/‎12‎/‎2015‎ ‎09‎:‎41‎:‎56, stuartbert two hats said:

You misunderstand me.  I've listened to some of the songs and find them utterly unremarkable.  The songs I recognise from the discussions on here like Mr Blue Sky I don't find catchy enough to be able to repeat the melody as it's played.  

I must have had a childhood accident involving ELO's greatest hits, they leave me completely cold, in one ear and out the other. I ran a poll a few weeks ago to try to make sense of the huge disconnect between those of you who seem to think ELO are a massive mainstream act and my own experience.  I thought it was age related, but the results turned out to be fairly inconclusive.

I hope the rest of you get to enjoy them though, those songs clearly appeal to a lot of you.

Show us on the doll where the ELO melodies touched you.

[Purple aki squat]

8 hours ago, Badlands said:

I think I'd prefer Manilow to Sumner.

That last album he did, where he put the fake geordie accent on.... the bloke grew up in Wallsend, how does he not know his own accent? 

It was shit as well. As were The Police, save a few tracks. As is most of his solo stuff.

I'm pretty sure Barry Manilow ain't from Wallsend

[Mezhyp1]

There's an interview with/about The Bay City Rollers in the Scotsman floating about, and they talk about Glastonbury in it and how it has a heritage slot, and how they've been talking to festivals 

Sounds like more Leo Sayer nonsense really 

[CaledonianGonzo]

They'd be doing well to even get booked on the Avalon.

[eFestivals]

34 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

They'd be doing well to even get booked on the Avalon.

and yet, if they were, I suspect they'd have a crowd around the size that The Wombles got.

[deadpheasant]

Has Bryan Adams been completely crossed off? A wide variety of sing a long songs, still sounds great live, big enough to be considered...