Best Live Songs Ever

[undercoverbrother]

I don't have a video of this song, but I went to see Robert Plant on his Now and Zen tour here in Calgary, like around 1988(?) I think.

We had been getting ####ed up all night with the people behind us and the final encore they did was Communication Breakdown. The place went completely nuts. Robert and the band destroyed that song at break neck speed. Is was one of the first times in my life I had felt like I was kick in the face by a song at a live show.

It was amazing.

[TimSJ]

Here are a few of my favourites.

Stuck to shows that i was actually at myself that i could actually find footage of online hard since i am now an old man. A couple of friends and I used to go to so many shows. Sadly kids and life has been in the way for at least 10 years now but man I love live music.

Will try and find some more later when i have time love going back and listening to some of these shows. I still have tapes somewhere of a bunch of them we used to trade for them.


Phish - Chalkdust Torture from Limestone Maine




Blues Traveller - Hook from HORDE tour in Scranton in 1998

[Magnum PEI]

Tove Lo - Talking Bodies

Though I heard she stopped doing the memorable bit.

[Magnum PEI]

I'm not much of a hip-hopper, actually can't stand ~98% of it. Don't like Kanye, or Chappelle for that matter either. But I liked Block Party.

[handgroen]

[troutman]

This performance went viral:





The story goes that The Bob Mould Band rocked the Ed Sullivan Theatre so hard, dust came down from the ceiling:

[troutman]

Tina Weymouth is amazing here:





The Boss in his prime:





This is Red Rocks!

[Inferno]

[CaptainCrunch]

I remember that Rosalita live went of for like 10 minutes and was such a fun song.


I don't want to turn this into a I love Springsteen thread. But he's also an amazing story teller live.


When I got the live box set and listened to this I had tears, like actual tears man

[Hart50]

I don't have any videos but here are some old favourites:

The Who-Live at Leeds-Magic Bus

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band-Live Bullet-Nutbush City Limits

The Rolling Stone-Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out-Midnight Rambler

The Allman Brothers Band-At Fillmore East-Statesboro Blues

Little Feat-Waiting for Columbus-Dixie Chicken.

Bob Marley & the Wailers-Live-No Woman, No Cry

Deep Purple-Made in Japan-Strange Kind of Woman

Led Zeppelin-How the West Was Won-Immigrant Song

Talking Heads-Stop Making Sense-Life during Wartime

J. Geils Band-Full House-Hard Drivin’ Man[/B]

[Dion]

[browna]

South American festival seating at its finest.

[direwolf]

This performance kicks so much ass.

[afc wimbledon]

the year after punk broke I was somewhere in the crowd for this recording screaming my teenage head off, Lizzy were amazing live.

[afc wimbledon]

Dr Feelgood, the best of the Pub Rockers that preceded punk, in an era of crotch rocking old hippeis they were a revelation live

[OMG!WTF!]

So amazing...






Damn, I wish I could watch this live...

[TheIronMaiden]

A little bit on Can Con with this one. A definite change of pace, but what a beautiful song.

[greyshep]

How is Phil Collins not in here yet? Drums are incredible here. This guy is unreal.

[CaptainCrunch]

I have to add this because Genesis sometimes doesn't get the respect it deserves as an awesome band.


Duel live drum solo with Phil and Chester

[nfotiu]

I remember seeing Joe Strummer and the Pogues in Vancouver some time in the 90s. I was kind of confused as to what I was buying tickets for, but it was Joe Strummer singing in place of Shane MacGowan. The Pogues songs were disappointing without Shane, but they performed a set of Clash songs that was some of my all-time favorite concert memories. This is the only video I could find.