Word Association Game

[whisty]

Nice post Brandycoke First took mine 2008 aged 14. 2011 met him at the Chem Bros and he had an air tube out of his nose saying, people make room for me when they see it. Cracked me up with embarrassment and laughter in equal measures!

 

Smiling 

 

 

Edited June 19, 2015 by whisty

[grumpyhack]

SEE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDrm2S-ark

 

Avalon 2010 but apparently a bit of a grumpy these days

Edited June 19, 2015 by grumpyhack

[oneeye]

SHANTY

[grumpyhack]

SAIL

 

Back in the mists of time a young Sandy Denny, in her pre-Fairport days, recorded an album with The Strawbs.  No video but this gives a flavour of the great voice to come.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shlRX7zFP64

[brandycoke]

Love the air tube story Whisty  ..just given me an idea there.

 

A very short word link ..On, and some Lionel.

 

[grumpyhack]

Get OFF My Cloud

 

The Flying Pickets, a great accapella band that originally grew out of the 7/84 Theatre Company.

 

Sadly no proper performance video for Get Off My Cloud but from 3'30" on there's a superb version of You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling that gives a flavour of their skill and humour.

 

I remember seeing them do a great benefit concert during the Miners Strike in the Rhondda Valley.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCRy4QJrQ4g

Edited June 20, 2015 by grumpyhack

[oneeye]

PUTTING

Love the flying pickets there grumps. Another favourite of mine back in the same era was Darts; always felt they never got the recognition that maybe they should have.

Saw them live at the Paignton Pavilions when I was about 11 or 12; feel it's only now I can openly confess.

Stray cats were another favourite; oh my........., anyway

See you all at the efest meet pop pickers; I owe you a large one or two there BC

[grumpyhack]

DOWN

 

A band that's made a great career out of three chords.  Maybe that's a bit unfair but.....

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfmML62x1Oo

[whisty]

To the Farm

 

Have a good time folks.

 

[grumpyhack]

Looking forward to see you all at the farm for a bit of JOLLITY

 

This in Jolly Jock on good form.  Sadly this will be his last Glasto because of serious health problems.  So please a big turnout for Biggles at the Croissant Neuf and, after 16 Glastonburys they really deserve a Pyramid send off.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvjmmjTsDuw

 

And Delilah as a bonus.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LFO25xjRYA

Edited June 22, 2015 by grumpyhack

[brandycoke]

Beat me to it by a whisker GH, just about to post XTC's, Love On a Farmboy's Wages.

Instead the Turtles,featuring Flo and Eddie,who went on to do some tremendous stuff with Zappa.

 

Hope to make the meet this year,..late arrival by coach, but hope to meet up with some of you wonderful WAG's   .

 

Have a blast chaps!

 

Happy    .

 

 

[oneeye]

SHINY

Hope to meet you all in 36 hours time; safe journey everyone

[carlosj]

People

 

 

See you tomorrow around the farm(s)

[grumpyhack]

Generation

 

[link]http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/e84mxj/videos/p02vn44n#p02vvbvw[/link]

 

Ideally I would have posted Patti's version and I'm not even sure if this will work. But for me The Who nailed it with a great finale to one of my best Glastos for years.

 

Sorry I never managed to make the EFests meet but I had to return home for the night.  Still was at least able to get back for most of the fest.

Edited June 29, 2015 by grumpyhack

[brandycoke]

Gap .

Hope you all had a great time 

 

Looking at the possiblity of taking a recently converted campervan next year.

 

GH ,I know you have a lot of experience in that field (pardon the pun)

Can 4 take a two berth with tent alongside ?

Thanks.

 

[carlosj]

Keep a generation gap, try wearing a cap

 

Didn't see Neville Staples this time though

 

[grumpyhack]

Gap .

Hope you all had a great time 

 

Looking at the possiblity of taking a recently converted campervan next year.

 

GH ,I know you have a lot of experience in that field (pardon the pun)

Can 4 take a two berth with tent alongside ?

Thanks.

 

 

 

Yes Brandycoke that should be no problem.  You get allocated a pitch space in the CV Fields which is about 9 metres x 3 metres - give or take and depending on how nicely you talk to the stewards.  What you pack into that is up to you. We've had my car, a 4-berth caravan plus two tents in our space before now.

 

The issues are that you can't buy a CV Field ticket until balance payment day - and then they sell out quite quickly.  Once one of the group has paid for a ticket in full that person can buy a CV Field ticket - you have to decide at purchase time whether you want CV East or West.

 

Each vehicle entering the CV Field has to have a CV Field ticket.  So if you take your campervan with all the people and tents inside you'll just need the one CV Field ticket.  If you have more people or stuff than you can take in in one run it is possible to leave the site and return.

 

I turned up this year on Tuesday and set up the caravan but then had to leave the site in my car on Wednesday and returned on Thursday.  Similarly, one of our neighbours left the site on Thursday to go and do some shopping and then returned.

 

Because the CV Fields are outside the festival fence the checks are as follows:

On first arrival (in our and most cases on Tuesday) you have to show your normal festival ticket and your CV Field ticket.  The CV Field ticket is then exchanged as you drive into the CV Field for a CV Field sticker to go on your windscreen.

 

You then pitch up.

 

On the Wednesday, when the festival gates open, you go into the site and show your festival ticket and get the normal festival wristband.

 

You need to guard your ticket carefully because whenever you leave the site to return to the CV Field your ticket is checked and you also get given a passout ticket.  Then when you return into the site your ticket and wristband are checked again and you hand in your passout ticket.

 

Be aware, there are occasional security spot checks as you got from the CV Field into the festival site.  I've seen bags being searched so you need to be careful about what substances you might be carrying in - booze and food no problems.

 

I've never been searched but it's always a possibility.

 

The main decision is CV East or West and that largely depends on what end of the site you are likely to end up in at the end of the night.  It's bad enough walking up to the CV Fields but you don't want to have to also walk the length of the site.  So, if you are likely, for example, to end at the Acoustic end go for CV East.  If you're more likely to end in the John Peel area, go for CV West.

 

Arrival time is also interesting.  Officially the CV Fields open around Midday on Tuesday but this year they were letting people in from around 8am so most of the good spots had been filled by the time we arrived at 11.30am.

Edited June 30, 2015 by grumpyhack

[grumpyhack]

Following on from Cap from CarlosJ - a favourite Grumpy Gonner with

HAT

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn5D5_0iYy0

 

Plus the Full Monty highlights version - still a great film.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6T9Bz4bBlg

Edited June 30, 2015 by grumpyhack

[brandycoke]

Thanks very much for the info GH, clear and concise,..exactly what i was needing  .

I've copied and pasted it , and sent it on via e-mail to the others in our group.

Certainly a lot to think about for next year, should i be lucky enough on t-day.

 

Hardhat .

 

[grumpyhack]

Once you've graduated to a camper or a caravan you'll never want to go back to a tent.  It's said by some to be a bit of a trek in and out but it's really no more than a gentle bimble.

 

So from Hard to SOFT.  I was tempted by Soft Machine but settled for the old dance favourite from Soft Cell.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTGiyQRG2EE

[carlosj]

I'll post from my laptop in a minute, but the only thing I'd add to Grumpy's comprehensive notes are to stick the large sticker onto a plastic sheet then it's easier to keep as a souvenir (I lost mine previously due to a windscreen replacement), and that the CV ticket isn't linked to a person's ticket, so if you're not able to complete your purchase of all tickets on day 1 in early April, as long as one registered festival goer gets your CV ticket, you can pay your balance in less rush, but obviously before the deadline. Minor thing is it gets delivered to their address with their ticket. Hope that's not confused things...

 

Edit

Anyhow, as soft as chalk

 

Edited July 2, 2015 by carlosj

[grumpyhack]

Agreed with Carlos about sticking your windscreen sticker onto a sheet of plastic film and then sellotaping it to the windscreen but for an additional reason.  Once you get away from Glasto, with who knows what in your bloodstream, the last thing you want is to be stopped in a police spotcheck.  So we try to look as 'un-Glastonbury' as possible for the drive home.  Wristband comes off and we wear relatively straight clothing.

When we get home we've then got souvenirs for the file.

 

Anyway, I digress. A double connection here to FLINT.

 

Soft as chalk and hard as Flint.  The drummer here is Hughie Flint, originally a John Mayall band member, then in various groups including The Blues Band and McGuinness Flint.  Chalk also produces dust - so this is Dust My Broom.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh1CAp5gAx8

Edited July 2, 2015 by grumpyhack

[brandycoke]

Thanks again for the additonal info guys, and sorry for hijacking .

Just one of the catalysts for the campervan, being, the last couple of years involved a long,  horrible, and very early trek with lots of gear, to catch a taxi to Bristol airport.

 

Back on track, just one of the many highlights from my weekend.

FFS, or Franz Ferdinand and Sparks.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MkiSyPODdU

 

 

[grumpyhack]

BRIGHT

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S-qvGe-8JU

 

Didn't get to see FFS due to clash with The Who, who were excellent in my book.

[carlosj]

bright, bright sunshiney day

 

I wanted to see FFS but opted for Goat and Ryan Adams, but that left me in a good position to see Songhoy Blues in the Crow's Nest. Fantastic end to the weekend.