Good evening, Kibitzers!
As I’m writing on Monday night, I have no idea what frame of mind any of us will be in 24 hours from now. There’s a hastily-convened January 6 hearing Tuesday afternoon, but who will testify and to what are still mysteries. We’re all shocked but not surprised by Dobbs, but are hopefully emerging from paralysis into righteous fury (I know some of us were at righteous fury all along, and bless you all).
So I waffled for some time about what sort of stuff to put here, and finally settled on some music from the recent Glastonbury Festival. Music is always good.
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts has been held in most years since it began in 1970 as the Pop, Blues & Folk Festival. That 1500-attendee event’s £1 admission ticket included free milk from the farm that hosted it, plus an ox roast. The poster advises that one may apply by post for tickets from “M. Eavis, Esq., Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset”.
It’s now a five-day festival with around 200,000 attendees, and it was back this year after taking two years off for Covid. (The bolded link above the fold is its website, where you can find details about what went on this year plus, among other things, a history page where every past festival is chronicled.) There are TONS of videos on their YouTube channel. Also, it’s worth looking at the scope of their lineup web page.
This is a little promo montage — looks to me kind of like Woodstock meets Burning Man (more on the Woodstock end, vegetation-wise). The white-bearded gentleman opening the gates is M. Eavis, Esq., the founder. There’s a wedding at about 1:25, and the outfits of the celebrant and both the people getting married have made me very envious. Particularly the groom — I want that jacket. [1:48]
I carried this festival performance into KTK the other day, from Bethesda 1971’s diary, but it really needs to be here again. [5:45]
The other way Glastonbury came up on Sunday was in a New Day comment with a tweet depicting Paul McCartney playing there with Bruce Springsteen. They don’t seem to have that clip on their website, but they do have this Band on the Run featuring Dave Grohl. [5:32]
I decided I wasn’t going to just post people who are pushing 80, so I watched some bands I was not very (or at all) familiar with and I’m adding some of those I liked best. Links on band names are band Wikipedia pages; links on titles are lyrics. And now I’ll shut up, mostly.
This is HAIM playing Summer Girl. [4:46]
Crowded House: Don’t Dream It’s Over. [4:20]
Little Dragon: Where You Belong. [3:52]
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: When the Levee Breaks. [8:54]
Kacey Musgraves: Rainbow. [3:51]
Herbie Hancock: Cantaloupe Island. [5:20]
girl in red: i wanna be your girlfriend. [7:11]
Angélique Kidjo: Once in a Lifetime. [5:54]
Phoebe Bridgers, featuring Arlo Parks: I Know the End. [6:03]
I knew what he was going to do, but when he did it, it still made me cry.
Paul McCartney, featuring John Lennon: I’ve Got a Feeling. [3:51]
Since we don’t have the McCartney Glastonbury track with Springsteen, I offer in its place this appearance from June 16, at MetLife Stadium (formerly Giants Stadium) in East Rutherford, NJ. You just have to expect Springsteen to appear if you’re in New Jersey, right? Glory Days and I Wanna Be Your Man. [8:04]
Since his birthday was a couple of days earlier, I’d like to close with this one-minute birthday montage from the official Beatles YT channel, because it’s just joyful and we can use a minute of joy.