Glastonbury 2023

[Anag Ram]

6 hours ago, Mr. P said:

Same here. I enjoyed his performance, his voice was better than I thought & wasn’t as vic reeves as I thought it would be. But 77 year old still being able to sing & play piano that quick is no easy feat. Over 50 years experience helps I suppose. But I struggle to tap my head & rub my belly at the same time & I’m 30 years younger!

Yes, for a guy who can barely walk, Elton’s energy in that performance was incredible.

Bet he’s tender this morning 😊

[Foreveram]

7 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

Yes, for a guy who can barely walk, Elton’s energy in that performance was incredible.

Bet he’s tender this morning 😊

Apparently he was home 39 minutes after walking off stage.

[i-Ram]

1 hour ago, Foreveram said:

Apparently he was home 39 minutes after walking off stage.

He did well then, because when he walked on the stage he looked like someone had pushed something big up his jacksy.

As for his performance, fair play to him for giving it a go, but boy it was karaoke quality really. Tremendous body of work trashed in 2 hours.

[DarkFruitsRam7]

One thing that Glastonbury is great for is introducing people (particularly younger people) to music they may not otherwise have been exposed to. I'd never listened to Cat Stevens until yesterday, but I really like what I've heard so far. Father and Son is beautiful.

[Foreveram]

5 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

One thing that Glastonbury is great for is introducing people (particularly younger people) to music they may not otherwise have been exposed to. I'd never listened to Cat Stevens until yesterday, but I really like what I've heard so far. Father and Son is beautiful.

Still have my vinyl copy of Teaser and the Firecat from 1971.

[ariotofmyown]

4 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

One thing that Glastonbury is great for is introducing people (particularly younger people) to music they may not otherwise have been exposed to. I'd never listened to Cat Stevens until yesterday, but I really like what I've heard so far. Father and Son is beautiful.

Get listening to Tea for the Tillerman album. 

Edited June 26, 2023 by ariotofmyown

[uttoxram75]

Eltons struggling a bit nowadays tbh

 

[BaaLocks]

20 hours ago, Srg said:

You can watch anything and everything by the Red Button/iPlayer.

Thx for this. Viagra Boys, Tinariwen and Young Fathers last night. All very good in different ways. The Young Fathers lead singer did look somewhat chemically induced.

[PistoldPete]

8 hours ago, ariotofmyown said:

Get listening to Tea for the Tillerman album. 

It’s a great album. 

[therealhantsram]

On 25/06/2023 at 18:31, Mr. P said:

So who are the next big up & coming headline bands? Seeing Download & Glastonbury lineups got me wondering. They can’t keep wheeling out 70’s/80’s icons out, time waits for no one. Can’t keep relying on David Grohl gatecrashing other performances either. Or is it Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé & Artic Monkeys for the next 20 years? 

I think there are plenty of big pop acts out there are the moment. It's just that they aren't bands. Yes, Ed Sheeran and Beyonce. Also Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles, Tayor Swift, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Adele, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa.

These performers will be the current generation's equivalent of Elton John, Bowie and the rest.

[Mostyn6]

15 hours ago, Bob The Badger said:

Reading this thread almost makes it sound like music is subjective.

I think, from what I've read and heard, BBC audio production did it no favours, but those there heard very different performances.

[ariotofmyown]

56 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said:

I think, from what I've read and heard, BBC audio production did it no favours, but those there heard very different performances.

I was thinking similar actually. Feels like each instrument/singer is really well miced up, but then the overall sound is very flat and difficult to even know there is a huge crowd there. Ends up sounding tinny, like a rough demo.

Compare it too Hard Rain live album by Dylan. That one feels like you are there.

[ariotofmyown]

1 hour ago, therealhantsram said:

I think there are plenty of big pop acts out there are the moment. It's just that they aren't bands. Yes, Ed Sheeran and Beyonce. Also Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles, Tayor Swift, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Adele, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa.

These performers will be the current generation's equivalent of Elton John, Bowie and the rest.

I think this generation's equivalent of Elton John, Bowie and the rest is Elton John, Bowie and the rest.

The ones you mention above are mainly pop music, and are maybe more this generation's equivalent of Take That, Madonna, Bananarama etc.

Glastonbury has changed from a dis-orgainsed, fairly niche festival up into the 90s into this huge mainstream thing covering all sorts of music, with blanket coverage on the bbc. Take That, Bananarama etc would have probably headlined if it had been like this back in the day.

Also, seeing how my kids "consume" music these days is so different to when I was a kid. I had to save up to buy an album, after hearing some songs by an artist I liked. I would have been influenced by what was "cool" at the moment, which is why I went to see the likes of Kulashaker at the Phoniex Festival in 96 rather than Bowie and Neil Young!

My kids are both on the family spotify account and can access anything they want for (in their eyes) free. As well as me getting them into songs, they also get into stuff through tv shows, fortnite, youtube clips. I really don't think they pay any attention to what might be contempary or not.

As they get older, I hope they'll start to get more into new music and then go and see bands. Most the music they listen to now is by dead people or from bands that are split up. I was the opposite when I was a kid, probably as there wasn't much easy access to loads of old songs.

I'm not saying one way is better than the other, just very different.

[Rev]

45 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said:

I think this generation's equivalent of Elton John, Bowie and the rest is Elton John, Bowie and the rest.

The ones you mention above are mainly pop music, and are maybe more this generation's equivalent of Take That, Madonna, Bananarama etc.

Glastonbury has changed from a dis-orgainsed, fairly niche festival up into the 90s into this huge mainstream thing covering all sorts of music, with blanket coverage on the bbc. Take That, Bananarama etc would have probably headlined if it had been like this back in the day.

Also, seeing how my kids "consume" music these days is so different to when I was a kid. I had to save up to buy an album, after hearing some songs by an artist I liked. I would have been influenced by what was "cool" at the moment, which is why I went to see the likes of Kulashaker at the Phoniex Festival in 96 rather than Bowie and Neil Young!

My kids are both on the family spotify account and can access anything they want for (in their eyes) free. As well as me getting them into songs, they also get into stuff through tv shows, fortnite, youtube clips. I really don't think they pay any attention to what might be contempary or not.

As they get older, I hope they'll start to get more into new music and then go and see bands. Most the music they listen to now is by dead people or from bands that are split up. I was the opposite when I was a kid, probably as there wasn't much easy access to loads of old songs.

I'm not saying one way is better than the other, just very different.

No such thing as new music, or old music. 

There's music you've heard, and music you haven't.

[richinspain]

5 hours ago, therealhantsram said:

I think there are plenty of big pop acts out there are the moment. It's just that they aren't bands. Yes, Ed Sheeran and Beyonce. Also Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles, Tayor Swift, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Adele, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa.

These performers will be the current generation's equivalent of Elton John, Bowie and the rest.

Hopefully the members of Yes can hang around long enough to enjoy the new found stardom when it arrives.

[Comrade 86]

10 hours ago, Mostyn6 said:

I think, from what I've read and heard, BBC audio production did it no favours, but those there heard very different performances.

The BBC audio was fookin atrocious. That said, Axl Rose, Elton John and the Arctics were all rubbish. There was some good stuff on the smaller stages, but in terms of the headline acts, I don't think this was a vintage that'll live long in the memory.

[Archied]

On 27/06/2023 at 10:42, ariotofmyown said:

I think this generation's equivalent of Elton John, Bowie and the rest is Elton John, Bowie and the rest.

The ones you mention above are mainly pop music, and are maybe more this generation's equivalent of Take That, Madonna, Bananarama etc.

Glastonbury has changed from a dis-orgainsed, fairly niche festival up into the 90s into this huge mainstream thing covering all sorts of music, with blanket coverage on the bbc. Take That, Bananarama etc would have probably headlined if it had been like this back in the day.

Also, seeing how my kids "consume" music these days is so different to when I was a kid. I had to save up to buy an album, after hearing some songs by an artist I liked. I would have been influenced by what was "cool" at the moment, which is why I went to see the likes of Kulashaker at the Phoniex Festival in 96 rather than Bowie and Neil Young!

My kids are both on the family spotify account and can access anything they want for (in their eyes) free. As well as me getting them into songs, they also get into stuff through tv shows, fortnite, youtube clips. I really don't think they pay any attention to what might be contempary or not.

As they get older, I hope they'll start to get more into new music and then go and see bands. Most the music they listen to now is by dead people or from bands that are split up. I was the opposite when I was a kid, probably as there wasn't much easy access to loads of old songs.

I'm not saying one way is better than the other, just very different.

Yep it’s very different today, it’s funny though , my daughter is into the same stuff as her mum (newish pop and r&b) but my son is into rock/ metal and older stuff ,it’s good fun introducing him to stuff from way back that stands the test of time , I struggle to find new stuff to listen to as I kind of like earthy / gritty stuff but do find some gems , an ep called our vinyl sessions by Tyler Childers is spot on and worth a listen , great voice and not over produced

[therealhantsram]

After seeing her with Elton the other night I went to seek out Rina Sawayama's Glastonbury set.

Very impressive performer and much more impressive show than you expect from an up and coming artist. Mix of video, lighting and dance to make a show worthy of a bigger stage.

Well worth looking up.

[Stive Pesley]

Right at the end of her Glastonbury set, disco legend Candi Staton dedicated her final song to a young woman in the crowd called Sophie. She had heard that Sophie's mother had recently died of breast cancer and as the 83 year old Candi pointed to a crying woman on the shoulders of someone, telling her "It's you, Sophie!" the BBC cameras duly picked her out.

The next 30 seconds were then spent cutting between this crying woman and Candi, as Candi continued her heartfelt dedication. In response, the crying woman pointed up thankfully to heaven and made a big heart symbol with her fingers that she sent out around the crowd.

Then – to cap off this incredibly tender moment...what did Sophie do? 😂

 

[cstand]

On 27/06/2023 at 00:34, uttoxram75 said:

Eltons struggling a bit nowadays tbh