{"id":817,"date":"2014-06-30T13:48:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T13:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=817"},"modified":"2015-01-06T11:04:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T11:04:41","slug":"the-surprisingly-easy-guide-to-the-best-of-glastonbury-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/06\/30\/the-surprisingly-easy-guide-to-the-best-of-glastonbury-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprisingly Easy Guide to&#8230;The Best of Glastonbury 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The curtain has fallen on Glastonbury for another year, with hundreds of poor souls now picking through a weekend\u2019s worth of rubbish (insert joke about your least favourite act here).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re one of the few people who didn\u2019t manage to get a ticket or catch it on TV, you might be feeling a bit left out today as your colleagues\/friends pore over all the Glasto action.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, we\u2019ve decided to put together 10 of the best performances of the weekend for you. Think of it as a mini Glasto, except your clothes won\u2019t get mucky.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>LDN \u201d\u201c Lily Allen<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-DW4G8a5WJM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Beneath the grey skies of Glastonbury, Ms. Allen\u2019s breakthrough hit almost sounds like a plea to the Gods of weather. It\u2019s still a belter, mind.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>New York Morning &#8211; Elbow<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RCv0my7Y3WM\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Elbow performed one of the best tracks from their brilliant new album as the sun set over Worthy Farm. Lovely stuff.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Reflektor \u201d\u201c Arcade Fire<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zp4gm544kHI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite calling their last time at Glastonbury a \u201d\u02dcnightmare\u2019, Friday headliners Arcade Fire managed to put the past behind them and enthral the sodden masses with songs old and new.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Little Maggie \u201d\u201c Robert Plant<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dsy6eAz4a3I\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Led Zeppelin frontman performed a set of solo material and Led Zeppelin classics. Jimmy Page didn\u2019t show up, unfortunately, but the banjo player seen in this video more than made up for it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Seven Nation Army \u201d\u201c Jack White<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uI_mby9ht9o\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jack White had a bit of weird night, appearing distant and occasionally swigging from a bottle of champagne. Nevertheless, he still managed to blow the metaphorical roof off Glasto wit, which he ended by jumping into his drum kit and generally going a bit mad.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Skrillex<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z3kB2CNaA-E\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>No particular song for this one, just an hour of dubstep fun and frolics from the artist formerly known as Sonny Moore.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Where is My Mind? &#8211; Pixies<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/01Q8o4X0MKY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pixies perform a near-perfect rendition of their biggest hit to an adoring crowd. Enough said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Nothing Else Matters\/Enter Sandman \u201d\u201c Metallica<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p9UA7GXLNE0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Metallica were amazing. Was there ever any doubt?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Jolene \u201d\u201c Dolly Parton<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nwBNBcFAFso\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dolly Parton drew a bigger crowd than both Arcade Fire and Metallica. Proof, ultimately, that a chirpy personality and a few iconic anthems is all you need to conquer the music world.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Club Foot \u201d\u201c Kasabian<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8QDJr_Xli5c\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Raucous lad rock isn&#8217;t the most obvious choice for a Sunday night, but it&#8217;s difficult not to get carried away when Kasabian are in full flow.<\/p>\n<p>Did you go to Glastonbury? What was your highlight? Let us know on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musicmagpie\">Facebook<\/a> or <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/musicmagpie\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The curtain has fallen on Glastonbury for another year, with hundreds of poor souls now picking through a weekend\u2019s worth of rubbish (insert joke about your least favourite act here). If you\u2019re one of the few people who didn\u2019t manage to get a ticket or catch it on TV, you &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,204],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3086,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/3086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}