Great Live Performances.

The Pontiac

Live performances can be breathtaking. The song often comes across as less produced than a studio mix, more authentic and real. Sometimes, that is. And you have the live audience of course.

The Stones performing 'Paint it Black' live in Argentina, 2006 (I think). This is just incredible..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP2VyquMAaM

Waits live on Letterman. So much better than the album version..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfamPW3Eaw

A great version of 'Rain Dogs', recorded sometime in the mid 80's. From the Big Time Live album.

Roger Waters - Comfortably Numb. My favourite version of this song ever. You really need to buy the In the Flesh dvd and listen to it on surround sound to really appreciate it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=invo5D6SuBQ

Dylan performing 'Forever Young' with The Band, at their farewell concert..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=melUPYJc11U

OutlawPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KngiJUNdsu0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS0YO1bnAOo

deadhead13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao

TheBandit

Some bands really are at their best when preforming live. My Bloody Valentine and Flaming Lips are two bands that come to mind. i left with an endorphin high(or something along those lines) and was buzzing for an hour or so afterwards. I'd absolutley love to see Tom Waits but over €100 for a ticket....jayzuz...i know free market and all that but ffs Tom

on the raw less produced note

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX8B_jfy-S0

<Ollie>

<Ollie> wrote: »

Live performances can be breathtaking. The song often comes across as less produced than a studio mix, more authentic and real. Sometimes, that is. And you have the live audience of course.

The Stones performing 'Paint it Black' live in Argentina, 2006 (I think). This is just incredible..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP2VyquMAaM

Waits live on Letterman. So much better than the album version..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfamPW3Eaw

A great version of 'Rain Dogs', recorded sometime in the mid 80's. From the Big Time Live album.

Roger Waters - Comfortably Numb. My favourite version of this song ever. You really need to buy the In the Flesh dvd and listen to it on surround sound to really appreciate it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=invo5D6SuBQ

Dylan performing 'Forever Young' with The Band, at their farewell concert..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=melUPYJc11U

OMG - that is the shi** **** version of Comfortably Numb, the only person who can sing the chorus is David Gilmore, even OZ PF sound better than that !!

deadhead13

rockdrummer4 wrote: »

OMG - that is the shi** **** version of Comfortably Numb, the only person who can sing the chorus is David Gilmore, even OZ PF sound better than that !!

Did you really have to quote all 5 videos just to say that. Anyway...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqh54rSzheg

No I did not, my mistake, hope it didnt put you out too much....

deadhead13

rockdrummer4 wrote: »

hope it didnt put you out too much....

It didn't.

Kold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjzEV7tqGTM

Derek is like a god onstage.

The Pontiac

deadhead13 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao

I didn't even think it was on youtube tbh. I actually own this cd/dvd release and it's amazing. This is the famous 1971 Massey Hall concert.

It was this night that he played five of the songs that would later appear on the 'Harvest' album. The performances was so good that night that David Briggs (his producer) wanted to release the Massey Hall album (or include the takes from that night) before the actual Harvest album itself. Young says today "This is the album that should have come out between After the Gold Rush and Harvest...David Briggs, my producer, was adamant that this should be the record, but I was very excited about the takes we got on Harvest, and wanted Harvest out. David disagreed. As I listen to this today, I can see why."

It was a whole 37 years later before it actually got released. It's a must for any Neil Young fans and the release includes a dvd as well as a cd of the Massey Hall concert. He was also crippled by a very severe back injury that night and had to remain seated for the whole show.

rcaz

TheBandit wrote: »

I'd absolutley love to see Tom Waits but over €100 for a ticket....jayzuz...i know free market and all that but ffs Tom

It was documented that the price had nothing to do with Tom. Public Liability Insurance is ridiculous in this country normally, but the Tom Waits got absolutely cruicified by the insurance people because it was in Tom's own tent set up in Phoenix Park. Tom said he didn't like the price.

This one always gets me... Back when they used the Firebird Finale and played Ta Da...

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

The Pontiac

El Pr0n wrote: »

It was documented that the price had nothing to do with Tom. Public Liability Insurance is ridiculous in this country normally, but the Tom Waits got absolutely cruicified by the insurance people because it was in Tom's own tent set up in Phoenix Park. Tom said he didn't like the price.

Waits got a bit of stick for this and very undeservingly so. The ticket prices were a lot less in other European countries and Waits was hardly aware of the rip-off Ireland culture and decided to charge the Irish more. That tent, I'm pretty sure, is the exact same tent used in the marquee festival in Cork by Aiken Promotions. They're the same people who brought Waits to Dublin and promoted it. I still have my doubts about their claims on high insurance costs for justifying the high ticket prices. They just ceased the opportunity and knew people would pay the money to see him. This was pre-recession time (just), and I don't think they'd get away with it today tbh. It was €135 for the cheapest in the end, but worth it. Aikens cleaned up.


This one always gets me... Back when they used the Firebird Finale and played Ta Da...

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

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Saw them twice and they're superb live.

OutlawPete

I think this is fantastic.

Glen Hansard was due to sign copies of The Swell Season at a record store in the States.

On his way into the store, he decides to do a little ad hoc busking session to the queue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj59oIxKxos

OutlawPete

Some SLF, one of the most underrated Irish bands of all time.

Here's very earlier footage of them preforming Suspect Device, an anti-paramilitary song at the height of the troubles and also Alternative Ulster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBYoNYuUVk0

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

mle1324

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBfVpG2PqPo

Imo one of the best

Cool Running

This version of Prove it all Night is simply unreal, great gig so much passion! The black and white vid adds to it I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3vUKBOJ5sU

Mars Bar

Love this!

rcaz

Lots of Bruce mentioned here - and rightly so!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB453G1ggpo

Maybe it's the story behind it, or the content of the song... Gives me the chills every time.


But my favourite - and I can't find a good video on YouTube, so you'll have to buy the DVD - is the twenty minute long rendition of Tenth Avenue Freeze Out on the Live in New York City film. That man has an entire room in the palm of his hand.

Cool Running

Been watching countless amounts of The Gaslight Anthem vids on Youtube. Serious performers. For anyone that doesnt know them id advise checking them out. There from New Jersey and very much Springsteen inspired. They performed with him at Glastanbory last year.

This vid really shows their passion and its a great song aswell;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1YY4_4pKKo

Heisenberg.

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Mars Bar

Cool Running wrote: »

Been watching countless amounts of The Gaslight Anthem vids on Youtube. Serious performers. For anyone that doesnt know them id advise checking them out. There from New Jersey and very much Springsteen inspired. They performed with him at Glastanbory last year.

This vid really shows their passion and its a great song aswell;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1YY4_4pKKo

F*cking love GA!

Auvers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Hsu-A-WYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxiEMpcI83E

IveSeenFire

Cant quote because im on my iPod but the three that i think are amazing are James Taylor, Jose Gonzales and S & G.
Live is really awesome.

Cool Running

mars bar wrote: »

F*cking love GA!

ya they are unreal, some seriuos live performances. Ragin I never heard of them when they came to Dublin last year. Loads of quality live vids on Youtube. I think the way Brian interacts with the crowd in live performances like below show how good they would be to see live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li6rYHLEHys

Rud

a bit different than most of the stuff here,but i like my live stuff raw,full of energy/anger and taken to the edge

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

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jLaOrLdE50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaxZPP-lRN0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZJRYlW0eQE

and something just pure beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdwnqA0CDBg

Skinback

To me the Stones sound like a struggling garage band in that video.

Skinback

Yeah, James Taylor is awesome live.

wobblyknees

Scien wrote: »

Here's something more comtemporary...

One man, his guitar and the most passionate performance of a song I've ever heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfAS6nwYc9g

I love this.

jill_valentine

KT Tunstall's stuff is pretty bland, generally, but I still think this is pretty damn cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYEU91d8ngc

nommm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18-gost0PGU

HalloweenJack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O59CD81UAzw

Even though it's a tad staged, I love this version of Station to Station.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cKpdrEcshQ

Absolutely brilliant rendition of Cosmic Slop by Parliament-Funkadelic.

deadhead13

Dylan goes electric (Newport '65)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p-M1aagZas

rednik

In the Royal Albert Hall a few years ago liseting to David Gilmour and band playing Echoes. A song I never thought I would hear live. The performance was perfect and the song is probably my favourite song of all time so hearing it live made it even more special.

Shy_Dave!

Another huge Springsteen fan here, I felt I had to share these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCpzgcH0QBE

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-oDAxx8So

pappyodaniel

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlWFpdPX45g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgja26eNeY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur0_MvFJqYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0h5PzyO8u4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33-zrdWWlzQ

jill_valentine

They got the audience to bring their own torches to light the stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OjKjLVH3c0

kwestfan08

A great band on great form

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

Nailz

Rud wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZJRYlW0eQE

The keyboard at the beginning reminds me of the original version of this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvkQtT2VwVA

And that is an opening of the floodgates as far as me being a FNM/Patton head goes... Watch this the whole way through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-zJR5_3kjc

Same gig, if you don't like the music (which you should like), then skip to 2:30. [story behind it if you wanna know]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU3lX5Vj_G0

This the most awesome looking gig I've seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPh8yGUnWog

This is just hilarious!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHrGLkFG6U

For a change, some Claypool!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLk6Am9Q9oo

And finally..... Every concert should one of these, but this guy doesn't agree...

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