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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Ian Price on June 26, 2009, 11:36:03 PM
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[rant]After the high of the Matt Schofield gig I have just been bought crashing down to earth with a resounding thud by the BBC highlights of 'Glasto'.
The Ting Tings (f@cking awfully bad), Paulo Nutini (terrible acoustic song, even worse voice and someone needs to smack him in the mouth) and Lady GaGa (t@ts trying to escape from her top and apparently she named herself after a Queen song).
I feel really, really old saying this but they should all f@ck off until they have developed their 'talent' and actually have decent songs to sing.[/rant]
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I hate Glasto, it's pure over hyped shite, I don't think I'll ever go.
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I hate Glasto, it's pure over hyped shitee, I don't think I'll ever go.
and way too corporate and clean looking. I'm sure parts of it are nice but the minute the corporate world gets its teeth stuck in you know it will be awful within a few years. Not sure if the cr@pness of the festival nowadays is anything to do with the slowly increasing influence of Emily Eavis.
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i quite enjoyed N.E.R.D, nice (koa?? - interesteing grain on the body below the sunburst) strat sounding very summery in the first few tracks.
i also enjoyed the specials
gaga is a laugh at best - the keytar made me cringe
only problem is BBC's coverage - we will see the same 3 bands repeated constantly for the whole weekend... probably bloc party for most of it!
so many bands, 3 channels covering it - they should never have to repeat anything!
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I wanted to go a bit this year actually (something I thought I'd never say).
The Specials
Regina Spektor
Steel Pulse
Animal Collective
Bruce Springsteen
Spinal Tap
Eagles of Death Metal
Jarvis c--ker
Gaslight Anthem
Bon Iver
King Blues
Yeah Yeah Yeahs....
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the keytar made me cringe
no knocking keytars!!!!
playing normal keyboards you get shoved to the side of the stage and have no stage presence what so ever, unless it's an organ and you stick knives in it
keytar = instant stage presence even if it is uber cheesey
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Yep it was pretty bad. I used to go in the 90's and early 00's when you could jump over the fence :D
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Oh and Lilly Allen should be put down, I can't stand her.
Lady Gaga should give up and do porn, she's nearly there anyway. That way we might want to actually watch her!
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a bunch of terrible bands,
it will be all over the interactive BBC red button stuff on sky and you'll probably get a lot more bands on there.
obviously whats shown on the main channels is going to be dictated by trend, and while everyone here seems to have some musical sense, a lot of people dont.
the only music show on TV i enjoy is Jools Holland, and even thats gone a bit down hill. although i did sneak in when metallica where on it and watching them from the side of the bass rig
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the keytar made me cringe
no knocking keytars!!!!
playing normal keyboards you get shoved to the side of the stage and have no stage presence what so ever, unless it's an organ and you stick knives in it
keytar = instant stage presence even if it is uber cheesey
why just not bring a piano then? Gives you instant and massive stage presence!
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a bunch of terrible bands,
it will be all over the interactive BBC red button stuff on sky and you'll probably get a lot more bands on there.
obviously whats shown on the main channels is going to be dictated by trend, and while everyone here seems to have some musical sense, a lot of people dont.
i dont know, it seems the red button channels on freeview just seem to show the same stuff thats already been on the main channel loads of times
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Was talkin about Glastonbury today with a few friends and family. After going on a tirade (again) about it my Sister said "you're such a music snob Ian". I must say that I felt incredibly proud to be called that.
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lady? ga ga...sure she is a post op transexual.....anyways liked Maximo Park, nerd....neil young and crosby,stills, nash, the boss and the boss and gaslight anthem
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Oh and Lilly Allen should be put down, I can't stand her.
Lady Gaga should give up and do porn, she's nearly there anyway. That way we might want to actually watch her!
you just want to poke her face!!! (someone had to say it!)
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Just watching the Springsteen performance. Not bad but for some reason the producers decided to show quite a lot of his lesser known songs - maybe The Boss didn't play a greatest hits set.
The other annoying thing, for a pedant such as me, is that when the opening bars of Thunder Road were played a screen graphic flashed up saying it was Tenth Avenue Freeze Out. :x
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... if Glasto isn't your thing, there are still tickets for the Cambridge Folk Festival...
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... if Glasto isn't your thing, there are still tickets for the Cambridge Folk Festival...
I'm sure it's lovey but suspect it won't be musically up my street :D
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well im gunna say i loved it!
ok some of it was shitee! gaga is a stupid bitch,
ting tings suck ass etc,
but PRODIGY blew me away!!!!!!!!!
pendulum also very very good!
bloc party wickid as ever!
king blues!!! crazy 200 people tent gig in avalon!
n kasabian very good
bruce very enjoyable soo im gunna say id deffo go back n i loved it!
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Watched most of it on TV. Blur were awful, totally let the crowd carry the gig. Watching Springsteen was like watching a masterclass of how to put on a good show. Specials were good, Maddness were good. Nothing else worth talking about imo.
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Blur were no where near Oasis for being cr@p headliner. Oasis were headling when I was there and they were shite. I mean really really shite.
I'd head back to Glasto one day I think. Loads of people (normally one's who haven't been) spout on about it being all corporate, but there's so much going on that you could easily spend 5 days there without seeing a band. Generally I like smaller festivals, but Glasto is what it is and I had a bloody good larf when I went there which is what it's all about at the end of the day.
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Yeah, disapointingly, Oasis are pretty tripe live too most of the time. I loved them a few years back and caught them live this year, the songs are still good (the old ones). But there is no effort in playing them. Still, I'd take Noel's voice and guitar playing over Damon's recent attempt at singing anyday. But yeah, both bands let the crowd do the work
Not many decent live bands that would satisfy a Glasto crowd as headliners these days though...
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I also thought Blur were a little underwhelming and just went through the motions.I've seen Coxon play his own stuff live and he was far more animated than that. Makes me think it was all for the £'s
The next thing I'm going to say may surprise some people, it certainly surprised me, and I fully expect to be ribbed for it. I watched the highlights of the isle of wight festival and McFly were very impressive indeed. The custom shop nocaster the singer (I don't know his name) was playing looked and sounded awesome. This revelation doesn't mean I'm going to buy their albums but it certainly was an eye opener!
There, I said it :o
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The custom shop nocaster the singer (I don't know his name) was playing looked and sounded awesome.
I bet you kiss is poster goodnight every night.
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The custom shop nocaster the singer (I don't know his name) was playing looked and sounded awesome.
I bet you kiss is poster goodnight every night.
:lol:
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I also thought Blur were a little underwhelming and just went through the motions.I've seen Coxon play his own stuff live and he was far more animated than that. Makes me think it was all for the £'s
The next thing I'm going to say may surprise some people, it certainly surprised me, and I fully expect to be ribbed for it. I watched the highlights of the isle of wight festival and McFly were very impressive indeed. The custom shop nocaster the singer (I don't know his name) was playing looked and sounded awesome. This revelation doesn't mean I'm going to buy their albums but it certainly was an eye opener!
There, I said it :o
I like McFly more than 90% of music mentioned on this forum. Yeah it's disposable pop, but it's done well and it's honest about what it is. And they're full of 60's pop harmonies and hooks.
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I like McFly more than 90% of music mentioned on this forum. Yeah it's disposable pop, but it's done well and it's honest about what it is. And they're full of 60's pop harmonies and hooks.
And they looked so happy and energetic doing it. A complete contrast to Blur.
I remember reading in either total guitar or guitarist a few months ago that McFly all live together in the same house and spend most of their time jamming and writing songs. They also have a lot of top quality Gibsons and Fenders at their disposable. What a great life. Very jealous.