I've lost count of the times when I've only been 'going through the motions' and someone has come up afterwards and told me it's the best set they've heard me do... and these are people who've seen me often.

Not sure whether that's a good thing or bad...?

The audience definitely don't hear the gig from your point of view, which is probably a good thing!!

The same applies to recordings - you can hear that it's 'not right', but your public may disagree...