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Glastonbury - BBC
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Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Pleasant suprise to be phoned and told he was on for an hour. Great songchoices as well. Has to be said his voice has pretty much gone though, those high notes just aren't there anymore. Still, really enjoyed it and David Lindley and the band were excellent.
Not much of a crowd to watch him I thought, although I was amazed at the number of young people who were singing along. They must have grown up with parents who brainwashed them..like my kids
desprateseagull
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Pleasant suprise to be phoned and told he was on for an hour. Great songchoices as well. Has to be said his voice has pretty much gone though, those high notes just aren't there anymore. Still, really enjoyed it and David Lindley and the band were excellent.
Not much of a crowd to watch him I thought, although I was amazed at the number of young people who were singing along. They must have grown up with parents who brainwashed them..like my kids
Yup, all true. BTW, Icy, I'm currently reading "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Life and Times of Warren Zevon". Interesting to read about Jackson Browne and the other big names that hung around at the start of his career.
mcshane in the 79th
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How hot was Kylie? 
Icy Gull
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I've got a cd of an Old Grey Whistle Test from way back where Whispering Bob starts off by saying that this is the performance that he's been looking forward to the most in the series. Warren Zevon is introduced as his guest at the end of the performance and I think he got quite big backing from Browne when starting out?
I'll have to check out that book. Have you heard the album that is my avatar. An absolute must fro fans of Warren Zevon, there are some great cover versions of Zevon songs by all his mates like Jackson and Springsteen.
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
Muse = INCREDIBLE. Awesome set.
They were AWESOME. I nearly didn't go, as I thought it would be shit without Hugh Cornwell - this would've been the biggest mistake of my gig-going life.
One of my top 3 bands of the weekend.
How hot was Kylie?
We were ALL hot, mate. Twas boiling.
crodonilson
He/Him
On the subject of the BBC coverage, the presenters were/are awful. I am a pretty mild mannered man but if I have to put up with Edith Bowman on the radio or TV ever again I will be throwing it out of my window. How on earth does she continue to get paid for offering absolutely nothing?
BBH
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Back home at 10 this morning, just woken up again now. Awesome awesome weekend.
Best: Muse, Dizzee, Scissor Sisters really got the crowd going, Stranglers, Florence, Snoop, Courteeners put on a good show, wasn;t so aware before. Stevie was good for 1st half I saw & then headed for Levellers (seen them better) Wurzels were fun. Whoever was on before Wurzels was very good. Will dig out list later on.
Disappointing: Gorillaz & surprisingly Faithless were a bit underwhelming. Also heard rumours the Strokes were playing & trekked to the Park but it wasn't. Radiohead (or 2 members of, played a secret gig but didn't hear about it until afterwards)
If anyone ever goes in the future, make sure you dig out the Silent Disco after the music finishes. All in (football aside, although for the 2 times we scored it was mental) great great weekend, very lucky with weather. Bring on 2011
Best: Muse, Dizzee, Scissor Sisters really got the crowd going, Stranglers, Florence, Snoop, Courteeners put on a good show, wasn;t so aware before. Stevie was good for 1st half I saw & then headed for Levellers (seen them better) Wurzels were fun. Whoever was on before Wurzels was very good. Will dig out list later on.
Disappointing: Gorillaz & surprisingly Faithless were a bit underwhelming. Also heard rumours the Strokes were playing & trekked to the Park but it wasn't. Radiohead (or 2 members of, played a secret gig but didn't hear about it until afterwards)
If anyone ever goes in the future, make sure you dig out the Silent Disco after the music finishes. All in (football aside, although for the 2 times we scored it was mental) great great weekend, very lucky with weather. Bring on 2011
Spider
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To be fair, much as I loathe the BBC presenters as much as the next man - the bits with the presenters in the middle of sets which people normally moan at (eg. the Boss and Blur last year) have to be done as the artists involved don't let their sets be shown in full. That seemed to be relaxed this year!
The BBC coverage is good in that there is a lot of it but almost all the presenters are such twats who have seemingly lost any interest in music other than how well they are treated backstage and who's hot and who's not. Plus, how tedious does it get hearing dickheads like Zane Lowe describing the 'special' Glastonbury atmosphere. I'm sure it's special if you're there but constantly telling us how "all types of people are here" and all the wacky goings on is SO annoying.
Finally, I can't WAIT for The National in Brighton. I was up at 9am on the day the tickets went on sale to get 4, suffering a terrible hangover just to get them!
Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
For the first time, I didn't see any of the coverage this year. I guess it compounds my growing realisation that I'm actually getting old. 
Lou Reed is ace but Mark E Smith is a f***ing legend. I had no idea he was at Glastonbury this year. Superb. *scurries off to the BBC site to find Glasto highlights*
For some reason, I'm well into VW these days. I say for some reason because when I first saw them (about 3 years ago, backing The Shins) they were absolute wank. Nowadays they seem solid live.
Not seen much on here about the performance of Editors. I've just seen it on the beeb site (38 mins!!) and they were quality as usual, ending with Papillon. I absolutely love that track admittedly, but I'd still recommend taking a look.
Hot Chip were superb and played as the sun set on the Other stage. I loved the way they reworked Over and Over...crowd were all dancing like loons where I was. Excellent stuff.
I like Zane Lowe. He might talk very fast but his heart is well and truly in the right place IMHO.
Also LCD Soundsystem were brilliant...and Mr Murphy has developed into a highly amusing and credible front man.