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What Is The Best Live, Professionally-Recorded, Musical Performance You've Ever Seen? As A Standard, Say Woodstock And Go From There. (1 Viewer)

A lot of great stuff has already been mentioned, but I would add:

1) Any of a half dozen live Clash performances of Straight to Hell. 

2) Matt Johnson and The The performing Uncertain Smile at the Reading Festival. 

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
A lot of great stuff has already been mentioned, but I would add:

1) Any of a half dozen live Clash performances of Straight to Hell. 

2) Matt Johnson and The The performing Uncertain Smile at the Reading Festival. 
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Went and sought out The Clash's performances. Impressive, even though it's one of my least favorite "big" songs of theirs. And I love Combat Rock. I especially would like to see a live version of Red Angel Dragnet.  

 
rockaction said:
Went and sought out The Clash's performances. Impressive, even though it's one of my least favorite "big" songs of theirs. And I love Combat Rock. I especially would like to see a live version of Red Angel Dragnet.  
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Straight to Hell is your least favorite?

Straight up blasphemy.

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
Straight to Hell is your least favorite?

Straight up blasphemy.
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"One" of my least favorites off of Combat Rock. Nobody will ever say I "get" The Clash. Rudie Can't Fail is my favorite song of theirs, as are their poppier hits. It's either pop Clash or real dub ska/weird Clash that I like. But just a great band.  Watched a doc on The Clash and Strummer and was moved.

eta* Rudie Can't Fail hits me viscerally. It reminds me of hanging with high school friends and listening to music, and not getting some of what they were into...but that song hit me right away. And some of the stuff they were into (CT hardcore) I still don't get, really. 

 
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Jackstraw said:
Stones at Altamont. Ended the hippy era.

The Who Live at Leeds. 
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That's a really weird comment. My good friend's Mom watched the murder and was traumatized. That seems like a bizarre thing to like. But I've certainly wondered why the Hell's Angels were bouncers in the first place. Not nice guys. And it's hippie, if we're going to address cultural movements in America. Hippie.  

 
rockaction said:
That's a really weird comment. My good friend's Mom watched the murder and was traumatized. That seems like a bizarre thing to like. But I've certainly wondered why the Hell's Angels were bouncers in the first place. Not nice guys. And it's hippie, if we're going to address cultural movements in America. Hippie.  
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The Altamont show is bad juju but their performances earlier in that tour both on film and on the Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out are the Stones at their best.  The band has released a bunch of live albums but this is their best (unless you count side 3 of Love You Live).

 
BobbyLayne said:
It was filmed on Thanksgiving night. Not shown - maybe it was included in some special directors cut later - is 5,000 audience members had a turkey dinner feast before the show starting at 5pm. Bill Graham (legendary promoter) organized it. Poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure & many others not shown gave readings. The show ended at 2:15am. The music is great across a half dozen genres, and the interviews interspersed are mesmerizing. It's a singular film.
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There's a box set of the album now that has some additional tracks that didn't make the film and some rehearsal material.  The poetry and the turkey dinner are lost, along with 3/5ths of the Band and Winterland itself.

 
Eephus said:
The Altamont show is bad juju but their performances earlier in that tour both on film and on the Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out are the Stones at their best.  The band has released a bunch of live albums but this is their best (unless you count side 3 of Love You Live).
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Gimme Shelter is an incredible document of rock history, no doubt.    

 
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I wasn't there. I was 13 and the Roxy was for over 21. It was one of those fall nights in Southern California you leave the window open. KWest had a strong signal and I had a great pair of headphones. If you don't like Bruce, either do I really, but this was different. This was 1975. THIS is the Boss of legend.

 
Chaos Commish said:
I wasn't there. I was 13 and the Roxy was for over 21. It was one of those fall nights in Southern California you leave the window open. KWest had a strong signal and I had a great pair of headphones. If you don't like Bruce, either do I really, but this was different. This was 1975. THIS is the Boss of legend.
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God, I know those nights and remember the radio when it was big. Sometimes big broadcasts lend themselves to excellence. 

Wow. I love this thread. 

 
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Also, hoping for video-centric stuff rather than mere live sound recordings. Just thought I'd lay that down. That's why I said "seen," even in the original title.  

 
rockaction said:
That's a really weird comment. My good friend's Mom watched the murder and was traumatized. That seems like a bizarre thing to like. But I've certainly wondered why the Hell's Angels were bouncers in the first place. Not nice guys. And it's hippie, if we're going to address cultural movements in America. Hippie.  
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Maybe not "great" I agree. But certainly one of the most historically significant concerts. Ushered out the sixties. 

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
A lot of great stuff has already been mentioned, but I would add:

1) Any of a half dozen live Clash performances of Straight to Hell. 
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I would love to present one or two of the many Clash audio/video/bootleg recordings of various songs I've come across over the years, but there are just too many. Straight to Hell, White Man in Hammersmith Palais, I Fought The Law, Complete Control, Safe European Home, etc . . .

 
Apple Jack said:
U2 Live at Slane Castle
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If you liked Live at Slane, check out the intro to Streets from the Boston show (same tour)--that primal call Bono uses at the song's intro can give you goosebumps if played at proper volume. Also, you should see ZOO TV Live in Sydney (Streets is glorious, Edge's solo on Love is Blindness is gargantuan). The PopMart Live in Mexico City concert is worth a watch for the back half of With or Without You alone. And Rattle & Hum provides some great stuff: Exit/Gloria, Bad, SBS . . .

 
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Gotta do it... 

Pearl Jam's 1992 PinkPop festival performance

it was only 45 mins or so, but is essentially their coming out party to the world, just as they were absolutely exploding onto the scene.

For many this was their first glimpse at the band's legendary on-stage presence/energy, including vedder's borderline suicidal stage climbing (image from Drop in the Park) and dives into crowd from improbable heights (Image from pinkpop).  

Setlist:
Pearl Jam Live At Pinkpop 1992. Even Flow 00:00Why Go 01:25Jeremy 05:22Alive 10:39Black 16:21Leash 20:38Once 25:21Eddie Vedder Speech 28:36Porch 29:33Suggestion (Fugazi Cover) 36:56Pulled Up (Talking Heads Cover) 37:45Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young Cover) 38:57

 
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rockaction said:
^ As far as Pearl Jam, Jesus. The pictures are incredible. Look at him.  
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The thing is, that was the norm. Pearl Jam documentary PJ20 covers it well... every night climb higher, jump farther...  He'd get back to the hotel, take his shirt off and find his body covered bruises/scratches... then on to the next night.

Before the dive at Pinkpop.. he had a TV crane carry him out over the audience. 
#### eating grin as he's trying to make his way back to the stage. 
Climbing stage cabling at another show. 
Climbing across stage rigging several stories above the stage with no harness
Right before diving in Evenflow video.. Moore Theater IIRC. 

A different kind of magic than many of the performances in this thread, but any Live performance thread lacking PJ is an incomplete one. 

 
alison krauss and union station live was a really good recording take that to the bank bromigos 

 
Mister CIA said:
Wikkid does not like this as much as I do, but Roy Buchanan at Austin City Limits is pretty good:

Speaking of Austin City Limits, Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Whole lotta emoting going on there.

Another life changer: Live at Pompeii

I'll stop, now.
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Your posting about Austin City Limits made me think of Townes Van Zandt's performances there, and I want to lob his Live at the Old Quarter (in Houston) into the discussion.  Of course, I am devoted to his music and might be partial, but as I was looking for a clip to link here, I found this AV Club article that perfectly describes why this performance/record is so near-monumentally important.  Townes Van Zandt is likely my favorite songwriter, and this show was him at his beautiful, sad, goofy, tragic best, I think.

OK, so I'm having trouble finding a video clip, but here's an audio of Lungs.  It's really worth just listening to the full performance, though.

ETA:  Really need to find video, and just saw comment about how you (rockaction) wanted video for the thread.  You would really like the crowd interaction on this one.  Will look for it harder later.

ETA2:  Since I can't find video yet of this performance, I'll offer instead this ACL video of him doing If I Needed You and this awesome version of Pancho & Lefty, recorded at Uncle Seymour's place.  These aren't epic, but just very good.

 
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i love me some austin city limits that show is awesome and i guess if i was better at the internet i would probably start there to look for good live performances i remember beck on there on time that was awesome and made me figure out who beck was take that to the bank brohans 

 
[icon] said:
The thing is, that was the norm. Pearl Jam documentary PJ20 covers it well... every night climb higher, jump farther...  He'd get back to the hotel, take his shirt off and find his body covered bruises/scratches... then on to the next night.

Before the dive at Pinkpop.. he had a TV crane carry him out over the audience. 
#### eating grin as he's trying to make his way back to the stage. 
Climbing stage cabling at another show. 
Climbing across stage rigging several stories above the stage with no harness
Right before diving in Evenflow video.. Moore Theater IIRC. 

A different kind of magic than many of the performances in this thread, but any Live performance thread lacking PJ is an incomplete one. 
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Bono used to do that in the early 80s (see US Festival), til the rest of the band basically said they wouldn't go on if he kept endangering himself and the poor roadies who had to follow. Now, he just holds his arms up and calls it a day.

 
krista4 said:
Your posting about Austin City Limits made me think of Townes Van Zandt's performances there, and I want to lob his Live at the Old Quarter (in Houston) into the discussion.  Of course, I am devoted to his music and might be partial, but as I was looking for a clip to link here, I found this AV Club article that perfectly describes why this performance/record is so near-monumentally important.  Townes Van Zandt is likely my favorite songwriter, and this show was him at his beautiful, sad, goofy, tragic best, I think.

OK, so I'm having trouble finding a video clip, but here's an audio of Lungs.  It's really worth just listening to the full performance, though.

ETA:  Really need to find video, and just saw comment about how you (rockaction) wanted video for the thread.  You would really like the crowd interaction on this one.  Will look for it harder later.

ETA2:  Since I can't find video yet of this performance, I'll offer instead this ACL video of him doing If I Needed You and this awesome version of Pancho & Lefty, recorded at Uncle Seymour's place.  These aren't epic, but just very good.
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This was awesome. What does the girl say in the background at the end? I can't make out who she is or what she's saying, but the whole video is riveting. I'll be honest, I'd never listened to Townes Van Zandt and he sounds like something I would have absolutely loved in my twenties and can appreciate now.  I read the AV Club article, too. Tragic story. 

 
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I can't say I was a big fan of their music but my first wife's cousin was the road manager for the Scorpions.

I was absolutely blown away by them in concert...in the early 90's.

Every song sounded like they just dropped a needle on the record and let it play.  Unreal how crisp they were in concert.

 
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