Glastonbury via armchair 2023

Vintage65

Did anybody catch the Editors?

racefaceec90

i enjoyed becky hill's set (never heard of her before i must admit). you could tell she was really happy to be there.

also liked jockstrap and viagra boys (never thought i would have those 2 words next to each other today.

tbh there was a lot of great music/musicians i thought this year and qotsa were bloody great. 

monquixote

dindude said:

guitars4you said:

monquixote said:

As mentioned by a few others I thought Lizzo's set was excellent. With a bit more material she could be a headliner.

Guns and Roses were a mixed bag. The band were competent, but felt like a high quality Guns and Roses tribute band, Slash was exceptional and is really just as good as he always was, but Axl just can't hit the notes anymore and he seems to have lost a lot of stage presence (although it's nice to see that he seems to be in reasonable shape these days)

Disagree about Slash - Thought there were many 'cringe worthy' notes, bum notes, miss hit, bad bends - Often the timing/phrasing between one set of legato licks to another was poor - As it happens on November Rain I thought Izzy's solo and licks were far more accomplished and polished - I was just expecting more and to be certainly more professional about going about his work

Agree about Axl's stage presence - He's lost that 'swagger' 

I kinda agree, realise I’m more negative than positive on this thread, but lots of compliments on Slash here and I wondered what I was missing, that solo bit leading into sweet child was pretty ropy for instance. 

The point is he was a good version of Slash e.g. that's pretty close to what you would have got from him at a show in the early 90s

He wasn't suddenly going to become Steve Vai.

Vintage65

racefaceec90 said:

i enjoyed becky hill's set (never heard of her before i must admit). you could tell she was really happy to be there.

also liked jockstrap and viagra boys (never thought i would have those 2 words next to each other today.

tbh there was a lot of great music/musicians i thought this year and qotsa were bloody great. 

Wow, I thought I was the only one who liked complicated chord structures and out of tune songs   

theatreanchor

Vintage65 said:

Did anybody catch the Editors?

Unfortunately. 

theatreanchor

Jalapeno said:

QOTSA win the guitar GAS award - never seen so many 12 strings !!!!!

I’m gonna give it to Elton’s guitar man, whoever he was. So many lush custom paint jobs. 

Philly_Q

theatreanchor said:

Jalapeno said:

QOTSA win the guitar GAS award - never seen so many 12 strings !!!!!

I’m gonna give it to Elton’s guitar man, whoever he was. So many lush custom paint jobs. 

Davey Johnstone.

JezWynd

The blue Gretsch Adam Granduciel was playing sounds epic. He's had a different guitar for each song so far. Shout out for the Baritone Sax player, he rarely stands out in the mix but so often he adds a cool elemental tone to their rhythmic stuff. Top players all.

Vintage65

theatreanchor said:

Vintage65 said:

Did anybody catch the Editors?

Unfortunately. 

There were a lot of marmite acts at Glastonbury this year 

digitalkettle

Vintage65 said:

theatreanchor said:

Vintage65 said:

Did anybody catch the Editors?

Unfortunately. 

There were a lot of marmite acts at Glastonbury this year 

I love a bit of Editors…it’s on my catch-up list.

Grangousier

I didn't watch any of it at the time, because I'm a sad old misanthrope, but the one album that blew me away last year was Weyes Blood, and I'm just catching up on iPlayer. Personally I love her beautiful but slightly melancholy 70s California Carpenters thing, but I realise it's not rock and roll. She's quite funny about that between songs. (If you watch her videos, most of them seem to have bloody murder in them)

And finally I've found Sparks, so I'll watch that later. 

Vintage65

Grangousier said:

I didn't watch any of it at the time, because I'm a sad old misanthrope, but the one album that blew me away last year was Weyes Blood, and I'm just catching up on iPlayer. Personally I love her beautiful but slightly melancholy 70s California Carpenters thing, but I realise it's not rock and roll. She's quite funny about that between songs. (If you watch her videos, most of them seem to have bloody murder in them)

She also did a guest appearance during the Caroline Polachek set, and they were the two best voices at Glastonbury IMO.

Grangousier

She certainly has an amazing voice (like Karen Carpenter or Jessica Harper, I'm a sucker for that sort of thing). I tried the Caroline Polachek album when it came out and ... not for me, I must admit. Didn't dislike it, but a couple of songs in just wanted to listen to something else. Maybe I'll try it again and it will click. Taste is strange. 

(I just skimmed through her set to find the WB guest slot, which is lovely - it might be something as shallow as that she's riffing off music that I ran away from in the mid-80s, and the place I ran to was 70s music, especially West Coast singer-songwriters). 

(By the way, I meant the one album by someone I'd not heard before - it was on co-rotation with the SBP album for a while, and I didn't hear the Weyes Blood until January this year anyway. Don't know why I feel the need to mention that, as no one would care, but 'tis so.)

JezWynd

Is Max Richter's set available anywhere? Can't find it on BBC.

Vintage65

Grangousier said:

She certainly has an amazing voice (like Karen Carpenter or Jessica Harper, I'm a sucker for that sort of thing). I tried the Caroline Polachek album when it came out and ... not for me, I must admit. Didn't dislike it, but a couple of songs in just wanted to listen to something else. Maybe I'll try it again and it will click. Taste is strange. 

(I just skimmed through her set to find the WB guest slot, which is lovely - it might be something as shallow as that she's riffing off music that I ran away from in the mid-80s, and the place I ran to was 70s music, especially West Coast singer-songwriters). 

(By the way, I meant the one album by someone I'd not heard before - it was on co-rotation with the SBP album for a while, and I didn't hear the Weyes Blood until January this year anyway. Don't know why I feel the need to mention that, as no one would care, but 'tis so.)

Ok, I'm with you there. Polachek is operating in the pop genre, whereas Weyes Blood is in a different space, so that may explain the connection thing. Both are very talented, and write their own music. Here is a stripped down version of one of Caroline's better known songs which demonstrates her top notch vocal pipes (it was the closing number at Glastonbury).

GJK1959

Enjoyed watching Generation Sex doing some old Skool punk….!

SRich

The War on Drugs were easily the highlight for me…..anyone find out why Adam Granduciel  kicked his Swart amp out of its stack at the end of “Under Pressure”?…..looked more like frustration than an act of pure old style Rock’n Roll

Lightening Seeds, Blossoms and Rick Astley, Pretenders all excellent

CloudNine

That QOTSA set was right up there with one of the best ever at Glastonbury. Best band in the world right now.

monquixote

Just been watching Caroline Polachek 

What an incredible singer and a great performer. It's weird she isn't more famous.

mattdavis

Vintage65 said:

Did anybody catch the Editors?

Yep. Loved them back in the mid noughties and they were great live. Thought they played their socks off. For me it’s still all a lot the first 2 albums. Haven’t managed to stay engaged with their later bits.