AstroSloth
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[Music] Is this currently the world’s best live band?
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Knocking Coldplay is cool. ‘Nuff said
Shit bands don’t sell out concerts worldwide by being shit
Music snob alert, no surprise this site is full of people like you.
Coldplay ARE amazing live and yes I have been to hundreds of live concerts, not so many recently though in truth
Most over rated band in their prime? Probably the Stones once Mick Taylor left
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Kosh
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Coldplay are a great band tbf, but let’s not get carried away and start claiming they’re the best live band in the world because they get to play their anthemic pop/rock at huge venues with very expensive engineers etc…
For me the best band in the world right now are All Them Witches, who are an incendiary live act… but they’re niche and thus never likely to be popular enough to play venues like Coldplay… I guess if we’re talking BIG venues then CP are up there, but I reckon even now they’d be blown off stage by a veteran of the 70s…
Anyway, it’s all a matter of what floats yer boat I guess…
For me the best band in the world right now are All Them Witches, who are an incendiary live act… but they’re niche and thus never likely to be popular enough to play venues like Coldplay… I guess if we’re talking BIG venues then CP are up there, but I reckon even now they’d be blown off stage by a veteran of the 70s…
Anyway, it’s all a matter of what floats yer boat I guess…
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Fontaines DC for me……simply awesome band and great live.
AstroSloth
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I get bored with them two songs into their sets
too “shouty” for me!I am in the “most overrated singer and band” in the world camp as far as Springsteen is concerned, but I do accept they are a wankfest band on NSC
Unlike Coldplay who are probably NSC’s most dissed band!
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CorgiRegisteredFriend
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Based on the most recent tour Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.
The Smile also up there.
The Smile also up there.
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Very good at what they do, but what they do is not very exciting. In decades gone by they would be filed under MFP (MusicFor Pleasure) for those of a certain era.
This thread is obviously subjective nonsense but I’ll bite….
I’ve seen 20+ acts this year alone that are better live than Coldplay. And yes, I have seen Coldplay live.
If we are talking broadly across genres, a concensus of the top 5 best live acts at the moment would prob involve some combination of Taylor Swift, Nick Cave, Fontaines DC, Kendrick Lemar and Gojira.
This stuff fluctuates depending on album cycles, momentum, age, etc. For example, this time last year Fontaines DC would not have been on that list above and would instead have been replaced by Young Fathers.
Another example of this are IDLES; I love the band and have seen them live many, many times but their live peak was 2018-19 just based on the incredible community momentum they gathered at the time. It was the intangible ‘extra’ they had that their shows now can’t (understandably) replicate.
I’ve seen 20+ acts this year alone that are better live than Coldplay. And yes, I have seen Coldplay live.
If we are talking broadly across genres, a concensus of the top 5 best live acts at the moment would prob involve some combination of Taylor Swift, Nick Cave, Fontaines DC, Kendrick Lemar and Gojira.
This stuff fluctuates depending on album cycles, momentum, age, etc. For example, this time last year Fontaines DC would not have been on that list above and would instead have been replaced by Young Fathers.
Another example of this are IDLES; I love the band and have seen them live many, many times but their live peak was 2018-19 just based on the incredible community momentum they gathered at the time. It was the intangible ‘extra’ they had that their shows now can’t (understandably) replicate.
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For me, yes, without a doubt. Uncool as that may be
Are 'Yes' still going?
The Clamp
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No crying or needing to grow up, I just think your original reply was a “look at me and how cool my music tastes are whilst your are obviously shit” and responded accordinglyOh grow up.
No need to cry because someone doesn’t like your fwavwotist ever pop band
Plenty of bands that don’t do it for me but I don’t feel the need to run them down and mock people who like them.
I KNOW the cool music dudes on NSC would rather stick red hot needles in their eyes than give them any credit and ruin their street cred, don’t worry you passed that test
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The Clamp
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Okey dokeyNo crying or needing to grow up, I just think your original reply was a “look at me and how cool my music tastes are whilst your are obviously shit” and responded accordingly
Plenty of bands that don’t do it for me but I don’t feel the need to run them down and mock people who like them.
I KNOW the cool music dudes on NSC would rather stick red hot needles in their eyes than give them any credit and ruin their street cred, don’t worry you passed that test
You even had a “FFS” option. So you kind of knew you might get a ribbing.
The Clamp
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Anyway, I apologise for taking the mick, probably came off harsher than I intended.
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Not a problem, I have quite thick skin about my like of Coldplay. My kids feel the same as you about them. I shouldn’t react.
The FFS option HAD to be in there, look how many votes it‘s got
AstroSloth
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The thing is you're posting this on a forum based around Brighton, a place where there's a massive live music culture.I KNOW the cool music dudes on NSC would rather stick red hot needles in their eyes than give them any credit and ruin their street cred, don’t worry you passed that test
So many impressive bands come here and that breeds desire to actually see good live bands.
Coldplay are not that.