R.E.M. 1998 Glastonbury = best festival performance ever for Bloc Party guitarist

#1 fanfan

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 03:11 AM

In an interview with German INTRO magazine (#174, August 2009), Bloc Party guitarist Russel Lissack answers, when asked what was the best festival performance he saw in his life:

"R.E.M. 1998 at the Glastonbury festival. They managed to make everybody feel good although it was once again one of these typical Glastonbury mud battles"

(my translation)

[edit: sorry in the article it says 1998 but he must have talked about 1999? It's impossible to edit the title, though.]

Edited by fanfan, 26 July 2009 - 04:19 AM.
year wrong

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"Ja das Wichtigste ist dass das Feuer nicht aufh�rt zu brennen,
denn sonst wird es ganz bitterlich kalt.
Ja, die Flammen im Herzen sind durch nichts zu ersetzen."
(Jan Delay)

#2 thomas08

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 03:19 AM

does anybody have a recording of this? i've heard loads of brilliant things about the show, but never heard any songs from it

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 04:16 AM

Of course the guy was wrong when he said 1998, he must have talked about 1999? I'll try to edit the title of the thread.

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"Ja das Wichtigste ist dass das Feuer nicht aufh�rt zu brennen,
denn sonst wird es ganz bitterlich kalt.
Ja, die Flammen im Herzen sind durch nichts zu ersetzen."
(Jan Delay)

#4 dbrave1986

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 04:33 AM

Thomas08

there are some of the songs on youtube from the performance. Excellent too.

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#5 Martine

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 04:51 AM

thomas08 said:

does anybody have a recording of this? i've heard loads of brilliant things about the show, but never heard any songs from it

Once again, only in mp3s, sorry...

#6 halfaworldaway

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 07:53 AM

There should be a full recording of this available, it showed up many years after the fact.

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 07:54 AM

halfaworldaway said:

There should be a full recording of this available, it showed up many years after the fact.

Well, whoever has it, please share?

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Posted 26 July 2009 - 05:12 PM

Here's a performance on youtube of Finest Worksong. Stipey has the loosest hips I've ever seen. LOL! And he likes to box.

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