Glastonbury Musical highlight

[felixthecat]

but they(the Proclaimers) were ace

Weren't they just! In fact, it was a fab evening on the Avalon stage altogether.

 

[aqua]

if you were there too why didn't we meet up

 

[felixthecat]

if you were there too why didn't we meet up

Good question - I was there from Rory McLeod thru to the Peatbog Faeries!
(I was really expecting to see at least one urbanite....)

 

[Major Tom]

The top musical moments as follows:

Steve Earle on the accoustic stage
Elvis Costello's greatest hits set
Tori Amos
Echo and the Bunnymen

 

[aqua]

Good question - I was there from Rory McLeod thru to the Peatbog Faeries!
(I was really expecting to see at least one urbanite....)

so were we

 

[Kuso]

Squarepusher was the act that blew me away, The Bug were pretty damn good too.

Seen Ceephax, who I'd never heard of before but now know to be squarepushers lil brother. That set was excellent. So good to see some1 like that during the day, absolutely mashed, and trying to dance to music like that. Loved the kinda 'surround sound' at the G stage.

 

[rutabowa]

The Von Trolley Quartet and the Ukelele Orchestra were good for ukelele, other than that Jamie Liddell (crazy techno made all with his voice), Iration Steppas, the Earlies, some skiffle band... it was nice to see the Magic Numbers get received so rapturously, i saw their first gig u know, when they were just acoustic. they were better then though, but still prettygood now.

 

[Bob]

I had the Proclaimers forced upon me at one stage, not good

Bob, dunno about PieEye but I'm stewarding Womad for Oxfam

Cool - I'll let him know to look out for you... great guy though astonishingly he barely drinks, doesn't take any drugs and is vegetarian - so a perfect steward for WOMAD I'd think...

 

[Bob]

I know - and they knew it the minxes.

I'm not working Womad, never even been to that one - next year perhaps.

<drools>

A friend of mine who worked in Congo went to a place owned by 'the man of a thousand moves' - basically a choreographer guy who sells dances to African musicians to go with their tracks. Apparently the Congolese have a different dance to every track and scorn other nations who are too ignorant to do this!

 

[Pieface]

other than that Jamie Liddell (crazy techno made all with his voice)

That was one of the most original things I have seen for ages - truely bizarre. I hope the album is as good as I want to seek it out.

 

[belboid]

being a miserable old bastard, nobody really blew me the fuck away, but.....

System 7 were doing pretty well, bedfire I was dragged away for 'dumping' Alison (at her first glastonbury, and somewhat befuddled at that point)

White Stripes were damned good, but they always are

Echo & the Bunnymen, far better than I had ever hoped they still would be (apart from the way Ian sang 'The Cutter')

Brian Wilson - were I more hard-bitten I'm sure I'd be going on about how he never touched the piano, didn't sing half the time, and had a pretty average band, but what the fuck, it was Brian fucking Wilson in the glorious sunshine and it was magnificent.

2manydj's - just a great way to finish (officially anyway)

 

[Kuso]

every1 seems to really have enjoyed 2manydjs, personally I thought they were rather boring and went to see whoever was on the G stage instead. Still, each to their own...

Soulwax on the other stage were pretty good- only heard it from my tent though

 

[rutabowa]

every1 seems to really have enjoyed 2manydjs, personally I thought they were rather boring and went to see whoever was on the G stage instead. Still, each to their own...

i didn't like them... they were marginally better at glastonbury than on that novelty mix cd i've heard by them though, that's dire.

 

[xvis]

Rufus Wainwright - for me was astonishing, best performance in last 2 years at glasto.

also v good - Royksopp, the subways and chas and dave were ace!