Monday, August 31, 2009

My top 75 live bands

So this is ripped from my facebook page, but I have put together a list of the 75 best bands I have seen live. It's not in a definitive order other than about the last 20 or so. I plan on adding a few more to this thing later and might change it to the top 100.

Anyways, here goes.

75. The Police
74. Galactic w Mc's at Bonnaroo
73. Ghostland Observatory
72. Stephen Marley
71. MGMT - would be higher but missed most of their show twice
70. Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
69. Silversun Pickups - partial set
68. Dan Deacon
67. Atmosphere (2X)
66. Erykah Badu - cameo of Tyrone with My Morning Jacket was amazing.
65. Gogol Bordello (2X)
64. The Queers (3X? old school) I was dropped on my head crowd surfing at their show.
63. Cut Chemist (2X)
62. Al Green
61. The Mars Volta
60. Gomez
59. Q-Tip
58. The Monotonix - insane playing drums held up by crowd while crowdsurfing.
57. The Roots (3X)
56. REM
55. Kool Keith
54. Battles - the best noise ever
53. Dj Tiesto (3X) not super, but brings the party
52. BB King (2X)
51. Kanye West - Bonnaroo 2008 was a timing disaster. Show started at 4:30 AM!
50. Robert Randolph - thinks Kanye sucks at Bonnaroo 2008
49. Spoonfed Tribe (20X) seen more times than any other band back in the day
48. Beastie Boys - were slightly rusty at Roo this year, now out of commission
47. The Gourds (6X) - great live
46. Santogold (2X) - she belts it.
45. Ratatat
44. MSTRKRFT (2X) - almost started a riot at SXSW this year
43. The White Stripes
42. Red Hot Chili Peppers (2X)
41. Manu Chao (2X)
40. Broken Social Scene (2X)
39. The Arcade Fire
38. Buddy Guy (4X) - best blues artist alive
37. Pretty Lights
36. DJ Shadow
35. Death Cab For Cutie - Sunday evening closer at Roo 2008
34. Willie Nelson - awesome live
33. That1Guy (4X) - the best 1 man band ever. Crazy show, must be seen once.
32. The Coup (3X) - played an acoustic set at Bonnaroo 2008
31. Hot Chip (3X) - dance party
30. Animal Collective (2X) - needs to be seen at night
29. Nomo (2X) musical candy
28. Sigur Ros - Awesome melloness - Late night Bonnaroo 2008
27. Digitalism (2X) - one of my favorite electronic acts
26. Snoop Dogg is the shit live.
25. The Flaming Lips (2X) - missed the UFO landing at bonnaroo 2007
24. Beck (2X) - Beck and The Flaming Lips together was amazing
23. Metallica (2X) - first major concert
22. Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals
21. Ben Harper and the Relentless7 (2X) - one of my most intimate shows ever at ACL TV studio.
20. Girl Talk (5X) - always fun, always.
19. Justice - Hardcore set, still unhappy I missed their Coachella set
18. KRS- ONE - Best MC ever
17. Guttermouth (3X?) - back in the day
16. Propagandhi (2X) - Saw them in Turku Finland, it was awesome, also Emo's years ago
15. My Bloody Valentine - They are amazing live, also loudest show ever.
14. M.I.A. - Party
13. Andrew bird - One of the best stringed artists ever. Musical Genious.
12. Rage Against The Machine - 7 year reunion at Coachella 2007
11. Crystal Castles - They bailed on Dallas show, but had the craziest party at Bonnnaroo.
10. Rodrigo Y Gabriela (3X) Their Bonnaroo 2007 set was life changing. Gabriela rocks.
9. Phish (2X) - Their light show and glowstick war is AMAZING - Bonnaroo 2009
8. Tool (2X) - Bonnaroo 2007 blew my mind.
7. Pearl Jam - Bonnaroo 2008 - Blew me away, cant wait for ACL. Amazing live.
6. Radiohead - Dallas 2008 would rank higher if I was closer. Victim of perspective.
5. NOFX (3X) - SXSW 2008 show - They played Punk In Drublic and we were on stage
4. Bjork (2X) - Coachella and Austin city Limits 2007 - Best vocals ever.
3. Muse - Austin City Limits 2007 - They rock your face off.
2. Nine Inch Nails - Bonnaroo 2009 Intensity on levels I have never seen before
1. My Morning Jacket (2X) Bonnaroo 2008 4 hour late night set in the rain and Dallas 2008 show. Their energy level has to be seen to believed. They connect on every level.

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