Glastonbury

[tomjackson]

Have you been watching any of the coverage?

See anything good?

I just managed to stay awake through half an Elbow set.  Pretty impressive eh?

[plastercaster]

elbow are so boooorr...... :orczz:

[Ian Price]

I've not seen much of it to be honest. I must be getting old though as I got bored very quickly and turned over to watch a documentary.

[Matt77]

zzzzz

[ToneMonkey]

I think the BBC coverage hasn't been great this year.  Seems like the same four or five bands have just been on a constant loop.

I've been flicking between BBC2, BBC3, Red Button and Radio 6 for a couple of days.

There's loads of good bands there, but last night we got an hour of Jimmy Eat World Sucks Balls.

[Brow]

I've seen the odd bit but haven't been too impressed by much tbh.

I saw Biffy Clyros set and the sound in general was absolutely awful, had to turn it off after about 10 minutes.

Saw a bit of a band called Mumford & Sons (I think), got bored after half a song and turned it off.

I don't like U2 or Coldplay so didn't watch those, saw a bit of an american R n' B singer whose name escapes me, wasn't bad but not really my thing. Chemical Brothers were on too and I caught a bit of it while flicking around. I really don't see the point of that sorta stuff at festivals (or in general :lol: ) as there's nothing to see on stage apart from 2 or 3 guys stood behind a computer in the middle of the stage.

[Philly Q]

Do they ever actually show full sets?

Whenever I flick over to BBC3 it seems to be some tw@t like Fearne Cotton just wittering on about something.  I must admit I don't have the patience to wait even a few seconds in those circumstances....

[Ian Price]

I'd really love someone on the BBC to say what they really though about some of the performances. Not sure I could bite my tongue and lie through my teeth about it. I suppose they are on contracts that require them to keep "the talent" sweet.

[Oroficus]

Do they ever actually show full sets?

Whenever I flick over to BBC3 it seems to be some tw@t like Fearne Cotton just wittering on about something

Glastonbury's definitely not what it used to be.   :lol:

[Johnny Mac]

Your right there. It used to be full of crustys and CND supporters.  They have Beyonce on now with loads of screaming kids.
Big business nowadays.

[tomjackson]

Yeah I noticed a big difference between about 1995 and the last time I went in about 2005.

It's gone really commercial.  So much so that you even have to pay to get in now.

I'm glad I went when it was a proper alternative music festival....

[WezV]

i have worked there a couple of times - making pasta jewellery in the kids field and artsy crafty stuff like that.  free entry and working 12-2 everyday, much better than the oxfam lot who do 8 hour shifts and have to do one night on duty

i like it, but i wouldnt go just for the music. never see everyone i want anyway with the travel between stages.

its still a much better/friendlier experience than reading/leeds and much less commercial than something like V (i was made to go in 2003 :( ).  take a wander with a few drinks, sit and talk to people  you meet and just see whats going on

the wife is currently watching beyonce... tricky came on for a little bit of a song... looking rather frail but it could have added some credibility if he had done anything other than whisper a few lines into a mic and disappeared again to make room for dancers

[WezV]

oh, but the coverage is always shoddy.  I am fairly sure they could record more than 3 of the stages and never play the same thing twice

they have 4 or 5 red button channels playing the same cr@p over and over again.  i would love it if they did say 3 of those showing highlights  and the remaining always playing something else from the festival.  My best experiences are on the smaller stages which dont get a look in from the beeb

[choucas09]

I've only been once back in 82. The wonderful thing then was a total lack of affluent looking people. However if they continue the new trend of Tories doing an Elvis I might become interested again.