Glastonbury 25

[ricksterphil]

11 hours ago, taunton-hobbit said:

I was idly watching on I Player & it occured to me that I wasn't seeing much in the way of Palestine flags (if any), then I noticed what looked like some clever trickery where a sort of 'rural' image was appearing on some flags, I'm sure it was an 'instant imposition' thing ..........................

 

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A video I've seen on Threads shows loads of Palastinian flags so you might well be onto something there

[Mrbigstuff]

Well I watched thirty minutes of Charlie XCX to see what the fuss was about. What a disgrace. Miming, no band, just nothing but a flashing screen and a recording. Shouldn’t be allowed at Glastonbury.

[toneknob]

12 hours ago, colleya said:

Raye is bossing it. Band are excellent.

 

Love that white F Bass

 

[ryan0583]

15 hours ago, chriswareham said:

 

Don't have a TV or license to watch iPlayer, but was wondering if Georgia South was playing her red Westone (I admire her taste in bass guitars).

Yeah she had a Westone Thunder, a Fender of some sort (looks kind of like a Jaguar but not sure), and another thing that I have no idea what it is!

[gjones]

52 minutes ago, Mrbigstuff said:

Well I watched thirty minutes of Charlie XCX to see what the fuss was about. What a disgrace. Miming, no band, just nothing but a flashing screen and a recording. Shouldn’t be allowed at Glastonbury.

 

She used to have a band. I know her old drummer Debbie, who now plays with James and my niece's band . The all female band was drummer, electric guitarist and bass player which, visually, looked a lot better on stage. The last time I saw Charlie XCX, at Glastonbury, her stage show looked even worse, as she was on earlier in the day in daylight, so she didn't even have a light show - just her gyrating on the stage to pre-recorded tracks.

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by gjones

[pete.young]

13 hours ago, Mrbigstuff said:

Politics will see this thread closed.

 

back on topic, I think the bassist in the script was playing a Tom Stenback. If  it was then it’s possibly the poshest bass so far 😂

 

Ironic, given he only seemed to be playing 4 notes. Dullest act by miles, landfill indie personified.

[mowf]

I chanced upon Father John Misty’s set and absolutely loved it. The bass player wasn’t doing anything flash but he was totally in the pocket, gorgeous tone out of a Gibson Triumph. Really cool.

[MacDaddy]

I haven't got regular telly, but it seems Neil Young was broadcast on the BBC?

[YellowLedBetterBass]

27 minutes ago, pete.young said:

 

Ironic, given he only seemed to be playing 4 notes. Dullest act by miles, landfill indie personified.

Don't call the Script an Indie band. They're CD-player-in-middle-aged-womans-car-music at best.

[YellowLedBetterBass]

Catching up with Inhalers set now. My favourite bass tone of the festival so far - I really need to get a p bass.

 

Edit - he's now pulled out the gold Jack Casady which also sounds fantastic and is making me think maybe it's actually the Ampeg behind him that I want.

Edited 5 hours ago by YellowLedBetterBass

[skilamalink]

12 hours ago, Misdee said:

Raye: "It's great to see so many genders out there!"

 

What, you mean both of them? Yes it's amazing isn't it. Thank goodness she isn't stupid.

Gender identity starts with an individual's right to self identify as their gender of choice. Gender is a social construct, society is always changing and members of society have the freedom to build their own gender identity. 

 

Stonewall define gender as "A person’s innate sense of being a man, woman, non-binary or another gender". 

 

I think Raye is using her platform on national television to support our non-binary friends at a time when they are literally under attack for simply being who they are. More power to her.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gender_identities

[ian61]

Neil Young. Loved the way the band slowed Glastonbury down to a crawl. Long breaks between tunes. Lazy out of tune soloes, and the band all shuffling around on a piece of stage the size of an iPhone.  Id forgotten how good some of his early stuff actually was.

[Doctor J]

There's a disappointing lack of costume chat here. Many reviews of the festival mention how many costume changes each artist does in their set. It's almost as if you snooty musos think such things don't matter.

 

Don't get me started on the absence of dance chat 

[Doctor J]

The bit that tells me this kind of world has left me behind is encapsulated in this review of one of yesterday's headliners

 

[quote]...rise over the past year has been nothing short of phenomenal and, while fans await her debut album...[/quote]

 

Not enough material for an album yet but you're headlining a stage at this festival? Must be very good at dancing, I suppose.

[ricksterphil]

32 minutes ago, ian61 said:

Neil Young. Loved the way the band slowed Glastonbury down to a crawl. Long breaks between tunes. Lazy out of tune soloes, and the band all shuffling around on a piece of stage the size of an iPhone.  Id forgotten how good some of his early stuff actually was.

and an organ on a swing.... bizarre 

[Misdee]

1 hour ago, skilamalink said:

Gender identity starts with an individual's right to self identify as their gender of choice. Gender is a social construct, society is always changing and members of society have the freedom to build their own gender identity. 

 

Stonewall define gender as "A person’s innate sense of being a man, woman, non-binary or another gender". 

 

I think Raye is using her platform on national television to support our non-binary friends at a time when they are literally under attack for simply being who they are. More power to her.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gender_identities

Complete twaddle😆. I love it ! Keep it up👍

Edited 4 hours ago by Misdee

[Bagman]

Glastonbury was on the TVNZ 6PM news 

they talked about Pulp for a bit 

[Woodinblack]

13 minutes ago, Bagman said:

Glastonbury was on the TVNZ 6PM news 

they talked about Pulp for a bit 

 

I think pulp did a pretty good set and went down well.

[Stub Mandrel]

37 minutes ago, ricksterphil said:

and an organ on a swing.... bizarr

 

I've seen that bird-decorated organ descend before. I think it may have featured in the Live Rust film.

 

It was battered enough to be the same prop, even if the instrument inside has changed.

[Stub Mandrel]

 

Yes!

 

 

 

[Rich]

This thread is about music, not politics or paramilitaries or gender identity. That's why it's in the GD forum. Please stick to the subject or it gets locked. Thank you.

[Leonard Smalls]

1 hour ago, Doctor J said:

There's a disappointing lack of costume chat here. Many reviews of the festival mention how many costume changes each artist does in their set. It's almost as if you snooty musos think such things don't matter.

Next gig I'm wearing a waistcoat and cowboy boots with a big fluffy perm...

 

 

[Bassassin]

1 hour ago, skilamalink said:

Gender identity starts with an individual's right to self identify as their gender of choice. Gender is a social construct, society is always changing and members of society have the freedom to build their own gender identity. 

 

Stonewall define gender as "A person’s innate sense of being a man, woman, non-binary or another gender". 

 

I think Raye is using her platform on national television to support our non-binary friends at a time when they are literally under attack for simply being who they are. More power to her.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gender_identities

 

I - and I hope the majority of people here - agree with that, but unfortunately this sort of discussion will get the thread locked. And remember, you'll never reason a person out of a position they did not reason themselves into.

 

Anyway - moving away from politically sensitive issues*, I don't pay the BBC Compulsory Subscription, but am looking forward to hearing how dear old Rod the Sod endured a hail of p!ss bottles for the duration of his set.

 

*Oops.

[Lozz196]

I’ve been away this weekend so going to hopefully catch some of the action on catchup. 

[ricksterphil]

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

 

I think pulp did a pretty good set and went down well.

Pulp were excellent. Jarvis is a great frontman.