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  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,445
    edited June 2023
    stop_shouting said:

    loved Axl last nite D despite the haters. checked out his wiki page. Had a bloody tough start in life.
    It writes itself. 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,838
    Off_it said:
    bobmunro said:
    bobmunro said:
    Cat Stevens on the Pyramid Stage now - wonderful.
    I wonder if the people that think cat stevens is wonderful, know that he supported a fatwa against salmon Rushdie. Not many I’m guessing.
    "I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor backed the Fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini—and still don’t. The book itself destroyed the harmony between peoples and created an unnecessary international crisis. When asked about my opinion regarding blasphemy, I could not tell a lie and confirmed that – like both the Torah and the Gospel – the Qur'an considers it, without repentance, as a capital offense. The Bible is full of similar harsh laws if you're looking for them. However, the application of such Biblical and Qur'anic injunctions is not to be outside of due process of law, in a place or land where such law is accepted and applied by the society as a whole."

    Supports that it was taken out of context a fair bit, although I'll confess to not seeing at the time etc so can't be sure.
    He should have become a politician.

    and maybe you should become someone who checks facts.
    Pretty sure Rushdie asked him for an apology for the comments he’s made Sheriff. 
    How about you walk over to the politics section and let the rest of us enjoy the music. 

    You can start a nostalgia thread for things you don't like from the year 1990. Throw in the Guns n Roses song One in a Million if you want, you'll notice no one mentioned it yesterday. 
    Err, because they didn't play it yesterday?

    Quite what that's got to do with anything ot why you're bringing that up is quite bizarre, to say the least.

    Last time I looked @stop_shouting wasn't Axl Rose
    And did Cat Stevens mention Salmon Rushdie today? 
    Oh, I see. 

    "Whataboutery". Carry on then.

    What about Brexit? Neither Cat Stevens or Axl Rose have condemned that have they, the slags?!
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    Can't we just discuss the music and the performances! Why does every thread turn into something that has fuck all to do with what we were discussing.....I.e Glastonbury! FFS!
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,678
    stop_shouting said:

    loved Axl last nite D despite the haters. checked out his wiki page. Had a bloody tough start in life.
    It writes itself. 
    Pardon?
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,445
    Off_it said:
    Off_it said:
    bobmunro said:
    bobmunro said:
    Cat Stevens on the Pyramid Stage now - wonderful.
    I wonder if the people that think cat stevens is wonderful, know that he supported a fatwa against salmon Rushdie. Not many I’m guessing.
    "I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor backed the Fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini—and still don’t. The book itself destroyed the harmony between peoples and created an unnecessary international crisis. When asked about my opinion regarding blasphemy, I could not tell a lie and confirmed that – like both the Torah and the Gospel – the Qur'an considers it, without repentance, as a capital offense. The Bible is full of similar harsh laws if you're looking for them. However, the application of such Biblical and Qur'anic injunctions is not to be outside of due process of law, in a place or land where such law is accepted and applied by the society as a whole."

    Supports that it was taken out of context a fair bit, although I'll confess to not seeing at the time etc so can't be sure.
    He should have become a politician.

    and maybe you should become someone who checks facts.
    Pretty sure Rushdie asked him for an apology for the comments he’s made Sheriff. 
    How about you walk over to the politics section and let the rest of us enjoy the music. 

    You can start a nostalgia thread for things you don't like from the year 1990. Throw in the Guns n Roses song One in a Million if you want, you'll notice no one mentioned it yesterday. 
    Err, because they didn't play it yesterday?

    Quite what that's got to do with anything ot why you're bringing that up is quite bizarre, to say the least.

    Last time I looked @stop_shouting wasn't Axl Rose
    And did Cat Stevens mention Salmon Rushdie today? 
    Oh, I see. 

    "Whataboutery". Carry on then.

    What about Brexit? Neither Cat Stevens or Axl Rose have condemned that have they, the slags?!
    The point is, that you clearly missed. 

    Yesterday everyone was talking about the music. One person spoils it today as per usual. 



    Anyway, Lil Nas X isn't to everyone's taste but has a big crowd on main stage. 
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,678
    Off_it said:
    Off_it said:
    bobmunro said:
    bobmunro said:
    Cat Stevens on the Pyramid Stage now - wonderful.
    I wonder if the people that think cat stevens is wonderful, know that he supported a fatwa against salmon Rushdie. Not many I’m guessing.
    "I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor backed the Fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini—and still don’t. The book itself destroyed the harmony between peoples and created an unnecessary international crisis. When asked about my opinion regarding blasphemy, I could not tell a lie and confirmed that – like both the Torah and the Gospel – the Qur'an considers it, without repentance, as a capital offense. The Bible is full of similar harsh laws if you're looking for them. However, the application of such Biblical and Qur'anic injunctions is not to be outside of due process of law, in a place or land where such law is accepted and applied by the society as a whole."

    Supports that it was taken out of context a fair bit, although I'll confess to not seeing at the time etc so can't be sure.
    He should have become a politician.

    and maybe you should become someone who checks facts.
    Pretty sure Rushdie asked him for an apology for the comments he’s made Sheriff. 
    How about you walk over to the politics section and let the rest of us enjoy the music. 

    You can start a nostalgia thread for things you don't like from the year 1990. Throw in the Guns n Roses song One in a Million if you want, you'll notice no one mentioned it yesterday. 
    Err, because they didn't play it yesterday?

    Quite what that's got to do with anything ot why you're bringing that up is quite bizarre, to say the least.

    Last time I looked @stop_shouting wasn't Axl Rose
    And did Cat Stevens mention Salmon Rushdie today? 
    Oh, I see. 

    "Whataboutery". Carry on then.

    What about Brexit? Neither Cat Stevens or Axl Rose have condemned that have they, the slags?!
    The point is, that you clearly missed. 

    Yesterday everyone was talking about the music. One person spoils it today as per usual. 



    Anyway, Lil Nas X isn't to everyone's taste but has a big crowd on main stage. 
    Spoilt it? Why you crying about one comment you don’t like? I thought it was relevant having seen the hero worship the blokes been getting on socials today. Who made you the arbiter of what we can say on ere? 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,838
    Off_it said:
    Off_it said:
    bobmunro said:
    bobmunro said:
    Cat Stevens on the Pyramid Stage now - wonderful.
    I wonder if the people that think cat stevens is wonderful, know that he supported a fatwa against salmon Rushdie. Not many I’m guessing.
    "I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor backed the Fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini—and still don’t. The book itself destroyed the harmony between peoples and created an unnecessary international crisis. When asked about my opinion regarding blasphemy, I could not tell a lie and confirmed that – like both the Torah and the Gospel – the Qur'an considers it, without repentance, as a capital offense. The Bible is full of similar harsh laws if you're looking for them. However, the application of such Biblical and Qur'anic injunctions is not to be outside of due process of law, in a place or land where such law is accepted and applied by the society as a whole."

    Supports that it was taken out of context a fair bit, although I'll confess to not seeing at the time etc so can't be sure.
    He should have become a politician.

    and maybe you should become someone who checks facts.
    Pretty sure Rushdie asked him for an apology for the comments he’s made Sheriff. 
    How about you walk over to the politics section and let the rest of us enjoy the music. 

    You can start a nostalgia thread for things you don't like from the year 1990. Throw in the Guns n Roses song One in a Million if you want, you'll notice no one mentioned it yesterday. 
    Err, because they didn't play it yesterday?

    Quite what that's got to do with anything ot why you're bringing that up is quite bizarre, to say the least.

    Last time I looked @stop_shouting wasn't Axl Rose
    And did Cat Stevens mention Salmon Rushdie today? 
    Oh, I see. 

    "Whataboutery". Carry on then.

    What about Brexit? Neither Cat Stevens or Axl Rose have condemned that have they, the slags?!
    The point is, that you clearly missed. 

    Yesterday everyone was talking about the music. One person spoils it today as per usual. 



    Anyway, Lil Nas X isn't to everyone's taste but has a big crowd on main stage. 
    So you resorted to "Whataboutery". 

    Which is the point you have clearly missed. 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,691
    What a set by Cat Stevens. Beautiful. 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    edited June 2023
    As someone who’s never been, I’m just trying to get an idea of the ginormousness of the whole thing. Silly question, with all the stages operating at the same time, does the sound of one ever interrupt another?   Is it as loud as an indoor or major stadium gig where there are no other stages to worry about. Or are the distances just so vast that the sound doesn’t carry. Or is everyone so far out of it that they don’t give a hoot?
    It’s huge. It’s so hard to appreciate the scale. The sounds never overlap. Due to sheer distance and direction they face (the pyramid and other stage are back to back with the backstage vip area between them.) Between each stage are paths/walkways with food/bars/shops/stalls/toilets who all blast out their own sounds too. So you could literally hear 8 or so different songs moving from one stage to the other. 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Candi Staton belting out elvis on west holts. 
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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,956
    Big blondie fan in my teens but I thought tonight's performance was completely flat
  • Greenhithe
    Greenhithe Posts: 776
    edited June 2023
    i went every year from 87 to 99 then stopped. Still watch on tv though avidly.

    this year’s highlights for me are:

    the Lathums. Great band talented good tunes 
    working men’s club. Joy division for the 21st century. Brilliant 
    Rick Astley and the blossoms. Contrary to others on here I thought they were excellent. The guitarist especially. 
    War on Drugs right now. What a fucking band. Just wow. 
    Left field pretty good. 

    As for the headliners

    arctic monkeys. Grew on me the way they presented the songs and in the end liked it. It’s good to have something different. And if you want to know who Alex is copying look no further than Richard Hawley. 

    GNR. expected it to be utter shite but it wasn’t. Even Axls voice was ok in parts. Not a good headliner choice. 


     In 87 it was £21 to get in by the way 
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,956
    Candi Staton belting out elvis on west holts. 
    83 years old - hats off to her
  • Greenhithe
    Greenhithe Posts: 776
    IdleHans said:
    Candi Staton belting out elvis on west holts. 
    83 years old - hats off to her
    Proper lacklustre Sundaynight fodder.  

    83 though. You can’t knock that I suppose 
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    IdleHans said:
    Big blondie fan in my teens but I thought tonight's performance was completely flat
    She stank out IOW last week according to some who went. 
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,956
    Candi Station on bbc2, switch to bbc1 and it's the antiques roadshow followed by Elton John. Could all be the same programme.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,218
    Off_it said:
    Off_it said:
    bobmunro said:
    bobmunro said:
    Cat Stevens on the Pyramid Stage now - wonderful.
    I wonder if the people that think cat stevens is wonderful, know that he supported a fatwa against salmon Rushdie. Not many I’m guessing.
    "I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor backed the Fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini—and still don’t. The book itself destroyed the harmony between peoples and created an unnecessary international crisis. When asked about my opinion regarding blasphemy, I could not tell a lie and confirmed that – like both the Torah and the Gospel – the Qur'an considers it, without repentance, as a capital offense. The Bible is full of similar harsh laws if you're looking for them. However, the application of such Biblical and Qur'anic injunctions is not to be outside of due process of law, in a place or land where such law is accepted and applied by the society as a whole."

    Supports that it was taken out of context a fair bit, although I'll confess to not seeing at the time etc so can't be sure.
    He should have become a politician.

    and maybe you should become someone who checks facts.
    Pretty sure Rushdie asked him for an apology for the comments he’s made Sheriff. 
    How about you walk over to the politics section and let the rest of us enjoy the music. 

    You can start a nostalgia thread for things you don't like from the year 1990. Throw in the Guns n Roses song One in a Million if you want, you'll notice no one mentioned it yesterday. 
    Err, because they didn't play it yesterday?

    Quite what that's got to do with anything ot why you're bringing that up is quite bizarre, to say the least.

    Last time I looked @stop_shouting wasn't Axl Rose
    And did Cat Stevens mention Salmon Rushdie today? 
    Oh, I see. 

    "Whataboutery". Carry on then.

    What about Brexit? Neither Cat Stevens or Axl Rose have condemned that have they, the slags?!
    Could you and SS take your banter elsewhere!

    Thanks. X 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    IdleHans said:
    Candi Staton belting out elvis on west holts. 
    83 years old - hats off to her
    Blimey. I knew she’d be getting on and when she was sitting down I thought she must be struggling but she just started jumping around.  Amazing. 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,590
    Didn’t know Ray Cooper was still playing with Elton John 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,030
    That crowd is maaaaaasive. 
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  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    rina said:
    As someone who’s never been, I’m just trying to get an idea of the ginormousness of the whole thing. Silly question, with all the stages operating at the same time, does the sound of one ever interrupt another?   Is it as loud as an indoor or major stadium gig where there are no other stages to worry about. Or are the distances just so vast that the sound doesn’t carry. Or is everyone so far out of it that they don’t give a hoot?
    to give you an idea of the size here is the site laid over Charlton https://gsp8181.co.uk/glasto/index.php?location=charlton

    it is just vast
    Wow. Cheers.  That is big. I just used the overlay tool to superimpose Glasto in the Isle of Wight festival site. The latter goes into Glasto about 12 times!!
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,103
    se9addick said:
    That crowd is maaaaaasive. 
    Yeah … and not all Sheffield Wednesday fans, either 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,590
    Interesting he just said this may be his last ever UK show. 
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    76 years old and he is owning it - fair play. Wouldn’t say I am an Elton John super fan or anything but me and the missus already expect to know every single song.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    Great start by Elton, he sounds excellent.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    IdleHans said:
    Candi Staton belting out elvis on west holts. 
    83 years old - hats off to her
    It’s taken till tonight for me to realise her name isn’t “Stanton” with an “n” in the middle. Fair play to her at 83 although the voice is clearly showing it’s age. 
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    Interesting he just said this may be his last ever UK show. 
    Suspect there may be the odd massive charity gig or some such but he’s done touring. 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Interesting he just said this may be his last ever UK show. 
    Suspect there may be the odd massive charity gig or some such but he’s done touring. 
    The odd royal job although you’d think there won’t be any for a little while after the recent flurry. 

    Beckham knighthood party?
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,943
    Interesting he just said this may be his last ever UK show. 
    I'd imagine he'll pop up at other's gigs or (as I've just seen Sillybilly has said) maybe the odd charity gig, national celebration concert etc.

    Just won't tour or organise his own big stadium stuff.
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Elton still has a very good voice for his age.