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Am I a mistakable git ? on 00:06 - Jun 24 by LevelTheLand
I too enjoyed Bearded Theory. Yard Act, Pigsx7, Viagra Boys, Skindred were particular favourites.
Arctic Monkeys are awful.
For a moment I thought that your reference to Bearded Theory was a spoof band joke aimed at those who are getting old and lamenting the demise of proper music. Then I thought it was probably a real band. Now I realise it's a festival. I feel older than people who remember Woodstock! (although obviously nobody remEMbers Woodstock, for obvious reasons...)
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Am I a mistakable git ? on 09:03 - Jun 24 with 583 views
As someone who grew up with punk, with its emphasis on small venues and disdain for stadium rock, places like Glastonbury have never had any appeal for me, especially with all those crowds and loads of artists I would have absolutely no interest in.
I might add that I have never had any interest in seeing ageing punk bands, having seen Stiff Little Fingers in 1987 (when they reformed) who were a pale shadow of the band when I first saw them in 1980.
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Saw Stiff Little Fingers in 1981 (the 'Go For It' tour at the Gaumont) and they were great then but I thought they were even better when I saw them in 2005 at The Junction in Cambridge (Bruce Foxton on bass made on heck of a difference) so I think you have to accept that bands have bad days, good days and excellent days. That being said when I saw them a couple of years later Jake Burns looked like he needed a zimmer frame, ferocious mosh pit though that night.
Am I a mistakable git ? on 09:03 - Jun 24 by WeWereZombies
Saw Stiff Little Fingers in 1981 (the 'Go For It' tour at the Gaumont) and they were great then but I thought they were even better when I saw them in 2005 at The Junction in Cambridge (Bruce Foxton on bass made on heck of a difference) so I think you have to accept that bands have bad days, good days and excellent days. That being said when I saw them a couple of years later Jake Burns looked like he needed a zimmer frame, ferocious mosh pit though that night.
Maybe it's as much the ageing audience as the bands that put me off, but these days Jake Burns appears to have morphed into Buster Bloodvessel. However, still one of my favourite bands.
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Am I a mistakable git ? on 13:14 - Jun 24 with 485 views
I think Glastonburys emphasis has changed as its become more like what Reading/Leeds were in the 90s, so instead of the groups who were a bit less mainstream, bit off the beaten music path getting to play at a big festival, you now get these singers/bands who are contemporary shall we say, or have name recognition for general public consumption, not just avid fans of that music genre
GnR would never have played Glastonbury 30 years ago, theyd never have been seen as a fit musically, or for that festival audience, even if theyd wanted to do it, which I doubt, yet here they are headlining it.
that I think tells you as much about how Glastonbury has changed than people saying yeah but youre older and music is different now.
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