Something Completely Different

I'm talking about TV appearances, radio performances / sessions. Stuff recorded especially for youtube channels, in store appearances, Guest appearances on roadshows. All that sort of thing. NOT songs from full live shows.

I will allow performances at live shows where there is a guest artist involved, however.

Deep Purple Mk.1 Play Hush At The Playboy Mansion 1969

Singer Rod Evans, Bassist Nick Simper and Deep Purple's entire wardrobe department were fired shortly after this gig.

Nirvana Play Lithium On The Jonathan Ross Show 1991
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Beastie Boys Play Sabotage On Letterman 1994

No words, just fucking great.

Public Image LTD Play Poptones and Careering On TOGWT 1980.

I always ummed and ahhed over P.I.L.
Then one day I bought the best of Whistle Test DVD which had this on and I finally got it.


More to come later....

I'll post some more later today but for now check this Tangerine Dream TV spot from 1976.
Embedded video doesn't work so you gotta go to YouTube itself unfortunately.

Quote from: Suburban Placeholder? on Oct 22, 2023, 06:44 PM

Public Image LTD Play Poptones and Careering On TOGWT 1980.

I always ummed and ahhed over P.I.L.
Then one day I bought the best of Whistle Test DVD which had this on and I finally got it.

I'll have to check out all the other performances posted, including Mrs. Waffles's Tangerine Dream, but for now...

A thousand times yes on PIL and that OGWT performance.  I'm still umming and ahhing over it, even though I've seen it scores of times over the years.  "Poptones" is simultaneously such a beautiful and disturbing song.

And guitar nerd-wise, dig Levene's cool Travis Bean Wedge and Wobble's Ampeg scroll bass - and that tone!  8)

I want that coat too

^ Yes, Johnny's stylin' there in that coat.  I have a red coat, not loose/oversized exactly like his, but whenever I wear it I always think of him on OGWT.  Too bad he takes if off for "Careering", lol. 

Speaking of "Careering"...the white noise/steamlike sounds Levene squeaks from his Prophet and Wobble's little dance are so cool. 

Talking Heads on Old Grey Whistle Test 1978

Don't Worry About The Government

Psycho Killer


The Ramones rehearsing in Arturo Vega's loft 1976
(this is my son's favorite thing ever on YouTube and he got me hooked  8); somehow the bad quality enhances it for me.
The Ramones are so funny because they're dead serious.)

00:00 Loudmouth
02:04 Beat On The Brat
04:47 Listen To My Heart
06:48 53rd & 3rd
09:23 Blitzkrieg Bop
11:35 Judy Is A Punk
13:05 California Sun
15:03 Today Your Love Tomorrow The World

Early Ramones performances are so fun and energizing to watch, thanks @ribbons !

I've probably posted this somewhere before, but here's the legend Klaus Schulze performing on German TV with his army of synths, shag carpet and spiderlike fingers. This video blew my mind when I first saw it back in college.

Here's some banging footage of early ELP, Keith Emerson going absolutely nuts on the Moog fills me with so much synth nerd joy.
Darn, another video where embedding is disabled. Sorry about that, it's watchable on YT.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Oct 25, 2023, 12:14 PMEarly Ramones performances are so fun and energizing to watch, thanks @ribbons !

I've probably posted this somewhere before, but here's the legend Klaus Schulze performing on German TV with his army of synths, shag carpet and spiderlike fingers. This video blew my mind when I first saw it back in college.

Here's some banging footage of early ELP, Keith Emerson going absolutely nuts on the Moog fills me with so much synth nerd joy.

Darn, another video where embedding is disabled. Sorry about that, it's watchable on YT.

@Mrs. Waffles, that Klaus Schulze video is awesome and I get a kick out of comments like "Don't get real clear picture of the modular guess Moog 55 with additional cabinets, Micro and Mini moogs, polymoog on the bottom, Arp2600 to the left,Arp Odyssey to the right."  Synth aficionados are so hooked on the gear.   ;D

That ELP Beat-Club footage is my favorite of them ever ever EVER!  In my opinion, no other keyboardist, including the other greats, ever came close to Keith Emerson because in addition to his technical prowess he had amazing feel.  Greg Lake's vocals are so amazing there as well - he always had such a stately character to his voice.  Thanks for posting, Mrs. Waffles!   :love:

Quote from: Suburban Placeholder? on Oct 22, 2023, 06:44 PM

Beastie Boys Play Sabotage On Letterman 1994

No words, just fucking great.

I never really got into the Beastie Boys before, but whoa - that was much more incredible than I could have expected!  A huge thumbs up on that one. :D

Quote from: ribbons on Oct 25, 2023, 07:52 PM@Mrs. Waffles, that Klaus Schulze video is awesome and I get a kick out of comments like "Don't get real clear picture of the modular guess Moog 55 with additional cabinets, Micro and Mini moogs, polymoog on the bottom, Arp2600 to the left,Arp Odyssey to the right."  Synth aficionados are so hooked on the gear.   ;D

That ELP Beat-Club footage is my favorite of them ever ever EVER!  In my opinion, no other keyboardist, including the other greats, ever came close to Keith Emerson because in addition to his technical prowess he had amazing feel.  Greg Lake's vocals are so amazing there as well - he always had such a stately character to his voice.  Thanks for posting, Mrs. Waffles!   :love:

Glad you enjoyed! We synth nerds do love our gear spotting, hehe. And the ELP clip is probably my favorite video of them too, though the California Jam footage is up there too.

Yep, the Cal Jam performance is great as well!  I was thinking about posting Cal Jam footage but I think Suburban is discouraging live "concert" footage here.  Cal Jam a/k/a the concert in which Greg Lake chews gum appealingly, sings appealingly and plays bass and and acoustic guitar appealingly, all at the same time LOL. :love:

Might be my favourite blues performance ever. I assume this is from some documentary but not sure.

Ooo that Beastie Boys Sabotage video is something I've also returned to a few times as its just so great. And I adore Talking Heads and Ramones, what fun!

When faced with this question now, the only thing I could come up with is Karen Mantler being a guest on some radio program and playing Business is Bad. She's so perfectly her weird self.

Quote from: grindy on Oct 25, 2023, 10:29 PMMight be my favourite blues performance ever. I assume this is from some documentary but not sure.

I believe that is footage from Copenhagen television from the American Folk & Blues Festival which toured Europe in 1967.

Skip James is my favorite blues artist.  He had a very idiosyncratic style on guitar using open D minor and E minor pentatonic tunings, which gave his work a haunting effect.  I like his piano playing as well, which was equally idiosyncratic, especially rhythmically. 

Many years ago I saw the marble index documentary about Nico. At the very end of it, you have John Cale playing Frozen Warnings.

Just him in a big room with a piano. I thought it was a great way to end the documentary.

Quote from: Guybrush on Oct 25, 2023, 11:08 PMMany years ago I saw the marble index documentary about Nico. At the very end of it, you have John Cale playing Frozen Warnings.

Just him in a big room with a piano. I thought it was a great way to end the documentary.

I love that performance by Cale of Nico's "Frozen Warnings" and always remembered it because it was a moving close to the documentary.  He took her very seriously as an artist.  Good pick, Tore!  8) 

Morgan Agren is one of the better drummers out there and this is from a Swedish music show from back in the day with Fredrik Thordendal from Meshuggah. Starts off a bit slow, but things start to get interesting at about 1:35 and it finishes with a flourish. Enjoy.

Thordendal & Agren - Sol Niger Within

Quote from: ribbons on Oct 25, 2023, 10:58 PMI believe that is footage from Copenhagen television from the American Folk & Blues Festival which toured Europe in 1967.

Skip James is my favorite blues artist.  He had a very idiosyncratic style on guitar using open D minor and E minor pentatonic tunings, which gave his work a haunting effect.  I like his piano playing as well, which was equally idiosyncratic, especially rhythmically. 

Skip James is probably my favourite among the old school blues musicians as well. Great player and wonderful, haunting voice. Thanks for the info about the video source!

Quote from: Meatwad on Oct 26, 2023, 12:49 PMMorgan Agren is one of the better drummers out there and this is from a Swedish music show from back in the day with Fredrik Thordendal from Meshuggah. Starts off a bit slow, but things start to get interesting at about 1:35 and it finishes with a flourish. Enjoy.

Thordendal & Agren - Sol Niger Within

Meshuggah (and Thordendal solo) are not really my cup of tea but I wholeheartedly support Morgan Agren. Fantastic drummer.

Back in the day one of the local Saturday morning programs everyone turned on was "Recovery", to see local and touring acts play live on TV. This is one of the more infamous examples...............  :laughing:

John Spencer Blues Explosion - 2 Kindsa Love (Recovery TV)

Quote from: Meatwad on Oct 26, 2023, 03:55 PMBack in the day one of the local Saturday morning programs everyone turned on was "Recovery", to see local and touring acts play live on TV. This is one of the more infamous examples...............  :laughing:

John Spencer Blues Explosion - 2 Kindsa Love (Recovery TV)

:clap: What a wonderful performance!!

Quote from: Meatwad on Oct 26, 2023, 03:55 PMBack in the day one of the local Saturday morning programs everyone turned on was "Recovery", to see local and touring acts play live on TV. This is one of the more infamous examples...............  :laughing:

John Spencer Blues Explosion - 2 Kindsa Love (Recovery TV)

Oh good call
In fact this was on my second list.

The Dirty Three - Sues Last Ride (Recovery TV)

^ I like that performance very much - never heard of that band, will have to seek them out. 

Marvin Gaye rehearsing with his band in Ostend, Belgium 1981.  Horizontally singing on a couch and still better than most vocalists out there. 

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

Quote from: ribbons on Oct 27, 2023, 06:22 PM^ I like that performance very much - never heard of that band, will have to seek them out. 

Marvin Gaye rehearsing with his band in Ostend, Belgium 1981.  Horizontally singing on a couch and still better than most vocalists out there. 

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

Really nice performance. That reminds me of the meme of guys reclining a certain way signifying the quality of their album lol.  :laughing:

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I dont think I've posted this here before (have definitely posted it over at Music Banter) but this is one of my favourite session recording. A French band thats a little obscure and only put out one album. Laure finishes up with a really nice whistle register after traversing quite the gamut throughout the song.

Corpo Mente - Ort

Quote from: Meatwad on Oct 27, 2023, 06:44 PMReally nice performance. That reminds me of the meme of guys reclining a certain way signifying the quality of their album lol.  :laughing:

(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/78/c9/4278c99c2d259dfd3a5f7acb880c7da8.jpg)

OMG that's true!!  :laughing:

Antony and the Johnsons - Hope Theres Someone

I'll continue the Keith Emerson love with this ripping performance by The Nice.
The camera work in this is quite erratic but somehow I think it actually works for a performance like this.

Quote from: Meatwad on Oct 27, 2023, 06:50 PMI dont think I've posted this here before (have definitely posted it over at Music Banter) but this is one of my favourite session recording. A French band thats a little obscure and only put out one album. Laure finishes up with a really nice whistle register after traversing quite the gamut throughout the song.

Corpo Mente - Ort

Yeah, great band! Found them through Igorrr.

^ Agree, and same here - discovered them via Igorrr/Laure.  8) 

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Oct 27, 2023, 07:47 PMI'll continue the Keith Emerson love with this ripping performance by The Nice.

The camera work in this is quite erratic but somehow I think it actually works for a performance like this.

The performance rips, and the chaotic camera movement definitely works in this case!  Keith Emerson......*thud*!  *Thud* in every conceivable way. :D

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Mike Oldfield and mighty friends* performing Tubular Bells in the round on the BBC Second House show.

*including brother Terry Oldfield, Pierre Moerlen, Steve Hillage, Mick Taylor, Henry Cow members Fred Frith, John Greaves and Tim Hodginson, David Bedford, Steve Broughton, and oboist Karl Jenkins playing a new part.

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

I've watched that Oldfield footage many times, every time I think I'm just going to watch a couple minutes of it I always end up playing the entire thing. Absolutely wonderful contribution to the thread, thank you @ribbons !

Some of the funkiest shit ever

Speaking of funky...

The caped band members, JB's splendid mustache, the unaccompanied scream at 2:35, absolutely love everything about this performance.

James Brown is so much fun 😄

It reminded me of this Bootsy Collins performance. Years ago, I saw this episode of Night Music - a jazz TV show where the host sometimes joined in on saxophone - because it had a performance by Karen Mantler. But it was Bootsy who stole the show.

Some great stuff being posted in this thread  :D

Here's some more....

Pulp Play I-Spy With a Full Orchestra on Later... (1995)

The BBC put out a couple of albums of performances on Later With Jools Holland in the late 90s. This version of I-Spy was on the first, and I think I've played this much more than the album version on Different Class.

Joy Division Play She's Lost Control on Something Else (1979)

Watching this makes me really wish I had seen Joy Division play live, you cannot take your eyes off Ian Curtis through this whole performance.

The Damned Play Smash It Up & I Just Can't Be Happy Today on TOGWT (1979)

Two for the price of one here, you get an awesome version of Smash It Up before the whole thing descends into chaos during the second song which abruptly ends when Rat Scabies decides he's had enough. Would it surprise you there was alcohol involved?

At The Drive In Play One Armed Scissor on Later... (2000)

This video wasn't on YouTube for years and now finally it is. After watching this performance I rushed out the next morning afternoon and bought Relationship Of Command. What you don't see in this video came after when the camera pans to a shellshocked Robbie Williams who has just realised he has to follow this chaos.  :laughing:

Bonus Video
It's not on YouTube anymore, but here is Radiohead playing A National Anthem on SNL. (https://www.facebook.com/RHLatinamerica/videos/radiohead-the-national-anthem-live-at-saturday-night-live-2000/997692741084549/)

More funky LC stuff
I love this session, there's something awesome about having basically a big band at home.

The Roots, featuring Bilal, covering "Mother" at the John Lennon 75th Anniversary Celebration on the AMC network.
I don't know if this is disqualifiable since it was in front of a large audience - but it was taped specifically for a tv show broadcast.
When I first saw this, I was completely blown away.  A very difficult song to interpret, and I think The Roots and Bilal did a spectacular job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDCtnq80HAg

This may also be close to disqualified, but it's not a concert! It's just a recital.

I've also posted it elsewhere, so you may have seen this clip of Valentina Lisitsa playing Prokofiev before.

It's a piece of music I find endlessly fascinating and so I've heard a few recordings, but this one here is my favorite. She's so dynamic and so powerful. It sounds like someone going mad with grief and anger.

^ A very demanding piece for the variations of emotion.  I have not seen her work before - extremely expressive without overplaying.  Will have to look into more of her work.  Thanks for posting!   :)

Diesel - I've Been Loving You Too Long

Quote from: Suburban Placeholder? on Oct 28, 2023, 10:56 PM

At The Drive In Play One Armed Scissor on Later... (2000)

This video wasn't on YouTube for years and now finally it is. After watching this performance I rushed out the next morning afternoon and bought Relationship Of Command. What you don't see in this video came after when the camera pans to a shellshocked Robbie Williams who has just realised he has to follow this chaos.  :laughing:

So dope. I love ATDI but I'd never seen this performance. I love how despite being so obviously out of tune they still just run with the chaos. I can definitely see how watching that would make a big impact; I didn't get into them until about the time The Mars Volta had just formed. Such an exciting time for post-hardcore for sure.

Can't say I've ever been much of a fan of The Carpenters but I like this early live TV performance they did back in '68...


The Dick Carpenter Trio - Dancing In The Street (First TV Appearance - 1968)

The final track from Underworld's Everything Everything Live DVD from 2000 is "Moaner" - their highest-energy epic which was tragically omitted from the US CD release of the show and exclusively relegated to the DVD and UK 2CD editions. It captures the Mk2 era of the band at their best.

Best show I've ever attended was Iggy Pop and Mano Negra.  Iggy was pushing Brick by Brick.  I lost 25 lbs at that show!

Amazing session. All three are on fire.

Gotta love Adrian Belew 🙂👍

Thanks for sharing, @grindy !

If it will let you watch it, this is my favourite version of this song. 

Quote from: larsvsnapster on Nov 14, 2023, 02:05 AMIf it will let you watch it, this is my favourite version of this song.

Was "Waiting For Mary" from the same set on that show? I remember it being quite a performance.

John Cale and Lou Reed performing Songs for Drella, their song cycle in memoriam of their mentor Andy Warhol.  Pure opera/lieder with a reunited Cale and Reed singing from both Warhol's and their own shifting perspectives.  Drella is one of my favorite albums, and I think this live taped performance improves on the studio version.  Cale's "The Dream" and Reed's "Hello It's Me" are the ones that get to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKwo3QFWp4c

Songs For Drella:
0:15 Smalltown
2:30 Open House
6:35 Style It Takes
9:27 Work
12:24 Trouble With Classicists
15:57 Starlight
19:18 Faces And Names
23:40 Images
26:57 Slip Away (A Warning)
30:00 It Wasn't Me
33:26 I Believe
36:38 Nobody But You
40:11 A Dream
46:37 Forever Changed
51:50 Hello It's Me

Quote from: larsvsnapster on Nov 14, 2023, 02:05 AM

If it will let you watch it, this is my favourite version of this song. 

I love that performance. Good quality Pere Ubu live videos are so rare, I've probably watched everything there is on YT dozens of times.
This was not the best PU period imo but I love pretty much everything they did and they are in great form here.
Care to tell some Pere Ubu stories? Is David Thomas as crotchety as some say?

Quote from: grindy on Nov 14, 2023, 05:37 PMI love that performance. Good quality Pere Ubu live videos are so rare, I've probably watched everything there is on YT dozens of times.
This was not the best PU period imo but I love pretty much everything they did and they are in great form here.
Care to tell some Pere Ubu stories? Is David Thomas as crotchety as some say?

He can be.  He's only got crotchety maybe one or two times with me but nothing lasting, the sort of thing where I could tell he wasn't having a great day.   One of the things I pointed out to him and he was really pleased that I caught it, was all the little humorous things running through all their stuff.  He truly does not understand why they've got this reputation of being a Serious Art Rock Band with little humour because if you look hard enough there's something ridiculously funny on nearly every album. 

He's also let the cat out of the bag a few times -- I asked him about "Laughing" because a friend of mine caught the Pere Ubu sense of humour through that song -- specifically the point where David mimics the sax skronk and giggles.  He responded that that was just a rewrite of the movie Badlands and that the title was a code for the idea, based on passing an inn and joking that it was the Laugh Inn. 

As far as "Breath" goes, he told me that the title represents a catch in your breath -- here's our poor boy, walking on the pier, and he's not ever going to get his partner back, and he's coming to realise it.  I forget what other songs the tin can shows up in but there's at least one more.  I got a belly laugh from him when I told him my friend asked "Does he still move about like Joe Cocker to get it out?"  One day I'll get him to explain the "lift the guitar solo and throw it over your shoulder" gesture, because throughout that period he never seemed not to do it, and it seems to be a Jim Jones thing.  Another place to see him perform that particular gesture is when they performed "O Caroline" on Letterman. 

And I'll be really happy if I ever find a tape with the "alphabetical order" version of "Final Solution."  This was something else seeing live, because they took that song into overdrive and suddenly got really quiet, to build it back up again.  I saw them play it at the Knitting Factory and it was very much a case of "they can't overdrive any more than that" and then suddenly being really surprised. 

Quote from: innerspaceboy on Nov 14, 2023, 05:02 PMWas "Waiting For Mary" from the same set on that show? I remember it being quite a performance.

Yeah, that was the finale of the show.  Debbie Harry sang backup. 

Quote from: larsvsnapster on Nov 14, 2023, 06:07 PMHe can be.  He's only got crotchety maybe one or two times with me but nothing lasting, the sort of thing where I could tell he wasn't having a great day.   One of the things I pointed out to him and he was really pleased that I caught it, was all the little humorous things running through all their stuff.  He truly does not understand why they've got this reputation of being a Serious Art Rock Band with little humour because if you look hard enough there's something ridiculously funny on nearly every album. 

He's also let the cat out of the bag a few times -- I asked him about "Laughing" because a friend of mine caught the Pere Ubu sense of humour through that song -- specifically the point where David mimics the sax skronk and giggles.  He responded that that was just a rewrite of the movie Badlands and that the title was a code for the idea, based on passing an inn and joking that it was the Laugh Inn. 

As far as "Breath" goes, he told me that the title represents a catch in your breath -- here's our poor boy, walking on the pier, and he's not ever going to get his partner back, and he's coming to realise it.  I forget what other songs the tin can shows up in but there's at least one more.  I got a belly laugh from him when I told him my friend asked "Does he still move about like Joe Cocker to get it out?"  One day I'll get him to explain the "lift the guitar solo and throw it over your shoulder" gesture, because throughout that period he never seemed not to do it, and it seems to be a Jim Jones thing.  Another place to see him perform that particular gesture is when they performed "O Caroline" on Letterman. 

And I'll be really happy if I ever find a tape with the "alphabetical order" version of "Final Solution."  This was something else seeing live, because they took that song into overdrive and suddenly got really quiet, to build it back up again.  I saw them play it at the Knitting Factory and it was very much a case of "they can't overdrive any more than that" and then suddenly being really surprised. 

Thanks!
Kinda surprised if really that many people see them as overly serious. For me the humour was always plainly visible and an important facet of the overall vibe.

Some Dawg

This is some ridiculously groovy and tight shit. Always happy when a new Yussef Dayes vid gets out, one of the coolest drummers of the younger generation.

Quote from: ribbons on Nov 14, 2023, 05:08 PMJohn Cale and Lou Reed performing Songs for Drella, their song cycle in memoriam of their mentor Andy Warhol.  Pure opera/lieder with a reunited Cale and Reed singing from both Warhol's and their own shifting perspectives.  Drella is one of my favorite albums, and I think this live taped performance improves on the studio version.  Cale's "The Dream" and Reed's "Hello It's Me" are the ones that get to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKwo3QFWp4c

Songs For Drella:
0:15 Smalltown
2:30 Open House
6:35 Style It Takes
9:27 Work
12:24 Trouble With Classicists
15:57 Starlight
19:18 Faces And Names
23:40 Images
26:57 Slip Away (A Warning)
30:00 It Wasn't Me
33:26 I Believe
36:38 Nobody But You
40:11 A Dream
46:37 Forever Changed
51:50 Hello It's Me

nice to see someone mention songs for drella on here, I love that album

Quote from: Marie Monday on Nov 17, 2023, 05:39 PMnice to see someone mention songs for drella on here, I love that album

:love:

PS:  "I drew 550 shoes today, it almost made me faint.  Open House."

I love Andy's shoe portraits.

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Golden Shoe (Truman Capote)

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The Autobiography of Alice B. Shoe

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Golden Shoe (Read Miles)

I'm not usually into child prodigies (they usually bore the fuck out of me) but there is something about this guy I really enjoy.
He's not just a shredder, it really feels like he's developped his style.
Plus his whole style and demeanor is low key hilarious.

Quote from: grindy on Nov 28, 2023, 08:04 PMI'm not usually into child prodigies (they usually bore the fuck out of me) but there is something about this guy I really enjoy.
He's not just a shredder, it really feels like he's developped his style.
Plus his whole style and demeanor is low key hilarious.

Nice find, @grindy 🙂 the guy's obviously very talented and seems to have a personality. I liked the second one of those the most, though it was nice to see some young love for the gypsy style acoustic.

Lots of great musicians putting on a great performance.

Gorillaz – Stylo (Later Archive 2010)

Quote from: grindy on Dec 15, 2023, 10:15 PM

I enjoyed that, but the overall question in my mind is how the fuck would I ask for that in a record shop without sounding like I'm a drunk about to vomit over the poor assistant.  :laughing:

Jean Luc Ponty - How would you like to have a head like that? (1972)

I love Julian Lage so much. He has this way of playing beautiful melodies and chords that are also somewhat alien and even bordering on dissonance without ever becoming less beautiful and logical. He also has a great tone. Also also beautifully filmed, especially the first one.

Kraftwerk live on US TV in 1975. It must have been such a trip to see this sandwiched in between the other popular music of the day. I can only imagine how crazy it would feel going from Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees and Barry Manilow to these strange German future men.

Art Zoyd are rather good. I'm going through a bit of a French RIO/zeuhl moment and thought of this performance. I love the grooves which they drew out out of the chaos.

Quote from: grindy on Nov 28, 2023, 08:04 PMI'm not usually into child prodigies (they usually bore the fuck out of me) but there is something about this guy I really enjoy.
He's not just a shredder, it really feels like he's developped his style.
Plus his whole style and demeanor is low key hilarious.

As a performance to watch, I enjoyed the first clip more, intrigued by what you rightly call his "low key hilarious demeanor". Very clever to be such a good player and at the same time without a word convey something of your personality.

Different music, different style, but I was reminded of Justin Johnson, because he ...er... sits on a stool and plays guitar too  :-[
JJ has a bunch of YouTube clips and a lot of unique guitars, which seems to be a kind of trademark for him, but in the end, it's the music that's important; to me, one way to assess a performance video is this: how good does it sound when you're just listening, not watching ? On that basis, this is about my favourite JJ performance:-

Quote from: Lisnaholic on Jan 30, 2024, 02:25 PMAs a performance to watch, I enjoyed the first clip more, intrigued by what you rightly call his "low key hilarious demeanor". Very clever to be such a good player and at the same time without a word convey something of your personality.

Different music, different style, but I was reminded of Justin Johnson, because he ...er... sits on a stool and plays guitar too  :-[
JJ has a bunch of YouTube clips and a lot of unique guitars, which seems to be a kind of trademark for him, but in the end, it's the music that's important; to me, one way to assess a performance video is this: how good does it sound when you're just listening, not watching ? On that basis, this is about my favourite JJ performance:-

I really like JJ! He's not an especially showy player but just cool and groovy and fully in control. Perfect music for driving a convertible on a warm summer evening.

Quote from: Guybrush on Nov 29, 2023, 07:39 PMNice find, @grindy 🙂 the guy's obviously very talented and seems to have a personality. I liked the second one of those the most, though it was nice to see some young love for the gypsy style acoustic.

Pretty cool! And as a bonus, he also looks exactly like a young Ugoff.
(https://i.ibb.co/pbQ5q7r/IMG-9681.webp)

Perfection.

Yussef Dayes is amazing.

^ Yep, that's impressive!

Quote from: grindy on Jan 30, 2024, 03:36 PMI really like JJ! He's not an especially showy player but just cool and groovy and fully in control. Perfect music for driving a convertible on a warm summer evening.

You're right that he has quite a matter-of-fact demeanor while playing, like a craftsman just intent on getting the sound right. I will definitely put your suggestion to the test when I buy myself a convertible.

Not a favourite performance, more a "better than I expected", because among me and my friends Tom Jones was treated as a bit of a joke: the main joke being that our moms thought he was sexy. In this performance, though, I noticed how good his voice is and how much the band and TJ seem to get mutual pleasure out of what is a rather unlikely pairing of talents:-


Tom Jones, heart throb:-
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Awesome DnB-ish fusion. Mohini is scary.

That's a great performance with Tom Jones and Crosby, Stills, Nash and that other guy, @Lisnaholic .

But I don't get what moms of a certain time saw in Tom Jones. I always thought of him as kinda big and weird looking.

The frenchness is strong in this one

Another one by L'Imperatrice. Perfectly played, groovy and beautifully filmed in a grandiose location.

Background music in a good way. I really look forward to listening to this while driving somewhere cool.
Also nice and unique overall aesthetic.

I'd have to go with the original Odd Future Fallon appearance.

Quote from: interloper on Mar 28, 2024, 04:45 AMI'd have to go with the original Odd Future Fallon appearance.

Yesssss I saw that on live TV when it aired. So iconic.

Such a beautiful cover of a deservedly classic song.
I'd love to have an album of this.

^ That's nice and mellow, grindy. :thumb:

Here's a jump from no words to nothing but words:



I'm not sure if it qualifies as a live performance, though. Any opinions?

Those kids fucking rule

I usually prefer my Hip-Hop with beats instead of a live band but it can certainly work very well and this is overall very cool.

Thin Lizzy The Sun Goes Down

Wonderful!