stuartbert two hats Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 On 1/18/2019 at 11:09 AM, jparx said: Out of all the options, I'd bump up the Chems to headliner. They'd put on a better show than anyone mentioned (aside from Gaga, but I just don't see that happening at all). If you're going to end up with three "smaller" headliners than normal, may as well pick the one that would blow away the field. It's never going to happen, but that would be staggering, especially with the state of the Pyramid soundsystem these days. Would be utterly unlike their 2000 set from a staging perspective, the technology has moved on so much. Ahhhh, we can dream. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 20 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: Demon Days would like a word. Woah!, how can you even compare Demon Days to Is This It?, not even in the same pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, thewayiam said: Woah!, how can you even compare Demon Days to Is This It?, not even in the same pool. Because it's a far more creative, varied and enjoyable record. Edited January 20, 2019 by stuartbert two hats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Still get the feeling that this is gonna end up like every other year where we think we’re all out of options and gonna end up with a shit/small/underwhelming final headliner and then somebody announces a tour/reforms/comes out of the woodworks and it all falls in to place. Or I’m wrong and something either very odd/unexpected happened when booking this years headliners, or something very deliberate to move away from the last decade of mega headliners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superscally Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 15 minutes ago, thewayiam said: Woah!, how can you even compare Demon Days to Is This It?, not even in the same pool. 2 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: Because it's a far more creative, varied and enjoyable record.p Creative no. They both sounded fresh. Varied? Irrelevant. It's whether it's good. Enjoyable. Genre based. Both very good, I'm more of a Strokes man though. Moot point though as Turn On The Bright Lights is better than both ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Lawn Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, FloorFiller said: Still get the feeling that this is gonna end up like every other year where we think we’re all out of options and gonna end up with a shit/small/underwhelming final headliner and then somebody announces a tour/reforms/comes out of the woodworks and it all falls in to place. Yeah I feel like we've been here before with crazy suggestions and then a really predictable headliner was announced that we'd all just ignored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said: Yeah I feel like we've been here before with crazy suggestions and then a really predictable headliner was announced that we'd all just ignored Concerns me that Arctic Monkeys are coming back into focus. They seem an obvious pick, especially with the other two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gucci Piggy Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Yeah but normally Paul McCartney doesn't pull out of headlining in a year where the selection of acts doing festivals in Europe is pretty small/naff. Look at Rock Werchter - P!nk, The Cure, Mumford, Florence, Muse Look at Mad Cool - Bon Iver, The National/Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure (I doubt they'd go from Pearl Jam/Arctic Monkeys/Jack White/Depeche Mode/QOTSA to this unless there were no bigger options for them) In fact, The Cure and The Strokes are nigh on the best options at European festivals this year, so what else can you do if you're Glasto? If Arctic Monkeys get announced for those festivals mentioned earlier then fair enough, they'd make sense and would fit what floorfiller said about things falling into place (even though it'd be a lame booking). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morph100 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 All the good year are being saved for the anniversary, this is a filler year, take my advice and go get wrecked in the green fields whilst carving rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morph100 Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 minute ago, Gucci Piggy said: Yeah but normally Paul McCartney doesn't pull out of headlining in a year where the selection of acts doing festivals in Europe is pretty small/naff. Look at Rock Werchter - P!nk, The Cure, Mumford, Florence, Muse Look at Mad Cool - Bon Iver, The National/Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure (I doubt they'd go from Pearl Jam/Arctic Monkeys/Jack White/Depeche Mode/QOTSA to this unless there were no bigger options for them) In fact, The Cure and The Strokes are nigh on the best options at European festivals this year, so what else can you do if you're Glasto? If Arctic Monkeys get announced for those festivals mentioned earlier then fair enough, they'd make sense and would fit what floorfiller said about things falling into place (even though it'd be a lame booking). Get daft punk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Placid Casual Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Arctics wouldn't be an exciting booking, but they'd draw a much bigger crowd than any of the other talked about headliners. Makes sense for the festival to go for them if they're available. I'd be at the other stage, getting Gillespie'd while watching the Chems play the song of 2019. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 30 minutes ago, Superscally said: Creative no. They both sounded fresh. Varied? Irrelevant. It's whether it's good. Enjoyable. Genre based. Both very good, I'm more of a Strokes man though. Moot point though as Turn On The Bright Lights is better than both ? Not if it gets boring because it's another variation on the same idea over and over. Actually, I'm going to call bullshit on myself. I don't think I've ever actually listened to This Is It the whole way through. I've put on the occasional non "Last Nite" song by them and usually either turn it off or totally tune out before the end. I'll have to actually listen to it now, even if I'm not expecting it to be my thing. I'll post back with my impressions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyDunlop Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 45 minutes ago, FloorFiller said: Still get the feeling that this is gonna end up like every other year where we think we’re all out of options and gonna end up with a shit/small/underwhelming final headliner and then somebody announces a tour/reforms/comes out of the woodworks and it all falls in to place. This is where I am..... or it's Gaga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Lawn Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Was in a bar last night where this din was playing and I couldn't quite place it and I said is this the goddamn Fratellis or somebody else and my dawg was like no this song is juicebox by the the strokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gucci Piggy Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Just now, GETOFFAMYLAWN said: Was in a bar last night where this din was playing and I couldn't quite place it and I said is this the goddamn Fratellis or somebody else and my dawg was like no this song is juicebox by the the strokes That song sounds absolutely nothing like The Fratellis so this is just you being dumb. Cheers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superunknown Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, The Placid Casual said: Arctics wouldn't be an exciting booking, but they'd draw a much bigger crowd than any of the other talked about headliners. Makes sense for the festival to go for them if they're available. I'd be at the other stage, getting Gillespie'd while watching the Chems play the song of 2019. Why would The Chems be playing an as-yet-unreleased Foals track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gucci Piggy Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Superunknown said: Why would The Chems be playing an as-yet-unreleased Foals track? What Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superunknown Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Gucci Piggy said: What > TPC says he'll be watching The Chems playing the best song of 2019, implying MAH > I say why would The Chems be playing a Foals track, implying a Foals song will be the best song of 2019 (they haven't released one yet so I can't name it) Hope that clears things up for you pal. Edited January 20, 2019 by Superunknown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odessa Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 hour ago, stuartbert two hats said: Not if it gets boring because it's another variation on the same idea over and over. Actually, I'm going to call bullshit on myself. I don't think I've ever actually listened to This Is It the whole way through. I've put on the occasional non "Last Nite" song by them and usually either turn it off or totally tune out before the end. I'll have to actually listen to it now, even if I'm not expecting it to be my thing. I'll post back with my impressions. First Impressions Of Is This It 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) Chemical Brothers really do have carte blanche on eFests huh? Edited January 21, 2019 by dentalplan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJL Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 I just can’t see it being the Strokes. I have liked, and seen, them a lot over the years but I don’t think they have a decent pyramid headline set in them now. They’re too past-it to be a headliner who feels in their prime and they don’t have the songs to be one that plays the classics everyone knows. Hoping for gaga even though we have no info to suggest she is likely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gucci Piggy Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, Superunknown said: > TPC says he'll be watching The Chems playing the best song of 2019, implying MAH > I say why would The Chems be playing a Foals track, implying a Foals song will be the best song of 2019 (they haven't released one yet so I can't name it) Hope that clears things up for you pal. I was what-ing the idea of Foals releasing the best song of the year in 2019 tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gucci Piggy Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 Song of the year is Seventeen stop being weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superunknown Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 Just now, Gucci Piggy said: Song of the year is Seventeen stop being weird. Yeah tbf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewayiam Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 8 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said: Not if it gets boring because it's another variation on the same idea over and over. Actually, I'm going to call bullshit on myself. I don't think I've ever actually listened to This Is It the whole way through. I've put on the occasional non "Last Nite" song by them and usually either turn it off or totally tune out before the end. I'll have to actually listen to it now, even if I'm not expecting it to be my thing. I'll post back with my impressions. Don't help now... It hasn't aged well really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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