Glastonbury review

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Glastonbury 2004, Saturday June 26


Saturday afternoon and it's still raining but nobody cares as My Morning Jacket, British Sea Power, The Killers, Basement Jaxx and Paul McCartney brave the elements.


16:50 On the Other Stage, My Morning Jacket are here to make up for their truncated set last year when the Glasto Sound Nazis pulled the plug in the middle of the false endings of 'Phone Went West'. Now with two new members on board after the amicable departure of guitarist Johnny Quaid and keyboard player Danny Cash, MMJ have their momentum back and are taking it all in their stride. Make no mistake, if you like guitar bands at all, My Morning Jacket  must be seen live. Today's performance is no exception, 'Run Thru' and 'Mahgeetah' from latest album 'It Still Moves', come layered in reverb, hair and melancholy, stirring the soul with Jim James mournful country boy vocals. Seeing this band at a festival should be compulsory. [NP]

18:10 Staying with the Other Stage for British Sea Power seems the only sensible thing to do. Yann and co. take the stage in their fell walking / WWII garb and the usual mixture of plants, stuffed birds and giant bears are present. A stirring 'Remember Me', a glorious 'Childhood Memories' and a haunting 'Carrion' vie for set highlight honours. It's rousing stuff, with guitars crisp enough to brush away any last haziness left over from last night's trip to Lost Vagueness. We doff our caps and await a new record with great expectations. [NP]

19:15 From Thursday onwards the Glasto site is full of festival goers proudly displaying their Killers pin badges and t-shirts indicating this may just be the band set to repeat the Kings Of Leon's New Tent-ramming appearance from 2003. Since the re-release of 'Mr. Brightside' the Las Vegas outfit have risen so quickly that they have already outgrown the venue. Coming on like New Order dressed as The Strokes with a secret penchant for Duran Duran and Morrissey, when 'Jenny' and 'Somebody Told Me' fizz out of the speakers it's hard not to get caught up in the ecstatic atmosphere. The only negative aspect of the band's forty-minute set is that while the album's highlights sound great, the filler still sounds like filler. However, with an audience in no mood to criticise, even a lighting rig malfunction can't stop The Killers today. Finishing their set illuminated only by blinking strobes it's clear that for a festival debut The Killers barely put a foot wrong, and as super-animated frontman Brandon Flowers beats his chest screaming "...I've got potential!" during 'Somebody Told Me', it's hard to disagree. [JF]


22:50 As a contrast to the previous night's greatest hits set from the Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx are in no mood to make things easy on themselves. Instead, Brixton's finest tear straight into the 'Kish Kash' roadshow that seems to have been laying waste to venues forever. Not to say that the hits aren't played, however. 'Red Alert', 'Where's Your Head At?' and a climactic 'Jump And Shout' are all received with the respect they deserve, but unnecessary airings of 'Supersonic' and their rapidly ageing 'Seven Nation Army' remix could easily be dropped in favour of an absent 'Bingo Bango' or 'Get Me Off'. Once again, Simon and Felix play out a perfectly entertaining show in comparison to most other live dance. However, in contrast to the heavy, soulful and fresh Chemical Brothers set the previous night, the Jaxx just seem tired and happy to ride the coat-tails of former glories. With house music experiencing a lull, their future hangs on the merits of their next studio album. [JF]

22:30 On the Pyramid Stage, Paul McCartney is being what only Macca can. The banter may be that of a well loved but embarrassing uncle (too many referrences to feeling groovy and leylines) and the band may be of the 'well respected session musicians' variety, but you can't argue with the likes of 'Jet', 'Helter Skelter', 'Blackbird', 'Let It Be', 'Eleanor Rigby', 'Drive My Car', 'Penny Lane', 'Get Back' , 'Band On The Run' , 'Back In The USSR', 'Drive my Car', 'Maybe I'm Amazed', 'Yesterday' and that's not even the half of it (the fireworks during 'Live And Let Die' are nothing short of inspired). And the fact that it's Paul McCartney. People sing along, hold hands, rock back and forth and smile like something really special is happening. And it is. He was in the Beatles, you know. [NP]


Nick Peters, Jon Ford

[CC]

BBC Radio 1 - The Blue Room
17 July 2004
Presented By Chris Coco
My Morning Jacket live from Glastonbury

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/dance/blueroom/index.shtml

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BBC Radio 1 - The Blue Room
17 July 2004
Presented By Chris Coco
My Morning Jacket live from Glastonbury

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/dance/blueroom/index.shtml

Is it possible for someone to record this and make it available for everyone to copy?  Or is that frowned upon?

[CC]

coupla pictures in the gallery...

[wordawg]

Nice pics.