Glastonbury - The Film/Soundtrack

usernick · Post by **usernick** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:17 pm

Has anyone either seen the film or heard the soundtrack to the new Glastonbury film?

The soundtrack lists "Impact" (which I assume is live?) - does anyone know if this is in the film or not?

Cheers

tezleyflahflah · Post by **tezleyflahflah** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:40 pm

Watched the film on BBC2 on Saturday night and no sign of Orbital.
The DVD has extra footage so I guess that may show some of the boys.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:01 pm

tezleyflahflah wrote:Watched the film on BBC2 on Saturday night and no sign of Orbital.
The DVD has extra footage so I guess that may show some of the boys.

Was just going to say the same thing...

The music credits listed 2 Orbital tracks, neither of which I heard in the film. They were 'Impact' and 'Doctor?'.

If 'Impact' is in the bonus stuff, I'm hoping it's the legendary 1994 performance. My first ever live Orbital experience and it blew my mind.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:40 pm

Right, I've found 'Impact' in the film and it's a real 'blink n' you'll miss it' bit. It's played when they're showing the dodgy animation of how the new fence will be constructed, so you've got the animation, Orbital and Eavis all in the same sequence.

Haven't heard the other Orbital track in there yet and they're not featured on the second DVD...

davemacfrombath · Post by **davemacfrombath** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:17 am

That was very well spotted Dog. I must have blinked.

Sad to say, but I think the film's shit.

I REALLY wanted it to be good, but it just isn't.

The 'feature' performances selected are not the best and even when he gets the band right, he inevitably chooses the wrong song from the set.

Too busy trying to be a film director, I suppose...

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:45 am

I was quite surprised how they managed to omit the one band who payed Glastonbury more times than anyone else and who Michael Eavis called 'The House Band'...

davemacfrombath · Post by **davemacfrombath** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:56 am

yes, but we WOULD say that...

memly · Post by **memly** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:16 pm

So basically the general con census is... its not worth buying?

What were Eavis' defining moments then?
Pulp?
Oasis?
Levellers?
Muse?

Is there any Radiohead there?
Chems? Leftfield? Bjork?

I was contemplating a purchase, but I think i am gonna hold back for a bit...

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:58 pm

Featuring:

Coldplay
Primal Scream
Blur
David Bowie
Bjork
Morrissey
Scissor Sisters
The Chemical Brithers
Radiohead
Paul McCartney
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Pulp
The Killers
Foo Fighters
Goldfrapp
R.E.M.
The White Stripes
Kaiser Chiefs
plus others

davemacfrombath · Post by **davemacfrombath** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:09 pm

If you can get hold of copies of BBC broadcasts for the last few years, you're better off doing that IMO.

I've got a few years' worth on dodgy video at home and they give a far better feel of the festival than the film.

memly · Post by **memly** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:20 pm

I'd rather not know aboot your "dodgy" videos Dave

I presume there is a lot aboot the non-musical side to Glastonbury?

A guided tour around the Greenfields and Lost Vagueness??

A guide to the good and bad hash truffles?

No Oasis? Thats quite funny if there isnt any. But then Noel and Liam have publically slagged off the festival... along with everything else in the world.

Funky Dung · Post by **Funky Dung** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:29 pm

The Glastonbury movie is much more about the ethos of the festival and the spirit that makes it so special, rather than the bands who've played on the Pyramid stage. More the Green Fields hippy element than the pop fan element, which is why there aren't many bands featured.

Watch the BBC coverage if you want concerts, watch the movie for lots of footage of people on drugs wandering around covered in mud.

davemacfrombath · Post by **davemacfrombath** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:31 pm

I disagree, there's loads of footage of non-band aspects to the festival on BBC.

The choice of bands isn't really what disappoints me about the film, more the lack of really interesting footage of the festival.

Basically, I've been going since 1987 and, if I'd had a camera could've filmed more intersting stuff that is in the film.

But then again, Glasto isn't reknowned for people being together enough to produce decent film footage and I expect Temple was a bit limited in the raw material.

I think the nub of the problem is that there could be half a dozen films on 'Glastonbury' with hardly any overlap between them. This film seems to try to cover all aspects and be all things to all men but ultimately fails to satisfy.

Oh, and just in case anyone is wondering, I probably see an average of 3 bands a year at the pyramid stage.

Funky Dung · Post by **Funky Dung** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:40 pm

I think the problem is that not many people are stupid/rich enough to take video cameras to Glastonbury (certainly not before the big new fence went up), so there's a real lack of footage. You can tell that they had maybe three videos to work with, and decided to drag the film out to what seemed like 5 hours using it.

I enjoyed it for a while, but I think it's a badly made documentary. It just rambles on with a load of completely disjointed clips without really making any point, other than "Glastonbury is fun", which it keeps repeating for far too long. Still, was nice to see some other people's footage. Made me wish I'd had a camera with me for some of the hilarious times I've had there.

I did like the amount of main stage footage in there though. It felt how the festival feels to me - wandering and meeting strange people and doing unusual things all day, then suddenly you're in the middle of an enormous rock concert with David Bowie or whoever playing to tens of thousands of people.