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Title: Glasto 2014
Post by: tone on June 28, 2014, 11:11:04 PM: Anyone keeping up with the festival this year?

I've been cherry picking from the sets on iPlayer and I have to say there's some fantastic stuff on there :o

Arcade Fire blew me away, and not only because they all seem to be able to play about 10 different instruments each...
Lana Del Ray was a big surprise. I like her records, but I always thought she'd be a let down live. But she was really good!
Paulo Nutini - what a voice! Definitely worth checking out.

Seen anything good? Share it with us! :)
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: Alan Starkie on June 29, 2014, 10:25:38 AM: Jack White. Nuff said!
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: tone on June 29, 2014, 10:33:43 AM: Quote from: Alan Starkie on June 29, 2014, 10:25:38 AM
Jack White. Nuff said!
Haha! I tried to watch him, but he's just too chaotic for me. I get that his a master of monster riffs and all that, but I much prefer him on record I think...
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: benjo on June 29, 2014, 12:57:23 PM: i really enjoyed Jake Bug, loved the way he played guitar to

something that bothers me with though is how much a lot of bands
sing the same line over n over n over n over n over n over GET WHAT I MEAN

KAISER CHIEFS, oh my god i can't believe it i've never been this far away from home
got on my nerves after the 100th time

BUT LOVIN IT ALSO CHERRY PICKING
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: digger72 on June 29, 2014, 03:15:46 PM: METALLICA.

MGMT were pretty good too
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: Jess on June 29, 2014, 08:31:07 PM: LANAAAAAAAAAA😍😍

Umm who else...Jake Bugg looked awesome, Haim sounded great and Ed Sheeran was such an amazing surprise! So talented! I've heard great reviews for Dolly's set too...I think I am a future Glastonburyer...
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: benjo on June 29, 2014, 10:08:36 PM: i didn't see ed

missed out again
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: tone on June 29, 2014, 10:10:07 PM: All the performances are on iplayer Tony :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b007r6vx?page=1
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: EpiphoneEpiphany on June 29, 2014, 10:25:59 PM: Interpol, really looking forward to their new album, which hopefully is as good as their debut or second album again :)

you're really lucky to have proper festivals live on television, in austria we only have what they call folk music on television, that austrian folk music not being real folk music but this crap where everybody claps along and smiles into the camera happily and sings really shallow lyrics..

and music videos with mountains and animals in the background and shallow songs about how they love their life in the beautiful countryside *cringe* :/
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: GTB on June 30, 2014, 08:19:11 PM: I caught a few performances, good to see metallica there, Kasabian were good and Robert Plant was interesting too. Must look on that iplayer 'cos I missed Rodrigo & Gabrielle and they're brilliant.
Looked amazing there, but would I swap it for flicking between World Cup, wimbledon & glastonbury on the telly and retiring to a warm bed? hmmm... must be getting old
GTB
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: benjo on July 01, 2014, 08:34:52 PM: HEY TONE CHEERS MATE

LOVIN IT
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: montydog on July 01, 2014, 09:48:14 PM: I caught Lana Del Ray but I think the fact that she was smoking in front of her female teenage audience was sickening. No excuse.

I wasn't too impressed with anything else I saw except Dolly Parton who showed that sheer class will always win out. She was simply outstanding, had the biggest audience of the weekend and she is 68!

I LOVE YOU DOLLY

M
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: Jamie on July 01, 2014, 10:17:28 PM: I watched Band of Skulls, coz I've seen them a couple of times and I thought they were great. Watched a bit of Metallica, but it's not really my thing.
Jamie
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: Jess on July 02, 2014, 08:46:45 PM: Quote from: montydog on July 01, 2014, 09:48:14 PM
I caught Lana Del Ray but I think the fact that she was smoking in front of her female teenage audience was sickening. No excuse.
She is quite a character. She did an interview with the guardian (I think) the other day where she basically glamourised dying young and made Kurt Cobain's daughter really angry because well dying isn't really cool at all. I don't think she always knows how to be a celebrity, she doesn't have this big charactature pop star personality like Katy Perry or Beyoncé, which means the press doesn't always work in her favour, but I love her all the same.
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: diademgrove on July 02, 2014, 09:57:02 PM: I don't think Lana Del Rey is going to influence too many teenagers to smoke. Speaking as somebody who watched his daughters start smoking at a fairly young age. You hope they won't but they take more notice of their friends then their parents, unfortunately. At least one of them has now stopped.

I didn't watch much of Glastonbury. Saw all of Lana's set on I-player and was impressed, as well as Dolly Parton, not quite as impressive.

I may watch a few more sets on I-player over the weekend.
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: stavcoby on July 07, 2014, 03:41:35 PM: Arcade Fire are something else ;D

Being a massive fan, their latest album actually disappointed me a bit, but since seeing them bring it to life at glasto, I haven’t been able to stop listening.

They have such a great style of songs, perspective lyrics, and unexpected changes. Love em
Title: Re: Glasto 2014
Post by: lillypilly on August 05, 2014, 05:42:50 PM: Dolly Parton Jake Bugg for sure