Wooderson Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 If U2 had done what Coldplay did this forum would melt down. They get a pass from Glasters tho, as they play for free, so its fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprefan Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 On 7/5/2024 at 6:46 AM, Long Drop said: They seem to be one of these bands that only plays 90mins. They always seem to lean heavily on their new album (with is fair enough, looking forward rather than backwards) but if they played for 2h it would free up a lots of space for some old favourites. Their solo shows are 2 hours and change. And on this tour they dont have a section where its deep cuts/old songs. They had that on the head full of dreams tour, but not this one. The one thing was they totally couldve thrown in more old songs for the glasto set but they chose not to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 17 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said: First hour or so was good. Soon as they put those masks on and had a security guard dancing they lost me Thats when it started to get good/weird imo. Watched some of it back over the weekend. Just as weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernSoul52 Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 There's a lot of hits in there, and I do appreciate the whole mid-show swerve into unusual territory. The encore was a bit of a weird twist - kept feeling like it was cresting, and then they went again, but by then, I was swept up in the emotion. Martin knows how to work a crowd - namely his crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 I ended up going along, wearing my wristband of shame. Got a spec about halfway back to take in the spectacle. And I guess that is what it was, a spectacle but it sort of didn't feel like a real gig. Kicking off with Yellow was a good move and raised my hopes, but then going straight into the crime against music that is Higher Power, my expectations were back to where they had started. I liked the Arabesque bit, the security guard bit looked staged, Sparks and Viva La Vida were great, but ultimately I left the field feeling they could have replicated it by sending up a load of drones to spell out MEH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 27 minutes ago, Gnomicide said: I ended up going along, wearing my wristband of shame. Got a spec about halfway back to take in the spectacle. And I guess that is what it was, a spectacle but it sort of didn't feel like a real gig. Kicking off with Yellow was a good move and raised my hopes, but then going straight into the crime against music that is Higher Power, my expectations were back to where they had started. I liked the Arabesque bit, the security guard bit looked staged, Sparks and Viva La Vida were great, but ultimately I left the field feeling they could have replicated it by sending up a load of drones to spell out MEH. haha i woulda been scratching the loaf at 70% of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 As someone who doesn't particularly rate Coldplay big hits the fact that there were more of them in the first half was neither here nor there. The standard of the entertainment remained high throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Same. I'm all for alien helmets and Michael J Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efcfanwirral Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 3 hours ago, Wooderson said: Wasnt there but the 2nd half of the show was wild. Did the gig ever really "flow"? Whole encore in particular disjointed and weird. 3 hours ago, fraybentos1 said: First hour or so was good. Soon as they put those masks on and had a security guard dancing they lost me Yeah I loved up to Viva La Vida, but after that, very disjointed. Found myself cringing watching some of it back. 3 hours ago, Wooderson said: If U2 had done what Coldplay did this forum would melt down. They get a pass from Glasters tho, as they play for free, so its fine. U2 came to Glastonbury and just played a load of hits, mainly older ones, with a massive singalong and very little preaching. People still hated it for some reason. Chris Martin was more Bono at this Glastonbury than Bono was when they played! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 1 minute ago, efcfanwirral said: U2 came to Glastonbury and just played a load of hits, mainly older ones, with a massive singalong and very little preaching. People still hated it for some reason. Chris Martin was more Bono at this Glastonbury than Bono was when they played! Yeh I don't get this at all. If you play for free and have loadsa gadgets you get away with loads it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efcfanwirral Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Wooderson said: Yeh I don't get this at all. If you play for free and have loadsa gadgets you get away with loads it seems. Coldplay in 2016 remains one of my favourite ever gigs, and the writstbands etc helped with that as it was new to Glastonbury, but the only musical gimmicks were bringing Barry Gibb on (which was great) and Michael Eavis (which wasn't but I understood why). This time it was all just cringeworthy on the music side Edited July 8 by efcfanwirral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nal Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 (edited) Argh, to be fair, U2 had a bloke floating in f**king space at their Glasto gig. Hardly immune to gimmicks here and there. As Clapton once said: "Right now, the power of music sits with Simon Cowell and Coldplay and U2, who are really people who just attend awards shows. From just listening I can't tell the difference between Coldplay and U2. The one in Coldplay even dances like Bono." Edited July 8 by The Nal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 5 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said: Coldplay in 2016 remains one of my favourite ever gigs, and the writstbands etc helped with that as it was new to Glastonbury, but the only musical gimmicks were bringing Barry Gibb on (which was great) and Michael Eavis (which wasn't but I understood why). This time it was all just cringeworthy on the music side Yeh. Can't say I couldve lasted the full show. Grim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernSoul52 Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Gibb rocking up in '16 was an all-timer, loved that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 If Bono did the cringey "quick meeting" bit he wouldnt have made it off Worthy Farm alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernSoul52 Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 True. He'd have been consumed by the horde. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Just now, NorthernSoul52 said: True. He'd have been consumed by the horde. Torn limb from limb. Bits of him chucked over the fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernSoul52 Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Just now, Wooderson said: Torn limb from limb. Bits of him chucked over the fence. Cleanup would have had a hell of a job finding every shard of the sunglasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 4 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said: Cleanup would have had a hell of a job finding every shard of the sunglasses. hahaha UK to decare war on Ireland like the Day Today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toilet Duck Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 (edited) 33 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said: U2 came to Glastonbury and just played a load of hits, mainly older ones, with a massive singalong and very little preaching. People still hated it for some reason. Chris Martin was more Bono at this Glastonbury than Bono was when they played! They made the mistake of bringing their own gear in and it sounded awful (made even worse by the weather). They had an equipment failure as well so loads of things backstage wouldn’t work. Bono seemed very tentative on the soaked and slippery stage (understandably). Encore was a damp squib, as were all of us after a night of being unmercifully soaked. On paper, set list looks good (and BBC recording actually sounds great), but just didn’t work out for them in the field. Seen them countless times and it was easily the worst U2 gig I can remember…was also a pretty short set. They definitely have unfinished business and of the many that I would class as one and done that top the pyramid, I reckon they could actually do with another crack at it. Coldplay the following night blew them away (while playing 5 or 6 songs most hadn’t even heard yet). Edited July 8 by Toilet Duck Typo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efcfanwirral Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Toilet Duck said: They made the mistake of bringing their own gear in and it sounded awful (made even worse by the weather). They had an equipment failure as well so loads of things backstage wouldn’t work. Bono seemed very tentative on the soaked and slippery stage (understandably). Encore was a damp squib, as were all of us after a night of being unmercifully soaked. On paper, set list looks good (and BBC recording actually sounds great), but just didn’t work out for them in the field. Seen them countless times and it was easily the worst U2 gig I can remember…was also a pretty short set. They definitely have unfinished business and of the many that I would class as one and done that top the pyramid, I reckon they could actually do with another crack at it. Coldplay the following night blew them away (while playing 5 or 6 songs most hadn’t even heard yet). Coldplay 2011 was indeed amazing, especially as they delved into the back catalogue in a way we haven't really seen since. I really enjoyed U2 as it was my first time seeing them (best was Singapore 2019 though) , but what you're saying may be a similar reason why I didn't like Coldplay this year, I've seen them loads of times and judged it against the other gigs. And yes I really want U2 to come back! Same with Springsteen, I think the time is right now for both Edited July 8 by efcfanwirral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toilet Duck Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 1 minute ago, efcfanwirral said: Coldplay 2011 was indeed amazing, especially as they delved into the back catalogue in a way we haven't really seen since. I really enjoyed U2 as it was my first time seeing them (best was Singapore 2019 though) , but this may be a similar reason why I didn't like Coldplay this year, I've seen them loads of times and judged it against the other gigs. Yeah, possibly. I hadn’t seen Coldplay since that 2011 gig, so it was almost all new for me and I loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaledonianGonzo Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Chris Martin is undoubtedly a bit cringe, but after that's established you can either roll with it or get it spoil your evening. To an extent they put their money where there mouths are politically as far as I'm aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 1 hour ago, The Nal said: Argh, to be fair, U2 had a bloke floating in f**king space at their Glasto gig. Hardly immune to gimmicks here and there. As Clapton once said: "Right now, the power of music sits with Simon Cowell and Coldplay and U2, who are really people who just attend awards shows. From just listening I can't tell the difference between Coldplay and U2. The one in Coldplay even dances like Bono." Clapton once said a LOT of things 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooderson Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 Can we be free of the tyranny of Chr*s Mart1n for at least a decade now? For pity's sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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