CardiffGreens Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) Caught most of the Of Monsters and Men showing earlier today, that made my day. It's been a slow day. Something odd about seeing The XX as a headline act mind - I loved the first album, but something about their set just seems odd - something about their music just doesn't lend it to "headlining". Edit - Figured out what it was that this reminds me of - keep thinking I'm watching someone redo Bill Bailey's sketch about Portishead composing the National Anthem... Edited June 30, 2013 by CardiffGreens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I prefer their second album. Not a good live band, though. Rather, they aren't a festival band. A dark and intimate venue is where they belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 30, 2013 tbh I'd say that applies to almost any band but yes I can see why you'd say that about the XXI've deliberately shied away from my usual all festivals are shite by nature rant though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 30, 2013 Edit - Figured out what it was that this reminds me of - keep thinking I'm watching someone redo Bill Bailey's sketch about Portishead composing the National Anthem... I like the sound of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Flogging Molly were the best I've seen at a festival. They played on the New Music stage or something. Scandalous, but it was relatively tiny and everyone was hammered, including the band, I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Got to disagree with earlier post here - Public Image Limited's set was great. A little biased as a teenage Pistols' fan and listening to them live in a dank Shoreditch basement for the first time, but I think I finally "got" them after that show. Didn't tune into the XX. I was so disappointed with the second album I kind of didn't bother... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Dont understand the xx, just awful, switched over to bbc2 and bloody mumford and sons. Bring on the football.. The XX first album is great, comes from a lineage that goes back to the Young Marble Giants, second album is average though, I think their bubbles burst already Didn't catch Nick Cave...I think I've been put off by the album this year which I didn't dig too much I liked the new album but the set today was more a greatest hits package anyway inc tupelo, Right Red Hand etc Oh missed them, shame. Dont understand the xx, just awful, switched over to bbc2 and bloody mumford and sons. Bring on the football.. The XX first album is great, comes from a lineage that goes back to the Young Marble Giants, second album is average though, I think their bubbles burst already I liked the new album but the set today was more a greatest hits package anyway inc tupelo, Right Red Hand etc shame I forgot the xx were on. Quite like them. Yes I think the first album was better. The 2nd one is even more minimalistic but still like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 30, 2013 You do know you can watch absolutely shedloads of the sets on the BBC Glastonbury site for days to come, so anything you missed can be watched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Yeah I know, but I try to go for that "almost live" feel. You know what I mean, two days later doesn't quite feel the same...stupid I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Oh my god. PiL's cover of Leftfield's Open Up is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted June 30, 2013 Oh my god. PiL's cover of Leftfield's Open Up is amazing Not really a cover though is it, dunno what you'd all it though. Bloke who sings original does song with different band, its no different to him singing Anarchy with PiL (Which I've seen him do). HaHa I think we'e hit upon a thing that needs a name but hasn't got one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeHavilland Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 So far Chic were good to see as looking forward to seeing them next Sunday in Moseley, but Bobby Womack was stunning on channel 4 tonight, I wonder if Mick Jagger nipped over and paid him some royalties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds were the undoubted band of the festival. I enjoyed Dinosur Jr on Friday, but then I always do! New discovery of the weekend, Goat. Will be investing in their latest (possibly first?) album at some point this week. Edited July 1, 2013 by dAVe80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Oh my god. PiL's cover of Leftfield's Open Up is amazing Not really a cover though is it, dunno what you'd all it though. Bloke who sings original does song with different band, its no different to him singing Anarchy with PiL (Which I've seen him do). HaHa I think we'e hit upon a thing that needs a name but hasn't got one You know, I thought someone might say that. Original - Leftfield feat. John Lydon - Open Up Last night - PiL - Open Up That's a cover by my book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 1, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 1, 2013 Oh my god. PiL's cover of Leftfield's Open Up is amazing Not really a cover though is it, dunno what you'd all it though. Bloke who sings original does song with different band, its no different to him singing Anarchy with PiL (Which I've seen him do). HaHa I think we'e hit upon a thing that needs a name but hasn't got one You know, I thought someone might say that. Original - Leftfield feat. John Lydon - Open Up Last night - PiL - Open Up That's a cover by my book! Nah can't be a cover if its by the original vocalist and in this case the lyricist too Does Paul McCartney cover Beatles songs? Do Pil indeed cover Anarchy in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I'd actually say that Paul doesn't cover Beatles tracks but PiL do cover Anarchy - as Paul is solo and PiL are a band. So, if Wings do a Beatles track it becomes a cover. What a strange notion of a cover I have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 1, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 1, 2013 Many years ago, in the heyday of Usenet newsgroups there was a huge argument about the definition of "cover version". There was some guy on there who used to get really stroppy whenever anybody used the term as we are doing here. His argument was that "cover version" specifically referred to several versions of a song being released simultaneously by different artists - this used to happen a lot in the 1950s. According to him, the correct term for what we are talking about is a "remake". I suppose a live performance of a song would just be, er... a performance. Common usage has proved otherwise, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 1, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 1, 2013 PiL aren't really a band though are they, stopped being a band when they ceased to be Lydon / Levene / Wobble, they are just Lydon's vehicle now Strange idea of a band I have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Loved the Tame Impala set. Arctic Monkeys absolutely nailed it, nearly came when they ended with 505. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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