Glastonbury 25

[Old Man Riva]

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Cymande are pretty funky, nice bass tone, never heard of them before 

This is a good read… https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/14/getting-it-back-the-story-of-cymande-review-the-second-life-of-a-cruelly-ignored-uk-funk-band

 

As others have said, they’re well worth checking out, and, yes, you probably have unknowingly heard them before!

[Stub Mandrel]

Finally found Gary Numan's set.

 

Bloody awesome. Sound issues I read about seem to have been addressed with a bit of post-production.

[AndyTravis]

I quite like this Noah Kahan fella…

 

Guild Startire 2 bass…lovely.

[upside downer]

Watching The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a fine opportunity for lookalike spotting. Neil Young is singing, one of the geeky students from The Simpsons is drumming and they even had @Stub Mandrel playing hand drums on their first song.

[Sean]

I wish I'd had a tenner on Nile Rogers at William Hill. Clear winner. 

[Beedster]

6 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I quite like this Noah Kahan fella…

 

Guild Startire 2 bass…lovely.

Seems a decent geezer 👍

[jezzaboy]

Just watched a bit of Rod. I like the guy but I`m thinking it`s time to knock it on the head. He made a right bollox on Maggie Mae and his voice sounds quite weak. And yes I do know the guy is 80 but there comes a time...

[Stub Mandrel]

Strange how some people keep their voice - Neil Young for one but Arthur Brown is another.

[ian61]

Switched telly on to.. Celeste? Beyond less than impressed, seemed terribly self indulgent. 20 minutes later Im hooked...Shes definitely an interesting individual.

[Beedster]

19 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Strange how some people keep their voice - Neil Young for one but Arthur Brown is another.

Rod betrayed his then extraordinary voice 40-years ago

[Beedster]

End of Noah Kahan’s set is glorious 👍

[Stub Mandrel]

2 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Rod betrayed his then extraordinary voice 40-years ago

 

Checks date... nearer 50! We're getting old...

[MacDaddy]

6 minutes ago, ian61 said:

Switched telly on to.. Celeste? Beyond less than impressed, seemed terribly self indulgent. 20 minutes later Im hooked...Shes definitely an interesting individual.

 

Nice to see her doing well at a festival for a change, after what happened to her duo.

[Mudpup]

51 minutes ago, jezzaboy said:

Just watched a bit of Rod. I like the guy but I`m thinking it`s time to knock it on the head. He made a right bollox on Maggie Mae and his voice sounds quite weak. And yes I do know the guy is 80 but there comes a time...

80 years old, recovering from the flu, stupidly hot weather and allegedly spent £300,000 of his own money to bring the full band over from Vegas for this one gig. He's earned his time for me so I'll cut him a bit of slack...

Edited 6 hours ago by Mudpup

[pete.young]

6 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

80 years old, recovering from the flu, stupidly hot weather and allegedly spent £300,000 of his own money to bring the full band over from Vegas for this one gig. He's earned his time for me so I'll cut him a bit of slack...

 

Nice to see a Duesenberg Star bass getting a rare outing too.

[Kirky]

Getdown Services just stole the show!!

[steantval]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Strange how some people keep their voice - Neil Young for one but Arthur Brown is another.

Paul Rodgers.

[bassbloke]

If there's one thing i've learnt in my 50 years on this earth it's to keep politics and religion out of online discourse.

 

I can't fault Kneecap's performance.  The video clips before the start of their set were perfect.

 

Musically, Ezra Collective were the standout for me.

Edited 5 hours ago by bassbloke

[YellowLedBetterBass]

I've just put Maccabees on. Good to see them back together.

 

They were one of the first bands I ever saw live in my early teens, and have always been one of my favourites. Was gutted when they split up.

[Buddster]

Question to anyone who's been, and been to one of the main stages. How annoying are the flags? It just looks like, in some places all you'll see is the back of a flag, or sea of poles. 

[Sean]

Just now, Buddster said:

Question to anyone who's been, and been to one of the main stages. How annoying are the flags? It just looks like, in some places all you'll see is the back of a flag, or sea of poles. 

Me, me, me, me, me, virtue signalling, me, me, me, me. 

 

Hello mum. 

 

Annoying. 

[SumOne]

Just now, Buddster said:

Question to anyone who's been, and been to one of the main stages. How annoying are the flags? It just looks like, in some places all you'll see is the back of a flag, or sea of poles. 

Most aren't too annoying viewed from the crowd - it looks worse on telly as the camera is far back, high up, zoomed in.

[Buddster]

42 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

80 years old, recovering from the flu, stupidly hot weather and allegedly spent £300,000 of his own money to bring the full band over from Vegas for this one gig. He's earned his time for me so I'll cut him a bit of slack...

I agree. A lot of smiles and looks like he's really enjoying it. And making the band really inclusive. 

A nice change from some taking themselves far too seriously. 

 

[Steve Browning]

18 minutes ago, Buddster said:

Question to anyone who's been, and been to one of the main stages. How annoying are the flags? It just looks like, in some places all you'll see is the back of a flag, or sea of poles. 

One appears to simply says tits. 

[ezbass]

18 minutes ago, Buddster said:

Question to anyone who's been, and been to one of the main stages. How annoying are the flags? It just looks like, in some places all you'll see is the back of a flag, or sea of poles. 

We’ve had a wee festival locally, over the weekend. One of the rules was no flags, no banners. The other thing that grinds my gears at these big events is folk who feel the need to be on someone else’s shoulders; it’s just inconsiderate for people behind.