2023 legend slot

[efcfanwirral]

4 hours ago, Memory Man said:

Roxy would be a complete and utter meh to the vast majority of people under 40 - that’s not a wild take.

the crowd would not be large

I think i’m aware of love is the drug and thats it.

it would be a disappointing legend for a lot of people, whilst being realistic and remembering its not possible to deliver a stone cold banger every single festival in this slot - as it depends who is touring and who will do it for the cash on offer.

One thing i expect most people could agree on would be that it would look daft if they make the poster look like roxy music is the 4th headliner, like they have done recently, when their stock is simply nowhere near that high.

would be like ELO - a big older band with a great performance, just not the atmosphere we're used to in that slot for the poppier stuff. 

Years and Years were on in 2016 so they'd just put someone modern and fun on there and split the crowd accordingly

[clarkete]

If we can string out three pages of discussion every time an act gets ruled out we could get to the magic one hundred pages. 

[gfa]

5 hours ago, Neil said:

i've just been told that roxy music aren't doing the legends slot after all, cos the booking fell thru at the last minute.

 

 

thank fuck

[stuie]

5 hours ago, Neil said:

i've just been told that roxy music aren't doing the legends slot after all, cos the booking fell thru at the last minute.

As suspected.

Just not known well enough these days to do the legend slot, without seeming like a disappointing booking in comparison to the previous legends.

[Suprefan]

31 minutes ago, stuie said:

As suspected.

Just not known well enough these days to do the legend slot, without seeming like a disappointing booking in comparison to the previous legends.

Im sure the Eavii gauged the reaction to the internet and said "yeah, casuals wont like this so we're picking somebody else". 

[Neil]

4 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Im sure the Eavii gauged the reaction to the internet and said "yeah, casuals wont like this so we're picking somebody else". 

stuie now in charge of bookings cos his musical knowledge of classic British acts is limited, he's perfect.

[Jose Pose]

22 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

Im sure the Eavii gauged the reaction to the internet and said "yeah, casuals wont like this so we're picking somebody else". 

They were never booked in the legend slot.

[Hugh Jass II]

13 minutes ago, Jose Pose said:

They were never booked in the legend slot.

Yeah I assume they were being looked at for another slot.

[Jose Pose]

45 minutes ago, Neil said:

stuie now in charge of bookings cos his musical knowledge of classic British acts is limited, he's perfect.

They’d be fine booking for the legend slot then, considering only two in the last decade have been British. 

[stuie]

48 minutes ago, Neil said:

stuie now in charge of bookings cos his musical knowledge of classic British acts is limited, he's perfect.

Well aware of Roxy Music and their 2 well-ish known hits thanks to my Dad.  Doesn’t change the fact they would be a shit booking for the legend slot and they weren’t ever booked anyway. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Sounds like they were being pursued for it.

[Hugh Jass II]

4 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Sounds like they were being pursued for it.

Can't imagine they'd have been cheap given their O2 ticket prices.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Duran in the Legends Slot, Roxy Music on afterwards. Everyone's happy.

[Hugh Jass II]

3 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Duran in the Legends Slot, Roxy Music on afterwards. Everyone's happy.

Especially me!

[CaledonianGonzo]

Sparks on before the Durannies.

The day programmes itself.

[kingbadger]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Sparks on before the Durannies.

The day programmes itself.

Sparks -> Duran Duran -> Pulp -> Lizzo -> Relton

[clarkete]

Perfectly happy if someone else is playing but am intrigued about people who refer to their two songs

 

I'd have thought Virginia Plain, Love is the Drug, Jealous Guy and Avalon pretty well known? 

https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14677/roxy-music/

[CaledonianGonzo]

I hasn't even seen seen that Sparks were in the mix at Primavera. Lets be having you, this time without Fishface from Franz Ferdinand honking on alongside them.

[OBface]

4 hours ago, Florian Saucer Attack said:

that person later admitted they hadn't been reading the thread and the act might have been mentioned.

Everyone's idea of what 'the festival old guard' means is different.

Really that person didn't give us any information at all

I told you it wasn't Roxy Music 😜

But yes, in retrospect it probably was a frustrating post.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, clarkete said:

Perfectly happy if someone else is playing but am intrigued about people who refer to their two songs

 

I'd have thought Virginia Plain, Love is the Drug, Jealous Guy and Avalon pretty well known? 

https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14677/roxy-music/

If Fezza had carked it in 1980 and his estate had decent PR people he'd be way more revered than he is now.

I found this quite interesting on Bowie-laundering:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/24/david-bowie-divine-symmetry-review-hunky-dory-box-set?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

[clarkete]

45 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

If Fezza had carked it in 1980 and his estate had decent PR people he'd be way more revered than he is now.

I found this quite interesting on Bowie-laundering:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/24/david-bowie-divine-symmetry-review-hunky-dory-box-set?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

Are you after Paddington's job as the reaper? 

[Florian Saucer Attack]

1 hour ago, OBface said:

I told you it wasn't Roxy Music 😜

Sorry I must have missed that or forgot you said it

[Avalon_Fields]

57 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

If Fezza had carked it in 1980 and his estate had decent PR people he'd be way more revered than he is now.

I found this quite interesting on Bowie-laundering:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/24/david-bowie-divine-symmetry-review-hunky-dory-box-set?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

Very interesting review. Whilst Roxy Music didn’t hit the heights of the best of Bowie, they’re comparable glam/art rock artists and they were vastly more consistent in quality, dare I say. 
 

Anyway, enjoying the talk of Sparks, one of the rare breed of glam/art still going strong. Their last album is ace.

[Olshansky]

2 hours ago, kingbadger said:

Sparks -> Duran Duran -> Pulp -> Lizzo -> Relton

I'd LOVE this 

[Crazyfool01]

1 hour ago, OBface said:

I told you it wasn't Roxy Music 😜

But yes, in retrospect it probably was a frustrating post.

Are we any closer now ?