Artists that sound great live

[The Byre]

Originally Posted by MagicPants

The U2 "half time show" of political statements was quite moving.

Yes U2 were especially moving when they played Glasgow, and tells me once again, that there is no audience quite like a Glasgow audience.

Bono did his half-time political thing and snapped his fingers, again and again.

"Every time I snap my fingers, a baby dies in Africa." he said.

A loud voice called out from the crowd "Well, stop F-ing doing it then!"

[sneezebomb]

Fantastic live shows:

Mr. Bungle
Ani DiFranco
They Might Be Giants
Rush

Really good live shows:

Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Ben Folds Five
Elvis Costello
Split Lip Rayfield
No Knife
Cursive
Radiohead

Most Boring live shows:

Interpol
Boston

[billgennaro]

Martin Sexton, Peter Gabriel

[The Byre]

Saw Government Mule a few weeks back - very good indeed!

[FMNYC]

Beth Gibbons - WOW!

Rufus Wainwright

Radiohead

FM

FM ain't broken, but he does need fixin'.

[TornadoTed]

Acts I've seen who I considered to be way better live than on record,

U2, Unbelievable!

HEM, the way the 2 guitarists hit off each other shows amazing understanding

Rodriguez and Gabriella, Loads of power that doesn't translate to recordings well

[billgennaro]

steely dan

[mikebeck]

Originally Posted by Reptil

wow they're still around? I remember going to their concerts in the early nineties here - they rock!

Yes! Though it seems like they're all busy with side projects these past few years, and for their last album, they were going by the name Blues Explosion (without the Jon Spencer name in front of it). I went to a show in support of their Damage album, and because of problems with the venue, they bumped the show to a tiny bar at the last minute and I was lucky enough to learn about it in time. It was like hanging out in a studio, with a well-stocked bar as a bonus.