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Topic History of: Glastonbury - anyone going this year?
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Hashtag Hashtag	The BBC has got that twit Mzimba covering the event. He's so utterly clueless about anything from more than about 15 years ago his reports always sound like desperate rewrites from Wikipedia. Reporting on the Stones he seemed incredibly pleased with himself to even know a few song titles. Send him back to Newsround!
Bearded Jack	Whoops - I see you've already mentioned the Gallaghers, but not the Acrtic Monkeys... anyway, there's nothing wrong with taking advantage of one's northernness if it furthers your career - I actually find it quite endearing. After all, we don't all speak public school RP English old bean! What really makes me laugh about the pop world is when you get a bunch of posh kids 'dumbing down' their accents to appeal to the masses. For some reason, posh accents and rock'n'roll aren't natural bedfellows... of course there have been instances where ordinary rock stars have altered their accents to sound more middle-class when being interviewed: Keith Moon, Elvis Costello and Keith Richards are good examples. And then there's the erstwhile brand Jonathan King: His natural accent is home counties RP English; the milieu he moved in is extremely socially diverse; so his 'poshness' got watered down. However, in reality, I suspect that our Ken is actually - in the best George Formby tradition - a true Lancastrian born-and-bred, and manages (very successfully) to keep it hidden!
Bearded Jack	Turn the clock back to 1994/95: Do you remember a certain pair of second generation Irish brothers from Manchester, infecting the pop world and the 'yoof' with their northernness? I don't think it's a new phenomenon Ken...
JK2006	Quite impressed by Jake Bugg although he is terribly "northern"... where has this "northern" attitude come from? The Beatles never had it. It's definitely NOT a Scouser thing, nor a Geordie thing, but it is SO visible and infects everything - attitude, look, language and, worst of all, music. Thinking about it, the Gallaghers had it, though not at all in person (I found them both charming in person).
Bearded Jack	I'm really looking forward to seeing the Stones perform on Saturday - precious little so-and-sos that they are (getting into a tangle with the BBC about the coverage). Portishead have just come up on the highlights - oh dear, I now feel lie throwing myself off Hammersmith Bridge. What a dirge their "music" is. ..