Who is the most disappointing live act you've seen?

Ledbetterman10

Bob Dylan by a MILE. Worst live performance I've ever seen. And I'm not just talking about performances by world-renowned musicians. Talent shows, cover band competitions, my sister's dance recitals when I was a kid....they all put Bob to shame.

RYEzupSF

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

Bob Dylan by a MILE. Worst live performance I've ever seen. And I'm not just talking about performances by world-renowned musicians. Talent shows, cover band competitions, my sister's dance recitals when I was a kid....they all put Bob to shame.

Agreed. I have seen him fucking rock and be incredible. And I have seen him fucking suck and be the biggest asshole and biggest disappointment.

nuffingman

ilockyer wrote:

nuffingman wrote:

Clapton in 2009 in London. It was the 5th time I'd seen him. Previously he'd had Doyle Bramhall as a support guitarist and for 2 of the shows Derek Trucks and some superb drummers. I think these guys kept Clapton on his toes. 2009 seemed lazy, the support musicians were ancient and looked like they were looking forward to their cocoa before bed. And the tickets were expensive.

Saw Clapton in 2010 with Steve Winwood and he was excellent. Seeing them again at the Royal Albert Hall, and also seeing Clapton on his own. He's touring with the same band that he and Winwood used, so should be good. I've heard loads of shows from when he had another guitarist in the band and he seemed quite often to hide behind them, rather than be pushed. On his own there is nowhere to hide. Luckily, the tickets for his own gig were much cheaper thanks to a friend.

I hope you enjoy it. Unfortunately we were so pissed off after the 09 show when I saw the Clapton/Winwood shows advertised I couldn't be bothered. I don't think he hid behind the other guitarists, when he was playing with Doyle they bounced off each other and it was awesome. He seemed as bored as we were in 09.

BH304897

Kings of Leon at Red Rocks and it had nothing to do with the band, the crowd was by far the worst I've seen.

H.Chinaski

Bob Dylan unfortunately because i love his songs so much. But his current live show sucks shit balls.

keeponrockin

I don't think Dylan was/is disappointing simply because I don't go see him expecting him to sound like he does on record.

anotherclone

The Shins.

I friggin love The Shins. but they pretty much came out, played music and left. No emotion, no crowd interaction, not chatting or anything. Really blah considering how much I love their music.

mfc2006

i've seen Beck twice. once on an acoustic tour for Sea Change & it was fantastic. then we saw him @ ACL Festival in 2008 while Promoting Modern Guilt (love the album) and he was terrible. it was flat-out boring. no energy...no excitement...nothing.

Loulou

Oh really????? How disappointing!!! :( I really like Beck, never seen him live but wondered what he was like. Damn, it's so shit when you finally get to see someone you've liked for a long time then realise they're crap.I loved Smashing Pumpkins and finally got to see them and was bitterly disappointed by Billy's attitude more than anything. He just wanted to play a whole lot of crap and none of his original music, mind you it wasn't the original line-up.

mfc2006 wrote:

i've seen Beck twice. once on an acoustic tour for Sea Change & it was fantastic. then we saw him @ ACL Festival in 2008 while Promoting Modern Guilt (love the album) and he was terrible. it was flat-out boring. no energy...no excitement...nothing.

Lizard

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mfc2006

Loulou wrote:

Oh really????? How disappointing!!! :( I really like Beck, never seen him live but wondered what he was like. Damn, it's so shit when you finally get to see someone you've liked for a long time then realise they're crap.I loved Smashing Pumpkins and finally got to see them and was bitterly disappointed by Billy's attitude more than anything. He just wanted to play a whole lot of crap and none of his original music, mind you it wasn't the original line-up.

mfc2006 wrote:

i've seen Beck twice. once on an acoustic tour for Sea Change & it was fantastic. then we saw him @ ACL Festival in 2008 while Promoting Modern Guilt (love the album) and he was terrible. it was flat-out boring. no energy...no excitement...nothing.

he was awesome the first time i saw him, Lorna. but i was really excited to see him @ ACL because i loved the last two albums (The Information, Modern Guilt) and it just seemed like he phoned it in.

Loulou

Damn. I love the album Sea Change, kinda depressing but it's awesome, especially Lost Cause. My brother reckons he looks younger and younger everytime he sees him on t.v.

mfc2006 wrote:

Loulou wrote:

Oh really????? How disappointing!!! :( I really like Beck, never seen him live but wondered what he was like. Damn, it's so shit when you finally get to see someone you've liked for a long time then realise they're crap.I loved Smashing Pumpkins and finally got to see them and was bitterly disappointed by Billy's attitude more than anything. He just wanted to play a whole lot of crap and none of his original music, mind you it wasn't the original line-up.

mfc2006 wrote:

i've seen Beck twice. once on an acoustic tour for Sea Change & it was fantastic. then we saw him @ ACL Festival in 2008 while Promoting Modern Guilt (love the album) and he was terrible. it was flat-out boring. no energy...no excitement...nothing.

he was awesome the first time i saw him, Lorna. but i was really excited to see him @ ACL because i loved the last two albums (The Information, Modern Guilt) and it just seemed like he phoned it in.

goldrush

The ones that immediately spring to mind are Incubus and Tool.

It seemed like Incubus wanted to turn every song into an extended drum solo (although their cover of Black Hole Sun was unexpected and quite cool). Tool were just boring as hell. I know there's a lot to be said for being note-perfect all night but honestly they could have just played the cds and nobody would have known any different.

Loulou

No shit!!! Tool were crap?????? Your kidding me?? I love Tool but never seen them live, jeez that's disappointing to hear. They are coming here for our Big Day Out but I refused to see them because I hate the Big Day Out. Full of little idiots and old pathetic people who are into dance mostly. Sorry if anyone on here is going, you guys are exempt from my last comment. They should have come with Soundwave festival (Slayer, Iron Maiden, Rob Zombie, Primus and Queens of the Stone Age).

goldrush wrote:

The ones that immediately spring to mind are Incubus and Tool.

It seemed like Incubus wanted to turn every song into an extended drum solo (although their cover of Black Hole Sun was unexpected and quite cool). Tool were just boring as hell. I know there's a lot to be said for being note-perfect all night but honestly they could have just played the cds and nobody would have known any different.

mysticweed

BH&TR7 weren't so hot at hyde park

Rock Fossil

Twenty odd years ago I was doing a Dylan and going through a Christian phase, so I went to see the late Larry Norman at Wollongong Town Hall. He came on stage, struggled to sing the first two songs and then announced that his voice was gone and he wouldn't be able to sing any more. So he then proceeded to organise the crowd into prayer circles and that was about it, no hint of a refund or anything. Being caught up in the moment and "spaced out" on religion we didn't question it but looking back on it now it feels like we were really ripped off.

Just to rub salt into the wound apparently he played the following night in Sydney with no problems.

He had nice hair though.

lukin14

Meat Loaf.

Although I suspect my balcony seats may have contributed to that feeling.

pjfan31

Guns N Roses in 2007/8 something like that. Terrible

BryanWeb

Bob Dylan. Ugh

Loulou

Yeah, I have never been a big fan of Guns and Roses, Axel just seems like such a tool.
I so surprised about Bob Dylan! So many people reckon he's crap! I don't know coz, I've never seen him live but this thread has been an eye opener! Note to self, never see Bob Dylan!!