Top 5 of Glastonbury 2014

[beau1]

I can only judge by the excellent BBC online coverage as I couldn't make it to this years festival. However, the online coverage meant I could watch more than I would have seen if I was actually there. It means my choices are limited to only the top 6 stages but the amount of choice was still excellent.

So now the sets are over apart from the Sunday Night Entertainment, what do people judge as their top 5 acts of 2014. I might even put everyone's top 5s together to make some sort of 'efestivals: top band of Glasto 2014' thing.

Mine were:

1. Arcade Fire ( Headline - Pyramid,)

2. Royal Blood ( Mid Order - John Peel)

3. Pixies (Sub-Headline - Other)

4. Bombay Bicycle Club (Mid Order - Other)

5. The Black Keys (Sub Headline - Pyramid)

Disappointments:

1. Blondie (Opening - Other)

2. Haim (Mid Order - Other)

3. White Lies (Mid Order - Other)

Was the Other Stage sound particularly poor on TV this year?

Who are your choices?

[siblin]

Was the Other Stage sound particularly poor on TV this years?

[The 38 year old virgin]

For me (just music as there are so many other highlights)

Metallica

Massive attack

Cate le bon

Rob plant

pixies

Metallica prob favorites just because I was totally awestruck by the whole show

[kemosabe]

Bbc watcher too

1. Arcade Fire

2. Disclosure

3. Robert Plant

4. London Grammar

5. Royal Blood

although Lily, Black Keys, Rudimental, Kasabian and the Dance group this morning were all up there

also the best thing i saw(as it wasnt a set) was the BBC acoustic session of Kacey Musgraves.

[abu hamster]

Bonobo (stunning)

The Wailers

The Pixies

Mogwai

Elbow

[wbarenno]

Metallica

Arcade fire

Kasabian

Black keys

Robert plant

[Mouseboy11]

Metallica

Royal Blood

Arcade Fire

De La Soul

Drenge

[PurpleFire]

Top 5

London Grammer

Dolly Parton

Elbow

The Beat

Blondie

Disapointed greatly by Jack White!!!!

He was terrible...his band put more effort in!

[TheNewUnion]

In no particular order

Metallica

Daptone Super Soul Review

Thunderbirds are Go!

De La Soul

Dolly

Biggest surprise Lily Allen, ended up really enjoying it despite myself. Worst thing I saw, probably the 1975 whilst waiting for Dolly - I don't know them at all and didn't get it really - not sure what they were all about (I know someone who knows someone who knows them and they're supposed to be decent lads though, so it's probably just me being old)

[Alcatraz]

Daptone Super Soul Revue

James Blake

Mogwai

Massive Attack

The Stepkids

It was quite the weekend

[pilton digger]

Top five:

Fat White Family

Massive Attack

Royal Blood

The Brian Jonestown Massacre

De La Soul

The Smyths get mention for the sing along on Sunday at Williams Green, (we even briefly managed to get someone who couldn't get close to the tent that it was a real Smiths reunion it was the vocals were that good).

[Riggins]

1. Drenge

2. Drenge

3. Parquet Courts

4. London Grammar

5. Chance the Rapper

[bluegel]

Metallica

Kaiser chiefs

Jake bugg

Rodrigo y gabriella

Anti flag

We spent the rest of the festival in the kids fields which was great fun

[Jman2]

In no particular order

Metallica

Daptone Super Soul Review

Thunderbirds are Go!

De La Soul

Dolly

Biggest surprise Lily Allen, ended up really enjoying it despite myself. Worst thing I saw, probably the 1975 whilst waiting for Dolly - I don't know them at all and didn't get it really - not sure what they were all about (I know someone who knows someone who knows them and they're supposed to be decent lads though, so it's probably just me being old)

[Matt - Ed Banger Records]

From the coverage I allowed myself to watch I would say (in no particular order)

1. Arcade Fire (if there was an order they would be number 1)

2. Wolf Alice

3. Four Tet

4. James Blake

5. Bombay Bicycle Club

Also strangely enjoyed Lana Del Rey, not a fan of hers in the slightest but it kind of worked for me in a weird way

[pilton digger]

I forgot Wolf Alice, bloody good and quite touching how nervous she was.

[pie_and_a_pint]

1. Royal Blood (by a country mile - my second-favourite Glastonbury performance ever - a properly special show)

2. John Grant

3. The War on Drugs

4. Arcade Fire

5. Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer

[Englishdragon]

For me

1 - Royal Blood (by a long long long long long long long long long long way)

2 - Jurassic 5

3 - Metallica

4 - Robert Plant

5 - White lies

[TheNewUnion]

I totally forgot Nick Lowe - mint!

[alexmckenzie]

1. Dolly Parton

2. Metallica

3. Arcade Fire

4. Royal Blood

5. Bombay Bicycle Club

[A Guy Called Matt]

Wolf Alice

Royal Blood

John Newman

The Wailers

Dolly

and so many more.

Blondie were a bit of a let down but still had fun.

Dexys.............. slef indulgant. Boos ringing round the tent. People leaving........

Then it got good!!

But then again I loved their album so it was really good for me.

[The Other Steve]

1. War On Drugs

2. Elbow

3. Black Keys

4. De La Soul

5. London Grammar

[Morse Code]

1. Arcade Fire

2. Fat White Family

3. Black Keys

4. Wolf Alice

5. Elbow

Also really enjoyed Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbot, George Ezra and what I saw of Ellie Goulding. Gutted I missed Bombay Bicycle Club

[kingcrawler]

Arcade Fire

Jack White

Kasabian

Royal Blood

Elbow

[kalifire]

Of the acts I saw, I'd say:

Metallica (despite their weird, incoherent video opening)

King Porter Stomp

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Pretty Lights

Jurassic 5