Glastonbury 2017

Scorpion Sting · 25-06-2017 11:36PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

did he not play an encore or are BBC just not showing it?

Don't think he did an encore. He said before the second last song that he was doing just 2 more so he just played straight through.

adox · 25-06-2017 11:36PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

did he not play an encore or are BBC just not showing it?

Don't think he did.

Tinie · 25-06-2017 11:37PM

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Yeah he was 5 minutes late wasn't he?

Surely longer going by the way they were talking on the lead up like "WHERE IS ED?!"

Dr Crayfish · 25-06-2017 11:39PM

I love this song by Metronomy, good band actually

Scorpion Sting · 25-06-2017 11:39PM

TheRiverman wrote: »

Keeping his granny in Wexford up way past her bedtime.

He was probably trying to calm those nerves. He must have been bricking it before he went on stage as he looked proper nervy for Castle on the Hill.

Scorpion Sting · 25-06-2017 11:40PM

Tinie wrote: »

Surely longer going by the way they were talking on the lead up like "WHERE IS ED?!"

Wasn't he due on at 9:45? He came onstage at 9:50.

4Ad · 25-06-2017 11:41PM

adox wrote: »

Jaysus poor Slaves on the "introducing" stage. They've been "introducing" for the last 2-3 years.

But they were still great getti g the crowd to make a mosh pit..
They'll never be big...unfortunately.

mrm · 25-06-2017 11:44PM

Too many good acts on BBC red button simultaneously at the moment.:(

Dr Crayfish · 25-06-2017 11:47PM

Do the red button channels work in Ireland? I remember I used to have it but that may have been when I lived in the UK

Tinie · 25-06-2017 11:48PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Do the red button channels work in Ireland? I remember I used to have it but that may have been when I lived in the UK

They got rid of them, but you can tune them into the "other channels" section of the sky box options.

4Ad · 25-06-2017 11:49PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Do the red button channels work in Ireland? I remember I used to have it but that may have been when I lived in the UK

Working for me..

mrm · 25-06-2017 11:50PM

4Ad wrote: »

Working for me..

Me too.

Bowlardo · 25-06-2017 11:50PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

Do the red button channels work in Ireland? I remember I used to have it but that may have been when I lived in the UK

Yep i'm on sky and its not working....i prefered when the coverage on the main channel was 20 minutes on each band...

Tinie · 25-06-2017 11:51PM

Watching Justice here...

I still remember vividly when Cross first came out. 10 years ago. My god.

mrm · 25-06-2017 11:54PM

Tinie wrote: »

Watching Justice here...

I still remember vividly when Cross first came out. 10 years ago. My god.

Brevity was spot on....it's one hell of a set!

WhiteMemento9 · 26-06-2017 12:00AM

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Console yourself with being in a warm bed tonight, as opposed to a five hour exodus from the wee hours later like clamouring onto the last helicopter out of Saigon.

That isn't for age yet, sure you would just be heading off to Arcadia, Block 9, Shangri la etc at this times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRvV6-LsTI

Mrs Shuttleworth · 26-06-2017 12:13AM

WhiteMemento9 wrote: »

That isn't for age yet, sure you would just be heading off to Arcadia, Block 9, Shangri la etc at this times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRvV6-LsTI

Don't make it any worse!!!

Is next year definitely a fallow year? (Please say not)

refusetolose · 26-06-2017 12:14AM

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Don't make it any worse!!!

Is next year definitely a fallow year? (Please say not)

yes

WhiteMemento9 · 26-06-2017 12:15AM

Samuri Suicide wrote: »

Very true. It's not really about the headliners. Waking up on the Friday morning and hearing bands sound-checking is almost like a jolt... You realise that not only are you having a great time but now there's a huge variety of music to listen to for the next three days!! Greenfields is a world on its own. Most of the armchair boards commentators probably have never been to a gig let alone a festival...just worrying about negative equity and their next car colour.

You know that is probably one of my strongest memories of the whole thing in the years I have been. You have done a bit of relaxing, drinking, exploring etc and have settled into life in Glastonbury village. Then you wake up on the Friday morning on a hill over looking the Pyramid stage hearing the sound checks after which some lazy Friday morning fodder gets going on the stage. Wow, you just think to yourself. This is ****ing incredible that I am actually here. Buzz central.

WhiteMemento9 · 26-06-2017 12:19AM

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Don't make it any worse!!!

Is next year definitely a fallow year? (Please say not)

Don't think so. I have had enough time away. I will be making every effort to get tickets for next year, fingers crossed.

Edit - Ahh ffs it is a fallow year. The depression is now too much, I am off to bed.

whatever76 · 26-06-2017 12:28AM

2020 is year to target for the 50th Anniversary !

tommythecat · 26-06-2017 06:40AM

whatever76 wrote: »

2020 is year to target for the 50th Anniversary !

It is such an amazing festival. I've been 3 times. 2000,2002 and 2013. I jammed it with the weather all 3 times. I really can't imagine the misery on a wet year. It's really worth making the effort to go. It's a festival unlike any other!

First Up · 26-06-2017 07:31AM

Pete Moss wrote:

On stage maybe, if he's tuning by ear, but not for a guitar tech backstage. A standard Boss tuner should be on Ed's shopping list.

From watching his cords its clear he uses some variations on standard tuning. He also seems to be a half tone below concert.

Guitars can slip out of tune at the best of times. Lower tuning and his strong percussive style will increase the chances. Add in the open air and falling temperature and its a near certainty. He doesn't need a tuner to tell him and a tuner won't stop it happening.

I'm amused at the tirade against him. He is a decent player and good singer and writes interesting and distinctive songs. He can put on a solo show in front of half a million and leave a few hundred thousand young ones wetting themselves and begging for more.

I'd call that doing OK.

Anesthetize · 26-06-2017 07:42AM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

I never got the Foo Fighters popularity. Boring rock music, like aural chewing gum. It's amazing how Dave Grohl was in Nirvana and he goes to create a mediocrity juggernaut like the FF.

I agree with this. Foo Fighters are packaged as a rock band for people who don't listen to much music. I'd say they're one of the biggest contributors to modern mainstream rock becoming so stagnant.

First Up · 26-06-2017 08:32AM

Weepsie wrote:

The open air and temperature didn't cause too many other performers to have out of tune instruments.

Were there other accoustic guitars being played at 10.30 last night?

First Up · 26-06-2017 08:42AM

Weepsie wrote: »

Interesting is one way to describe his songs, but it's entirely Middle of the Road at beat, bland and awful at worst.

He is what he is. I'm not comparing him to Dylan, Springsteen or Leonard Cohen but he has a large following (admittedly in a narrow demographic that isn't represented here.) His use of loopers and samplers is innovative and I admire anyone who can do a 90 minute solo gig in that sort of setting.

I'm making a professional observation, not joining his fan club.

syngindub · 26-06-2017 08:58AM

How come there is no Glasto2018?

tommythecat · 26-06-2017 08:59AM

syngindub wrote: »

How come there is no Glasto2018?

They have a fallow year every few years to give the ground and the village a rest!

WhiteMemento9 · 26-06-2017 09:06AM

Eavis said in an interview yesterday with the Guardian that there could be a festival next year if 'a certain band' reforms.

Any guesses who he means?

scudzilla · 26-06-2017 09:08AM

WhiteMemento9 wrote: »

Eavis said in an interview yesterday with the Guardian that there could be a festival next year if 'a certain band' reforms.

Any guesses who he means?

Led Zeppelin :eek:

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