Barking Spiders

To be fair to Diana Ross, she always did have a thin, reedy voice and not just at aged 78. One of the things me and mrs Spiders bonded over when we first met was our shared intense dislike of 60s/Holland Dozier Holland era Tamla Motown and in particular the abrasive tones and hollow timbre of miss Ross's vocals. This goes back to when we first met in a pub where someone put a Supremes song on the jukebox and with nothing more than a shared look of horror, we hightailed it out of there.

On record they're about as stimulating and invigorating as a cup of Horlicks but in the festival context they work very well. A lot of that is down to Guy Garvey's presence.

'Just little pop songs' ? What's wrong with pop anyway? As for Primal Scream, it it wasn't for Andrew Weatherall's production Screamadelica would've been very run of the mill. I like the JAMC but back in the 80s they were infamous for their short gigs and rather surly stage demeanour, often with their backs to the crowd, probably to avoid being gobbed in the face. I have their albums but wouldn't ever bother seeing them live.

Dunno much about OR but for me Sigrid is the best pop star there's been for aeons. She's made two excellent albums, has the best voice of any current female singer, is a great little mover and has a cracking band behind her. I'm envious of those who saw her set.

Not me though. I've always had one foot in the mainstream ever since the 80s days of synth pop, New romantics and pop funk with slap bass etc. As for rock and metal, I don't think there needs to be any at Glastonbury as there are plenty of other festivals offering all that.

I checked out this vid out of curiosity but errm ...yeah. I'm a fan of Ice T's late 80s/early 90s hip hop but never cared for his ventures into rock/metal, either with Bodycount or as a guest. Metal and rap/hip hop are two genres that should've never been merged.

I think quite a lot of those in RB's 'What makes this ...' would be better featured on this channel instead

I quite enjoy some of his 'What makes this song great?' though I don't care for his interviews with guitar shredders operating in micro-niches with maybe a couple of thousand fans. Sure others will but of his 3 million subscribers I bet most won't. I like the way he can appreciate current pop songs and not just blanket write them off because they're mainstream popular.

YT reaction vids are the music version of Gogglebox. They are also strong evidence that free speech is a menace to society and should be cracked down upon and that we should adopt the Victorian adage of 'children should be seen and not heard'. ☺️

This evening while working I've had volume 5 of Future Sound of London's ace From the archives series. Here's another tasty tidbit of experimental electronica for you to gloss over 😁

Ha ha one man's poison n all that but I love Lemon Jelly. Going back to to those I mentioned viz the Clash, all one needs is The Clash Hits Back which pretty much contains all their best tracks. With the best will in the world while LP sides 1 & 2 /CD 1 of London Calling is good , 3 & 4/CD2 why would anyone think sides 3 & 4/CD2 is owt but hastily cobbled together filler? But for Tommy Gun, Give 'em Enough Rope is pants and the less said about the next albums the better. The debut still holds up well though. As for Disintegration and Pornography, I've no idea why I ever bought them, the music equivalent of Eastenders.

Heard this track a couple of days ago for the first time. I really like it. As you say, quite Chic-like but nowt wrong with that

I was distracted by the bassist's mullet to pay much attention to the song. It's amazing to think there were people who thought the mullet was an attractive look. Apologies in advance to any BCers that might still sport one, or even a skullet a la a current Norman Watt Roy

I'm big on looks whatever it is and particularly basses & guitars. That design is plain fugly. The tone isn't that great either but I dunno whether that's lack of ahem..wood related tone...or the cheesy new age noodling

Au contraire, my main criticism concerns the booking of old lags who should've been pensioned off yonks ago; MacCartney, Diana Ross, Plant & Krauss, Noel Gallagher, Skunk Anansie, Pet Shop Boys, Crowded House..plus loads of over the hill indie type bands who've been around for years e.g. Libertines, Supergrass, Elbow, Jesus and Mary Chain (whose 80s stuff I still play), Primal Scream (who were always gash except when Andrew Weatherall produced their music), the Damned.... The acts that would interest me more are younger ones like Sam Fender and Sigrid (my personal fave).

I try to keep abreast with nail fashion trends and generally go to my manicurist once a month, for trimming, buffing and varnishing, opting for either classic Sunset Red or Periwinkle finishes.

Not just a big fat no from me but a clinically obese one at that. That design is as ugly as f***. To make it worse, that directionless, dull as ditchwater new age noodling doesn't sell it either.

Nope you're quite right. The line-up across the board looks generally terrible. The line-ups each day for the Pyramid, Other and West Holts stages are the worst I've seen. I've been to Glastonbury several times over the last 30 years, and usually have been able to count on the dance/electronica line-ups. This year it's pretty flaccid stuff. Then again electronica has gone the way of rap and rock, down the pan and around the u-bend.

I've been listening to quite a few albums with me mostly thinking 'why the f*** did I ever buy that?' e.g. The Clash's 'London Calling' and 'Give 'em enough rope' , 'Pornography' and 'Disintegration' by The Cure and 'The way of all flesh' by Gojira. They're all actually pretty bad with at most just a couple of fair tracks on each. A big pile is mounting which will be wending it's way to the local second hand music store

In the UK we only have one season with a few minor variations from time to time

True, I believe it's probably an industry term for 'cheap production line instruments made in Indonesia/China'. Even worse than musical instrument snobs are those car snobs / petrolheads who sneer at mass market models. So, your fancy xx can do 0-60 in 3 seconds and reach top speeds of 200 mph. Where are you going to taken that for drive then? the salt flats in Utah?

Something that bugs me a bit is seeing retailers descriptions of x budget bass/guitar and then saying s*** like ' suitable for beginners and intermediate players' , insinuating that advanced players shouldn't bother considering it. Ballcocks. Any decent player worth his salt can make any instrument sound good. Give a s*** player an £8,000 Fodera and he'll make it sound like the cr@pp13$t Kay.

If Coldplay had been headlining I'd have gone ☺️. They're a really good live band. This year's line-up is about as poor as I've ever seen, esp the Pyramid. The only act I'd bother with is Sigrid, who's supporting ageing lags Primal Scream and the Jesus and Mary Chain on the John Peel stage. Don't get me wrong, JAMC have been long been among my fave rock bands but they're almost a decade older than me even and I'm no spring chicken. Mind you, Download doesn't look much cop either. I remember seeing the Deftones in the afternoon slot at Sonisphere 2014 but they're second billing to Iron Maiden despite being far from what they used to be.

One of the albums that's rarely out of my CD player is the debut by the fantastic Sigrid. By rights she should become as big as Taylor Swift now or as Britney Spears was back in the day but she's better than either of them