Greatest live music performances

[mariachi-19]

I'll start because it's piss easy is widely considered the greatest live performance of the last 50 years.

 

[That'sHernandez]

It's hard for anyone to follow that to be honest.

 

[Maroon Lucifer]

Rammstein Live Aus Berlin is fantastic:

edit: Volkerball is up there too.

 

[LoveInTheAsylum]

At Fillmore East (even if cut from different dates) & S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook both from 1971, are peerless.

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[Wittmann45]

Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged

Though that is my standard answer whenever this type of thread appears

 

[Big-Red]

 

[Hitchcocker]

Not in the same category but I admire Vedder's ability to have the crowd in his hand:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4BObpNQqNo

 

[Jimy_Hills_Chin]

Guns 'n' Roses 1988, The Ritz NY.

Before Axl had become a tit.

 

[MUFAN79]

U2 @ Slane Castle

 

[FCBarca]

Wasn't expecting it but Coldplay live was fantastic and very memorable

 

[Ralaks]

 

[Woodzy]

My first thought was Pulse. Comfortably Numb specifically. Everything from the lights to the guitar solo was mind blowing.


They don't make music like they used to.

 

[Gambit]

Faithless live at Glasto 2002 was one of the best live performances I've ever seen.

 

[FortBoyard]

Winner.

 

[Fergies Formula]

Fatboy slim was epic last night

 

[Werewolf]

Rammstein - Live Aus Berlin

 

[Zarlak]

This.

Comfortably numb was epic. The solo is fantastic here. Would have loved to have been there.

 

[pillory]

Mercury Rev at the Phoenix Festival in '93. I wasn't there, of course, but the first two of the following numbers were released on a single and totally blew my mind years ago.

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Also, what the flying feck is this?

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[Tribec]

I'll start because it's piss easy is widely considered the greatest live performance of the last 50 years.

What makes that so more special, is that Freddie was told not to perform as he had the flu. To produce that sort of show, whilst being that ill was special. Probably the greatest live band I ever saw....

 

[mariachi-19]

For me what makes Freddy so great, was that his live performances where as good if not better than cd performances. You listen to singers now trying to perform live, and half of them sound feck all like their cd recordings. Makes you realise just how special he was considering it wasn't like he was some mundane singer with a specific vocal region.

 

[Everest Red]

I believe Nirvana's unplugged has to be up there too.

 

[dmode]

Depeche Mode's 101 and Devotional Tour:

 

[King_Eric]

Very impressive


And just for those last 4 awesome minutes:

 

[Nearco]

 

[cinc]

It all starts and ends here:

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[Maajid]

One of my recent favourites.

 

[LoveInTheAsylum]

It all starts and ends here:

Great choice, great film. The Bowie at the Beeb performances of This Is Not America & Cracked Actor have always been amongst my favourites of his too. For some reason I also have a soft spot for the live version of the song for Absolute Beginners.

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[cinc]

Yeah, I like that too, I wish I was there, but didnt win on the "Bowienet-lottery) (I was in Glastonbury two days later, but that wasnt that good compared to other Bowie gigs). I was the small concert in London that was broadcasted to cinemas around the world in 2003.

My favourite Bowie gig I've been to was either the Berlin one in 2003 or the 1995 and 99 ones in Vienna.

But Ziggy is the one period I would kill for to have lived in.

 

[cinc]

The 1999-200 version of Absolute beginners itself is great too:


And I love the 2003 version of Loving the Alien:

 

[cinc]

But the best live band around today is the Roots:

 

[LoveInTheAsylum]

Yeah, I like that too, I wish I was there, but didnt win on the "Bowienet-lottery) (I was in Glastonbury two days later, but that wasnt that good compared to other Bowie gigs). I was the small concert in London that was broadcasted to cinemas around the world in 2003.

My favourite Bowie gig I've been to was either the Berlin one in 2003 or the 1995 and 99 ones in Vienna.

But Ziggy is the one period I would kill for to have lived in.

Yeah, that's the version of Absolute Beginners I meant, sorry. I don't know why but some voice in the back of my head is always telling me that it's a song that I should hate (probably after having endured the film), but I don't. He had a great band for that, the backing singers for all those tracks are incredible.

I know the album David Live generally gets panned & agree that the Ziggy tracks are so much better in the form you posted them, but I really think it works for the few great Diamond Dogs tracks: Big Brother, 1984 & Rebel Rebel.

Hadn't heard Loving the Alien, cheers for posting. Have never seen Bowie live, would liked to have seen that Reality tour as I liked the album a lot. Have always loved Try Some, Buy Some but Harrison's vocals never sounded right. Think I prefer Bowie's to Ronnie Spector's. Sounds like you've caught some great concerts, agree that the Ziggy era was probably the time to be around.

 

[cinc]

http://minus.com/mbjUGOO496/

Questlove’s Bonnaroo Superjam featuring D’Angelo & The Soulquarians
June 9, 2012
Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
Source: Schoeps mk4v > Sonosax SX-M2 > Sony M10

THE SETLIST:
Intro >
Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) [Jimi Hendrix] (including Go Back 2 The Thing & Superman Lover [Johnny Guitar Watson] teases) >
Pride And Vanity [Ohio Players] >
Players Balling (Players Doin’ Their Own Thing) [Ohio Players]
Funky Dollar Bill [Funkadelic] >
Hit It And Quit It [Funkadelic] >
What Is And What Should Never Be [Led Zeppelin]
Babies Making Babies [Sly & The Family Stone] >
Hollywood Squares [Bootsy Collins] >
Mother’s Son [Curtis Mayfield] (including Chicken Grease tease)
Power of Soul [Band of Gypsys]
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window [The Beatles]
My Summertime Thang [The Time] >
Jam (including Fire [Ohio Players] & other teases)

THE BAND:
Questlove – drums (The Roots)
Kirk Douglas – guitar (The Roots)
James Poyser – keys (The Roots)
Frank Knuckles – percussion (The Roots)
Pino Palladino – bass (D'Angelo, Soulquarians, The Who, etc.)
Eric Leeds – saxophone (Prince)
Jesse Johnson – guitar (The Time)
Kendra Foster – vocals (Parliament/Funkadelics)
D’Angelo – vocals, guitar, keys

 

[Nobby style]

Tv on the Radio performing Wolf Like Me.

Kyp Malone being the cool guitar player he is.

 

[cinc]

feck me, I've just got back from a Roots show, it was only 1 hour long, but I've never been to a better gig.

 

[sammymc]

I'll start because it's piss easy is widely considered the greatest live performance of the last 50 years.

widely considered? by fecking whom? my hole...

ok Ill give you it was probably the best of the slots on that particular day...and it was on the telly everywhere so lots remember it as a highlight of that day..they did the songs that would get the crowd going (hammer to fall though...jesus..awful) which looked particularly good with radio gaga. but the greatest live performance since 1962? dont be fecking silly...how would you even start to quantify that.


bloody queen fans always have to overstate things...it was good...but come on to feck...wise up.

 

[Red Dreams]

There will never be anyone better than Bruce Springsteen Live.

...and I have tickets for when he comes to the Twin Cities....

 

[sammymc]

There will never be anyone better than Bruce Springsteen Live.

if you like bruce springsteen obviously..if you didnt like him then having to watch him for 2-3 hours would be a chore.

 

[Zebs]

4 hours 37 minutes, aged 62. Bow down folks, this is the Boss.

 

[MarylandMUFan]

4 hours 37 minutes, aged 62. Bow down folks, this is the Boss.

What an amazing show. Just non stop for over 4 hours. How Max did it without passing out, I will never know.

 

[Red Dreams]

think this will be his last tour with the E Street Band....

just a feeling.

sure we will get an official live DVD and cd after the tour