Most Disappointing/Underwhelming Show of 2007 That You A

[heather]

van morrison - united palace theatre (NYC), 10/13
 
 after years of promising myself that i'd do anything to see him live, i decided to seize the opportunity to catch him in new york.  tickets were easy to come by (initially it was a single sunday night show, which turned into a 3-night stand), so i took moms for our "once in a lifetime."
 
 it definitely wasn't a bad show.  i've heard the stories about van not acknowledging the audience, refusing to play a lot of his old material for fear of being a nostalgia act, etc.  i went in telling myself not to expect anything.  we caught him on a decent night, i thinkâ??he sounded fantastic and was rather charming.  the band was tight.  perhaps it was the crowd that leisurely strolled in throughout the show, or that we were stuck halfway back in the orchestra, but i left wanting more.  and sure, it wouldnâ??t have hurt to hear just one of my favorites  

[Chip Chanko]

Smashing Pumpkins.

[Chip Chanko]

Originally posted by Relaxer:
  Secret Machines at the RnR Hotel was the most disappointing, since their shows can be sublime.
 

This would by my second.

[Darth Ed]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  not many of the openers i saw this year really grabbed me... Emma Pollock and Johnossi are about the only ones that were really remarkable.

I liked Emma Pollock quite a bit, but my favorite opening act this year was Jonathan Rice.

[Bagley]

son volt @ 9:30-just can't compare to what his old buddy Tweedy's up to

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by Darth Ed:
  Honestly, I'd say the Stars show at the 9:30 Club (2007/10/20). It wasn't bad at all; it just felt long and I was a little underwhelmed by their performance.

I agree.

[vansmack]

This one's easy - The Police @ the Oakland Coliseum.  It's well documented on here somewhere.
 
 Honorable mention - Smashing Pumpkins @ The Filmore

[andyrichter]

I remember that New York Dolls rip off band opening for the Stooges.  Absolutely dreadful.  
 
 Hate to say it, but Neko Case @ 930 club.  Not to say it was a bad show at all.  I was glad I finally got to hear those incredible sets of pipes on Ms. Case live.  But the show just didn't hit me full on for some reason.  The couple next to me talking and laughing it up through the whole set didn't help.    :mad:

[serpent boy]

Haha, Simple Kid. What a douche.
 
 I don't know if I could call Deerhunter "disappointing" because they're awful, but that was definitely the worst performance I saw.
 
 Amy Winehouse at Virgin Festival was quite boring, as was Incubus (c'mon, who indulges in a lengthy "Sick, Sad Little World" or "Love Hurts" in the sweltering heat?).

[ggw]

Cold War Kids

[azaghal1981]

LCD Soundsystem at the 930. I think all the hype I'd heard/read about their shows going into it had something to do with it. They finished and I stood there thinking "so that's it?" Still no idea as to how that show made it onto so many people's top 10 of the year.
 
 
 EITS was another. But I loved the Eluvium set that night which made the show worth seeing.

[sweetcell]

as mentioned in the "best concert of the year" thread, i thought that the national @ 930 and the arctic monkees @ 930 were booooooring.  would have been better off skipping those two.  filed  under "i don't get the hype", even after two shows, is MIA.  meh.
 
   

Originally posted by Cali:
  how about most underwhelming opener:
 
 simple kid opening for kol/brmc

simple kid, as in this guy?  because he opened for spiritualized in NYC, and he was pretty good.  backed himself up with a laptop, at times projected ableton behind him, other times had trippy projections.  highlight was a duel with kermit the frog         funny guy, really connected with the audience.  maybe he was having an off night at kol/bmrc.
 
 worse opener was definitely the paper chase.

[azaghal1981]

I did think that National show was pretty meh too but then again, I'm not all that familiar with their material.

[Sage 703]

Can I say that the Hard-Fi show at the Black Cat last year still ranks higher in disappointing, underwhelming shows than anything I saw this year?

[DeathFromAbove1979]

LCD Soundsystem @ VFest
 
 Klaxons was disappointing because I expected a hell of a lot more, but once I realized it I enjoyed it. Still disappointing though.