I think that a lot of what your pointing towards stopped after it all kicked off in 1990. I don't think the simple fact of Jay-Z representing 'bling' culture particularly represents any kind of the end of an era, cos the end of the era was probably 1990 imo. I went along a few times after that and still enjoyed a couple of them but it was clearly taking a much more commercially hard-nosed approach when fences were erected, the travellers field stopped and specialised bastard security bought it to intimidate the punters.
or £656
yes i hit me equals button on the calculator twice like a twat
still it's sufficent for a decent family holiday....
It's funny because I didn't actually go until 97, but IMO the free party crews, and people doing the likes of the glade stage, Lost vagueness, plus most of the 90's environmental activists being represented in the green fields / cafe areas combined with the travellers field and huge number of fence jumpers basically meant that IMO the festival had changed musically so there was loads of electronic music around, but the anticorporate DIY ethos was probably as strong or even stronger across much of the site than it probably was in the 80's.I think that a lot of what your pointing towards stopped after it all kicked off in 1990. I don't think the simple fact of Jay-Z representing 'bling' culture particularly represents any kind of the end of an era, cos the end of the era was probably 1990 imo. I went along a few times after that and still enjoyed a couple of them but it was clearly taking a much more commercially hard-nosed approach when fences were erected, the travellers field stopped and specialised bastard security bought it to intimidate the punters.
Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, these have all played in recent years so i wonder how they fitted into your feelings of what Glastonbury stands for?
Fuck me - this thread has filled up with all the angry opinionated shouty folk
It may not say 'THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE FESTIVAL' but that's definately what I'd take from this advert (for this year).
That's more or less what happened in 92, which kind of confirms my point also though. The following few years certainly did see many of the people who had been active in previous years still going along, particularly on blags or 'entertainment' or installation things. But that mainly took place out of the eye of much of the main festival anyhow if you like. So i think that many people involved from that end never really paid much attention as to what went on on the main stage anyhow.
i remember '92 - seen the security (about 7 of them) kidnap by force some poor bloke from his stall at 4am and hit him alot then bundle him into the back of a land rover then drove off - ruined my trip coz i was really concerned for the bloke
Quite. Any semblance of 'revolution' or whatever has been thoroughly rinsed out of festivals now. It's all been health&saftied and commoditised. That's not to say there aren't still some festivals run by excellent well meaning people, putting on very entertaining and enjoyable events, but it all happens within the boundaries of the system.
*shrug* what else was I going to call it?
Bab-y-lon, maaaaaaanIt's not you Crispy... it's the system maaaaaaan!
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