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Glastonbury 1997. Don't Go There.

by Janey Colbourne

https://youtu.be/kx6C248MQeQ

On being young and foolish at the second muddiest Glastonbury Festival in history. 

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Thursday 22nd November 2018 2:06 pm

humorous poetry   Glastonbury   festival   live poetry   Performance Poets   spokenword

Not so Bohemian now

by Marksy

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In the 1980s there was anger in the air

Thatcher’s children breathing fire with bile-fuelled despair

And thick, treacly green gel bound my spiky hair

The Mary Chain’s screeches echoed in my ears

Morrissey’s tortured words fuelled my every angst and fear

A bedroom rebel hiding from the day-glo Tory cheers

Oh how I felt so Bohemian then

 

Wham’s false jollity was d...

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Saturday 17th August 2013 3:13 pm

Echo and the Bunnymen   Iggy Pop   Margaret Thatcher   Morrissey   The Fall   The Jesus and Mary Chain   The Smiths   Bohemian   John Peel   Pete Shelley   John Lydon   Sex Pistols   shamen   Fairytale of New York   Mark E Smith   George Michael   Shakin; Stevens   Glastonbury

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