Glastonbury coverage

I've always enjoyed "Pictures of Matchstick Men", their first hit single. If wiki is to be believed, then the inspiration for the song is below...

"I wrote it on the bog. I'd gone there, not for the usual reasons...but to get away from the wife and mother-in-law. I used to go into this narrow frizzing toilet and sit there for hours, until they finally went out. I got three quarters of the song finished in that khazi. The rest I finished in the lounge."

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From "Dog of Two Head" thru to "Blue For You"

The Quo made wonderful elpees even before Dog - three rather good elpees Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo, Spare Parts and Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon. They also made a wonderful single called Down the Dust Pipe.

As Dennis says (didn't know that WiKi fact) Francis Rossi wrote Pictures of Matchstick Men - the Quo were not a bubblegum pop group, they were up there with the best.

Later, as Jet says, they made some fine head down no nonsense boogie.

Great band - IMHO, Rotf

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Originally posted by TomK:

Disagree entirely except for the sound. I thought he was superb and can't wait for Hampden in a couple of weeks. Surely you can't blame him for the poor sound from a BBC broadcast. You shouldn't patronise people like this. Others liked him, you didn't. BFD.

I do despair sometimes. Where in my post did I blame Bruce for the sound? How exactly did I patronise anyone?

It is perhaps somewhat patronising to comment on my post without apparently having bothered to read it properly! Moreover I am a huge fan who has attended his gigs for around 30 years now and I gave a very specific reason for no longer getting an emotional connection from his gigs. That connection periodically still comes through in the recorded music and clearly many of the songs will always be live highlights. None of that was my point. There is a world of difference between addressing stories of his youth to me amongst 75,000 people and the "testifyin'" stuff we get now. The difference wad the precise thing that got him an audience. It was never the length of the show or whatever. It was a connection. If you don't get that from the live experience then why bother?

Enjoy your gig. You'll hear some great songs and have an enjoyable communal experience but Bruce nowadays is not significantly different to any other stadium act.

You disagree? Fine. Show a little respect for a differing opinion.

Mike

I agree Mike, I have seen Bruce 25 odd times including in my youth most of the 'River' tour in the smallish halls around this fair isle. My connection with Bruce is still there in a different way though. When Danny Federici died and Bruce put up 'Sandy' on his website, the last song Danny played with Bruce it all came flowing back and as many on this site will testify felt very emotional, it was like part of our innocence at what we loved about Bruce had gone as we realise we are not immortal ourselves.

Over the last 10 years I have had lots of opportunities to see Bruce in the Stadiums and haven't gone. for me it is sort of like visiting an old uncle you feel less and less connection with. You maybe still love him but you havent much to talk about anymore. I do wish tho I had seen the Seeger sessions band as that was something a bit different and Bruce to a degree more than many artists can reinvent himself successfully and then get back to the day job.

I watched Bruce at Glasto (on the telly) and enjoyed it, the man can run around at 58 the way Andy Murray does Did it have the spark it did when I was in my 20's, no way, I loved the guitar solo on 'Prove it' and there were other elements but no, it didn't move me the way it would have done once. I guess for Bruce you can't sing those old songs (with the exception of 'Sandy' with Danny) with the passion you did as a young man, he's been playing 'Born to Run' for 35 odd years for heavens sake.

I'm a bit sorry to have left it behind but there is plenty of other music out there which drives my musical passion, sometimes it may be one song by an artist, sometimes an album, sometimes their whole canon. As I move on with my life I often leave things behind -sorry Bruce, I still love you, just not the way I did.

Regards

Diccus

Sorry, I've never 'got' Bruce Springsteen. But being open-minded I watched Glasto to see if my mind might be changed. It wasn't.

I have always been very disparaging about Springsteen - the only time I've been able to enjoy any of his songs is if they've been performed by other people. But peversely I rather enjoyed the Glasto gig. Can't comment on the sound quality as only listening through TV speakers and it sounded no better or worse than anything else I watch!

The highlight for me was I think was still Regina Spektor but muchly enjoyed Neil Young, Blur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Lady GaGa all for different reasons and was intruiged by Florence and the Machine!

Steeve

....and, alas, still no TV coverage of Emmy The Great!

AC/DC would of rocked..followed by Quo?

Blur and Prodigy both tremendous.

I quite enjoyed Blur, but Prodigy what's the point of keep playing the same song over?

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Originally posted by BigH47:
I quite enjoyed Blur, but Prodigy what's the point of keep playing the same song over?

Ask Status Quo

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Originally posted by munch:

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Originally posted by David Leedham:

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Originally posted by BigH47:
I quite enjoyed Blur, but Prodigy what's the point of keep playing the same song over?

Ask Status Quo

At least you know what the Quo are singing

Unfortunately

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Originally posted by BigH47:
I quite enjoyed Blur, but Prodigy what's the point of keep playing the same song over?

You need to get down with the kids dude.

Nah!

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Originally posted by David Leedham:

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Originally posted by BigH47:
I quite enjoyed Blur, but Prodigy what's the point of keep playing the same song over?

Ask Status Quo

That's a bit unfair; Francis Rossi spent hours learning that 4th chord especially for a new song.