Most disappointing concert.. (singers, band, blues, 90s)

[LINCOLNSHIRE]

I have been lucky enough over the last 35yrs to see most if not all of the greats. Managed to get to Glastonbury a dozen times [last time 04] and 100s of one offs in-between. Not all have been great on the day/night and I have seen some real turkeys..What I`m about to say will no doubt have the purists in uproar but here goes. The most disappointing for me??? Joe Satriani...I saw him at Nottingham about 10 yrs ago and it was only Steve Vai that stopped me walking out..I like my music to have heart, soul, feeling of some kind. Unfortunately the kindest description I could use for the evening would be Robotic. I play a little myself and realise the technical genius of the man, but I paid £20 to be entertained not given a lesson..Maybe I just caught a bad night?? Thing was it turned me completely off and I havn`t deliberately listened to him since..
So who didn`t measure up to your expectations??

[bmd69]

Van Halen with Sammy Hager in Chula Vista, CA in 2004?

[The716]

Steve Miller Band and Nazareth in the 80's... don't remember the year but I have the stubs in the old school desk... holy moly they sucked... Nazareth I could see but Steve Miller?

[bobmulk]

I've seen over 100 concerts including some of the biggest names in music and some of the smallest. My worst:

Prince (he was still using the unpronounceable symbol), sometime in the 90's, Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon. A totally putrid concert. Started off with Chaka Kahn as an opening act. All she did was squeal like a stuck pig. I was yelling at her to get off the stage. It was obvious to me that she was unprepared; probably got a last minute call from Prince to open for her. Anyway, Prince came out. Totally uninspired performance. Sound system sucked the wazoo. I was desperately hoping for some of his brilliant virtuosity where he runs from one instrument to the other. Nothing. Total waste of money.

Whitney Houston, Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon. Another snore. To be fair she had posponed the original show due to illness. She should have waited longer. Another uninspired show; half the time she was at the back of the stage while the back-up singers sang.

Aerosmith, 1976, Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon. This was an abortion. I was only a teenager but I knew something was wrong. They rushed through everything and it was obvious that there was a problem between the members. Of course, years later we found out they were all lushes and addicts and hated each other and that came through in the performance.

[Drover]

Black 47 at House of Blues here in Chicago. Lousy live band. They got massively upstaged by the opening band (The Lash).

[Southlander]

Santana, 1972. I don't think Carlos Santana was even in the auditorium...it was all his backup band jamming the entire time.

[Mooseketeer]

The Bhundu Boys, I saw them in Glasgow in the late 90s and couldn't believe how boring they were. I had seen them on TV and they looked like a really dynamic band, fun, musically infectious and exciting. Boy was I wrong ! They looked bored of their own act and the audience was almost snoozing with tedium... I hope that was just an off night for them but never again for me.

[BlueWillowPlate]

Bob Dylan, sometime in the early 90's.
I heard that he can be on/off. He was off.
He never engaged with the audience and it was just a blah show.

[gallowsCalibrator]

Most disappointing concert to me.. Nickelback. They stink in concert.

[Chinolala]

Aerosmith back in the 80's when they were heavily into drugs. Steven Tyler was forgetting lines, could barely sing, Joe Perry was completely wasted. They were getting "booed" like crazy. It was a disappointment. I saw Tommy Lee once as a solo act and that show was a bust too. We left early.