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best live performence....ever

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one minute silence at download 2003
cripplesunday | 14 Jun '04, 14:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: best live performence....ever

Coldplay or QOTSA @ Glasto 2002
Just phenominal.
mooseman | 14 Jun '04, 14:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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radiohead south park, no question about it.
haveyouforgotten | 14 Jun '04, 15:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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explosions in the sky norwich arts centre, everyone was just just lying on the floor. like the 'just' video or something. magical.
waves | 14 Jun '04, 15:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Metallica at download 04 was pretty special, you know with Joey Jordison on drums and everything
james_delve | 14 Jun '04, 15:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I was there - it was magic
-claire- | 14 Jun '04, 17:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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EITS that is....not Download, excuse my lack of messageboard skills
-claire- | 14 Jun '04, 17:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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kinesis at escape in swansea 2003
manics cardiff 2002
super furries CIA 2004 (because they did a duet with the GLC)
Mwng | 14 Jun '04, 15:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Massive Attack, Southampton Guildhall.
Radiohead, Cardiff Arena.
The Blood Brothers, Garage.
Mono, Water Rats/Metro.
At The Drive-In, Manchester University.
Deftones, Manchester Apollo.
Weezer, Reading Festival.
Rage Against The Machine, Reading Festival.
David Bowie, Glastonbury Festival.
Hundred Reasons, Southampton Joiners/Underworld.
Icarus Line, 100 Club.
Birds Of Paradise, The Swan, Tottenham.
Hey Colossus, Buffalo Bar.
Lightning Bolt, ATP.
Ships A Going Down, Notting Hill Arts Club.
Dead Inside, Notting Hill Arts Club.
Smashing Pumpkins, Wembley Arena.


YEAH!
Mike_Diver | 14 Jun '04, 16:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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mogwai, glasto 99
graham coxon, a week or so ago in brighton
sonic youth, atp 2004
the paperchase, freebutt brighton 2004
and about a million others i can't think of right now...

malde | 14 Jun '04, 16:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I'd like to add Les Savy Fav, the other week, in London.
TASTY.
Mike_Diver | 14 Jun '04, 17:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: best live performance....ever

Not arf.

Mercury Rev at V99
Low at the Union Chapel
Les Savy Fav at ULU
Ben Harper at Pheonix 96
Radiohead at Glastonbury last year
Ramones at Brixton Academy
Pumpkins at Reading 95
Foo Fighters at Reading 95
Nine Inch Nails at Brixton
Spoon at the Spitz
Mogwai at Reading 2000 (or was it 01? Red strobes...)
ATDI same year, same festival
Wannadies at the Underworld last year
Six by Seven at Manchester Uni
Stills/Walkmen double bill two months ago at the Garage
Idlewild/UNKLE on an NME bill at Brixton
Teepee_uk | 14 Jun '04, 18:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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this has just turned into people listing gigs - we want BEST gigs, ever.
waves | 14 Jun '04, 18:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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impossible to say, i've been to about 200 or so gigs, so cannot possibly say which was best ever. However the best gigs that ive seen were Ryan Adams, Bristol 2004
and Sigur Ros Bristol 2002
fullerov | 14 Jun '04, 21:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Rancid - Brixton 2003
For sheer stigma and passion.
tom_dopejam | 14 Jun '04, 22:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i couldn't go and i really wanted to. les savy fav rock my socks.

son of a....
malde | 15 Jun '04, 01:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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alexisonfire is really entertaining live.
Six_nightmares | 15 Jun '04, 04:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I saw Dashboard Confessional at Shepherds Bush sometime last year and that was awesome - never seen a band get the crowd to feel like they're so involved in the evening before.

Counting Crows always put on a pretty good show too - don;t just bang out their songs, they put a twist on them and give you something different everytime!!

wayward_heyward | 15 Jun '04, 17:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Oh dear GOD get off this site.
This ain't MOJO.
Mike_Diver | 15 Jun '04, 17:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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rage against the machine, 96 at manc apollo. insane, scary and so damn agressive. its gotta be a pretty special performance for people to jump out of the seats on the first floor to get a piece of the pitting
nappy_coin | 15 Jun '04, 18:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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yeh and this isnt the nme either...
haveyouforgotten | 15 Jun '04, 18:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Ryan Adams in Bristol.......

so brilliant
roguebrogue | 15 Jun '04, 20:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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oh apologies Mr Diver I thought this was a music site where people were interested in others opinions!
You seem to have just listed a bunch of gigs you've been to and in your eyes that's end of story, question answered.

Surely it depends on your definition of what makes a great live performance?
When bands like The Strokes play it's almost note for note exactly like the album - does that make it a good live performance? All i reckon is a better live performance comes from bands like Charlottefield who go for it a bit more.
wayward_heyward | 16 Jun '04, 14:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i second the sentiments of your post sir.
haveyouforgotten | 16 Jun '04, 15:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Jeff buckley, in Feb 96, was pretty outstanding.

curiousgal | 15 Jun '04, 20:19 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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godspeed you black emperor! (before the shift of exclamation mark) - 4th night of a four night residency at the scala in 2000. also, although someone's already mentioned it, les savy fav, the mars volta and the apes at the ulu.
something_enigmatic | 15 Jun '04, 20:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Red Hot Chilis at murrayfield on sunday was fucking awesome.
also, Less Than Jake at the glasgow barrowlands was mad! we had this massive circle pit going even for the first suppost band (the fabulous A.K.A.s) and the crowd went insane for the second support band (the anticlimatic...and rather crap yellowcard) the we created an even bigger circle pit for LTJ and almost had a naked run through the middle of the crowd (dont know how that one was vetoed...oh well)
pretty_vacant | 15 Jun '04, 21:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Foo Fighters at Reading! the echo's not blown over yet!!!
the big top was a damn downright ring and it was unlikely to stand still. what a mess!
K_E_ | 16 Jun '04, 18:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Some of You have mentioned brillent moments and others fucking horrible moments but the best ever in my humble opinon even though I wasnt there would have been the betles on the Ed Sulivin show, it changed american culture forever,
zakrasta | 16 Jun '04, 20:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Nina Nastasia on Tuesday night at Glasgows Arches was one of the most mesmerizing performances I've ever been to.
cadd | 17 Jun '04, 05:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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