Bowie at Glasto

[moheetoes]

4 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Ziggy was ferking epic.  

Agreed,  my dog Ziggy continued to snore through ‘his’ song, not even an ear twitch - must not be used to a live version

[scaryclaireyfairy]

Bite me, Nile Rodgers.

[HalfAnIdiot]

Damn, wish my telly had better bass

Edited October 26, 2018 by HalfAnIdiot

[H.M.V]

Gets better and better dunnit? Off to Time Machine thread......

[scaryclaireyfairy]

I don't know if I can wait for Santa to bring the dvd.

[henry bear]

21 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Were all stage productions so sparse for the headliners back then?

I suppose it’s an era shortly before high resolution screens became the norm, changing the game not just for the headliners. 

[Tranquility of Solitude]

Went out back for a smoke when it finished, and was thinking that was great, but I was a bit disappointed. Took me a few minutes to work out why.... then it came to me. I wasn’t THERE. It’s just not the same. That’s what I was missing.

[Gnomicide]

Just now, Tranquility of Solitude said:

Went out back for a smoke when it finished, and was thinking that was great, but I was a bit disappointed. Took me a few minutes to work out why.... then it came to me. I wasn’t THERE. It’s just not the same. That’s what I was missing.

Very rarely comes across as well on tv as being there. The Stones at Glastonbury is the greatest single gig I've been to but many people watching on tv thought it was poor.

[justperfect]

That brought back some great memories. Not necessarily the gig of which I can remember very little just  being there, how it used to be...and being 23 again 

Edited October 26, 2018 by justperfect

[H.M.V]

I get rather perturbed at the amount of posts saying was there but was bollixed. 

Then I realise I would have been the same.If I was there........sigh

[The Clearest Blue]

The few glimpses of the crowd up close showed a lot of faces that were clearly physically present but mentally somewhere far away. A favourite was some fella in a white T-shirt just holding his head with both his hands and a face of pure terror. 

I would have loved to have been there but I don’t think I would have any concept of what I was witnessing, mostly because I would have been nine. It made me try to think back to my first introduction to Bowie. I can’t think of an earlier clear memory of hearing Bowie than Chandler Bing singing Space Oddity. Christ, I’m such a millennial it’s sickening!

Edited October 26, 2018 by The Clearest Blue
I’ve had too much wine

[Freewheelin2]

Great to see it at last, can't wait for the full version to come out. Was the last year before the 'Superfence' went up, the site was rammed and seriously buzzing. Wonderful memories of an amazing Sunday night.

[sedra]

I Was there for Bowie and it was a pretty amazing 2 hours. It was a real reward for surviving a nightmare of an over crowded festival weekend with the fence coming down, being surrounded by drug dealers, and a really unsafe environment and overflowing toilets!! 

 

[Wooderson]

Never rely on the Mrs to record important stuff.

[angelin]

i was there too. The tv footage never gave it justice really. What a legend, so many memories of my father in the 70’s he was a huge fan and his taste rubbed off on me. They both died in the same year at the same age.

[Simpo]

I've made myself really happy-sad about Glastonbury and David Bowie. I've thrown myself to the embers of the emotions. I want a hug. I love you all. xx

[Simpo]

I wasn't a cool enough 13 year old to be at Glastonbury 2000, but I really appreciated all the little Bowie things at Glaston 2016. I liked contributing to this, in the Cabaret area.

I wonder where that is now?

A closer look at each part of this can be found here: https://imgur.com/a/KVvtH7q . I put the lyric from A Memory Of A Free Festival on Bowie #2's hand. It seemed apt!

[HalfAnIdiot]

20 minutes ago, Simpo said:

I've made myself really happy-sad about Glastonbury and David Bowie. I've thrown myself to the embers of the emotions. I want a hug. I love you all. xx

Hug

[mike46]

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. I was 9 years old in 2000 and had no idea who Bowie was at the time, experienced my first Glasto in 2009 and been back ever since...thought being lucky enough to see Blur and the Stones would do it but i’m Insanely jealous of anyone there in 2000. What a set. 

 

That intro to Let’s Dance though. Incredible. 

 

Will anything ever come close again? 

Edited October 27, 2018 by mike46

[fatyeti24]

7 hours ago, Freewheelin2 said:

Great to see it at last, can't wait for the full version to come out. Was the last year before the 'Superfence' went up, the site was rammed and seriously buzzing. Wonderful memories of an amazing Sunday night.

and yet..

the amount of fires in the crowd - as there always was back then - would suggest the field was not as full as it regularly gets these days.  Personally, I always take the estimates of numbers pre-fence with a large pinch of salt.

[Hotchilidog]

Watching it now. Simply brilliant. So sad to think David will never tread those boards again

[Wooderson]

Anyone got a link before divorce papers are filed?

[Gnomicide]

3 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Anyone got a link before divorce papers are filed?

Can you access the iPlayer over there?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bntp2p/bowie-at-glastonbury-2000

 

[Mardy]

23 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

Anyone got a link before divorce papers are filed?

Can send you a torrent link if you want?

[The Nal]

8 hours ago, Wooderson said:

Never rely on the Mrs to record important stuff.

Ouch. Missed it myself. T'will be "available" today Id imagine.