Live Music

[Mr EliteL]

What do you think about live music? Are concerts your thing? Perhaps you've been to a music festival? Theatre musicals?

I did copy and paste this from my post on old UG, with some changes.


I have attended three so far. One as a tribute band that play both Deep Purple and Led Zepplin music, aptly named Purple Zepplin. A jazz club with Jacqui Hicks, both of these in 2015. I did enjoy both well enough to have interest in going to others, although I haven't done so in these last three years since then. Jazz club I'd gladly do again. For a proper concert though, I would prefer going to see a band/artist I already know and like that are still making music. I don't know if I ever will though, and don't mind if I don't. The third that I've been to was a musical show I'm having trouble remembering the name of. It was a one-off test type of thing, that they were pleased with the reception the audience gave and were going to give a proper run a year later. This was I believe also in 2015 or early 2017, since I didn't find any mention of it in my 2016 diary.

For live music concerts /CDs, I do enjoy them but I think I do prefer studio albums. Don't get me wrong, live music really gives you the feeling of electricity and excitement. A night to remember, or if on album to relive the moments (even if you weren't there). I thoroughly love my live albums and DVDs (although I don't have many), but end up listening to the studio equivalents more so. I'd want to hear the full live album in one go, but I can freely pick any and mix the order of studio tracks as I see fit into a playlist.

Kamelot, Seventh Wonder, Celldweller and possibly Delain are among the top live shows I would like to see.

I currently own Kamelot's One Cold Winter's Night DVD and CD, Ghost Opera's Second Coming live tracks, Poetry of the Poisoned Limited Tour CD and The Expedition CD, as well as Celldweller's Live Upon A Blackstar DVD and CD.

[lp0 on fire]

I've been to less then a hand full (If you count professional) three maybe? In order how I remember them:
1) Was a classical music thing
2) Was a tribute to Swing Music from the Detroit orchestra
3) Was some (As far as I know) unknown Christian music rock band that was second rate (and meh... they were playing at some event I was at)
4) Was a Christian rock band called Skillet, thankfully only one song (man they were loud, and I dont like loudness).

If I am going to a live performance it will most likely be for Classic, band music (e.g. Swing), or a musical.

I am a sucker for Musicals, in High school the high school choirs (I was part of one) and only the choir would do a musical every year for 3 nights.

But yeah For the most part I'd rather get the studio album over a live one with a few exceptions.

[Nightingale]

I guess I'm the odd one out, my friend, for I don't like concerts (I have only ever gone to three, mostly so my sister wouldn't have to go alone) nor live albums (I kind of find those annoying to listen to).

Gimme CDs or MP3s any day !

[Kazan X. Lemuris]

I've been to a fair few, mostly rock/metal stuff.

Glamour of the Kill/Shadows Chasing Ghosts (tickets were a birthday gift, the lead singer bought me a drink and was a genuinely nice guy) when they performed for GotK's 'The Summoning' tour in Exeter.
Lostprophets (prior to the whole infant rape charges Ian Watkins fell afoul of) when they performed in... I think it was 2006, it was while I was in college at least.
Protest The Hero in 2009, Plymouth. They were supported by... The Human Abstract and The Chariot, if I recall.
Linkin Park, Pendulum, Jay-Z, and like four other bands as part of LP's Projekt Revolution tour in 2008, Milton Keynes.

I'm forgetting some, I know.

Overall I don't much care for live music, mainly because the larger part of the groups I enjoy haven't got any realistic chance of touring near me.

[Dragon Lord]

I haven't been to any concerts before, though that will be changing on the 14th when I got to the Miku concert in New York City.

Other than Miku's concerts, there are none that are worth spending my money going to.

[Grungie]

Deftones are fun live. My friends made fun of me for wearing earplugs to the show, and they learned very quickly why I had them.

It was also fun when you felt the band pounding through your body.

[Moonface]

Lostprophets (prior to the whole infant rape charges Ian Watkins fell afoul of) when they performed in... I think it was 2006, it was while I was in college at least.
Linkin Park, Pendulum, Jay-Z, and like four other bands as part of LP's Projekt Revolution tour in 2008, Milton Keynes.

I can imagine Lostprophets concerts feeling like a party and being very energetic.
I have the CD/DVD combo of that concert, and it is one of my favourite official live releases from LP. I don't think anyone but Jay-Z is featured on the release, so how were the other groups? Am I right in assuming they didn't perform with LP at all?

I've seen Linkin Park live when they were in London one time, and it was superb. They let people buy the performance as a download too which I got, and I thought it was neat to let people take home the performance so they could listen to it again. Not sure how common that is with live performances.

I'd love to see Metallica live, as I adore a lot of their live performances, and Into The Never is superb! Muse are another group that are brilliant live as well.

Generally I like live music from most groups as it tends to be on par or better than their non-live stuff. If they perform badly live, I usually stop being a fan of their music because I dislike any artist that appears to use equipment to help them be a decent singer. Fall Out Boy fell foul of that when they did Live Earth, where their performance of Sugar We're Goin' Down was sung fucking atrociously. To their credit, they worked on that and now sound good live. Disturbed were another who performed badly at a Kerrang! Download festival where even Kerrang criticised them in their magazine, and it made me stop listening to their music for a long time. No idea if it was a one off issue or not as I never cared enough to check. XD

[lp0 on fire]

Generally I like live music from most groups as it tends to be on par or better than their non-live stuff. If they perform badly live, I usually stop being a fan of their music because I dislike any artist that appears to use equipment to help them be a decent singer.

I can agree with you, but there are some bands (like Fleetwood Mac) that are way more of a studio band because their music relays on layers and editing (e.g. looping a track over and over) to add depth to the song and/or to add emphasis to something, this isn't autotune (which needs to just die, its cancer for music)

Here is a video explaining some of it:


But even then for the Fleetwood Mac song "Landslide" I prefer a live version of it over the studio
Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_PQ4fRQ5Kc
Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7-PYtXtJM

Granted the two renditions are not from the same time period, but I enjoy the more simple set up of the live version (Just Steve Nick's vocals and Lindsay Buckingham's acoustic guitar)


Another point: One of the most influential bands of all time and often considered one of the greatest bands of all time The Beatles, are considered to have been horrible at live shows, now some of it was from the non stop screaming of the fangirls and I read reports that it often was louder then the monitors the Beatles had access to at the time so they were unable to hear each other, but they were still masters of their art (yes...even Ringo...)

[Dragon Lord]

So, after going to Miku Expo and experience my first live concert (whether or not you consider it live due to the singer being virtual, I don't care. Go argue about it with a wall), I can definitely say I want to experience that again. The energy in that place was amazing. The place was rocking, literally. You could feel the vibrations from the crowd.

It was pretty awesome to see so many people come out to support Miku. That place couldn't have been any more packed.

[WR91]

I've never been to a live concert in my life but used to want to. I wanted Now, I really couldn't care less to ever go to one. From what I've seen online, most performers aren't as good live as they are on an album.