DaveyBoy: DaveyBoy's Top 5 Live Gigs Of 2009

DaveyBoy 12.30.09	One more year-end list to go. Although splitting the songs of 2009 is going to be a lot more difficult than albums & gigs. I think I've got 11 songs that are vying for #1.
AnotherBrick 12.30.09	man seemed like not that many shows came close to the shitty midwest this year
JWT155 12.30.09	I need to make a list like this, went to about 15 shows/concerts and saw about 60+ bands this year.
ART36 12.30.09	Saw your #1 and #2 together along with Rancid in Philly over the summer. Absolutely amazing gig!
Athom 12.30.09	hmmm, my top performances of 09 would be: The Gaslight Anthem Cynic Cave In Frank Turner Girl Talk Say Anything Glassjaw Clutch Brand New Lightning Bolt
theacademy 12.30.09	i saw 1 live this year, and could've seen them twice with 2...i really wish i did. my best show this year: the offspring
Chewie 12.30.09	Billy Talent are awesome live Nine Inch Nails were the only and best act I saw this year. It was absolutely incredible though to see my favorite songs played.
ART36 12.30.09	^ As much as I loved seeing NIN this summer, Jane's Addiction stole the show for me.
Chewie 12.30.09	would have loved to seen the NIN/JA tour, but I saw them on Lights In The Sky, which was better in some ways since the light show was the emphasis, which was phenomenal. They played certain songs from Ghosts I-IV, and the huge screen displayed this incredible background of this wetland forest, crazy. Jane's have always been a favorite, and seeing their antics live would have been great. How was it?
Douchebag 12.30.09	eh... For me It's musically Stray Cats, every member was just flawless and the sound mix was absolute perfection! Alice Cooper for pure theatrics. He died like 6 times and the songs were brilliant fun. And finally Green Day. 3 hours of absolute mayhem with not one person sitting down. Whether it was your fist in the air, singing, doing hey ho's!, dancing, crowd interaction was the winner here.
Chewie 12.30.09	shows with awesome crowds = win, mainly why the metal concert house in my town is the funnest place ever.
Prophet178 12.30.09	The Lights in the Sky tour was absolutely insane. I actually bought seats instead of GA because I really wanted to watch the stage show instead of just go for the typical concert experience. The screens were sick, I wish that 3D movie panned out because I don't think I will ever experience a concert like that again. The Wave Goodbye tour was great too, a really intimate experience. I wish I could've seen them at the Bowery Ballroom instead of Terminal 5, but I'm just glad I got to see NIN before they stopped touring.
Chewie 12.30.09	you know what pisses me off to this day? When they started playing Hurt and I took out my lighter, my douchey friends kept flicking the fire out, completely ruining the performance of my favorite song ;[
ART36 12.30.09	JA were simply incredible! They didn't skip a beat the entire show. Perry Farrell was phenomenal. One of the best frontmen I've ever seen perform. His vocal range was on display the entire night. Dave Navarro absolutely blew me away. One of the best guitarists I've ever seen. His cool and calm demeanor completely contrasted the complexity of the music he was playing; a personification of the phrase "Making something look easy" if you will. Eric Avery's bass lines perfectly intertwined with Navarro's lead. In fact, hearing Avery take charge on songs like "Mountain Song" and "Three Days" was quite powerful. I'll put a good word in for Stephen Perkins, but Navarro, Avery, and Farrell captured my attention the entire show. It's awesome to see a band like Jane's that isn't one dimensional but truly a composition of some amazing musicians.
Chewie 12.30.09	really as a technical band, they are quite awesome. Navarro's solos are crazy.
ART36 12.30.09	@ Alligator: I saw Green Day this summer as well. I was front row for the show (waited 3- 4 hours before the gates opened with two of my buddies). Green Day were fantastic live. Regardless of whether or not you like their current studio work, they put on a fantastic live show. Hell, they played a song off of "Kerplunk" ("2000 Light Years Away") and two tracks off of 39/Smooth ("At the Library" and "Going to Pasalacqua"). I took 2 videos at the show: "Know Your Enemy" and their B-side "Drama Queen" coupled with "Good Riddance." I'll post the link to the latter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBiatyrT3EA
ART36 12.30.09	@Chewie: During "Hurt," some asshole screamed out "JOHNNY CASH!!!" This ruined the song for me. I know even Reznor has gone on the record stating that "It's not my song anymore," and I really enjoy Johnny Cash's cover of the song as well, but I thought it was extremely rude that this idiot screamed that during his performance.
Chewie 12.30.09	Reznor deserves the credit for writing it, and even though Cash did a decent cover, it doesn't "give" him the song. Drunkard idiots at concerts are the worst when the songs get quiet and intimate, I wish douches could keep their mouths shut and enjoy
Chewie 12.30.09	p.s. good video, I skipped over Drama Queen cuz it seemed boring, but Good Riddance is classic.
Transient 12.30.09	Propagandhi killed it for me this year, followed closely by DEP.
Douchebag 12.30.09	Good lord! You got kerplunk and 1039 songs? as well as drama queen? I'm pretty jealous lol.
Knott- 12.30.09	4 makes so much sense to me. I would definitely definitely go see her live.
DaveyBoy 12.30.09	ART36, that would have been an awesome gig to attend. Adam (RedSky), I have yet to see any of those bands live. Hoping for your #1 after their new album though.
DaveyBoy 12.30.09	Croc, I heard about Green day playing for 3 hours Good on 'em giving value for money. ART36, Janes Addiction are down under at the end of Feb, so may catch them. Adam (Strikey), for the 2nd time in a day, I am unsure if you are being sarcastic or not. You'd thrash me playing poker. LOL.
ART36 12.30.09	Don't pass up the opportunity to see Jane's Addiction. Is it Soundwave? If so, I would die to see JA again as well as have the opportunity to see Faith No More live.
DaveyBoy 12.30.09	Yep, at Soundwave. It will either be them or Dance Gavin Dance. Tough call, coz I really liked 'Happiness'.
Douchebag 12.31.09	I'm so pumped for Rise against at Big Day Out. I've only heard good things. I swear if they clash with Kasabian and/or Karnivool I will rage! lol
DaveyBoy 12.31.09	4 weeks of pumping yourself up for them is about right Croc. They won't let you down. I doubt they'd clash with either of those 2 bands. Maybe an outside chance of Karnivool, but it would be a strange one. The NZ timetable is lurking around the net & they don't clash with anyone I was all that interested in.
Douchebag 12.31.09	Yup, I've never been to a BDO before, so I have no idea how these things work.
DaveyBoy 12.31.09	You're diving into the deep end Croc. May have been better to go to a smaller one first, but oh well, you'll find your feet quick enough. I found Soundwave great back in Feb... Really comfortable. See my comments on Alkaline Trio for a perfect example.
ART36 12.31.09	@Davey: I saw a part of DGD's set @ Warped Tour this summer. It was nothing spectacular, but if you really like them then musical preferences might be the factor. However, I can guarantee that you won't be disappointed seeing Jane's Addiction live.
DaveyBoy 12.31.09	Ta for the feedback. Me have some thinking to do.
Sowing 12.31.09	Only seen 2 and 5. They were both great.
DaveyBoy 12.31.09	I know many here have seen Anberlin live... Is it only me who thinks the music (guitars especially) are mixed too high & drown Stephen out a little too much...???
Douchebag 12.31.09	"You're diving into the deep end Croc" haha how hard can it be? I'm going with a group of normal People (*see, not bogans) so it SHOULD be okay... "guitars especially) are mixed too high & drown Stephen out a little too much...???" I don't know the band, but when has Guitar EVER been too high in the mix :D
DaveyBoy 01.01.10	"I don't know the band, but when has Guitar EVER been too high in the mix :D" When the vocalist is the best part of the band. That's not a huge knock on the band either.... Stephen Christian's voice is just that great. I'm unsure if you'd really love Anberlin Croc, but you wouldn't hate them either. Put their last 2 albums on your list.