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What's your favouriteSplendour moment?

Wed 6th Apr, 2011 in Local News

Were you at Splendour In The Grass when Wayne Coyne rolled around the top of the crowd in a man-sized bubble, when Brian Wilson sang God Only Knows or when Florence And The Machine shook the foundations of Woodford?

With the official Splendour line-up announce looming we want to find out what your favourite musical moment at Splendour has been over the last ten years. So whether it was a band or just one song that is your fondest Splemory we want to hear all about.

For your chance to win a stack of CDs and a few other things floating around our desks, email your top three favourite Splendour moments to: competitions at staff dot fasterlouder dot com dot au.

Once we have all your answers we’ll add them all up and do a mega countdown to announce the number one Splendour In The Grass moment as voted by you.

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crob

crob said on the 6th Apr, 2011

When Radiohead played 'fake plastic trees' at splendour 2011... it was overwhelmingly awesome.

humanracin

humanracin said on the 6th Apr, 2011

Actually getting tickets...

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 6th Apr, 2011

mine was winning tickets.

& the strokes, best festival moment for me ever.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 6th Apr, 2011

The Polyphonic Spree covering Lithium or the entire crowd shouting We Are the Angry Mob when the Kaiser Chiefs were playing.

They're probably my two favourite Splendour music moments.

craig123

craig123 said on the 6th Apr, 2011

least favourite - passing out under my car on sunday at 2pm in 2006, but was preceded by some very good drinking.

Other favourites - watching the goon pool antics of Frenzal, the smell of Belongil camping ground on a Sat morning (now a memory only!), singing along to Franz Ferdinand and still getting goosebumps everytime i remember it ...

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 6th Apr, 2011

Worst Splendour moment:

After a night of heavy rain, I woke up on the Saturday morning of Splendour 2006 when I rolled off my air matress into two inch deep water in my tent.

feelingsinister

feelingsinister said on the 6th Apr, 2011

I have a couple - one is seeing Franz Ferdinand on their first Australian tour playing Take Me Out for the first time. The energy in the tent that afternoon was awesome!

My other is watching Coldplay cover What A Wonderful world while it was POURING rain.

Yeah, it's been awhile since I've been to a SITG.

i_have_ADD

i_have_ADD said on the 6th Apr, 2011

i met my (now) wife at splendour 2003, that was quite nice - i'm not sure if it qualifies me for a cd pack though :(

connellalex

connellalex said on the 6th Apr, 2011

last year, when i was on a tab around 2-3 am, all my friends were asleep then this overtly, bright ball of fluorescent light ran past my tent. i thought i was in et or men in black. i chased after him/it to no avail. then sunday night after the pixies we saw a dude in a light suit walking along...then i realised i hadn't lost my mind.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 6th Apr, 2011



Favourite Splendour acid moment could surely have its own thread.

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 6th Apr, 2011

The Specials in '09...there was so much space, which I utilised while dancing like a fool.

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 6th Apr, 2011

The Specials was also my favourite Splendour show.
Such energy.
After all the years, the old dudes have still got it.
It was great to have some Ska sitting up high on the bill.

the best song IMO was "do the dog"

mondo22

mondo22 said on the 6th Apr, 2011



agreed

kreuzberg77

kreuzberg77 said on the 6th Apr, 2011

finally getting to see foals, dancing like a crazy man and smoking a fat joint during spanish sahara

girlskickmyass

girlskickmyass said on the 6th Apr, 2011

lcd soundsystem and scissor sisters sets last year were phenomenal!

matdorge

matdorge said on the 6th Apr, 2011

mmm not sure too many, the ones that do stand out , seeing powderfinger headline in 2001, seeing christa hughs climb the tent poles to the top, while singing with machine gun fellatio. seeing ben harper last year

craig123

craig123 said on the 6th Apr, 2011

Ryan Adams hissy fit ...

Daft Punks Lip Sweat

Daft Punks Lip Sweat said on the 6th Apr, 2011

Only been once but seeing Wayne Coyne ride around on a gorilla's shoulders was pretty special..

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 7th Apr, 2011

richard ashcrofts hissy fit.

Hinee

Hinee said on the 7th Apr, 2011



Watching the flaming lips.

My god, the bass as they all crawled out of the chicks cooch. My god...

psulli12

psulli12 said on the 7th Apr, 2011

polyphonic spree playing for half an hour more than their allocated time slot and throwing in a cover of lithium by nirvana as well as live and let die. amazing.

choper14

choper14 said on the 7th Apr, 2011

amongst countless spine-chilling, tear-jerking buzzing moments that made up splendour last year (very special mention to the strokes), one of the ultimate moments occurred when mumford & sons conduced everyone into a trance when they belted out sigh no more. it was sensational. the air was indescribably still and eery and everyone was so mesmerised by the beauty that was their sound. it was so surreal and i reckon it just about brought a tear to everyone's eyes.

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 7th Apr, 2011

Seeing Janes Addiction in 2009.

hearsz

hearsz said on the 12th Apr, 2011

ash's tim wheeler wielding his "flying-v" guitar whilst it was set alight when he entered the mainstage was certainly a highlight for me back in 2004!

knate

knate said on the 12th Apr, 2011

spending the entire midnight juggernaughts set of 2 (?) years ago admiring the complexities of the tent roof... Not just me, but 3 of us, during which we decided that tents were definitely underated and we vowed to pay more attention to tent structure from now

screaming at the fratellis that they were a bunch of c*nts

and the now infamous trying to run up a tipi only to fall on my head, then try again

musically... sigur ros. most amazing thing i have ever witnessed.

(apart from the tent roof)

daveyac8881

daveyac8881 said on the 12th Apr, 2011

Only been to one, but the Strokes last year stands out for me. Ben Harper 2nd.

rissriss

rissriss said on the 13th Apr, 2011

mumford