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With all due respect Wooderson, really?

The Stones are probably one of the most rehearsed bands in the world, and although they've been playing that song for the last 25 years or so, it still sounds and looks amazing. Keef & Ronnie look like they're enjoying it. Can I suggest this, which is a look at how the Greatest Rock n Roll Band in the World prep for a tour.

The Rolling Stones Pre-Tour set up almost deserves it's own Wiki article. I can understand a 'over rehearsed' comment, but never the other way. Nah! :patsak:

well, I was at the isle of wight gig, and it was dreadful. Including start me up.

However, it has been stated on here by the mega stones fans that the isle of wight gig was unusually bad.

Everyone is saying how mental the crowd will go for the stones...well it wasnt anything particularly special at the isle of wight, so I dont really see why it will be any different at glastonbury.

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well, I was at the isle of wight gig, and it was dreadful. Including start me up.

However, it has been stated on here by the mega stones fans that the isle of wight gig was unusually bad.

Everyone is saying how mental the crowd will go for the stones...well it wasnt anything particularly special at the isle of wight, so I dont really see why it will be any different at glastonbury.

It'll be mental as Its The Rolling Stones at Glastonbury, on the Saturday once everyones well into the swing of things, after a fallow year and after Primal Scream ! I dont need to explain it any more than that.

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The crowd were certainly in high spirits where we were standing. My inflatable palm tree was ripped out my hands and being tossed around the crowd before it was even fully erect.

Edit: Though potentially people needed something to cheer them up after the acts that preceded the Stones - Paolo Nutini*, The Fratellis and Keane.

* Who I actually quite like, by the by

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Though in terms of 'stadium acts playing a few token newies' I'd take Doom & Gloom over either Outlaw Pete or Get On Your Kinky Boots.

I reckon that get on your boots could be the worst song ever played on the pyramid. Horrific stuff

Just looked at that U2 setlist actually....how was that not one of the best gigs I've seen??

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I wasn't there to see it, but apparently The Stereophonics kicked off their headline slot with Mr Writer....

as bad as Mr Writer is, Get On Your Boots beats it tenfold. what an awful awful song. wasn't there in 2011 but watched it on TV and when they started playing it i was watching through my fingers due to how cringeworthy it was, and how unaware the band were of how shit of a song it is

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I reckon that get on your boots could be the worst song ever played on the pyramid. Horrific stuff

Just looked at that U2 setlist actually....how was that not one of the best gigs I've seen??

Rod Stewart in 02, take your pick from whatever shite he played.

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as bad as Mr Writer is, Get On Your Boots beats it tenfold. what an awful awful song. wasn't there in 2011 but watched it on TV and when they started playing it i was watching through my fingers due to how cringeworthy it was, and how unaware the band were of how shit of a song it is

Nope, not having that. As woeful as 'Boots' is, it's just a misguided attempt by some dad-aged dudes trying to be hip - there are worse sins in rock'n'roll than not acting your age, and one of them is self-delusional hubris. Mr Writer is a triumph of navel-gazing solipsism and when Eddie Munster sings the lines 'You don't even know me, but you'd like to stone me' to an imaginary critic, you can actually hear the universe collapsing in on itself.

Only Deep Blue Something arriving onstage to sing 'Breakfast At Tiffanys' could possibly trump it.

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it's been a long time since i've listened to Mr Writer (or Stereophonics, for that matter) so maybe i'm forgetting how bad it is, but i honestly can't see it trumping Get On Your Boots. yes, there are worse things than trying to sound young (and they were clearly trying to re-create their Achtung Baby sound - an album which was represented heavily at Glastonbury) but it's an unforgivably bad song from a pretty shit U2 album. i mean, the opening line is 'the future needs a big kiss'. WHAT!?

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it's been a long time since i've listened to Mr Writer (or Stereophonics, for that matter) so maybe i'm forgetting how bad it is, but i honestly can't see it trumping Get On Your Boots. yes, there are worse things than trying to sound young (and they were clearly trying to re-create their Achtung Baby sound - an album which was represented heavily at Glastonbury) but it's an unforgivably bad song from a pretty shit U2 album. i mean, the opening line is 'the future needs a big kiss'. WHAT!?

hehehe, I've never heard that song, but I tell you what, I quite like that line.

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I reckon that get on your boots could be the worst song ever played on the pyramid. Horrific stuff

Just looked at that U2 setlist actually....how was that not one of the best gigs I've seen??

- Worst weather for a headliner ever.

- Restless/youthful crowd.

- Band "went off" too early & couldnt keep pace.

- Underwhelming conclusion.

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I reckon that get on your boots could be the worst song ever played on the pyramid. Horrific stuff

Just looked at that U2 setlist actually....how was that not one of the best gigs I've seen??

"Little By Little" is the worst song I've seen performed by a headliner. By a f*cking MILE.

'We the people fight for our existence'... etc

Absolute bongwater.

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Yep - that was song I thought of too!

'Fix You' also a teethgrinding nightmare (though I do like some other Coldplay songs)

"Fix You" causes my Mrs to lose her cool bigtime mate. The melody is quite sweet, but the lyric has an insipid arrogance to it that is indeed a teethgrinding nightmare.

Gallagher introduced "Little By Little" as '...out best song" on the night btw. Isnt there a line in there about "Perfection has to be imperfect"? The chap is a toolbox.

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