V Festival 2009
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hammerntongues
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Not sure which appeals less, V or Guilfest.
Went to a Guilfest a good few years ago just for Arthur Lee & Love, plus the Darkness for a laugh.
It wasn't a laugh though. Dull, dull, dull, drab atmospereless and dull.
Surely V isn't that bad, or is it?
I went to V last year , its only 4 miles from me , in festy terms there is no denying its crappiness, but , outdoors for the day getting pissed listening to live music , some of it even in the sunshine , I`m not so anti-corporate that I`ll let it get in the way of a day out.
V is crap, shuts at 12 and you get herded to your appropriately coloured campsite (your not allowed int he green ones if you have a yellow wristband etc) where theres no fires allowed, or fun. And theres security on turrets watching over you with big lights to see if you are being naughty.
Fuck that shit.
But I did once meet the legendary giant of pop, Michelle McMahoosiveanus. Although that wasnt at V. That was at a nightclub in Bournemouth
Yeah, that rings a bell. I remember being madly drunk on cider of all things and running around in some ravey field we found, having a brilliant time and then, suddenly, the whole thing shut down and the next thing I knew we were on a bus. Bad scenes.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
i went to them every year - my sisters still go, and tbh - if grinder liked indie, so would i.
it isn't anything like a proper festival, but if you like the music it's good value for money - and on the plus side, there's absolutely zero hippybollocks.
btw - you aren't allowed campfires at endorseit either, so that's hardly the arbiter of what makes a real festival.
it isn't anything like a proper festival, but if you like the music it's good value for money - and on the plus side, there's absolutely zero hippybollocks.
btw - you aren't allowed campfires at endorseit either, so that's hardly the arbiter of what makes a real festival.
its really really awful mate, give it a swerve, channel 4 cover it anyway.
If corporate sponsorship didnt exist, the whole world would literally just stop spinning.
You've just reminded me, as well as the Sunday of 2000, I also went for the second day of 1996 (the day Pulp headlined
)You're right, it wasn't too bad then (and the weather was hot hot hot!!
), though the atmosphere still seemed pretty obviously corporate.hammerntongues
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It`s only when we get older and more cynical that we generally start claiming that things aren`t the same anymore , I have a 17 year old daughter who
is as excited as i`ve seen her for a long time , it will be her first camping experience at a festival and I bet she has as much of a good time as I did when I attended the first one or two V`s . That is one hell of a good line-up for anyone starting out . William is is right though the weather is what we tend to remember first.
is as excited as i`ve seen her for a long time , it will be her first camping experience at a festival and I bet she has as much of a good time as I did when I attended the first one or two V`s . That is one hell of a good line-up for anyone starting out . William is is right though the weather is what we tend to remember first.
As an attender of many many festivals, I do take your point on a pragmatic/realistic/common sense level. But there's levels and levels of corporate involvement and sponsorship. At V, every blade of grass almost, and certainly every single venue and bar, have VERY prominently named and logo'd, and totally in your face, corporate sponsorship.
It's not 'hypocritical' to think that the sponsorship that undoubtedly exists at Glastonbury, much less offensive because it's kept on a much tighter rein. I'm no particular fan of it, but away from the beer tents arguably**, there really is much less in the way of fully in your face branding at Glasto, and large parts of the site are sponsorship free. That way, the sponsors get their presence without shoving it right into peoples' faces on every tent, while the fest gets their subsidy which in turn allows totally corporate free areas of the site to cover their costs.
**And even with the omni present Carlsberg in almost all beer tents, there is also the semi independent real ale tent and the Cider Bus, and a few other outlets -- not quite as monopolistic as at V, and with wider drink choices in consequence
And things like a local (excellent) brewery** sponsoring the beer tents at Beautiful Days are even less annoying, because smaller scale and lower key and more local and less mega corp like.
**(Otter of Honiton. 4 miles away)
TBF, tis not at all a bad festival for someone new to festivals (hope that doesn't sound too patronising from the ancient festie veteran!
)Hope your daughter enjoys it enough to get the festie bug and that she then starts to look out for more individual/interesting/quirky fests in due course
hammerntongues
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Thing is tho William I reckon that it is only a minority of people who even realise the level of corporate brainwashing they are undergoing at V , it flies straight over their head , its not a minus or a plus its just there . very few
17 YO`s would even notice it and it certainly wouldn`t have any influence on how much they enjoyed themselves.
17 YO`s would even notice it and it certainly wouldn`t have any influence on how much they enjoyed themselves.
hammerntongues
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TBF, tis not at all a bad festival for someone new to festivals (hope that doesn't sound too patronising from the ancient festie veteran!
Hope your daughter enjoys it enough to get the festie bug and that she then starts to look out for more individual/interesting/quirky fests in due course
Of that there is no doubt but I am not ready for her to see me in my best/worst Glastonbury mode , V is so far removed from Glastonbury its not fair to even compare them , maybe next year , It would be like having my conscience sitting on my shoulder for 4 days and the " Don`t tell Mum " wouldn`t last long enough .
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Oh well, good to hear you're coming to Glasto unencumbered then, see ya down the cider bus
hammerntongues
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Oh well, good to hear you're coming to Glasto unencumbered then, see ya down the cider bus
every year since I started posting on U75 I have made varying degrees of effort to meet up with people , usually involving furtively shuffling around Dragonfield or the Cider Bus uttering "Urban 75 , Urban 75 " under my breath , too shy by half I suppose , should have shouted from the top of the slope . sadly i usually don`t arrive until the Friday morning so I miss the opening Cider Bus get together on the Wed or Thurs evenings . You may not even remember meeting but I did say a very brief hello a couple of years ago in the pub prior to a Gogol Bordello gig in Brixton , that was my one and only contact with a real life person from U75.
I promise to make an even better effort this year ( an Urb Flag will help )
Shame on you for (a) remembering that, and (b) demonstrating to us all that you remember it.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
On another board, there is a thread disscussing how you can book cheap hotels at the various points they run special trains to the festival from & stay there instead.
For a moment, it actually looked tempting, compared to the campsites that is!
Shame about the Friday thing, try harder to get down on site earlier this time no?
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belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Sheffield band weren't they, jolly popular when I moved here. And one of me best mates at school was called Crispin, so I tend to notice the very few famous examples thereof
rikwakefield
Born to be Mild
Ha ha, you spelt his name right. You must be a true fan.
(I only know this cause I share the same spelling)
electrogirl
dignity is overrated
I am a fan of his 'tiny head on a big huge body' look.
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