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Ever walked out of a concert? (OR) What was the WORST concert you ever saw?
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Pat Green in Sulphur Springs a couple of years ago. Music was fine, but no alcohol allowed. I can't listen to Pat Green and not drink beer.
Woulda walked out on Puddle of Mudd a coupla months ago if Alice In Chains wasn't headlining. They mailed it in.
Put me down for Dylan as well, and I like Dylan. Played almost nothing but new songs and b-sides and couldn't understand a word he was saying. Went through his entire set without me recognizing a song...the next day I saw his set list and I actually knew several of them but he had butchered them so badly I didn't recognize them at the time.
The only song I recognized was Like A Rolling Stone...as we were walking out of the Cynthia Woods. I had been looking forward to seeing Dylan for months...could not have been more disappointed.
The only song I recognized was Like A Rolling Stone...as we were walking out of the Cynthia Woods. I had been looking forward to seeing Dylan for months...could not have been more disappointed.
Another vote for Dylan. Saw him at ACL a couple of years ago. I was excited about seeing him as he's a legend.
He opened with "Tangled up in Blue." Probably his most famous song and one that I've heard probably 300 times in my life. He was so unintelligible that it took me probably 2 minutes to determine what song he was playing, and even then it was only because of a chord progression and not lyrics. It was another minute or so before I picked out ..."uangleed ip un blllluuueeeeaaaa".
We stayed for about halfway through the next song and called it a night.
He opened with "Tangled up in Blue." Probably his most famous song and one that I've heard probably 300 times in my life. He was so unintelligible that it took me probably 2 minutes to determine what song he was playing, and even then it was only because of a chord progression and not lyrics. It was another minute or so before I picked out ..."uangleed ip un blllluuueeeeaaaa".
We stayed for about halfway through the next song and called it a night.
David Allen Coe somewhere around A&M. Maybe it was Snook? He was so drunk that I thought he was going to die.
I also walked out on Whiskeytown. Ryan Adams is about the biggest jerk on the planet and raging drunk. He combined the two attributes to make a bitter ass of himself that night. About 30 seconds into the show, he stopped the song and started screaming at bassist. This was new bassist in his band, literally his first night. This type of nonsense continued for most songs. People yelled at him and he started cussing out all the fans. It was awful. I really thought there was going to be some violence and high-tailed it outta there. He abandoned the gig about 5 minutes later.
I also walked out on Whiskeytown. Ryan Adams is about the biggest jerk on the planet and raging drunk. He combined the two attributes to make a bitter ass of himself that night. About 30 seconds into the show, he stopped the song and started screaming at bassist. This was new bassist in his band, literally his first night. This type of nonsense continued for most songs. People yelled at him and he started cussing out all the fans. It was awful. I really thought there was going to be some violence and high-tailed it outta there. He abandoned the gig about 5 minutes later.
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Not that bad a songwriter- not that good either- but his singing is just flat awful. The cut I heard from his new Christmas album sounded like damned souls being tortured.
Greatest American songwriter ever. He has had more songs covered than any song writer ever.
For those people who walk out on Dylan, you dont get him...the joke is on you...
I walked out at the Tim Reynolds concert at Rudder
Here's my review of a Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp, Bob Dylan concert I saw last summer:
We got to Lubbock two hours before the show, parked in a TT dorm lot just a quarter of a mile from our concert seats and walked across University Dr. to eat a burger and drink some beer.
Pretty convenient.
I was looking forward to seeing Willie, John and Bob having enjoyed their music for decades, both while listening to their songs and playing them.
I was well aware that Nelson and Dylan didn't perform their songs in concert like they sound on their recordings.
Willie appeared with his sister, Bobbie, on piano, Bee Spears on bass, Paul English on drums and Paul's son, Billy, on percussion.
No Mickey Raphael on harmonica and no other guitarist.
Willie played all the guitar himself and did all his songs at fast tempos and with the bare instrumental arrangements that limited lineup preordained.
His voice sounded fine, but his signature jazz vocal phrasing was less pleasing to me when always rushed and without the instrumental backing interplay that other musicians could have provided
And since he was playing all the guitar parts, he too often turned his mouth away from the mike as he looked at his fret board to play them, causing the ends of vocal phrases to drop out of the mix.
His vocals suffered as a result and his picking was also less expressive, at these tempos, than on his records.
He was an overly busy performer in this format and could have used a little more help.
The good part was that, in the time that he had, Willie ran through many more of his well-known songs simply because they were performed faster and shorter.
Seeing Willie live was cool, but I enjoy his recordings much more.
Because, when his unique vocal phrasing was always and only followed by his unique lead guitar playing, the end result was musically sparse and selfsame and ultimately lacking, IMHO.
What I missed was the other musicians, framing and setting off the talent and greatness of Willie Nelson.
I'm glad I got to see him though, because I'm a fan.
No Willie T-shirt purchase for me; however, I already have a doo-rag Texas flag bandana from the '70s.
John Mellencamp came on next, with amplified drums you could actually hear, two guitarists besides himself, a bassist, a fiddle player and a keyboardist or organ and accordion.
It was a nice, balanced, stadium filling sound and Mellencamp has a strong voice.
He also did a short accoustic set, accompanying himself on guitar.
He sounded very good on his anthematic "Ain't That America."
But he didn't play "Hurt So Good" or "Jack and Diane."
And he didn't play Buddy Holly's "Rave On," as I expected and hoped he might.
The other two artists I heard that evening played the songs I most wanted to hear, but John Cougar Mellencamp didn't.
So, although I stood expectantly and moved to his music enthusiastically, I didn't buy one of his T-shirts either.
Bob Dylan is one of the artists who has influenced me personally and my generation the most and the longest.
I was very pleased to see him, because I've listened to and played his songs a whole lot over the years.
I could have performed on bass with him this night and never missed a note.
His band was solid with two good guitarists and a bassist, all wearing white jackets, and a drummer who added nice drive to it all.
I heard that Charlie Sexton was on guitar this tour, but I couldn't recognize him.
Dylan, in a blue jacket, red tie and white hat, played keyboard on most songs or just sang.
His harmonica playing was very good.
However, his vocals sounded terrible on slow songs like "Lay, Lady Lay" and only a little better on faster ones like "Highway 61," when he could just spit out the words.
Vocally, I thought he rallied a bit at the end with "Like A Rolling Stone," on Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" and on "All Along The Watchtower."
He did a satisfying number of his songs, but a raspy, low pitched, often unintelligible, croaking accurately describes his singing.
Knowing all the words by heart allowed me to sing along with him, mostly in my head, and enjoy all the memories, while finally watching him live, despite his vocal shortcomings.
Many, many, many of the mostly sold out crowd of 16,000 left early, however, some even after only a couple of his songs.
I think it's fair and accurate to say that Bob Dylan won very few, probably even no, new fans with his performance, but some older ones, having more of an investment in his music and our generation, enjoyed this opportunity to hear and see him perform live.
Dylan's music also suffered this evening by not having more musicians with him, specifically the interplay between organ, piano and accoustic/electric guitars which his time with The Band and his great studio recordings pioneered for such folks as Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.
I'm proudly wearing one of the two Bob Dylan T-shirts that I bought as I write this.
It was a lean and mean night of music from all the artists involved and thankfully I have what I consider better, recorded versions of all those songs they played to continue to enjoy, just as I have for years.
The seven dollar/sixteen ounce beers were icy cold and delivered right to my chairback seat, the Jones Stadium pressbox had me in the shade from the very start and, later, the evening air sported a nice, cooling breeze.
And, as the music continued, a big, beautiful, full, yellow moon rose high above the stage.
I enjoyed it, despite all the shortcomings I've mentioned.
The thing that irritated me most was that the only video screen was on the TT scoreboard and that picture showed the performers on stage smaller than they looked from my 45 yard line seat with no enlargement or closeups at all.
Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.
Before the world wide web, village idiots usually stayed in their own village.
We got to Lubbock two hours before the show, parked in a TT dorm lot just a quarter of a mile from our concert seats and walked across University Dr. to eat a burger and drink some beer.
Pretty convenient.
I was looking forward to seeing Willie, John and Bob having enjoyed their music for decades, both while listening to their songs and playing them.
I was well aware that Nelson and Dylan didn't perform their songs in concert like they sound on their recordings.
Willie appeared with his sister, Bobbie, on piano, Bee Spears on bass, Paul English on drums and Paul's son, Billy, on percussion.
No Mickey Raphael on harmonica and no other guitarist.
Willie played all the guitar himself and did all his songs at fast tempos and with the bare instrumental arrangements that limited lineup preordained.
His voice sounded fine, but his signature jazz vocal phrasing was less pleasing to me when always rushed and without the instrumental backing interplay that other musicians could have provided
And since he was playing all the guitar parts, he too often turned his mouth away from the mike as he looked at his fret board to play them, causing the ends of vocal phrases to drop out of the mix.
His vocals suffered as a result and his picking was also less expressive, at these tempos, than on his records.
He was an overly busy performer in this format and could have used a little more help.
The good part was that, in the time that he had, Willie ran through many more of his well-known songs simply because they were performed faster and shorter.
Seeing Willie live was cool, but I enjoy his recordings much more.
Because, when his unique vocal phrasing was always and only followed by his unique lead guitar playing, the end result was musically sparse and selfsame and ultimately lacking, IMHO.
What I missed was the other musicians, framing and setting off the talent and greatness of Willie Nelson.
I'm glad I got to see him though, because I'm a fan.
No Willie T-shirt purchase for me; however, I already have a doo-rag Texas flag bandana from the '70s.
John Mellencamp came on next, with amplified drums you could actually hear, two guitarists besides himself, a bassist, a fiddle player and a keyboardist or organ and accordion.
It was a nice, balanced, stadium filling sound and Mellencamp has a strong voice.
He also did a short accoustic set, accompanying himself on guitar.
He sounded very good on his anthematic "Ain't That America."
But he didn't play "Hurt So Good" or "Jack and Diane."
And he didn't play Buddy Holly's "Rave On," as I expected and hoped he might.
The other two artists I heard that evening played the songs I most wanted to hear, but John Cougar Mellencamp didn't.
So, although I stood expectantly and moved to his music enthusiastically, I didn't buy one of his T-shirts either.
Bob Dylan is one of the artists who has influenced me personally and my generation the most and the longest.
I was very pleased to see him, because I've listened to and played his songs a whole lot over the years.
I could have performed on bass with him this night and never missed a note.
His band was solid with two good guitarists and a bassist, all wearing white jackets, and a drummer who added nice drive to it all.
I heard that Charlie Sexton was on guitar this tour, but I couldn't recognize him.
Dylan, in a blue jacket, red tie and white hat, played keyboard on most songs or just sang.
His harmonica playing was very good.
However, his vocals sounded terrible on slow songs like "Lay, Lady Lay" and only a little better on faster ones like "Highway 61," when he could just spit out the words.
Vocally, I thought he rallied a bit at the end with "Like A Rolling Stone," on Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" and on "All Along The Watchtower."
He did a satisfying number of his songs, but a raspy, low pitched, often unintelligible, croaking accurately describes his singing.
Knowing all the words by heart allowed me to sing along with him, mostly in my head, and enjoy all the memories, while finally watching him live, despite his vocal shortcomings.
Many, many, many of the mostly sold out crowd of 16,000 left early, however, some even after only a couple of his songs.
I think it's fair and accurate to say that Bob Dylan won very few, probably even no, new fans with his performance, but some older ones, having more of an investment in his music and our generation, enjoyed this opportunity to hear and see him perform live.
Dylan's music also suffered this evening by not having more musicians with him, specifically the interplay between organ, piano and accoustic/electric guitars which his time with The Band and his great studio recordings pioneered for such folks as Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.
I'm proudly wearing one of the two Bob Dylan T-shirts that I bought as I write this.
It was a lean and mean night of music from all the artists involved and thankfully I have what I consider better, recorded versions of all those songs they played to continue to enjoy, just as I have for years.
The seven dollar/sixteen ounce beers were icy cold and delivered right to my chairback seat, the Jones Stadium pressbox had me in the shade from the very start and, later, the evening air sported a nice, cooling breeze.
And, as the music continued, a big, beautiful, full, yellow moon rose high above the stage.
I enjoyed it, despite all the shortcomings I've mentioned.
The thing that irritated me most was that the only video screen was on the TT scoreboard and that picture showed the performers on stage smaller than they looked from my 45 yard line seat with no enlargement or closeups at all.
Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.
Before the world wide web, village idiots usually stayed in their own village.
quote:
A little piece of me died when I walked out on Chris Cornell earlier this year (or maybe last year?). It was his concert tour w/Timbaland to promote his new Timbaland produced album. It was cool to see him in Denver, but we quickly grew tired of every song sounding the exact same as the song before it and tired of seeing him vamp around on stage like he was a model.
Was this at warehouselive? that's where i saw him shortly after that album came out.. holy crap that was a badass show, he played 2.5 hours, every SG, AS and solo song you can think of, plus a couple TOTD, and a few covers as well..
he was dead on.. timbaland was not at this show.
Bob Dylan, anytime in the past 10 years?
Too old.
Good Charlotte, absolutely horrible, not to mention all the little goth kids at that concert.
Too old.
Good Charlotte, absolutely horrible, not to mention all the little goth kids at that concert.
mike jones a few yrs ago sucked
Dwight Yoakum in Corpus Christi.
He started the concert by saying how good it was to be in Galveston, and it didn't get much better after that.
He started the concert by saying how good it was to be in Galveston, and it didn't get much better after that.
the worst concert i have ever seen was neil young in the woodlands in summer of 03.
painfully terrible.
i am a neil young fan.
painfully terrible.
i am a neil young fan.
I was at that concert and had been a fan for a few years since her 1st album. She ran off the stage and started to violently vomit (I could see from my vantage point). They stopped the show because she was sick.
A good ole Fast Fred reply
I wanna see our defense pissed off, not confused, maybe a little murder in their hearts
Reload12, 11/4/11
Walked out on Sturgill Simpson twice but the first time was 100% a venue issue. It was way oversold and was so uncomfortable. It was a nightmare getting in and went downhill from there. I stood way in the back near the soundboard and even there the sound sucked and was nowhere near loud enough. The second time was just a dreadfully boring performance.
I walked out on A Perfect Circle once too. Got a free ticket and I'm not much of a fan so I won't say they sucked. It just wasn't for me.
I walked out on A Perfect Circle once too. Got a free ticket and I'm not much of a fan so I won't say they sucked. It just wasn't for me.
2009 thread bump. nice.
I bailed on a Chainsmokers "concert" in Philly. What an absolute dump of a show.
I bailed on a Chainsmokers "concert" in Philly. What an absolute dump of a show.
NITESIDE said:
Walked out on some opening acts and returned for the main act.
Bob Marley and the Whalers in Philly...must of been about 1976? Opening for the WHO.
Nobody knew them or what their music was about then and they opened with their version of John Denvers "Rockie Mountain High"...it was the worst thing I think I ever heard.
Guess I also walked out on a top act...Steve Wynwood and Traffic. He played the Flute for 1/2 hour and put me to sleep so I went next door to the hotel and went to sleep.
Man. A NITESIDE post! I used to be on a message board with him maybe pre-TexAgs. He was a character and had a lot of good stories.
I saw Riverdance once. Didn't walk out, but I saw enough amazing technically difficult dancing in the first 15 minutes to last a lifetime.
Walked out on Oliver Tree after going to see Fidlar open up for him. Apparently Oliver Tree is very popular with the TikTok generation so there were some really young kids w/their parents at the show, so the crowd was a really weird mix.
One of the bands at the 1986 Texxas Jam at the Cotton Bowl... Keel.
It was hotter than hell and I didn't know one Keel song... decided to recharge in the a/c for Van Halen
It was hotter than hell and I didn't know one Keel song... decided to recharge in the a/c for Van Halen
Death Cab for Cutie. Franz Ferdinand opened for them, man we were hyped up. Then Death Csb came up with their mellow stuff… I never realized how important the opening act was until then.
Franz literally ruined the headliners show by just being fun and upbeat
Franz literally ruined the headliners show by just being fun and upbeat
Two trends looking back at this thread.
1. Bob Dylan sucks which I've always maintained. Most overrated musician in history, arguably.
2. Red Rocks does not ensure a good experience. My worst concert was also at Red Rocks - Boston. They were utterly terrible. To be fair, I don't recall which variation of Boston this was.
1. Bob Dylan sucks which I've always maintained. Most overrated musician in history, arguably.
2. Red Rocks does not ensure a good experience. My worst concert was also at Red Rocks - Boston. They were utterly terrible. To be fair, I don't recall which variation of Boston this was.
Snake Jazz said:
Put me down for Dylan as well, and I like Dylan. Played almost nothing but new songs and b-sides and couldn't understand a word he was saying. Went through his entire set without me recognizing a song...the next day I saw his set list and I actually knew several of them but he had butchered them so badly I didn't recognize them at the time.
The only song I recognized was Like A Rolling Stone...as we were walking out of the Cynthia Woods. I had been looking forward to seeing Dylan for months...could not have been more disappointed.
Years too late, but isn't that kinda Dylan's thing? Completely unintelligible lyrics that don't make sense and music that nobody gets?
TAZ99 said:
Green Day, Freeman Coliseum (SA)
I'd love to know what happened here. Regardless of what you think of their music, Green Day is an insanely good live performance.
Trajan88 said:
One of the bands at the 1986 Texxas Jam at the Cotton Bowl... Keel.
It was hotter than hell and I didn't know one Keel song... decided to recharge in the a/c for Van Halen
High school classmate is a huge concert goer. But mostly club shows. Few large venue shows.
He sees the Ron Keel Band every time he can and goes to South Dakota or somewhere for Keel Fest every year.
Best I can tell, Ron has marketed himself into being the Toby Keith of aging 80's rockers.
It's weird.
Sapper Redux said:TAZ99 said:
Green Day, Freeman Coliseum (SA)
I'd love to know what happened here. Regardless of what you think of their music, Green Day is an insanely good live performance.
Armstrong is a junkie, right? Has struggled with meth, heroin and pill poppers for forever. I could see it ruining a show or two.
Dylan was pretty hard to understand when I saw him in ~04 so I can't imagine going in 2024. Heck, even his 90s albums are gravelly so were easily 30 years too late.
Worst but also best was Vanilla Ice opening for.MC Hammer at the Summit in 1990. Ice flipped off the crowd when there boos during his love ballad, "I love you, girl". Hammer probably burned 20,000 calories dancing
I was thinking the same thing... especially back in 2009. They are a very tight live band. I get people just not liking their music.Sapper Redux said:TAZ99 said:
Green Day, Freeman Coliseum (SA)
I'd love to know what happened here. Regardless of what you think of their music, Green Day is an insanely good live performance.
Same on Green Day. They routinely put on a killer show regardless of what you think of them or their music.
Was a junkie. Went through rehab in 2012 and he's sober since.
Even when he abused, their shows were pretty incredible more often than not
Edit: Also being transparent in that they're my favorite band, so take that caveat as well. Seen them 7 times.
Even when he abused, their shows were pretty incredible more often than not
Edit: Also being transparent in that they're my favorite band, so take that caveat as well. Seen them 7 times.
Re: Keel
I recall hearing years ago that he went "country." Something along the line of Ronnie Lee Keel.
Anyway... I will add another... as part of Formula1 race weekend a few years ago... Ed Sheeran (sp?) headlined.
Talk about low energy. For every song he was given a different guitar to play (different key?)... kept waiting for a full band to join him on stage. Never happened.
Was like the dude was back to the early days of playing street corners.
90% low energy.
Good ol' Ed stole everyone's energy ... never gave it back. He has a formula and apparently it "works."
I recall hearing years ago that he went "country." Something along the line of Ronnie Lee Keel.
Anyway... I will add another... as part of Formula1 race weekend a few years ago... Ed Sheeran (sp?) headlined.
Talk about low energy. For every song he was given a different guitar to play (different key?)... kept waiting for a full band to join him on stage. Never happened.
Was like the dude was back to the early days of playing street corners.
90% low energy.
Good ol' Ed stole everyone's energy ... never gave it back. He has a formula and apparently it "works."
We walked out of Guns N Roses at Power Trip this past October. Axl sounded like a cartoon character plus GnR had the misfortune of following Iron Maiden, who sounded fantastic.
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