Your most controversial music opinions

[Hugh Jass]

12 minutes ago, Quark said:

High praise indeed

I know, it took a lot to type that.

[eFestivals]

2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Go on, I'll bite... why not?

Pop shite

[Avalon_Fields]

Glastonbury doesn't have nearly enough classic rock, heavy metal, etc.

I'm not in the slightest wanting to turn it into Download but c'mon where's the diversity!!

[Quark]

9 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

Pop shite

Always an interesting conversation this. Risky, but interesting 😉

So without trying to create a battleground, do you think there's a set of specific genres, or at least criteria, that they should stick to when booking?

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Glastonbury doesn't have nearly enough classic rock, heavy metal, etc.

I'm not in the slightest wanting to turn it into Download but c'mon where's the diversity!!

4 of the last 6 headliners were rock bands

[Quark]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

4 of the last 6 headliners were rock bands

Not really.  In the sense that AF is talking, Foo Fighters were the only one.

[Hugh Jass]

6 minutes ago, Quark said:

Always an interesting conversation this. Risky, but interesting 😉

So without trying to create a battleground, do you think there's a set of specific genres, or at least criteria, that they should stick to when booking?

If they do that then it's just repeated trips to the same, increasingly shallow, Coldplay/Muse/Arctics pool.

[Quark]

Just now, Hugh Jass said:

If they do that then it's just repeated trips to the same, increasingly shallow, Coldplay/Muse/Arctics pool.

Not at all, or at least not necessarily.  That's a limited pool of artists, not genres.

What it would need I suppose is the freedom or courage to select headliners that aren't necessarily "headline material" to be able to cast the net a bit wider

[priest17]

speaking of headliners I re-found out the other day the 1975 have an album that's actually called "i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it" and some of you want them to headline?

Holy Fire, now that's a headline band album title.

[Hugh Jass]

Just now, Quark said:

Not at all, or at least not necessarily.  That's a limited pool of artists, not genres.

What it would need I suppose is the freedom or courage to select headliners that aren't necessarily "headline material" to be able to cast the net a bit wider

If you remove "pop shite" then you'll inevitably have to remove "hip hop/rap shite" and eventually you'll narrow the pool down to just white dudes with guitars. And there are only so many gangs of white dudes with guitars to go around which is why you'll end returning to the same pool.

Just because Taylor Swift has been outlawed doesn't mean that people will accept bumping up bands like Wolf Alice or Idles to full headliner status. Just go have a look at the Facebook page for conclusive evidence. 

[eFestivals]

20 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

but c'mon where's the diversity!!

Everywhere all over the site and stages

[Zoo Music Girl]

5 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Same - I prefer her to Jarvis.

I love Jarvis too!

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, priest17 said:

speaking of headliners I re-found out the other day the 1975 have an album that's actually called "i like it when you sleep for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it" and some of you want them to headline?

Holy Fire, now that's a headline band album title.

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost is the work of a band who should be headlining the annual Hewlett Packard convention.

Edited March 19, 2021 by Hugh Jass

[Zoo Music Girl]

4 hours ago, Quark said:

I wasn't aware that there was a hate of Amy Lamé's show.  Love living in my little bubble of ignorance.

Hate might be a bit strong but I've seen a lot of negativity about her show, here and elsewhere. I find her comforting and she plays good tunes.

[Zoo Music Girl]

24 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

Glastonbury doesn't have nearly enough classic rock, heavy metal, etc.

I'm not in the slightest wanting to turn it into Download but c'mon where's the diversity!!

Whatever happened to that crazy penguin guy?

[SwedgeAntilles]

Just now, Zoo Music Girl said:

Whatever happened to that crazy penguin guy?

Batman finally got him.

[priest17]

2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost is the work of a band who should be headlining the annual Dell convention.

that's an important life lesson for the digital age, not some w*nky tumblr quote.

[Quark]

4 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said:

If you remove "pop shite" then you'll inevitably have to remove "hip hop/rap shite" and eventually you'll narrow the pool down to just white dudes with guitars. And there are only so many gangs of white dudes with guitars to go around which is why you'll end returning to the same pool.

Just because Taylor Swift has been outlawed doesn't mean that people will accept bumping up bands like Wolf Alice or Idles to full headliner status. Just go have a look at the Facebook page for conclusive evidence. 

That's why the question is "what are the criteria?"

Saying that x inevitably means y might be correct, but it also has the potential to be jump in your logic akin to gay marriage leads to everyone marrying a horse.

Remember, this thread is a safe space as well!  Think back to founding principles...

[Hugh Jass]

1 minute ago, priest17 said:

that's an important life lesson for the digital age, not some w*nky tumblr quote.

Total Life Forever sounds like it should be stencilled on the wall of a middle-class kitchen.

[Quark]

1975 album title with Meatloaf song titles.

There wouldn't be a gatefold sleeve big enough

[SwedgeAntilles]

"I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't Do That, For You Are a Picture of True Beauty Without Even Knowing It and I Have A Motorbike"

[Hugh Jass]

8 minutes ago, Quark said:

That's why the question is "what are the criteria?"

Saying that x inevitably means y might be correct, but it also has the potential to be jump in your logic akin to gay marriage leads to everyone marrying a horse.

Remember, this thread is a safe space as well!  Think back to founding principles...

I don't think that's true, and my wife, Seattle Flyer, agrees.

[Quark]

2 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

"I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't Do That, For You Are a Picture of True Beauty Without Even Knowing It and I Have A Motorbike"

+1 for effort

-1 for not using parentheses

[Homer]

On 3/16/2021 at 2:26 PM, Zoo Music Girl said:

Such fantastic news about Kershaw. Unlistenable before you even get to her politics.

Yep - I actually switch to Paul Gambaccini's Pick of the Pops on 2 if I happen to be listening at that time!

[Homer]

They never should have gotten rid of Andrew Collin(g)s - he's the best DJ 6 has ever had.