sassyangel
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Post by sassyangel on Oct 20, 2021 16:08:13 GMT
Heart. And it breaks my heart to say that. Honestly whoever was on the sound desk should’ve paid for our tickets. They sounded awful. That’s so funny, I saw them open for Journey in maybe 2008? and the energy was incredible! I love how different everyone’s experiences have been. In the late 90s I saw Barenaked Ladies at the last stop of a tour. So disappointing, they seemed low energy, exhausted, tired of the set and just going through the motions. The only concert I’ve ever left early was Phish when they played at an outdoor amphitheater in 2001. There was a massive rainstorm and I was literally soaked to the bone. They were playing some newer stuff I wasn’t super familiar with and they had already done my favorite songs, so I went back and napped in the car until the show was over! Yep, it is! That’s why I said the sound guys should’ve paid for our tickets. I truly think it was a sound issue, not a band issue. They played for hours and gave a great show, but good sound is kind of fundamental to a great overall experience sadly. I’m still sad that was my first experience seeing them live, cause I’ve heard they’re still amazing.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 20, 2021 16:21:15 GMT
Sadly Whitney Houston was horrible. It was probably a year or so after The Bodyguard came out. I was expecting SO much... it looked like she could barely make it through the concert. It was so bad, I hardly remember much from it. I was so sad. I was expecting Whitney from the movie.. not Whitney all drugged up.
I think that is the only concert I was ever disappointed in.
I did see Phil Collins and he was great but apparently he was pretty sick and cancelled the second night. But he still put on a great show.
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Post by jenr on Oct 20, 2021 16:22:42 GMT
OMG. Janet Jackson. I was so pissed at the money we spent to see her a few years ago, and she lip-synced 90% of the concert. I suppose that's not unusual, but I don't go to a lot of concerts and didn't know it when we bought tickets.
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Post by jenr on Oct 20, 2021 16:25:08 GMT
Heart. And it breaks my heart to say that. Honestly whoever was on the sound desk should’ve paid for our tickets. They sounded awful. Oh man, that's too bad. I saw them probably 5 years ago at a local ampitheater and couldn't believe how good they still sounded.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 20, 2021 16:27:10 GMT
Whitney Houston...she was awful I just posted my experience as well!!
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Post by Bridget in MD on Oct 20, 2021 16:28:23 GMT
Heart. And it breaks my heart to say that. Honestly whoever was on the sound desk should’ve paid for our tickets. They sounded awful. That’s so funny, I saw them open for Journey in maybe 2008? and the energy was incredible! I love how different everyone’s experiences have been. In the late 90s I saw Barenaked Ladies at the last stop of a tour. So disappointing, they seemed low energy, exhausted, tired of the set and just going through the motions. The only concert I’ve ever left early was Phish when they played at an outdoor amphitheater in 2001. There was a massive rainstorm and I was literally soaked to the bone. They were playing some newer stuff I wasn’t super familiar with and they had already done my favorite songs, so I went back and napped in the car until the show was over! I saw BNL, Violent Femmes, and the lead singer for Men at Work (name slips my mind right now) in a small concert venue here a couple of years ago. BNL were SO freaking fun and it was the best concert I had ever been to. Smashing Pumpkins. I really don't care for them, but a friend dragged me there. Someone threw a shoe on stage not even at him, and Billy Corgan went on this major rant forever. This was before they really got popular, so Im not sure why he was being such a diva. To this day, almost 30 years later, if I hear Billy Corgan's voice, the channel gets changed. This is how I felt about that band from the moment their songs hit the radio. Immediate turn the channel, LOL. I have been to concerts, but I stopped many years ago because I didn't really enjoy the experience. I would much rather just listen to music at home, where there are no crowds, drunks or societal pressure to enjoy something in the same way that other people do. This is where I am now. As a matter of fact, I just bought Coldplay tix for my DH and DD and that experience thru ticketmaster about sucked the life out of me ugh.
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 20, 2021 16:29:43 GMT
Phil Collins— he sounded great but was boring. I could have had the same exact experience listening to his music at home. Similar for me. . . Genesis They had so many hits but their show was slow & boring Genesis (Phil Collins) was my very first concert and he (they) were awesome... and he was sick! They cancelled the 2nd night show. This was probably 1987'ish
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Post by christine58 on Oct 20, 2021 16:33:03 GMT
Whitney Houston...she was awful I just posted my experience as well!! Can't remember the year but it was at an outdoor arena on Canandaigua Lake. She sang maybe 45 mins and changed her outfits constantly. The opening act was better---I think it was Boyz to Men but it was so long ago I don't remember
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smartypants71
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Post by smartypants71 on Oct 20, 2021 16:34:43 GMT
I have been to concerts, but I stopped many years ago because I didn't really enjoy the experience. I would much rather just listen to music at home, where there are no crowds, drunks or societal pressure to enjoy something in the same way that other people do. I am almost there with you. SO knows that I need to have a reserved seat - no rubbing elbows (or anything else) with the masses. If we go to one of our outdoor venues, I require a lawn ticket so I can use my blanket to set my boundaries away from people. I just do not want people in my space, and this was BEFORE the pandemic LOL!
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Post by janamke on Oct 20, 2021 16:35:18 GMT
Avett Brothers
To be fair, I'm not a concert person and didn't listen to them much prior to the concert. I went to keep a friend company (she's a groupie, has seen them 25+ times). It was a basketball arena, the venue was terrible. They sounded awful and they played random songs, nothing from the few that I knew. My friend said it was the worst concert of theirs she'd been to.
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sassyangel
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Post by sassyangel on Oct 20, 2021 16:36:25 GMT
Heart. And it breaks my heart to say that. Honestly whoever was on the sound desk should’ve paid for our tickets. They sounded awful. Oh man, that's too bad. I saw them probably 5 years ago at a local ampitheater and couldn't believe how good they still sounded. I’ve heard that too! So I was really disappointed.
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Post by dewryce on Oct 20, 2021 16:55:27 GMT
For me, hands down, it was George Straight. He just stood there and barely interacted with the audience…and this was in San Antonio where he lives! Could have sat in front of a cardboard cutout of him and just played his music at home. And it wasn’t an awful concert, because the music sounded good and they really interacted well with the audience and it was very sentimental and fun for Mom and I…but Air Supply sounded so freaking bad. Well, one of the main singers did anyway. But I grew up listening to them because my Mom loved them and I grew to as well. So we took a girls’ trip to see them at a casino in Oklahoma and had a blast. Phil Collins— he sounded great but was boring. I could have had the same exact experience listening to his music at home. Similar for me. . . Genesis They had so many hits but their show was slow & boring This kills me but makes me feel better for having never been able to see him/them. Daughtry. I had been playing their first album constantly in my car, and was so excited. I don’t know if it was the state fair venue, or what, but Chris Daughtry had none of the energy and fire I loved about his music. So disappointed. I think maybe it was just an off night or the venue. I was unfamiliar with him/them when they opened and became a fan that night. Heart. And it breaks my heart to say that. Honestly whoever was on the sound desk should’ve paid for our tickets. They sounded awful. My heart is broken for you! I got to see them at a fairly small outside venue (The Backyard outside Austin) and they were still really good and interacted with the audience. It was a great show.
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keithurbanlovinpea
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on Oct 20, 2021 18:01:12 GMT
Shinedown. I like their music but good Lord does that lead singer talk too damn much.
Disturbed. We actually like them but went to the concert primarily for one of the openers, Alterbridge. We got rained on and were soaked, so when Disturbed played they were so terrible that we decided not to stand there like wet fish just to listen to them half-ass
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Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on Oct 20, 2021 18:52:09 GMT
For me, hands down, it was George Straight. He just stood there and barely interacted with the audience…and this was in San Antonio where he lives! Could have sat in front of a cardboard cutout of him and just played his music at home. I fell asleep watching George Straight! Granted he was the last act of a day long festival, but still... Shinedown. I like their music but good Lord does that lead singer talk too damn much. Oh lord! LOL! I don't know whether to tell this to Zach Myers or not! (Lead guitar) I didn't like 3 Doors Down because they sounded exactly.like.their.album. I like when there's some variation from the recording, something that I think makes a live performance special.
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keithurbanlovinpea
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Post by keithurbanlovinpea on Oct 20, 2021 19:24:45 GMT
Oh lord! LOL! I don't know whether to tell this to Zach Myers or not! (Lead guitar) Pretty sure his bandmates are aware of this. Ha ha!
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Post by delila on Oct 20, 2021 19:30:21 GMT
Kiss
Before COVID19 I was going to concerts a lot, even traveling out of the country for some festivals so I have seen a shit ton of bands. Kiss sucked ass.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Oct 20, 2021 20:14:29 GMT
I saw Guns n Roses in August 1988 in Weedsport NY when they opened for Aerosmith. To date it’s probably the best concert I’ve seen. However, Aerosmith was newly drug free and asked GNR to not do drugs. That might have been why it as so good.
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Tearisci
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Post by Tearisci on Oct 20, 2021 21:44:50 GMT
Hall & Oates.
I finally got to see them a few weeks ago after years of things happening (Covid, missed time, sick) of not being able to see them so I had high expectations! Daryl Hall sounded like a lounge singer. I could have just watched Daryl's House instead of going.
Squeeze was the opening act and they were tight! I enjoyed it much more than Hall & Oates, sadly!
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me0605
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Post by me0605 on Oct 20, 2021 22:12:32 GMT
ZZ Top. We went once it was great! We saw them again--even better! Then our cousin was in town the next time ZZ Top was, so we took him---OMG, it was awful. It was even the discussion in the men's bathroom (according to cousin). We were embarrassed that we took him. We never went to another ZZ Top concert again.
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Post by delila on Oct 21, 2021 0:02:53 GMT
Hall & Oates. I finally got to see them a few weeks ago after years of things happening (Covid, missed time, sick) of not being able to see them so I had high expectations! Daryl Hall sounded like a lounge singer. I could have just watched Daryl's House instead of going. Squeeze was the opening act and they were tight! I enjoyed it much more than Hall & Oates, sadly! Oh my, I forgot this one. I too saw them recently & thought they were horrible. I had seen them a few years prior at a festival in California & they were great but this time they were horrible.
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Post by smasonnc on Oct 21, 2021 0:52:54 GMT
Jethro Tull in the 90s. First, the crowd was creepy, like members of the Manson family who had gotten old and fat. Ian Anderson was still good, but the music just didn’t hold up.
Also, Van Halen 1980. David Lee Roth was very athletic and had sone great stage moves, but he couldn’t sing for s#*t.
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tanya2
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Post by tanya2 on Oct 21, 2021 3:35:24 GMT
Maroon 5 was one of the ones I was most disappointed in. Not bad, just boring show.
I've seen Ed Sheeran twice and first time the sound was horrible, but second time he was amazing
One of my faves to see is barenaked ladies - such a fun show! Also Alan Doyle (from Great Big Sea) is another that puts on a super fun show
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Post by lesserknownpea on Oct 21, 2021 7:09:00 GMT
I did have a disappointing experience because of sound. Saw U2 and Lenny Kravitz at a stadium in Seattle, and I was super disgusted with the sound. I had seen U2 a couple years before in Portland and they were amazing, and I was very excited about Lenny. But I could barely make out what was being sung. I said no more stadium concerts after that.
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