Yeah Yeah YEAH
Thank you Mr Eavis. Just when I needed a crumb of comfort (if you want to know why and don't mind protracted hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing, head over here), he's only gone and released news of a rather spiffing Glastonbury line-up.
Headliners Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Blur were already confirmed, but now the additional presence of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Maximo Park, Franz Ferdinand, Dizzee Rascal, Jarvis Cocker, The Soft Pack, Bat For Lashes and - yes - Spinal Tap amongst others has also been announced. The only fly in the ointment I can see is the potential direct clash between Neil Young and Animal Collective, but hopefully it'll be possible to work around that.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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Having seen both - go for Neil Young. Trust me.
Really? Tell me more...
(I was inclined to see some of Neil Young but try and see as much of Animal Collective as possible.)
http://fractional.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-go-home-with-your-hard-on.html
But jeeze, if you've seen AC already and you haven't seen Neil Young, then I would think the choice is even more obvious! He was great when I saw him.
I haven't seen either... Need to get Merriweather Post Pavillion before the festival. That does sound like quite a frustrating gig, though.
Mike Orme down in San Francisco saw them after I did and said they were horrible, so...
I mean, if they were the only ones playing, then of course check them out. But Young opened with a thunderous "Love and Only Love" and followed it up with a version of "Hey Hey My My" that I thought was going to crack the sky. And he played "Cortez the Killer" and a host of other favourites. The new stuff was decent, but the old stuff (and he played plenty) was transcendent.
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