Completely agree with Saul. Dylan started off terribly and for a while it looked like it was going to be an embarassing train wreck. His voice was awful during lay lady lay. But as Saul said, he finished very strongly and the last half hour was amazing, his voice clear and full of passion. He seemed to really get into it and treated the crowd to a fantastic rendition of Rolling Stone. Excellent gig.
Flaming Lips were excellent, a live band like no other, great fun. Got some cool pics of Coyne in the bubble which i'll try and post tomorrow.
Knew very little about violent femmes but they were ridicously good and were the perfect band before the Lips. Mundy was ok, not a fan but was bearable, July being particularly good.
All in all, great event, really enjoyed it, even the pissy budweiser was almost bearable. Big thumbs up th Nowlam park grounds people, the grass was a joy to lie on, no wonder Kilkenny kick ass in hurling.
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Originally posted by saulc
Ya Flaming Lips were amazing again! Trying to put into words what a good vibe they inspire, but ya just have to see them.
Dylan was a mixed bag of course, I thought he destroyed maggies farm and a couple of others were unrecognisable (But I suppose ya have to expect that from Dylan). But then he finished strongly with a pretty close to original like a rolling stone and a hendrix esqe all along the watch tower. So the earlier disppointment was quickly forgotten!