Rank the bands you've seen live (American, quote, performances, Bell)

davidanddavid · 08-15-2008, 03:56 PM

I have seen over 500 concerts in my life, so I'm not going to rate them.

Some of the best

U2 (always solid and inspiring)
Crowded House (pure fun)
Coldplay (early club shows were great)
Rolling Stones
BoDeans
Tommy Conwell & The young Rumblers
Peter Gabriel (like live theater)

Worst

Van Morrison (drunk and sloppy)
Smashing Pumpkins (like listening to planes take off and land for 2 hours)
Smash Mouth (he can't sing)
Third Eye Blind (see Smash Mouth)

guitargirl_93 · 08-23-2008, 08:39 PM

Hmmmm....

The Backstreet Boys (

) - I was 9 so I don't remember anything except lots of lights and loud screaming.

Adrian Legg - Great acoustic performance...Again I was about 9. *Met

Olivia Newton John - Really really really awesome. She was my hero at the time, and it was just a really amazing show followed by a suprise meeting with her after the show.

Aly & AJ - Good show, not as sharp on the vocals live. *Met*

Jonas Brothers (x2) - Pretty good show..They are better live than their albums. I HATE their new album...waste of money. *Met*

Ted Nugent - HE'S THE MOTOR CITY MADMAN HOW DO YOU THINK IT WAS?? THAT GUY'S FRICKIN AWESOME!

The Donnas (x3 - shows coming in September & May) - They are the best band that I've seen live. I stand in front of Allison Robertson every time and it's the best show. I give it BITCHIN' even. They have such great stage presence and interact with the audience so much. They dedicated a song to me at the last concert I went to. They are also extremely nice offstage.

Juliette and the Licks - Really great show. Juliette Lewis is rad, and very nice. I also got to miss school the next day..tee hee.

The B-52's - WOW. They are so energetic and fun on stage...I'm still kinda pissed that Fred blew us off before the show though.

Aimee Mann - She is just as good as the records and I loved the show..Very mellow.

Melissa Etheridge (LAST NIGHT) - She sounds EXACTLY like the CD's. She has great stage presence and is right on key the whole time. The band backing her up is totally stellar, too.

I think I got everything. hahahaha

Beany · 08-26-2008, 12:22 PM

1. R.E.M. (7 Times!)

2. The Killers (The crowd made it one of the best I've been to.)

3. Bruce Springsteen (Just brilliant)

4. U2 (Always put on a show.)

5. Eagles (Experts at it.)

6. Stereophonics

7. Ting Tings!

jgd85 · 08-26-2008, 02:42 PM

Here is a list of the top 5 performances, followed by a list of good, mediocore, and poor performances that I have been to. This does not have to do with the merit of the band, only the performance they gave that night (or their best show I have been to). I can't remember them all, but these are the ones that stand out in one way or another... so that should say something in itself.

TOP 5 PERFORMANCES

1) Daft Punk

To be honest, you just had to be there. That’s all I really have to say about it, sorry.

2) Muse (2)

My previous post, after I saw them for the first time

“Best show of the weekend by far. Last year at ACL I told a lot of people about Muse and ended up regretting not going when everyone told me what a great show they put on. This year I was going to see Arcade Fire again, but decided to go with my friends to see Muse. The performance was beyond electrifying. Every song sounded like it was the last level of a video game. The absolute best instrumentation I witnessed all weekend was that of Matthew Bellamy. When he wasn’t shredding up some finger tabbing solos that make the panties drop behind his head as he was convulsing on the ground, or using the side of an amp for a slide, he was playing the piano as if he were in a elegant dinning ball room. The lighting effects were out of this world, I was beyond amazed. There even was a little 5 minute jam session completely freelance with no lights or anything. Most all the music played came from the albums 'Absolution' and 'Black Holes and Revelations'. MUSE FTW!”

3) Rage Against The Machine (2)

There was something incredibly awesome about seeing them reunite for the first time in some 6-8 years. I have never even remotely seen that many people at one show (the paper the next morning quoted 180k but I think it was a little bit overstated), people were literally coming back from being up front in the mosh area with blood dripping down their faces. They had about 30-50 extra cops that rode around in ****ing assault teams because they were afraid of a riot. The band played flawlessly as if they had been playing together the whole time. I have never felt like there was so much pent up craziness in one place at one time ever. The second time I saw them I was more sober, so I really enjoyed the music even more…. I think I almost killed someone when Calm Like A Bomb came on.

4) Pearl Jam

One of the first concerts I was ever able to convince my parents to let me go to. These guys were already pros at live shows by this time, and known for putting on some of the best live performances. They did not let down. I cannot remember a whole lot about the set list (young and intoxicated), but a few notables they played were ‘Evenflow’ ‘Alive’ ‘Keep On Rockin’ in the Free World’. If they would have played ‘Yellow Ledbetter’, then I might have never gone to college and tried to start a rock band, but instead I have a white collar job... red wine drinking sonofabitch.

5) Ghostland Observatory (3)

Most of you probably haven’t heard of these guys. I reviewed them after I saw them at ACL last year, and I have to say they put on quite an electric performance. These are my boys from Austin and they live up to the “Keep Austin Weird” tagline. Ghostland are 2 members, the mastermind behind the scenes (he wears a cape when he performs) takes care of the drumming turntables keyboards bass and whatever needs be. Then there is the lead singer and sometimes guitarist. Work with me here for a minute; Imagine if Freddy Mercury had babies with Pocahontas, and then one of those babies took dance lessons from Michael Jackson. Now imagine that awesome creature ripping the ****in stage up. What, you don’t believe me? See for yourself YouTube - Ghostland Observatory - Dancing to Vibrate

GOOD PERFORMANCES
Arcade Fire
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Roger Waters DSOTM
Minus the Bear
Justice (2)
Arctic Monkeys (2)
Modest Mouse
The Mars Volta
Ratatat
Final Fantasy
Of Montreal (3)
The Raconteurs (2)
The Roots
Infected Mushroom
My Morning Jacket (2)
The Octopus Project (3)
The Rosewood Thieves
Thievery Corporation (3)
Ghostland Observatory (3)
Flaming Lips
Boys Noize
LCD Soundsystem
John Butler Trio
Coheed & Cambria
Pixies
Bjork
DJ Tiestso
Bennie Benassi
Explosions in the Sky (2)
Kraftwerk
Fatboy Slim
Gov’t Mule

MEDIOCRE PERFORMANCES
Tokyo Police Club
Bloc Party
Okkervil River
The Shins
Architecture in Helsinki
Matisyahu
Willie Nelson
Hot Chip
Deftones
Blonde Redhead
Interpol
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
Prince
Widespread Panic
The Allman Brothers Band
Mates of State
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Gnarls Barkley
Girl Talk

POOR PERFORMANCES
Death Cab for Cutie
Cold War Kids
Air
Bob Dylan & His Band
John Mayer Trio
Battles
Tegan and Sara
Robert Earl Keen
Cat Power

zekethefreak · 09-02-2008, 03:08 AM

Too tough... but I will say that my experience at a MUSE concert, just last year, proved to be one of the finest concert experiences of my life. And I've seen hundreds of bands...

FireInCairo · 09-02-2008, 07:31 AM

wow i only know fela kuti and ben folds out of that

are the rest just really crap or are they obscure gems....?

FireInCairo · 09-02-2008, 07:36 AM

australia is terrible for shows with large bands...
always uber-expensive and in those big arena things like frickin vodaphone...
and hence
i dont go to them
and go see smaller electro and indie bands in ****ty bars
(18 in a coupple of weeks so this shall get easier)

anyway
neonknights -
a melbourne electro guy.
saw him before he had a drummer
kind of lame as it was just him with a laptop onstage

Future Love -
another local electro act
good but a touch cheesy
competant synth pop

Colab -
laaaaammmme

Moustrapreplica -
pretentious and ****

Final stand! -
boring generic hardcore with very little talent
the guys are quite nice though

probably going to falls (big ass festival) so ill have some bands other people have actually heard of soon enough

Janszoon · 09-02-2008, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireInCairo

wow i only know fela kuti and ben folds out of that

are the rest just really crap or are they obscure gems....?

Well, I know Ozomatli have won a grammy and aren't that obscure but aside from them and the two you mentioned I'm not familiar with the rest of the people on sothenvsays's list. I'll have to look into them.

MURDER JUNKIE · 09-03-2008, 01:18 PM

Top 5

#1) The Ramones (3 times) - it's the Ramones nuff said
#2) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Great stage presence and stunning acoustics, you can't go wrong. Incidentally there's something refreshing about going to a show without a mosh pit, I dunno maybe I'm just getting old.
#3) The Queers (8 times) - I go to see them every year, always fun and always consistant. Also it tends to bring out the high school punx that I used to hang out with, it's always a nice reunion
#4) The Rolling Stones - Cool tunes, stunning visuals, and great session musicians. The sax player blew me away
#5) The Vandals - Sheer hilarity from start to finish, always great fun for just over 10 bucks. If you walk out of that show without a big smile on yer kisser you really need to kill yourself

kyleargyle · 09-04-2008, 03:33 PM

Alright, here goes...starting from best to...I don't want to say worst, cuz they were all pretty good. So...yeah.

Pearl Jam
U2
Bruce Springsteen
Oasis
Beastie Boys
Aerosmith
Run DMC
Bryan Adams (yeah, that's right!)

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08-15-2008, 03:56 PM
davidanddavid Groupie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 12	I have seen over 500 concerts in my life, so I'm not going to rate them. Some of the best U2 (always solid and inspiring) Crowded House (pure fun) Coldplay (early club shows were great) Rolling Stones BoDeans Tommy Conwell & The young Rumblers Peter Gabriel (like live theater) Worst Van Morrison (drunk and sloppy) Smashing Pumpkins (like listening to planes take off and land for 2 hours) Smash Mouth (he can't sing) Third Eye Blind (see Smash Mouth)

08-23-2008, 08:39 PM
guitargirl_93 Groupie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 33	Hmmmm.... The Backstreet Boys () - I was 9 so I don't remember anything except lots of lights and loud screaming. Adrian Legg - Great acoustic performance...Again I was about 9. Met Olivia Newton John - Really really really awesome. She was my hero at the time, and it was just a really amazing show followed by a suprise meeting with her after the show. Aly & AJ - Good show, not as sharp on the vocals live. Met* Jonas Brothers (x2) - Pretty good show..They are better live than their albums. I HATE their new album...waste of money. Met Ted Nugent - HE'S THE MOTOR CITY MADMAN HOW DO YOU THINK IT WAS?? THAT GUY'S FRICKIN AWESOME! The Donnas (x3 - shows coming in September & May) - They are the best band that I've seen live. I stand in front of Allison Robertson every time and it's the best show. I give it BITCHIN' even. They have such great stage presence and interact with the audience so much. They dedicated a song to me at the last concert I went to. They are also extremely nice offstage. Juliette and the Licks - Really great show. Juliette Lewis is rad, and very nice. I also got to miss school the next day..tee hee. The B-52's - WOW. They are so energetic and fun on stage...I'm still kinda pissed that Fred blew us off before the show though. Aimee Mann - She is just as good as the records and I loved the show..Very mellow. Melissa Etheridge (LAST NIGHT) - She sounds EXACTLY like the CD's. She has great stage presence and is right on key the whole time. The band backing her up is totally stellar, too. I think I got everything. hahahaha

08-26-2008, 12:22 PM
Beany Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 58	1. R.E.M. (7 Times!) 2. The Killers (The crowd made it one of the best I've been to.) 3. Bruce Springsteen (Just brilliant) 4. U2 (Always put on a show.) 5. Eagles (Experts at it.) 6. Stereophonics 7. Ting Tings! __________________ Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk

08-26-2008, 02:42 PM
jgd85 down the rabbit hole Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: the mountain called monkey Posts: 715	Here is a list of the top 5 performances, followed by a list of good, mediocore, and poor performances that I have been to. This does not have to do with the merit of the band, only the performance they gave that night (or their best show I have been to). I can't remember them all, but these are the ones that stand out in one way or another... so that should say something in itself. TOP 5 PERFORMANCES 1) Daft Punk To be honest, you just had to be there. That’s all I really have to say about it, sorry. 2) Muse (2) My previous post, after I saw them for the first time “Best show of the weekend by far. Last year at ACL I told a lot of people about Muse and ended up regretting not going when everyone told me what a great show they put on. This year I was going to see Arcade Fire again, but decided to go with my friends to see Muse. The performance was beyond electrifying. Every song sounded like it was the last level of a video game. The absolute best instrumentation I witnessed all weekend was that of Matthew Bellamy. When he wasn’t shredding up some finger tabbing solos that make the panties drop behind his head as he was convulsing on the ground, or using the side of an amp for a slide, he was playing the piano as if he were in a elegant dinning ball room. The lighting effects were out of this world, I was beyond amazed. There even was a little 5 minute jam session completely freelance with no lights or anything. Most all the music played came from the albums 'Absolution' and 'Black Holes and Revelations'. MUSE FTW!” 3) Rage Against The Machine (2) There was something incredibly awesome about seeing them reunite for the first time in some 6-8 years. I have never even remotely seen that many people at one show (the paper the next morning quoted 180k but I think it was a little bit overstated), people were literally coming back from being up front in the mosh area with blood dripping down their faces. They had about 30-50 extra cops that rode around in **ing assault teams because they were afraid of a riot. The band played flawlessly as if they had been playing together the whole time. I have never felt like there was so much pent up craziness in one place at one time ever. The second time I saw them I was more sober, so I really enjoyed the music even more…. I think I almost killed someone when Calm Like A Bomb came on. 4) Pearl Jam One of the first concerts I was ever able to convince my parents to let me go to. These guys were already pros at live shows by this time, and known for putting on some of the best live performances. They did not let down. I cannot remember a whole lot about the set list (young and intoxicated), but a few notables they played were ‘Evenflow’ ‘Alive’ ‘Keep On Rockin’ in the Free World’. If they would have played ‘Yellow Ledbetter’, then I might have never gone to college and tried to start a rock band, but instead I have a white collar job... red wine drinking sonofabitch. 5) Ghostland Observatory (3) Most of you probably haven’t heard of these guys. I reviewed them after I saw them at ACL last year, and I have to say they put on quite an electric performance. These are my boys from Austin and they live up to the “Keep Austin Weird” tagline. Ghostland are 2 members, the mastermind behind the scenes (he wears a cape when he performs) takes care of the drumming turntables keyboards bass and whatever needs be. Then there is the lead singer and sometimes guitarist. Work with me here for a minute; Imagine if Freddy Mercury had babies with Pocahontas, and then one of those babies took dance lessons from Michael Jackson. Now imagine that awesome creature ripping the *in stage up. What, you don’t believe me? See for yourself YouTube - Ghostland Observatory - Dancing to Vibrate GOOD PERFORMANCES Arcade Fire Red Hot Chili Peppers Roger Waters DSOTM Minus the Bear Justice (2) Arctic Monkeys (2) Modest Mouse The Mars Volta Ratatat Final Fantasy Of Montreal (3) The Raconteurs (2) The Roots Infected Mushroom My Morning Jacket (2) The Octopus Project (3) The Rosewood Thieves Thievery Corporation (3) Ghostland Observatory (3) Flaming Lips Boys Noize LCD Soundsystem John Butler Trio Coheed & Cambria Pixies Bjork DJ Tiestso Bennie Benassi Explosions in the Sky (2) Kraftwerk Fatboy Slim Gov’t Mule MEDIOCRE PERFORMANCES Tokyo Police Club Bloc Party Okkervil River The Shins Architecture in Helsinki Matisyahu Willie Nelson Hot Chip Deftones Blonde Redhead Interpol MGMT Vampire Weekend Prince Widespread Panic The Allman Brothers Band Mates of State Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Gnarls Barkley Girl Talk POOR PERFORMANCES Death Cab for Cutie Cold War Kids Air Bob Dylan & His Band John Mayer Trio Battles Tegan and Sara Robert Earl Keen Cat Power __________________ death makes angels of us all / and gives us wings / where we had shoulders / smooth as raven's claws - jim morrison Last edited by jgd85 : 08-26-2008 at 02:52 PM.*

09-02-2008, 03:08 AM
zekethefreak Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA Posts: 122	Too tough... but I will say that my experience at a MUSE concert, just last year, proved to be one of the finest concert experiences of my life. And I've seen hundreds of bands... __________________ http://unclezekesmusicemporium.blogspot.com http://seandahl.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/nomanfan

09-02-2008, 07:31 AM
FireInCairo Q: Are we not men? Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 732	wow i only know fela kuti and ben folds out of that are the rest just really crap or are they obscure gems....? __________________ I don't care that converse all stars are made by nike in sweatshops, what could be more punk than that? Meredith on men: They are but simple creatures who frolic in the summer then, come winter time, simply play snooker in japanese silk. http://www.last.fm/user/TommyAbildgaard

09-02-2008, 07:36 AM
FireInCairo Q: Are we not men? Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 732	australia is terrible for shows with large bands... always uber-expensive and in those big arena things like frickin vodaphone... and hence i dont go to them and go see smaller electro and indie bands in **ty bars (18 in a coupple of weeks so this shall get easier) anyway neonknights - a melbourne electro guy. saw him before he had a drummer kind of lame as it was just him with a laptop onstage Future Love - another local electro act good but a touch cheesy competant synth pop Colab - laaaaammmme Moustrapreplica - pretentious and ** Final stand! - boring generic hardcore with very little talent the guys are quite nice though probably going to falls (big ass festival) so ill have some bands other people have actually heard of soon enough __________________ I don't care that converse all stars are made by nike in sweatshops, what could be more punk than that? Meredith on men: They are but simple creatures who frolic in the summer then, come winter time, simply play snooker in japanese silk. http://www.last.fm/user/TommyAbildgaard

09-03-2008, 01:18 PM
MURDER JUNKIE Tiggers Like To BOUNCE!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,422	Top 5 #1) The Ramones (3 times) - it's the Ramones nuff said #2) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Great stage presence and stunning acoustics, you can't go wrong. Incidentally there's something refreshing about going to a show without a mosh pit, I dunno maybe I'm just getting old. #3) The Queers (8 times) - I go to see them every year, always fun and always consistant. Also it tends to bring out the high school punx that I used to hang out with, it's always a nice reunion #4) The Rolling Stones - Cool tunes, stunning visuals, and great session musicians. The sax player blew me away #5) The Vandals - Sheer hilarity from start to finish, always great fun for just over 10 bucks. If you walk out of that show without a big smile on yer kisser you really need to kill yourself __________________ MINIMUM WAGE IS A GATEWAY DRUG

09-04-2008, 03:33 PM
kyleargyle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 49	Alright, here goes...starting from best to...I don't want to say worst, cuz they were all pretty good. So...yeah. Pearl Jam U2 Bruce Springsteen Oasis Beastie Boys Aerosmith Run DMC Bryan Adams (yeah, that's right!)