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  1. Originally posted by KieranU2:[..]

    You saw them at a festival, see them at their headline show and it's a completely different show and atmosphere.

    Like I said in my post earlier, it's voted by people who are indie and have no idea. They only voted for their favourite bands, not what they're like live.

    Kieran is completely right...I saw them at Lollapalooza and then again a year later, playing almost the exact same show, in an arena....drastically different feeling and the arena show was leaps and bounds better than the fest show.
  2. Well, a band should be able to handle festivals too, especially if they play them (hello U2!).
  3. I don't think it's that they can't handle a festival show, it's just that it's different. It's not "their" show, they're just part of it, they can't command it as much as they would a show they're putting on themselves.
  4. Also very true. I would by no means interpret a band's festival appearance for consideration on that list, is what I am trying to say here.

    Not trying to discredit Olof from having seen Coldplay (which he clearly has, all four members were surely present and playing their instruments!). I just mean for my own personal criteria of placing them on that list, I would be referring to their own staged shows.
  5. As headliners they still get to have loads of stuff on stage... all those lasers and everything. They played quite a few headline shows last year and all pretty much had the same set-up.

    And I think pretty much everyone was there to see Coldplay.

    Blur were better at the whole concert thing when I saw them at a festival this year. I still like Coldplay's music better though, so they win.
  6. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Let's get to bitchin': U2 have been left off NME's 20 Greatest Live Acts of All Time list

    1. Muse
    2. The Strokes
    3. The Killers
    4. Queen
    5. Bruce Springsteen
    6. Nirvana
    7. Arctic Monkeys
    8. The White Stripes
    9. Led Zeppelin
    10. Rage Against The Machine
    11. Radiohead
    12 Jimi Hendrix
    13. AC/DC
    14. David Bowie
    15. The Cure
    16. Foo Fighters
    17. Pink Floyd
    18. Blur
    19. The Clash
    20. The Rolling Stones


    this looks like a backwards list imo, Rolling Stones at 1, The Clash at 2, etc seems to make more sense LOL

    but yeah, U2 at #1 please, kind of proud of Radiohead for making it on this list of what I can generalize as "classic rock" acts. they're the only 21st century band that seems to be pushing music forward in studio and live unlike say the White Stripes which were following a standard set by the 20th century. anyways, this list is just GROSS.
  7. Hahaha, you're right Genaro, maybe it's a backwards list
  8. Lists, voting, top-10s, top-100s, best of (s)...I have mine.
  9. Originally posted by Mr_Trek:As headliners they still get to have loads of stuff on stage... all those lasers and everything. They played quite a few headline shows last year and all pretty much had the same set-up.

    And I think pretty much everyone was there to see Coldplay.

    Blur were better at the whole concert thing when I saw them at a festival this year. I still like Coldplay's music better though, so they win.

    The stage was different - same set-up with more to it. A lot more props with the stage than the festivals had. I saw them at a festival and at a stadium and the stadium was by far better. As atmospheric as T in the Park is, the Sunderland gig had a better atmosphere.

    That is "pretty much everyone" which is an uncertain statement. The headline show of theirs had everyone wanting to see Coldplay.
  10. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Let's get to bitchin': U2 have been left off NME's 20 Greatest Live Acts of All Time list

    1. Muse
    2. The Strokes
    3. The Killers
    4. Queen
    5. Bruce Springsteen
    6. Nirvana
    7. Arctic Monkeys
    8. The White Stripes
    9. Led Zeppelin
    10. Rage Against The Machine
    11. Radiohead
    12 Jimi Hendrix
    13. AC/DC
    14. David Bowie
    15. The Cure
    16. Foo Fighters
    17. Pink Floyd
    18. Blur
    19. The Clash
    20. The Rolling Stones


    Just reminds me of why I have never, and will never, read NME shit

  11. NME is good as a daily news source for the likes of who is bringing out a new album, who is touring, who split up, etc. but I'll admit that the opinions at NME are quite poor.
  12. Originally posted by KieranU2:[..]

    The stage was different - same set-up with more to it. A lot more props with the stage than the festivals had. I saw them at a festival and at a stadium and the stadium was by far better. As atmospheric as T in the Park is, the Sunderland gig had a better atmosphere.

    That is "pretty much everyone" which is an uncertain statement. The headline show of theirs had everyone wanting to see Coldplay.

    Yeah festivals typically won't let bands do the same things they do in arenas due to public ordinances. I remember reading about restrictions Coldplay had in Chicago regarding their confetti, and some specific fireworks and balloons.

    Not really DRASTIC differences but the arena shows are tailored exactly to a band's liking. I still stand by not really counting festival appearances towards what a band can really do live- wouldn't for a band I've ONLY seen at a festival, wouldn't for a band I've seen many other times (a la Foo Fighters).
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