There was a time, long ago, when Glastonbury was an enjoyable, slightly anarchic music festival, for young people. Nowadays it's become so expensive, it's just fucking Ascot without the horses.
Glastonbury 2022
- Thread starter Gerry1time
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Ranbay
The same rules apply
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
I had my olives, cold meats and continental cheeses for breakfast today. Oh yes.
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
28 for me.
Numbers
an ting!
She’s brilliant isn’t she.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
21 years here. The Super Fence did its job.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
It's 30 years since I last went. I don't think I've done a festival with more than 1000 people since.
ska invita
back on the other side
what someone needs to do is start an alternative countercultural zone on the fringes of the site and call it Pilton Festival
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
This has to be a performance art thing right?
philosophical
Well-Known Member
Yes. I watched Plant and Krauss on the television last night. Thought it was atmospheric and creative, and the whole line up sweated musicianship. What I liked was that it wasn’t simply Zeppelin crowd pleasing covers, but an uncompromising presentation of lovely music performed with affection and skill.
I love Led Zep by the way.
Voley
🐀
Yep. Good choice of Led Zep songs for that band too. Swampy, bluegrassy versions of stuff you know really well. Battle of Evermore was really good with Alison Krauss doing the harmonies.
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I didn’t see her but voting not miming!
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Well clearly they don't know how to festival. Unless they're running around trying to find a dealer to replace the weekends worth of medication they accidentally consumed yesterday.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Both. She was singing over tracks which included vocals - sometimes harmonies, sometimes run through about 74 layers of effects, sometimes just the original vocals.
The biggest clue was when the microphone was being pointed at the crowd, yet the main vocal carried on. But yes, she was singing live.
tommers
Fuck it, it's fine.
She told them to take the vocal track out at one point. Which was a bit weird.
ska invita
back on the other side
There's quite a lot of "tracking" that goes on these days, especially as the cost of taking a big band on tour is prohibitive... For example rather than have three backing vocalists (as used to be quite standard) bvs often get pre recorded and played back now. Ive never heard it happen but there must be times an act loses their place in the song and that stuff goes out of sync!
Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
Confidence Man were excellent. The second they walked on stage in their stupid great big suits they won me over. They put on a great show - the choreography (vogueing!), the costumes (I proper laughed when she came back on in that dress with the flashing conical breasts) and the early 90s dance pop vibes of the music (piano house!).
After watching Jesus & Mary Chain (who were much lower energy than when i saw them 30 years ago) and good but more low energy performances from Khruangbin and Green Tea Peng they were the highlight of Friday's TV coverage.
keybored
Well done. You remember cat good.
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
My (lovely) neighbours borrowed their parents motor home and went to Glastonbury.
I think I might go again if I had a really good set up - with a shower etc.
As danny la rouge pointed out earlier, it can be difficult as one gets older and has health and mobility issues. Glastonbury is great but hard work and not always relaxing.
I really enjoyed watching it on TV and not having to worry about basics such as toileting and food.....but at the same time I am missing the opportunity to just wander with out a plan and see what happens.
I think I might go again if I had a really good set up - with a shower etc.
As danny la rouge pointed out earlier, it can be difficult as one gets older and has health and mobility issues. Glastonbury is great but hard work and not always relaxing.
I really enjoyed watching it on TV and not having to worry about basics such as toileting and food.....but at the same time I am missing the opportunity to just wander with out a plan and see what happens.
