Electric Picnic 2014 (1 Viewer)

[Diddles]

I don't get the whole bringing your kids to festivals thing. Unless you have them cycling round on a bmx selling acid on your behalf.

 

[Cormcolash]

My niece is asking her da if she can go to Electric Picnic next year. She's 10. I think it's cause she saw it on RTE. I'm staying the fuck out of that one!

 

[Diddles]

Kids have loads of other stuff to go to - the national aquatic center, Fort Lucan, Tayto Park, Rathbeggan lakes, Dublin Zoo, France, Lanzarote etc. etc. I don't see why people feel the need to bring them to see Blondie in a field in Stradbally.

 

[ann post]

Here's something I wrote about bringing your disabled self to EP

Trigeminal Neuralgia Ireland: Music Festivals and Trigeminal Neuralgia - 10 tips.

 

[dunderhead]

Kids have loads of other stuff to go to - the national aquatic center, Fort Lucan, Tayto Park, Rathbeggan lakes, Dublin Zoo, France, Lanzarote etc. etc. I don't see why people feel the need to bring them to see Blondie in a field in Stradbally.

true. the little fuckers were all over the place this year. maybe it was as bad in recent years, not sure. last one I was at was 08 or 09.

 

[hugh]

Kids have loads of other stuff to go to - the national aquatic center, Fort Lucan, Tayto Park, Rathbeggan lakes, Dublin Zoo, France, Lanzarote etc. etc. I don't see why people feel the need to bring them to see Blondie in a field in Stradbally.

Yeah exactly. It would be like as if a bunch of lads decided it would be great craic to have a stag party in Tayto Park.

 

[rettucs]

I don't get the whole bringing your kids to festivals thing. Unless you have them cycling round on a bmx selling acid on your behalf.

I'm pretty sure thats what most of the kids were doing this year. I even saw two 4 year olds getting hassled by the cops.

 

[hugh]

Imagine ... in ten years time there will be jaded teenager picknickers boring the shit out of everyone with their stories of how they saw that headlining main stage band ten years ago in a small tent when no-one had even heard of them.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I was at that. Great stuff.

I remember it being a bit shit. I liked the album but they were pants live.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I remember it being a bit shit. I liked the album but they were pants live.

The whole place came alive.

 

[sleepy]

Kids have loads of other stuff to go to - the national aquatic center, Fort Lucan, Tayto Park, Rathbeggan lakes, Dublin Zoo, France, Lanzarote etc. etc. I don't see why people feel the need to bring them to see Blondie in a field in Stradbally.

But then how are people going to know that you're a cool parent?!
No offence to anyone here that's brought their kids but I'd never do it myself. For me the whole point of it is spending time AWAY from your kids.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The whole place came alive.

I remember the place being packed and people going ape shit but the band themselves were underwhelming. All posturing and no goods.

 

[Diddles]

But then how are people going to know that you're a cool parent?!
No offence to anyone here that's brought their kids but I'd never do it myself. For me the whole point of it is spending time AWAY from your kids.

I'd never do it either, it'd be way too stressful for all involved. I'm sure kids have fun at it, but they can have fun loads of other places, where there's no drunk people and they have access to clean toilets. And you can't tell me the adults are having wall to wall fun because they still have to do all the parent things they usually do at home, but in a wet field, with loads of shouty people. There's definitely an element of 'Hey, I can have kids and still have a life' about it. Sorry, but you're just going to have to hold off on the hipster fun times until they go to the Gaeltacht for three weeks when they're teenagers.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I remember the place being packed and people going ape shit but the band themselves were underwhelming. All posturing and no goods.

I remember it as everyone singing and yelling along with every song off Funeral. A killer atmosphere was my takeaway. Didn't experience anything like it at the festival again.

 

[sleepy]

I'd never do it either, it'd be way too stressful for all involved. I'm sure kids have fun at it, but they can have fun loads of other places, where there's no drunk people and they have access to clean toilets. And you can't tell me the adults are having wall to wall fun because they still have to do all the parent things they usually do at home, but in a wet field, with loads of shouty people. There's definitely an element of 'Hey, I can have kids and still have a life' about it. Sorry, but you're just going to have to hold off on the hipster fun times until they go to the Gaeltacht for three weeks when they're teenagers.

Or just dump them with very obliging friends or family for the weekend

 

[dunderhead]

I remember it as everyone singing and yelling along with every song off Funeral. A killer atmosphere was my takeaway.

yeah, i'd have to go along with that. however bland or underwhelming they have become, live show around that album was great

 

[pete]

I'd never do it either, it'd be way too stressful for all involved. I'm sure kids have fun at it, but they can have fun loads of other places, where there's no drunk people and they have access to clean toilets. And you can't tell me the adults are having wall to wall fun because they still have to do all the parent things they usually do at home, but in a wet field, with loads of shouty people. There's definitely an element of 'Hey, I can have kids and still have a life' about it. Sorry, but you're just going to have to hold off on the hipster fun times until they go to the Gaeltacht for three weeks when they're teenagers.

square

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I remember it as everyone singing and yelling along with every song off Funeral. A killer atmosphere was my takeaway. Didn't experience anything like it at the festival again.

We must have been in very different parts of the tent. I was surrounded by cunts who could have been in any other tent.

 

[rettucs]

went to watch some of the EP coverage on the RTE player just now. For a 4 minute clip I had to sit through 3*30 second ads.

Fuck that shit.

 

[RayRay]

Twas an excelent EP. Basically, I had my fun and thats all that matters