Glastonbury 2023 thread

[bassbloke]

Watching Nova Twins and I have serious 80s Japanese bass guitar and pedal board envy.

[MGBrown]

1 hour ago, Geddys nose said:

The Pretenders - what a set, what a band.

Quality all round. 

Can't quite believe how bad GnR were.

Lizzo was very entertaining. She always looks like she's having a ball.

[Cato]

I've never really listened to Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens but I'm quite enjoying his set.

 

Perfect for a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Edited June 25, 2023 by Cato

[theplumber]

5 minutes ago, Cato said:

I've never really listened to Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens but I'm quite enjoying his set.

 

Perfect for a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Great set and he has some songs! Check them out! Oh and the bass player has a nice custom Warmouth bass!

[Trueno]

Cat Stevens defined my university years… along with… erm…Lynyrd Skynyrd.

 

Really enjoying this stuff.

[ambient]

I'm really looking forward to Elton John’s last-ever performance. I'm not going to watch it, I'm just really looking forward to it.

Edited June 25, 2023 by ambient

[steantval]

Rick Ashley does AC/DC 👍

[Cato]

Blondie:

 

Debbie's voice isn't what it was but the band and the arrangements are spot on and somehow the whole thing actually works pretty damn well.

[Mudpup]

Debs is doing ok. Much better than some other footage I've seen recently. She's always been a bit wobbly but she can get away with it to a point I think 

 

The band is killing it on Rapture 

Edited June 25, 2023 by Mudpup

[Mudpup]

I enjoyed Maneskin. They really got the whole crowd going. A bit samey but fun to watch. And Victoria is a solid bass player.

[Cato]

2 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

I enjoyed Maneskin. They really got the whole crowd going. A bit samey but fun to watch. And Victoria is a solid bass player.

 

I didn't realise they were on, I've listened to a fair bit of their stuff since I first heard 'I Wanna be Your Slave' on the radio and generally been quite impressed.

 

The live stuff I've seen online has been pretty good too, I'll see if I can find their Glasto set later.

[steantval]

No improvement on Debbie Harry’s vocals since the cringiest at the I.O.W. 👎
 

My wife has already left the room saying Debbie is just shouting/talking and not actually singing.

Edited June 25, 2023 by steantval

[oldslapper]

Grabbed bits and pieces on the tele.

Lots of enthusiastic performances and responsive audiences. 
Enjoying Clem Burke currently, great drummer.

 

As an aside, every year I ask myself “what’s with all the huge flags blocking peoples view?” Is it so their carers can find them? Bizarre. 
Anyway back to Glen Matlock and his lovely hair. 

[Woodinblack]

I watched a bit of the GnR gig - I mean his voice was certainly not great but who is this mythical Axl Rose that people are talking about who could sing live? I have seen them twice in the 90s, I never heard it. 

[Buddster]

Once the festival is over, I'll not miss hearing another over compressed drum sound until they mess it all up again next year. 

[SteveXFR]

Slowdive are really very good. Very spaced out shoegaze rock. Excellent set.

[pbasspecial]

Just watching Blondie do Rapture. The band sound great and even her rapping vocals aren’t too bad either. 

[Nothingman]

8 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

Slowdive are really very good. Very spaced out shoegaze rock. Excellent set.

Never realised they were on! 

[Crusoe]

I thought GnR weren't too bad. It took Axl a while to get his voice warmed up and it started to go again near the end. Rick Astley was great doing the Smiths stuff with Blossoms. If only they had dragged Johnny Marr over to join in. Pretenders sounded fantastic. Did anyone else see the Touareg desert blues band that played? Weird and brilliant.

[Crusoe]

Every band at Glastonbury this weekend...

 

Edited June 25, 2023 by Crusoe

[tonybassplayer]

Can I just put things in to perspective a little. 
 

Some of these artists were at the top of their game 40/50 plus years ago.

 

Around that time I could change the clutch on an MGB in four hours allowing time for a chat with work colleagues, bacon sandwich break and a ten minute scive.
 

These days I couldn’t even attempt it. 

[stingrayPete1977]

11 minutes ago, tonybassplayer said:

Can I just put things in to perspective a little. 
 

Some of these artists were at the top of their game 40/50 plus years ago.

 

Around that time I could change the clutch on an MGB in four hours allowing time for a chat with work colleagues, bacon sandwich break and a ten minute scive.
 

These days I couldn’t even attempt it. 

So what have we learnt from that, don't attempt something if you can't reasonably expect to achieve it? Hhmm.

[SuperSeagull]

54 minutes ago, oldslapper said:

Anyway back to Glen Matlock and his lovely hair. 

Ha! My wife just said that's how I want you to have your hair cut, take a picture! We'll see - not sure I'm cool enough!

[vbance]

I was hoping to find some Wunderhorse on iPlayer, unfortunately no luck there so tuned into Jockstrap instead. Sadly had to turn off after 2 minutes as the misses came in to join me😜

[Marvin]

I'm currently watching Editors on iPlayer. I've seen them a couple if times in recent years and they are great live. There's nothing wrong with the mix, but there never is with Editors.  I'm not sure the new material is working live and I'm still sceptical over Blanck Mass' work on the production side. But that's a very minor niggle to be honest, still a great performance 

Edited June 25, 2023 by Marvin