1992 Festival Debate

[Gnomicide]

This old Melody Maker article from 1992 has been posted on Twitter, apparently the festival wasn't as good as it used to be.

 

For none Twitter users...

[philipsteak]

7 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

This old Melody Maker article from 1992 has been posted on Twitter, apparently the festival wasn't as good as it used to be

Well, it never has been. 

[gigpusher]

I bet Michael thought it was the best ever!

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

31 years later and we're having almost exactly the same debates.

Rap doesn't translate well live.

No metal bands booked.

Affordability of the ticket price.

Drugs.

Are Foals big enough to headline?

Etc.

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's all been downhill since The Levellers' strongly-worded statement.

[The Nal]

[Avalon_Fields]

7 hours ago, The Nal said:

The Pyramid certainly isn't as good as it used to be back in the glory days. Why can't we still have the bands way up in the sky? Why do we actually need to be able to see them if we're up front? 

[philipsteak]

Political correctness gone mad. 

These days you get arrested for saying the festival's not as good as it used to be. 

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

Political correctness gone mad. 

These days you get arrested for saying the festival's not as good as it used to be. 

have an upvote, I've run out

[Ayrshire Chris]

Interestingly Guns n Roses were at their peak and in the middle of their biggest tour around that time. 😉

[blutarsky]

Great read, thanks for sharing. 

[Gnomicide]

54 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Interestingly Guns n Roses were at their peak and in the middle of their biggest tour around that time. 😉

Martin Elbourne specifically says he'll never book a heavy metal band and the deaths at their previous UK festival show get a mention so hardly surprising they weren't booked at the time.

[Gnomicide]

If anyone was there that year, how did the late night radio thing go down? I guess it wasn't a monumental success.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

10 hours ago, The Nal said:

I'm not saying that those two men of the clergy stood there are Jesus's bodyguards, but if you look at the hair area of the denim jacketed bloke (Jesus) behind those two, then if you kind of look to the right and squint then you can see Jesus's face slightly turned around, looking at the camera / you. Anybody else see that?

 

 

[clarkete]

47 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

If anyone was there that year, how did the late night radio thing go down? I guess it wasn't a monumental success.

Fecked of I know, but definitely remember some of these... 

[Gnomicide]

33 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I'm not saying that those two men of the clergy stood there are Jesus's bodyguards, but if you look at the hair area of the denim jacketed bloke (Jesus) behind those two, then if you kind of look to the right and squint then you can see Jesus's face slightly turned around, looking at the camera / you. Anybody else see that?

 

 

Times have changed...

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

Times have changed...

 

There's something very wrong with that photo

No rubbish on the floor

[Gnomicide]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

There's something very wrong with that photo

No rubbish on the floor

Bloodstock, nice people.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

2 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

Times have changed...

'That would be an ecumenical matter’.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

[TheGoodWillOut]

92 was my first glasto, loved it. Carter USM headlining the pyramid and getting their sound cut as they overran still amazes me. 

[TheGoodWillOut]

3 hours ago, clarkete said:

Fecked of I know, but definitely remember some of these... 

Morrisey didn't play and was replaced by James if i remember correctly 

[stuartbert two hats]

5 hours ago, philipsteak said:

Political correctness gone mad. 

These days you get arrested for saying the festival's not as good as it used to be. 

Do you really?

[Stave]

3 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

I'm not saying that those two men of the clergy stood there are Jesus's bodyguards, but if you look at the hair area of the denim jacketed bloke (Jesus) behind those two, then if you kind of look to the right and squint then you can see Jesus's face slightly turned around, looking at the camera / you. Anybody else see that?

 

Yeah I see it, but I have been down the Cider House this evening so I'm a bit pickled....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[deschwah]

50 minutes ago, TheGoodWillOut said:

92 was my first glasto, loved it. Carter USM headlining the pyramid and getting their sound cut as they overran still amazes me. 

Mine too.. Sugarlump, Orb, Primal Scream, Tom Jones, fuck all sleep

Genuinely the best