Saturday
Highlights
1) Big Star (for me , John hated them)
2) Brian Jonestown Massacre- not as bonkers as we'd hoped and a damn fine version of "How Soon is Now"
3) Violent Femmes- great way to end the festival. A little bit rock, a little bit country and everything between.
Lowlights
1) TV Personalities- cancelled 2 years on the trot
2) BJM- after one 5 minute mid-set conference they complained about the lack of black artists at the festival*. Mmmm.. and how many black band members do you have?
3) Lou Reed-all 5 minutes that I could be bothered with.
* They obviously missed ESG.
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Was that 5 minutes? It felt like 2 fucking hours.
Have to hand it to BJM: They were playing that Smiths cover for a good 15 minutes before we recognized it. There we were saying "this is really rather good," and then yer man gave it away by singing lyrics that were comprehensible.
Like I said below, I´m going to keep coming back until the TV Personalities make an appearance. Just imagine the ironic applause they´ll get.
how can you hate big star?
*bemused*
"Hated" is a bit strong. Let me see if I can remember a single note they played.
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Nope.
were you at all familiar with their songs beforehand, john?
i don't love ALL big star but songs like "september gurls", "thirteen" and "nightime" add up to some of the greatest music ever made.
I admit the sound wasn't the best but I did have the advantage over John in that I knew quite a few of the songs.Still it gave him a chance to queue for his Cuba Libres.
Hang on a minute. Familiarity with the songs is likely to render them more enjoyable? Only if you´re indulging in nostalgia, surely? There were plenty of other groups I saw whose stuff I didn´t know who were better by a long chalk. But there you go. Musical taste is subjective, in my book, and mine is more subjective than most ;)
Yes familiarity helps if the sound is poor.
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