wrighty1874
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I've got to agree with Mick Jagger and go for Elvis Costello as top live performer.
Best live act?
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Hacker Khan
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The Flaming Lips is the right answer.
Hacker Khan
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I am a huge roses fan, since their magnificent debut album came out (I also think second coming is superb), but, and it's a big one. Passable bass player, gifted drummer, guitarist close to Marr like brilliance but live vocals? mmmmmmmmmmm
and I have every solo studio album he's cut
Let's be honest, Ian Brown can no sing to save his life. In fact I've got an early recording of his I can share with you
[video=youtube;mUL4xAcy7uo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUL4xAcy7uo[/video]
PhilTheFragger
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Pink Floyd at Earls Court followed closely by Genesis at the same venue. Others worth seeing are Meat loaf and Tina Turner who can still move it
FairwayDodger
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Good shout - excellent live band. Still say kiss were better though....
GB72
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Saw James play Alton Towers supported by Public Image limited and that was a great gig. Saw some great gigs by the Wonderstuff, Pop Will Eat Itself and Carter USM as well but Neds Atomic Dustbin were the best live act in the early 90s. All of those were topped by The Foo Fighters at Milton Keynes. The best live act that I have seen and I have seen a few. Close second is The Prodigy.
palindromicbob
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Foo Fighters in Belfast last year were awesome! Didn't want that set to end.
Duke Special in a local theatre was excellent. Really is someone to see in a smaller venue.
One of my most memorable was Mogwai in Birmingham.
Therapy at the RDA in Dublin were electric. Trouble was the fact they were cut short by Guns and Roses (who were disappointing in both Dublin and London). Axle apparently refused to perform if any other acts were playing at the same time.
Really looking forward to seeing Everything Everything this November. Very interested in seeing how they interpret the studio work for a live set.
Duke Special in a local theatre was excellent. Really is someone to see in a smaller venue.
One of my most memorable was Mogwai in Birmingham.
Therapy at the RDA in Dublin were electric. Trouble was the fact they were cut short by Guns and Roses (who were disappointing in both Dublin and London). Axle apparently refused to perform if any other acts were playing at the same time.
Really looking forward to seeing Everything Everything this November. Very interested in seeing how they interpret the studio work for a live set.
freddielong
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If it was about who the best singer is the four tenors or some opera singer would be best it's about more than that
Liam gallagher has a horrible voice but is a great front man I wouldn't go next door to listen to jagger sing but the stones work
Saying that though if you get the chance Frank Turner is amazing live
Sharktooth
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What a top taste in music you have there! Separated at birth!!!
Evesdad
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Seen Metallica live numerous times and never been let down. The one gig that really stands out for me was the prodigy at Brixton, can't remember the year early 90's the jilted generation tour was just amazing!
GB72
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I was the same with Metallica until Download last year. I know some people rave about their performance but i really felt that they dialled it in. Just did not seem like they wanted to be there or cared much. As for the Prodigy, they were late, it was cold, wet, raining, knee deep in mud and i had been on my feet for hours but I could not leave, just amazing from start to finish.
rob2
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Good call! Saw NEDS at the Astoria sometime in the early 90`s, they were fantastic. Carter, Gene and Kingmaker at the ULU were amazing. Levitation at the Cambridge corn exchange and Dinosaur Jr at Brixton.
Ah the good old days, I WANT TO BE 18 AGAIN!!! Wah...!
Rob
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
I do agree to a certain extent as the quality of the voice is only one factor, and if that's all you've got then you will not be a great front person for a band. But I would argue that Liam can actually sing when he can be bothered, Slide Away is a good example of what he can do. It's just most of the time he can't seem to be bothered and does some singy/shouty combination.
But even by those standards Ian Brown just is very bad live. As in really struggles to hold a note at times and sings out of key to the extent that it's painful. To my ears anyway.
PNWokingham
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Bruce Springsteen at Bramall Lane in 1987 (or maybe 1998!) was the dogs and unsurpassed - must have been 4 hours of his best stuff with the awesome Clarence Clemons giving it large on the solos to best-ever songs such as Jungleland, plenty of stories and emotion throughout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czFaKvckahk - Bruce in the mid 80s - awesome, shame it is a bootleg and poor sound - the story teller!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGU0z1DGO8E - Jungleland New York 2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=456baiiyLcs - a tribute to Clarence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czFaKvckahk - Bruce in the mid 80s - awesome, shame it is a bootleg and poor sound - the story teller!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGU0z1DGO8E - Jungleland New York 2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=456baiiyLcs - a tribute to Clarence
StrangelyBrown
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:thup:
I can't pick a favourite, it's a toss up twixt Buckcherry, Slash & Miles Kennedy and The Wildhearts.
Aztecs27
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Too many to just pick one. But of those that I remember vividly;
Hundred Reasons – Rock city 2002, just before the release of their debut album. My favourite band at the time, and I’d interviewed them earlier in the day…Just an epic day from start to finish.
Barenaked Ladies – Manchester Apollo, Aprilish 2007 – Had seen them many times before, but the nailed it from start to finish and ended up playing the one song I’d never heard them play live, that I’d really wanted to “When I Fallâ€.
Funeral For a Friend – Kerrang Tour, Doncaster Dome (of all places), 2005 – they were headlining a very average card. I thought Killswitch Engage would have been my highlight, but their sound was horrific (along with all the other bands). Wasn’t expecting much out of Funeral for a Friend then, but the sound was top and they played as tight as a tight thing.
Toto – Hammersmith Apollo a couple of years ago. Incredible musicianship, and a great set.
Doobie Brothers – Hammersmith Apollo late 2011. Awesome.
And most recently, Counting Crows at the Colston Hall last weekend. Probably the best sound I’ve ever heard at a gig, it was like listening to a CD. And the chemistry and musical talent on display was second to none. Of the 5 or 6 times I’ve seen them live, it was easily the best I’ve seen them.
Oh and I forgot Iron Maiden from the Dance of Death tour at Trent FM Arena! Sound was terrible(ish), but I was right on the front row. Such an awesome experience.
Hundred Reasons – Rock city 2002, just before the release of their debut album. My favourite band at the time, and I’d interviewed them earlier in the day…Just an epic day from start to finish.
Barenaked Ladies – Manchester Apollo, Aprilish 2007 – Had seen them many times before, but the nailed it from start to finish and ended up playing the one song I’d never heard them play live, that I’d really wanted to “When I Fallâ€.
Funeral For a Friend – Kerrang Tour, Doncaster Dome (of all places), 2005 – they were headlining a very average card. I thought Killswitch Engage would have been my highlight, but their sound was horrific (along with all the other bands). Wasn’t expecting much out of Funeral for a Friend then, but the sound was top and they played as tight as a tight thing.
Toto – Hammersmith Apollo a couple of years ago. Incredible musicianship, and a great set.
Doobie Brothers – Hammersmith Apollo late 2011. Awesome.
And most recently, Counting Crows at the Colston Hall last weekend. Probably the best sound I’ve ever heard at a gig, it was like listening to a CD. And the chemistry and musical talent on display was second to none. Of the 5 or 6 times I’ve seen them live, it was easily the best I’ve seen them.
Oh and I forgot Iron Maiden from the Dance of Death tour at Trent FM Arena! Sound was terrible(ish), but I was right on the front row. Such an awesome experience.
freddielong
Tour Winner
In a way your comment proves and disproves both our points yes Ian Brown cannot sing yet he is a massively successful singer with sold out tours and millions and millions of records sold
I was at the infamous stone roses gig at reading 96 I enjoyed it
MarkA
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Any one of the 6 U2 gigs i've been to. They seem to be getting better with age and am looking forward to the next new album.
Coldplay were good in Manchester last year but my favourites are Asia who ive followed since 1982! 6 gigs for them too
Coldplay were good in Manchester last year but my favourites are Asia who ive followed since 1982! 6 gigs for them too
Shaunmg
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Seen a few in my younger days when Northern Soul (as they later came to call it), was the thing in my teens. The best without doubt was Ike and Tina turner, at the Floral Hall Southport
