Topic: live disappointments (Read 13566 times)

surefunk · « **on:** 18 Jan 2006, 15:13 »

so, there was some fiery furnaces talk in another thread and i was reminded of how i saw them play last year and it was, well, pretty much just bad. i love the band, but the show was a total disappointment. it was like an hour long medley of the least interesting parts of the songs on blueberry boat. hard to get into, hard to follow, just a lame show. so, perhaps as a heads up to others (or to get myself throttled for blaspheming fiery furnaces), how about a "these bands suck live" discourse?
other nominee: david gray. sorta liked him, saw him when he toured on white ladder. one of the worst performers i've ever seen. totally soured me on him.

Der Golem · « **Reply #1 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 15:57 »

Iron Maiden takes the cake. I mean fuck, I saw them last year, on the Old Days tour, and that show was so dissapointing. Not that they were really bad, but they did in no way live up to expectations. I mean I've seen local shows where less than 30 people show up that were better.

rive gauche · « **Reply #2 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 16:02 »

The Hold Steady.

Spitty, annoying singer who basically just talks really loudly + obnoxiously loud keys + generally bad music = the worst live band I've ever seen.

surefunk · « **Reply #3 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 16:25 »

see? it's working already. here i was, thinking that the hold steady, riding high on all the "best bar band ever" hyperbole, must give a sweet show. now i know it's just spitty annoyance. thank you.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #4 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 16:40 »

Quote from: Der Golem

Iron Maiden takes the cake. I mean fuck, I saw them last year, on the Old Days tour, and that show was so dissapointing. Not that they were really bad, but they did in no way live up to expectations. I mean I've seen local shows where less than 30 people show up that were better.

See, that's funny, because my friend has seen Iron Maiden twice and he ranks them among the best shows he's ever seen.

Mr. Oysterhead · « **Reply #5 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 17:21 »

I hear Modest Mouse is a terrible show live. Oh and I know from experience Conor Oberst puts on a shitty show. At least I thought it was shitty, but that might be because I wasn't really into Bright Eyes anymore.

rive gauche · « **Reply #6 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 17:56 »

Quote from: surefunk

see? it's working already. here i was, thinking that the hold steady, riding high on all the "best bar band ever" hyperbole, must give a sweet show. now i know it's just spitty annoyance. thank you.

I don't know, though. That's just my opinion. Most of the people there were losing it over them.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #7 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 18:20 »

Worst live show I saw was Hell is For Heroes (or more accurately one of the support bands, We Will Be Pilots, who were so mind-bogglingly pretentious and boring I was trying to slit my throat with a plastic beer mug by the end) and second worst was Dillinger Escape Plan, who sucked muchos horse cock. That evening was only good in any way because Ephel Duath were the first support, and they tore. it. up.

As for dissapointments...SikTh were pretty lackluster live, they seemed very sort of subdued compared to what I'd been led to expect, and didn't play my favourite song (How May I Help You?), and I remember being kinda bummed out by Slayer live, though in fairness to them, I was 15 when I saw them and I didn't own a single Slayer album, and it's always worse if you don't know the songs.

nescience · « **Reply #8 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 19:50 »

When I saw the heading of this thread, I immediately thought "Fiery Furnaces." As such, I can only give a heartfelt second.

thermodynamics · « **Reply #9 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 20:27 »

Quote from: Mr. Oysterhead

I hear Modest Mouse is a terrible show live.

have you ever seen them? i've seen them 3 times and they were fucking incredible. the tours for their newest album weren't as good as their pre-major label shows, but they are still damn good.

of course, if you don't like a band, then you are more likely to say they suck .

i recently saw bright eyes at the ryman and it wasn't the best of shows, but it was still pretty decent.

thermodynamics · « **Reply #10 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 20:28 »

Quote from: Mr. Oysterhead

I hear Modest Mouse is a terrible show live.

have you ever seen them? i've seen them 3 times and they were fucking incredible the tours for their newest album weren't as good as their pre-major label shows, but they are still damn good.

of course, if you don't like a band, then you are more likely to say they suck .

i recently saw bright eyes at the ryman and it wasn't the best of shows, but it was still pretty decent.

pat101 · « **Reply #11 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 22:17 »

Weird, I thought both the Hold Steady and Bright Eyes shows I went to were great, espically Hold Steady's perfomance at Intonation I had a blast during that show. It might be because I adore both of the albums though.

JLM · « **Reply #12 on:** 18 Jan 2006, 23:02 »

Bands/Artists I've seen that didn't make me want to buy the album/fell below expectations:

KMFDM
Social Distortion
P-Funk
Public Enemy
Godflesh
Machines of Loving Grace
The Start
Surfer Rosa
The Zutons
Urban Takeover (DJ)
Goldie (DJ)
Photek (DJ)
Magnus Zingmark (from Koop - DJ Set)

Jarne · « **Reply #13 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 04:23 »

The Fiery Furnaces stopped doing the whole "string together a bunch of songs for the entire show" thing, as far as I can tell. When I saw them, they just did rockin' versions of their songs from all th' albums.

ayePod · « **Reply #14 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 04:54 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

Worst live show I saw was Hell is For Heroes (or more accurately one of the support bands...)

The last time I saw Hell Is For Heroes Jacobs Stories supported and they were top fucking notch. That was the tour that Justin got this accute flu 2 days in to it and they still playedan awesome set and Justin rocked out hard as hell.

Thrillho · « **Reply #15 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 07:42 »

Green Day.

The show was brilliant. Then I saw Bullet In A Bible...and Live 8...and some live shows on MTV...and Storytellers...

They've been playing the same setlist and having the same 'banter' and 'spontaneity' for the last year and a fucking half.

nescience · « **Reply #16 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 08:18 »

Quote from: Jarne

The Fiery Furnaces stopped doing the whole "string together a bunch of songs for the entire show" thing, as far as I can tell. When I saw them, they just did rockin' versions of their songs from all th' albums.

No, that's still their live show. Transitions or no, they have been playing their songs way too fast ever since "Blueberry Boat" came out.

cibohphobic · « **Reply #17 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 13:09 »

My first exposure to The Fiery Furnaces was a year ago or so, when I saw them open for Wilco. I thought they were fantasticsupergreat.

Worst show I've seen would have to be Death Cab for Cutie, though. There was nothing really wrong with them, inherently (I'm not a fan of theirs to start with, so that doesn't help, but that wasn't the whole of my dislike), it was just boring. Honestly, the loudest the crowd got was when the guitarist would announce the score of the Yankees-Red Sox playoff game between songs. I'm pretty sure that's a bad sign.

nescience · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 14:58 »

When I was a young-un, I was really into Sean Lennon. Wow, old-school. Anyway, the Sean opened the first "real" show I ever saw (with Pearl Jam, huh huh), and he decided that he wanted to do a lot of rap and complained at regular intervals that the crowd wasn't "moshing enough." It was kinda blow.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 16:18 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid

Green Day.

They've been playing the same setlist and having the same 'banter' and 'spontaneity' for the last year and a fucking half.

Dude, it's punk. Everything is recycled.

Inlander · « **Reply #20 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 16:44 »

Any band or singer that just reproduces the songs verbatim from their albums is a sure-fire dud for me. If I go to see a live show, I don't want to have exactly the same aural experience I could have had at home. I want to see a little variation and experimentation, dammit!

surgerydrugsnrocknroll · « **Reply #21 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 17:09 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid

Green Day.

The show was brilliant. Then I saw Bullet In A Bible...and Live 8...and some live shows on MTV...and Storytellers...

They've been playing the same setlist and having the same 'banter' and 'spontaneity' for the last year and a fucking half.

its well known that they recycle their sets and stuff..
but its not like anyone would really go see them more than once between each album, and they do change their stage act from album to album.
at least, i think they do.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #22 on:** 19 Jan 2006, 23:49 »

that's why i'm probably never going to see Green Day. most of my favorite songs by them are stuff that they never play because they aren't radio hitz (e.g., "Westbound Sign", "Stuart and the Avenue", a bunch of stuff off their Lookout! releases, etc.)

last time i saw Voodoo Glow Skulls i was really disappointed. their drummer kept going off-beat, and slowing down and speeding up, and the band was struggling to keep pace with him. i have no idea what was up with them that day.

i was also disappointed with Mustard Plug, because they were really just kind of boring. i don't like them that much anymore, anyway, though.

Thrillho · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 Jan 2006, 08:33 »

Quote from: Storm Rider

Quote from: DynamiteKid
Green Day.

They've been playing the same setlist and having the same 'banter' and 'spontaneity' for the last year and a fucking half.

Dude, it's punk. Everything is recycled.

I wouldn't give a shit if the setlist was the same, but EVERY show they give the kid a guitar, EVERY show they fire the super soaker at the crowd, EVERY show he says 'whatever bastard's in power, be an individual!'

almost thursday · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 Jan 2006, 08:41 »

green day were okay at leeds festival. after they played i said to my friend "oh man, i can't believe they didn't play good riddance" and he looked at me and in all seriousness said, "i know! and they didn't play time of yr life, either!" i just smiled because i thought he was joking, but EVERY SINGLE PERSON i spoke to said the EXACT SAME THING. it was awful.

worst live gig i've ever been to was converge. the band were good but i got the shit kicked out of me.

Luke C · « **Reply #25 on:** 20 Jan 2006, 11:03 »

I went to see The Starting Line. I hadn't heard an of their stufff and from what Id been told about them I wasn't expecting much but they were a whoel lot of sucky.

Bumface · « **Reply #26 on:** 20 Jan 2006, 11:36 »

PJ Harvey was ridiculously boring when I saw her.

The Breeders were slightly disappointing too, but still pretty good.

tweedyfarrar · « **Reply #27 on:** 20 Jan 2006, 14:58 »

I saw the Richard Buckner and Anders Parker Tour in the summer of 2005. Parker was okay, but Buckner the top billing was horrendous. His records are awesome and full of really unique songs, but live he kept playing his twelve string and looping in on top of the six string and his lyrics were unintelligble , it was definetly a let down. I was also unimpressed by both the Heartless Bastards and Modest Mouse.

Kai · « **Reply #28 on:** 20 Jan 2006, 16:07 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid

I wouldn't give a shit if the setlist was the same, but EVERY show they give the kid a guitar, EVERY show they fire the super soaker at the crowd, EVERY show he says 'whatever bastard's in power, be an individual!'

And now the irony kicks in.

Thrillho · « **Reply #29 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 05:55 »

Quote from: Kai

Quote from: DynamiteKid
I wouldn't give a shit if the setlist was the same, but EVERY show they give the kid a guitar, EVERY show they fire the super soaker at the crowd, EVERY show he says 'whatever bastard's in power, be an individual!'

And now the irony kicks in.

Exactly.

Iwan · « **Reply #30 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 07:07 »

One of my favourite bands, Ancient Rites.

And you know what the worst thing was? It wasn't even their fault. Some idiot spilled beer over the P.A.-control panel which fucked up their sound.

Outshined · « **Reply #31 on:** 21 Jan 2006, 23:51 »

In my experience, live shows are very much a hit or miss deal. For example, people have cited Modest Mouse as having a very good or very awful show. My bet is that they are both right, and on any given day, the quality of the show will depend on how plastered the band gets before they play. I suspect this is true of other bands, as well.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #32 on:** 22 Jan 2006, 04:49 »

Quote from: Iwan

And you know what the worst thing was? It wasn't even their fault. Some idiot spilled beer over the P.A.-control panel which fucked up their sound.

I was about to say. Hearing 'And the Hordes Stood as One' has moved them right to the top of the list of bands I want to see live for some time.

Iwan · « **Reply #33 on:** 22 Jan 2006, 08:31 »

Oh, I want to see them again... And then I'll be watching over the PA with some tasers in my hand, fully charged and ready to use.

You'll be surprised to see them... A lot has changed since the recording of "...And the hordes stood as one": Yrlund was kicked out of the band, they pulled back in Vandereycken, hired an extra guitarplayer which makes that there will be 3 (!) guitarplayers on the stage. And on top of that, their former keyboardplayer has returned to play the bass.
Imagine that, 10 years ago, they were only a three piece band, now you have 7 members on the stage...

There is a big chance you might see them. In a couple of months, their new album "Rubicon" should be released. Fingers crossed!

Kelamin · « **Reply #34 on:** 24 Jan 2006, 01:23 »

The Prodigy

I'd heard that they were good live and had some live things of their stuff, so i was expecting a good show, unfortunately i was very dissappointed. It was ok, but not something i would bust my balls to go see again. Fortunately i saw them at a festival so my money wasn't wasted.

I love teh BDO

Gryff · « **Reply #35 on:** 24 Jan 2006, 15:19 »

The Dandy Warhols - the band looked like they were drunk and high, the sound was sloppy and Courtney Taylor Taylor couldn't sing for shit.

REM were a slight letdown. I saw them last year and they played a greatest hits package and a few songs off their (terrible) latest record. I wanted at least a few lesser known songs, not just 'Everybody Hurts' and 'Losing My Religion', you know?

However, Bright Eyes supported REM, and he was fucking great.

Also Edan, at the Big Day Out a few days ago. He was having major sound problems and was getting kinda pissed off about it (understandably). Not really his fault but I was pretty disappointed so I left early. Apparently it got a lot better after I left.

Trollstormur · « **Reply #36 on:** 24 Jan 2006, 15:25 »

Quote from: JLM

KMFDM

I had a hell of a time at that show. It was freakin' amaaaaazing. and then afterwards, I found a lady's purse with like 100 dollars in it!

I also pawned her wedding ring.

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Author Topic: live disappointments (Read 13566 times)

surefunk

rive gauche

surefunk

Mr. Oysterhead

rive gauche

nescience

thermodynamics

thermodynamics

Jarne

ayePod

nescience

cibohphobic

nescience

surgerydrugsnrocknroll

almost thursday

Bumface

tweedyfarrar

Iwan

Outshined

Iwan