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AndrewG 12:50 pm UTC 06/29/09 |
| In reply to: | Glastonbury - Rob 11:20 pm UTC 06/28/09 |
| Think that is a a harsh conclusion to draw on Springsteen "the voice is on the way out". I saw him in Hyde Park yesterday and he has an energy I cannot think any other 59 year old has and his singing was spot on on the songs. Yes he does an amazing show like Meat but unlike Meat he has never struggled off and on with his voice as much whatsoever. His following would be hugely diminished (which has only increased actually) if he had imo as it's the live shows that make him not his albums really. Live sound of Glasto was not so hot on the vocals I thought anyway. Sure his voice has been more coarse since about 1999, with the come back of the E Street shows but I reckon the style of singing / age has done that. Will he be doing shows like this in 10 years time? Probably not and if in that respect you mean "the voice is on the way out" yeah you will be proven right but then you can say that about anybody hitting that age maybe with the exception of Tom Jones / Frank Sinatra but their style music and concerts are/were totally different. Tony Christie came out for 1 song as far as I can make out but maybe that was BBC cutting away? White Lies were awful. Probably the most awful thing I've seen broadcast on Glasto ever. Never saw Blur, not my cup of tea. > No idea how big this is around the world - does it even > get broadcast in other countries? I assume so. > > Anyways, rather than feeding the madness (a weakness of > mine), I thought I'd try something else. > > What's been good at Glasto this year? > > The Specials - great, but the elephant in the room was the > absence of chief writer Jerry Dammers, stabbed in the back > by the returning Terry Hall. Still, it was great to hear > Do Nothing, Rudy A Message To You, and Ghost Town after > all these years. > > Blur - just finished their headline slot to close the > festival. Quite breathtaking I thought, especially the > closing Universal. > > Springsteen - the band were awesome, the man himself > sweated out of every pore, the setlist was perfect....but > he's in danger of doing a Meat Loaf. The voice is no > longer there. It's not GONE in the way that Meat's has, > but it's on the way out. On Badlands and Born To Run it > was inaudible, but on Thunder Road and Dancing in the Dark > it was fine. But, like the Meaty man himself, he still > puts on a good show. A great show in fact. > > Nick Cave - awesome as always. > > That was about it this year - not a vintage year. Tom > Jones and Tony Christie were fine - exactly what you'd > expect. But there was a distinct lack of great, obscure > acts this year, which is what makes the festival so unique > usually. Maybe the BBC chose the wrong stages, but it was > a little bit anti-climactic compared to previous years. > > Anyways - anyone else been watching? Did I miss something > great? | |
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