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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 09:37:27
Not naming names what have been your worst concert momemnts?
Recently I saw a band that broke out into a 15 minute heavy metal/art rock discord "jam" it was very unusual considering they're not a jam band and that they mostly have pretty tight songs. I literally wanted to run out of there. I think it was a case that they're bored with their own songs and are playing for themselves and not the audience.
I told this story to my friend who said she recently saw the lead singer of a well known 80's band march around on the stage like Hitler. She left.
So what are your bad concert stories? |
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| Carl |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 17:49:09
Since the reunion, The Pixies have only played big, outdoor shows, in '04 supporting Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and in '05, when they at least headlined (it was their show, but it was made into a full-day event with supporting acts). This is inevitable, and I'm not complaining, at least I've got to see them, but it would be nice to see them in a smaller venue, which is unlikely, unless it's a special, secret show or something! I'm sure it's the same for a lot of countries they've played.
 pas de dutchie! |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 13:49:39
me too, although there's some good sides in festivals
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 13:35:38
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
I hate going to see a band you really like/love at a big, indifferent festival/day out event. I mean, obviously it's young people getting together to have fun/get drunk/stoned/have a laugh, etc. but it's shitty seeing a favorite band while being way back in a massive crowd getting crushed and stamped on and trying to maintaince balance while peering over the heads of people.
pas de dutchie!
What Carl said. I miss the intensity of a small venue.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself. |
| Carl |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 12:21:47
I hate going to see a band you really like/love at a big, indifferent festival/day out event. I mean, obviously it's young people getting together to have fun/get drunk/stoned/have a laugh, etc. but it's shitty seeing a favorite band while being way back in a massive crowd getting crushed and stamped on and trying to maintain balance while peering over the heads of people.
pas de dutchie! |
| Z_Zoquis |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 10:34:27
Back in the 80's I went to see The Lyres at a small venue here in the peg. Jeff Conolly (the siger and basically only permanent member of the band) was in a foul mood that night. A FOUL MOOD I say! At one point during the show he turned around and yelled at the drummer "just play the fuckin songs the way I wrote them!" Then a bit later in the show he walked off the stage mid-song, went to the bar and got himself a brew. :) Wasn't such a bad experience actually as it was pretty hilarious.
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| tacolicker |
Posted - 01/26/2006 : 08:49:11
I went to an all day multi-band extravaganza in Baltimore. I think it was 2005 or 2004. I went to see modest mouse, yeah yeah yeahs, the cure and some other smaller acts. WORST CONCERT EXPERIENCE EVER!! to get an over priced, weak shit beer, you had to wait in line for over an hour. it was over 90 degrees F. the place was over-run with half-naked teenie boppers, squeeling and pushing through the crowds. well there were crowds EVERYWEHRE. and to top it off, the bands played for only 35 minutes. we left before the cure came on. I will never go to a festival again. I've been spoiled by the small club venue. |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 01/25/2006 : 16:29:50
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat
quote:
it made me sad to hear kim deal say she'd rather "shoot herself in the face" than play an acoustic set tour.
Well, she IS the bass player. She probably doesn't want to have to play the stand-up bass.
CVB did "Lassie" at one of the two shows I've been to, by the way. It was awesome.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares."
I think that's really the main reason... the final jam was just jarring next to mellow music. that can be chocked up to my age.
stymie, that sucks you got kicked out. I never got kicked out but I almost passed out before the Beastie Boys. In HS they kicked out at DRI one of my x boyfriends because they mistakenly thought he was violent in the pit. So our little group of friends left then. Ahhh... I can remember the police whistles of the security guards at that venue to get us out.  |
| stymie |
Posted - 01/25/2006 : 16:06:15
I got kicked out of bogarts in cincy right after L.Jackson opened when the lights went up. I was smoking a doobie and some ape come and grabbed me and said " where's the bowl? " What bowl fuck-head, it was a joint. Had to listen to the bredders set from outside:( |
| VoVat |
Posted - 01/25/2006 : 15:59:28
quote:
it made me sad to hear kim deal say she'd rather "shoot herself in the face" than play an acoustic set tour.
Well, she IS the bass player. She probably doesn't want to have to play the stand-up bass.
CVB did "Lassie" at one of the two shows I've been to, by the way. It was awesome.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| starmekitten |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 13:52:19
quote:
Originally posted by benji
seeing The Flaming Lips live at the hammersmith apollo, london in 2003.
thats it. was a truly horrible concert.
joke band playing joke music.
how (and why) i lasted til the end, i'll never know.
I saw them in Cardiff at the end of 2003, it was the second time I'd seen them (first time must have been 98? 99? can't remember). The first time they were very good and the quirky funny camera blood on the head thing they did was still a novelty.
Cardiff and it was so stale. How he thinks he can get away with jabbering about how wonderful the crowd is and how bad war is for more time than they spent playing I don't know. My friend and I left very early to go to a small Irish bar and get bladdered. Which was the high point of the evening.. |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 13:35:39
quote:
Originally posted by freakin phreak
it made me sad to hear kim deal say she'd rather "shoot herself in the face" than play an acoustic set tour. :(
a day late, a dollar short
I don't know, to me it'd be a novelty thing. How many people have actually got to see the Pixies attempt an acoustic show, Something to tell the grand kids. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 05:38:43
To be fair I wasn't completely serious. There are some bands that could get away with it. Pixies for example. I would always prefer them to do a mix though.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 05:33:24
quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
quote:
Originally posted by freakin phreak
it made me sad to hear kim deal say she'd rather "shoot herself in the face" than play an acoustic set tour. :(
a day late, a dollar short
Another reason for me to love her. Acoustic tours are boooooooring.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
You clearly haven't been to a Kristin hersh show.
 I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/24/2006 : 05:07:19
quote:
Originally posted by freakin phreak
it made me sad to hear kim deal say she'd rather "shoot herself in the face" than play an acoustic set tour. :(
a day late, a dollar short
Another reason for me to love her. Acoustic tours are boooooooring.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| benji |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 20:17:31
seeing The Flaming Lips live at the hammersmith apollo, london in 2003.
thats it. was a truly horrible concert.
joke band playing joke music.
how (and why) i lasted til the end, i'll never know.
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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 18:43:53
quote:
Originally posted by prozacrat
I believe that's what Daisy Girl was referring to. They brought up the banjo player from Trampled By Turtles for it, too, which was fun. I've seen Camper 5 times, and they are one of the tightest bands on the planet. Usually their live version of Interstellar Overdrive is quite inspired, but last night it was a little strange. I don't think they had much energy left in them, which is understandable, since they've been touring, I think, pretty much non-stop for over a year now. I much preferred their extended jam of Tusk over Interstellar Overdrive, but they haven't played that in a while, I believe. The first time I saw an entire Camper show, they did a lengthy version of Tusk, which involved a lot of vb up;;;;;;;;;yy (sorry, my nephew was typing there)...involved a lot of samples being sent back and forth between David Lowry and Jonothan Segal via Apples and Air Ports, and a number of other cool tricks. It was a good time. Here's to hoping Camper gets some much needed time off and hits the road again with a great live show once again.
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No I agree. I mean the rest of the show was great. They put a lot of energy into it and it was really good. I guess I was expecting a show more like the one in the fall of 2004 where they played more off of pre key lime pie and then stuff from the new album.
I agree that the concert was prob too long and the band and the audience were getting tired. I just wish the bad would have done a better job of reading the audience to the songs they played and done that vs. a set list. It was just a weird vibe in general from the audience and esp for that last song it just was like it came out of nowhere... no segway.
This is no diss to them as musicans at all in fact my sig here for months said Help find Camper Van get their gear back.
It was just a case of not reading the audicence. I love that band and I really think that I have seen them twice, which is a lot. Part of me is bummed they never played The Day Lassie Went to the Moon. Yes they have a billion songs and can't play every one. Yes they are all super cool musicans. That's why I felt bad saying their name.
Anyway here's the really worst concert I went to ever. Greatful Dead when they stormed the gates.
Thx Prozacrat. Let me know next time you're in for a show and you we can split a pizza or something. |
| Carl |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 11:45:32
Missing some of The Pixies when I first saw them in 2004 (supporting Red Hot Chilli Peppers, for fucks sake.) And a one-day thing in Galway a few years ago, headlined by Beastie Boys, with Pulp, Garbage, Cornershop, and I don't know who else. There was a curfew, and Garbage (and maybe some of the other acts-I do remember that Cornershop only played for about 20 minutes) cut their set short so the Beasties could play longer (not the BB's fault). The music was good, but the stupid curfew put a dampner on things.
pas de dutchie! |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 10:34:01
When the other half used to play local bar gigs,
some other band was before them and they were so unbelievably horrible that when the singer yelled out "Hey, who wants to hear a cover?" I actually yelled;
"Oh good christ yes, please for the love of god play a cover!"
hehe.
That's not really a concert though,
hmmm,it wasn't really cool at the pixies here when that guy climbed on the stage, put his arm around frank, and it took security quite a while to realize he was there.
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Don't believe the hype. |
| Fartbone |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 10:15:35
I went to a Bad Religion show in the late 80's. Ended up in a riot and it made the news. I got hit with a blast of water from the firehose.
I went to an MDC show in the 80's. Also ended up in a riot. Billy club to the head.
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| freakin phreak |
Posted - 01/23/2006 : 08:10:20
it made me sad to hear kim deal say she'd rather "shoot herself in the face" than play an acoustic set tour. :(
a day late, a dollar short |
| prozacrat |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 21:07:12
By the way, I immediately knew what Daisy Girl was talking about since I was at the same show. I wish I had known you were going to be there, Daisy. I could have given you the $24 I owe you!
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| prozacrat |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 21:03:53
I believe that's what Daisy Girl was referring to. They brought up the banjo player from Trampled By Turtles for it, too, which was fun. I've seen Camper 5 times, and they are one of the tightest bands on the planet. Usually their live version of Interstellar Overdrive is quite inspired, but last night it was a little strange. I don't think they had much energy left in them, which is understandable, since they've been touring, I think, pretty much non-stop for over a year now. I much preferred their extended jam of Tusk over Interstellar Overdrive, but they haven't played that in a while, I believe. The first time I saw an entire Camper show, they did a lengthy version of Tusk, which involved a lot of vb up;;;;;;;;;yy (sorry, my nephew was typing there)...involved a lot of samples being sent back and forth between David Lowry and Jonothan Segal via Apples and Air Ports, and a number of other cool tricks. It was a good time. Here's to hoping Camper gets some much needed time off and hits the road again with a great live show once again.
http://www.prozacrat.com |
| VoVat |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 13:27:10
One particularly bad moment I can think of also relates to CVB, but it's not the band's fault. The first time I saw them in Philadelphia, some jerk sprayed Mace at the stage, and it got in David Lowery's eyes.
I'm really not into jam-type stuff. They Might Be Giants also occasionally do that kind of thing, and I think it's a real waste of time that they could use for, like, some more actual songs. Fortunately, they don't play "Spy" (the main offender in that respect) very much anymore. The only real jam-type thing I can recall CVB doing is their cover of "Insterstellar Overdrive," which I don't like that much, but it IS an album track, so it's not like they're just pulling a jam session out of their asses for the reunion shows. Maybe that's not what Daisy was referring to, though.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 11:31:12
Paying to go see CCR and finding out when we got there that it now actually stands for Creedence Clearwater REVISTED. I had no idea at the time that John Fogerty and the remaining original members absolutely despised one another so they had some "ass shaker", as my friend put it, fronting them and pretending to play guitar while he did his best Vegas impersonation of the Fog-man. Gave new meaning to the term "The great rock 'n roll Swindle". And getting in and out of the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles is one of the most nightmarish experiences anyone could ever go through. |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 09:57:02
well my friend just saw the Psychedelic Furs.
I feel really bad for saying this because I really like this band alot. Not as much as FB.FB&TC's or the P's but they are definately in my top 10. So the one I was talking about was Camper Van. I feel so shamed! But honestly, after walking out of there I was like "I don't think I can see them ever again." My husband was like "Good." It was that bad. |
| Peter Walker |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 09:44:30
Oh no..... one must name names! You can't be done for libel or slander for expressing an opinion ;-)
I saw Mike Peters (any UK members remember the Alarm?) supporting the wonderful Aimee Mann back in 1994. 12 years on, his Bowie-In-Labyrinth hobgoblin appearance and ghastly "I make Spinal Tap jokes and then play songs that make you realise that I haven't the faintest idea that I'm the sort of person that Spinal Tap was mocking" demeanour are still like an open wound on my psyche.
Not so much a "bad moment" as a never-ending 45 minutes of torment. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 01/22/2006 : 09:42:25
Boo hiss! Name names, Daisy. Which bands are you talking about?
I once saw Joey Ramone fall down during Surfin' Bird and not get up for a good 5 minutes. It seemed more drug-related than an artistic statement. It was cool at the time but lame in retrospect.
I got some heaven in my head
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