The Best and Worst Bands You've Seen Live?- Page 2

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 11:45am

TMBG made their splash with quirky alt-rock ditties, but after they had a moderate hit singing a song from a 5th grade filmstrip ("The sun is a ball of incadescent gas, a gigantic Nuclear furnace...") they did do a couple of albums of straight up kids songs. Their big claim to fame was when their song was used as the theme to Malcolm in the Middle.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 11:58am

Ben Folds and Guster are incredible live, also The Who, Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Matthews Band, Todd Rundgren, Jethro Tull etc. etc. etc.

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 1:52pm

I went to a Fleetwood Mac concert with my dad when I was 9 and was blown away. It wasn't a flashy show, but they are all great live performers.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 2:48pm

Bon Jovi was amazing live.

[Salad_Fingers85]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 8:07pm

Best live Singer: Regina Spektor

Best live Band(s): Death Cab (oh god) and Motion City Soundtrack

Worst: BY FAR My Chemical Romance (that was painful) closely followed by their equally bad opening band The Bled

[Tchi4Lif188]

Posted: 7/13/07 at 9:53pm

The best I've seen: Not really a band, but Josh Gracin. If you want to be technical, the best band I've seen was The Hint. They're a local band from the Baltimore area.

The worst: Taking Back Sunday. Horrible.

Updated On: 7/13/07 at 09:53 PM

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 1:56am

Rav, was Steve Walsh the lead singer?

I have no idea. But it was definitely the Kansas.

One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...


It was awesome. - theaterkid1015

[Craww]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 2:41am

Best: Tori Amos was my first concert, and didn't disappoint. I've seen Barenaked Ladies three times, and Guster five times so they're both obvious favorites. Stone Temple Pilots and A Perfect Circle were both thrilling. Ween played for one million years, which is quite commendable.

Worst: Fuel.

[EmieMarie]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 7:23pm

I went to see Coldplay twice during the same tour, amazing imo
I also saw Styx at THe Chateau Ste. Michelle (Seattle), A winery (I got in for free and got to sit in vip! dishwashing pays off)
It was amazing, I wasn't a styx fan before, but the concert blew my mind away and turned me into a huge fan

I saw Fiona Apple at the Chateau also, she was so outperformed by her opening act, Damien Rice. She has a fear of actually seeing her audience, and since it was duiring the day, she kept having to sit behind the piano while the audience had to wait ten mintures to hear another song... I left early

[keggss23]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 7:39pm

Best: Fiona Apple, Metallica, The Mars Volta

Worst: Red Hot Chilli Peppers

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 7:46pm

Best: Queen on a good night

Worst: Queen on a bad night

[AbbaRocks]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 8:03pm

I'm not done going to concerts yet (I hope), so this isn't written in stone.

Best:
Bruce Springsteen-Born In The USA Tour, U2
Summer Jam, In one concert, Bon Jovi, Ratt, REO, Poison, Ted Nugent & Motley Crue.
Clay Aiken/Kelly Clarkson Independent Tour. (So sue me.)

Worst:
Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Dixie Chicks
Bruce Springsteen-Devil's & Dust Tour...not good, a letdown.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 8:19pm

I'm seeing The Cure in October. My first concert ever.

[AbbaRocks]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 8:21pm

Have fun!!

[Mamie]

Posted: 7/14/07 at 9:17pm

One of the best was the Beach Boys in 1965. The worst was the Beach Boys in 1985. The cream of the crop was the Beatles in '65 and '66.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 2:25pm

BEST: OK Go (it was during their first album, before they did the infamous treadmill video... they did a choreographed dance to their song "Cinnamon Lips", they rapped something called "Women + Men = The Magic Combination", and they even sang a bit from Les Miserables in which the two singers chased each other around the stage as Valjean & Javert. It was phenomenal.)

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Guster (told great stories mid-set), Cake (they made all their songs feel more like contemporary art than music), & Corrine Bailey Rae (sent me to tears with "Like a Star". I got to shake her hand. And meet her mother.)

WORST: Akon (he actually stopped mid-song to tie his shoelace.)

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Jessica Simpson (her voice was shot), Glen Campbell (he sang "Rhinestone Cowboy" twice), & Talib Kweli (he walked off stage in protest for 5 minutes when concert security wouldn't let fans jump up onto the stage to dance with him.)

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 2:27pm

Salad_Fingers85, I'm so excited that you said that.
I think I've found a way to volunteer at Lollapalooza specifically so that I can try to see Motion City Soundtrack. Love them!

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 2:32pm

*sorry, double post*

Updated On: 7/15/07 at 02:32 PM

[gypsiedtokill]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 2:36pm

A live Regina Spektor show is more of a religious experience than a concert. The woman is absolutely spellbinding.

Also awesome: Jump, Little Children, John Mayer, Amos Lee.

I don't think I've ever really seen a horrible concert. I'm sure that once I see Ben Folds and James Morrison with John Mayer in August, they will join the ranks of awesome shows as well.

[Salad_Fingers85]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 3:21pm

Flowery, I want to go to Lollapalooza SOOO BADD. There are some AMAZING people playing there this year I am trying so hard to find a way down for August 4th

[matjomae]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 4:58pm

I have way too many to note for best, although my avatar might give one of them away, however the worst for me was a concert I saw quite recently: The Fray. Completely awful, I can't even tell you.

Totally a record, not a live, band.

[Taryn]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 7:11pm

Roger Waters was pretty damn amazing. The whole production, really; it was incredibly theatrical.

I would have loved to see The Who back in their prime in the early seventies. While I hear they still put on a hell of a show, I know of a lot of rock historians who agree that they were one of the best live acts of all time.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 10:58pm

SaladFingers, where are you from? PM me. I might be able to set you up with volunteer stuff... No promises.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 7/15/07 at 11:04pm

I saw Motley Crue in 89 or so. I can't imagine ever seeing a worse concert. I mean, in terms of the musical performance, GWAR buried the Crue. I also saw one of those Meat Loaf concerts where Meat had no voice whatsoever and was just bellowing off key all night and mumbling lyrics.

Best? It's tough to top Springsteen or Bon Jovi as live acts. I saw Pearl Jam in a club about a year before they broke big and it was a pretty amazing gig. I also watched the first KISS reunion from about twenty rows back. I've got a hunch if I were to hear a raw feed of the show it would be pretty awful but for nostalgia and experience it was a great, great night. Metallica blew away the Monsters of Rock tour back in the day, too.

[slimandslam]

Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:10am

Best: The Who, Laura Love, Cordelia's Dad, Peter Gabriel

Worst: Soul Asylum