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

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

OH COME ON, PEOPLE

9/3/2008 11:01:43 PM

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

cue the Black Crowes douchebag in here...

9/3/2008 11:10:53 PM

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

im sure that my chemical romance or any other screamo band sounds like ass in person

9/3/2008 11:29:14 PM

i'm sure they all sound like ass on disc, too.

9/3/2008 11:30:27 PM

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

say anything.

9/3/2008 11:37:47 PM

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

^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

Fall Out Boy is pretty disappointing.

9/4/2008 12:00:59 AM

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

t-pain

9/4/2008 12:38:11 AM

I've always been dissapointed by Red Hot Chili Peppers live show

9/4/2008 1:03:13 AM

tool

9/4/2008 1:44:50 AM

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

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

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

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

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

Counting Crows and Death Cab for Cutie top this list for me.

9/4/2008 10:03:44 AM

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"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 otherwise

9/4/2008 10:21:42 AM

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.

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9/4/2008 10:24:12 AM

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

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

Oasis

9/4/2008 11:47:54 AM

^ 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

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

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 bands

9/4/2008 12:34:07 PM

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

rjd2

9/4/2008 3:12:13 PM

wu-tang clan
lcd soundsystem

9/4/2008 3:21:19 PM

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

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

Quote :

"lcd soundsystem"

i thought that show at cat's cradle was really good

but to answer the question of the thread, radiohead

9/4/2008 4:54:06 PM

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

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

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

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

^ thats kind of what happened with the Metallica show I mentioned above

9/5/2008 10:38:05 AM

haha totally didnt read that

hi shannon

9/5/2008 11:19:31 AM

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"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

almost every rap group/artist.

9/5/2008 12:33:18 PM

wu-tang clan was def the worst show ive ever seen

9/5/2008 1:03:52 PM

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

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"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

Rush

9/6/2008 5:47:27 PM

i was told fleetwood mac was terrible in concert

9/6/2008 9:48:34 PM