Glastonbury Festival - Glenn Tilbrook – Class is Class is Class

Glenn Tilbrook – Class is Class is Class

27 Jun 2004

In a bar in a field, a man cast from the same sacred mould as other classic British songwriters such as Ray Davies, Elvis Costello and Paddy McAloon delivers a blistering, irrefutable, unrestrained, totally unpretentious hour of joie de vivre to an ecstatic audience.

The man’s called Glenn Tilbrook. His band is called The Fluffies and they ROCK. Tight as f**k and lovin’ it. Unburdened by the über-cool inflicted on and dished out by so many fly-by-night ‘stars’ Tilbrook and his band’s passion and enthusiasm is contagious. In fact it’s outrageous. Class on a stick.

With a career built on the eternal fundamentals of great songs and great voice Tilbrook and the band blaze through a set heavily laced with Squeeze classics.

‘Pulling Mussels’ opens proceedings and as the expertly constructed hour roller coasts, Tilbrook's canon of suburban classics keeps on coming.

Interspersed with newer material and an inspired cover of ‘The Cornell Hurd Band’s’ – ‘Genetalia of a Fool’, the audience are treated to classics such as ’Is That Love’, ‘Tempted’, ‘Another Nail In My Heart’, ‘Up The Junction’ and a version of ‘Goodbye Girl’ that sees the whole band leaving the stage on a mad Pied Piper like jaunt in to the crowd.

The evening climaxes with monumental, overdriven versions of ‘Take Me I’m Yours’ and ‘Slap & Tickle’ with Hendrix on keys Steven Large thumping, posturing, vocodering and slamming like there’s never going to be a tomorrow, drum and bass mayhem and Tilbrook too showing that not only is he a great singer/songwriter but he knows his way round a fretboard.

Class is class is class.

Martin Williams

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