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[the wonderwhy]

I'm going with Chvrches (once Floating Points and SUPER HANS have finished up) purely because them into New Order is an excellent Saturday night one-two and whoever booked that deserves a pat on the back 

[dooke10]

Live in the moment - I know many will disagree on this but I was bored during Stevie Wonder and it ended my night on a wimper when I wanted to go and watch Orbital then Magnetic Man but no one else did so followed them.

Although the above is not the perfect example of this (Orbital weren't exactly new) I do think it is much better to watch an act in their prime than reminiscing with a heritage act.

[CaledonianGonzo]

5 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

No I agree entirely, but I also agree with Stu that Flo Po is on fire right now, compared to an ageing member of a duo who wants to play in a smaller venue to protect a broken voice 

Probably depends on whether you're a fan or not of a heritage act's classic work.

If you've got little interest in S&G anyway then there's probably no point, but if you dig their back catalogue then surely the prospect of seeing one of them singing the living daylights out of things For Emily Wherever I May Find Her is going to be preferable to whatever flavour of the month happens to clash.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Scruffylovemonster said:

Thus speaks the man who missed mavis. 

Yup, and it's a decision that may yet come to haunt me.

[stuartbert two hats]

38 minutes ago, maelzoid said:

I'll confer with my friend, who in '98 passed on Bob Dylan to see Bentley Rhythm Ace

If he went to listen to the long drops being emptied he would still have made the right choice.

[clarkete]

11 minutes ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Me too mate. And i did it to watch vintage trouble!

I enjoyed it but looking back I'd have loved mavis more. 

She was excellent and very well received, but you already know that  

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

I missed her for Todd Terje who was still a good call.

Vintage Trouble, on the other hand......

[maelzoid]

1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said:

If he went to listen to the long drops being emptied he would still have made the right choice.

True. But he didn't know that beforehand when he made the decision...

Still, if 2016 kills Bentley Rhythm Ace, he'll be able to say "I was there!"

[maelzoid]

1 hour ago, Scruffylovemonster said:

Me too mate. And i did it to watch vintage trouble!

I enjoyed it but looking back I'd have loved mavis more. 

not sure what happened here. I saw both VT and Mavis.  Both superb.

[musky]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The people who went to went to see Basement Jaxx instead of Bowie have your back.

That'd be me then. 

Basement Jaxx were great, while Bowie was trying to recreate the glory days 20 years after his prime. I prefer to remember my heroes while they were still great. 

Which is exactly why I wouldn't see Art Garfunkle. Not as bad as expected considering his age and voice is really pretty damning. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

It wasn't intended to be damning.  It's complimentary.  It would be absolutely extraordinary if he still possessed the bell-like soprano of an adolescent, so the fact that he doesn't but can still do the songs justice makes him worth seeing if you have a fondness for his early work.

 

[musky]

9 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

It wasn't intended to be damning.  It's complimentary.  It would be absolutely extraordinary if he still possessed the bell-like soprano of an adolescent, so the fact that he doesn't but can still do the songs justice makes him worth seeing if you have a fondness for his early work.

 

Yeah, I can understand that. 

It's just that personally I don't like seeing bands I've loved doing poorer versions of their own songs, unless they can bring something new to the table. I've foregone a lot of band reunions for that reason. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Need to agree to disagree on that one, then.  I'm cock-a-hoop at going to see storied, veteran performers like Ronnie Spector.

I'll be seeing a lot of new stuff as well, but I'm far from of the opinion that just because something is freshly minted it's inherently superior to stuff that's been a few times round the block.

I also don't think good and bad performances are necessarily time or age dependent. An excellent act delivering at 75% with a patina of history and memory layering their performance is better than a mediocre act giving it 100% with all the vigour of youth.

[LeeGalvin]

1 hour ago, musky said:

Bowie was trying to recreate the glory days 20 years after his prime. I prefer to remember my heroes while they were still great. 

You wash your mouth out!

[maelzoid]

If anything, veteran performers have given us the greatest sets of Glastonbury history... to wit, Tony Bennett, Leonard Cohen and Patti Smith.  All of pensionable age.

[the wonderwhy]

What the fuck does one do Sunday night? 

[donthaveacoolname]

My 2 cents. Wait until the night then go with what you feel like at the time. OR toss a coin, as soon as you trow it up you'll know which side you want it to land on. Simplez 

[dentalplan]

2 hours ago, MattDavies__ said:

What the fuck does one do Sunday night? 

Catfish and the Bottlemen > The View > Jake Bugg

[maelzoid]

2 hours ago, MattDavies__ said:

What the fuck does one do Sunday night? 

For me Beck > LCD

[maelzoid]

But EWF will be a party

[joeh]

My biggest clash is probably Wolf Alice and Jagwar Ma, I still don't know which one to go to!

[SwedgeAntilles]

Peej > LCD

Get in my eyes and ears you beautiful bastards 

[bennyhana22]

3 hours ago, MattDavies__ said:

What the fuck does one do Sunday night? 

Quantic > Bit of Peej round the back of Other > Mac DeMarco (obviously!) > Dubfire : Live Hybrid on Glade > Plaid (Glade) > SEC!!

The Sunday Night of Champions^®

Ben

[Mezhyp1]

1 minute ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

Peej > LCD

Get in my eyes and ears you beautiful bastards 

This is happening 

[addicted2noise]

3 hours ago, MattDavies__ said:

What the fuck does one do Sunday night? 

I'm thinking Beck and a bit of PJ on the way to Grimes followed by the second half of LCD