Glastonbury

Salty · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:47 am

gutted not to be there, as will 1,000's of others
so why don't the beeb show live coverage via the red button thing?

they've had womens tennis on it all week :roll:

its obviously not an impossibility, so why don't they do it?
it'll sell out regardless...

ho-hum

still loooking forward to watching whatever coverage is on - once I'm back in from that lash thing we go out on :wink:

Salty · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:48 am

yeah but you like shagging car exhausts... :roll:

Salty · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:47 pm

its just rained again!

parmopooly · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:23 pm

but they'll roll around in the mud as soon as they start to get clean

howlin wolf · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:21 pm

Salty wrote:

gutted not to be there, as will 1,000's of others
so why don't the beeb show live coverage via the red button thing?

still loooking forward to watching whatever coverage is on - once I'm back in from that lash thing we go out on :wink:

Its on BBC 4 old chap, dont you have it?

jish · **Posted:** Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:39 pm

I'm absolutely gutted i'm not there. Regardless of the weather. I've been there 6 times now and totally enjoyed every minute of it.

I have never experienced an atmosphere like the one at Glastonbury and have never been to a musical event to even come close!

Gutted rage

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6471

One question about Glastonbury, Why do loads of people take flags? What is the point surely you go to watch the music not wave a stupid flag about.

katcha · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:32 am

see someone elses quite re commercial social calender

never been

wanted to

didnt get round to it

aint gonna go now

doesnt look now what it was describd as fifteen+ years back

jish · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:43 am

The first time i went was 1997 and the last time was 2004. I've been 6 times and it gets more corporate by the year. That still doesn't detract from the enjoyment of it all though.

I would urge anyone to go at least once, if they are a music fan or not.

I remember in 2002 on the Saturday night. The choice of headline acts on the main stages were The Stereophonics (shyte) and Orbital (great, but i'd seen them many times before), so me and my mate Greg just went for a wander. Took on Manu Chao on the Jazz World stage for a while and then headed up to the stone circle which was practically empty.

You can almost see the entire festival from up there and it was amazing to see it all in action from that distance.

I'm there next year, even if it means working at the festival!

jish · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:16 am

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Me and the Mrs (who HAS been to plenty of festivals) both agreed last night that even from your armchair Glastonbury is fooked.

Have you been to Glastonbury then ECG?

jish · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:21 am

Nah. I went to the Leeds festival in 2000 or something. Bit on the rawk side for me.

Have you been to Glastonbury?

HUFCWop · **Joined:** Tue May 22, 2007 7:30 am **Posts:** 373

ElvisCsGlasses(TM) wrote:

jishtownend wrote:

Quote:

Me and the Mrs (who HAS been to plenty of festivals) both agreed last night that even from your armchair Glastonbury is fooked.

Have you been to Glastonbury then ECG?

Have you been to Reading Jish?

Have you been to Seaton Carew ECG?

jish · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:08 pm

I'm just surprised you've never been with you being into music and festivals etc.

The weather is a pain but it's great when it's dry.

I would recommend it to anyone!

Salty · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:11 pm

howlin wolf wrote:

Salty wrote:

gutted not to be there, as will 1,000's of others
so why don't the beeb show live coverage via the red button thing?

still loooking forward to watching whatever coverage is on - once I'm back in from that lash thing we go out on :wink:

Its on BBC 4 old chap, dont you have it?

yes I do
and its on beeb 3 an that too
and beeb 2

my point [not very well put,granted] was that they should do the red button thing all day long, as they do with tennis and snooker and stuff...

Salty · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:17 pm

what you see on the telly is tip of the Glasto iceberg tho, its huge and has shed loads of stuff on

you cant fall off, unless it turns into a swamp, and even then its a right laugh

jish · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:21 pm

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I'm nearly 45 you know! By the time Glastonbury got big I was well into my 30's

That's no age. I kid you not, I had a woman in her 70's or 80's going into the portaloo after i'd been in! Brave is not the word!

Our kid is 37 this year and i'm trying to convince him to go next year. Reckon he will an all.

There's a massive selection of music too. Iggy and the Stooges are headlining one of the stages tonight.

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:30 pm

jishtownend wrote:

Quote:

I'm nearly 45 you know! By the time Glastonbury got big I was well into my 30's

That's no age. I kid you not, I had a woman in her 70's or 80's going into the portaloo after i'd been in! Brave is not the word!

Our kid is 37 this year and i'm trying to convince him to go next year. Reckon he will an all.

There's a massive selection of music too. Iggy and the Stooges are headlining one of the stages tonight.

Is Elvis (the big fat American) ever going to Glasto?

If he does, I'll go :grin:

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:29 pm

chip fireball wrote:

at least with reading you can walk back into town each night and either stay in a hotel or get the train home if you live in london.

theres something very wrong about sleeping in tents and using portable toilets if you have to.

i'd honestly rather sleep in a tent than stay in reading, ignorance is in abundance with the people of reading.

worked there about 8 yrs ago the most miserable pack of tw@ts ive ever met, if they heard your northern accent they'd serve someone behind you in the queue 1st.

only people that would talk to us were students or other people working away from home.

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6471

How shit were the Kooks, I quite liked their debut album but they were either pissed or on somethign else, you coulldn't understand a word he was saying between songs.

Editors were on form though :grin:

Salty · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:50 pm

nowt to add to that fensoir
kooks = sh it
editors = class [on now , bye]

Salty · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:58 pm

EDIT kooks= sh itness personified rage

Hawklord · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:27 pm **Posts:** 3115

Agree that the Editors were good - reminded me of a scruffy Interpol (who I also like).

Salty · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:30 pm

cock on

the killers
its funny, I were just thinking that they look a bit like Queen what the the moustache and the curly haired geetar player
then he does that call and response thing!!

eee

anyways
hitsville dem killa
couldn't get any artistic pleasure outta them, but theres hits there

Salty · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:31 am

Iggy was well good on a number of levels
musically
the stage invasion
and when he decked it - looked like he hurt himself an all...great entertainment that

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Maximo Park, MON THE PARK!!

did us proud I thunk :sweeeet:

andyp · **Joined:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:54 am **Posts:** 856

Did he do a record with Ian Rankin ??

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:24 am

ElvisCsGlasses(TM) wrote:

I've spent the last hour listening to the great Jackie Leven on Bob Harris.

Anyone else heard/heard of him? Ex Doll-By-Doll singer/songwriter? Bloody Marvellous!

Our Lass can watch Lily Allen... :roll:

Lily fecking Allen, how on dear Gods earth did her AND her feckwit father become famous I shall never ever ever know refyellow

Wxmmod · **Joined:** Wed May 16, 2007 9:50 am **Posts:** 35

TalbotAvenger wrote:

ElvisCsGlasses(TM) wrote:

I've spent the last hour listening to the great Jackie Leven on Bob Harris.

Anyone else heard/heard of him? Ex Doll-By-Doll singer/songwriter? Bloody Marvellous!

Our Lass can watch Lily Allen... :roll:

Lily fecking Allen, how on dear Gods earth did her AND her feckwit father become famous I shall never ever ever know refyellow

It was good when The Specials got on stage with her though and sang Gangters!

Salty · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:58 pm

ee by gum, i'm paying for my excesses today!

still, Iggy was about the best thing thus far!
I cant believe I half complimented the Killers! must've been the Gin....

Salty · **Posted:** Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:15 pm

more observations from the red button:

Mika is a qunt
"Paolo Nutini" sounds like Rab C Nesbitt
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly are fab
CSS are an entertaining bunch
Rodrigo y some spanish chick are utterly superb - those rythms were amazing
Paul Weller is the dullest man since fab Macca

thats all for now, dreading the Who :shock:

and Kaiser Shites
could be a long night requiring alcyhol

dawlishmonkey · **Joined:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:53 am **Posts:** 1588

salty defo agree with you about get cape,top band with a brain too.
also agree with those who said the killers were gash,the monkeys were excellent for me like was a bit surprised they got the headline this year but good show.
enjoyed watching the marleys,the editors,the maccabees so far.
can't have weller dissed he is the man

mr plow · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:42 am

I thought the Manics and Paul Weller were both pretty good, but John Fogerty was excellent, apart from Rocking all over the World!

BritishWestHpool · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:35 pm **Posts:** 1243

Been to Reading three times and Glasto twice - all between 1989 and 1991.
Musically Reading was the best
Experience wise, Glasto was the best
Simple as that
Off to Leeds this year for my first festival in seven years :sweeeet:

The camping bit is great

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