Glastonbury 2011
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rollinder
Dont walk away in silence
wow at Hurts (freeview red button)
Made me think of Depeche Mode, Gary Newman and fascist Catholic priests
wtf at Confide In Me cover
epic & wonderful but simultaneously screaming for a savage parody of their daaark
80s goth/industiral & operatic pretensions.
didn't know whether to be impressed or crack up when they brought on the opera singer
eta: gothic ballerina
ooh she's serious
eta: again
Made me think of Depeche Mode, Gary Newman and fascist Catholic priests
wtf at Confide In Me cover
epic & wonderful but simultaneously screaming for a savage parody of their daaark
80s goth/industiral & operatic pretensions.
didn't know whether to be impressed or crack up when they brought on the opera singer
eta: gothic ballerina
ooh she's serious
eta: again
Only English people are watching, or you think Wesh, Scotish & Ni people are ugly then?
Shreddy
Truth Through Character
Fucking 'el Beyonce just tore that joint down (and considering the "joint" is outdoors in front of tens of thousands of people, that's really saying something...)
After an eight year 'imposed-on-me' hatred of Beyonce, I'm a fanboy again.
And you guys over there got to watch it on broadcast TV, possibly in HD. Lucky yooz. I had to watch it on lo-res YouTube (obviously due to my location) but it still kicked ass. (Although I did get to see a five-second HD clip on BBC World...)
Welcome back to my world B. Still have a problem with that hubby tho...
After an eight year 'imposed-on-me' hatred of Beyonce, I'm a fanboy again.
And you guys over there got to watch it on broadcast TV, possibly in HD. Lucky yooz. I had to watch it on lo-res YouTube (obviously due to my location) but it still kicked ass. (Although I did get to see a five-second HD clip on BBC World...)
Welcome back to my world B. Still have a problem with that hubby tho...
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
I want to see if he can still do anything. Cos last night he looked like he'd won a nationwide rest home competition to wander on stage wearing trackies while Beyonce sang all over the top of whatever dark shit he was mumbling about.
ska invita
back on the other side
Here's the latest Guardian update to "the most popular acts appearing at Glastonbury 2011, according to internet buzz."
1: Beyoncé
2: Ke$ha
3: Coldplay
4: U2
5: Jessie J
6: Cee Lo Green
7: Plan B
8: Tinie Tempah
9: Example
10: Mumford & Sons
Yeah! Now that's what I call rock'n'roll!
Bring back LSD conscription I say, teach these little layabouts a thing or two about how the world really works, just too soft etc etc
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Well that was that was better than sitting around for my own on the weekend, but it was the same as ever, over rated, overpriced, too many people, same middle of the road music, with a bit of bro-step on the dance stage for the kids, sooooo much rubbish left around too!
Managed to get in for £50 though so I can't complain too much.
Apparently there was a sewage spill around the kids field and it got into the fresh water system and showers, so there were lots of stomach bugs and skin rashes in family camping.
Managed to get in for £50 though so I can't complain too much.
Apparently there was a sewage spill around the kids field and it got into the fresh water system and showers, so there were lots of stomach bugs and skin rashes in family camping.
ska invita
back on the other side
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
skyscraper101
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Rave step is where its at.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Is that not the same thing as breakcore? One of the best dance musics in the world, but under-represented at pretty much any event ever.
skyscraper101
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I dunno, it's called so many different things tbh. MistaJam did a good short set of the stuff on 1Xtra on Saturday night...it's on iPlayer from about 1:06:10 onwards here
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
ill have a look when i get home
When i type it into youtube it came up with breakcore, but i dont know if its the same thing, i wouldnt have thought so....
I've not heard the term, but thinking about it i think it might be another name for skwee.
lol at some of the comments on this link. overwhelmingly negative. not sure appointing his daughter as his successor was michael eavis's brightest idea. its been shit ever since.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/jun/27/glastonbury-2011-glastonbury
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/jun/27/glastonbury-2011-glastonbury
to be fair all of those negative comments are from people who didn't go.
I think we had about 20k in Arcadia last night for the show. If I'm right, that probably counts as the fourth largest stage at Glastonbury, for the 45 mins or so that the show kicks out. Michael came down to watch the whole thing.
Nothing like Arcadia anywhere else in Europe. Mutant vehicles out in the crowd, blasting them with CO2 and lighting them up with distress flares. Four million volts coming off the top of the rig arcing into people in cages hanging from crane arms atop the rig.
I was flagging a bit at our crew party, so went up to the Stone Circle where there were a few thousand up for dawn, and then on to underground piano bar, which has no specific closing time - they just keep going with their weirdness until noone is left standing. Irish travellers run that one. It's in John Peel's memoirs and was resurrected about three years ago. Awesome.
Nothing like Arcadia anywhere else in Europe. Mutant vehicles out in the crowd, blasting them with CO2 and lighting them up with distress flares. Four million volts coming off the top of the rig arcing into people in cages hanging from crane arms atop the rig.
I was flagging a bit at our crew party, so went up to the Stone Circle where there were a few thousand up for dawn, and then on to underground piano bar, which has no specific closing time - they just keep going with their weirdness until noone is left standing. Irish travellers run that one. It's in John Peel's memoirs and was resurrected about three years ago. Awesome.
stethoscope
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Not sure that's fair - Emily Eavis seems to be doing an excellent job as far as organising Glasto goes - just think it was always going to end up where it is today with its sheer size, success and commercialism.
Unfortunately, the days where I used to love it for being alternative, edgy and political are gone and I can't see that coming back. Glasto just reflects the times really - one where all our experiences have been subsumed by capitalism and even squat parties are mass media fodder nowadays.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
TBH they should just fuck glastonbury off and do something better though, their own festival or sommat.
Gutted i didnt go this year, but glad i missed the mud etc, defo back in 2013 !!
fuck the bands it's all about the other stuff like Arcadia etc
Thats all very well, but everytime i went to go in this year there were 60-90 min queues to get in with that stupid one way system.
stethoscope
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I'd love to see the late area do their own thing collectively. Might happen at brownfield site in London this/next year.
