Your most controversial Glastonbury opinions

[NickM45]

Ban all Tory and Pro Brexit voters from attending the festival 😁

[stuie]

7 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I'd love it to be mine, but it's not. I'm a bit of a sensitive soul and inconsequential remarks people make tend to stick with me for longer than they should, but I've never found neighbours to be overtly friendly beyond the odd hello.

In 2019, I said hello to somebody waiting at the bar next to me on the Friday night, and she told me I looked like somebody who "likes to r*pe women". Now, I could recognise that she was off her face and it's a ridiculous thing to say, but at the time it really affected both my confidence in myself and my desire to see the best in others. It was mortifying to be honest. The barman tried his best to reassure me she was shitfaced or high on whatever, but it impacted me, and the fact I can recall it now with such clarity demonstrates that.

Personally I don't see the gates as some magic portal that turns everyone into the best version of themselves. Dicks are going to be dicks, and sometimes getting off your face allows for that more than prohibits it.

What I will say is that everyone is in a great mood most of the time, and to that extent, it's wonderful. I just harbour no illusions that people who're toxic on the outside are going to be any different. This ain't Severance.

That's just shit.  It makes me so sad to hear stuff like that. 

And she's not a dick.  She's a c**t.  The word is reserved for people like her.  I strongly believe that Glastonbury improves people who attend, but there's only so much magic to go round. 

[squirrelarmy]

3 minutes ago, NickM45 said:

Ban all Tory and Pro Brexit voters from attending the festival 😁

This thread is supposed to be full of controversial opinions. 

[Fishman]

11 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I'd love it to be mine, but it's not. I'm a bit of a sensitive soul and inconsequential remarks people make tend to stick with me for longer than they should, but I've never found neighbours to be overtly friendly beyond the odd hello.

In 2019, I said hello to somebody waiting at the bar next to me on the Friday night, and she told me I looked like somebody who "likes to r*pe women". Now, I could recognise that she was off her face and it's a ridiculous thing to say, but at the time it really affected both my confidence in myself and my desire to see the best in others. It was mortifying to be honest. The barman tried his best to reassure me she was shitfaced or high on whatever, but it impacted me, and the fact I can recall it now with such clarity demonstrates that.

Personally I don't see the gates as some magic portal that turns everyone into the best version of themselves. Dicks are going to be dicks, and sometimes getting off your face allows for that more than prohibits it.

What I will say is that everyone is in a great mood most of the time, and to that extent, it's wonderful. I just harbour no illusions that people who're toxic on the outside are going to be any different. This ain't Severance.

Maybe take off the balaclava?

[gigpusher]

11 minutes ago, kalifire said:

I'd love it to be mine, but it's not. I'm a bit of a sensitive soul and inconsequential remarks people make tend to stick with me for longer than they should, but I've never found neighbours to be overtly friendly beyond the odd hello.

In 2019, I said hello to somebody waiting at the bar next to me on the Friday night, and she told me I looked like somebody who "likes to r*pe women". Now, I could recognise that she was off her face and it's a ridiculous thing to say, but at the time it really affected both my confidence in myself and my desire to see the best in others. It was mortifying to be honest. The barman tried his best to reassure me she was shitfaced or high on whatever, but it impacted me, and the fact I can recall it now with such clarity demonstrates that.

Personally I don't see the gates as some magic portal that turns everyone into the best version of themselves. Dicks are going to be dicks, and sometimes getting off your face allows for that more than prohibits it.

What I will say is that everyone is in a great mood most of the time, and to that extent, it's wonderful. I just harbour no illusions that people who're toxic on the outside are going to be any different. This ain't Severance.

Shit I like to believe that you don't get horror shows like that there. I've come across my fair share of rude and inconsiderate people but not on that level. That's a horrible thing to say to someone. 

[Earth_pig]

Gazebos and people who fence off their tents like they own the land suck.

Edited April 13, 2022 by Earth_pig

[TheDayman]

2 hours ago, NoBuses said:

You could go through loads of other genres and find lyrics worse than that...

It wasn't an attack on the genre but rather highlighting my gripe with giving that kind of content airtime (particularly when there's plenty of young and impressionable ears in the crowd).

Those examples were both just big Pyramid acts of late but I think you'd be hard pressed finding worse lyrics, tbh.
 

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

I was watching a vlog on the weekend and I’m pretty sure it was Mylie Cyrus (might be wrong so please correct me if so, didn’t watch her at the fest) but the amount she used the F word was very awkward, totally unnecessary.

[Hugh Jass II]

33 minutes ago, TheDayman said:

 

Those examples were both just big Pyramid acts of late but I think you'd be hard pressed finding worse lyrics, tbh.
 

The Beatles wrote and recorded a song about threatening to murder a woman.

Doesn’t count though if it’s white guys with guitars.

[TheDayman]

1 minute ago, Hugh Jass II said:

The Beatles wrote and recorded a song about threatening to murder a woman.

Doesn’t count though if it’s white guys with guitars.

It absolutely does.

As a non Beatles officando, maybe you could point me to said song/lyrics?

[Ayrshire Chris]

7 hours ago, henry bear said:

The Other Stage is a shit name. It lacks authority 

Should only be mentioned in a Yorkshire accent. t’other stage 

[LeeHC]

That I've never taken duct tape in my 12 Glastonbury's and think its a waste of time

[Hugh Jass II]

30 minutes ago, TheDayman said:

It absolutely does.

As a non Beatles officando, maybe you could point me to said song/lyrics?

Run For Your Life, I actually posted the lyrics further up.

Under My Thumb by the Stones is another.

[Chubby Dude in a Tiny Car]

when Channel 4 came knocking in 1994, Mr. Eavis should have said NO!

[tumbles]

4 hours ago, Old_Johno said:

This is true of any festival, but particularly Glastonbury. There is zero reason to bring a child under maybe 5 to the festival. It’s purely self indulgence for the parents. 
 

Strong agree on it being too big, it’s also too long weds, opening on Thursday would be fine. 

I saw some parents with a kid no older than 18 months I reckon, at Fat Boy Slim/Glade about 11.30pm in 2019. Kid was tired, upset and clearly not enjoying it. Parents didn't give a fuck.   As a parent myself I'd love to bring one of mine for the day/kidz field etc but its no place for them in the evenings/night. 

[kalifire]

Watching the farm return to its natural state is more beautiful than watching the festival build.

[NickM45]

Install a zip slide across the field......🤐

[Leyrulion]

1 hour ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

I was watching a vlog on the weekend and I’m pretty sure it was Mylie Cyrus (might be wrong so please correct me if so, didn’t watch her at the fest) but the amount she used the F word was very awkward, totally unnecessary.

I remember being the field and thinking that the censor on the live stream had their work cut out.

[rivalschools.price]

2 hours ago, NickM45 said:

Ban all Tory and Pro Brexit voters from attending the festival 😁

What if they didn’t realise that it was a festival?

They may have thought that it’s simply a gathering of people in a field setting with some live music in the corner.

[fatyeti24]

2 hours ago, TheDayman said:

It wasn't an attack on the genre but rather highlighting my gripe with giving that kind of content airtime (particularly when there's plenty of young and impressionable ears in the crowd).

Those examples were both just big Pyramid acts of late but I think you'd be hard pressed finding worse lyrics, tbh.
 

Those young and impressionable people in the crowd are Stormzy's fan base. It's the 40 year olds like myself who'd never heard those lyrics before. 

Tbh though I didn't notice. I only really recognised the bit where he played a snippet of Sweet Like Chocolate. 

[rivalschools.price]

32 minutes ago, NickM45 said:

Install a zip slide across the field......🤐

They did that at Download one year. It resulted in everyone throwing things at the people as they whizzed over the crowd.

[stuartbert two hats]

7 minutes ago, rivalschools.price said:

What if they didn’t realise that it was a festival?

They may have thought that it’s simply a gathering of people in a field setting with some live music in the corner.

I think you need to move on.

[dotdash79]

Melvin Benn was the saviour of Glastonbury in the 00’s

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, dotdash79 said:

Melvin Benn was the saviour of Glastonbury in the 00’s

I can count myself amongst those who weren't happy when he became involved with the festival, but it feels really hard to deny that his appointment didn't result in Glastonbury resembling a Mean Fiddler festival in any negative way.

[dotdash79]

21 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

 but it feels really hard to deny that his appointment didn't result in Glastonbury resembling a Mean Fiddler festival in any negative way.

Sorry I’ve read this a number of times and I’m not understanding this sentence.