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taunton-hobbit

By taunton-hobbit,
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Muzz Grand Master

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My lad directed me (iPlayer, we weren't there) to Aurora on the Park Stage, I thought she was very, very good indeed. Enjoyed Paul Heaton, too, even though he looked like the only man in the sun expecting  a thunderstorm...

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Cliff Edge Mentor

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I haven’t watched any live stuff but did watch Keane and Shania on iPlayer. The BBC seems to have finally cracked the sound this year. In past years it was always a bit crap with vocals often hard to hear. I was very impressed with Keane, and Shania was obviously having issues with her IEM’s at times, especially at the start. Great band except for the bass player. 

mowf Mentor

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One of the highlights on iPlayer for me was discovering Psychedelic Porn Crumpet. Possibly the best band name in history and they turned out to be superb.

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casapete Grand Master

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We watched Paloma Faith last night. Mrs CP used to be a fan before Paloma went a bit off

piste. Glad to report PF was back on form yesterday, still a great voice and what looked

like the same band she’s had for years, including Andrea Goldsworthy rocking a nice

looking blonde Precision with gold scratchplate. Also a plethora of backing vocalists

made it all sound rather good & gospel-ly in places.
Not everyone’s cup of tea I’m sure, but just nice to hear someone singing good songs

really well. Ditto Jessie Ware. 🙂

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Doddy Mentor

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17 hours ago, mep said:

Her bass player is Derek Frank, who also plays for Gwen Stefani. Maybe his visa wasn't approved!

Derek Frank posted last year that he's not touring with Shania anymore and she's using tracks instead.

 

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Raslee Veteran

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1 hour ago, Marky L said:

Otoboke Beaver.. I'm not sure what I watched but I was transfixed!

I had that similar experience…my wife didn’t approve though.

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PaulWarning Veteran

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43 minutes ago, Doddy said:

Derek Frank posted last year that he's not touring with Shania anymore and she's using tracks instead.

 

Karaoke then?

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NickD Mentor

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5 hours ago, Marky L said:

Otoboke Beaver.. I'm not sure what I watched but I was transfixed!

They were brilliant fun. I'd love to have witnessed them live.

 

Cyndi Lauper was odd. I'm sure there was some kind of latency issue. I suppose it's hard to imagine at that level of show, but she was so consistently behind time it was uncanny. The only time it fell into time was when she called the guitarist over and was watching her hands.

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borntohang Proficient

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My old man has been going as a steward for the last 15 years or so - albeit staying in a camper rather than a tent now he's the wrong side of 70. He just wanders around to catch random stages if not given guidance so I usually send him a few things to check out. Sent him off to Heilung this year and got a "what the hell was all that?" message back. I thought they were a weird lineup pick at first, but actually I've realised they're perfect - you want to wander round a stage you've never seen before, slightly wobbly on cider, and find a tribe of Scandinavians leathering drums with human bones over a drone backing. Glasto moment.

 

 

He set off at 10PM last night and got back to Yorkshire at 5AM this morning, which isn't bad. Last time I went with him the flooding meant we spent 5 hours queuing to even get out of the car park.

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mike257 Experienced

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I was there to work on Saturday. After somehow avoiding it for years, I've been through for three years in a row with various artists now. I've stayed an extra day to watch a few bits for the last couple of years, but didn't actually leave the safety of the stage I was working at this year, and got away on the night to escape the chaos! The Streets were great as always, and Camilla Cabello's crew building an entire BMX ramp on stage and bringing a bunch of riders out doing stunts on it wasn't what I expected to see but was very impressive 🤣

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In recent years the best bit of Glastonbury TV for me has been the new and fairly unknown bands. Unfortunately couldn't watch much live this year and such acts not featured much on the BBC iPlayer.

 

Just like every year nowadays, the worst thing about Glastonbury is the relentless Glastonbury fascism we are subjected to every year. I really don't need or want to be told at every possible opportunity about the  transcendent magic of the Glastonbury experience. The BBC has paid a huge sum for the broadcast rights and they are hellbent on beating the world into submission that Glastonbury (along with the FA Cup that they have similarly paid over the odds for the broadcast rights) is the most important and best thing ever.

 

From a musical perspective, festivals are not usually a good venue to see a band.

 

From a historical perspective, I preferred festivals when there was as an element of risk involved in attending. How much risk depended on which festival you went to. No cash machines or Vietnamese noodle bowls back in my day. Just a burger van and a couple of St. Johns Ambulance men.  The only shower you were likely to get at a festival was if it rained or if someone threw a bottle of piss about in your vicinity. Both were frequent occurrences.

 

I remember when Glastonbury was for people who were too frightened to go to Stonehenge and who would have been bullied  by bigger boys at the Reading Festival. It was a era which would have left the current generation of festival-going influencers and poseurs clamouring for therapy and whining about their "mental health" on social media. It was magnificent.

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Woodinblack Grand Master

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4 minutes ago, Misdee said:

I remember when Glastonbury was for people who were too frightened to go to Stonehenge and who would have been bullied  by bigger boys at the Reading Festival. It was a era which would have left the current generation of festival-going influencers and poseurs clamouring for therapy and whining about their "mental health" on social media. It was magnificent.

 

For me, in the early 80s, Stonehenge was a nono as it was a place mostly for the biker gangs to sell drugs, beat people up and prove what big men they were. Reading was much more a music festival for rock bands. Glastonbury was more a hippy festival with more than music, and also the oportunity of doing your own music, but also comedy / talks, other arts and for people who wanted to wander round and enjoy their time with the people they went with.

There was music on, but it was more incidental during the day with some acts in the evening to wander down to to round the day off.

Very different to what it is now.

tegs07 Grand Master

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11 minutes ago, Misdee said:

In recent years the best bit of Glastonbury TV for me has been the new and fairly unknown bands. Unfortunately couldn't watch much live this year and such acts not featured much on the BBC iPlayer.

 

Just like every year nowadays, the worst thing about Glastonbury is the relentless Glastonbury fascism we are subjected to every year. I really don't need or want to be told at every possible opportunity about the  transcendent magic of the Glastonbury experience. The BBC has paid a huge sum for the broadcast rights and they are hellbent on beating the world into submission that Glastonbury (along with the FA Cup that they have similarly paid over the odds for the broadcast rights) is the most important and best thing ever.

 

From a musical perspective, festivals are not usually a good venue to see a band.

 

From a historical perspective, I preferred festivals when there was as an element of risk involved in attending. How much risk depended on which festival you went to. No cash machines or Vietnamese noodle bowls back in my day. Just a burger van and a couple of St. Johns Ambulance men.  The only shower you were likely to get at a festival was if it rained or if someone threw a bottle of piss about in your vicinity. Both were frequent occurrences.

 

I remember when Glastonbury was for people who were too frightened to go to Stonehenge and who would have been bullied  by bigger boys at the Reading Festival. It was a era which would have left the current generation of festival-going influencers and poseurs clamouring for therapy and whining about their "mental health" on social media. It was magnificent.

It seems to me that the festival experience these days is far more joyous and celebratory than it ever was. The audience really get into the spirit and are much more respectful and supportive of each other.

My teenage kids were really looked after by the crowd (Reading being an exception as there were just too many school leavers who couldn’t handle their booze).

 

It’s true that festivals are far more commercialised than before and far more expensive but I think people genuinely have a liminal experience and there is a more joyful atmosphere than back in the day. Personally speaking the risk, the sexual harassment, the bullying can all stay back in the ‘70s.

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