Fuck Glastonbury

[Baron Samedi]

I'm looking forward to it. Watching it on the telly, that is - though Jo Wiley will be as irritating as ever, no doubt.

I like that as well, sit out the back, few beers watch the telly at outside, piss in a clean bog, have a shower, sleep in a warm bed and turn the telly round and sit inside when it's raining.

Or you could go for the 'real' experience and save up your poo for a bit, have it wafting over the back, crap in a bush, wipe your arse with a clump of newspaper, stick your face in some coal, and jump over your neighbours fence to fall asleep - for that woke up and didn't know where you were feeling

And you can tape the late stuff and watch it the next day - like the festival but one day behind ( like a time warp thingy )

 

[Firky]

Because despite having one of the biggest Glastonbury photo review sites on the web, rating #1 in Google and attracting tons of traffic, they told me to fuck off when I asked for a press pass.

Bit presumptiuous of you is it not?

 

[no-no]

Too expensive now i reckon. And hardly any bands im bothered by to offset a bit of price. It ain't bout the bands i know but if there was anyone i was even vaguely bothered about i could at leats justify it.
dave

Of course it's about the bands, If you want to go camping with your pals you can, anytime you like for FREE.

Fact is, the lineups have gone downhill pretty rapidly the last few years.

 

[Orang Utan]

Festivals in holiday camps are the way to go. Fuck camping and smelly hippies and crap music.

 

[Dubversion]

Of course it's about the bands, If you want to go camping with your pals you can, anytime you like for FREE.

Fact is, the lineups have gone downhill pretty rapidly the last few years.

of course it's not about the bands. if you want just bands, go to fucking Reading.

and i think the line-ups have become more and more diverse and exciting the more stages there are. I rarely go near the mainstage but find plenty to entertain me elsewhere, especially by getting rid of the big dance tent and having lots of smaller ones which enable people like The Bug and Bong Ra to play.

 

[Skim]

Festivals in holiday camps are the way to go. Fuck camping and smelly hippies and crap music.

But the hippies make better food than Pontins' canteen, it has to be said. And they'll give you cheese and beans on the same baked potato

 

[Orang Utan]

But the hippies make better food than Pontins' canteen, it has to be said. And they'll give you cheese and beans on the same baked potato

I make better food than the hippies though. Only a fool would eat in that place
(Must remember to actually eat some food next time though)

 

[Firky]

no-no, have you ever been to Glastonbury?

methinks otherwise.

 

[Firky]

Fact is, the lineups have gone downhill pretty rapidly the last few years.

I'd agree with that, last proper awesome line up was 1997

 

[Orang Utan]

1990 was the best

 

[Skim]

I make better food than the hippies though. Only a fool would eat in that place
(Must remember to actually eat some food next time though)

I was that fool

 

[Orang Utan]

I was that fool

Shoulda brought soup and more drugs

 

[no-no]

of course it's not about the bands. if you want just bands, go to fucking Reading.

and i think the line-ups have become more and more diverse and exciting the more stages there are. I rarely go near the mainstage but find plenty to entertain me elsewhere, especially by getting rid of the big dance tent and having lots of smaller ones which enable people like The Bug and Bong Ra to play.

eh?

Would you go if there were no bands or entertainment? It would be a field,toilets,shops,some food and 175,000 people.Like some kind of shanty town shopping centre.

You're right though, glastonbury is one of the few places you can go and see a lot of smaller bands all playing in one place.It's a steep price tag though.

I'd like to go to ATP in december but thats steep too, but i guess you get a proper room so it's better value than glasto.

 

[Baron Samedi]

Who watches the main bands anyway ?

Stuck in a mass of people unable to drink or piss.

The best stuff I've seen is just by wandering around.

The Velvets destroying all their songs with a bright sunlight afternoon performance - no thanks

 

[Skim]

Shoulda brought soup and more drugs

That's good festival advice, that

 

[Orang Utan]

That's good festival advice, that

I'm not sure if it's wise to follow my example!

 

[Dubversion]

eh?

Would you go if there were no bands or entertainment? It would be a field,toilets,shops,some food and 175,000 people.Like some kind of shanty town shopping centre.

no, i wouldn't go if there were no bands or no entertainment, but then i don't believe i said that.

You're right though, glastonbury is one of the few places you can go and see a lot of smaller bands all playing in one place.It's a steep price tag though.

not if you did some kind of wanky cost benefit analysis. yes, it's expensive, but it's not MUCH more expensive than most of the others, and you get a LOT more bangs for your buck.

 

[no-no]

Yeah? wanky cost benefit analysis?

Try paying for two, or maybe even three if I want to take my kid.

 

[Dubversion]

Yeah? wanky cost benefit analysis?

Try paying for two, or maybe even three if I want to take my kid.

I never said it wasn't expensive, did I?

you're not too thorough about responding to what people ACTUALLY said.

 

[felixthecat]

1990 was the best

I liked 1984, the year of the first Green Field

1986 wasn't bad, with the Pogues and the Cure (and it only cost about £15ish)

 

[felixthecat]

I've just realised how old that makes me seem

 

[no-no]

AARRRGGHH!! You're like some irritating child, fucking pedant.

Look, it's out of my reach, I cannot afford it.The price has gone up a LOT.
Probably due to the cunts they have on mainstage these days.

Thats it, Fuck Glastonbury.

 

[Gromit]

Crap poll. No comedy option or I've never been and ain't going to start now.

I've never been as I've

a) Not been able to afford it
b) When I could afford it my tight friends wouldn't shell out for it and I wasn't going on my own
c) Don't believe in jumping the fence.
d) Scared of getting my tent robbed and don't own a VW camper van.

I won't bother going in future as:

a) I think I've left it too late and the original soul has been sucked out of it.
b) Other festivals seem to have better acts anyway.
c) I can watch it on TV for free.
d) Its a stupid price and a mega hassle to get tickets.

So instead I'll go to the Lampeter food festival this year or some stamp collecting expo maybe

 

[Voley]

1986 wasn't bad, with the Pogues and the Cure (and it only cost about £15ish)

That was the first one I went to.

It were all fields round there then ...

I've lost interest in Glastonbury now, too - I've enjoyed every one I've been to but the last one (three years ago, I think) was the least enjoyable.

It was nice while it lasted.

 

[felixthecat]

The price has gone up a LOT.
Probably due to the cunts they have on mainstage these days.

No, probably due to the superfence and other security measures.

 

[no-no]

No, probably due to the superfence and other security measures.

Yeah, granted.

Festivals have got very popular these last few years, sometimes I wonder what people did before?

 

[Firky]

£28 a day is pretty cheap anyway, init, all things considered. The only whinging you ever here about Glastonbury is:

From those who were unable to get a ticket
Those who didn't put pennies in their piggy bank
Those who have never been
Wankers in general

I've nevet met anyone (apart from chegs) who didn't like it.

 

[felixthecat]

Yeah, granted.

Festivals have got very popular these last few years, sometimes I wonder what people did before?

Its just a cumulative thing. The oldies like me are still going, but now so are their teenage/ early 20's children. Given that, the number's gotta go up.

Festivals have always been popular in our family and Glastonbury in particular cos its so close.

 

[felixthecat]

I've nevet met anyone (apart from chegs) who didn't like it.

My husband.

But there again, that was to be expected

 

[dolly's gal]

you MUST love glastonbury. it's the rules!