Glastonbury

[MOZZER2]

Re: Glastonbury

yeah that's always happening - but also the festival lineups have become a lot more mainstream.
back in the day there were people who went to indie festivals who listened to this kind of music, and there were people who listened to dance music and went to dance festivals and people who listened to chart music and went to radio 1 big weekend etc.

nowadays there doesn't seem to be those "tribes" any more.

yes always been the case and i like how you use the word 'tribes '

don't forget us 'tribes ' that still follow the MOD and Punk scene . Scooter rallys are still very popular and the Rebellion and Scarborough punk festivals still attract a decent audience in the UK .

music . fashion and sub cultures have always evolved but will another one ever happen again ?

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Glastonbury

yeah that's always happening - but also the festival lineups have become a lot more mainstream.
back in the day there were people who went to indie festivals who listened to this kind of music, and there were people who listened to dance music and went to dance festivals and people who listened to chart music and went to radio 1 big weekend etc.

nowadays there doesn't seem to be those "tribes" any more.

Those dance festivals were called raves!

[Rjk]

Re: Glastonbury

Those dance festivals were called raves!

indeed

[City123]

Re: Glastonbury

Nothing reveals the average age of this board quite like music festival lineups

[Trigger]

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Now this was a lineup

Wow just needed to be sponsored by Carlsberg instead.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Glastonbury

yes always been the case and i like how you use the word 'tribes '

don't forget us 'tribes ' that still follow the MOD and Punk scene . Scooter rallys are still very popular and the Rebellion and Scarborough punk festivals still attract a decent audience in the UK .

music . fashion and sub cultures have always evolved but will another one ever happen again ?

You'd probably like Brat, even at your age It's a great pop album that kicked the yank wannabees into touch.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Glastonbury

yeah that's always happening - but also the festival lineups have become a lot more mainstream.
back in the day there were people who went to indie festivals who listened to this kind of music, and there were people who listened to dance music and went to dance festivals and people who listened to chart music and went to radio 1 big weekend etc.

nowadays there doesn't seem to be those "tribes" any more.

Because there aren't any bands, and music is full of private school kids and nepo babies

[Rjk]

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You'd probably like Brat, even at your age It's a great pop album that kicked the yank wannabees into touch.

that may be the case - but 20 years ago someone with a great pop album under their belt wouldn't be getting close to the glastonbury main stage

[Rjk]

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Because there aren't any bands, and music is full of private school kids and nepo babies

Yeah - the way people consume music has obviously changed and that seems to have given more power to the big record labels to push their chart acts.

When I was my kids age or a couple of years older I was very much into music - most of my disposable income went on albums, or going to gigs and i consumed everything i could about it ravenously.
I just don't see that from my kids or any of their friends - If they were as into music but just liked a bunch of new bands that i didn't get then that would be great - just a new generation finding their own thing.
However now their main interaction with music is what's going on in the background of tiktok videos.

Its possible they'll get into music as well in a couple of years i guess, but at the moment there isn't the same type of interest.

Im not saying that's a bad thing - as they have all kinds of other media to consume that we never did, just it seems to have changed.

[City123]

Re: Glastonbury

that may be the case - but 20 years ago someone with a great pop album under their belt wouldn't be getting close to the glastonbury main stage

She's been around for roughly a decade to be fair

Not my cup of tea but Glastonbury's thing over the past few years has been broad appeal, hence booking the likes of her and Olivia Rodrigo as well as Neil Young to headline, though this crop of headliners (Neil Young aside) do look more suited to Reading than Glastonbury

[City123]

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Because there aren't any bands, and music is full of private school kids and nepo babies

What really shows the dearth of bands is how far up The Libertines are on the poster, they played Clwb Ifor Bach last year! Talk about past their prime!

[Wales-Bales]

Re: Glastonbury

She's been around for roughly a decade to be fair

Not my cup of tea but Glastonbury's thing over the past few years has been broad appeal, hence booking the likes of her and Olivia Rodrigo as well as Neil Young to headline, though this crop of headliners (Neil Young aside) do look more suited to Reading than Glastonbury

Fontaines D.C. should have been headlining, but somebody did the math and Olivia Rodrigo won.

[City123]

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Fontaines D.C. should have been headlining, but somebody did the math and Olivia Rodrigo won.

Probably, I don't think they're doing anything in June either ahead of their big UK shows?

[fingers]

Re: Glastonbury

yes always been the case and i like how you use the word 'tribes '

don't forget us 'tribes ' that still follow the MOD and Punk scene . Scooter rallys are still very popular and the Rebellion and Scarborough punk festivals still attract a decent audience in the UK .

music . fashion and sub cultures have always evolved but will another one ever happen again ?

I was thinking about this the other day and how music had the ability to drive people towards certain causes, or to get engaged with campaigns, marches etc. Red Wedge, Poll Tax marches, Rock against Racism, CND, Clash, Pistols, Dylan etc etc Lyrics to wake up the sleeping rebel sort of thing.
Nowadays, musically is there anything mainstream to encourage you to get angry about?
I know it sounds a bit foil hat but I often wonder if the government employed Simon Cowell to sanitise mainstream music to stop the masses rising.

Lyrics of this week's number1:

"God, what have you done?
You're a pink pony girl, and you dance at the club"
Oh, mama, I'm just having fun
On the stage in my heels
It's where I belong, down at the
Pink Pony Club
I'm gonna keep on dancing at the Pink Pony Club
I'm gonna keep on dancing down in West Hollywood
I'm gonna keep on dancing at the Pink Pony Club
Pink Pony Club"

Lyrics of the No.1 45 years ago (Yes, 1980!!):

"Something's happening here today
A show of strength with your boy's brigade
And I'm so happy and you're so kind
You want more money, of course I don't mind
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes
And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society's got"

[Des Parrot]

Re: Glastonbury

Nothing reveals the average age of this board quite like music festival lineups

Just cos I saw Tom Jones & Billy Ocean last summer … ageist!