| The Fairy King 23.05.2008 09:59 |
Classic Rock Magazine has compiled a list of the 50 best live acts of all time. 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Who 3. AC/DC 4. Hendrix 5. Pink Floyd 6. Queen 7. Iron Maiden 8. Rolling Stones 9. Kiss 10. Beatles 11. Aerosmith 12. Van Halen 13. Guns n Roses 14. Radiohead 15. Rage Against The Machine 16. Cream 17. Bruce Springsteen 18. The Clash 19. Thin Lizzy 20. UFO 21. Yes 22. The Police 23. Slayer 24. Rammstein 25. Motörhead 26. U2 27. Soundgarden 28. Ramones 29. David Bowie 30. Fugazi 31. Paul McCartney 32. REM 33. Status Quo 34. Nirvana 35. Rainbow 36. Rush 37. Fleetwood Mac 38. Marillion 39. Motley Crüe 40. Metallica 41. Jeff Beck 42. Deep Purple 43. Alice Cooper 44. Genesis 45. Sensational Alex Harvey band 46. Dio 47. Grateful Dead 48. Heart 49. Muse 50. Rory Gallagher Muse 49th?? WTF? |
| Freya is quietly judging you. 23.05.2008 10:02 |
What a predictable and "meh" list. |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 23.05.2008 10:51 |
Freya is quietly judging you. wrote: What a predictable and "meh" list.I cant believe Metallica are 40th...Ive seen them 5 times and its always been a fantastic show, apart from the Freddie Tribute which was a bit dull. |
| Micrówave 23.05.2008 11:05 |
Vote for Queen. |
| P-Staker 23.05.2008 11:31 |
These lists are completely irrelevant, and merely reflect a contrived taste of a douchebag who wanted to get laid, but couldn't learn to play the bass. Ask and members of this forum will come up with 50 completely different but equally justifiable lists. |
| Champipple 23.05.2008 11:46 |
The Fairy King wrote: Classic Rock Magazine has compiled a list of the 50 best live acts of all time. 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Who 3. AC/DC 4. Hendrix 5. Pink Floyd 6. Queen 7. Iron Maiden 8. Rolling Stones 9. Kiss 10. Beatles 11. Aerosmith 12. Van Halen 13. Guns n Roses 14. Radiohead 15. Rage Against The Machine 16. Cream 17. Bruce Springsteen 18. The Clash 19. Thin Lizzy 20. UFO 21. Yes 22. The Police 23. Slayer 24. Rammstein 25. Motörhead 26. U2 27. Soundgarden 28. Ramones 29. David Bowie 30. Fugazi 31. Paul McCartney 32. REM 33. Status Quo 34. Nirvana 35. Rainbow 36. Rush 37. Fleetwood Mac 38. Marillion 39. Motley Crüe 40. Metallica 41. Jeff Beck 42. Deep Purple 43. Alice Cooper 44. Genesis 45. Sensational Alex Harvey band 46. Dio 47. Grateful Dead 48. Heart 49. Muse 50. Rory GallagherThese things are just to get people talking. I beleive Metallica at 40. I have a hard time with Beatles at 10 (say what? They were horrible in concert, not that you could even hear them). Kiss at 9... gimme a break. Maybe for 2-3 years in the 70s.... Springsteen needs to be in the top 5. Rush needs to be in the top 10. Hendrex needs to drop a few spots. I find his live performances really sloppy. Maybe you had to be there to appreciate... Guns N Roses needs to drop some spots too. David Bowie's placement would depend on what year you're talking about. He could be anywhere from 5 to 500. Lastly... Who the hell is Sensational Alex Harvey? Edit. Sorry for the pink... don't know how it happened! |
| olly1988 23.05.2008 12:34 |
where is Journey?! Muse!! What the fuck? |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 23.05.2008 12:59 |
From one to six is PERFECT and TRUE. Muwahwhawhahahaha. Great bands. :D |
| Fenderek 23.05.2008 13:02 |
Deep Purple at 42 is a joke... top 10 easily... |
| TreasureMoment 23.05.2008 13:04 |
The Fairy King wrote: Classic Rock Magazine has compiled a list of the 50 best live acts of all time. 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Who 3. AC/DC 4. Hendrix 5. Pink Floyd 6. Queen 7. Iron Maiden 8. Rolling Stones 9. Kiss 10. Beatles 11. Aerosmith 12. Van Halen 13. Guns n Roses 14. Radiohead 15. Rage Against The Machine 16. Cream 17. Bruce Springsteen 18. The Clash 19. Thin Lizzy 20. UFO 21. Yes 22. The Police 23. Slayer 24. Rammstein 25. Motörhead 26. U2 27. Soundgarden 28. Ramones 29. David Bowie 30. Fugazi 31. Paul McCartney 32. REM 33. Status Quo 34. Nirvana 35. Rainbow 36. Rush 37. Fleetwood Mac 38. Marillion 39. Motley Crüe 40. Metallica 41. Jeff Beck 42. Deep Purple 43. Alice Cooper 44. Genesis 45. Sensational Alex Harvey band 46. Dio 47. Grateful Dead 48. Heart 49. Muse 50. Rory Gallagher Muse 49th?? WTF?You should never read a magazine that only rates Queen as 6th. What is this Classic Rock Magazine? Do they mean Q+PR or are they referring to Queen with the rock god Freddie. If they refer to Freddie as 6th then all copies should be burnt or censored! |
| Champipple 23.05.2008 13:41 |
This list is impossible to rank... First off... NOBODY could have possibly seen all these bands in concert for comparison's sake. Second, your talking about bands who's careers stretched over decades. Are we assuming that the ranking is each of these bands at their peak? Averaged? Original members or best version of the band? Third, there are so many diferrent genres here, that it becomes silly to try to compare. Can you honestly rank Grateful Dead concerts versus Rammstien? |
| Treasure Movement 23.05.2008 13:57 |
Champipple wrote: This list is impossible to rank... First off... NOBODY could have possibly seen all these bands in concert for comparison's sake. Second, your talking about bands who's careers stretched over decades. Are we assuming that the ranking is each of these bands at their peak? Averaged? Original members or best version of the band? Third, there are so many diferrent genres here, that it becomes silly to try to compare. Can you honestly rank Grateful Dead concerts versus Rammstien?You miss the point - NOBODY could have possibly seen all these bands in concert for comparison's sake. - It doesn't matter QUEEN are the No1 (with Freddie of cause) - and in No2 you should check out - link |
| Champipple 23.05.2008 14:02 |
I was expecting a Rick Roll... thankfully that link is actually pretty awesome! |
| Treasure Movement 23.05.2008 14:15 |
Champipple wrote: I was expecting a Rick Roll... thankfully that link is actually pretty awesome!Freddie has to be No1 so the best that Treasure Movement - sorry moment can ever expect to be is No2! |
| Mr Mercury 23.05.2008 14:46 |
Champipple wrote: Lastly... Who the hell is Sensational Alex Harvey?Alex Harvey was the lead singer of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. They were one of Scotlands finest rock bands along with Nazareth imo. Incidently, the guitarist from Alex Harvey Band Zal Cleminson briefly joined Nazareth for a couple of years. Although Alex Harvey is long since dead, his backing band still tour now and then. Heres a few clips from YouTube link link link link These TV clips dont really do his stage act justice as he was a LOT wilder than this live. And you can also see where Fish got bits of his act for the early Marillion days. |
| david (galashiels) 23.05.2008 15:41 |
loved the sahb,great act.on youtube harvey on whistle test singing delilah. |
| *Rain Must Fall* 23.05.2008 16:41 |
I thought David Bowie would have placed higher on the list. |
| Yara 23.05.2008 17:22 |
As far as singing is concerned... Well, I just say one thing: Liars! lol Yes. Liar, 1985, Rock in Rio. Huge audience. One of the greatest ever, like in São Paulo, 1981. Freddie sings higher than in recording, but it's not only that: the way he controls pitch, color, articulation and the way he holds the notes without using vibrato - which is, however, great when the piece is intended to be sung with it, and it's a difficult technique to master: people often confuse vibrato with inability to sustain a note - is enough to rest my case. The whole body of the guy is singing. Take a look. He uses his whole body, every muscle. It's impressive, it sends chills down your spine so perfect is the tune, articulation and the clever change in the tone. He reminds me of bass or baritone opera singers, but...boy, singing for thousands and thousands of people and rocking hard. Just this song is enough to put him in first place as far as singing is concerned. And, one may argue, it's one of Freddie's worst periods... |
| brENsKi 23.05.2008 17:41 |
david (galashiels) wrote: loved the sahb,great act.on youtube harvey on whistle test singing delilah.most 70s rock fans will remember SAHB for Faith Healer not a bad tune - but ruined a little by an overlong and tediously repetitive intro....once it gets going it's a stormer of s tune tho |
| luthorn 23.05.2008 18:17 |
Yara wrote: As far as singing is concerned... Well, I just say one thing: Liars! lol Yes. Liar, 1985, Rock in Rio. Huge audience. One of the greatest ever, like in São Paulo, 1981. Freddie sings higher than in recording, but it's not only that: the way he controls pitch, color, articulation and the way he holds the notes without using vibrato - which is, however, great when the piece is intended to be sung with it, and it's a difficult technique to master: people often confuse vibrato with inability to sustain a note - is enough to rest my case. The whole body of the guy is singing. Take a look. He uses his whole body, every muscle. It's impressive, it sends chills down your spine so perfect is the tune, articulation and the clever change in the tone. He reminds me of bass or baritone opera singers, but...boy, singing for thousands and thousands of people and rocking hard. Just this song is enough to put him in first place as far as singing is concerned. And, one may argue, it's one of Freddie's worst periods...in Rio, Freddie was a way out of shape chub, and was singing to the fat lady in the back to bring more applie pies, hence the pitch |
| QueenMercury46 23.05.2008 20:11 |
Treasure Movement wrote:HAHAHAChampipple wrote: This list is impossible to rank... First off... NOBODY could have possibly seen all these bands in concert for comparison's sake. Second, your talking about bands who's careers stretched over decades. Are we assuming that the ranking is each of these bands at their peak? Averaged? Original members or best version of the band? Third, there are so many diferrent genres here, that it becomes silly to try to compare. Can you honestly rank Grateful Dead concerts versus Rammstien?You miss the point - NOBODY could have possibly seen all these bands in concert for comparison's sake. - It doesn't matter QUEEN are the No1 (with Freddie of cause) - and in No2 you should check out - link |
| Matias Merçeauroix 23.05.2008 20:23 |
Led Zeppelin sucks. |
| QueenMercury46 23.05.2008 20:34 |
Horsie Debauchery wrote: Led Zeppelin sucks.How can you even say that? |
| Winter Land Man 23.05.2008 23:13 |
Stupid fucking list... horrible really, half those acts mime to their concerts haha. |
| Dan C. 23.05.2008 23:50 |
Neil Young should be there, as should Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. |
| john bodega 24.05.2008 01:37 |
Dan Corson V: Missing Time wrote: Neil Young should be there, as should Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.Tom fucking Petty!??!?! Whatever it is you're smoking, I'd like some. |
| Winter Land Man 24.05.2008 03:29 |
Zebonka12 wrote:What's your problem buddy? Your posts all seem negative. The only ones who seem happy with your posts these days are little 15 year old girls.Dan Corson V: Missing Time wrote: Neil Young should be there, as should Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.Tom fucking Petty!??!?! Whatever it is you're smoking, I'd like some. |
| Mr Mercury 24.05.2008 06:58 |
Jacob Britt wrote:You obviously dont get Zebonka's sense of humour, Jake.....Zebonka12 wrote:What's your problem buddy? Your posts all seem negative. The only ones who seem happy with your posts these days are little 15 year old girls.Dan Corson V: Missing Time wrote: Neil Young should be there, as should Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.Tom fucking Petty!??!?! Whatever it is you're smoking, I'd like some. |
| kingogre 24.05.2008 07:00 |
Bruce Springsteen should have been higher up. |
| john bodega 24.05.2008 07:29 |
Jacob Britt wrote: The only ones who seem happy with your posts these days are little 15 year old girls.That's 18/19, and they're a whole hell of a lot more fun than you are. Mr Mercury wrote: You obviously dont get Zebonka's sense of humour, Jake.....Finally, a voice of reason! |
| deleted user 24.05.2008 17:48 |
QueenMercury46 wrote:We-ell Led, I beieve, is pronounced in a similar way to the metallic element with the symbol Pb, 'Zeppelin' is pronounced zep-lin and 'sucks' is pretty much how it looks. So phonetically speaking. That is how you can even say 'Led Zeppelin sucks'.Horsie Debauchery wrote: Led Zeppelin sucks.How can you even say that? And Muse should be far higher, even if they don't yet qualify as a 'classic rock act' (by the mag's standards, that obviously means 30 years old+) Come to think of it, Queen should be higher too. Higher than AC-fucking DC. Am I the only one who really cannot stand them? |
| Mr Mercury 24.05.2008 18:29 |
Zebonka12 wrote:I thank you Mr Zebonka!!Jacob Britt wrote: The only ones who seem happy with your posts these days are little 15 year old girls.That's 18/19, and they're a whole hell of a lot more fun than you are.Mr Mercury wrote: You obviously dont get Zebonka's sense of humour, Jake.....Finally, a voice of reason! |
| john bodega 25.05.2008 01:28 |
The only AC/DC that belongs in that list is the Bon Scott one. |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 25.05.2008 08:17 |
RollingBowieQueen wrote:I LOVE them....QueenMercury46 wrote:Come to think of it, Queen should be higher too. Higher than AC-fucking DC. Am I the only one who really cannot stand them?Horsie Debauchery wrote: Led Zeppelin sucks.How can you even say that? |
| kingogre 25.05.2008 11:45 |
Saw AC/DC a couple of years ago, awsome show. Can understand why some people dont like them, but they can really put on a groove live. Great show aswell, both Brian and Angus are class frontmen. But everyone has their own opinions.:) |
| its_a_hard_life 26994 25.05.2008 15:14 |
kingogre wrote: Saw AC/DC a couple of years ago, awsome show. Can understand why some people dont like them, but they can really put on a groove live. Great show aswell, both Brian and Angus are class frontmen. But everyone has their own opinions.:)Yeah, I can't wait to see them live when they announce their tour dates over here. :D |
| kingogre 26.05.2008 15:05 |
its_a_hard_life wrote: Yeah, I can't wait to see them live when they announce their tour dates over here. :DThey were easily the best band Ive ever seen. They sound amazing. Im really looking forward to the new album aswell. |
| Treasure Moment 26.05.2008 17:13 |
they obviously know shit about live performance otherwise Queen would be nr 1 and thats by FAAAAAAAR! |
| goinback 26.05.2008 19:41 |
I really can't imagine a Police concert being that exciting.... |
| Charlie Brown 28.05.2008 01:37 |
I tried watching Pink Floyds The Pulse concert film earlier this year on tv and found it so boring i changed the channel. So i must differ with the magazine putting them so high on this list. I can't imagine a Police concert being that exciting either. What do people rock out to at one of their concerts Message In A Bottle? And Champipple mentioned Jimi Hendrix playing being sloppy, which is probably true but how many guitarists play their guitars behind the back or by placing the pick between their teeth. |
| wilk 28.05.2008 15:27 |
I've struggled to make it through Pink Floyd concerts as well. They rely a lot upon their props. Good enough musicians but boring performers and songwriters. |
| Charlie Brown 28.05.2008 18:01 |
^ Hi Wilk, yeah the lighting design and lasers were impressive in that Pink Floyd concert i tried watching, but unfortunately much more impressive than their performance |
| goinback 28.05.2008 20:19 |
That's what a Pink Floyd show is supposed to be though, they pioneered live multimedia. It's completely different than a Queen show...the performers at a Pink Floyd show aren't supposed to take the spotlight. (IMHO though the Pulse tour wasn't one of their more imaginative shows, the '87 tour was much more creative...and of course the Wall shows from '80-'81 were the most complicated and grand rock shows ever produced to this day, just boggled the mind that that was possible.) Pink Floyd and Queen are the two bands that equally wanted to push the boundaries of live shows, though they did it in different ways. Both bands should have the top two slots because they completely changed rock concerts forever. |
| Drummer imense! 28.05.2008 21:16 |
Obviously very few of you all read classic rock mag. It was a list where they got Rock musicians and industry profesionals to vote on their favorite live acts, and the votes were counted up thus putting them in this order. Queen don't float everyones boat, you can't please everyone all the time. I mean Springsteen.... ugh. Quite glad Pink Floyd got put high up, they are fantastic musicians and the live acts are a spectical. Pulse is a bit lame on the perormance side, but still great. |
| Charlie Brown 03.06.2008 00:26 |
I wasn't trying to rub any Pink Floyd fans the wrong way with my critique by the way. Thanks to Drummer Imense for telling us this list was determined by a vote of industry pros. I'm surprised that someone like Bruce Spingsteen who is as far as i know respected to a great extent by industry pros is not higher on the list myself. U2 has won The Grammy Award for album of the year twice but is not especially high on the list when taking that fact into consideration. Billy Joel and Elton John aren't even on the list which i don't get considering the accolades they have received from their peers |
| joe90 04.06.2008 07:13 |
Any "Best Live Act" list that doesn't have Queen at number 1 loses all credibility!!! Thin Lizzy need to be higher. Ditto Fleetwood Mac. Wtf! The Eagles cant make the top 50. Guns and Roses we're a terrible live band! |
| pittrek 04.06.2008 07:27 |
The Fairy King wrote: Classic Rock Magazine has compiled a list of the 50 best live acts of all time. 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Who 3. AC/DC 4. Hendrix 5. Pink Floyd 6. Queen 7. Iron Maiden 8. Rolling Stones 9. Kiss 10. Beatles 11. Aerosmith 12. Van Halen 13. Guns n Roses 14. Radiohead 15. Rage Against The Machine 16. Cream 17. Bruce Springsteen 18. The Clash 19. Thin Lizzy 20. UFO 21. Yes 22. The Police 23. Slayer 24. Rammstein 25. Motörhead 26. U2 27. Soundgarden 28. Ramones 29. David Bowie 30. Fugazi 31. Paul McCartney 32. REM 33. Status Quo 34. Nirvana 35. Rainbow 36. Rush 37. Fleetwood Mac 38. Marillion 39. Motley Crüe 40. Metallica 41. Jeff Beck 42. Deep Purple 43. Alice Cooper 44. Genesis 45. Sensational Alex Harvey band 46. Dio 47. Grateful Dead 48. Heart 49. Muse 50. Rory Gallagher Muse 49th?? WTF?WTF is Led Zeppelin doing at 1st place ? They were good live, but not THAT good. I would expect something like 1. Queen 2. Knights In Satan's Service 3. Metallica 4. Black Sabbath 5. Deep Purple 6. Ramones 7. Nirvana 8. Alice Cooper 9. Clash 10. Rolling Stones Many of the top bands suck, and who are 45 + 48-49 ? I never heard about them |
| kingogre 04.06.2008 11:45 |
Im surprised Kiss are so high up, sure its an expensive show but they are hardly ace musicians. Not too my taste anyway;) |
| Champipple 04.06.2008 13:38 |
I've seen Kiss a few times (including front row) and have many bootleg videos of 70s shows.... I really like the music (especially the Destroyer / Love Gun / R+R Over trio), but their certainly not in the top 10 of all time. They run a very "set" show. They also drop about 500 spots in my book for pretending to have Ace and Peter still in the band. If Brian May retires, it would be like Q=PR continuing with someone wearing a frizzy wig and playing a Red Special imitation. Ace Frehley continues to rock as good as ever... I had tickets to see him earlier this year, but there was a huge snowstorm and I couldnt make it to the show. There's lots of great youtube videos from this tour though. IMO, his show's better than Kiss. For Pink Floyd, whomever said they approach concerts diferrently was bang-on. I've seen them as well on their last world tour and it was quite an amazing show, but they don't engage the audience... it's more of a performance "show" than a "concert". |
| Hooligan's Holiday 05.06.2008 16:53 |
Champipple wrote:I have two things:The Fairy King wrote: Classic Rock Magazine has compiled a list of the 50 best live acts of all time. 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Who 3. AC/DC 4. Hendrix 5. Pink Floyd 6. Queen 7. Iron Maiden 8. Rolling Stones 9. Kiss 10. Beatles 11. Aerosmith 12. Van Halen 13. Guns n Roses 14. Radiohead 15. Rage Against The Machine 16. Cream 17. Bruce Springsteen 18. The Clash 19. Thin Lizzy 20. UFO 21. Yes 22. The Police 23. Slayer 24. Rammstein 25. Motörhead 26. U2 27. Soundgarden 28. Ramones 29. David Bowie 30. Fugazi 31. Paul McCartney 32. REM 33. Status Quo 34. Nirvana 35. Rainbow 36. Rush 37. Fleetwood Mac 38. Marillion 39. Motley Crüe 40. Metallica 41. Jeff Beck 42. Deep Purple 43. Alice Cooper 44. Genesis 45. Sensational Alex Harvey band 46. Dio 47. Grateful Dead 48. Heart 49. Muse 50. Rory GallagherKiss at 9... gimme a break. Maybe for 2-3 years in the 70s.... Springsteen needs to be in the top 5. Rush needs to be in the top 10. A: YES, Rush DEFINITELY need to be in the top ten, at LEAST. And B: Only 2-3 years in the 70's?? Please. KISS had a kick-ass show from their inception in '73-'74 all the way through the break-up of the originals around 2000. Now, I will admit, they are a joke... |
| kingogre 06.06.2008 05:34 |
Springsteen can go out alone with an acoustic guitar and move an entire stadium, surely that must count for something. I know Kiss has big show, but personally I prefer artists that are great in themselves. When I saw ACDC a couple of years ago they just came on stage, plugged in their guitars and started playing and it was fabulous. Ive even heard fans of Kiss saying that with out the make-up and the pyrotechnics they arent anything special. That said, it it sure was a big spectacle in their heyday. But that doesnt mean they have that extra thing to make them one of the top tem live bands ever. |
| pittrek 06.06.2008 06:23 |
kingogre wrote: Springsteen can go out alone with an acoustic guitar and move an entire stadium, surely that must count for something. I know Kiss has big show, but personally I prefer artists that are great in themselves. When I saw ACDC a couple of years ago they just came on stage, plugged in their guitars and started playing and it was fabulous. Ive even heard fans of Kiss saying that with out the make-up and the pyrotechnics they arent anything special. That said, it it sure was a big spectacle in their heyday. But that doesnt mean they have that extra thing to make them one of the top tem live bands ever.It's called Best Live Acts, because they want to rate how the band sounds LIVE, not how they sound in studio or if they have talent. And Knights In Satan's Service definitely belong to the absolutely best live performances |