with the exception of Chic who were an actual real band made of musicians ive been staggered at the appalling standard of musicianship passing itself off as talent at Glastonbury.... As for the Rolling Stones, i actually found it funny because they were so bad...icons or not..they were utterly shit and have started to look like their Spitting Image puppets..Jaggers head is actually wider than his hips... The guitar playing was embarrassingly poor...feeble, scratchy tone, out of time, out of tune, out of key (which Keith must think is something on the side of a tin of spam), constantly bending sharp like a strangled cat, sloppy playing, bum notes everywhere and every song was just a droning cacophony of mediocrity with yet another self indulgent never ending, ending.... As for the rock/rap/shit that followed it, and all the pseud shoe gazer indie plank spankers.....absolute, total, utter drivel, dross and shit from the top, middle and bottom of it... Over hyped, under talented corporate disneyland shit.
I can't watch it because of that daft twat Mark and whatever her name is droning on for ages in between each act......It was bad enough with Peel and the other woman.
John Peel had an affair .........NOOOOOOOOOOOO , do tell . You have to cut the Rolling Stones a bit of slack . Ronnie Wood , the new one is 66 , Bill Wyman is ten years older . Jagger and Richards will be 70 this year so for old folks they were up quite late . They got better as they went on , bless . If you can remember back to 2011 and the U2 set , now that was bad .
Attempted to watch some, couldn`t even name the bands before I turned over. Presenters awful, what an irritating voice that Mark has got, and he`s not funny. Sunday late afternoon I enjoyed Kenny Rogers of what I saw of him. I must be getting old ! :tongue:
dont see them cutting much slack to joe public in terms of ticket prices for concerts ........ Premium price= premium product ....or not!
the age thing dont cut it with me....theyre not atheletes... look at muscians like Victor Borge as an example, or any number of the jazz greats who didnt even peak until their 50s or 60s...theres literally hundreds to choose from...then theres Yahudi Menhuin, Segovia, or a trillion and one rock, funk and everything in between artists... the playing was shoddy at best, and id wager that there were a few thousand people in the crowd, who may not have written those songs, but could have rocked them 1000x better and who could actually play.. these guys simply cannot play their instruments. they were like an 10th rate pub band...it takes a special talent to make guitars of that quality sound so terrible....never mind Ronnies 'Stay Dry'tm nylon and viscose weave hair system.... Seeing the Rolling Gravestones was on my bucket list, but ive revised it.... Certain bands are alledgedly beyond any criticism, but youve got to say it how it is....and it was an embarrassment.. Victor Borge improvising on the piano - YouTube and here he is taking the piss Victor Borge's Piano Jokes - YouTube
Maybe it shows what a lack of a studio and having session musicians to back you does for you. I remember seeing Shakatak, if you ever remember them! at the Pizza Express jazz club last year. Disappointing as one of the backing musicians was clearly more talented they they were and really stole the show. Jacqui Hicks if anyone has heard of her? Not everything gets better with age! One spliff or whatever too many?
What i don't get is why young people wanna watch these old farts perform, When i used to go to festivals 35 yrs ago i wouldn't have watched acts from the 1930s!
I turned over to Glastonbury a few times. Usually for about 2 minutes. I have been to outside concerts/shows, but this was terrible. I guess you just had to be there.
And that's why I stick to Download festival. Anyway, in respect to the stones, like many who reach the pinnacle they just stop and ride the wave of popularity and royalties. lets face it, Tom Jones has never stopped performing, and he can still cut the mustard. As for Keith Richards, what does he need to be part of that crew for? - He's Jack Sparrow's dad for feck sake!
