Roskilde Festival 2006 - what a scoarcher!

hello all you good, good people

came back from Denmark yesterday and after 20 hrs of sleep i think i am finally up for facing the reality (am i?).. This years line up was awesome and there's a few to make you green with envy The Editors (a good gig), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (a good gig), Deus (fantastic), Sigur Ros (emotionally draining = fab), Radiosoulwax - Nite Versions (fab dj set!), Veto (my personal revelation, danish mixture of bloc party, radiohead .. mixed with robert smith's vocal! - awesome gig), Gogol Bordello (the most energetic gig i ever saw, a good one), Martha Wainwright (whinging cow) Shout Out Louds (nice performance), Front 242 (blimey, they rock!!!, as in a industrial way:) , Rufus Wainwright (the best gig this year for me, just him and a guitar and piano, this has just blew me away),Happy Mondays (saw them in Mcr earlier this year and they were better in Manc land, Shaun has lost the plot - not that he's had it before), The Streets (were better two yrs ago, this year they were okish), Death Cab for Cutie (dissapointing), Primal Scream (a very good gig until someone from the stage people has shown the note in the middle of 'Kill all Hippies' saying 'England's Out' - Bobby was never the same again, a good one overall), Superdiscount (great dj set), Tiga (nice dance music in scoarching weather), George Clinton Parliament/Funkadelic (i never thought that funk music can do such things to me, an absolute pearler!), Phoenix (a bit dissapointing for me), Artctic Monkeys (was a chocker block and i couldn't be arsed to stand there and listen to mere band, sorry), Wolfmother (mad, 70's rock style music), The Strokes (awesome!!!!!!), Coldcut (was a bit boring after half an hour), Goldfrapp (was cancelled due to illness, yeah right! Alison probably couldn't match her hot pants with the rest of her outfit)witch!, The Racounters (nothing out of the ordinary), Kaiser Chiefs (could hear them in the background and was glad that i didn't walk all those km's to see them), Roger Water who closed the festival with 'Dark Side of the Moon' LP (absolutely must go despite the fact that i don't consider myself to be a massive Pink Floyd fan).

Finally Moz. Out of 4 gigs that i saw this one has to be the worst one. It was too early (@19.00 in boiling weather), on a main stage ( he was loads better two yrs ago in the biggest tent), and finally you could tell that he couldn't be arsed to make an effort. Three Smith's songs (Panic, Girlfriend in a Coma and How Soon is Now?), most of the crap current LP (apart from Life is a Pigsty which sounds fab live!), and great 'Irish Blood English Heart'. The whole gig lasted an hour(!!!! and frankly fuck knows why (sorry for my language but i was really pissed off). It might be the case of Bob Dylan playing half an hour later and crowd safety ppl had to escort 80.000 people from Mozzer's show and let another lot of how many geriatrics to see Bob Dylan in. I haven't got a clue. The fact is that the gig was okish and was too short.

Those are my short reviews od SOME of the bands that i saw but it will let you see at a glance how was it. Will put some piccies later on when i manage to use my photo cars with my laptop

Cheerio!

Bloody hell Iwona, that's a fantastic line-up, no wonder you were so excited.

I think you've just about seen everybody i wanted to see!

Why don't you come to Liverpool, oh go on...

[magenta]Missy Jem[/magenta] wrote: Bloody hell Iwona, that's a fantastic line-up, no wonder you were so excited.

I think you've just about seen everybody i wanted to see!

Why don't you come to Liverpool, oh go on...

Yep, it was good. And thanks to our good work (UK ambassadors for Roskilde) more and more Brits are there, and you can tell You don't have to convince me sugar, i would LOVE to go to L'pool but i am really skint and don't have a ticket. When exactly is it?

This Saturday, might be a bit soon after your trip. Get saving for October though, i'm sure you can manage Blackpool

October is more like it! Won't be able to do saturday as there's something wrong with my ankles, they were swollen after three days and i missed out on a lot of gigs because of that (can't walk properly):( Will go to a&e today and we shall see what's what. I'm really pissed off because i've got a ticket for the twilight singers on thursday...how am i going to get there, i don't know. I'm sure you'll have a wicked time on sat!

Sigur Ros was there?

Some people have all the fun. No, I'm not jealous. :p

Emma

Shed Peel wrote: Sigur Ros was there?

Some people have all the fun. No, I'm not jealous. :p

Emma

Yep, Sigur Ros were there! Saw them two years ago and this year again. That's why i'm looking forward to Roskilde every year and they have never let mw down. Actually there are two things i am looking forward to: Christmas and Roskilde

girl afraid wrote: The Editors (a good gig), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (a good gig), Deus (fantastic), Sigur Ros (emotionally draining = fab), Radiosoulwax - Nite Versions (fab dj set!), Veto (my personal revelation, danish mixture of bloc party, radiohead .. mixed with robert smith's vocal! - awesome gig), Gogol Bordello Shout Out Louds Happy Mondays Death Cab for Cutie (dissapointing), Primal Scream (a very good gig until someone from the stage people has shown the note in the middle of 'Kill all Hippies' saying 'England's Out' - Bobby was never the same again, a good one overall),

err there's no "The" in Editors name.

some good acts there though not sure why bobby would be upset by engerlands departure - isn't he scotch?

hibster wrote:

girl afraid wrote: The Editors (a good gig), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (a good gig), Deus (fantastic), Sigur Ros (emotionally draining = fab), Radiosoulwax - Nite Versions (fab dj set!), Veto (my personal revelation, danish mixture of bloc party, radiohead .. mixed with robert smith's vocal! - awesome gig), Gogol Bordello Shout Out Louds Happy Mondays Death Cab for Cutie (dissapointing), Primal Scream (a very good gig until someone from the stage people has shown the note in the middle of 'Kill all Hippies' saying 'England's Out' - Bobby was never the same again, a good one overall),

err there's no "The" in Editors name.

some good acts there though not sure why bobby would be upset by engerlands departure - isn't he scotch?

all right, all right keep your hair on Editors then, still a good gig though! As for Bobby G, just telling how it was, he wasn't a happy bunny. Mind you, he never is! Mani was great and said that you just can't help it so why dwell on it...Great lad.

i noted you were going there,seen some great line ups at them festival abroad..bought sugur ros last week and have wondering what the hell i've bought but will give it another try.i do know first hand that editors are fantastic.its ace you went and i am glad it was worth it for you

did you get takk? live with it for a bit, i think its amazing, but not everyone's the same. glad to see someone giving new bands a go though

bansheeman wrote: i noted you were going there,seen some great line ups at them festival abroad..bought sugur ros last week and have wondering what the hell i've bought but will give it another try.i do know first hand that editors are fantastic.its ace you went and i am glad it was worth it for you

You have to give Sigur Ros some time, i mean let's facet it, you have to be in a certain mood to listen to it. Give it another try. For me?

You should try going to Denmark for Roskilde, all those GORGEOUS people, absolutely stunning they are. Not to mention, they are sooo friendly (ermm, very easy going so easy that you don't have to wait long for them to take their gear off

hibster wrote: did you get takk? live with it for a bit, i think its amazing, but not everyone's the same. glad to see someone giving new bands a go though

Takk as for yes? Because that's what it means. You've lost me here. Roskilde is always giving new bands a green light, fair enough the majority are scandinavian but they are still great bands. Look for Kent, Kashmir, Kaizers Orchestra, The Hives, Mew, Veto.....