Bring me a croissant. I can quite smugly boast a range of awesome gigs to choose from
Though I still kick myself to this day for not getting off my arse and going to see The Who before the God of Bass Guitar that was The Ox popped his clogs.

Still, seeing John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (with no less than Buddy Whittington on guitar and Peter Green's Splinter Group in support) was a real privelige, and in terms of putting on a great show, Emily Loizeau was fucking awesome. I was also lucky to catch one of Hooverphonic's last gigs before their singer quit and she sang a stripped-down arrangement of Inhaler so perfectly beautifully I thought I'd cry like the big shirter I am. And then the first time I saw Ian Siegal, his stage presence was sufficiently powerful to distract my attention from the hot Russian sisters I'd been talking to earlier that evening.

Think the best one might have to be Brian Wilson though. I know he looks like a frightened muppet on stage, but he and his band did manage a superb - nay, sublime rendition of the entire Pet Sounds album. And who else could get the entirety of the Festival Hall to its feet dancing to old surf songs?

Worst? Well, fuck me, I've played a lot of gig nights at my student union building so I've seen some real abominations. But if I had to pick a professional band...I saw Elbow shortly after they released their first album, mostly on my sister's recommendation. And after they'd played Anyday Now I found the rest of the show really kinda boring.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 3 Mar 2010, 10:27, Reply)