Normally when you go see bands live a lot of stuff slips your ears cause of the atmosphere and generall awesomeness of live-events, so little fuck ups here and there aren't noticed that much...at least by me.
But at the last few metallica concerts I was I even recognized that Lars and Kirk pull off MAJOR BS constantly.
James usually sounds pretty cool live, and his playing is cool too, but when I look at live concerts or videos/audio of the same concerts I was I'm pretty surprised that even he doesn't sound exactly "good" all the time (wtf is up with his vocals on the rio clips??)
It's really sad, cause I think it wasn't that bad 4-5 years ago then it is now...or maybe it was, I dunno.
I skiped the last 2 chances to see them live, one was even at a festival but it started to rain so I listened to it sitting in a cosy tent with a few beers.
The other one was just overpriced shittyness in general.
First time I saw them live I was so excited, and now I even think I avoid to see them live or live vids, just to not ruin my memory
Also: fuck ups a lot more noticable that way then staying in front of the stage.