Finally something worth paying your T.V. licence for - the coverage this year is certainly impressive and the next best thing to being there. Kicked off at 7 p.m. - Rita Ora on BBC3.
i'd never seen or heard of her before Mick, pretty impressive as it went and excellent guitarist considering live. And no, she was dressed in red not orange
you know, I can relate to that ^ 'each to their own' and all that but have listened/watched a few times and although have enjoyed I wouldn't want to buy a CD/Download etc.
I have watched festivals on tv before and find it tedious how you get 2 songs, the. They go to some no mark who no one knows on a couch for 20 mins talking shite before back to music. Or they chop around stages. Either show it or dont. Watching Skyfall so not seen coverage yet to see if its any better
agree in the past some of the presenters could cut waaay down on the words, by around 90%. Hopefully they have learnt from this for 2013.
It's the female presenters that generally annoy me. They are all so "Look at me! I'm so CRAAAAZY!!!!" And of course Glastonbury gives everyone a chance to be crazier than normal, as wallowing in mud and queuing for a bog for several days is a fairly crazy experience. The presentation is overwhelmingly sycophantic. Much of the music is very ho-hum, but there is this idea that we are all so privileged to be ushered into the presence of the "stars". Still. Let's not be churlish. It's a great thing that so much airtime is devoted to contemporary music and there will undoubtedly be some gems.
Talking about shit, my Mrs and my daughter are going to see Frank Sinatra tribute act ( Robbie fat Williams ) tomorrow !:redface:
