WillemJoel All American 8006 Posts user info edit post |
The Shins.
LOVE their studio stuff.
but god when i saw em live, i couldn't wait to leave. 9/3/2008 10:16:36 PM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
im trying to think, ive generally been pretty happy. most bands ive seen live and been pretty unimpressed with were bands I wasnt huge into anyways. I know there have definitely been some, but I cant remember off the top of my head for some reason.
I could almost start another thread entitled "Bands you LOVE live, who disappoint you on disc" without being a parody thread because this has happened probably MORE for me than the question you are asking oddly enough.
[Edited on September 3, 2008 at 11:01 PM. Reason : ] 9/3/2008 10:58:01 PM |
WillemJoel All American 8006 Posts user info edit post |
OH COME ON, PEOPLE 9/3/2008 11:01:43 PM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
i know there are some! but for some reason they are escaping me.
oh heres one, late in codeseven's career their singer was REALLY into drugs and just sounded AWFUL live but I loved every one of their albums.
[Edited on September 3, 2008 at 11:06 PM. Reason : ] 9/3/2008 11:02:47 PM |
Mr Scrumples Suspended 61466 Posts user info edit post |
cue the Black Crowes douchebag in here... 9/3/2008 11:10:53 PM |
WillemJoel All American 8006 Posts user info edit post |
man, 6 or so years ago, i kinda liked jack johnson (~), and seeing him live made me want to kill myself. 9/3/2008 11:13:23 PM |
iceman72 All American 1044 Posts user info edit post |
im sure that my chemical romance or any other screamo band sounds like ass in person 9/3/2008 11:29:14 PM |
WillemJoel All American 8006 Posts user info edit post |
i'm sure they all sound like ass on disc, too. 9/3/2008 11:30:27 PM |
iceman72 All American 1044 Posts user info edit post |
this is true... just noting the significant difference in their 'studio' voice and their actual god given one 9/3/2008 11:31:18 PM |
DoeoJ has 7062 Posts user info edit post |
say anything. 9/3/2008 11:37:47 PM |
WolfAce All American 6458 Posts user info edit post |
counting crows in concert was kind of disappointing, I dunno they took a lot of liberties and changed up their songs quite a bit, standing out from the cd is one thing, but if you can't even sing along to a song b/c they change up the timing and phrasing so much, it just gets annoying fast
and like 5 min ad lib (vocals) sections in their best songs were a little off too
[Edited on September 3, 2008 at 11:41 PM. Reason : ] 9/3/2008 11:40:31 PM |
Kickstand All American 11597 Posts user info edit post |
^agree 100%. I was highly disappointed when i heard them recently. I really wanted to hear "Round Here" live, but they completely butchered it. 9/3/2008 11:51:10 PM |
Maverick1024 All American 4866 Posts user info edit post |
Fall Out Boy is pretty disappointing. 9/4/2008 12:00:59 AM |
WillemJoel All American 8006 Posts user info edit post |
GUYS
WE'RE TALKING BANDS THAT ARE GOOD ON DISC, AND BAD LIVE.
NOT BAD AT BOTH, K? 9/4/2008 12:16:34 AM |
aaronian All American 3299 Posts user info edit post |
t-pain 9/4/2008 12:38:11 AM |
ussjbroli All American 4518 Posts user info edit post |
I've always been dissapointed by Red Hot Chili Peppers live show 9/4/2008 1:03:13 AM |
LickHer All American 1580 Posts user info edit post |
tool 9/4/2008 1:44:50 AM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "WE'RE TALKING BANDS THAT ARE GOOD ON DISC, AND BAD LIVE." |
Then change thread title to "bands WillemJoel loves on disc, who disappoint you live."9/4/2008 4:18:39 AM |
elkaybie All American 39626 Posts user info edit post |
I say Live, but I'm chalking that up to seeing them in 2008 instead of in the 90s
i got really drunk when i saw The Shins, so I enjoyed em
I was disappointed with Jack Johnson as well...I had hoped he'd jam a bit more, but otherwise his show wasn't terrible.
I can't really think of any other shows where I've left disappointed... :-/ 9/4/2008 7:25:44 AM |
stowaway All American 11770 Posts user info edit post |
I agree with Counting Crows. I must have had seats that were where all of the horns were pointing because the treble was through the roof and everything was screachy as hell. The band didn't seem into the show, either. 9/4/2008 8:22:50 AM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
Ashlee Simpson
if the thread was opposite
because she makes me wanna AH AH AH SCCRREEEEAAAAAAAMMMMMM-AH live 9/4/2008 8:44:57 AM |
jbrick83 All American 23447 Posts user info edit post |
And I've honestly never been disappointed live. Its probably because I rarely see live music because I'm extremely picky about seeing live shows. Been ridiculously impressed with The Roots, Common, Nas, Talib Kweli, Method Man and Redman, Spoon, and RATM.
Not quite as impressed, but still very satisfied with Outkast and Wu-Tang (like 6/7 years ago).
Honestly...most impressed (only because I went in with extremely low expectations because I was DRAGGED there) with Nelly and St. Lunatics. Thought they were going to be horrible but they actually put on a pretty bad ass performance at the HOB in Myrtle Beach. 9/4/2008 8:49:39 AM |
slackerb All American 5093 Posts user info edit post |
Counting Crows and Death Cab for Cutie top this list for me. 9/4/2008 10:03:44 AM |
bassjunkie All American 3093 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I've always been dissappointed by Red Hot Chili Peppers live show" |
I've heard this on several occasions. I like their albums and haven't had the chance to see a live show but I've probably heard this more about the Chili Peppers than any other band....At the same time a friend of mine / fellow musician said he saw them about a year ago and it was a great show. I think they established a reputation for sloppy live shows and that's a hard wrap to beat until you consistently prove yourself otherwise9/4/2008 10:21:42 AM |
Walls1441 All American 10000 Posts user info edit post |
i've never been disappointed live except by The Absence. Drummer could NOT keep up live with the blastbeats. and while we're on the subject pelican's drummer was pretty terrible live, but i was tripping so that wasn't the biggest deal in the world.
I am walls1441 and i approved this message. 9/4/2008 10:24:12 AM |
AndyMac All American 31922 Posts user info edit post |
I never loved them, but I liked Blink-182 when I saw them back in 02 on the pop disaster tour.
They played after Green Day, who was great, and they pretty much sucked. Also, Jimmy Eat World opened, who I also liked, and they were god awful. 9/4/2008 10:31:40 AM |
Rockstar006 Veteran 466 Posts user info edit post |
i was kinda disappointed with tokyo police club when i saw them recently...even though i gave them the benefit of the doubt due to guitar tech issues. the dudes guitar was out for a whole song at one point.
to add to CTA's future thread, one of the openers that night Eagle*Seagull was great live, but their debut album sounded like crap to me. 9/4/2008 11:00:10 AM |
mrlebowski All American 9310 Posts user info edit post |
Oasis 9/4/2008 11:47:54 AM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
^ really? I've always wanted to see them live and I was thinking about driving to see them wherever was the closest stop on their next tour
I figured they'd be good 9/4/2008 11:52:30 AM |
mrlebowski All American 9310 Posts user info edit post |
that's what you'd think, right? I've seen them four times and it's always boring. They look so awesome on the dvds, but it's just not exciting at all. 9/4/2008 12:01:52 PM |
jwb9984 All American 14039 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I never loved them, but I liked Blink-182 when I saw them back in 02 on the pop disaster tour.
They played after Green Day, who was great, and they pretty much sucked. Also, Jimmy Eat World opened, who I also liked, and they were god awful." |
that was by far the worst concert i've ever attended. not sure why i even went in the first place though. i don't particularly enjoy any of the bands9/4/2008 12:34:07 PM |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
i was extremely impressed with Jimmy Eat World when I saw them last year. Im not even that into their last few albums but I love their early stuff and they sounded great and had a lot of energy in charlotte last year.
although i saw them in a lot smaller venue than you probably saw green day and blink 182 in. JEW is not an arena band. they just dont show well there. 9/4/2008 3:06:27 PM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
rjd2 9/4/2008 3:12:13 PM |
sober46an3 All American 47925 Posts user info edit post |
wu-tang clan lcd soundsystem 9/4/2008 3:21:19 PM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
oh yeah how could i forget wilco
the few times i've seen them live it's been a total snoozer. 9/4/2008 3:26:35 PM |
spöokyjon ℵ 18617 Posts user info edit post |
Fiery Furnaces - hey, let's play our songs as fast as possible with no discernible beginnings or ends or transitions and no melody whatsoever
Cat Power - 'nuff said 9/4/2008 4:25:42 PM |
tschudi All American 6195 Posts user info edit post |
i thought that show at cat's cradle was really good
but to answer the question of the thread, radiohead9/4/2008 4:54:06 PM |
lopezlisa All American 540 Posts user info edit post |
I liked Hoobastank's first cd, but when I heard the singer live on the radio singing "Reason", it was horrid. He couldn't hit his pitches worth shit, nor sustain any note that he sang.
Garfunkel was awesome live Nickel Creek was a little busy (sound-wise), and they sound better with studio atmosphere than on an indoor concert stage. 9/4/2008 6:13:35 PM |
Cif82 All American 10455 Posts user info edit post |
Radiohead only disappointed me because they didn't play Karma Police.
Shins were bad because the sound was horrible at lollapalooza 06.
Quote : | "i was kinda disappointed with tokyo police club when i saw them recently...even though i gave them the benefit of the doubt due to guitar tech issues. the dudes guitar was out for a whole song at one point." |
I'll be seeing them live next week and maybe in Boston towards the end of October so I hope the problem was a technical issue.9/4/2008 8:50:10 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
saw Metallica about 12 years ago so they had already started to suck on disc but they were boring as shit live 9/4/2008 9:14:56 PM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
i heard recently that incubus is horrible live.
not because they sound bad, actually i heard they sound exactly like they sound on the disc. they're just......boring.
i guess this is a little off topic, but hey-it's relevant 9/5/2008 9:42:55 AM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
^ thats kind of what happened with the Metallica show I mentioned above 9/5/2008 10:38:05 AM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
haha totally didnt read that
hi shannon 9/5/2008 11:19:31 AM |
miska All American 22242 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "not because they sound bad, actually i heard they sound exactly like they sound on the disc. they're just......boring." |
I felt like that about Built to Spill.
They sound great live, but the 20+ minute jamming out didn't do it for me.]9/5/2008 11:26:58 AM |
blasphemour All American 57594 Posts user info edit post |
almost every rap group/artist. 9/5/2008 12:33:18 PM |
saps852 New Recruit 80068 Posts user info edit post |
wu-tang clan was def the worst show ive ever seen 9/5/2008 1:03:52 PM |
ssclark Black and Proud 14179 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "saw Metallica about 12 years ago so they had already started to suck on disc but they were boring as shit live
" |
was going to say that.
saw them circa 97ish in Charlotte .... and it was trash. Maybe it was the noise ordinance but sitting on the lawn you could barely hear the band.9/5/2008 1:37:42 PM |
prep-e All American 4843 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Counting Crows and Death Cab for Cutie top this list for me." |
what Death Cab show have you been to that disappointed you? the one at Reynolds? the harmonics in there were just aweful, I hope that's what you're talking about, because the show they played at Disco Rodeo back in ~2003 w/ Stars was the best live show I've ever been to (out of probably 60-70 shows), absolutely incredible.9/5/2008 11:38:19 PM |
Wyloch All American 4244 Posts user info edit post |
Rush 9/6/2008 5:47:27 PM |
9one9 All American 21497 Posts user info edit post |
i was told fleetwood mac was terrible in concert 9/6/2008 9:48:34 PM |