I'm always kind of miffed that Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers are never on these lists. They have always put on a consistently great show.
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Queen aside.................... In no order, The Who, ACDC, The Clash
It's obviously all opinion and pointless to debate in masses, but I think Queen has one significant unbiased argument in that the biggest gathering probably ever for major live acts was Live Aid, and Queen has been typically documented with Live Aid as the band that whipped everyone else in dominating a live performance with pure greatness and really showing just how incredible Queen was as a live act.
I think Freddie or Elvis would be considered the ultimate front man/rock star, and Brian's massive Red Special sound and volume, mixed with Taylor's A list drums, and all those vocals doing all those hits year after year, tour after tour, it all combined to make them truly tower over all others for me. Today seems to be no different in that they still are the best. Even without Freddie's presence, the Queen legacy remains superior just as a major rock event.
That being said Led Zeppelin improvised into some wild stuff, The Rolling Stones have certainly been the longest lasting and best money making tour group, and bands like Adam Ant and Living Colour still sound better live than on album even, and there is always Van Halen.
Queen's simply the one with the Live Aid scene stealer, the Brighton Rock evolution taking the same solo and changing it slightly every tour and complaining for me is only now that it's shortened a little bit, and the band's song 'Love of My Life', a song pretty much 95% or more of their shows all over the world have audiences that unite to give a massive chorus to EVERY word in it. Zeppelin has their concerts of fame, but they lack the Queen level for my tastes.
I think Freddie or Elvis would be considered the ultimate front man/rock star, and Brian's massive Red Special sound and volume, mixed with Taylor's A list drums, and all those vocals doing all those hits year after year, tour after tour, it all combined to make them truly tower over all others for me. Today seems to be no different in that they still are the best. Even without Freddie's presence, the Queen legacy remains superior just as a major rock event.
That being said Led Zeppelin improvised into some wild stuff, The Rolling Stones have certainly been the longest lasting and best money making tour group, and bands like Adam Ant and Living Colour still sound better live than on album even, and there is always Van Halen.
Queen's simply the one with the Live Aid scene stealer, the Brighton Rock evolution taking the same solo and changing it slightly every tour and complaining for me is only now that it's shortened a little bit, and the band's song 'Love of My Life', a song pretty much 95% or more of their shows all over the world have audiences that unite to give a massive chorus to EVERY word in it. Zeppelin has their concerts of fame, but they lack the Queen level for my tastes.