Glastonbury UK

Anybody watching.
Some amazing acts but tonight Paul McCartney is properly kicking it.

a reply to: macpdm

I seen Zelensky, Greta Thunberg, and Billy Eilish are all taking a Pyramid stage. Chances of me tuning in to that garbage? ZERO!

originally posted by: Grenade
a reply to: macpdm

I seen Zelensky, Greta Thunberg, and Billy Eilish are all taking a Pyramid stage. Chances of me tuning in to that garbage? ZERO!

I just was going to say this

a reply to: macpdm

Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl , nice.

a reply to: Grenade

I personally know two of the military intelligence agents who took over the British free festival culture leading it to destruction in the early nineties. A few years ago one of them said to me, "You realise when the time comes I'm the one who's going to kill you." The other warned me five years before Castlemorton www.bbc.co.uk... not to go, saying "That's the one that's going to end it all". That individual also said, "They'll kill me if they know I've told you this". Love and peace? Castlemorton brought in forced DNA testing and removed the obligation for councils to provide traveller sites thus creating hatred and extreme resentment between traditional travellers and new travellers. It was all by design.

Glastonbury was always an establishment occasion.

Arabella Spencer-Churchill[a] (30 October 1949 – 20 December 2007) was an English charity founder, festival co-founder and fundraiser and a granddaughter of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

In 1971, Churchill played a major role in the development of the Glastonbury Festival.

en.wikipedia.org...(charity_founder)

The brainwashing this year has reached new heights, starting with instructions from a drug addict who plays the piano with his penis to support war.

Woke-onbury festival?

Sorry, no.

Surprised young people stand for such political pandering at festivals for their hobby TBH.

a reply to: markymint

Surprised young people stand for such political pandering at festivals for their hobby TBH.

Glastonbury has always been a politically aware festival with longstanding links to Greenpeace and CND , it was Woke before Woke was a thing.

a reply to: gortex

Yes fantastic we couldnt believe it.

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: markymint

Surprised young people stand for such political pandering at festivals for their hobby TBH.

Glastonbury has always been a politically aware festival with longstanding links to Greenpeace and CND , it was Woke before Woke was a thing.

Quite true you just have to look beyond it sometimes and pick out the quality acts and enjoy those.

a reply to: Kester

It’s thanks to you that I watched some documentaries about the free festivals, the police involvement and infiltration of such. When Glastonbury banned the new age travelers The Levelers did a protest song about it as they performed there.

I guess that was the the start of the end, these days it probably attended by the same characters that attend WEF at Davos and Bilderberg. They have somehow managed to turn free festivals that were about peace and love, into commercialised money making machines where people continue to interact with their phones more than they do each other.

It’s not all bad though, there are those who keep the original spirit alive, and those coming round to it.

a reply to: gortex

Musicians having an opinion and voicing it....who'd have thought it?

I love festivals but Glastonbury has gotten a bit lost in my personal opinion.....its caught between being nothing but a corporate event and a wokeathon.

I only got to watch it on the telly - deliberately called it 'the telly' for our colonial friends - and I think that television doesn't really capture the 'feeling' and 'experience' of large outdoor live events.

I've seen Noel Gallagher a couple of times live in Oasis and doing a solo set but never in High Flying Birds.
Musically his performance seemed quite good but it did seem a bit flat.

I'm not going to comment too much about Paul McCartney.

For me by far the highlight so far has been the BBC cameramen trying their very best NOT to capture the large banner waving around proclaiming in large letters; Prince Andrew is a Sweaty Nonce.
Every time I saw a glimpse of it I just pictured the director screaming at the camera operators.

It amused me.

I'm going to try and find if Sleaford Mods set is anywhere on iPlayer or YouTube a bit later....and like lots of old timers, I have a secret liking for Pet Shop Boys!😲

a reply to: surfer_soul

Remember this as if it was yesterday......





Who'd have thought it that just two years later they'd be playing to 100,000 people at the same venue?

a reply to: Freeborn

I love festivals but Glastonbury has gotten a bit lost in my personal opinion.....its caught between being nothing but a corporate event and a wokeathon.

It has been for a couple of decades now as its popularity as a right of passage has grown , it isn't so much about the music anymore it's about ticking that box , the corporate thing is inevitable at the scale Glastonbury now.
As I said earlier Glastonbury has always been woke , probably due to its location.

Been to many festivals over the years but never Glastonbury , just not my scene , most fondly remembered festival would be Phoenix festival 1996 at Long Marston Airfield the line up was incredible and we spent 5 days there in 30+ deg wall to wall sunshine.

a reply to: gortex

I was at Phoenix in 96.
Glorious sunshine, nightmare traffic on the Thursday.

Sex Pistols, best live act I've ever seen.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

It was a fantastic line up....absolutely fantastic weekend.

Lots of stories I could tell about that weekend.

a reply to: Freeborn

Good times , the campsite had the best atmosphere of any I can remember , the people tapping out rhythms on the fence throughout the night felt almost tribal.

When we was young.

a reply to: gortex

We pitched up next to some Crusties who had a converted double decker bus.
We sat around with them drinking and generally having a great time each night till the sun came up.

Of all the festivals, gigs, raves, Rallies, partying etc I've been to and done - and there's been a hell of a lot of them - it honestly ranks up there amongst the very best weekends I've had in my life.

Wish I could turn back the clock and do it all again......

Might have one last hurrah next year, maybe Beautiful Days?

Caught up with the Sleaford Mods set.....I know they're not everyone's cup of tea but I thought they were excellent, just as I expected.
Jobseeker is an absolute monster of a tune.

This may surprise lots of people, certainly many who know me quite well, but I've always had a bit of secret linking for Pet Shop Boys.
Just watched them on The Other Stage.....they were truly outstanding.

a reply to: Freeborn

Not sure how it is you can like Sleaford Mods and the Pet Shop Boys at the same time!? Each to their own I suppose..

a reply to: surfer_soul

I have a very eclectic taste in music.
Different bands/artists offer different things.

Sleaford Mods are relatively new, they are challenging and many of the things they sing about I can relate to directly.

Pet Shop Boys are fun and easy to listen to.
They aren't challenging at all but they sound good and people have FUN watching them....it was good to see so many people having FUN.

I can't even begin to imagine how boring and inane music would be if I listened to just one type or genre of music.
I know people who are musically stuck in the era they 'grew up in'.....that's not for me.

a reply to: Freeborn

Haha I have an eclectic taste too, I just have never keen on the Pet Shop Boys they don’t do anything for me like so many other pop bands. Though saying that I do like some pop music... it doesn’t matter what era or genre the music happens to be I just know I like some things and others not so much.

I know what you mean about the people musically stuck in the era they grew up in, for me I understand the nostalgia aspect but was always a fan of 60’s stuff an era well before my time. Also I’m having a hard time embracing this stuff the kids are listening too these days I have to admit.