Funny Neil Young quote from Eavis...

[alframsey]

Yep. That was the question on everyones' lips when i was at Glasto last year. "Did you see Leonard Cohen last night?", "Yeah, but i bloody wish they'd get Neil Young on that stage!!!". "How were the Kings of Leon?", "Kings of who? WE WANT NEIL!!!"

lol. That line tickled me for some reason. I know he has to promote his headliners but there's a fine line between doing it justice and looking silly.

[tylerdurden]

wanderlei is certainly racking up some posts arguing with everyone aint he

[howlin_pete]

Im so depressed at the moment i paid £185 i COULDN'T afford for a glastonbury ticket and this is the shit i get

I actually hate all you old grandads who go glasto for this.

[Wanderlei]

wanderlei is certainly racking up some posts arguing with everyone aint he

Edited March 9, 2009 by Wanderlei

[sdaveak47]

I could care its obvious the glastonbury bookers have no idea how to cater for a younger audience

Its not even that i hate old music but eavis could of picked a old band that appeals to us youngsters aswell such as metallica, AD/DC, ect not the boringness that is Neil Young

[Johan cruyff]

I know two people who will be watching..

Edited March 9, 2009 by Johan cruyff

[fur_q]

Im so depressed at the moment i paid £185 i COULDN'T afford for a glastonbury ticket and this is the shit i get

I actually hate all you old grandads who go glasto for this.

[kerplunk]

jesus they got on your back abit Wanderlei.

people get so offended or wound up on this forum

i saw nothing wrong with the OP so chill the f**k out.

It is true to say that ME saying about it being on everyones lips is a MASSIVE exageration,

wait, check through what i have said a few times just in case it winds someone up...maybe it might be my grammer,

will wait and see

But who is the real filthy exaggerating spawn of satan? (exaggeration)

Do we really think ME meant literally 'everyone'? nah

Is there a popular desire for NY to play glasto that goes back years (as ME said)? Yes

[fur_q]

he has given reasons previous to why not a 'heavy' metal band such as the ones you mentioned, after a few deaths at european concerts or something.

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[krisskross]

he has given reasons previous to why not a 'heavy' metal band such as the ones you mentioned, after a few deaths at european concerts or something.

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glastonbury have been unwilling to boo any 'heavy' bands since the Roskilde tragedy in 2000

[Un Adepte Des Raconteurs]

I could care its obvious the glastonbury bookers have no idea how to cater for a younger audience

Its not even that i hate old music but eavis could of picked a old band that appeals to us youngsters aswell such as metallica, AD/DC, ect not the boringness that is Neil Young

[The Nal]

Im so depressed at the moment i paid £185 i COULDN'T afford for a glastonbury ticket and this is the shit i get

I actually hate all you old grandads who go glasto for this.

[Tugger2k]

Im so depressed at the moment i paid £185 i COULDN'T afford for a glastonbury ticket and this is the shit i get

I actually hate all you old grandads who go glasto for this.

[sifi]

I've always been of the opinion that whatever is contemporary, whatever is modern represents a very small proportion of music that I might like. Music I might like stretches from the fifties to the present day. That's say for the sake of the argument around sixty years. Assuming that a new or modern band has been in existing say ten years - and that is utterly arbitrary for the point of this argument - that means limiting myself to music which is ten years means I'm discounting fifty years worth of musical history for no good reason I can think of.

Why are people discounting fifty years of music just because those who made it aren't new or modern? Is it ageism? Or a fascination with an image? A fashion? Are they fashion victims who can't actually find music for themselves, who have to be fed by the so-called fashionistas of modern music, the Radio 1s and the NMEs of this world?

Edited March 10, 2009 by sifimaster

[port]

neil young is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters of the 20th century...possibly only bettered by bob dylan

[Tugger2k]

neil young is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters of the 20th century...possibly only bettered by bob dylan

Why is it that hardly anybody knows any of his songs then?

[LRW]

neil young is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters of the 20th century...possibly only bettered by bob dylan

Why is it that hardly anybody knows any of his songs then?

[sifi]

Because most people are musically retarded.....?

[TheSeventhOne]

I could care its obvious the glastonbury bookers have no idea how to cater for a younger audience

Its not even that i hate old music but eavis could of picked a old band that appeals to us youngsters aswell such as metallica, AD/DC, ect not the boringness that is Neil Young

[guyfawkes]

For me its what Glasto is all about, id never normally go and see Springsteen or Neil Young live but Glasto gives you the opportunity to do that ill be watching both performances without a doubt.

Would also like to say those ragging on the modern day bands are doing the same as people dismissing Neil Young as boring, personally i just love music. I saw the killers last night and they were absolutely superb and ill be watching them at V, aswell as watching NY at glasto. Its actually ok to do both you know.

Edited March 10, 2009 by guyfawkes

[Un Adepte Des Raconteurs]

neil young is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters of the 20th century...possibly only bettered by bob dylan

Why is it that hardly anybody knows any of his songs then?

[russycarps]

neil young is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters of the 20th century...possibly only bettered by bob dylan

[kohoutec]

Good god I can't believe all the moaning about Young. I've no real interest in watching Springsteen, but it's the first time I've felt the need to mention it.

Also, and I'm sorry if this sounds a litte patronising as it's really not meant to...Some of the younger people here who are complaining about Young... You may well live to regret not watching him. As time goes on your musical tastes will change and broaden, don't be at all surprised if in 5-10 years time you come to love Neil Young's music. When I was a nipper Neil Young was on Live Aid and I thought it was the most boring thing I ever heard. Now, I can't wait for his headline slot

In fact, I'm willing to bet a few in years to come will be telling their mates they were in front of the Pyramid watching him

/looks for pipe and slippers

Edited March 10, 2009 by kohoutec