First Glastonbury in 10 years - what's new?!

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

1 hour ago, stuie said:

Pretty sure @Nuthuggermeans ‘Mexican waves’ where cheers sweep from one side of the valley to the other! 

Yeah, did wonder that, then thought a Mexican rave could be quite possible at Glastonbury and I'd missed something 😅

[stuie]

1 hour ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Yeah, did wonder that, then thought a Mexican rave could be quite possible at Glastonbury and I'd missed something 😅

Sounds good to me!  Sombrero hats and moustaches.  I'm in. 

[Nuthugger]

2 hours ago, stuie said:

Pretty sure @Nuthuggermeans ‘Mexican waves’ where cheers sweep from one side of the valley to the other! 

 

12 hours ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

 

I'm a bit clueless, what's a Mexican rave?

 

no a mexican wave is literally the thing you see at football matches when people put their hands up. mexican raves were the cheering version. they were really cool. theyd sweep across the whole site (this was when there was less to do on a weds/thurs lol)

[stuie]

3 minutes ago, Nuthugger said:

no a mexican wave is literally the thing you see at football matches when people put their hands up. mexican raves were the cheering version. they were really cool. theyd sweep across the whole site (this was when there was less to do on a weds/thurs lol)

 

erm... I remember them well. But it's still a mexican wave but with voice instead of hands. 

 

Never heard it be called a mexican rave before.  Don't think google has either from my quick search! 

 

[Paul ™]

1 hour ago, stuie said:

Sounds good to me!  Sombrero hats and moustaches.  I'm in. 

Me too.. of course add in a copious amount of tequila and fajitas... 

[Nuthugger]

1 hour ago, stuie said:

 

erm... I remember them well. But it's still a mexican wave but with voice instead of hands. 

 

Never heard it be called a mexican rave before.  Don't think google has either from my quick search! 

 

and im sure if you operate your fancy google machine and put mexican wave into there youll see a lot of hands going up and down giving the impression of a wave. this is a different thing hence the different name - going in line with the whole language thing we do. 

Edited April 25 by Nuthugger
& whats with the 'erm..'? does it make you feel big trying to make someone feel stupid?

[stuie]

5 minutes ago, Nuthugger said:

and im sure if you operate your fancy google machine and put mexican wave into there youll see a lot of hands going up and down giving the impression of a wave. this is a different thing hence the different name - going in line with the whole language thing we do. 

 

I'm happy you call it that and don't really care too much - you can call it what you like.  It's not a widely used term though is it, otherwise the fancy google machine would know about it.

[Simon247]

Was going to come in here and say over the past ten years what really struck me is there is now a bit more rudeness, anger and animosity in the crowds I've experienced. But it appears that has also spread here too now 😉

 

On the whole though the crowds are still better than anywhere and a pleasant places but the number of incidents I've witnessed had gone up over the decades.

 

Oh, and it doesn't seem more crowded to me - 2000 in general and even Rolf Harris, I think at West Holts, was way worse than anything I've seen recently, Everything Everything, The Smyths and Power Ballads have seen crazy crowds at Williams Green but it never felt unsafe.

[Ayrshire Chris]

Some of the long drops don’t clang shut anymore. That’s really disconcerting. 

[Nuthugger]

39 minutes ago, stuie said:

 

I'm happy you call it that and don't really care too much - you can call it what you like.  It's not a widely used term though is it, otherwise the fancy google machine would know about it.

no it wouldnt be widely used because i only ever experienced it at glasto and as alluded to it doesn't happen any more. but just so you know a 'mexican wave' is well known to be a collective hand movement. so if you say 'lets start a mexican wave' in a crowd and shout aaaaahhhhhhhh you might get some funny looks. because thats not what a mexican wave is. 

Edited April 25 by Nuthugger

[stuie]

4 minutes ago, Nuthugger said:

no it wouldnt be widely used because i only ever experienced it at glasto and as alluded to it doesn't happen any more. but just so you know a 'mexican wave' is well known to be a collective hand movement. so if you say 'lets start a mexican wave' in a crowd and shout aaaaahhhhhhhh you might get some funny looks. because thats not what a mexican wave is. 

ok got it... didn't mean to offend or annoy you. genuinely thought it was a typo or autocorrection. have a good day 

 

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[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

1 hour ago, Nuthugger said:

no it wouldnt be widely used because i only ever experienced it at glasto and as alluded to it doesn't happen any more. but just so you know a 'mexican wave' is well known to be a collective hand movement. so if you say 'lets start a mexican wave' in a crowd and shout aaaaahhhhhhhh you might get some funny looks. because thats not what a mexican wave is. 

 

I've experienced something similar at Reading Festival where everyone was just shouting "BOLLOCKS!" at the top of their voices on the first days, but I'd never heard it called a Mexican Rave. Not saying it's not known as that though. When I started going Glastonbury, I don't remember it being as prominent as at Reading, prob because there's more to do on the Weds and Thurs, whereas at Reading it was like every hour or so and got real old, real fast. 

Edited April 25 by MEGATRONICMEATWAGON

[EavisAintDead]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Some of the long drops don’t clang shut anymore. That’s really disconcerting. 

I'll pull them shut extra hard, just for you 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Some of the long drops don’t clang shut anymore. That’s really disconcerting. 

 

I noticed that. I had to go back and clang it or it just didn't feel right.

 

"If you long drop and there is no clang, did you even drop long?"

[Ayrshire Chris]

1 hour ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

 

I noticed that. I had to go back and clang it or it just didn't feel right.

 

"If you long drop and there is no clang, did you even drop long?"

Correct, not as if you can look down into the abyss and identify your own. 

[Crazyfool01]

3 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Some of the long drops don’t clang shut anymore. That’s really disconcerting. 

for anyone missing that noise 

 

 

[JohnEW52]

On 4/23/2024 at 10:27 AM, Crazyfool01 said:

Much improved toilets . Can’t quite remember when the onsite portaloos dissapeared might have been a fair bit earlier but the facilities are much better looked after in my opinion these days 

I'll take that as a compliment to my son, who is a Loo Crew Supervisor. I can't take any credit - I'll be on the water bars.

 

I've always enjoyed a short time at Glastonbury-on-Sea. The first year it was there I won a rosette at the bingo.

[Crazyfool01]

5 minutes ago, JohnEW52 said:

I'll take that as a compliment to my son, who is a Loo Crew Supervisor. I can't take any credit - I'll be on the water bars.

 

I've always enjoyed a short time at Glastonbury-on-Sea. The first year it was there I won a rosette at the bingo.

Yeah absolutely the crew do a magnificent job 

[stuie]

1 hour ago, JohnEW52 said:

I'll take that as a compliment to my son, who is a Loo Crew Supervisor. I can't take any credit - I'll be on the water bars.

The water bars are also an excellent change in the last 10 years, along with the ban of selling single use plastic bottles across the festival, so you can take some credit for that! 😄

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[phillyfaddle]

On 4/23/2024 at 10:31 AM, Crazyfool01 said:

Wow is it really that long … however my point does stand about the toilets generally wateraid do a really decent job along with the introduction of the composters 

They were still at Other stage in 2007. Bloody horrible, especially in all that mud. Think they went completely in 2008/9.

[phillyfaddle]

5 hours ago, Crazyfool01 said:

for anyone missing that noise 

 

 

Years ago (10+), someone shared a tune on here called (I think) “The Sound of the Long Drops” which set a recording of the clanging doors to a techno beat. It was absolutely brilliant. Can I find it? Nope. 

[Simsy]

10 hours ago, phillyfaddle said:

They were still at Other stage in 2007. Bloody horrible, especially in all that mud. Think they went completely in 2008/9.

I think 1 of the arguments for switching the fallow year from 2011 to 2012 was that the Olympics would need a f**k-ton of portaloos, so they must've still been used at glasto then

[gooner1990]

1 hour ago, Simsy said:

I think 1 of the arguments for switching the fallow year from 2011 to 2012 was that the Olympics would need a f**k-ton of portaloos, so they must've still been used at glasto then

Yep, I camped in South Park in 2011 and can distinctly remember there were portaloos for our campsite. 

[stuie]

2 hours ago, Simsy said:

I think 1 of the arguments for switching the fallow year from 2011 to 2012 was that the Olympics would need a f**k-ton of portaloos, so they must've still been used at glasto then

 

I have never seen portaloos tardis's at Glastonbury inside the fence and I've been going since 2009. 

 

I think the main reason was A&S police said they wouldn't be able to cover the event.