Rich Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I apologise for yet another Glasto thread. No actually, I don't. If you could hop in a time machine, which year would you go back and see? For me, it'd be 1994, 1984, 1982. [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival#Lineups"]Glastonbury Festival lineups 1970 - 2015[/url] [url="http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/history/"]Glastonbury history[/url] Quote
Musicman20 Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I went to 2005 and it was fab. I'd go again if I had the time/money and leave available. Gone are the days of employers being generous with annual leave. Quote
KevB Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) Looking at that list has made me realise why I've never been. A mate of mine went in the 80's when Elvis Costello headlined, said it was one of the most boring sets he'd ever heard headline anything. Edited June 29, 2015 by KevB Quote
pfretrock Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 Never been, same reason. Anyone go here? [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_Festival_of_Blues_and_Progressive_Music"]https://en.wikipedia...ogressive_Music[/url] Look at that line up, if the headliners could not make it, plenty to choose from. (foolishly, I stayed in school to do a bloody exam!) Quote
skidder652003 Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 interesting to note the price hikes! £225 this year, seems austerity never happened! As much a part of the circuit as Henley, Ascot, Wimbledon etc, posh kids partything, utter bollo*ks, makes me almost nostalgic for the 80's when you could jump the fence, sell drugs and be generally loutish. Quote
mrtcat Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 1994 so i could see RATM live in their prime and so I could throw a bottle of p!$$ at Liam Gallagher. Quote
No lust in Jazz Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I went between 1987 and 1994 even having my honeymoon there in 1993 When I first went it was easy going - Two Stages and a lot of people being daft, when I went it wasn't for the music the music was just part of it. At some point the fence went up and for me (understanding the reasons for the fence - the locals (the same locals who would charge £5 for a hot shower)) it lost its attraction. Once it got on TV forget it.. Quote
KevB Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1435581862' post='2810206'] Never been, same reason. Anyone go here? [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_Festival_of_Blues_and_Progressive_Music"]https://en.wikipedia...ogressive_Music[/url] Look at that line up, if the headliners could not make it, plenty to choose from. (foolishly, I stayed in school to do a bloody exam!) [/quote] That looks more like it! However I was 6 in 1970 so I expect it would have rather passed me by. West Yorkshire to Bath? might as well be the moon. I remember going to stay with an older cousin in London around 1971 or 72, it was like visiting a different country. Quote
timmo Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 I only went twice. !992 and 1994. The Levellers were awesome that day. The problem with 1994, was the year Mean Fiddler took over. You couldn`t take your own drink in the field, and youy had to go through barriers and frisked to come from the camp site into the arena. I believe that is why the prices of tickets started to rise rapidly, as it become a lot more commercial. I remember being stuck outside the gates for hours, because the travellers were refused free entry, so they blocked the gates. Quote
miles'tone Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1435587349' post='2810292'] I only went twice. !992 and 1994. The Levellers were awesome that day. The problem with 1994, was the year Mean Fiddler took over. You couldn`t take your own drink in the field, and youy had to go through barriers and frisked to come from the camp site into the arena. I believe that is why the prices of tickets started to rise rapidly, as it become a lot more commercial. I remember being stuck outside the gates for hours, because the travellers were refused free entry, so they blocked the gates. [/quote] My first year was 1992 and one of the first people we met after bunking in was the singer from The Levellers! I was a bit starstruck for about a minute, lovely guy, bummed some skins off him They were great that year. "If I could live the life I lead, then I would be a spaceman..." Quote
lojo Posted June 29, 2015 Posted June 29, 2015 (edited) This is the order Id programme into the Tardis. 81 Hawkwind / New Order 09 Neil Young 84 Smiths / Weather Report 90 Cure / Happy Mondays Edited June 29, 2015 by lojo Quote
Dr.Dave Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 I try not to be one to hark back to the past on some nostalgia trip so I'd only go as far as last weekend so I could watch Burt Bacharach again. Quote
Woodinblack Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 I went in 1981 to 1983. Interesting to see who was on those years, I couldn't have told you, apart from hawkwind and aswad. I was pretty happy with any of those, although I think it was 82 pissed it down and was generally pretty wet the whole time, so I think 81 was my favourite. Quote
lojo Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 [quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1435855989' post='2813115'] I try not to be one to hark back to the past on some nostalgia trip so I'd only go as far as last weekend so I could watch Burt Bacharach again. [/quote] A friend was raving about a gig of his the other week at Hampton Court Quote
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