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.
Hard to be a good live band when you are drunk and stoned.
Like them or not, Yes, with the complexity of their music, were great live. Petty is great live. The early Eagles were great live.
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.
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 .
The Kinks’ songs used all four chords, too.
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
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.
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.
The Who not good live????!???!?!?!
Are you kidding me?