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FD · Post by FD » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:04 pm

I must be getting old but last night's coverage was awful.

Felt like friday must be the night they put out the shit bands.

Hope it picks up today.

spraggy · Post by **spraggy** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:19 pm

The problem is the BBC coverage is shite, half an hour of presenters going 'look how cool I am', followed by five minutes of live music.

FD · Post by FD » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:28 pm

The worst thing in the world is where there is a band audibly live in the background, one you like...they MENTION it, you can even hear the song they are playing and then they cut to someone earlier in the day.

It's awful coverage, awful.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:35 pm

FD wrote:The worst thing in the world is where there is a band audibly live in the background, one you like...they MENTION it, you can even hear the song they are playing and then they cut to someone earlier in the day.

It's awful coverage, awful.

Until they get it all live and you can pick yer stage using the red button, it's always going to be a bit like that FD. Best bet is grab a ticket and go

Then you can grumble about them scheduling your two favourite bands on different stages at the same time - muppets.

FD · Post by FD » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:45 pm

Unless I suddenly start getting paid a LOT more then I won't be getting a ticket any time soon!

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:46 pm

Agree about the shite coverage. Maybe I'm just being unlucky. Last night all I wanted to see was Doves and the brilliant Fleet Foxes and all they seemed to be showing over and over were Lilly Allen, Little Boots and Lady fecking GaGa. Tonight I want a bit of Kasabian and Franz Ferdinand but keep seeing Pendulum and their noise that falls into the genre of drum 'n' bass. Bah.

KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab · Post by **KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:04 pm

Must be said that the coverage seems worse than it has been over the past couple of years. Franz Ferdinand on BBC3 now, sounding as flat as a fart if truth be told. But there seems less stuff about the festival, more guff about the hosts' experiences and not much else.

As for W4E's idea about the red button, I believe I mentioned that very idea to a friend's wife who had happened to work for the BBC at that time, and it was probably the best part of 5 or 6 years ago. Would have thought it had happened by now.

Dizzee sounded pretty good earlier on, but from what else I've seen has been nothing short of insipid. I usually find a band each day I've never heard of and think "blimey, they sound pretty good". No-one in two days. Although I did fall in love with the lead singer of The Ting Tings last night.

Good God, Pendulum. Noise. Strobes. Nothing else. Thought I heard the tune from the old Peugeot adverts in there, but quite indecipherable.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:41 pm

Just saw Florence and the machine's set on the red button.

Ok I'm biased. But wow! just wow!

You'll either love it or hate it mind!

FD · Post by FD » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:59 am

jimbo wrote:Agree about the shite coverage. Maybe I'm just being unlucky. Last night all I wanted to see was Doves and the brilliant Fleet Foxes and all they seemed to be showing over and over were Lilly Allen, Little Boots and Lady fecking GaGa. Tonight I want a bit of Kasabian and Franz Ferdinand but keep seeing Pendulum and their noise that falls into the genre of drum 'n' bass. Bah.

Speaking of lady ShiteShite, I think it's a bit dubious to have called that a "live" performance.

Sure, her mic was on...but...jesus...people paid a lot money and thats it?

Regarding Florence, I saw her do a live session about a year back and thought there was some real potential, but seeing her today, the songs sounds quite far from those performances and sadly aren't my cup of tea.

Had a hard week so ended up falling asleep, so recorded as much of the coverage as I could find, looking forward to catchingi t today.

Oh and I don't like the band, but the singer from the ting tings has a superb arse.

Puskas · Post by **Puskas** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:47 am

Not actually Glastonbury, but I had to say that Neil Young at Hyde Park on Saturday was superb. Possibly the best gig I've been to so far this year. Certainly up there.
And an entertaining cameo guest spot from Paul McCartney at the end. Made even better by someone just by me shouting for "The girl is mine". I can see Neil Young doing the Michael Jackson bits perfectly...

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:53 am

Puskas wrote:Not actually Glastonbury, but I had to say that Neil Young at Hyde Park on Saturday was superb. Possibly the best gig I've been to so far this year. Certainly up there.
And an entertaining cameo guest spot from Paul McCartney at the end. Made even better by someone just by me shouting for "The girl is mine". I can see Neil Young doing the Michael Jackson bits perfectly...

Neil Young was great at Glasto too!

Enjoyed The Boss as well.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:56 am

Thought Fleet Foxes were awful, they've really regressed of late. Shame that.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:00 am

Bruno wrote:Thought Fleet Foxes were awful, they've really regressed of late. Shame that.

Only saw em do one and thought it was pretty good.

seanworth · Post by **seanworth** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:46 am

Puskas wrote:Not actually Glastonbury, but I had to say that Neil Young at Hyde Park on Saturday was superb. Possibly the best gig I've been to so far this year. Certainly up there.
And an entertaining cameo guest spot from Paul McCartney at the end. Made even better by someone just by me shouting for "The girl is mine". I can see Neil Young doing the Michael Jackson bits perfectly...

Always regret never having the chance to see Neil Young live. Twice I've had tickets and both gigs were canceled once because of a throat infection (didn't see how it could effect his voice much) and once the concert was canceled because of the death of the King's mother.

Did bump into him once though. I accidentally hit him with a ski while walking down the hall of a ski resort in Oregon. I apologized quickly skirted off to my room to dump off my stuff so I could come out and act like a stupid fan. Unfortunately he was nowhere to be seen.

Puskas · Post by **Puskas** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:50 am

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Bruno wrote:Thought Fleet Foxes were awful, they've really regressed of late. Shame that.
Only saw em do one and thought it was pretty good.

I enjoyed them on Saturday - thought they were rather good.

FD · Post by FD » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:34 pm

I thought the Boss was incredible!! As good as, if not better than, Radiohead in 97.

Might be one of the best TV-Live gigs I've ever seen.

BWFC_Insane · Post by **BWFC_Insane** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:45 pm

FD wrote:I thought the Boss was incredible!! As good as, if not better than, Radiohead in 97.

Might be one of the best TV-Live gigs I've ever seen.

A load of journos who were there to work were complaining in't papers that he played "too long". Ha.

Don't think the paying punters were complaining though. Apart from those that don't like him, in which case why watch.......

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:15 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Puskas wrote:Not actually Glastonbury, but I had to say that Neil Young at Hyde Park on Saturday was superb. Possibly the best gig I've been to so far this year. Certainly up there.
And an entertaining cameo guest spot from Paul McCartney at the end. Made even better by someone just by me shouting for "The girl is mine". I can see Neil Young doing the Michael Jackson bits perfectly...
Neil Young was great at Glasto too!

Enjoyed The Boss as well.

He was pretty good, I thought Rockin the Free World went into the odd one or two, too many endings though...

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:19 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
FD wrote:I thought the Boss was incredible!! As good as, if not better than, Radiohead in 97.

Might be one of the best TV-Live gigs I've ever seen.
A load of journos who were there to work were complaining in't papers that he played "too long". Ha.

Don't think the paying punters were complaining though. Apart from those that don't like him, in which case why watch.......

They're probably long term pi$$ed off, as he often does 3 hours or so....

FD · Post by FD » Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:21 pm

Lets put it this way, I'd heard that Bruce does 3 hour gigs, but also that tickets for this tour were around £80.

I was disgusted at the price, it's extortion I thought.

Then I saw his Glasto performance, (twice now in fact) and I would pay that without even worrying.

It's not often (especially given todays modern "don't give a feck" musical attitude on stage) you see someone put that much into a performance, it's not often you hear a band that are that tight, that together (and yeah, time has something to do with it) but good lord, the moment it finished I wanted to go listen to his music again. Moreover though, he looked like he truly was loving every moment, just as everyone else watching, there or otherwise were.

I'm a muso myself (or, I was) having recorded 3 CDs worth of studio albums, and it's not often I get this gushing, this "blown away" feeling, buy by God Bruce blew me out of the water, and I know I'm not alone, at work everyone who'd seen it were saying how they had their mouths agape watching this incredible performance.

He did break curfew though, which was an awesome moment between him and his guitarist :

"It's curfew time!!"
..."What?"
"ITS CURFEW TIME!!"
...."nah nah nah"
"I'm telling ya, ITS CURFEW TIME!!!"
...."F*CK THE CURFEW"

....a bit more music...then a pause, mid song...

"...what time is it" (says Bruce)
"I T S B O S S T I M E !!!" (says his guitarist)

ROCK!

Amazing, Amazing, Amazing.

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