Glastonbury 2023

[hilts]

He started in the 60's way before Miss Harry. He was in Long John Baldry's backing band.

I'm trying to work out if that was a euphemism:-)

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Imagine having kids that are older than your hair.

Mate, made me laugh out loud, I will be using that later

 

[Crooked_rain]

And that's why music divides us

I can't stand his monotone voice and the general feeling he gives of superiority.

Also the build up of songs - I just don't hear that - about half the set we're dreary slow compositions

I loved the first album but then they tried to go all Blur and Radiohead and don't have the musicians to pull it off

They keep trying to reinvent their style and I don't think the guitarist and drummer have the musicianship to go through different styles - he could be a great front man but just has styled himself into a bit of a prick if I'm honest

Not my cup of tea

I think the drummer is fine

Alex Turner has always been the better of the two guitarists, the other one was pretty much strictly a very basic rhythm player early on while Turner did most of the lead. The other one does a bit more now, but he's still fairly mediocre. Turner doesn't even play guitar on half the tunes now as they have another touring guitarist on stage and guys playing keys too.

To be honest I don't think it's the musicians. I don't think there's an awful lot there in a lot of the new music. If you strip away the production elements, most are just basic slow tempo piano tunes, pretty basic chord progressions and typical time signatures and stuff. A lot of it sounds similar. I don't think there's really a lot to work with musically on a lot of their new music. I

Take Blur as your example does, they definitely changed sound from the self titled and on 13. But if you think about those albums, even if you stripped the songs down to their basic form, they're all completely different from each other and it's musiclly diverse. There's a lot to work with on those songs if you're a guitarist like Graham Coxon.

But Arctic Monkeys last 2 albums have all been quite samey all the way through, similar tempos, rhythm etc. That's where it falls a bit flat after a couple of songs for me.

Alex Turner has written some excellent songs for sure, and people say the new music shows his diversity. I get that but I also think it shows his limitations. Like he's had the ability to change style, but his composition range within a new style is quite limited.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Some miserable buggers on here, I for one am enjoying Elton and his guests.

Agreed..........

 

[heslops barnet]

Never been but always wanted to, it's one of them bucket list things. Just too expensive.

Not just the money, no chance of getting a ticket

 

[shemnel]

Not just the money, no chance of getting a ticket

the only year i applied for a ticket, about 6 summers ago, i got one. Other circumstances meant i had to turn it down, which was annoying. It's hard but far from impossible.

that year was definitely under £200, the £345 this year seems pretty mental

 

[heslops barnet]

the only year i applied for a ticket, about 6 summers ago, i got one. Other circumstances meant i had to turn it down, which was annoying. It's hard but far from impossible.

Refreshing?

 

[dannyboy29]

And that's why music divides us

I can't stand his monotone voice and the general feeling he gives of superiority.

Also the build up of songs - I just don't hear that - about half the set we're dreary slow compositions

I loved the first album but then they tried to go all Blur and Radiohead and don't have the musicians to pull it off

They keep trying to reinvent their style and I don't think the guitarist and drummer have the musicianship to go through different styles - he could be a great front man but just has styled himself into a bit of a prick if I'm honest

Not my cup of tea

Wow!! Honestly, Matt Helders is an incredible drummer!!

 

[dannyboy29]

the only year i applied for a ticket, about 6 summers ago, i got one. Other circumstances meant i had to turn it down, which was annoying. It's hard but far from impossible.

that year was definitely under £200, the £345 this year seems pretty mental

I always used to think the price was a tad outrageous. But then if you paid to go a see AM, GNR and Elton you wouldn't get much change from £345 and that's before you take into account the hundreds of other bands on.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

A rollicking rip-roaring farewell from Elton the ledge with most of his original band.
Thanks mate!