What are your unpopular opinions? (Vol. 2)
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djc206 said:
mickythefish said:
Glastonbury is full of people I wouldn't want to be around, too much preaching, virtue signalling and has become what it was supposed to be against.
Glastonbury is full of every kind of person, that’s the beauty of it. It’s not too hard to avoid the political stuff if you don’t want to get involved with it such is the size and diversity of the place.nuyorican said:
Seeing as Glastonbury has been mentioned. Another one of my unpopular opinions -
Music festivals are awful.
I’ve tried. Went to numerous ones. I like camping. And I am literally obsessed with music. But mixing the two? No. Especially when booze and drugs are thrown into the mix. Just become a test of endurance. Used to love the old raves as they were generally over the next day. Plus they just did the one style of music, the music YOU liked if you were attending. Festivals do the whole, something for everyone, jack of all trades… which is reflected in the ticket price.
Towards the end of my festival going years I noticed more and more straight-edge families, super organised dad types who start moaning about noise etc in their area. I get the feeling that that’s who festivals are aimed at these days. A kind of instagram friendly camping trip.
folk festivals, or cover band ones, are brilliant. luckily the idiots stay away, not Instagram friendly. Music festivals are awful.
I’ve tried. Went to numerous ones. I like camping. And I am literally obsessed with music. But mixing the two? No. Especially when booze and drugs are thrown into the mix. Just become a test of endurance. Used to love the old raves as they were generally over the next day. Plus they just did the one style of music, the music YOU liked if you were attending. Festivals do the whole, something for everyone, jack of all trades… which is reflected in the ticket price.
Towards the end of my festival going years I noticed more and more straight-edge families, super organised dad types who start moaning about noise etc in their area. I get the feeling that that’s who festivals are aimed at these days. A kind of instagram friendly camping trip.
JuniorD said:
That "Skyfall" place where people go to replicate the James Bond scene in their cars. I've never seen a picture that is anything other than underwhelming. Even in the movie it was underwhelming.
You're correct on that, speaking as someone who has taken the very picture you refer to. However, it's lovely valley in reality, and I enjoyed bombing down the road in the evo (where there were clear lines of sight). It was also part of a larger tour for me: Glencoe and Applecross.
hidetheelephants said:
djc206 said:
mickythefish said:
Glastonbury is full of people I wouldn't want to be around, too much preaching, virtue signalling and has become what it was supposed to be against.
Glastonbury is full of every kind of person, that’s the beauty of it. It’s not too hard to avoid the political stuff if you don’t want to get involved with it such is the size and diversity of the place.Why bring class into it? Do working class people not have holidays?
Any outrage at the ticket price is laughable faux outrage. It’s a bloody bargain for the variety and volume of entertainment on offer.
mickythefish said:
ermm it was in reply to the comment thought that was obvious, you can't really escape political commentary when it is the main stage, thought that was obvious.
Don’t go to the Pyramid stage then. There were 105 stages at Glasto this year, plenty of alternatives to choose from. Or just accept that music and politics are heavily intertwined and if you don’t like the message just ignore it.JuniorD said:
That "Skyfall" place where people go to replicate the James Bond scene in their cars. I've never seen a picture that is anything other than underwhelming. Even in the movie it was underwhelming.
That's interesting and I agree. It's far more impressive in reality and means more if you've been there. We were there about 10 years before Skyfall in a nice classic car (Sadly nothing like Bond's) and my wife commented that "they should shoot films here"
We were gobsmacked at seeing the very same spot in Skyfall years later and to recognise it.
I would feel a bit of a prat trying to recreate anything from James Bond though.
Bad enough that years ago I was trying to explain to someone that I'd noticed that my work at the time had taken me to many Bond locations by pure coincidence and they said to me "oh, so you see yourself as James Bond"
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