Emily interview

[Wooderson]

Soz for mixing Patti up with that mess of a year. 

[ian the worm]

7 hours ago, ghostdancer1 said:

perhaps they'll shift the Rabbit Hole

Curiouser and curiouser!

[CaledonianGonzo]

The mud's definitely easier if you're in decent physical nick. I wouldnt want to have spent all that time schlepping around in it if I was compromised by something or other.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, Mardy said:

I envy all of you that can just focus on the music. The rain just makes it all so miserable for me.

I could be watching Bowie jamming with Prince but if it’s raining, i’d fuck it all off to sit and sulk in the bar in the Acoustic field. The success of the festival for me is utterly dependent on the weather, far more than the linep.

There wasn't very much rain.

[Wooderson]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

The mud's definitely easier if you're in decent physical nick. I wouldnt want to have spent all that time schlepping around in it if I was compromised by something or other.

Pushing a buggy with a 2 year old in frinstance.

[HeyPorter]

3 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

 

 

How it looked by Sunday...

 

 

Would be more concerned with the amount of people wearing jeans than the mud. Shorts are the way to go no matter what the weather. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

No doubt.  I'm certainly not about to claim that the mud doesnt fucking suck.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, HeyPorter said:

Would be more concerned with the amount of people wearing jeans than the mud. Shorts are the way to go no matter what the weather. 

Aye. Jeans are the worst possible thing to wear.

[Guy Incognito]

I thought the 2016 line up was pretty shit to be honest, bar one or two special sets. Saw less bands than at any other Glastonbury but had a great time. Was such a slog though.

Edited January 11, 2019 by Guy Incognito

[stuartbert two hats]

41 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Whataver way it worked out I didn't see a band when it was raining that year and saw well over 20. 

Great year for acts. ZZ Top, Ronnie Spector, Art Garfunkel, Rokia Traore, Squeeze, Adele, St Paul & The Broken Bones, Kamasi Washington, Beck, Patti Griffin...

Missed Sigur Ros, PJ Harvey, LCD Soundsystem, ELO, Christine and the Queens, White Denim, Underworld, Earth Wind and Fire, Savages, John Grant, Kurt Vile and so on. 

Don't get me wrong though, give me 2017 sun instead any time. Glorious stuff. 

Patti Smith was 2015. 

So just utter shit then. 

2007 was a totally different story. No late night options really as it was pre SE corner, Stone Circle wasnt an option as it was pissing rain and Lost Vagueness was coming to an end. The weather was utterly appalling and the lineup was a load of old bollocks. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival_line-ups#2007 

Bjork, Africa Express and Arcade Fire were good. The rest was really, really hard work.

[HeyPorter]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

No doubt.  I'm certainly not about to claim that the mud doesnt fucking suck.

Imagine them lot moaning about how difficult it is to move in the mud, done themselves no favours. 

[Mardy]

That thursday afternoon, the skies just fucking opened, around the time of DhakaBrakha. Oof. And watching Jeff Lynne in wrapped up in plastic macs. Just fucking miserable. 

Like i say, i admire those of you who can get past the weather. Wish i could, but i just can’t.

[Mardy]

But anyway, none of it matters, this year the weather will be glorious, the lager will be cold and the laughter plentiful.

[Wooderson]

22 minutes ago, Mardy said:

But anyway, none of it matters, this year the weather will be glorious, the lager will be cold and the laughter plentiful.

Let’s hope they improve the lager sitch tho, huh.

[Phoenix Girl]

1 hour ago, Wooderson said:

The sound of the woman in tears with anguish at 6.45am in Wicket when the news hit sums up that weekend. 

Oh gawd did this really happen? It makes me so sad 

[Wooderson]

3 minutes ago, Phoenix Girl said:

Oh gawd did this really happen? It makes me so sad 

It did. To be fair her husband/partner was very supportive. She wept for 20 mins tho.

[Wooderson]

Always reminded of Damon pleading from the Pyramid “we can change this”. Such a memorable morning/early afternoon. @Mardy bamboozled by the whole shindig.

[Phoenix Girl]

2 minutes ago, Wooderson said:

It did. To be fair her husband/partner was very supportive. She wept for 20 mins tho.

I do feel her pain.

[Lubic]

2016 had one of my favourite lineups, which helped counter the tough ground conditions - Coldplay was a triumph, and saturday night's M83/Chvrches double was synthpop heaven.

The mud and ridiculous amount of time it took to get onto the site have put a few of my group off for good it seems, unfortunately.

[sisco]

2016 was hard work but still saw some amazing acts.  I’ll confess there were times when I thought it’d be my last one

[deepkittycaz]

8 hours ago, Mardy said:

God, 2016 was a fuckawful joyless experience, wasn’t it.

2017 completely restored my faith, though.

I'm grateful though - if 2016 hadn't put so many people off, I wouldn't have got a crew ticket in 2017, or this year

[The other Bellboy]

as someone who couldn't care less who plays where or when, when or how the lineup is revealed, if i have heard of more than 5 acts, what the changes to the site layout will be, what the weather was / is going to be etc etc. I have to say i love threads like this, i think its covered about 15 different topics and made me smile a lot and also think 'tosser' to some comments. 

There is always such a rambling nature to the topics in these threads and i have to admire the level of joy that they bring out in people. 

It also reminds me how little i know / remember about the site, even after 10 visits i struggle to put names to places that get mentioned The photo's are always fantastic and the discussions bring back so many memories.

2007 first year - thinking disappointed about no late night area's, exhausted for weeks after and swearing that would never be going again.

2016 planned on being the last time of going - had a nightmare getting in and had to leave lunchtime on Sunday as flying Monday morning and couldn't risk the mayhem making me late.

Watching Coldplay on the TV with a curry and a can at home. Really enjoyed 2016 in the end.

2017 - decided to limit the bimbling for the first time ever, had a fantastic time.

With the lack of bimbling in 2017 and then the fallow year, i am already having troubling picturing the layout but the excitement and desire to be there in June has never been higher.

Its a big decision to go this year due to costs so have been thinking a lot and going back to the very first paragraph the answer is simple.

I / we will be at Glastonbury! The small bits that people get wound up about or focus on don't matter, just being there is all that matters!

Keep discussing folks, i love it but in the end it doesn't make a damn of difference:)

[Bisque]

2016 was ok for me, bit muddy here & there, alcohol powered me through the boggy bits.

I remember there was some light rain on the Sunday though & spent most of the day socialising. Only saw one band & that was Coldplay where drugs were required to get there from the Paines campsite.

[Gnomicide]

I've not listened to this yet but could be interesting...

 

[Hugh Jass]

All this talk of the 2016 lineup inspired me to have a look back through the clashfinder and piece together what I saw:

Friday: James > Elle King > Skepta > Frightened Rabbit > ZZ Top > Foals > Muse - Ok, not a fantastic day.

Saturday: Wolf Alice > Madness > Last Shadow Puppets > Art Garfunkel > Adele - One of the best days I've ever had at GF (dodgy AC/DC covers aside)

Sunday: Cassetteboy > Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbot > ELO > Beck > Coldplay - Pretty decent.

In short, the lineup for 2016 was fine (Saturday was ace), it was just the weather that made it a slog.