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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 827 ✭✭✭mgkelly




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,708 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    Yes mostly true, but I'd argue there is a few nooks and crannies to explore. BTP's big advantage is that it's so small. You can walk anywhere in a couple of minutes. The crowd is as good as you'll get at an Irish festival. I love it and ATN, and will hopefully make both next year (BTP not looking good though as clashes with a holiday).



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 827 ✭✭✭mgkelly


    Folks, a question. Anyone know Beach Fossils? So, I'd checked them out beforehand. They sounded ok - slightly jangly, guitar-pop. Nearly didn't go see them, but so glad I did! I wondered was I listening to the same band! They were severely 'rocked up' live! There were 3 guitars. They made a helluva lot of good noise. It is almost as if their album stuff is very sanitised. Live was awesome! Might of course also have been fuelled by Guinness (they played at Lovely Days stage, & the black stuff seemed to flow freely for the artists!) as well as sleep deprivation (they'd had a tough journey to get there, they said).

    So, I'm listening back to them again, now, and still wondering if it is the same band! For example, there's a 2017 album called Somersault, with a song called Saint Ivy. There's a darned flute playing, for God's sake!

    🤷‍♂️

    In fact, they sound a bit like Pond!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭optogirl


    Sorry for your loss too Charlie. Life can be a kick in the face sometimes but I guess we take the happy moments where we can get them. Hope you have recovered. I am still in a heap following 3 days of hedonism.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,720 ✭✭✭Dreamweapon


    Same band. I've never seen them live simply because they were too lightweight, poppy and jangly for me on record. Nowt wrong with flutes btw; Spiritualized, Bardo Pond, early Mercury Rev, Ozric Tentacles and a plethora of Funk all utilise the ol' flute to fine effect!

    I'm a Rock n Roll Amputation



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 827 ✭✭✭mgkelly


    Och, agree w.r.t. flute! Was surprised at how rock-y they were!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,945 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Anyone at the Floating Points gig, did you hear the moment he dropped Aphex Twin's Polymonial C, it fitted in lovely with his own stuff. I managed to catch a short snippet of it till he changed the track.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 139 ✭✭Dunph




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 ✭✭Hank the DJ


    Was a bloody brilliant weekend, so happy I went with this and dropped EP this year. Hak Baker was my absolute highlight closely followed by a toddler in his dad's shoulders giving it absolute socks to Kabin Krew. Also there was a girl in Hidden sounds on Friday night that sang The parting glass in Irish, mesmeric.

    Met loads of sound people and didn't see 1 bit of trouble, only gripe was the security around entrance was a bit lax, could have just bought a campervan ticket and still make it into the main area on Friday, bit better on Saturday.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,708 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    Had to laugh at Hak saying he'll be out to enquire about some Magic Mushrooms after the gig 🤣 We were chilling on the grass and caught him by accident, but really enjoyed it. Lovely Days was a great stage.



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  • Posts: 5,926 ✭✭✭ Julien Long Seeker


    here wishing it was this time last week

    Can’t ask for much more from a festival.



  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 16,092 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    Agreed, and so far it looks like this weekend will be dry with no rain :(



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,495 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    FP was one of the highlights for me. Got in nice and early to get a perfect centre spot and it was a joy from start to finish. Such a great set and the crowd were brilliant too. And the sound…I will never get tired of a good kick drum in techno.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭gandalfio


    Has there been any clarity around why the Prodigy only played the intro to or samples of some of their songs instead of full versions? And why they finished 15 minutes early?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,660 ✭✭✭endainoz


    Most likely a case of couldn't be arsed id guess.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,495 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭nomoedoe


    They were at Carl Cox in Kildare looking at Carls instagram so they might of wanted to finish early to see his set



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,708 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    That was an earlier set I think. Over by 10.30



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,184 ✭✭✭Doc07


    I’m not sure what clarity this provides but they have been doing this for ages.
    For example since they started touring again in 2022 they play a short encore of 3-4 songs and finish with about 90 seconds worth of out of space. I’m a massive fan and would prefer longer versions of my favourite songs but I also realise it means they can vary the set list a small bit and also get in more songs , even if that means only a couple minutes of some of them.

    Seen other comments about the interludes between songs. Firstly they’be been at that since the 90s and secondly in fairness the drummer and guitar player at least need a bit of a break between playing such intense songs live.

    Finally, I’m not sure the Prodigy would consider they finished 15mins early unless they specifically were asked to do 90mins. They might have been on the ATN schedule for 90mins but again they have been doing sets of 1:15 /1:20 for ages now including this summer. So while disappointing it’s hardly surprising or sneaky.
    My only personal little gripe was that they didn’t play the Climbatize/Everybody in the Place remix. When they played that in Leeds when I went to see them in 2022 (in a much smaller 3000 capacity venue indoors) the roof nearly came off the place



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,282 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    I have said it here before that ATN should have more tribute/cover bands over the weekend, as there was a lot of gaps when there was nothing on.

    It was said that cover bands shouldnt be there/ no way etc..

    but We have had the NPG (more or less a Prince tribute) , Bootleg Beatles,

    Dolly Parton tribute act … Talking heads tribute , and The Wailers (almost a tribute act…)

    So why wouldnt these Charming Men (smiths) , Metal Militia (metallica) , Guns ReLoaded (g n' r ) , Faux Fighters (foo fighters) , Australian Doors, Australian Nirvana , Pearl Jem not be great additions to the line up ?

    the Bandstand was a bit under used this year , as was the Well…. Stick those bands in there, guaranteed to pull a crowd ..
    Or not 'dancey' enough ? 😛

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Fanirish


    cause having a dozen tribute bands on the line up is tacky/lowest common denominator and probably not the type of vibe the organisers want from their festival. They usually 3 or 4 tributes every year between sing along social, glasshouse themed set and various ping pong disco performers.
    I just don’t see ATN booking nirvana/foo fighter tribute bands. It’s giving too much local boozer tribute band.
    they want something more dynamic, camp or left of centre with the tribute shows at ATN.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭optogirl


    I would have welcomed tribute acts/pub bands in the late afternoon/early evening when a lot of stages were empty. It's in no way tacky - some music is better than no music. These Charming Men and the Beach Boys tribute are some of my favourite memories of EP tbh.



  • Posts: 5,926 ✭✭✭ Julien Long Seeker


    yep this is it completely ! There’s no harm in having them on in the afternoon! We’re not asking for them as headliners!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,282 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    so they just leave stages empty, and people walking/sitting around with little on??

    Is that better then "tacky" tribute acts??

    But 3-4 is ok ?? ok ….

    The bandstand area would be packed for any of those bands i mentioned!
    Look at the crowd there for a (very) delayed Dolly tribute !! And if thats not tacky, i dont know what is , and they still got a very big crowd….

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    Jaysus, Fanirish. The notion that ATN is too good for tribute acts. What a load of cobblers. God knows EP has got a lot wrong over the last few years but as Serenity Delightful Soul and Optogirl have said, those sunny mornings at Trailerpark in front of the Beach Boys guys or Harvest Moon, the mass singalongs at the Salty Dog for the Roadhouse Doors or TCM are among my absolute happiest festival memories. Tacky my hole.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,282 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    Just a bit of "music snobbery" maybe .. ?

    But 25 different djs playing 'samey' dance/house/techno music is the vibe they are looking for? Or are ravers more acceptable than those that would like a bit of rock? Or is it gonna turn into a predominantly dance music festival? (almost there as it is ….)


    Is 'lowest common denominator' similar to 'popular' - What a lot of people would want? ?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,930 ✭✭✭rubick


    Yes ravers are more acceptable than you crusty f*ckers.

    (Yeeeeooo :D)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,282 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    🤣🤣

    OUCH …..
    Us crusty f88kers dont have a massive come down on the tuesday after it tho ….

    🙃😣

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Fanirish


    they wasn’t any stages empty, nearly all of them were programmed between 8-12 hour days.
    Now there was some bad programming in the sense that key stages were directly clashing on times and both were turning around for the next act in the same 30/45 minute window.
    the bandstand was booked solid from lunchtime till 1am and whenever I walked by there was either someone on it or setting up.
    Your request was the more and more traditional rock band tribute acts should be booked.
    As evidenced by previous years ATN wants its tribute acts to be “different” and only books a handful of them.
    I just don’t see ATN booking a door tribute or a Kurt cobain lookalike show.
    and personally if they add 4 or 5 of those rock tribute bands it’s lowest common denominator rubbish. Guys dressing up as Kurt cobain or Jim Morrison.



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  • Subscribers Posts: 43,488 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    I find the "lowest common denominator" comment hilarious when looking at the top 6 billed for EP.



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