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02 Jul 02 - 05:30 AM (#740591) Subject: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: fogie Well my son Stefan's back from his first major festival, and in need of sleep and a bath. I videod the BBC2 coverage of it, and fast forwarded it to get an idea of what was happening. I enjoyed the "veterans", and quite a few of the jazz-type bands, but I'm sure I'd fall asleep in most sets by many of the younger performers and bands, Admittedly some are different, (yawn), but most are monotonously grungie, with only sexy front chicks to keep people watching. but what do you expect from an old fogie? Lets hear some stories first hand, -go on convince me otherwise. |
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02 Jul 02 - 06:35 AM (#740612) Subject: RE: BS: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: GUEST,Visitor from Manchester Similarly, my 17 year old returneth from Glastonbury and was extolling the virtues of Rolf Harris said the man was brilliant ! ! Similarly I watched coverage on TV and thought Starsailor were great, Rod Stewart was cheesy(confirmed by said son who was THERE). He came saying he was going to Glastonbury every year until he was 60. and having never been before had not missed what we had in the 80's He felt safe yet free said it was so friendly and he thought most of the music was great. The point is it was live music and to be celebrated no matter what its content or quality. |
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02 Jul 02 - 07:06 PM (#741011) Subject: RE: BS: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: Gray D Nice to see Manu Chao go down so well? "Me Gusta"? I should say so. |
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02 Jul 02 - 07:11 PM (#741012) Subject: RE: BS: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: Gray D Please ignore first "?" in my post above. Should have been a ".". :{)>
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02 Jul 02 - 08:13 PM (#741045) Subject: RE: BS: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: vectis Looked really good on TV. Pity they didn't show folk or Rolf when I watched. As I went to all 3 IOW festivals I am seriously tempted to go next year if it's as peaceful as this years. Well done the EAVIS FAMILY. My 21 year old son has Glastonbury as his summer holiday once more. He loves it. |
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03 Jul 02 - 01:10 PM (#741556) Subject: RE: BS: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: Linda Kelly I watched the great unwashed on TV and thought it looked like fun -although its the things you don't see -the queue for the toilets, the fact you can't see anything two hundred yards beyond the stage -and who can remember where you parked the car? I remember going to see Pink Floyd at Knebworth many years ago and the toilets exploded - a megasunami of vile brown liquid hurtled towards us -we had to run for our lives.... |
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04 Jul 02 - 08:37 AM (#742106) Subject: RE: BS: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: fogie I'd like to have seen Mercury rev, and Cornershop, I quite liked Waters, and Rod, and Richie Havens with that jazz band. The size of the festival is astounding, compared with when I went there many moons ago. I liked the look of the circus area, and my son said there were good comedians as comperes. He agreed that they still havent got the right number of toilets. |
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04 Jul 02 - 07:30 PM (#742528) Subject: RE: BS: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: Ralphie A View from Jazz/World... Much quieter than previous fests....120 k only....100 k down (est) on 2 years ago... Bloody big fence complete with machine gun nests... Avalon still in full effect..... Missed out on all the bands on Pyramid and Other stages.... Highlights, for me, on Jazz were, "Badmarsh & Shri" and "Shibisashirazu".... Get off my roof !!! Honourable mentions to "Lamb" and "Beverley Knight" We even had a Jazz band ...."Koop" on Sunday PM.. In all, I think that the organisers did what they had to do to save the fest for the future, and it ended up a bit safe...fair enough, it;s their gig after all.. It still remained a fascinating gig to go to. Heres to next year..Maybe the Acoustic Stage will have some acoustic artists on it then...!! Cheers Ralphie |
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04 Jul 02 - 07:40 PM (#742532) Subject: RE: BS: WHAT THINK YE OF GLASTONBURY 2002 From: Ralphie And in response to all of the above.. It's such a big place, that you can do, or be , anything that you want to be....As an experience, It's second to none....Anybody want a go on the bicycle powered forge ?? Ralphie xx |