[Eccl 10:2]

Agreed. The Stones, Led Zep, and The Who were all disappointing live. All sloppy, not tight, just not good live musicians.

I saw the Kinks live in their prime. They were great.

[BlueStateRightist]

Hard to be a good live band when you are drunk and stoned.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Like them or not, Yes, with the complexity of their music, were great live. Petty is great live. The early Eagles were great live.

[deadrock]

I know they were on another level, but Supertramp live music always sounded like their studio album. Tight.

[Inyo-Mono]

I saw The Beatles live in 1966, and considering the primitive equipment they worked with at the time (compared to nowadays concerts) and the deafening screams of teenage girls, I thought they sounded really good, just like their records. They were a top notch live band, which is what got them to where they were in the first place.

Also saw The Animals live around that time period. They were great too.

[sushiman]

The Who LIVE AT LEEDS is sloppy ??? I beg to differ . And I saw them at Woodstock . Reason they were a bit sloppy their was because they were tired ( having had to wait until just before dawn to play ) and their drinks being spiked .

Saw The Kinks ( my fave band as a kid in the 60’s ) 3 times . First tim was with The Beach Boys and The Doors around 1972 and they sucked bigtime . Preservation time with all the horns and backuo singers + Ray was drunk as a skunk as were most of the rest of the band . In 1978 they were great and also in Tokyo in 1991 .

[babble-on]

The Kinks’ songs used all four chords, too.

[sushiman]

Who’s LIVE AT LEEDS # 3 of greatest live albums ever . NME . http://www.nme.com/list/the-50-greatest-live-albums-ever/372887/page/5

[Ace's Dad]

Stones, Led Zep, and The Who were all disappointing live.

I saw The Who? in their prime, I think; right after "Tommy" was added to the live program. I'm not musician enough to judge, but the show I saw was "electric" everybody in the audience realizing they were seeing something revolutionary.

The "disappointing" may have been the result of excessive drug usage during the live performances.

[wbarmy]

The Moody Blues were excellent in concert, then and now.

I saw Wild Cherry and Iron Butterfly also. They were pretty good but there is a reason they were one hit wonders.

[dfwgator]

The Who not good live????!???!?!?!

Are you kidding me?