Glastonbury 2007 pt2: the festie!

[rich!]

Too confident

this year was the first time I realised just how little fear they have. I often did not know where the boy one was Bad parent syndrome.

The girl has absolutely no fear of charging off in the teeth of tractors, surging crowds - mud - what mud? Didn't hear her moan about the mud at all - other things yes. But not the mud.

All my dreads now have names

Oh, and apologies to your other half for when he wandered up to me and I completely blanked him. Thousand-yard-stare or something.

 

[Firky]

The best part of Glastonbury for me this year would have to be shagging all day everday. I don't think we ever crawled out of our pit before 1pm

 

[aqua]

We laid ours carefully on the dashboard, sticky side up, with a clear 5 inch safety margin between it and the windscreen. *smug*

everyone knows about the stickers being bastards to remove someones car failed it MOT once cos they had stuck it inthe middle of the window and it wouldn't come off

its not the sticky stuff itself, its being in direct sunshine/light that dries them out

*is smug hers is off in one*

 

[Firky]

I fuckin hated it.

I hear Glastonbury is better if you leave the confines of your tent.

 

[rich!]

eta: look you can buy the stone circle dragon!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-Giant-Dra...899QQihZ019QQcategoryZ553QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Note it says it was designed to have canvas attached!

(At one point I nearly joined the mob underneath it, but it was just a *leetle* too low...)

 

[rich!]

Was I there? I don't remember going to the TTT even once this time around, Mr. 'I've just done the last 20 posts on this thread all by myself' ?

Sunday night, after we got the last pints of ale from the bar at the bottom of the Green Fields, we walked past and there were 2 people just leaving chairs by a fire. We sat there for a while drinking the ale and then went on up.

Anyway, I'm having the day off. Got to recover one day.

 

[rich!]

Sieze the Day

I didn't know that

I think they just went for a wander. It was at the lower side of the Croissant Neuf field...

 

[rich!]

A quick couple of recollections no-one else seems to have had:

Wednesday - no, sorry, gin as soon as we got to the site seems to have cleared that one from the mind

Thursday - taking Stig round the site and getting "so this is where the cinema is", strolling through the nature reserve and finding a set of fragrant clean longdrops in the woods just when I really needed a crap.

Friday - did anyone else see the Earlies?

Then the dates blur. But the bits no-one else has mentioned:
Missed Mark Thomas twice, once through mis-reading the schedule and once through going to see Sieze the Day.
Chumbawamba's acoustic set - ace.
The Fire Tusk Pain Proof Circus, partly because of standing there going "isn't that that bloke from our local?"
A random cabaret set from Frank Olivier.
And the Punk Caraoke on the Strummerville stage.

Getting off-site was a nightmare. Much kudos to Sunray for managing the driving. (I don't do cars, and sitting in the passenger seat watching the car slipping in mud was ... no fun)

Oh, and every single service station we went to had run out of anything edible...

 

[Dubversion]

Friday - did anyone else see the Earlies?

not at glastonbury no, but i've seen them elsewhere and i'm a big big fan. beautiful music to start the day with, no?

 

[Firky]

I awoke to Babyhead and a very excited crustychick one morning and it was not what I wanted with a blinding hangover

 

[rich!]

not at glastonbury no, but i've seen them elsewhere and i'm a big big fan. beautiful music to start the day with, no?

they were really good, I thought. Hadn't realised there were quite so many of them (I think they had about 3 people just playing their corral of keyboards).

Then Gogol Bordello came on, and we were just in front of the "keep the crowd charging forwards to crush the mosh pit" barrier, and there was still grass on the soil, and dancing was had by all. After they left the stage, the two women to my right were standing there in a daze just going "such a sexy man ... so sexy"...

 

[Dubversion]

they were really good, I thought. Hadn't realised there were quite so many of them (I think they had about 3 people just playing their corral of keyboards).

yeh, i always wondered how they'd recreate that lush orchestration from the records live. Turns out they do it by having 48 musicians playing 13 instruments each. At once

and who woulda guessed the main guy would look like a Slayer roadie?

 

[rich!]

yeh, i always wondered how they'd recreate that lush orchestration from the records live. Turns out they do it by having 48 musicians playing 13 instruments each. At once

and who woulda guessed the main guy would look like a Slayer roadie?

I reckon it's an excuse to fly another plane-load of Aussies into the country... must be stopped...

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

to be fair, so's my nan.

Bastard

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

If you read their press release for being chosen they were very bullish about their sound system being 'Perfect' for the Pyramid stage. So what ever they say, they are on thin ice really. I get the feeling that they wanted the publicity without worrying too much about what they were being asked to achieve until they were asked for real and realised they were in a little boat in one of the long drops and no ladder.

The basic problem is that F1 cabs are designed to be driven hard, if they were stuck with a noise limit I'm not surprised they sounded shite. The rig they had was beautiful, but for large festies like glasto a line array will always be better becuase you have so much more control over where the sound goes. A fiver says we'll see the Nexo Geo-T rig back next year.

 

[pagan]

I forgot to say I was nearly arrested for kicking mud at a copper .

Saturday evening, walking to the Dance area. Two cops walk past us on the metal road. I turn to Mrs P and say ‘watch this’ and just as the cops pass, do a nifty little backheel, nicely flicking all the mud off my boot. We walk on laughing, then suddenly I feel a heavy hand on my shoulder. I’ve had my collar felt! ‘Excuse me sir, is there any reason why you kicked mud all over us’ I think I’d actually splattered the guy’s face. I just put on my most innocent face and said ‘Oh, I’m really sorry mate, I didn’t see you there, I was just getting rid of the mud off me boot’ He actually was thinking of taking it further I’m sure but just said ‘don’t do it again’ I’d love to have seen that one in court. You are Mr Pagan, 39 years old of Edinburgh? It is alleged that in Pilton on the 25 June 2007 you did wilfully and knowingly allow mud to slide, with force and intent, off of your boot and onto the waterproof clothing of an officer of the law, causing slight splattering, loss of pride and a cleaning bill of £3.75! How do you plead?

 

[spitfire]

I forgot to say I was nearly arrested for kicking mud at a copper .

was that at the entrance to the kids field? i saw the same thing happen there.

 

[wiskey]

I forgot to say I was nearly arrested for kicking mud at a copper .

theres a thread on the VF boards about someone wanting witnesses for him being beaten up by security in the park for taking their photo

 

[wiskey]

I've found reading a lot of these threads pretty grim reading overall, I've gotta be honest.

nah dont take my comedown too seriously

i was lonely, staring at my feet meant i missed a lot of people and i never really had a night out to enjoy myself but i enjoyed the experience overall, the rain and the mud were a bit much but thursday night was magic across site (why do we need music again?) and i saw a lot of very jolly people, i just didnt know any of them.

 

[aurora green]

...but thursday night was magic across site (why do we need music again?) and i saw a lot of very jolly people, i just didnt know any of them.

Every time I have been to Glastonbury, I have enjoyed the couple of days before the offfical start much more.
I love the music, but actually think it's the people we don't need so many of.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The best part of Glastonbury for me this year would have to be shagging all day everday. I don't think we ever crawled out of our pit before 1pm

I hear Glastonbury is better if you leave the confines of your tent

Hmmmm

 

[david dissadent]

The best part of Glastonbury for me this year would have to be shagging all day everday. I don't think we ever crawled out of our pit before 1pm

I awoke to Babyhead and a very excited crustychick one morning and it was not what I wanted with a blinding hangover

Blimey

 

[Sunray]

The basic problem is that F1 cabs are designed to be driven hard, if they were stuck with a noise limit I'm not surprised they sounded shite. The rig they had was beautiful, but for large festies like glasto a line array will always be better becuase you have so much more control over where the sound goes. A fiver says we'll see the Nexo Geo-T rig back next year.

Their response

http://www.funktion-one.com/news.htm

Meteorological conditions gave the locals better sound than the stage.

 

[William of Walworth]

rich! -- re Dreadzone -- they're at Endorse It, on the Saturday I think ... where it'll be possible to walk from one end of the site to the stage quicker than it takes to walk across the JazzWorld field ...

 

[William of Walworth]

Every time I have been to Glastonbury, I have enjoyed the couple of days before the offfical start much more.
I love the music, but actually think it's the people we don't need so many of.

I was going to say something about this (if I haven't already )

So many parts of the site were REALLY crowded most of the time. Most crowded ever IMO, bar the bonkersness of 2000. I wonder whether the Council, Festival organisers, etc. forgot that the extra space was mostly camping at the periphery, where the extra people are most of the time not going to hang around.

But the crowds were worse because of the mud confining people to certain routes and paths. When sunny/warm/dry, there'll be much more room to chill, sit around, wait for crowds to subside, take different routes, etc.

There'll be much more room next year

 

[William of Walworth]

I'm thinking of having a year off next year to do some new festies though, I'm allergic to doing the same thing year in year out anyway

But you had last year off!!

Why alter a winning formula??

I've been going for a long time, has it done me SO much harm??

don't answer that

 

[William of Walworth]

Now that I've heard Richie Havens cancelled (or failed to turn up?) I feel much less bad about missing being near enough to go to him ...

 

[wrysmile]

It was my first Glasto and I LOVED it, but must admit found it physically and logistically exhausting at times. Didn't see any Urbanites as I didn't arrive until 10.30 Fri night as I had to work Fri - missed the Wed/Thurs meet ups and it was all a bit too hard. I was meant to arrive at 7.10pm, but then London traffic held us up by two hours and then - yes, this is true - the fucking bus ran out of fuel half an hour from the site All the Glasto bus travellers, including me, then hitched to the nearest station and got a bus to the site on a tiny road in the middle of nowhere. Drama - but got there in time to see Plump DJs.

Loved so many - DJ Yoda, Chemical Bros, Dave Clarke and Pendulum, Dreadzone and John Fogarty's cracking Creedence set. And the circus people. It felt like I saw hardly anyone though compared with the immense line up. I didn't fall down - except over a guy rope near our tent on the last night (and on to grass - yes!) Lost my wellie only once and have never been so muddy and messy for such a long period. I was with great mates though so it was such a fun time. It went far too quickly though - next time, it's Wednesday by hook or by crook!

Boy I'm paying for it now though... cranky as fuck today!

 

[wrysmile]

rich! -- re Dreadzone -- they're at Endorse It, on the Saturday I think ... where it'll be possible to walk from one end of the site to the stage quicker than it takes to walk across the JazzWorld field ...

I am going to Endorse It, just for the other side of the festival size spectrum, looking fwd to it immensely.

 

[aqua]

But you had last year off!!

Why alter a winning formula??

I've been going for a long time, has it done me SO much harm??

don't answer that

*zips lips*

a winning formula for me is doing something cos I want to do it, not cos thats just what we do

if you get the difference