Zz Top @ Glastonbury

[melv16]

An absolute shambles. I've seen better pub bands.

[murraymints]

never been a fan...

[THECORBYLOON]

I think there's a problem with the sound system...it's switched on.

[murraymints]

someone throw them a bottle of Old Spice !!

[Buenchico]

I've not seen it but surely they can't have been as dire as Kanye West was last year, can they?

I've just seen this photo, taken at the current Glasto shindig, on the Guardian website:
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8e356fd0953ed253bd9830d733af75578bd3e0ab/0_161_4368_2621/master/4368.jpg?w=780&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&;s=72384ada91e76bb1beef7314fc4784b8
"Has anyone here seen my fella. He was here a moment ago!"
;-)

[murraymints]

lol

[jakep]

Have come to bed with my book as oh has it on and I couldn't take my more!

[jakep]

Def typed 'any' more

[Berniecuddles2]

They were the nuts seen em loads of times ..stick with cliff Richard!

[CrapAtCryptics]

The mike placement was very poor - they are quite accomplished musicians - check out a few tracks on youtube.

[piggynose]

had a look at them on youtube from a gig last year, and they didn't sound too good.

[andy-hughes]

ZZ Top have always been one of the least charismatic bands ever on stage. They have no personality, they play their songs just like the record, and their set still revolves around their Eliminator album, one of the over-produced albums ever made - it's a wonder they bothered to turn up, it's just boogie-by-computer.

I saw them too, but the great thing about a festival is, there is always something else around the corner. Better luck tomorrow!

[douglas9401]

I didn't see them at Pret a Glasto but there's much to hear from the early days.
You might have missed La Grange, Tubesnake Boogie, Tush, Cheap Sunglasses, and on and on, all pre-dating the mega seller Eliminator.
Of course an expert in the field would know this already and not dismiss the best part of fifty years in the business with a few throwaway words.

[andy-hughes]

douglas - //Of course an expert in the field would know this already and not dismiss the best part of fifty years in the business with a few throwaway words. //

I am sure you are right, but we don't have an 'expert' on this thread yet, so we'll have to hang on until one turns up.

[Zacs-Master]

To be fair, Eliminator was brought out in an era of overproduced records brought about by the new music format, CDs. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms being one, Def Leppard's Hysteria, the list goes on. And on.

[andy-hughes]

I take your point Zacs, with the exception of De Leppard - their albums under the helm of Mutt Lange were aimed fairly and squarely at American radio because that is where the hits come from.

Lange cheerfully admitted that the songs were mixed in a way to sound as bright as possible on FM radio - and his plan worked, as subsequent sales in the US have shown.