is this the greatest live band of all time?
sam here again.lf the brain is in sync with the earth and i encode the digital music with the earth frequencies i recorded will the digital music now be in sync with the brain? l encoded echos by pink floyd with the earth frequencies i recorded to hopefully convert the digital music to harmonize with the brain to create a new listening experience. http://u.pc.cd/j6B7 |
Sam here i’ve been trying to use frequencies encoded onto digital audio to try and get a recorded live performance to sound like a real live concert? i know this sounds impossible however in my mind i believe it’s possible? my theory is by encoding the earth frequencies onto digital audio the brain will recognize it as real live as opposed to a recording. the first example is the j geils band 1979 rockpalast gemany. the second example is the same clip with the earth frequencies i recorded at the park at 3am on my mp3 player in the wav format applied to the audio http://u.pc.cd/CzgctalK http://u.pc.cd/LM0ctalK |
That's just creepy and disturbing and cheesy all at once. In real life, I have been to probably a thousand or more concerts in 46yrs. Many, many, different genres - big pop bands, alternative, Speed metal, arthouse, whatever Die Antwoord is lol. Bands whose music I love I see many times. But, though I love their music, I have seen Gogol Bordello 4x in less than 3 yrs because they are the best live act ever! |
I've seen alot of different groups in my life.Its a tricky question. Allman brothers were great ,Tom Petty ,Springsteen I saw right after 9/11 and other times ,the guy plays and plays.Paul McCartney for a guy his age he played 21/2 hours at Citifield and never took a drink of water and it was Hot out.Santana Great .Neil Diamond played on and on and on ....They come to mind.Stones were good .But the Dead were good when Jerry wasn't so stoned but that was Jerry. |
Reading all in this thread and it brings back memories of so many great concerts. I have seen nearly all of those mentioned, above. What is really cool is for those mentioned with specific dates. Hey, I was at that. Hey, I was at that one, too. I think The Who is probably the most stand-out concert memories for me. The one at Anaheim Stadium, Summer of 1970, was a revelation. Then again, in December of 1971 at the Long Beach Arena doing their North American Tour of "Who's Next". But really, this list just goes on and on. I don't recall reading above that anyone mentioned Alice Cooper. I saw them play 3 times. Same is true for The Tubes. Really wonderful experiences that I will never forget. I still play the albums from all of these bands. Awesome music! |
Steppenwolf-1970. John Kay with a black leather, one piece jumpsuit with Saturn embroidered on the front... and mirror shades. Goldly McJohn on Hammond B3, sporting this giant beard and huge red (?) Afro. Pretty amazing. I loved 3 Dog Night about that same time. Their live album was and is pretty darn good. |
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+ 1 Vermonster: My first concert was the J Geils Band opening for Humble Pie in the fall of 72. This was the first tour for both since they released their seminal live albums: "Full House" & "Rockin' At The Fillmore" respectively. As good as Humble Pie was, J Geils was better; and, it was indeed all about their "energy." I've seen 484 concerts since that one and I have only seen one band that remotely reminds me of the J Geils Band. That is Low Cut Connie. They are a fairly new band out of Philadelphia. Imagine a cross between the J Geils Band and Jerry Lee Lewis and/or Little Richard and you'll get the picture. They are an absolute riot live. If you're lucky enough to catch them, it will be in a small to medium sized club, which only intensifies the effect. |
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Agree 100% when talking about Floyd, saw both DSOM and Wall and both were excellent, sonics were phenomenal. The only concert sound I've heard that I thought was better was Sting. Captured very well on the "Bring on the Night" CD. I saw that tour at Radio City Music Hall sometime in '85. Don't like just noodling around aimlessly from a band. But, I can and have listened to the Allman Brothers jam their a$$es off. |
Stones played last year after Mick's heart issue and I think he was out to prove something. It was raining for a good bit of the show and his roadies were squeegeeing the stage the majority of the time. I beleive in past years it would have been rescheduled, but it was unbelievable and I wasn't sure I would go until the last minute. Great decision to go. I had seen them probably 15-20 years ago and they were clearly going through the motions. Springsteen on the other hand, is consistently energetic, determined to give his fans their money's worth. I saw him the night John Lennon died and he played for 4 1/2 hours-that was the single best concert I ever saw. I was totally worn out by the end as everyone on the floor had to stand on their chairs the whole time to be able to see. Lately, Roger Waters has also been right up there when he played Dark Side with lasers that displayed the prism that was incredible. |
@barts - "Floyd was excellent, but stuck to the script"... That’s EXACTLY what I want in a concert. I love Led Zeppelin but hate the way Mr. Page doesn’t come close (quality-wise) to what’s on the record. I pay to see excellence not a week-end jam session in somebody’s basement. Unless what you’re doing is clearly better than the record (E.G. Cream’s "Spoonful") stick to the script please. |
What a "loaded" question! So subjective. Best recorded live show - Allman Brothers @ Fillmore East. At the show: Grateful Dead when touring with that insane equipment known as the Wall of Sound. Look it up, mostly McIntosh amps. Sting at The Bottom Line w/original Dreams of the Blue Turtles band. Steely Dan at Red Rocks Floyd was excellent, but stuck to the script, same goes for the Stones. Too many more to list. |
I saw Joe Cocker three times spanning the late 70’s to the early 80’s, and to to say he was inconsistent is a wild understatement. One absolute dud, one OK performance and one which ranks up there with anything I have ever witnessed. Everything meshed together in a perfect synchronicity which left me with tears streaming down my cheeks. In retrospect, I think his alcohol and pharmaceutical consumption played a major part in the standards of his performances during this period. |
Sam here again and the reason i bring up live performances is the fact that a recording of a live performance does not effect you like the actual live performance does and what if you used frequencies coming from the speakers to harmonize the music with the audience brains creating an experience where everyones brains including the band would align to the same single frequency creating a supernatural connection that would forever change the lives of those in attendence. |
Exile on Main Street Stones Tour June 1972 Los Angeles Midnight Oil Blue Sky Mining Tour June 1990 Irvine CA The Who December 1971 Long Beach CA Springsteen Oct 2007 Madison Square Garden The Magic album tour U2 Joshua Tree Tour Los Angeles April 1987 I didn’t attend, but one of the greatest Live albums/recordings is Rock n Roll Animal by Lou Reed...the 6 minute intro then directly into Sweet Jane is sublime. |
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So many great bands, hard to pick best the concert, but undoubtedly the best (non) entrance was Pink Floyd. Saw them at the Cleveland Municipal Stadium, late 70’s I think. Had four banks of speakers, the main stage and the three other points. The intro music stopped and, softly at first, the sound of a jet airplane began moving circularly from speaker bank to speaker bank, getting progressively louder. Suddenly the sound stopped for a couple of seconds only to suddenly start again super loud at the main bank of speakers, simultaneously their own full size jet, complete with the pig painted on the tail section, flew extremely low over the stadium from the direction of the stage toward the opposite end. Of course, nobody (ok, few) saw them come onstage and immediately start playing that day, as was their rep at the time. The “World Series of Rock” shows there were also amazing, Trickster, ELO, Foreigner, and Journey on July 15th, 1978, all in one event, was right up there with the best I’ve seen. https://rockandrollroadmap.com/places/where-they-played/other-rock-music-venues/cleveland-stadium-ho... |
I've seen lots and lots of top notch musical acts over the years, from Tony Bennett to Led Zeppelin to Miles Davis to David Bowie to Jimi Hendrix to Dave Brubeck to Bob Marley to the Vienna Philharmonic. The greatest I've ever seen? A tie between Herbert von Karajan leading the Berlin Philharmonic and Bruce Springsteen leading the E Street Band. |
