Glastonbury’s Greatest Headliners BBC2

[Pinhead]

You just dont get crowds looking that engaged these days...

[K2SO]

I once saw Skunk Anansie as the first band on at V Festival about 8 or 9 years ago. Genuinely didn't know they were ever big, let alone a Pyramid headliner

[Divein]

5 minutes ago, priest17 said:

For the worst? Cant have been that bad!

For the absolute better, made me fall in love with the place and change my whole outlook. And every time I see the gig it reminds me of why I love the place. 

I know someone who sat on the hill during the blur/BEP/prodigy/echo and the bunnymen fourway because he was trying to get with a bird who wanted to go up there. So it could have been worse. 

[barkley87]

'I' is a bit of a shitter. 

[K2SO]

Just spotted myself looking bored shitless during Ed's 2014 set ???

Edited June 22, 2019 by K2SO

[priest17]

1 minute ago, Divein said:

For the absolute better, made me fall in love with the place and change my whole outlook. And every time I see the gig it reminds me of why I love the place. 

I know someone who sat on the hill during the blur/BEP/prodigy/echo and the bunnymen fourway because he was trying to get with a bird who wanted to go up there. So it could have been worse. 

Did he in the end?

[priest17]

If I go for a cig now will I get back for Metallica? Surely they'll get 25 minutes?

 

Also Jay-Z coming on doing wonderwall might be the coolest moment on the pyramid.

[barkley87]

Kanye's set was one of the worst I've seen at Glastonbury. Just dire. 

[K2SO]

Kanye's set was in my top 10 shows of all time. I've seen over 2000 live sets, and it's up there as one of the best for me.

[priest17]

The first 20 minutes of Kanye's set was fucking incredible. The rest was great.

Kinda makes their I selection a bit redundant though eh?

[bigbilly]

Watching Jay regretting i went somewhere else that night! 

The rolling stones gig was mad. Pyramid  Capacity got made bigger didnt it? Seemed like rhe full site was empty and everyone was there. Rocked up late and stewards stopping peeps getting in. Ended up going to Shangri La early watching the gig from miles away somewhere on the walk through. God knows where we ended up

Edited June 22, 2019 by bigbilly

[vintagelaureate]

4 minutes ago, priest17 said:

The first 20 minutes of Kanye's set was fucking incredible. The rest was great.

Kinda makes their I selection a bit redundant though eh?

Yeah, I think they were struggling with that one...

Iggy Pop hasn't been on Worthy Farm enough!

Edited June 22, 2019 by vintagelaureate

[K2SO]

2 minutes ago, vintagelaureate said:

Yeah, I think they were struggling with that one...

Could have done "Indie anthems" and put a compilation of tunes like Mr Brightside, Common People, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, Live Forever, etc.

Would have been better than watching Ron Weasley

[priest17]

5 minutes ago, vintagelaureate said:

Yeah, I think they were struggling with that one...

Iggy Pop hasn't been on Worthy Farm enough!

I'm not sure the A-Z thing is working for them. Just show the whole Metallica set like everyone was expecting! 

[Pinhead]

Coldplay. Sigh...

[K2SO]

I've gotta say, I've never understood the hype over the Beyonce set. I watched it on TV, and she spent more time dancing than actually singing

[jparx]

Still don't personally understand the love for Kanye's set. As a genuine fan of his, and someone who has seen him live multiple times, I really didn't think it was very good (aside from the first 20 mins, I concede he started really well).

It was a spectacle, so I can see people enjoying it from that angle, but it was SO far short of what he's capable. It's just a missed opportunity because while I get some people liked it, it was a marmite set and he had/has it him to produce a set that blows everyone away. 

[priest17]

Beyonce was incredible, really really smashed it. I do sort of wish I'd seen QOTSA but none of my would have come and I like to stick together on the Sunday. You couldn't help but get caught up in it at the time though, and I've had plenty of times before and since to see QOTSA 

(Saw her a couple of times at the arena when I worked there and didn't think much of it, that said work or glasto...)

 

Still cant believe Radiohead played Let Down. Apologies to people around me and my sister for my worryingly teaching her the other part so we could duet the finale. Beautiful stuff though. Maybe my favourite pyramid headliner I've seen.

[elbongo]

Stone Roses ?

[Gnomicide]

At least Pulp turned the violin down by 1998.

[Seldom Seen Kid]

The fact Dolly was there the year I failed to get tickets still devastates me.

[priest17]

I stand by that Gorrilaz set.

[balti-pie]

Can still never quite decide if Dolly was miming or not. I thought at the time she definitely was, but she’s quite brilliant at covering it up if she is/was. Dunno. 

[K2SO]

I love Gorillaz, but I don't get what happened with that slot. If they had done it on the Humanz/Now Now tour, it would have been recieved so much better. They were incredible on that tour

[Pinhead]

Damon putting a brave face on it.