???? Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 http://youtu.be/6utdlMvuD74Sham Army Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jctg Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 At least your chance of having the shit kicked out of you are considerably lower at Bestival etc. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-814926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 'Tis true, going to gigs and football had a lot more risk in the 'good old days' .....there was some excitement in that though :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-814931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyDeliah Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I want to get to The Big Green Gathering this year. Did it a few years back as a litter picker (free entry & food :-)), but might buy a ticket this year. Not as expensive as other festivals, but it's full of hippies, travellers and the great unwashed, like festivals of yore :-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-814936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieH Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Everyone should be the great unwashed at a festival. Queuing an hour for a shower that dribbles cold water down one side of your body only and gives you athletes foot is no one's idea of a good time.It's why god invented wet wipes. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-814946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I've got a fold up washing bowl from a camping shop and a microfibre towel and all festivals have taps on site- fantastic. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-814963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The one thing I can't compromise on is cleaning my teeth in the morning, even if it does mean queueing for the one tap whilst desperate for a wee. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-814968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Yeah definitely wet wipes instead of showers at festivals. Brushing teeth is doable with just a small amount of bottled water.Can't be doing with hippies and crusties though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-814986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquarius moon Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Can't be doing with hippies?Shame on you.Flower power, patchouli oil, 'Hair', The Beatles.........There was nothing better than being one. Wish I still was. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 never trust a hippy.....as Mr Rotten wisely said :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquarius moon Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Were you a hippy Quids? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Nope...punk and soulboy for me Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquarius moon Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I would've loved to be a hippy in the 60's but was born a few years too late.Any other ex-hippies on here? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 I don't trust hippiesOr punksOr soul boysOr raversOr grungers Or teddiesOr..... Etc Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkdrive Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 ???? Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> never trust a hippy.....as Mr Rotten wisely said> :)Is this the same Mr Lydon who sneered at the establishment of the 70's who did those butter ads and now lives in LA? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 The very one. Never trust a punk. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernesto Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 festivals were always middle class, even back in the "good old days" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Of course they're middle class - they're organised events. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miga Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernesto Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 almost. original "glasto" ( fe3ckin lol) was a quid or so and the likes of hawkwind probably were paid in drugs anyway.festivals and tours were loss leader to plug the albumsNow music sales are dead and the money is in touring. and if you want quality acts like Nick Cave ( fe3cking lol II) , then you need to pay proper money Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 HMHB never play festivals.ernesto's case rests Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miga Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 My first glasto we parked a huge old campervan on a flat area up the hill from main stage, facing the stage - maybe 1/4 mile away, we had friends camped even nearer, they had a small fire going the whole weekend for pots of tea and heating up tins of food. There were loads of unscheduled gigs in private tents or outside them powered by generators, dealers had blackboards outside their tents listing what they were selling or openly roamed around shouting out what they had in stock, the stalls selling trinkets were many but casually organised, it absolutely poured down, we sold 40 gallons of wine and got busted by the hells angels - my mate who made the wine swapped 3 gallons for a massive slab of red leb.There was a small white marquee, the base lines you could feel a mike away, when you went inside if was trestle tables at one end with loads of West Indian rastamans selling tea and biscuits, they were too wrecked to remember what you'd ordered and who had ordered it, the opposite end of the marquee was a wall of speakers, in between a crowd getting down to dub and reggae, spent a couple hours a day there.When it rained too hard in the evening a dozen of us piled into the van and watched the main band from huge the front seat or seats behind, front window was massive.It was a crazy show but so, soooo much more fun than nowadays - haven't been since 2000 as a result. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernesto Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 El Pibe Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> HMHB never play festivals.> ernesto's case restshttp://louderthanwar.com/mid-80s-half-man-half-biscuit-song-told-the-truth-about-jimmy-savile/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 My first festival was the Great western could not even call it working class proper rough.Bob S Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/53454-when-festivals-werent-300-middle-class-wnk/#findComment-815368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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