March 19, 20196 yr Author Well, it's not a video, and I can't link the file directly, but here's a fantastic 1979 live performance of Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" via Paste Magazine: Dire Straits "Sultans of Swing"
March 24, 20196 yr Saw Avatar for the first time when they opened for Trivium, back in October of 2018. I did a 2 week trip to Sweden, Norway, and Finland at the end of February and was able to catch them headlining at Nosturi in Helsinki. They put on an amazing show! I highly recommend checking them out this summer at one of the big Rock festivals or in the fall when they headline the USA. Edited March 24, 20196 yr by Slikwille
March 25, 20196 yr Lots of great ones posted so far. Some favs of mine. Apologies in advance for the U2 theme. I lived this band for a while. U2 9/11 tribute with Dave Stewart and Natalie Imbruglia backing them up Edited March 25, 20196 yr by HiggyBaby
March 25, 20196 yr The right band at the right time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDQbNFHKJ8w Edited March 25, 20196 yr by HiggyBaby
March 25, 20196 yr And can't forget 3/4ths of the Who killing it for 9/11 as well. Can't find a damn youtube link. https://www.monvo.com/watch.php?vid=57c829a37
March 25, 20196 yr Author 19 hours ago, Cajun said: Geriatrics rockin' it... Man, it's weird, I am so hot and cold over The Who. Some of their stuff I love (like this tune) and some I'm just "eh". They just don't quite resonate with me. The weird thing, of all the guitar Gods, my style is most closely a rip of Pete Townshend, although he can lead like I could only hope to. Still, his rhythm feel is the way I feel it. I just don't dig all the songs. Cool performance, though. Who's the drummer?
March 25, 20196 yr Author Nice job by Taylor Hawkins on that "Under Pressure" cover. I've seen him do worse. And Rufus Taylor obviously has the genes . . .
March 25, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said: Man, it's weird, I am so hot and cold over The Who. Some of their stuff I love (like this tune) and some I'm just "eh". They just don't quite resonate with me. The weird thing, of all the guitar Gods, my style is most closely a rip of Pete Townshend, although he can lead like I could only hope to. Still, his rhythm feel is the way I feel it. I just don't dig all the songs. Cool performance, though. Who's the drummer? Zak Richard Starkey (born 13 September 1965) is an English rock drummer. He is the son of The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, and has performed and recorded with English rock band The Who since 1996. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with English rock band Oasis. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, The Icicle Works, The Waterboys, ASAP, The Lightning Seeds and John Entwistle.
March 25, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, HiggyBaby said: Pretty solid one from Phil Collins. Always appreciated his lead guitar dude. All time favorite Collins tune.
March 25, 20196 yr Author 1 hour ago, Cajun said: Zak Richard Starkey LOL. Of course it would be Ringo's kid. Delete post, ban user.
March 28, 20196 yr On 2/21/2019 at 7:57 PM, Errestaurants said: Damn Masterpiece. Love how Tom smiles over at Prince. Damn I miss petty fuck!
March 28, 20196 yr On 2/12/2019 at 12:13 PM, BigDHornfan said: God damn what an ass. God bless those leather pants.
March 28, 20196 yr Youtube won't allow the embed of Xanadu form Rush Exit Stage Left because the internet can't really handle the awesome it contains.
March 28, 20196 yr Author On 3/26/2019 at 12:25 PM, HiggyBaby said: Live from Daryl’s House never disappointed. Such a great groove I always loved that drummer (Brian Dunne). He has a huge, heavy backbeat, but not TOO far back . . . he's kind of what a rock version of a funk drummer would be. Who's the bass player? His tone is massive. Cee-Lo, holy smokes he can sing, and Daryl goes without saying. Master songwriter, master singer.
April 11, 20196 yr After watching The Dirt, went down a Crue rabbit hole...gotta say, this is a hell of a live show and set. Everything you want from a Crue show...explosions, strippers, and the band is pretty solid too. It's crazy how many absolutely killer riffs Mick Mars was responsible for.
April 11, 20196 yr On 3/24/2019 at 10:22 PM, Cajun said: All time favorite Collins tune. He's got a hell of an (underrated) voice. And a damn good, down-to-earth drummer.
April 11, 20196 yr Author 16 minutes ago, ohchaucer said: He's got a hell of an (underrated) voice. And a damn good, down-to-earth drummer. Looks like Lee Sklar on bass . . . solid choice. One thing I've always liked about Phil Collins is his refusal to NOT play drums. He's a drummer. He just happens to be a helluva singer and a pretty good songwriter. But in his heart, he's a drummer (and an Alamo historian).
April 11, 20196 yr He's got a hell of an (underrated) voice. And a damn good, down-to-earth drummer. Craig is a super solid prog drummer and he’s been recently posting about Phil as he learns his parts for the Genesis Revisited tour
April 11, 20196 yr 3 minutes ago, Lurch said: Craig is a super solid prog drummer and he’s been recently posting about Phil as he learns his parts for the Genesis Revisited tour That is so awesome. Must just be mind-blowing to find yourself playing with someone you grew up listening to. Of all the hours and hours of my fantasizing about being on stage or in a studio with my heroes, that it actually happens for some people is crazy to me.
April 11, 20196 yr Phil Collins has stated, "I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit."
April 15, 20196 yr Author Here's some Otis Redding in his final televised performance, which took place the day before he died in a plane crash outside of Madison, WI. He's arguably the greatest singer of the pop era, and is certainly in the conversation, depending on your preferences, which might lean towards Smokey or Frank or Aretha or Freddie or Robert or maybe a few others. Trivial factoid: they were to play a show in Madison that would be opened by The Grim Reapers, a pop band whose members Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson went on to form Cheap Trick.
April 15, 20196 yr Author Ha . . . I'm down the rabbit hole . . . I love watching insanely talented writers like Kenny Loggins show just how good they are musically, even on a "lightweight" throwaway tune like "Footloose". Good fucking luck to the average Joe who thinks they can write a song this good.
April 20, 20196 yr I need to drop this somewhere and I guess it qualifies for this thread - 1967 "Mannix" tv show episode with hippy bar scene featuring Buffalo Springfield performing a couple of tunes. Weird and wonderful all at the same time.
April 22, 20196 yr Author OK, I'm a huge geek for great pop music, so here's a couple of the best pop tunes of the post-Beatles era. Fastball is of course a local band, I'm not sure why Miles doesn't kick in the harmonies here, but it's still an insanely well-written tune. The second clip is by the poster boys for beating up on pop bands, but fuck it, they wrote a fantastic song and they sing the Living Daylights out of it here, so suffer in the glory of gooey sweet pop goodness X2:
May 8, 20196 yr Author Always have a soft spot for Norah Jones . . . sultry, sophisticated slow burning jazz-blues here with the amazing Brian Blade on drums: Norah
May 9, 20196 yr Author This is going viral, but it's one of the few such things that actually should go viral. An unknown child let out a "wow" at the conclusion of a performance of a Mozart piece at Boston Symphony Hall. The crowd laughed and then broke out into applause (which should be contrasted to the utterly despicable behavior some fans exhibited at a recent Broadway performance of "The King and I" when an autistic child got scared and began to shriek at a tense part of the performance):
May 10, 20196 yr And quite possibly the last decent performance from U2 before mailing it it in for the last decade
May 20, 20196 yr Author I like this old montage of tunes by Austin band Loose Diamonds on tour in Italy opening for Bob Dylan. Ridiculous talent in both Troy Campbell's voice and Scrappy Jud Newcomb's guitar, and a rock solid rhythm section.
May 24, 20196 yr Even though I've seen NIN a dozen times, I've never seen my favorite song live. I always revisit this live version...
May 31, 20196 yr Author When I caught Tedeschi Trucks Band at ACL Live, I was blown away by Susan's voice. A friend just tipped me to this video, which reinforces the point. I like Derek OK -- I'm not much of a fan of slide guitar, to be honest -- but her voice is just plain magical. Any conversation about the best modern soul singer that doesn't include her is flawed.
June 22, 20196 yr Author Ridiculously tight big band number with the Chairman of the Board on vocals. <ahem to whoever said Sinatra was overrated>
July 23, 20196 yr She has kind of a St Vincent vibe going with her voice. Big improvement over some of her earlier solo work. Nice pants too.
July 24, 20196 yr I like to watch Susanna Hoffs sing lead on a song that rocks. Her sideways eyes thing makes me tingle in the groinal region. Bonus points for the combo Susanna/Vicki guitar solo.
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