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One of The Damned has covid so they have cancelled.
I used to go every year through the 90s & 00s and it was brilliant, much better in the 90s when it was edgy, far less health and safety and noise abatement.
Watched some great sets on iPlayer tonight Sleaford Mods Wet Leg Dry Cleaning Bonobo and new to me.... Khruangbin
Obsessed with Wet Leg and Dry Cleaning. Sleaford Mods - 'nuff said. Jason Williamson could read out the phonebook andcstill be worth listening to. Fcuking genius. Anyone who disagrees is clearly a Chelsea fan and probably wears threadbare nylon y-fronts.
'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'
Regardless what you think of McCartney and tonight's set etc, it is seriously impressive that he can get first Dave Grohl, then Bruce Springsteen to make a guest appearance for him.
I can't imagine The Boss (esp) doing that for anyone else, esp if it needed a transatlantic flight to get him there.
Regardless what you think of McCartney and tonight's set etc, it is seriously impressive that he can get first Dave Grohl, then Bruce Springsteen to make a guest appearance for him.
I can't imagine The Boss (esp) doing that for anyone else, esp if it needed a transatlantic flight to get him there.
yeah, but he's certainly relying on who he was, rather then who he is.
Regardless what you think of McCartney and tonight's set etc, it is seriously impressive that he can get first Dave Grohl, then Bruce Springsteen to make a guest appearance for him.
I can't imagine The Boss (esp) doing that for anyone else, esp if it needed a transatlantic flight to get him there.
Bruce Springsteen and his loyal side kick Little Steven Van Zandt loved the Beatles from their first song until their last.It was a life long ambition of Bruce to play with Paul and when it finally happened in 2012 or 2013 the show ran late and the power was cut in London ( Hyde Park I think ) and Bruce was very upset . They got back together the next night I think and a few times since including NY last week . Bruce is rumoured to be adding Glasto to his 2023 tour
Stap me vitals ! I'm far too old to know these people, although my great, great, great grandaughter did say there was someone called, oh er, Billie Eyelash on the other night who was quite good.
Watching BBC breakfast. They interviewed Beatle's fan Steve Coogan as he watched Macca. He commented that The Beatles had written 50 great songs whilst the Stones had only penned 8. Can't say I agree with that. Iconic though the Beatles were . Is he saying there are only 8 great songs on, Beggars banquet, Sticky fingers, Exile, let it bleed. I could go on. One man's soup is another man's medicine. Personally the Stones and the Beatles are both genius in thier own way.
Watching BBC breakfast. They interviewed Beatle's fan Steve Coogan as he watched Macca. He commented that The Beatles had written 50 great songs whilst the Stones had only penned 8. Can't say I agree with that. Iconic though the Beatles were . Is he saying there are only 8 great songs on, Beggars banquet, Sticky fingers, Exile, let it bleed. I could go on. One man's soup is another man's medicine. Personally the Stones and the Beatles are both genius in thier own way.
There's seven great songs on Sticky Fingers alone!
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Watching BBC breakfast. They interviewed Beatle's fan Steve Coogan as he watched Macca. He commented that The Beatles had written 50 great songs whilst the Stones had only penned 8. Can't say I agree with that. Iconic though the Beatles were . Is he saying there are only 8 great songs on, Beggars banquet, Sticky fingers, Exile, let it bleed. I could go on. One man's soup is another man's medicine. Personally the Stones and the Beatles are both genius in thier own way.
I haven't watched the television since I don't know when, I last watched Glasto a few years ago but not for long, It was basically people sitting in a tent type studio thing talking about themselves and patting each other on the back for achieving absolutely nothing. Coogan must have been having an Alan Partridge moment. And my brother's back at home With his Beatles and his Stones.
I find it all processed junk tbh.
Ooh, a storm is threatening My very life today If I don't get some shelter Ooh yeah I'm gonna fade away…
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My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
The Macca set was quite good despite his creaky vocals,difficult to mix in windy conditions. Good set of backing musicians although there was a bit of a honker from the lead guitarist on the left. Aside from the usual politics,tweren't a bad finale.
I first went to Glastonbury (it wasn't called 'Glasto' then!) back in 1985 and went a further 9 times between then and 2007, which was my last. In that time I saw this crazy, amazing festival turn from something wonderful and sort of organic in its evolution, into something that was becoming increasingly corporate and controlled.
That last time I was there was shocked to see £2000 a weekend glamping airstreams with picket fences and 'VIP' area signs. That was kind of the last straw for me, as it was not in the Glastonbury spirit as I saw it.
At my first few Glastos the huge summer travelling community, moved on from Stonehenge by the police, arrived on mass and created almost a second festival, adjunct to the main one. I'd been to Stonehenge free festival in 1982 and it was incredible. Think of this, especially you younger readers on here: a completely free festival with well over 50,000 souls, that self-manged itself and provided stages, bands, food, drink and other... entertainments. It was absolutely brilliant. I saw Hawkind on Saturday night and on the Sunday morning - the solstice itself - we all gathered inside the stones to celebrate the longest day. The police kept a fairly respectful distance throughout and never once entered the festival site. This all changed because dear Maggie Thatcher didn't like that kind of freedom (did she), and worse still, some scousers had apparently sprayed LUFC on one of the stones. This was all the politicians needed to declare Stonehenge formally under the control of English Heritage, in a sense privatising soemthing that was - and still is - ancient and belonging to no one, but the people. Hence from 1985 onwards, everyone spilled over to Glastonbury instead, having been forced away from Stonehenge.
That first time I wentt I saw Ian Dury and the Blockheads headlinging on Saturday night, but it had been raining for two days and the mud was insane. In 1986 it was the Cure on Saturday night, who played to a backdrop of a lightning storm over the hills beyond the site - pure magic. In subsequent years I tended to avoid the main stages all together (the area was nicknamed Babylon), and ventured to all the alternative stuff instead. I think that's still good advice to this day: there's simply so much to see that's off the beaten track. In 2002 I came across a theatre actually undeground in the roots of a vast tree - believe it or not - that's the kind of stuff you might stumble upon if you go off-piste. Plus the comedy and alternative stages have brilliant acts.
If you're going this year, enjoy, I am kind of envious!
Those cheeky scousers making sure that Yorkshire got the blame by spraying LUFC instead of LFC.
I can't really be doing with the live coverage as all the studio waffle bores the pants off me - I want to see live music not listen to radio DJs waffle on.
So I'm iPlayering bits although they only seem to be uploading certain bits at a time. Watched Blossoms earlier and enjoyed that, watching Wolf Alice currently. I'm a big fan of Haim so I'm hoping they upload their full set at some point.
I enjoyed Beabadoobee's performance yesterday, and Dry Cleaning.
big fan of Beabadoobee, thought she did a really strong set. Think she has got the right blend on drawing on previous artists styles for inspiration and adding her own dynamic to make something interesting.
In a very different vein, I also enjoyed Joy Crooks set. Not bad for someone who only dropped their first album 6 months ago to be playing Glasto, she has something special about her too.
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