paul simon

[guitarbhoy1888]

anyone think theres any chance of him playing a wee set

[SamSheppard]

I wish

[guitarbhoy1888]

he played exceptionally low at glasto I'm sure

would be brilliant

[SamSheppard]

he played exceptionally low at glasto I'm sure

would be brilliant

Edited March 6, 2012 by SamSheppard

[Vieuphoria]

Saw him at Glasto, was quite excited to see him but he was as boring as sin. Which really saddened me. So I moseyed on down to the Other Stage to see TV On The Radio... Which were fantastic.

[DL50]

he was also exceptionally average at Glasto

Doubt he would fit the reading demographic at all really, don't see him playing

[Dan R]

The crowd was enormous at Glasto but you could tell he wasn't feeling well, as he cancelled some shows a few days later due to it.

I still a good boogie with the people around me to you can call me al in the gorgeous sunshine

Doubt it'd happen at R&L though

[Vieuphoria]

In terms of Glasto legend slot-ers playing Reading... I'd really like to see Ray Davies at the festival. Say what you will but who doesn't know The Kinks? and I think he'd go down well in a Madness-esque slot

[kellyter]

I saw him with the Foo Fighters and The Black Keys at a festival in the states last year. It would be pretty wild seeing them all together again on a different continent.

[mrtourette]

anyone think theres any chance of him playing a wee set

[dirtymookie]

In terms of Glasto legend slot-ers playing Reading... I'd really like to see Ray Davies at the festival. Say what you will but who doesn't know The Kinks? and I think he'd go down well in a Madness-esque slot

[theampersanddevil]

Paul Simon was pretty poor at Glastonbury last year. He was meant to be struggling with a sore throat, but to be honest I think if his voice was as good as he'd ever had it, then he would have still been poor. His voice wasn't the issue for me. His track selection and general attitude didn't cut it imo.

Thats based on the fact I'd seen him years before and he was awesome. Big let down.

[Vieuphoria]

I think he fits a lot better than Paul Simon does. Would absolutely love it.

Cant see it though, can you?

[dirtymookie]

I cannot. But I do think it's be amazingly good.

[kaosmark2]

Well Melvin an his cronies have been bleating on about how amazing the line up is.

So I hereby demand he sticks to his promises this year and am now expecting solo shows by Davies, Weller and Bowie. Plus a reunion of Screaming Trees under The Pixies on NME while Kasabian are boring the shit out of the kids on the main stage.

If I don't get this then I will refuse to drink your tepid Tuborg Melvin.

[Vieuphoria]

I honestly would prefer Mark Lanegan to stay solo. Screaming Trees really only became a quality band just before they broke up. But what Mark has done on his one has far outshone anything that band did.

[kaosmark2]

I honestly would prefer Mark Lanegan to stay solo. Screaming Trees really only became a quality band just before they broke up. But what Mark has done on his one has far outshone anything that band did.

[dirtymookie]

I wouldn't want a long-term Screaming Trees reunion, but the opportunity to hear him play the likes of Witness, Bed of Roses, Sworn and Broken, Caught Between, Beyond This Horizon, Butterfly, More or Less, Gospel Plow, All I Know.....

Hell, that'd be too good to pass up. I love his solo work, and the various other collaborations he's done, and I like that he's not constrained to just one band, but something like how he tours with Soulsavers occasionally to sing their songs, would be just fantastic.

Frankly, considering I've got a good 20, 25 albums he's had a major contribution to, I actually like it when I can narrow what he'll play down slightly...

[Vieuphoria]

yeah he played one the other night in Bristol. Am almost certain of it :S

[kaosmark2]

Echoes my feelings precisely, one festival season touring as the trees again would be amazing. Does he ever play screaming trees songs in his solo gigs?

And if the trees wont get back together how about a Mad Season reunion with Mark Lanegan singing?

[mrtourette]

Unfortunatley Screaming Trees have done their reunion, Sweet Oblivion and Dust were abolute masterpieces and they were the most underrated American band of that era.

He has been playing Crawlspace, which comes from the Screaming Trees demos/rarities album that was released last year (apparently it's from recordings that were going to be for the follow-up to Dust).

[Vieuphoria]

Crawlspace!!

That's the one her played when I saw him! That was bugging me ha, cheers

[kaosmark2]

Unfortunatley Screaming Trees have done their reunion, Sweet Oblivion and Dust were abolute masterpieces and they were the most underrated American band of that era.

He has been playing Crawlspace, which comes from the Screaming Trees demos/rarities album that was released last year (apparently it's from recordings that were going to be for the follow-up to Dust).

[dirtymookie]

Ha ha this has turned into the Mark Lanegan thread. I blame Vieuphoria.

Any form of Lanegan would be brilliant anyway, and Dust is in my top 5 albums of all time still.

[Vieuphoria]

Always blame me for Lanegan. He told me was playing anyway. Or at least He thinks he'll almost certainly be there.