Live concerts

[Dannichu]

I've seen Bowling for Soup in concert, and while I absolutely loved seeing them, a couple of the bands they performed with really weren't my thing, so I didn't enjoy it as much as I could have.

My dream is to see the Flaming Lips live because "their elaborate live shows [...] feature costumes, balloons, puppets, video projections, complex stage light configurations, giant hands, large amounts of confetti, and frontman Wayne Coyne's signature man-sized plastic bubble, in which he traverses the audience" - YES.

 

[foreign contaminant]

I don't have my driving licence either. Is there no such thing as public transport?

not any that can take me there, no.

 

[Tarvos]

sucks I go everywhere by public transport :(

 

[Dannichu]

Same here. You USians need way better train/bus services if what I've heard is right. :/

 

[Tarvos]

yeah but you don't go for free on weekdays and 40% discounts on weekends :)

 

[#1 bro]

My dream is to see the Flaming Lips live because "their elaborate live shows [...] feature costumes, balloons, puppets, video projections, complex stage light configurations, giant hands, large amounts of confetti, and frontman Wayne Coyne's signature man-sized plastic bubble, in which he traverses the audience" - YES.

agreed. when I head about that last bit in xkcd, I was like "holy shit, I need to get in on this"

 

[Shiny Grimer]

I've seen a Beatles tribute group, Deep Purple, Roger Waters, and recently Pink Floyd. I love live concerts - there's something special about actually seeing the band in real life and not through a screen.

 

[opaltiger]

I've seen a Beatles tribute group, Deep Purple, Roger Waters, and recently Pink Floyd. I love live concerts - there's something special about actually seeing the band in real life and not through a screen.

uh, the fact that Pink Floyd have had precisely one concert in twenty five years (in 2005) kinda makes me doubt that.

 

[Tarvos]

I think he means David Gilmour.

 

[EvilCrazyMonkey]

I've been two the 2008 Honda-Civic Tour in Atlanta.
Panic! At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, and Phantom Planet played. Some of their songs I hate in studio but I can't remember hating any song they played live. I specifically remember one song ("This Is For Real" by Motion City Soundtrack) that I absolutely hated before going to see them live. I actually enjoyed the song in concert, and it is bearable recorded now.

Well I mean you can also count the Jimmy Buffett concert (blech) my dad dragged me to when I was about 5-6 years old but still.

 

[Ryan the Terrible]

try me >:(

I was going to quote the same post and respond the same word-for-word.

Anyway, I've only gone to one live concert in my whole life. I saw Linkin Park in the past summer, and even that was just because a friend was going to see them and took me along. Not many other good bands come around much. Considering one-third of Muse's albums have live songs on them, and they've won so many awards for being outstanding live, I'd like to see them, but I live in the U.S., so European bands probably won't be here often.

I'd definitely like to go to more concerts than I do. But I don't. So...

 

[Shiny Grimer]

uh, the fact that Pink Floyd have had precisely one concert in twenty five years (in 2005) kinda makes me doubt that.

Oh, I was stupid. I meant Roger Waters. :x

 

[___urnamz2longfixit___]

I've seen Linkin Park, The Kaiser Chiefs, Coldplay, Radiohead, The Killers and Tommy Emanuel live (he's an Australian guitarist - I never heard of him either). All of them were pretty good, but Radiohead were by far the better musicians.

 

[Tarvos]

Radiohead are also by far the best band of the ones you mentioned.

Does anyone pay attention to the visuals and things during shows? I think it's boring if the band just stand there and play.

 

[opaltiger]

Does anyone pay attention to the visuals and things during shows?

No comment.

 

[Tarvos]

that is not anette olzon is it

is it amanda palmer

is it

 

[opaltiger]

yes

 

[Tarvos]

awesome corset