spin magazine's best live bands

[sweatboard]

I watched a Hives show on tv last night and it was litteraly physically nausieating (sp) (it made me want to puke)  It was really one of the worst things I have ever seen.  If being a GREAT live band just means acting like you just smoked enough crack to stop a camels heart, then yeah they are in the top five for sure.   The lead singer was seriously determined to get the crowd into it by telling them to "Come On" and "Give It Up" and starting clap alongs and shit but I didn't really hear or see anything to get excited about.  Some guy did throw something at him though, I would never do that to ANYONE but I can see why he felt like doing it.  


THE HIVES WORST.................live act on the planet.  The fact that Pearl Jam is not anywhere on the list is a pretty huge oversite, also I really think REM puts on a fantastic show the biggest oversite of all though is probably the Drive By Truckers those guys know how to bring the rock.  Less know but worthy of mention incluce "Swearing At Motorists", "Black Keys", "Drivin N Cryin", "Lucero", "Sleater Kinney", "Sonic Youth",  I have never seen them but what about Sigur Ros, Mogwai, and Explosions in the sky, I bet they put on a HELL of a live show and I can't wait to see them someday.

[ultravisitor]

Actually, I've seen REM twice and I didn't really think they were that great.  But god, THE HIVES?  I saw them once and they were lame lame LAME.  I hated almost every second of their set.

And I agree about Sonic Youth.  They are incredible live.  Kim Gordon is amazing.

[ManNamedTruth]

Does anyone know who the top ten are. They only list 25-11.

[CC]

1. U2
2. The Stooges
3. Arcade Fire
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Radiohead
6. White Stripes
7. Green Day
8. The Hives
9. Prince
10. The Dirtbombs

[ultravisitor]

Red Hot Chili Peppers?  Based on their Lollapalooza performance, no.

I do think Radiohead deserves to be listed, though.

[Coltrane]

U2??? U2??? what a load of crap!


in brighter news, U2 sucks ass.

[Chills]

U2??? U2??? what a load of crap!


in brighter news, U2 sucks ass.

Bono over Iggy Pop. No bloody way.

Stooges
MMJ
Steve Wynn and M3
Black Keys
Neil Young + Crazy Horse

That's it folks!

[MarkW]

Personally, my top 3:

1. Metallica
2. Flaming Lips
3. Tool

Might well be a change after seeing the Jacket for the first time in London next month.

I can understand Radiohead being up there, I've seen the Chili Peppers  twice, and they were pretty good.

Gotta be kidding about the Hives.  I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss.  And U2 as the best live band in the world?

[kickingtelevision]

no wilco???

my 3 are:
wilco
mmj
flaming lips

[Angry Ewok]

Best...
1. My Morning Jacket
2. Paul McCartney
3. Green Day

Radiohead disapointed me live... based upon my one experience, they pretty much sucked on stage, and Jim James saying whatever it was he did was pretty much earned at Bonnaroo.

[primushead]

Ok all you U2 nay-sayers, I respect your opinion and all...

But for real, U2 is definitely one of the best live bands out there.

I saw them back in November and they put on one of the best shows I've ever seen, second only to MMJ's 2004 Bonnaroo show.

I know they've kinda plateaued artistically in the last few years, but...come on!  They made the Joshua Tree AND Achtung baby.

I, personally, would've put them at #2.  But I can understand #1.

[ycartrob]

Ok all you U2 nay-sayers, I respect your opinion and all...

But for real, U2 is definitely one of the best live bands out there.

I saw them back in November and they put on one of the best shows I've ever seen, second only to MMJ's 2004 Bonnaroo show.

I know they've kinda plateaued artistically in the last few years, but...come on!  They made the Joshua Tree AND Achtung baby.

I, personally, would've put them at #2.  But I can understand #1.

Agree. Not so much a big fan of their last album, but I saw them in 2001 and was mesmerized by it all. They do not disappoint.

[MarkW]

As an addendum to my previous post, MMJ now officially at No 1 in my list following the Astoria in London last month.

Now here's a weird twist.  I did a search on Spin magazine (we don't get it in the UK) and found that their British editor was sacked / resigned in June this year, following a disastrous period in charge.

The weird bit is that I went to school with him.  I knew that Pembo was working at Blender a few years ago, but didn't know he'd made a pig's ear of what appears to be a previously-respected music mag.

So, here's the verdict:  Andy Pemberton was a know-nothing fuckwit at school with no taste in music.  As such, I would discount any opinion touted touted by a publication unfortunate enough to be edited by him.  After all, anyone who was in a band called "Parker Knoll and the Recliners" has renounced all future rights to pass judgement...

 ;)

[megisnotreal]

Spin magazine reminds me of that one guy everyone knows... that stock character who likes to act like he knows what he's talking about when he possess no actual knowledge... just regurgitates others' opinions as his own. Anything to seem "cool."

You all know this type of guy.

The guy who'll bitch for hours about how badass Frampton is and then mistake the "will to power" cover as an original.

The guy who quotes the Big Lebowski all the time but who's never seen the movie.

The guy who's too much of a pretentious bastard to actually see an MMJ show, so he just reads a shit-ton of other reviews and tries to make it seem as though he knows what the fuck he's talking about.

"Fringed leather?" Someone tell this guy he was so loaded on Vicodin and Vodka that may have gotten MMJ confused with Gerardo ("rico... suave.").

Boo, Spin. Boo.

[primushead]

The guy who quotes the Big Lebowski all the time but who's never seen the movie.

You mean, you know that guy too?

That's so funny you mentioned that, because there was this guy that lived down the hall in my dorm freshman year who had a Lebowski poster in his room.  And not just any poster, it was one of those giant ones that takes up the whole wall.  When I tried to drop a Dude quote during one of our conversations, he had no idea what I was talking about, and when I asked him, he said he had only seen about 10 minutes of the movie.

What a douchebag!