exit music - straight to the marquee for guillemots, chaotic pop, but good songs in between, although maybe a too big tent, i saw them earlier at motel mozaique in a small nighttown room, and there the atmosphere fitted better, but hey, it's pp, at three o'clock in the afternoon you're not complaining ... next the electro-rock grooves of the infadels, nice party ... then the magic number until forever lost, what a singing, and then off to the dance hall, for the knife, a great weird show, and the deep beats with that high voice (of royksopp's what else is there) do the job ... then snow patrol with only guitars (instruments were still in heathrow, a consequence of the bombs in tubes which lead to the silly 1 liter bag rule now), felt like campfire but they got away with it ... my morning jacket opened a bit too loud in the marquee, and then a cross of the field towards the club, where from a distance i could already hear the zoo keepers boy, what a song and what a timing ... the rest of mew's songs were also ok, good danish export ... beck brought a nice gimmick, little puppets resembling the artists and acting in funny movies before the bissround (they walked around pp during the day) ... and then ... the longest half an hour of my life ... in front of the main stage waiting for radiohead ... suddenly the radio 1 news intro, mixed with airbag, and they departed for a great journey through great music ... everything was perfect, the sound, the visuals (broken screens behind the band), the setlist ... impressive ... is this the best band of these times? tonight they proved to come close ...
group four - gogol bordello, a gipsy party in the marquee, if you see them, go as close to the stage as you can and enjoy ... then the dears, some good songs but not really convincing ... confuse the cat didn't either, akela is a great song, but that's it ... be your own pet on the contrary, 30 minutes punk in the club, average age 16, the girl-singer screeming higher and faster, guitarist jumping in the public and loosing a shoe, second time i saw them, second time i was highly amused ... another racounteurs gig as well, and again great rock, glad this still exists ... then the twilight singers with mark lanegan, wow, this is after twilight, even deep dark night music, this is how a live gig should be, raw, passionate ... my girl, my girl, don't lie to me, tell me, where did you sleep last night ... headliner was massive attack ... monumental it was ... what ... a ... trip ... from risingson till the fabulous final group four, which kept going on, faster and faster, musical highness
technologic - the roger sisters, playing early in the club, had some nice songs ... joan as policewoman idem ... foxylane was one hot crazy party in the wablief tent ... the surprise of pp then, 65 days of static, progrock, mogwai-guitars combined with keyboard and some drum&base rythms ... the marquee was too small for zita swoon, so i followed it from outside and up side down ... then the artic monkeys, what a gig and what a vibes, even the rain could not temper the pleasure, plastic rain coats were trashed ... so young and so good, what's more? ... now we already know, an even better second disc ... belle and sebastian was the perfect last group for the marquee, this is music with capital m ... daft punk closed the festival with a greatest hit mix, and what a contrast with the previous band, 2 people high in a pyramid ... but what do they do exactly up there? maybe just press the start and stop button ... but still, you can not resist ... music's got me feeling so free, we gonna celebrate, celebrate and dance are free ...
radiohead - airbag / national anthem / there there / where i end and u begin / exit music (for a film) / karma police / nude / i might be wrong / mixomatosis / paranoid android / no surprises / the gloaming / all i need / pyramid song / just / idioteque / how to disappear completely / like spinning plates / you and whose army / lucky / fake plastic trees / everything in it's right place
65 days of static - drove through ghosts to get here / 541 / i swallowed hard like i understood / await rescue / install a beak in the heart, that clucks time in arabic / 65 doesn't understand you / retreat! retreat! / radio protector
massive attack - risingson / black milk / butterfly caught / mezzanine / teardrop / angel / future proof / safe from harm / intertia creeps / unfinished sympathy / group four
belle and sebastian - act of the apostle / funny little frog / like dylan at the movies / sukie in the graveyard / le pastie de la bourgeoisie / electronic renaissance / lord anthony / for the price of a cup of tea / simple things / the blues are still blue / jonathan david / white collar boy
