Electric Picnic 2017 Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales

BaZmO* · 02-09-2017 11:29PM

laois gael wrote: »

London Grammar ...are an example of everything thats wrong in this new society of ours ....how people can listen to that is mindblowing .....take away there light show and youd here better at the campsite at 7am

Sad ....yes i was there last night

Im home watching it now on Rte its worse than i thought it was ...thank God i left after two songs

Roll on tomorrow

Watching them now, beautiful music, but wtf would you want to be watching them on the main stage on the Friday night?

scruff monkey · 02-09-2017 11:50PM

dasdog wrote: »

Is there any decent music? xx, tribe called quest, duran duran is pathetic. Got to be something more interesting than that going on.

March called. Your whinge is 6 months out of date.

Mrs Shuttleworth · 02-09-2017 11:52PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Watching them now, beautiful music, but wtf would you want to be watching them on the main stage on the Friday night?

Music is stratified now into two groups: straight up pop and everyone else trying to be cerebral and not be that. It wasn't like that from 1950s until early 00s where artists straddled both commerce and creativity.

The likes of LG/XX/Alt-J are boring because they are essentially establishment and non-threatening. The sexuality and raw bump and grind has been surgically sucked out of them.

This is a conversation for next Tuesday morning not the Saturday night of EP!!

dasdog · 02-09-2017 11:58PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

March called. Your whinge is 6 months out of date.

Piss on John Coltrane then.

mollser · 03-09-2017 12:02AM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Watching them now, beautiful music, but wtf would you want to be watching them on the main stage on the Friday night?

Lovely CD music but as a way to kickstart a festival? And followed by the XX omg bring back the rock bands please

threein99 · 03-09-2017 12:21AM

Just watching on Rte, the rain looks grim, tough going in that. Tomorrow is meant to be decent so go for cans in the tent and go at it again in the morning. Class dismissed!

BaZmO* · 03-09-2017 12:27AM

RTÉ aren't selling this. Weather aside, they're picking some shockers as "highlights".

Genghis · 03-09-2017 12:30AM

Interpol 30 mins late. 'story?

Bowlardo · 03-09-2017 12:36AM

BaZmO* wrote: »

RTaren't selling this. Weather aside, they're picking some shockers as "highlights".

How come you can never hear the crowd on their coverage?. The presenters are tedious

Swashbuckler · 03-09-2017 12:42AM

Bowlardo wrote:

How come you can never hear the crowd on their coverage?. The presenters are tedious

Thought the presenters are decent by Irish standards.

Weather looks desperate and some of the headliners were just plain boring. Hudson Taylor looked good.

Pete Tong seems like an odd choice when his worse clone setup (Jenny Green) played already.

johnny_adidas · 03-09-2017 12:42AM

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Being late is part of Annie's schtick. A 1am time slot routinely means half past four.

Not appreciated one bit if it's a gimmick given the weather tonight and people being soaked

Spent the whole day from 12 in the festival for the first time ever, but called it quits during Annie Mac and as was mentioned, looked toward a better forecast for tomorrow

Can't imagine the crowd at Pete Tong being great, least it's not as cold as last night for the brave

dasdog · 03-09-2017 01:00AM

It's a triumph of organisation not a festival. Seriously boring music, lame impala techno headliners from 1991.

Mrs Shuttleworth · 03-09-2017 01:01AM

johnny_adidas wrote: »

Not appreciated one bit if it's a gimmick given the weather tonight and people being soaked

Spent the whole day from 12 in the festival for the first time ever, but called it quits during Annie Mac and as was mentioned, looked toward a better forecast for tomorrow

Can't imagine the crowd at Pete Tong being great, least it's not as cold as last night for the brave

Annie apologised at the end of her set tonight for being late, said there were technical fck ups.

Someone posted above Interpol were also half an hour late, wonder what happened in the system somewhere.

It's torrential out there now.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 03-09-2017 01:11AM

Rtj, japandroids and let galaxie were immense.

I came back to tent for cans, was walking back into the wet and just couldn't do it..
Back in tent with new socks! I'm definitely old!

scruff monkey · 03-09-2017 01:26AM

dasdog wrote: »

Piss on John Coltrane then.

Ooooooh get you

scruff monkey · 03-09-2017 01:27AM

georgiecasey wrote: »

Rtj, japandroids and let galaxie were immense.

I came back to tent for cans, was walking back into the wet and just couldn't do it..
Back in tent with new socks! I'm definitely old!

Swapped to boots with fresh socks before Interpol. You are not alone

D.Q · 03-09-2017 02:07AM

Genghis wrote: »

Interpol 30 mins late. 'story?

Setlist cut a bit short too. No heinrich manoeuvre or all the rage back home. Little bit sickened by that. Still a very good set.

D.Q · 03-09-2017 02:11AM

So far Run The Jewels and Bicurious are the two best sets I've seen. The XX get an honourable mention because I was expecting so little but by the time they finished they were rocking the place.

Currently hiding out in a pink moon two man tent hoping she survives the night...

Over and out.

scruff monkey · 03-09-2017 02:46AM

D.Q wrote: »

Setlist cut a bit short too. No heinrich manoeuvre or all the rage back home. Little bit sickened by that. Still a very good set.

2nd time seeing them, apart from evil at the end, just find them far too clinical live to be enjoyable.

Was originally planning on seeing mr tong but weather.

moonshadow · 03-09-2017 02:51AM

'Tis dampish

Stillill42 · 03-09-2017 02:57AM

What a depressing couple of pages of comments. Granted I'm in a bnb but I've had a magnificent couple of days. The Eukeleles, Touts, Declan McKenna, Everything Everything , These Charming Men, Mr. Jukes, Public Service Broadcasting all brilliant today. Not to mention all the bits and pieces in between that were cool, Attention Bébé, Mick Pyro etc. There's huge variety. To hell with the headliners. Who cares.

stateofflux · 03-09-2017 03:30AM

Stillill42 wrote: »

What a depressing couple of pages of comments. Granted I'm in a bnb but I've had a magnificent couple of days. The Eukeleles, Touts, Declan McKenna, Everything Everything , These Charming Men, Mr. Jukes, Public Service Broadcasting all brilliant today. Not to mention all the bits and pieces in between that were cool, Attention Bébé, Mick Pyro etc. There's huge variety. To hell with the headliners. Who cares.

I guess the glass is half full.....of rain

cormie · 03-09-2017 04:44AM

Hey folks,
I'm thinking of heading down to EP for the first time ever today. I have no ticket and would probably have to drive down, just wondering if anyone has any advice:

Would I be ok driving a big van down and finding parking or would there be any problems?
Where would be the best place to get a ticket (any weekend campers or wrist band holders leaving early?? :pac:)
Is it forecasted to be absolutely soaked for the remainder and is it only advisable to come in full rain gear and boots?

I'm not sure if it will be worth all the hassle if it's just going to be a rain and mud fest and will take me hours to get there and hours to come home (I'm based in South Dublin).

Would consider camping until Monday if it was in a beautiful warm climate and I could keep dry and comfy (that's old age speaking).

Any advice would be great

Sam Hain · 03-09-2017 05:36AM

What a treat the rte footage, last year some fat bird with glasses from cork, now some black fella wearing some **** that afrika bambaataa would not wear, putting faces on while he indulges in a cheap condescending interview with young fella from longford. Is that all we have?

4Ad · 03-09-2017 06:12AM

D.Q wrote: »

Genghis wrote: »

Interpol 30 mins late. 'story?

Setlist cut a bit short too. No heinrich manoeuvre or all the rage back home. Little bit sickened by that. Still a very good set.

I saw.them once, sound great and very polished etc, but u might as well put on the cd..no chat no inter action..meh

Genghis · 03-09-2017 08:11AM

Left Interpol after maybe 5 songs. Just weren't what I'd hoped they'd be and I had wanted to see Public Service Broadcasting (Clash)

Caught second half of the PSB set, got soaked in the process but they became my Saturday highlight.

Loved Madness, These Charming Men, Ocelots (who are playing again tomorrow) too.

All in all a great day.

Paleblood · 03-09-2017 08:18AM

'Sounding like a CD' used to be a compliment.

Personally I don't mind when a band keep their heads down. I find most 'interaction' at gigs to be utterly inane.

'Hello Dublin' was usually the opening salvo at Irish festivals, although these days Electric Picnic doesn't have the same amount of international acts playing, so the performing artists usually know what part of the country they're in.

And of course the organisers, in an effort to pad out the line-up, have some acts playing four times over the weekend, meaning bands now have more chances than ever to get it right.

D.Q · 03-09-2017 08:41AM

Tent survived the onslaught anyway. We'll go again.

threein99 · 03-09-2017 09:12AM

Paleblood wrote: »

'Sounding like a CD' used to be a compliment.

Personally I don't mind when a band keep their heads down. I find most 'interaction' at gigs to be utterly inane.

'Hello Dublin' was usually the opening salvo at Irish festivals, although these days Electric Picnic doesn't have the same amount of international acts playing, so the performing artists usually know what part of the country they're in.

And of course the organisers, in an effort to pad out the line-up, have some acts playing four times over the weekend, meaning bands now have more chances than ever to get it right.

I don't mind bands keeping the heads down but on the sounding like a cd thing we once left an Ocean Colour Scene gig because it sounded so much like the cd it was boring. Live music needs to have a certain energy to it

D.Q · 03-09-2017 09:22AM

threein99 wrote: »

I don't mind bands keeping the heads down but on the sounding like a cd thing we once left an Ocean Colour Scene gig because it sounded so much like the cd it was boring. Live music needs to have a certain energy to it

Think it depends on the band. I don't think the "how the hell are you guys doing tonight, I can't heeear you..." style of stage banter would suit interpol at all.

Dark and serious is OK by me.

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