Live Performance Thread

[Elsalvajeloco]

This thread should be kinda self-explanatory.

 

 

What the fuck happened to Robert Plant's voice after the summer of '72?

 

[Fat Spanish Waiter]

 

There is a video of this that isn't as good as the one from the album. Everything comes through clearer and crisper.

 

 

Boss

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU0V3VLJSlw

 

Please give this a try, you might be surprised.

[piranesi]

Let's give a little respect to the 85 year old demo when it comes to holding an audience:

 

 

 

Here he is a few years younger shredding like a mother:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PKLLS0uO7U

[Elsalvajeloco]

 

 

 

 

 

[Ace]

Fitz & The Tantrums, featuring Darryl Hall.

[Ace]

And of course, this demands to be included

[Lamp, broken circa 1988]

Here's my shout out to KEXP, the Seattle radio station that does a whole bunch of in-studio performances and tapes a lot of them.

 

Probably my favorite video on youtube.

Setlist:

Turn It Around

Open Your Heart

I Saw Her Face

Freaky

Ex-Dreams

Half Angel Half Light (early version)

Bataille

Night Landing

 

They actually ended up releasing this as a live EP.

Setlist:

Bop Hard

An Echo From The Hosts That Profess Infinitum

A Mess, The Booth Soaks In Palacian Musk...

Free Press And Curl

[Cole Miner]

Starts a little slow but a very good show once it gets rolling.

[Domino_Not_Deuce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbQ2InHp44

 

Elvis Costello and The Attractions in 78 being the tightest band in the Western World.

 

 

Springsteen delivering the most incredible live arrangement of a song possible.

 

 

Bill Withers giving you the finest 30 minutes of the soul music on the Youtube.

 

 

[Matt D]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zavNGuwljTE

 

I love this set

[Cole Miner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_tid3DOpy4

[cool arrow]

The late great Kongar-ol Ondar with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones...

 

 

And all by himself.

 

[Elsalvajeloco]

 

 

[mco543]

 

 

 

My favorite live versions of my 2 all-time favorite songs.

[Lamp, broken circa 1988]

 

Wire at the peak of their early strength between Chairs Missing and 154.

 

Setlist:

Another The Letter 

The 15th 

Practice Makes Perfect

Two People In A Room

I Feel Mysterious Today

Being Sucked In Again

Once Is Enough

Blessed State

A Question of Degree

Single KO

Mercy

40 Versions

Former Airline

A Touching Display

French Film Blurred

Men 2nd

Map Ref. 41°N 93°W

Heartbeat

Pink Flag

[Pete]

 

Metallica tear the fucking house down at the 1989 Grammy Awards. We won't talk about what happened afterwards.

[Cole Miner]

Good setlist quick 45 minute show.

[piranesi]

Stray Cats, US Festival (1983):  I kick my  12-year-old self for not recognizing then how fucking cool Brian Setzer was.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwRhFSH3qwg

[Nature Boy Beavis]

[MonteCarl]

Here's a live performance video my band did that I think is pretty darn good

 

http://vimeo.com/60021570

[MADCAP]

 

Prince showing why he is a god among demi-gods.

[RIPPA]

I love sharing this one because of the story behind it (and it reminds me of my Dad).

 

When Sting says "a moments notice" that meant literally 20 minutes earlier they asked Aretha to perform

 

[cool arrow]

[J.T.]

Orbital performing Satan at Glastonbury 2010

 

 

Nine In Nails performing The Mark Has Been Made during The Downward Spiral tour in Philly circa 2000

 

[J.T.]

RATM & Cypress Hill performing How I Could Just Kill A Man at what I think is Coachella 2011.

 

 

EDIT: Nope, This show is Coachella 2007.