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Glastonbury

Greatly enjoyed it last night. Supergrass were good, but I was disappointed they didn't do Caught By The Fuzz or Sun Hits The Sky (at least, they weren't shown on BBC4). Alright, Richard III and Moving were fantastic though. Blossoms were good afterwards, and a fantastic surprise guest joined Franz Ferdinand for Take Me Out!

It's difficult to know what to watch, but I hope I made the right decisions. Apparently Ash, Shed Seven and Rizzle Kicks were playing as well, but I haven't seen them yet.

Really don't know who to watch today.
 
I've just caught up on Jason Ngonda's set from The Park stage yesterday, having been given his debut album as a Christmas present. Holy goose is he good live.

Tickets booked immediately for his UK tour in October.

Glastonbury, Jalen Ngonda:
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Glastonbury - Jalen Ngonda

With an irresistible take on classic Motown, the US soul singer performs on the Park Stage
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He's not my sort of thing really, but was great to see Lewis Capaldi come back and finish what he started. He's obviously been through it.

My highlight from yesterday was Loyle Carner, absolutely incredible.
Was impressed by Self Esteme too, not really being familiar with their stuff.
I agree Busta showed he still has the skills, but as a show I didn't like it at all. Really poor work from the DJ, just all a bit lazy.

Supergrass we're superb, the full set is (or was) on the iplayer. They were let down by a seemingly disinterested crowd who clearly had all got out of the wrong end of theirs sleepingbag before that one. Maybe the opening slot was the wrong place for them.
 
I'd pop Alanis Morissette into the highlights of the day as well, a cracking way to pass an hour on a sunny afternoon. As can be said of Wet Leg.

I've not seen the Self Esteem set yet, but I saw her live a few weeks back, so looking forward to catching up on that one.

I'm not sure if it's just me, but is anyone else finding the sound quality on the BBC a bit weird? In the coverage I've seen on IPlayer, it sounds like they're employing some tech to strip out the noise of the crowd, or certainly they are not balancing the noise of the crowd well. Whatever they're doing, it really doesn't work in this sort of festival context, because the performers are reacting to the crowd so much that if you can't hear the crowd at all it can make performances quite stilted.

It was particularly noticeable in the Wet Leg set, as they have call and response with the audience built into their songs, which fall completely flat if you can only hear the band - it makes the singer sound like they're having some sort of breakdown.
 
BBC festival coverage has been struggling with sound for a while. I remember how bad it was at Reading the other year for Billie EIlish. First 20 minutes you couldn't hear her vocals at all because they'd gone too far the other way with the crowd noise. They do sometimes get it right to be fair, LCD Soundsystem last year still gives me goosebumps
 
Squiggs said:
In the coverage I've seen on IPlayer, it sounds like they're employing some tech to strip out the noise of the crowd, or certainly they are not balancing the noise of the crowd well.
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I just don't think that this year they've bothered micing the crowd, certainly not to the same extent.
 
They are definitely mixing the crowd down while the band is playing, then up at the end or for big callback stuff, but not always catching the impromptu stuff in time, or playing it in very abruptly.

There is no right answer, is there? I'd much rather have a purer sound of the actual music, so this suits me but I can understand people wanting that 'in the crowd' feeling from a stronger audience mix. They'll have it all recorded to play back as they wish later.

The Script on at the moment. Must be the worst thing I've seen this year so far. Next to certain there's a prerecord vocal playing they are adding to, not creating live.
 
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I wonder if Jarvis Cocker ever just wears a scruffy tracksuit to lounge around the house? Or does he always wear those 1970s English teacher clothes?

Not having a go, I actually like him and Pulp.
 
Having watched a bit of Glastonbury, in particular the Script, it's been pretty horrific so far. We are now at the point where the whole event is disappearing up it's own arse.. It's less about the music and more how hard you can virtue signal.
 
Bowser said:
They did headline. Twice!

Prior to that they haven't played since 2011!

You may be thinking of Jarvis Cocker and his various other ventures appearing more regularly.
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I thought they've only headlined once in 1995?

And didn't they do another suprise slot a year or two ago?

I was there in 2011 and that was an unannounced one too on the Park stage. Was before mass smartphone usage so no one was 100% sure it would be them on stage. I may have cried a little bit during that set.
 
Quantum said:
Having watched a bit of Glastonbury, in particular the Script, it's been pretty horrific so far. We are now at the point where the whole event is disappearing up it's own arse.. It's less about the music and more how hard you can virtue signal.
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Totally 100% agree with this. A lot going on in the world at the moment mind you.

I’m half glad it’s having a year off next year.
 
Quantum said:
Having watched a bit of Glastonbury, in particular the Script, it's been pretty horrific so far. We are now at the point where the whole event is disappearing up it's own arse.. It's less about the music and more how hard you can virtue signal.
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It was founded in 1970 as a folk festival by an ex-hippy inspired by the counter culture values of the 1960s.

Glastonbury has always been about virtue signalling for a better world, peace, expression and all the rest of that lovey dovey "woke" nonsense, with the music coming second. Nothing has changed.
 
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