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Field Day 2007
2007年 8月 14日, 21:21
Sat 11 Aug – Field Day 2007
Okay, lets get the bad stuff over with first - yes, the bar and toilets. For the record, I was in the bar scrum from 15.20 to 16.20. I wouldn't have minded if there had been a queue, but it was a bit primal, and I'm sure there were people who started out behind me and ended up in front. But still, I did get a couple of beers without missing any of the bands I wanted to see. And full marks for the free drinking water pipe (although looking at the shoutbox it seems some people missed this). The other bad thing of course was the toilets. I guess being a bloke it wasn't too bad, but I can't say I was too impressed by all the other blokes peeing just about everywhere. I mean, I saw people sitting under some of those trees later at night.
Then there was the stuff that was missing. I looked all over for the pear cider but couldn't find it. And what about the largest marrow competition? I'd been thinking about buying one from Waitrose to see if I could cheat my way to some kind of prize. Just as well I didn't because it would have been a tough one to explain to the security guards at the entrance.
But at the end of the day, I went for the music. And what a great line-up it was. I managed to catch Caribou, Fridge, The Aliens, Electrelane, and Bat For Lashes. Had to miss Battles and The Earlies because of clashes though. The musical highlight of the day for me was seeing Fridge again. Some great tracks from the new album, which I didn't like as much at first but I'm now reassessing. I hope they stick together and do some more. The Aliens also put on a good show, although you'd have thought the frontsman would have practiced throwing and catching the mike at home before trying it on stage. Electrelane were simply captivating. Bat for Lashes were great too. Another band that seems to come across better live than on CD. The only slight complaint there was the volume of the DJ tent nearby, which meant all I was hearing in the quieter bits was the boom-boom-boom-boom next door. And what was with the roadie with his more-than-5-minutes of fame at the start and Jism tattoo? Caught a little of Four Tet at the end, but when he got carried away playing with his knobs and twiddling his tracks out of recognition I decided to call it a night. So overall, for me, the music more than made up for the teething troubles.
Okay, lets get the bad stuff over with first - yes, the bar and toilets. For the record, I was in the bar scrum from 15.20 to 16.20. I wouldn't have minded if there had been a queue, but it was a bit primal, and I'm sure there were people who started out behind me and ended up in front. But still, I did get a couple of beers without missing any of the bands I wanted to see. And full marks for the free drinking water pipe (although looking at the shoutbox it seems some people missed this). The other bad thing of course was the toilets. I guess being a bloke it wasn't too bad, but I can't say I was too impressed by all the other blokes peeing just about everywhere. I mean, I saw people sitting under some of those trees later at night.
Then there was the stuff that was missing. I looked all over for the pear cider but couldn't find it. And what about the largest marrow competition? I'd been thinking about buying one from Waitrose to see if I could cheat my way to some kind of prize. Just as well I didn't because it would have been a tough one to explain to the security guards at the entrance.
But at the end of the day, I went for the music. And what a great line-up it was. I managed to catch Caribou, Fridge, The Aliens, Electrelane, and Bat For Lashes. Had to miss Battles and The Earlies because of clashes though. The musical highlight of the day for me was seeing Fridge again. Some great tracks from the new album, which I didn't like as much at first but I'm now reassessing. I hope they stick together and do some more. The Aliens also put on a good show, although you'd have thought the frontsman would have practiced throwing and catching the mike at home before trying it on stage. Electrelane were simply captivating. Bat for Lashes were great too. Another band that seems to come across better live than on CD. The only slight complaint there was the volume of the DJ tent nearby, which meant all I was hearing in the quieter bits was the boom-boom-boom-boom next door. And what was with the roadie with his more-than-5-minutes of fame at the start and Jism tattoo? Caught a little of Four Tet at the end, but when he got carried away playing with his knobs and twiddling his tracks out of recognition I decided to call it a night. So overall, for me, the music more than made up for the teething troubles.
