is this the greatest live band of all time?

For playing Beatles better than they ever could:
Yellow Matter Custard

Stones played last year after Mick's heart issue and I think he was out to prove something. It was raining for a good bit of the show and his roadies were squeegeeing the stage the majority of the time. I beleive in past years it would have been rescheduled, but it was unbelievable and I wasn't sure I would go until the last minute. Great decision to go.

I had seen them probably 15-20 years ago and they were clearly going through the motions.

Springsteen on the other hand, is consistently energetic, determined to give his fans their money's worth. I saw him the night John Lennon died and he played for 4 1/2 hours-that was the single best concert I ever saw. I was totally worn out by the end as everyone on the floor had to stand on their chairs the whole time to be able to see.

Lately, Roger Waters has also been right up there when he played Dark Side with lasers that displayed the prism that was incredible.

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Agree 100% when talking about Floyd, saw both DSOM and Wall and both were excellent, sonics were phenomenal.  The only concert sound I've heard that I thought was better was Sting.  Captured very well on the "Bring on the Night" CD.  I saw that tour at Radio City Music Hall sometime in '85.

Don't like just noodling around aimlessly from a band.

But, I can and have listened to the Allman Brothers jam their a$$es off.

+ 1 Vermonster: My first concert was the J Geils Band opening for Humble Pie in the fall of 72. This was the first tour for both since they released their seminal live albums: "Full House" & "Rockin' At The Fillmore" respectively. As good as Humble Pie was, J Geils was better; and, it was indeed all about their "energy."

I've seen 484 concerts since that one and I have only seen one band that remotely reminds me of the J Geils Band. That is Low Cut Connie. They are a fairly new band out of Philadelphia. Imagine a cross between the    J Geils Band and Jerry Lee Lewis and/or Little Richard and you'll get the picture.  They are an absolute riot live. If you're lucky enough to catch them, it will be in a small to medium sized club, which only intensifies the effect.