Perhaps it was a different experience for those that were actually there, as I only saw it on TV, but I have to say I wasn't hugely impressed with the performance at Glastonbury. Nice in a "trip down memory lane" kind of way I suppose.
-- Edited by LeoVK on Thursday 2nd of July 2009 12:25:38 AM
I thought Glastonbury seemed pretty good on TV; though that's not the best way to judge things. But I did go to the Wolverhampton and Southend gigs; Southend was good, but I really did get a feeling at the Wolverhampton one of being part of something very special. (And I should point out that when I first heard about the band getting together again I was somewhat blase about it, to say the least.)
I'm still pretty pessimistic about the potential for new material though. Even if they do record new stuff (which is still very much up in the air), I don't really have any expectation that they will return to the highs of Modern Life is Rubbish / Parklife / The Great Escape, which is when they were at their most distinctive I thought. The stuff they did after that was still good, but it could've been made by any number of bands imho.
I was at Glastonbury and thought they were bloody wonderful, and that's coming from someone who wasn't much of a fan first time round. Those songs seemed to have gained a certain weight and significance that, for me, they never had at the time. Or maybe I've just become a sentimental old sod.
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It was a brilliant gig, I thought. Although I was always a fan, the performance itself was so full on, & the sound system at Hyde Park is ace. Grahams' guitar on This Is A Low was spellbinding, Damon is back in great voice & really putting on a show & I frankly moshed my tits off to Popscene & Advert!
People were still singing Tender in the offy back at Waterloo, & on the last train.
