Best Live Song of All Time

[blutarsky]

2 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:

Rescheduled at first, then when the new dates wouldn’t work either it was canned outright.

 

2 hours ago, Somto Unigwe Raphael said:

Bad vibes that.

I had tickets for it too. Ended up using the refund on Caribou tickets - which also got postponed. Eventually went to that gig 2 weeks back, two and a half years after initially paying for the Cave tickets. 

[swelsbyuk]

1 hour ago, Bennykill said:

the one that always pops back into my head is New Sensation form Summer XS back in 91.  probably influenced by it being my first stadium gig and the crowd went crazy.

 

I was there too. Also my first stadium gig. 

Came down from Manchester the day before. Only second visit to London at the tender age of 19. Four of us went to the Marquee Club on the Friday. Met some Canadian girls and partied until the sun rose. Went back to our accommodation where an American girl offered to give my mate and I a 'massage' in return for a spare ticket (we declined!) Then onto the gig where I started hallucinating due to no sleep and lack of water. Went to sleep in the stands for a couple of hours before waking up and heading into the crowd. Five minutes later, this song was played. WHAT a 24hours!

[Somto Unigwe Raphael]

8 minutes ago, Stokesy10 said:

I thought Strokes headlined after Pulp?

Jealous - I've watched that Pulp gig on YouTube 20+ times. One of my all-time favourite go-to's on a solitary Friday evening drink sesh. Sunrise and Underwear are breathtaking. Well, the whole gig, really.

 

Strokes headlined Reading and Pulp headlined Leeds.

[Chef]

Jeez - where do you even start. I'm fortunate enough - as many are on here - to have seen almost every artist I wanted to, notable exceptions being Pink Floyd, Bowie and Prince. I could pick a song from any of the 'big hitters' back catalogues (Stones, McCartney, Elton, U2, Oasis, Blur, Fleetwood Mac....the list goes on) and it would be different every day.

So I've gone for what I think is the best song I haven't seen live; 

 

Edited February 11, 2022 by Chef

[Superscally]

1 hour ago, Somto Unigwe Raphael said:

Hahaha I thought you were talking about my brother!

That would have been SAVAGE 🤣

[Stokesy10]

35 minutes ago, Somto Unigwe Raphael said:

Strokes headlined Reading and Pulp headlined Leeds.

I've lived a lie for many years. Ta!

[Boomtowner]

Like most, mine would change on a daily basis, but this was the one that made me fall in love with live music again, after my child induced hiatus!

And I didn't really care for them before the festival

[Gnomicide]

Seeing as I'm listening to Frank a lot today, I'll go for this:

 

[Cooter]

many many great live songs out there but for me it has to be this one from the olden days. I dont listen to it much these days but just to know it's there is comforting!

 

[fred quimby]

Well, always changing. Always had a soft stop fir this. Reckon it was the first live recording I heard when my brother got it

 

[Gnomicide]

4 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Well, always changing. Always had a soft stop fir this. Reckon it was the first live recording I heard when my brother got it

 

Good choice! Oh man, that gatefold blew my tiny little mind.

[NoBuses]

Black Lace are only remembered for agadoo.. so..

[Gnomicide]

13 minutes ago, NoBuses said:

Black Lace are only remembered for agadoo.. so..

Depends which Black Lace you're talking about.

 

[fred quimby]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

Good choice! Oh man, that gatefold blew my tiny little mind.

Yep.

I love in the video you can see people just sat in their seats 

[BlueDaze]

2017. My favourite Stage. First time I had seen The Lips. With one of my darling daughters (who had never even heard anything of them). 

90 minutes of pure, pissed up JOY.. Not the best audio but I must have been just a few feet behind the recorder and it captures the spectacle brilliantly.. This is how live music should make you feel. Wonderful.!

 

 

[PDAD]

43 minutes ago, BlueDaze said:

2017. My favourite Stage. First time I had seen The Lips. With one of my darling daughters (who had never even heard anything of them). 

90 minutes of pure, pissed up JOY.. Not the best audio but I must have been just a few feet behind the recorder and it captures the spectacle brilliantly.. This is how live music should make you feel. Wonderful.!

 

 

Yep! Had no idea what to expect the first time I saw them either and opening with Race for the Prize sets the tone for the magic you are about to see so so well. 

[whitehorses]

First ever gig was Dire Straits in the old Cardiff Arms Park. So, this: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kIufLA7Bx2Q]

(Don’t know how to embed video sorry)

(oh think I have now)

Edited February 11, 2022 by whitehorses
Incompetence

[lessthanwill1]

If I could travel back in time, I would go here:

 

[Slugworth]

Daft Punks Alive encore will always be up there for me. 10 incredible minutes of joy 

[Superscally]

So, I'm down with Jubilee Street and Let There Be Rock, but for me, it was this tune, where I was lucky to be present after an angel GAVE me a ticket for the gig on the proviso that I just hung out with him and his buddies. 

This was the first tune. 

A few songs later they played Joshua Tree in full, starting here... If you said this was the best song ever, I wouldn't argue much. Though I'm currently digging Purple Rain for that title. 

 

 

 

[guypjfreak]

Any thing by Pearl Jam 

[Punksnotdead]

23 minutes ago, guypjfreak said:

Any thing by Pearl Jam 

Quelle surprise! 😉

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, Superscally said:

So, I'm down with Jubilee Street and Let There Be Rock, but for me, it was this tune, where I was lucky to be present after an angel GAVE me a ticket for the gig on the proviso that I just hung out with him and his buddies. 

This was the first tune. 

A few songs later they played Joshua Tree in full, starting here... If you said this was the best song ever, I wouldn't argue much. Though I'm currently digging Purple Rain for that title. 

 

 

 

You may be on to something.  I saw them on the Love Town tour in Paris and they opened with Streets it was an incredible moment. This is from Rattle and Hum but same era.

Also the version on the AYCLB tour when they went from Bad to 40 to Streets. Almost always guaranteed a moment, only exception was Glastonbury when something went wrong and it was a bit flat.

 

[Gnomicide]

And right now I'm watching Elbow's 2017 Glastonbury set. It's not cool, it's not my favourite but it's always a moment...

 

[circus92]

1 hour ago, Superscally said:

So, I'm down with Jubilee Street and Let There Be Rock, but for me, it was this tune, where I was lucky to be present after an angel GAVE me a ticket for the gig on the proviso that I just hung out with him and his buddies. 

This was the first tune. 

A few songs later they played Joshua Tree in full, starting here... If you said this was the best song ever, I wouldn't argue much. Though I'm currently digging Purple Rain for that title. 

 

 

 

Having clicked on your links, I have just spent the last hour watching a variety of U2 clips on YouTube 😂

My Conclusion - yes it would be very hard for me to argue with you on Streets - absolutely epic live.

Did watch a bit of the Glastonbury gig though and there was def something missing and they completely ruined the intro to Streets which should just be left alone