Greatest Live Performance of a Song

Yakult

So browsing Youtube I came across some pretty kick ass live performance of songs, so many I could spend the day posting them here

A few stuck out (to me) and just made me go "wow.. I wanna be there so damn bad"



Anyway post some of your favourite performances

Metallica - The Unforgiven (Live San Diego 92)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzgjUna-uhc

Btw sorry if theirs a thread similar to this. Search feature aint working for me

Kevski

I have yet to find anything greater than this.

Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow. In front of almost 1,000,000 people in moscow in 1991. Epic.

Catari Jaguar

I've posted this before...

Pearl Jam - Porch at Pink Pop 1992. Ok, I was only 8 then but I was a HUGE Pearl Jam fan. Oh, I want a time machine for this performance!

Eddie Vedder is on top form, the crowd is in a frenzy & he jumps right in there to crowd surf during a killer solo. Epic!!

I miss the 90s so much

Pantera - Cowboys from Hell ( Monsters of Rock - Moscow 1991) Whole concert is savage though (and was free!)

****ing armed soviet guards and half a million metal fans. Hardcore!!

Lucifer31

Possibly several perfomances by Hendrix, where he goes off on a tangent after a couple of minutes into a song, weaving in and out off different music types, as the band falls silent. It can sometimes be boring when this happens in metal bands, but always a pleasure with Hendrix. An example is Stone Free, taken of the Jimi Hendrix Concerts album released in the '90's. It's unreal. Absolutely love Voodoo Chile from Woodstock in '69. It's the style and showmanship that gets ya too.

Twilightning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VF0BlXP-0Y

mike65

How many overdubs are we allowed?

Burning Eclipse

St. Stephen from Live/Dead.

Actually, anything from Live/Dead.

This is actually 2 songs, couldnt find the first one on its own. Love reign o'er me, a song by The Who, covered by Pearl Jam. Pretty f**king amazing. This blows that porch out of the water imo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3hu_WK1i3g&feature=PlayList&p=768F39FF0F2B67E3&index=8

mike65

bazmaiden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWJog7eYqY

Knifey Spoony

Love this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm3zUQjG5no

Gerard.C

Great Thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHA3EZHvSWg

Somnus

Pink Floyd - Comfortable Numb

Man I wish I was there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWnapx502uQ

Nea

Goosepimples big time....

RonMexico

Guns N' Roses at the 1988 VMA's. A band at the top of their game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0mxN0SKFu4

One of the last live performances of November Rain by the original line-up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT5BjuakZnU

Blue850

Great track, Angus has to take on oxygen:eek:

dasdog

mike65 wrote: »

How many overdubs are we allowed?

Gerard.C wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHA3EZHvSWg

I have an interview tucked away somewhere with Scott Gorham or Brian Robertson where one of them said Live and Dangerous was 90% overdubbed. I just checked wiki (bad source I know) and it says the drums are the only original part for most of the songs. It's probably why it sounds so good but it does take away from the live ethos though there are more than enough good bootlegs and people's recollections out there to counter this.

Yakult

An amazing performance of Man in The box. The crowd is awesome too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYvdkImL7rk

beng128

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fhz0m17y0Q

Hope this isnt too funky for a metal forum

Detanon

The start is soo epic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhbyS1SuR7c

Catari Jaguar

Love watching old RHCP performances. They always had crazy energy at their concerts (before they went all sappy & radio friendly :rolleyes:) Fans used go crazy and take off their t - shrts and whip them around over their heads and have water thrown all over them. The band dancing around in their Y fronts, oh god, and the tube socks! They were pretty accurately portrayed on the Simpsons actually! ("Los Simpsons!")

Anthony Kiedis was the man (that's why Mike Patton ripped him off :mad:) Ah, I do love FNM too.

Motley Crue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80XvSON6lHk

An amazing early early performance by Guns N Roses

Rockee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJCXpFy0E5s

Rud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rASyDOCSmb0

Zack at the end is just excellent

rainbow kirby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ_VFJn2kJM

BnB

Motley Crue wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80XvSON6lHk

An amazing early early performance by Guns N Roses

Axl looks so young.

Pity about all the Aholes talking

aidan24326

Dr.Poca wrote: »

Pink Floyd - Comfortable Numb

Man I wish I was there.

That performance is just pure awesomeness.

Rud

the most shambolic piece of beautiful brilliance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He6zvRwVW6Y

Mr. Incognito

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQYDvQ1HH-E

Woodstock 1969- Possibly the greatest live performance ever.

bnt

I don't know if I'd call this "greatest", but the Smashing Pumpkins doing Geek USA live makes me happy. "Fire is funny, but a flaming clown ... not funny."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIJ9-QS6Sp4

Wooden Jesus

Porch is well worth watching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-_8xivRTsY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6S7m9bZIqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZcppJvab5w

merlinsmerryman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_1b7MaBpo&feature=related

Sorry dont know how to get embedded to work

Mr. CooL ICE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5d9fP6ASGo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3hJ5-ngUow

Ulysses Gaze

MagicIRL

Pretty much the entire S&M DVD by Metallica. Its just immense from start to finish. I would of killed to have been there

dimejinky9

Pearl jam doing anything live is killer let's be honest. But this? this is their best performance of another bands song EVER.
Doing The Who's 'The Real Me' better than The Who ever managed to live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jnQ3XVXMyk

dimejinky9

actually here's that whole thing..well worth a watch

mark987

the videos shared are awesome..but why didnt anyone share a live vid of iron maiden??? they kickass live!! wont yall agree??

Am I Evil?

Well here you go :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vP2hFFV57E

Could have done that yourself as crazy as it sounds :eek:



What a performance

cypharius

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

They may look like clowns, but I still thought it was good.

Deliverance XXV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDjx6aM-7VM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwX8yF8k0ls

DanSLB

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfrPrN1L_s

van halen live in 1995. not my fave song but its still classic!

damonjewel

Rory Gallaghger - Self Aid Concert Dublin 1986

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYGNVAk6Is4

hidinginthebush

Rud wrote: »

the most shambolic piece of beautiful brilliance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He6zvRwVW6Y

I remember seeing this when it was on, i'd have been about 16, i just didn't get it at the time... i'd be lying if i said i got it now. love the band though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2hFZ8KnsSo

this whole concert tbh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PShb9YiCEy0

AMAZING!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNG2z4wWkhA

waltersobchak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3px0m1Y9Tuc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfQ3SfKmhRg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoW4aLqE-AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zUJ7kszxiQ

kenon

DanSLB wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfrPrN1L_s

van halen live in 1995. not my fave song but its still classic!

FYP

RepublicanEagle

I am shocked and appalled that this was not posted yet!

Live Aid - Queen : Radio GaGa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LncAQR47eZo

Goosepimples.

kenon

Supposedly stole the show at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of-7jmD7OxE

Star Bingo

TangyZizzle

I put to you, anything.. by Gojira

The bass players headbanging still worries me

edit: wahey, 500th post and more heavy as whale****, Gojira.

rednik

I was lucky enough to be in the Royal Albert Hall to hear my favourite song live. Floyd had not played it in ages so I never thought I would get the chance. The Pompeii performance is class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=948navfxhFQ