cat stevens are you going ?

[Guest]

4 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Cohen didn't play the Legends Slot.

I know.

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, stuie said:

We’ve run out of fun legends for now!

There's still a decent selection to choose from. 

(Them agreeing to do it is another matter, of course)

[Neil]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

There's still a decent selection to choose from. 

(Them agreeing to do it is another matter, of course)

but some of "the people's" choices are very shit, like rod stewart.

[CaledonianGonzo]

He still fits the criteria for the slot 

[stuie]

32 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

He still fits the criteria for the slot 

It would be fun too! Maybe next year when Elton’s not around. 

[Crazyfool01]

13 minutes ago, stuie said:

It would be fun too! Maybe next year when Elton’s not around. 

Rod probably not for me but he definitely fits the slot and would have a bigger turnout than Cat i reckon who's only at 35% on our  poll of people with high musical knowledge .... previous legends have been way higher 

[fred quimby]

On 3/9/2023 at 9:18 AM, Neil said:

the one outstanding act announced so far and you're skipping it? to probably watch something you could see anytime.

Haha. Neil hate to remind you, but,  Bowie. We've all done it .

[Justiceforcedave]

Flash Poll: What will happen when Cat gets to the high bit in Father and Son?

a: He'll sing it!
b: He'll sing it... but a bit lower!
😄 Someone else will come out and sing it!

[Guest]

27 minutes ago, Justiceforcedave said:

Flash Poll: What will happen when Cat gets to the high bit in Father and Son?

a: He'll sing it!
b: He'll sing it... but a bit lower!
😄 Someone else will come out and sing it!

He's still got it so option A

[fred quimby]

Think seeing him maybe weather dependent.  Mrs Q is a yes by the way. Me, Sunny Sunday will be great. Pissing it down, probably somewhere else.

[Neil]

54 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Haha. Neil hate to remind you, but,  Bowie. We've all done it .

True, but that looks worse in hindsight than it did at the time, Bowie was renounced for not playing the hits, and I thought he'd be dull, i also thought that I'd be seeing him at titp. 

Edited March 11, 2023 by Neil

[BlueDaze]

1 hour ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Rod probably not for me but he definitely fits the slot and would have a bigger turnout than Cat i reckon who's only at 35% on our  poll of people with high musical knowledge .... previous legends have been way higher 

this....

turn up as part of The Faces and that would do for me..

he can feck off with "I am sailing" and "Do you think im sexy"

Edited March 11, 2023 by BlueDaze
remembered a 2nd crap tune

[BlueDaze]

56 minutes ago, Justiceforcedave said:

Flash Poll: What will happen when Cat gets to the high bit in Father and Son?

a: He'll sing it!
b: He'll sing it... but a bit lower!
😄 Someone else will come out and sing it!

tbf.. the same poll for Reg..

 

[fred quimby]

30 minutes ago, Neil said:

True, but that looks worse in hindsight than it did at the time, Bowie was renounced for not playing the hits, and I thought he'd be dull, i also thought that I'd be seeing him at titp. 

Oh I hear you, I was somewhere else aswell, off me chops. It was Bowie, and we should have been there, hits or not. We live and learn. If you do go I hope you get a good spot for Yusuf, could be very special. Hoping for a smaller crowd myself than recent Legends slots. 

[LoveAndTheft]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

You can't complain about the output of a man with guitar and  then say you'll watch men with guitars instead. 

Mmmmm, that's a good point!! I have nothing against the Cat. I just think a headline spot in Avalon or Acoustic would been a better and more suitable stage. I hope I'm proved wrong and I think the Cat is a great scoop for Glastonbury, but sadly I feel will be a pretty dull 'legend'. However if he decides to play an entire set of Proclaimers songs then I'll be at the front singing along and punching the air for the entire set!

[Justiceforcedave]

5 minutes ago, LoveAndTheft said:

I just think a headline spot in Avalon or Acoustic would been a CLASHARIFIC HELL.

Fixed for you.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Better to have been a Kris Kristofferson Leonard Cohen of Burt Bacharachy Crosby Stills & Nashes sort of slot for Yusuf.

[LoveAndTheft]

50 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Better to have been a Kris Kristofferson Leonard Cohen of Burt Bacharachy Crosby Stills & Nashes sort of slot for Yusuf.

Yep agree. Some of my mates have already bought their 70's disco outfits, big wigs and novelty sunglasses. They were hoping to spend the entire 'legend' spot dancing, singing and partying. Fat chance of that now!

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

A shame that someone like Elton John isn't on later the same day.

[Neil]

6 hours ago, LoveAndTheft said:

. I just think a headline spot in Avalon or Acoustic would been a better and more suitable stage.

wouldn't cope with the numbers, and thats why the pyramid is the suitable slot.

[MrZigster]

On 3/10/2023 at 1:59 PM, Neil said:

reckon it might be a better tv watch than in the field.

On 3/10/2023 at 2:33 PM, Quark said:

what makes you say that? not expecting his live performance to be up to scratch anymore, or general crowd / atmosphere / sound mix?

As I've said before, it could easily go a bit Paul Simon. What if he decides to do mostly new stuff?

17 hours ago, anditmakesmesmile said:

I think much of the debate centres on how you define legend. And, as always, those definitions are determined by which side of the Atlantic you’re on. 

Oxford English Dictionary
an extremely famous person, especially in a particular field.

Merriam Webster
a person that inspires legends 

It seems to me the British definition is far more based on their own merit, on their own expertise. With the emphasis on their field, the legend status comes from them. The American definition implies an element of mythologising and that status is bestowed upon 'the legend' by a third party.

One definition possibly sees a Kylie fit the narrative, the other definition maybe a little more Cat

What? I get that language evolves, but I thought the proper British use of the word legend was along the lines of King Arthur or Robin Hood : Possibly based in fact, possibly mythology.

I guess in a few hundred years people may be debating whether Elvis was real?

11 hours ago, fred quimby said:

Think seeing him maybe weather dependent.  Mrs Q is a yes by the way. Me, Sunny Sunday will be great. Pissing it down, probably somewhere else.

Stop being such a Darren Downer. NFRNFC.

But fair point.

Who's at Acoustic or Woodsies? What's the run in The Cabaret Tent like?

10 hours ago, Neil said:

True, but that looks worse in hindsight than it did at the time, Bowie was renounced for not playing the hits, and I thought he'd be dull, i also thought that I'd be seeing him at titp. 

It was a little bit here's the new stuff, Earthling skewed. Always thought The Dame was one of the few that could have returned and done another couple of hours without repeating a tune. Plus I grew to love Earthling a lot later.

I offered a colleague a lot of money that year for a ticket. Think I may have even joked, "What's your price", but they knew what they had. That they had no intention at all of seeing Bowie was rubbing salt in.

7 hours ago, LoveAndTheft said:

Mmmmm, that's a good point!! I have nothing against the Cat. I just think a headline spot in Avalon or Acoustic would been a better and more suitable stage. I hope I'm proved wrong and I think the Cat is a great scoop for Glastonbury, but sadly I feel will be a pretty dull 'legend'. However if he decides to play an entire set of Proclaimers songs then I'll be at the front singing along and punching the air for the entire set!

The Jaws quote but replace the word boat with the word tent.

1 hour ago, Neil said:

wouldn't cope with the numbers, and thats why the pyramid is the suitable slot.

Precisely.

[CaledonianGonzo]

5 hours ago, MrZigster said:

What if he decides to do mostly new stuff?

I'm sure he'll bring out the big guns.  A bigger puzzle is whether or not he'll deploy some of his religious songwriting.

This was on the setlist of his last gig:

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/yusuf-islam/2022/turk-telekom-arena-istanbul-turkey-6bb15af2.html

 

[fantomas]

I don’t think he will play that, very different to be playing the main stage at Glastonbury vs a gig in a 99% Muslim country.

[Neil]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

A bigger puzzle is whether or not he'll deploy some of his religious songwriting.

I THINK HE MIGHT SEE RELIGIOUS SONGS AS AN OBLIGATION.

[CaledonianGonzo]

What bigger platform is he ever going to have for them?