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run_Forrest_run · 03-09-2017 08:25PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

Seriously. Why bother watching it. We all k on how bad their coverage is from previous years.

It is known.

because I love the picnic and this year I wasn't able to make it so I will always keep in tabs with it, I am also following this thread all weekend.

Lester Freamon · 03-09-2017 08:27PM

Swashbuckler wrote: »

I was pleasantly surprised to be honest.

While the RTE coverage could most certainly be better - I didnt hate it as much as others. It is what it is

run_Forrest_run · 03-09-2017 08:54PM

Lester Freamon wrote: »

While the RTE coverage could most certainly be better - I didnt hate it as much as others. It is what it is

yes, and that was a bucket of steaming, festering shít.

I mean they featured their poster girl Jenny Greene with the RTE orchestra but they had to show the same orchestra again for the story of hip hop thing, jesus I wonder are the said orchestra going to show up somewhere else this weekend, perhaps they might be helping people pull their cars out of the fields tomorrow, you know, just to get the full use out of them and all :mad:

Swashbuckler · 03-09-2017 08:54PM

Lester Freamon wrote:

While the RTE coverage could most certainly be better - I didnt hate it as much as others. It is what it is

Yeah I thought the same. Eoghan McDermott seems like a knowledgeable enough guy. It's nowhere near the level of BBC Glastonbury coverage but not the worst I've seen.

sydthebeat · 03-09-2017 09:00PM

Band of horses ****ing rocked!!

Elbow now to give us that warm fuzzy feeling

D.Q · 03-09-2017 09:07PM

Was anyone at Hannah Wants? Absolute carnage. Amazing set

Mrs Shuttleworth · 03-09-2017 09:54PM

Father John Misty should be a mainstream star, a damning indictment of the industry that he isn't.

thebusher · 03-09-2017 09:58PM

Just home via Croke Park after 2 fantastic days and nights.

Harvest, Touts, Japandroids, Skatalites, Frank & Walters, Madness, These Charming Men, Trouble Pilgrims, Riptide Movement, DD Allen, Jinx Lennon all fantastic and my standout was Columbia Mills at Salty Dog.

Other than that a highlight was Pogueology's 3 songs before the gig was pulled :-) Singer made me laugh pleading with the powers that be "Shir we'll only play slow ones!!" Like that crowd was gonna stay still :-)

Love EP. Roll on next year!

PS In 12 months time dont let anyone post that it was just a bit drizzly and misty. It rained from 6.30 Saturday evening til 8 Sunday morming!

Only slightly dampened the spirits lol

scruff monkey · 03-09-2017 10:02PM

Elbow. Epic

A wee then a pint. Then I shall be screaming that her name is rio and demanding that she dances on some sand

Ken Tucky · 03-09-2017 10:07PM

Just saying about RTE coverage, it is sh1te, but so was the last few years of Glastonbury coverage by BBC. This year was a remarkable step up once they stayed with the music and not some dickhead eating other people's food. But seriously they can and should do better.
It's not the RTE picnic

Stillill42 · 03-09-2017 10:39PM

Lads that's the best days music I've ever had. Aaron Lee Tasjan, Margaret Glaspy,Lemon Twigs, Real estate, Band of horses and Car Seat Headrest. Brilliant every one of them. Heading for the hills now buzzing. That was an epic weekend.

Mrs Shuttleworth · 03-09-2017 11:05PM

Simon LB, John Taylor and Nick Rhodes haven't aged five minutes since 1984.

A View To A Kill turned me to molten lava, what a truly f**king epic weekend.

Grandeeod · 03-09-2017 11:39PM

Mrs Shuttleworth wrote: »

Simon LB, John Taylor and Nick Rhodes haven't aged five minutes since 1984.

A View To A Kill turned me to molten lava, what a truly f**king epic weekend.

So wish I was there to see them. Had tickets, but had to forego them due to personal circumstances. Enjoy!

scruff monkey · 04-09-2017 12:57AM

Think I've got their cannon confetti currently in parts that there should be no cannon confetti

4Ad · 04-09-2017 04:13AM

Stillill42 wrote: »

Lads that's the best days music I've ever had. Aaron Lee Tasjan, Margaret Glaspy,Lemon Twigs, Real estate, Band of horses and Car Seat Headrest. Brilliant every one of them. Heading for the hills now buzzing. That was an epic weekend.

So Car Seat Headrest were brilliant ??
The ONLY band I would of gone to see !

Stillill42 · 04-09-2017 07:02AM

4Ad wrote: »

Stillill42 wrote: »

Lads that's the best days music I've ever had. Aaron Lee Tasjan, Margaret Glaspy,Lemon Twigs, Real estate, Band of horses and Car Seat Headrest. Brilliant every one of them. Heading for the hills now buzzing. That was an epic weekend.

So Car Seat Headrest were brilliant ??
The ONLY band I would of gone to see !

Drunk drivers the song of the weekend. With an honourable mention to Funeral by Band of horses.

Seathrun66 · 04-09-2017 08:28AM

Anyone see Elbow in Other Voices? Pals loved it but I stuck with the Lemon Twigs though I eventually found them a little underwhelming.

Great great weekend. And what a finish with Duran.

Former Former · 04-09-2017 08:46AM

On the way to work. Christ what a comedown.

Left yesterday because of aforementioned work but my highlights from Friday and Saturday were:
- Mo K
- Rusangano Family
- RTJ
- Le Galaxie

Edit: and the Dublin Ukulele Collective. Pure unadulterated happiness.

Surprise of the weekend was Declan McKenna, got dragged in but really enjoyed it. "WTF" moment was le Boom, didn't get it at all.

That's it for another year so. Gonna be a long day.

declanleo · 04-09-2017 09:02AM

Genghis wrote: »

Interpol 30 mins late. 'story?

Annie mac was 30mins late

thebusher · 04-09-2017 09:27AM

Stillill42 wrote: »

Jesus. Anyone at Touts? Fecking amazing. Really loved them.

They were full on. Loud. Didnt give a boll**

Loved em.

thebusher · 04-09-2017 09:31AM

Glad they got upgraded to Salty Dog. They were loving it before it all ended too soon. They managed Broad Majestic Shannon, Thousands Are Sailing and about a quarter of Sally MacLennane.

Never seen a place so packed as Friday night :-)

http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/gallery/electric-picnic/268375/laois-band-pogueology-upgraded-to-salty-dog-stage-at-electric-picnic.html

Seathrun66 · 04-09-2017 09:34AM

thebusher wrote: »

They were full on. Loud. Didnt give a boll**

Loved em.

Yep, brilliant. One of my highlights.

Black-haired guitarist was also very cheeky & funny. Shy guys they ain't & it was a perfect way to blow off the cobwebs on Sat afternoon. A lot of great, and varied, Irish stuff this year.

Seathrun66 · 04-09-2017 09:43AM

thebusher wrote: »

Glad they got upgraded to Salty Dog. They were loving it before it all ended too soon. They managed Broad Majestic Shannon, Thousands Are Sailing and about a quarter of Sally MacLennane.

Never seen a place so packed as Friday night :-)

http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/gallery/electric-picnic/268375/laois-band-pogueology-upgraded-to-salty-dog-stage-at-electric-picnic.html

That was just mayhem. We were hanging onto the side door on the other side to where it coillapsed.

Gardai & stage manager trying to stop it. Lead singer pleading with them to let them continue - "We'll just play slow ones. Here's A Rainy Night In Soho". Fell on deaf ears.

D.Q · 04-09-2017 09:44AM

Thanks again to whoever recommended bi curious. Great stuff

thebusher · 04-09-2017 09:57AM

Seathrun66 wrote: »

That was just mayhem. We were hanging onto the side door on the other side to where it coillapsed.

Gardai & stage manager trying to stop it. Lead singer pleading with them to let them continue - "We'll just play slow ones. Here's A Rainy Night In Soho". Fell on deaf ears.

It was so funny :-)

Thats me in the video clip with the baseball hat at the front.

Reggie noble · 04-09-2017 09:58AM

So when do 2018 tickets go on sale ?

rebelreded · 04-09-2017 10:09AM

No mention of Young Fathers by anyone.....my absolute stand out of the weekend, immense performance. Went into London Grammar expecting much but found it underwhelming. All Tvvins started slow and sound seemed poor but picked up and ultimately played a belter.

Great weekend (well, two days since I had to go home Sunday am) and roll on 2018.

Looking forward to my faves, The National, at Cork Opera House now in two weeks.......can't wait.

Kepler21 · 04-09-2017 10:12AM

I had a great EP, mostly. a bit of a game of three halves.
Friday, down about 11.30 into the Eco Camping (very happy with it, clean, good neighbours, relatively quiet, a little close to the rave in the woods but earplugs helped)
Really enjoyed Friday
Booka at 4 kicked off the weekend perfectly.
Harvest was great, Divine Comedy better than I expected, and London Grammar and The XX were highlights for me, although not sure putting them on one after the other was a great idea.
Silent Disco finishing up with Otherkin at Salty Dog.

Saturday was a combination of not finding too much I really wanted to see, and thus wandering round, and the rain impacted choices of what to see. Still, I look back and
Madness were good fun;
Talos and Jagwar Ma both great
loved Mr. Jukes
enjoyed Annie Mac and Pete Tong, but its a bit hard to raise your hands up in the air, when you're trying to keep dry underneath your poncho and its chucking it down.

Sunday was great for me. far too many clashes.
Kila, Fangclub, King Kong Company great
Bear's Den was brilliant.
Pretenders, Band of Horses great
Elbow were great, but some of their songs are a bit lyrically complex, and there was a lot of talking over some of them that pi***d me off.
I enjoyed Duran Duran far more than I thought I would.

Many thank to Pablo for his brilliant app, which I used all weekend.

I think they should move Jerry Fish. He was in a triangle with the current corporate e-cig place, and the Heineken stage, and he lost out sound-wise. They should put another corporate thing like 3 there and let the three of them fight it out for sound interference.

Overall I got to 34 acts (some for one or two songs), Friday and Sunday were brilliant, Saturday was definitely weaker, and the rain really had an impact on enjoyment and choices.
In summary, a very good EP, mostly.

Stillill42 · 04-09-2017 10:45AM

Seathrun66 wrote: »

Anyone see Elbow in Other Voices? Pals loved it but I stuck with the Lemon Twigs though I eventually found them a little underwhelming.

Great great weekend. And what a finish with Duran.

I cannot believe you found the Lemon Twigs underwhelming. OVERwhelming maybe.

schemingbohemia · 04-09-2017 10:45AM

scruff monkey wrote: »

Anyone catch perfume genius? Nuther bugger I forgot about

Yeah, was great, got a decent crowd too.

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