Has going to a gig ever put you off an artist for good?

Tombo2001

Has going to a gig ever put you off an artist for good?

In my case, I'd be hard pushed to listen to Madonna again after going to her Slane concert, which was (for me) an awful experience.

Van Morrison would be another, grumpy, back to the crowd.....although I wouldnt say it stopped me listening to his music, I certainly wouldnt watch him gig again.

Another is Morrissey.....saw him last year. The gig itself wasnt bad; but all the adulating middle aged men there got me wondering......is this a bit silly, and is the whole Smiths thing for adolescents and not for grown ups?

Anyone else experienced this?

Zulu

Yup,
Bob Dylan, Razor****e, & Kings of Leon.
All preformed crap & wrecked it for me.

tagoona

Saw van morrison about 10 years ago in dublin. Didn't play a single one of the classics....I was very disappointed. Definitely took the shine off listening.

schemingbohemia

Cat Power in Whelans years ago, stood in the corner barely singing, twas awful. Not totally put off listening to her but would never ever go and see her live again.

The Nal

I haven't listened to AC/DC since I saw them in the O2. I enjoyed the gig but for some reason they don't entertain me anymore.

dharn

ya saw maddonna at slane she was terrible, saw van morrison at the point last year he was brilliant but would not go again as he might be terrible next time and ruin the memories, bob dylan has been awful for years, neil young the greatest ever i saw live

theteal

I was pondering this question, thinking "no. . ." and suddenly, "oh yeah, the frames. . .what a self righteous ballbag".

I brought a girl I was seeing at the time to see them at vicar street ~7 years ago. Afair they were releasing a new album soon so went along expecting to hear a good bunch of new unknown songs - I don't mind this, I can find the good in most music. Anyway, as the gig was into it's final 3rd, some of the crowd started calling for some of their popular songs to be played - which was a little annoying but to be expected. After the 3rd inter song period of this, Hansard lets out a rebuke along the lines of, "we're the band, we play the music, you're the audience, you listen, so stfu".

Even though I agreed with him for the most part, I took an instant dislike to the man based on his delivery of that.

bullpost

Was at his show a few years ago and the middleaged guys who dress like him was bizarre.

old hippy

I'd grown up listening to Madness - so I was a bit disappointed with their less than spellbinding turn at Feile '93. The lads had been enjoying the hospitality booze backstage (I remember Suggs crashing into me, knocking half my pint over me). That said, I'd probably see them again and I still occasionally play their albums.

Morrissey at The Point, 20 odd years back. I don't care what age people are when they attend gigs - your love of music never dies. But what I found irksome was the sight of some of his younger adoring fans shouting homophobic abuse at the support act - Phranc. These same fans were later seen going bananas to grab Moz' shirt when he tossed it into the crowd. The irony was completely lost on the little darlings :rolleyes:

I saw Sparks twice in the last decade and the first time was awesome, the second time was fairly rubbish. Lot to do with the venue and sound quality but I'd still see them again.

serfboard

Zulu wrote: »

Bob Dylan

Even though he performed in Galway I wouldn't go and see him. Part of me wanted to, so I could say "I saw Bob Dylan play live". The other part of me agreed with PJ O'Rourke that Bob Dylan can't sing*.

Then I heard a recent live recording and I thought "Do I want to listen to that whining for 1-2 hours?"

And the answer was no.




* I've just found out that what he actually said was "I believed Bob Dylan was a musician".

MattHelders

MGMT. Went to them in the Olympia and they were absolute poison. Haven't listened to their album since. I didn't like their second one anyway

Viva La Gloria

My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Alkaline Trio.

Worst bit? I saw them all one after another- a short string of terrible shows.

sadie06

Muse at Oxegen...it was all a bit cabaret for me. I can only listen to them now...can't watch.

Macy Gray at The Point. She had to be helped on stage, very late, and was too out of it to perform.

Kings of Leon at the O2...so bored looking on stage.

I only went to see Oasis once (under duress) and it's the only time I've ever seen a headline act truly outdone by a support act. It was in Lansdowne, and the Gallagher brothers really weren't getting on, so the gig was miserable. Supergrass blew them off the stage.


Morrissey is the most consistent artist I've ever seen live. I've gone about 6 times in a 20 year time span, and he's been brilliant every time. And he is singing better than ever. Aimee Mann and Radiohead have never let me down either, in the 4-5 times I've seen each.

Furious-Red

Razorlight at Oxegen 07 , had seem them in the rds a few months before and it was basically the same setlist in the same order and just found them boring

KOL - Oxegen 09 , had the seem then the year before and they were really good and seemed to be enjoying themselves then fast forward a year and Sex on Fire was released and they were just boring and could see none of the band were really enjoying themselves

The Killers - Oxegen 07 , for some reason i picked them over Daft Punk :mad::mad::mad: again just bored the crap out of me (i know i should have just walked over to DP )

Professey Chin

Furious-Red wrote: »

Razorlight at Oxegen 07 , had seem them in the rds a few months before and it was basically the same setlist in the same order and just found them boring

KOL - Oxegen 09 , had the seem then the year before and they were really good and seemed to be enjoying themselves then fast forward a year and Sex on Fire was released and they were just boring and could see none of the band were really enjoying themselves

The Killers - Oxegen 07 , for some reason i picked them over Daft Punk :mad::mad::mad: again just bored the crap out of me (i know i should have just walked over to DP )

Im beginning to think youre me -_-
Although I did head over to Daft Punk :pac:

Tombo2001

To follow on from the OP...

I've seen Billy Bragg probably most often of any artist I go to...

However the last time I saw him play it was during 2008, the whole Lehman banking crisis, and he started off on this rant about how "now is our time, now is the time for us the ordinary people to seize the day and start a new system, a new world order" etc etc.....some guy in the crowd shouted up at him "get on with it...

Billy Bragg got thick with the guy, really rounded on the guy... which is maybe fair enough, I dont know......

Anyway my point is....

Most of Billy Braggs audience is middle class and middle aged. His audience is solicitors, bankers, teachers, people who went to college.......he has no unemployed people from cabra/ drimnagh/ ballyfermot going to his shows, or very few. And yet he plays this card of the working classes.....

I was just thinking " does he thinking he is kidding us with this scherade? is he kidding himself?"

As expected, no new world order has come to pass.

Having said all that, I'd still go see him again.

Rebelkell

Went to Christy Moore |Concert in Vicar street.

He had the bar closed which i could live with even though it does effect athmosphere.
However when people tried to sing along with him they were shushed. He is so well able to perform his songs and band were so good you might as well have been at home listening to his album.
He also lectured the crowd about someone in the Spainish civil war Complete with trying to get the crowd to go Hip Hip Horray ( Embarassing stuff I can tell you) and also went on about a bulldozer in Isreal or something. Give me a break!!!!!!!
Then when he played Don't forget your shovel the crowd were granted permission to sing along. Few did though because all enjoyment had been killed at that stage.

Was quite the fan before the concert and have never listened to an album of his since which even i find a bit strange.

squonk

Christy can be a bit funny alright. I saw him here in the Arts Festival Tent last Friday and he was only OK. He let the crowd sing but told them to shut up at one point because he wanted to sing a slow song. Bit up his own arse really.

Radiohead are the most consistently bad act I've seen and I'm completely put off them because of it. First time was in Marlay Pk and the second gig was in Malahide Castle. TBH they might as well have whipped out their collective lads on stage and started going at it because it came across musically as pure self interest. They barely acknowledged the crowd and did zilch to build up any kind of atmosphere whatsoever. I thought the first gig was a freak occurance so I gave them the benefit of the doubt but gig No 2 was the exact same. Worse still was a big spiel coming up to the second gig about how energy efficient their light show was and basically how great they were because of this. The light show was energy efficient alright because there were damn few lights there. Just some LED strands across the back of the stage updating with snatches of lyrics etc. It was hardly what you'd call monumental. I don't give a toss about the band anymore. they're a bunch of serious **** if you ask me.

musicmania

Neil Diamond when he played Lansdowne in 2005 (I think) His concert was appalling and I don't really listen to his music anymore. I do still like it but don't like the way it reminds me of how crap he was live especially when I saw him on TV 2 weeks later at a UK gig where he was brilliant. :mad:

Kings of Leon were a bit boring in Slane last year, nothing memorable about the gig whatsoever and I love Slane and am one of the few who enjoyed Madonna there (except for getting squashed on the way out!!!)

I tend to do my homework about bands and artists before I go to see them so know about things like Van Morrison being a contrary git and Christy Moore too but thankfully when I have seen both of them I saw them on days they were in good form.

I agree with Christy's no drink policy when he is on stage. It is the one thing I HATE about The O2 at fully seated shows where there are the fcukers walking around selling beer and interrupting us when we are trying to enjoy the gig!! They ruined Fleetwood Mac there.

bodhrandude

Bob Dylan at the Fleadh Mor festival in Waterford 1993, here I was looking at the living legend, what does he do, he condensed all his famous hits into a set of melodies, where you got one and a half minutes of say, Rainy Day Women and then maybe Mr Tambourine Man. This went on throughout his whole set. I came there to hear full songs not snatches of them. Fcuk that for a game of soldiers, I ended up going to see the Chieftains in the Mean Fiddler tent who were amazing.

Tombo2001

bodhrandude wrote: »

Bob Dylan at the Fleadh Mor festival in Waterford 1993, here I was looking at the living legend, what does he do, he condensed all his famous hits into a set of melodies, where you got one and a half minutes of say, Rainy Day Women and then maybe Mr Tambourine Man. This went on throughout his whole set. I came there to hear full songs not snatches of them. Fcuk that for a game of soldiers, I ended up going to see the Chieftains in the Mean Fiddler tent who were amazing.

Funny enough, I was that festival and I cant remember a single act.

cometogether

I always thought Pulp were okay until I saw them at the Electric Picnic. Absolute s hite, musical masturbation at its very worst. Jarvis Cocker is a d ick.

MadsL

I saw U2 many moons ago at the Milton Keynes bowl (The Unforgettable Fire tour) and was a massive fan at the time - The Edge's bank of 'every effect pedal every made in the world ever' blew out for some reason. Bono, after an uncomfortable silence, actually asked the audience if any jokes and invited people up on stage to tell them. I thought they were the joke, with four albums behind them in front of a huge stadium audience, that they couldn't pick up an acoustic guitar and sing a single one of their songs or cover something cool.

In my mind it exposed them as the greatest Rock confidence trick ever played. That U2 are a band rather than an exercise in pedal effects. Never been impressed by them since.

Mickolution

squonk wrote: »

Radiohead are the most consistently bad act I've seen and I'm completely put off them because of it. First time was in Marlay Pk and the second gig was in Malahide Castle. TBH they might as well have whipped out their collective lads on stage and started going at it because it came across musically as pure self interest. They barely acknowledged the crowd and did zilch to build up any kind of atmosphere whatsoever. I thought the first gig was a freak occurance so I gave them the benefit of the doubt but gig No 2 was the exact same. Worse still was a big spiel coming up to the second gig about how energy efficient their light show was and basically how great they were because of this. The light show was energy efficient alright because there were damn few lights there. Just some LED strands across the back of the stage updating with snatches of lyrics etc. It was hardly what you'd call monumental. I don't give a toss about the band anymore. they're a bunch of serious **** if you ask me.

I was at both of those shows (well, one of the Malahide ones anyway, they played two nights) and both were underwhelming. However, the other 3 or 4 times I've seen them they've been fantastic, two of which coming within weeks of those two shows. I think you were just a bit unlucky, tbh. As for talking to the audience, that's not why I go to a gig. Never got why people think it's important. A bit of patter can be good, but it can also be very corny and annoying, frankly. Depends on the act, I guess.

I have no idea what you're trying to say about the lights, though. They said they were putting on a relatively energy efficient tour and then they did. How dare they?

ADonoghue

I was a fan of Christy Moore until I went to see him in the Philamonic in Liverpool with my Wife ,been there many times previous , what a pain in the a*rse , bar shut in interval maybe he does'nt drink anymore but I like a pint , were warned no flash photography , did not like the audience joining in , a few Irish lads thrown out for singing and the heavy boys were watching our every move .

We paid good money not a good night , wouldn't watch him again if I got free tickets

Welease

Van Morrison in Bristol, UK... Rude, ignorant and boring.. Support act Chris Farlowe blew him off stage..

GoldenTickets

I've twice attended gigs where the "artistes" actually complained about having to do the show.

The first was Grandaddy in The Village. In the middle of an incredibly lazy show Jason informed us that the band had been recording in the US and had to interrupt that to come and play the gig and were "kinda pissed" about it. If the show hadn't been so bad I would have thought it was a joke, but the guys just didn't want to be there. I had been a big fan but that show put me off them for good.

The second time it happened was at a Mark Kozelek show in Whelan's. He was acting really pissy all through the show, had a go at some audience members and then told us he was fed up touring and we should buy some records from the merch table as he was "sick of dragging them around Europe". I discovered afterwards that this was standard practice for the guy and he's just a prick in general. Never bothered with his music again.

I think it takes some cheek to complain to an audience that has turned up and paid to see you, especially when you're playing venues like The Village and Whelan's. When you have so few fans it's probably a good idea to try to hold on to them.

musicmania

GoldenTickets wrote: »

I've twice attended gigs where the "artistes" actually complained about having to do the show.

The first was Grandaddy in The Village. In the middle of an incredibly lazy show Jason informed us that the band had been recording in the US and had to interrupt that to come and play the gig and were "kinda pissed" about it. If the show hadn't been so bad I would have thought it was a joke, but the guys just didn't want to be there. I had been a big fan but that show put me off them for good.

The second time it happened was at a Mark Kozelek show in Whelan's. He was acting really pissy all through the show, had a go at some audience members and then told us he was fed up touring and we should buy some records from the merch table as he was "sick of dragging them around Europe". I discovered afterwards that this was standard practice for the guy and he's just a prick in general. Never bothered with his music again.

I think it takes some cheek to complain to an audience that has turned up and paid to see you, especially when you're playing venues like The Village and Whelan's. When you have so few fans it's probably a good idea to try to hold on to them.

Now that is what I call arrogance. If I was at a gig and they behaved like that I'd walk out. The fcking cheek!!

GoldenTickets

musicmania wrote: »

Now that is what I call arrogance. If I was at a gig and they behaved like that I'd walk out. The fcking cheek!!

It really was jaw-dropping stuff. I'll never understand the mentality of someone who thinks it's fair enough to behave like that to a paying audience.

Motorist

squonk wrote: »

Radiohead are the most consistently bad act I've seen and I'm completely put off them because of it. First time was in Marlay Pk and the second gig was in Malahide Castle. TBH they might as well have whipped out their collective lads on stage and started going at it because it came across musically as pure self interest. They barely acknowledged the crowd and did zilch to build up any kind of atmosphere whatsoever. I thought the first gig was a freak occurance so I gave them the benefit of the doubt but gig No 2 was the exact same. Worse still was a big spiel coming up to the second gig about how energy efficient their light show was and basically how great they were because of this. The light show was energy efficient alright because there were damn few lights there. Just some LED strands across the back of the stage updating with snatches of lyrics etc. It was hardly what you'd call monumental. I don't give a toss about the band anymore. they're a bunch of serious **** if you ask me.

They were brilliant to see live back around 1997 during Ok Computer. Saw them twice after that, most recently in Malahide Castle. Malahide Castle was such a let down.

Extinction

Saw Roger Waters The Wall at the O2 in London last year, utter crap and put me off listening to Pink Floyd.

monkeysnapper

i wasnt a huge fan but i did like a few songs from meatloaf, he played in fitsgerald stadium in killarney and i thought he was rubbish, havent played a single song by him since, i got free tickets to see bonny tyler in inec in killarney and she had to stop 1/3 of the way thought "total eclipse of the heart" because she got her words mixed up , like what the f*ck

sabrewulf

Fatboy Slim.

I knew (and loved) a few tracks tracks like Funksoul Brother. When I got to the Marley Park gig, all I saw was a dude waving a bandana to the crowd while playing cheesy techno MP3s from a laptop. I left shortly after the start and could never listen to any of his tracks again without raging...

Faith No More

I saw them at the Olympia Theatre 2 or 3 years ago. Been a fan since the released "the real thing". I followed the setlist of this tour and they played "we care a lot" and "from out of nowhere" (my 2 favorites) at every gig except for the Dublin one. When I hear FNM now, it reminds me of one of biggest disappointments gig-wise (because my expectations had been so high). I even took a full video of the show in great quality, which I never watched, because it makes me sad.

melekalikimaka

the offspring @ leeds last year, followed by blink 182 same fest, utter let down, maybe the new fans like then different

eviltimeban

GoldenTickets wrote: »

The second time it happened was at a Mark Kozelek show in Whelan's. He was acting really pissy all through the show, had a go at some audience members and then told us he was fed up touring and we should buy some records from the merch table as he was "sick of dragging them around Europe". I discovered afterwards that this was standard practice for the guy and he's just a prick in general. Never bothered with his music again.

Mark Kozelek has a funny sense of humour though, have you heard his latest album? The WHOLE THING is about being sick of touring and selling merch and signing posters for middle aged guys instead of having girls come to his shows. All that sort of thing. But I do believe he's mostly taking the piss.

I've seen him many times, and while some gigs have uncomfortable moments, others have been spectacular (e.g. Sun Kil Moon's last gig at the Academy). He's playing the Button Factory in November, I'm def gonna go.

One person I may not see again is Evan Dando / Lemonheads. I saw their "Shame About Ray" show in the Academy this year and it was awful. No interest in the music, stood still all night, sang awfully, barely spoke to the audience. I've seen him play solo and band a ton of times and seen some amazing, fun gigs by him (Whelan's with Ben Kweller and Ben Lee; solo band line up in the Village) and even met him after one and he was really nice.

But that last show was just so awful that I'm not sure I'd want to go again.

GoldenTickets

eviltimeban wrote: »

Mark Kozelek has a funny sense of humour though, have you heard his latest album? The WHOLE THING is about being sick of touring and selling merch and signing posters for middle aged guys instead of having girls come to his shows. All that sort of thing. But I do believe he's mostly taking the piss.

I haven't heard the new album (because I've been put off the guy totally) but I did read a review of it in the latest issue of Uncut which incorporated a small interview with him. It seemed to me that he was belatedly trying to make a joke out of his bad behaviour, not that he had been joking all along.

He made that same point in the interview, that he was pissed off that his audience is middle-aged guys and he'd rather a more attractive audience like he had in the Red House Painters days. It put me off the guy even more, I just think his attitude stinks. It didn't seem tounge-in-cheek to me, either when I saw him play or in this interview. He just seems dog ignorant, which is jarring given the type of music he plays.

Anyway, if he doesn't like the way things have worked out for him he should go do something else. Become a fry-cook and try to score the waitresses or something, if that's all he's interested in.

horslips

Ryan Adams - what an ass.

Saw the obnoxious show in the Olympia in (maybe) 2003 where he was clearly stoned and wandered around the stage wondering what he would play/do next. What passed for insightful commentary between the songs was not worthy of a five year old.

Never again, says I.

However, I did see him again supporting Oasis in Montreal in 2008. Of course the audience were not to his liking and he gave a speech about the audience not deserving him or some other rubbish.

Never again.

Although, Jacksonville City Nights remains firmly one of my favourite albums.

Riddim Bandit

MGMT on Eletric Picnic in umm... 2009 - Biiig disappointment - They were making impression like someone had wrote their biggest hits for them and they struggled to perform.

Mickolution

Extinction wrote: »

Saw Roger Waters The Wall at the O2 in London last year, utter crap and put me off listening to Pink Floyd.

Really? I was at that gig and thought it was amazing. Sure, he's not the best musician/singer, but that show was all about the spectical. What didn't you like about it?

eviltimeban

GoldenTickets wrote: »

I haven't heard the new album (because I've been put off the guy totally) but I did read a review of it in the latest issue of Uncut which incorporated a small interview with him. It seemed to me that he was belatedly trying to make a joke out of his bad behaviour, not that he had been joking all along.

He made that same point in the interview, that he was pissed off that his audience is middle-aged guys and he'd rather a more attractive audience like he had in the Red House Painters days. It put me off the guy even more, I just think his attitude stinks. It didn't seem tounge-in-cheek to me, either when I saw him play or in this interview. He just seems dog ignorant, which is jarring given the type of music he plays.

Anyway, if he doesn't like the way things have worked out for him he should go do something else. Become a fry-cook and try to score the waitresses or something, if that's all he's interested in.

Dude, everything he says is SOOO tongue in cheek - I think you're getting the wrong end of the stick.

At the same time, wouldn't you be pissed off if your audience was middle aged balding men instead of cute girls? :-)

GoldenTickets

eviltimeban wrote: »

Dude, everything he says is SOOO tongue in cheek - I think you're getting the wrong end of the stick.

At the same time, wouldn't you be pissed off if your audience was middle aged balding men instead of cute girls? :-)

I honestly think you're giving the guy more credit than he deserves, but we can agree to disagree on whether he's being ironic or just being himself.

I do know that he threatened an audience member for attempting to video him on his phone at that Whelan's gig I attended. He embarrassed the guy roundly and threatened to beat him up. There was nothing funny or tongue in cheek about it, he wasn't kidding and never made any attempt to diffuse the situation afterward, just kept on about how pissed off he was with touring. Ok, I think filming gigs on your phone is for chumps, but there's no need to lay into someone for doing it, what's the big deal? Youtube is already awash with poor quality videos of Mark Kozelek playing live anyway, what difference is one more going to make?

I can honestly say if I was lucky enough to have an audience I'd take any one I could get and I'd try to treat them well. Maybe the guy is just having a laugh with his fans about how he and they are all a bunch of sad, middle-aged loners. That's fair enough if his audience are into that. If they're not then he'll have an even smaller audience next time round.

I do hope the Button Factory gig goes off well and that you enjoy it. And if he does kick off at it, make sure you post on here and let us know

Furious-Red

Actually have to add another band to my list

Counting Crows - Oxegen 08 , Pretty much just played the new record and played Mr Jones on the second song and it just felt the set would never end

Extinction

Mickolution wrote: »

Really? I was at that gig and thought it was amazing. Sure, he's not the best musician/singer, but that show was all about the spectical. What didn't you like about it?

This review summed up what I thought of it http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/8511618/Roger-Waters-The-Wall-O2-Arena-London-review.html
I suppose you could say I went to see the wall as it originally was because I always wanted to see the show but it was a let down, making political statements about current world events just didn't fit for me.

ongarite

Chilli Peppers in the Phoenix Park. Absolute garbage and haven't time for them since.

ciaranf92

The Horrors in Belfast this year.

Firstly they were just awful in general, but Faris also criticized the crowds movement and sarcastically said "Wow, I wonder how youre gonna keep this level of energy up all night". Then during the encore he said he preferred Dublin.

Havent bothered listening to them since.

Chazz Michael Michaels

I had a double whammy at The Marquee. I went to see Midlake and they were awful live, though I still like their records, I wouldn't go see them again. They supported Grizzly Bear who were just amazing, and I have loved them since that night.

Tombo2001

ongarite wrote: »

Chilli Peppers in the Phoenix Park. Absolute garbage and haven't time for them since.

i was at that gig myself and was a bit underwhelmed myself, but on that I would relate back to what another post said about U2 earlier on, the chillis would be a band that have a very uncluttered sound, it is singer, drums, bass and electric guitar without any effects.....on my favourite songs of theirs anyway like scar tissue or californication......carried imho by the brilliant guitar playing of John Frusciante. I just think its not a stadium sound, it sounds a bit empty when pumped out over massive speakers, it needs extra effects or instruments to fill it out.....especially as in the phoenix park where I think the sound wasnt great, guitar not loud enough......I would question whether the chillis are a great stadium band, that their sound doesnt suit stadiums....I've only seen them the once.

delbertgrady

Kris Kristofferson, The Point
This was like a never-ending concert. Kristofferson just kept waffling on about "freedom" and moaning about George W. Bush. His harmonica holder was set up in such a way that he had to physically adjust it whenever he wanted to actually play it, which meant he often lost the flow of the song while he had to stop playing his guitar to fix it. It just went on and on and on. He's been back several times since, and I've stayed well clear.

Lambchop, Olympia
I saw them on the Nixon tour, and - with that album being one of the critics' unanimous favourites of the year - the gig was highly anticipated. It's so long ago, I can't remember anything specific to complain about, but it was just so uninvolving and soulless, I couldn't believe how detached I felt from the the whole thing. There was an intermission (rare with gigs of that scale, but welcome), so I took the opportunity to leave. I never listened to them again and ultimately sold whatever CDs of theirs I had.

Natalie Merchant, Olympia
This was on the Ophelia tour. She regularly forgot the words to songs and failed to introduce her band, which normally wouldn't bother me, but they were far more polished than she was, and deserved some credit. Neither her 10,000 Maniacs output nor any of her solo albums have any place in my current record collection.

St. Vincent, The Button Factory
I loved Annie Clark before this gig, but it was such a massive disappointment, I don't think I've really listened to her since. I've actually "unchecked" all her songs off my iPod. She played all but one song off Strange Mercy, her most recent (and arguably weakest) album, and didn't play a handful of favourites from her previous records. She arrived on stage ridiculously late as well. Grr.

Table Top Joe

ongarite wrote: »

Chilli Peppers in the Phoenix Park. Absolute garbage and haven't time for them since.

Same for me,thought they were absolutely appalling,Kiedas has to be one of the worst frontmen in music,he might as well have been watching the telly for all the interest he showed,how people can flock to see them in their 10s of 1,000s everytime they play here is beyond me,think theyre just one of those bands its cool to like

They played for about 70 minutes including an encore break and a 5 or 10 minute drum solo(!!!)a f***ing joke of a live band

seachto7

Tombo2001 wrote: »

......I would question whether the chillis are a great stadium band, that their sound doesnt suit stadiums....I've only seen them the once.

Saw them at Slane in 03 and thought they were top notch. Before they played, you had Foo Fighters and QOTSA on the bill. I thought RCHP entertained that night. I do think without Frusciante, it's a different ball game....

Brinimartini

schemingbohemia wrote: »

Cat Power in Whelans years ago, stood in the corner barely singing, twas awful. Not totally put off listening to her but would never ever go and see her live again.

WHO?