Awesome Live Performances!

Sondra Prill

The video quality does not do it justice but Melissa Etheridge at the Concert for New York brought down the house with Born to Run. Hillary was boo'd off the stage that same evening.

Starts off as a dreary Petty/Wilbury dirge until the Petite Purple one shows up and monsters them.Utter genius guitar toss finale.

The La's performing Timeless Melody on Canadian Tv is one of those great performances that is pretty unforgettable.

Maxwell re-emerging after a years-long absence from the public eye.

Freddie at his finest.

Prince's 2009 Live in Montreux is absolutely mind blowing. He was really at the height of his musical genius at the time.

Chaka Khan so high she can hardly hold her microphone. But she still outsings Etta James, Gladys Knight, and Billy Ocean.

Mya on MADTV showing how to give an amazing R&B performance with no diva fans, no crumping, no lip syncing. Just amazing choreography and breath control on the vocals. She even has a dance breakdown where she vogues with the gays. Beyonce could never strip it back like this.

Sexy D'Angelo in his prime. A lot of famous faces in the audience and you can tell they all want to fuck him.

Gladys Knight - The Way We Were

*Twirls*

Lauryn acapella, off the cuff. I just wish Wyclef would shut up.

Amazing energy

Nina at Montreux Jazz Festival

Video games halftime show.

For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her - Simon & Garfunkel

Such a pure voice.

A classic.

Not live but the greatest, most magical performance in history

Signed - The gayest boy that ever lived

gay, gayer, gayest

Brilliant

David Bowie - Space Oddity

10,000 Japanese chorus members sing Beethoven.

Whitney - I Will Always Love You (Monte Carlo, 1994)

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Aretha's 2015 live performance of (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman at the Kennedy Center Honors for Carole King is just beyond fantastic... the fur, the purse, Clive Davis, Obamas, that voice... and at the 3 minute mark, the fur comes off, the audience rises and it's just about as perfect as can be!

The amazing Kodi Lee, Winner of America's Got Talent.

Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor Madison Square Garden, New York, 1979

Love On Top cover by Russell Fischer, Ben Fankhauser & Corey Mach

In the same vein as R27, a blind man on The Voice (France) puts his spin on Eminem's Lose Yourself.

Sorry, obviously supposed to be R26 above.

Look at the elegance of Mary Wilson's movements in this.

That's "poise" with a "P," as in "professional."

But, R 29, he wasn't autistic also.

Mina - Io vivrò senza te

this

this

INXS – Original Sin - Wembley Stadium 1991

That gave me chills R23 . What a fucking waste .Every time I hear her I cant help but think that. Whitney dying HURT.

Yes R37, It's a beautiful live performance and her voice was in tip top shape. She had this talent to really draw you in on the story of the song and her emotions. She was a wonderful talent musically and as a performer and interpreter.

Elis Regina singing Águas de Março.

Dionne Warwick singing All in Love is Fair.

Luther Vandross serenating Smokey Robinson

Don't Forget About Me!

Grace Jones keeps a hula hoop going throughout Slave to the Rhythm

Talking Heads performing Life During Wartime

Sorry, Talking Heads performing Life During Wartime

This was good because the guy was singing live

Liza - New York, New York

Led Zeppelin, Sydney, 1972

Händel's "Vedrò con mio diletto", sung by Philippe Jaroussky at the Victoires (a French award show). Perfect, absolutely contained in the moment, the ensemble, the conductor (Spinosi) and the singer become one unity.

David Archuleta singing "Oh Holy Night"

Garbage performing 'Stupid Girl' live on French TV.

Shirley Manson rules.

Shirley Bassey giving a powerhouse performance of I Who Have Nothing.

Dorothy Collins performing Sondheim's "Losing My Mind" from Follies. This is a song that is now performed by women who 'act' it as angry or crazy or during a nervous breakdown. Not Collins, she's just sublime and oh, so effective.

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (MTV Unplugged)

Incredible

Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight

Amazing

Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Last Beat Of My Heart

Her best performance

Our Patti

Annie Lennox and David Bowie on "Under Pressure".

The roars of the crowd when they are introduced are enormous.

This live performance is so unique because it goes from live to playback and nobody notices it. Iconic!

David Bowie-My Death

R63 I thought he sang that in 2016?

R64 wow. Never saw an attempt of a joke fail so badly. One for the books for sure.

Don't laugh at me for this...

West Side Story - One hand, one heart (Te Kanawa/Carreras)

r66, I don't laugh. It's a great clip. Thank you for sharing.

What was Barbra promised to make this appearance.

And why didn’t she let Jason choose her outfit?

Switching to some live dance ...

Cute and fun: Max Pitruzzella and Thomas Blacharz - Swingin' Genova

From 40 years ago on Late Night with David Letterman, James Brown gave one hell of a performance. You can see how engaged the crowd is at 7:30.

Tom Jones - this one’s a panty dropper!

Lulu on American Idol proved what a pro sounds like and how powerful she still sounds.

The Bee Gees, 1974 in Melbourne.

Here Barry shows how fucking POWERFUL his voice is. Many people forget (or never knew) how he sounded before the falsetto he developed several years later (his disco years). Strong, emotional, perfect pitch.

I fucking LOVE this performance.

Don’t forget Susan Boyle

R74 Barry's fucking hair is perfect !

The choreography, the genius and showmanship. A++++++++++

Diana Ross debuting her latest single aided by backing vocalists on ABC's "Hollywood Palace" in September 1967. :)

Les Beaux-Frères doing their towel dance.

I remember watching this when Mary J. Blige performed this at the Grammys. She really sung the hell out of this song.

Brian Wilson and the Wondermints perform SMiLe in its entirety in 2004. I saw it at the Warner Theatre in DC. The concert of my lifetime.

Verdi Flash Mob Rio de la Plata

Having fun at an orchestra concert.... a rare occurrence.

Live from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in April. American audience sings in Korean.

Real men can dance.

Another one from Tom Jones. Effortless for him. Probably not many dry seats in that audience.

Rob Houchen - " The Man That Got Away." Terrific.

Opening of the concert version of " Titanic."

David Bowie, acoustic version of Loving the Alien. Eerie, intimate, slightly haunting. Perfect.

An act of steely spine and will. He was at death's door.

Beautiful, flawless performance.

Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley, France 1995.

"This is for Leonard Cohen whereever he is and this is for Nina Simone."

Glorious

Wynonna singing Anyone Who Had a Heart.

Quintessential Judy.

She was so great here while most sing playback on that show, she sang live with ad libs and higher notes YEAH

Ross at her strongest, finest best.

HAUSER - Adagio for Strings (Barber)

beautiful man doing beautiful music

Shirley Brown - Woman To Woman

R74 Thanks for this. You're right, I had no idea his voice was so powerful and I really liked the BeeGees.

Chills.

James Brown on Italian television in March, 1971. Mindblowing.

The end of *Der Rosenkavalier*, in concert. A 3-part orgasm that goes on for 20 minutes.

Hmm, the link didn't make it:

Björk singing Human Behavior at the Royal Opera House. Her voice is good and she's really cute here.

Whitney Houston, All the Man I Need, Welcome Home Heroes (Persian Gulf War) concert.

Mariah Carey, Vision of Love, 1990, SNL.

Tonya Harding, 1991, landing the triple Axel, around the 1:00 mark.

Pixies performing the song Gigantic

PJ Harvey performing Dress.

Is anyone actually watching the performances or just looking at the songs and moving on?

I'm watching some of them, R111. The Dionne Warwick one brought a tear to my eye.

I watched Aretha for the 20th time, the BeeGees and Adam Lambert. I don't care about the other artists, accomplished as they might be.

I forgot, I also watched the 2 James Brown videos. Didn't think they were his best.

Good video, great song. Love Bruce. But the main thing about this video is that he was still married to Julianne Phillips (supposedly) but you can’t convince me Patti and he weren’t already together. The performance is hot.

I am watching the videos now. Bjork is a great live performer.

Darlene

I also liked the Tina Turner Proud Mary posted at R14. It's not the classic one with Ike ... but probably just as good. On top of that, she's got 2 really good-looking women / singers / dancers up on stage with her, including a woman with long, blonde hair. Lots of women performers won't put any blonde women on stage alongside themselves. If you notice, Beyoncé is always the only one with blonde hair on stage.

I'm guessing Tina is just so damn confident and sure that all eyes are on her, she can put whoever on stage and still be the focus.

Every knows about this, but their one and only performance of this and their last performance, period. Kind of hurts to watch it just because, damn, the Beatles were clearly a great band live--love the little interactions and reactions--George allowing himself to smile finally, Paul given a little dance and John putting his raggedy-ass heart right on the line.

R119, that's a nice performance, for sure. That's my favorite era of Paul's looks. The beard looks great on him.

R48 At their peak.

So much aRt

Incredible

Concert is stunning

Madeline

This is lovely to watch. Someone superbly gifted casting a spell over people in a studio.

Yes, Jakey and Tom Holland as well.

You can never forget…

This is instructive because the performance is so knockout, and the two queens judging him are so patronising. Lessons for DL here.

One of the judges. "Goes a little cabaret". FFS.

High schooler singing from " Beauty and the Beast." Spectacular.

Graham Nash and David Crosby at the Warfield, San Francisco, 1991. I was in the audience!

Kate Bush - Breathing, live

Words redundant.

Another great treble performance at the King of Norway's 80th birthday party.

Great choice, OP!

Heart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Robin Williams - Blame Canada

Tori Amos covering PJ Harvey

I love this performance-

Siouxsie Sioux and Martin McCarrick performing Lou Reed's Caroline Says II. They are being introduced by Brett Anderson from Suede.

BTS performing Mic Drop on SNL. Singling live amid intense choreography.

The Weeknd singing Blinding Light on top of a skyscraper overlooking NYC and Hudson River with a helicopter circling. It's NYC at night that is most impressive.

Backstory:

In 2007, the agency that Park Hyo Shin was signed to didn't give him his income and furthermore they were planned his tour concert beforehand, and Hyo Shin only found this out through the internet. The concert was to be held a month later which meant that he only had a month left for him to prepare. To make up for the lack of time, Hyo Shin put in extra efforts in his rehearsals and overused his throat. At the end of his rehearsal, Hyo Shin could not take the intensity and collapsed and was taken to the hospital. He was told by a doctor that he got a brain disease called Dysphonia which is damage to the voice and makes it extremely difficult for the sufferer to speak normally. Even up till now, Park Hyo Shin is still suffering from this disease (yes, that's so unfortunate of him) . Because of this incident, his concert in Busan had to be cancelled. But the drama doesn't stop here. Hyo Shin was scheduled an encore concert (basically an additional mini concert) as his main concert had already been cancelled.

The agency continued to mistreat even after the concert incident: not giving him income for subsequent concerts and didn't give him income for singing OSTs. Park Hyo Shin eventually got fed up over all of this and filed a lawsuit against his agency for misusing him. Despite all the doings the agency had dealt to him, they won the lawsuit (by accusing him of fraud and evasion of debt collectors) and Hyo Shin was fined 1,500,000,000 won ( that's approximately $1,500,000 USD)

After being through all this, he declared bankruptcy and had to work really hard to pay off his debts but despite all he did, his debt was far from being repaid. What made it worse was that he was enlisted into the army shortly afterwards. During his army service period, he dealt with all these negative emotions and his repeated applications for financial revitalization (basically a move to get him out of debt) was rejected.

Here is his first live appearance after a long absence' The pianist is the composer of the soundtrack to " Parasite."

The 2022 Halftime show for Super Bowl.

17 Valjeans

Foreigner- Cold as Ice

Dionne Warwick- Promises, Promises

Mariah Carey- If It's Over

Shirley Bassey - Ballad of The Sad Young Men

Johnny Mathis singing 'Pieces of Dreams' on Carson.

Listen to the purity of his voice and how he holds the note.

(I'm going to see Mathis in concert next week! Can't wait!)

Mick Jagger and Lady Gaga's Gimme Shelter duet. Gaga is a force of nature here. Mick is in complete awe. Her voice and those heels!

EXO performing Wolf in Tokyo

Ball and Chain by Janis. A performance I've watched many times.

R150 she is such a try-hard and it really is on display in this performance.

And does she ever NOT sing through her nose? Nasal mess.

[R153]. How is she trying too hard? This was a rock and roll song by the Rolling Stones. What the fuck was she supposed to do stand there like a bump on a log and sing softly? A rock and roll performance is supposed to be sung hard . She killed it And She is hardly nasal.

Pavarotti - live early 80s with Mirella Freni - Che Gelida Manina - high c/b towards end of the aria is miraculous - hear that applause/bravo calls

^^ fabulous. I saw them perform together and they changed the trajectory of my life. Sublime.

Barbra Streisand - He Touched Me 1994

The Cure performs "Just Like Heaven" Live on MTV's Most Wanted, December 1995.

Radiohead's version is great but Brian Justin Crum's vocal performance of "Creep" on America's Got Talent is in a class by itself. Don't know why he doesn't have a bigger career.

Depeche Mode in Cologne, Germany 1998. The whole concert is great. The link selected is to "Personal Jesus."

This

Love this song and the ice skaters who performed to it. Just beautiful.

Heart performing " Stairway to Heaven."

The best performance of this year's Grammys.

I find this performance of Amazing Grace amazing.

[R165]Wow- Diana Ross looked so beautiful in that clip.

Adam Lambert singing "Believe" at the Kennedy Center Honors. Near flawless performance. Moving arrangement.

In R167 he actually made Cher cry!

The reason she cried is that she was thinking, " How did he lose American Idol to that no-talent?"

Dusty - I Don't Want to Go On Without You. Not a 'big' performance but just perfect.

This thread needs more figure skating! I always loved these two -

Don't tell me what to say! Don't tell me what to do !

G...

Whitney Houston live at Billboard Awards 1993. Early Whitney live was glorious. No auto-tune. Sadly, there hasn't been a voice this blessed since.

Leontyne Price sings her last O Patria Mia (from Aida) on the MET Stage.

Voted greatest moment ever from PBS’ Live From The MET Series

Pulp @ Glastonbury in 1995, might want to skip the brief chitchat at the beginning

Gorgeous tribute medley

Certainly unique and good vocals

This never fails to bring me to tears.

"Thunder Road"

A star was born after this performance.

Like him or not, you can't deny this performance still stands as the best Tony opener

Dave had to talk her into it, and it's nothing but awesome.

Dionne Warwick after 30 minutes of singing…

“That’s all you’re getting”.

r182 This, this is who you hate? You fucktwats have no reason to breathe.

R185, I don't hate him. But, I've seen many posts here on DL from people that don't seem to like him. Not really sure why.

Early Led Zep

and 37 years later...

Big gay Jim Ed Brown and Helen. So bad it's great.

Helen, there's no way you're going to bed that big queen.

From niche to mainstream star in 3 minutes. The Ricky Martin performance was indeed a knockout, but I can't think of another performance that really altered someone's public status so dramatically as this one at the American Music Awards. Although she had a big fan base, for America generally, who didn't know of her, this moment is what brought her in the limelight. Who WAS this dykey girl who looked like Elvis? They soon knew.

As unlikely a duet as you'll ever see, and it's stunning.

Neil Diamond - Holly Holy Live At The Greek 1977

Imelda May with Jeff Beck, both wonderful.

The woman, the song, the staging!

Bobby Darin months before his untimely death in 1973 Midnight Special

I have always loved this performance. It's the best Lou Christie looked and that drummer was hot!

Thanks R193. I was there that night! : )

Take me back…

Nothing like a little vintage Barbra - she's 25 here -

LInkin Park's performance in Texas in 2003

Patti blowing the roof off Radio City at the 1980 Grammys -

Fabulous

I've never been a huge Streisand fan. I find a lot of her later stuff kind of schlocky and bland. But I really enjoy this performance - she seems much more animated and into the song that she did in the 70s and (especially) the 80s.

Philippe Jaroussky at the Victoires with Spinosi and the Ensemble Matheus. Magical.

Glen Campbell & Roy Clark, Ghost Riders in the Sky.

"It's Your Life" by Milla Jovovich in 1994

Any Cars live performance available online.

Sandra Bernhard singing to Boy George

Caetano Veloso singing Sozinho

Jennifer Hudson performing Simply Beautiful

Fleetwood Mac performing Silver Springs

Just watched Rufus Wainwright on PBS Austin City Limits. His music was great but his performance sucked or maybe it was the photography. The head bobbing and movements were too much. Less than Joe Cocker but annoying nonetheless. I'll listen to both of them but won't watch.

Fuck Stevie. However, at that time before I realized that Fleetwood Mac was a bunch of egomaniacal pussies, that performance was quite moving- because she was singing from her heart.

You can see the moment Boy realizes Sandra can sing at the forty second mark at R209

Dire Straits with Sting on backup vocals at Live Aid singing Money for Nothing. Boy, I miss this kind of music. The intro is legendary.

Sting was so fuckable back then... yum.

I assume Dire Straits didn't repeat the word "faggot" in that rendition of the song as in their original recording of it?

Sarah Vaughan singing Misty. Vocal perfection with a streaming cold.

Rossini's "Duet for Two Cats"

These two choirboys are hilarious.

Amy Winehouse would have been a lot happier if she had been allowed to stick to jazz.

She brought the house down with this one. Standing ovation. She had a way of getting inside of you and touching your heart until it melted. This performance always brings tears to my eyes. She was a goddess and I really miss her.

OP, I love that performance. I watch it every once in a while. What a voice and such a great love song.

Michael Hutchence was one of the best rock band front man ever. This performance was 6 years before his death when he was a smokin' hot 31 year old. Amazing voice. This performance is one huge party! What an amazing voice! Sexy as hell.

Ooops.. I meant to post this video of Michael Hutchence in R224 however The Stairs is a good one too.

R222 That brought me to tears too. Here's another great diva...

Azucar!!

From Italian TV reality show Amici

Michele and Leonardo annihilate the competition during the paired flamenco dance off. The other boys are not happy .. lol

Bruce Springsteen, Saturday, July 26, 1975. Kutztown State College, PA. We sat on the floor in the school gym. The band set up on the floor, facing us. No stage. He sweat on me. I haven't washed my face since. No, but seriously, this is my awesomest live performance.

One of many from her

I wish there was a better print of this 1981 concert around. Devo was like performance art back then.

Folk group Chad Mitchell Trio performing at Brooklyn College on May 12, 1961.

They were one of the dozens of generic folk groups trying to make it in the Village. They'd been kicking around for over a year when they were discovered by Harry Belafonte who invited them to sing backup at his Carnegie Hall concert. He taught them how to present themselves and how to sell a song by really making an effort to connect with the audience.

A few months later, they introduced their new satirical song "Lizzie. Borden" during a concert at Brooklyn College, which was recorded and released the following year as their album "Mighty Day on Campus."

In the recording, they do sort of a bait-and-switch, opening with a puzzling, spoken word recitation from their "poet laureate Joe Frazier." When they start to play, you can hear the audience slowly catching on, nervously laughing at first, then waking up to the satire and realizing that it's okay to laugh at murder, family feuds, the US justice system and the shitty, uptight Puritanical society which they were raised in and that America still continues to wallow in today.

By the end of the song, the audience had gotten it completely and they start cheering like crazy. It's like a dam broke and all those years of 50s oppression came flooding out in one great rush.

OP, Bobby Hatfield - what a range! Thank you for that clip. It's a shame that Bobby isn't as appreciated as Roy Orbison who also had a great range.

DJ Bobo - Where is your love? This one is done with No Angels for the female vocals. I like the energy.

Aretha Franklin - Nessum Dorma

This 4 Chords Song from Axis of Awesome, an Australian musical comedy group. They performed it in different forms before and since but this is the one that blows all of them away. The lead singer who looks like Jack Black has now transitioned and is a woman now. The little guy who plays keyboard has an amazing voice.

It says "with song titles" but annotations are disabled on YouTube. Here are the songs:

00:52 - Don't Stop Believing, Journey 00:59 - You're Beautiful, James Blunt 01:09 - Forever Young, Alphaville 01:16 - I'm Yours, Jason Mraz 01:25 - Happy Ending, Mika 01:33 - Amazing, Alex Lloyd 01:42 - Wherever You Will Go, The Calling 01:49 - Can You Feel The Love Tonight, Sir Elton John 01:56 - She Will Be Loved, Maroon 5 02:04 - Pictures of You, The Last Goodnight 02:11 - With or Without You, U2 02:19 - Fall at Your Feet, Crowded House 02:29 - Not Pretty Enough, Kasey Chambers

02:38 - Let it Be, The Beatles 02:42 - Under the Bridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers 02:46 - Horses, Daryl Braithwaite 02:54 - No Woman No Cry, Bob Marley 02:56 - Sex and Candy, Marcy Playground 02:58 - Land Down Under, Men at Work 03:01 - Waltzing Matilda, Banjo Patterson 03:06 - Take on Me / When I Come Around, A-Ha / Green Day 03:21 - Save Tonight / Africa, Eagle Eye Cherry / Toto 03:29 - If I Were a Boy / Self Esteem, Beyonce / The Offspring 03:37 - You're Gonna Go Far Kid, The Offspring 03:45 - You and Your Hand, P!nk 03:53 - Poker Face, Lady Gaga 03:58 - Barbie Girl, Aqua 04:00 - You Found Me, The Fray 04:08 - Don't Trust Me, 30h!3 04:15 - Kids, MGMT 04:23 - Canvas Bags, Tim Minchin 04:33 - Torn, Natalie Imbrugila 04:48 - Superman, Five for Fighting 04:52 - Birdplane, Axis of Awesome 05:02 - Scar, Missy Higgins

Romeo Void performing "Never Say Never (I might like you better if we slept together)" 1984.

This performance by Sheena Easton is pretty good.

Taylor's beautiful vocals.

This is a pretty good performance by Toni Basil too. Live vocals despite intense dancing.

ONJ Landslide live.

Dispatch's summer 2022 tour

Great video of the B-52s from Rhino Records.

Hard to believe it'll soon be 45 years since this song was released.

Skill in effect

This most excellent clip of Toto at Montreux Jazz Festival 1991 is also one of the first experimental videos ever made with newfangled high definition video camera thingies (for you techies out there).

Does anyone actually watch the posted videos?

R246 I don't.

OP likes a performance because the performer hits a mark and impresses himself by doing so, breaking the performance.

Such high standards.

Just like at the Special Olympics, huh, Corky?

R248 FU

r246 I watch them.

I watch the ones when they're bands I like--I'm older, so seeing old live footage of Romeo Void makes me all kinds of happy.

Diana Ross singing We Shall Overcome at an open-air concert in Budapest, backed by a full orchestra and a heavenly choir.

Really beautiful performance of Moby's "Into the Blue" featuring Mimi Goese on "Later ... With Jools Holland" from 1995 on BBC2.

When BTS made their first appearance on AMA awards

Sorry folks, THIS is the greatest "pop" singer in the world, Dimash Kudaibergen from Kazakhistan. Classically trained, with a range forever. He is on a singing competition show, singing in French. I'd hate to be the one who had to follow.

Japanese star Fujii Kaze live. The thing that is most noticeable is that no one in the audience has a cellphone, recording the performance. The title means " Festival."

Nice, R254, but this might be the most spectacular performance on any award show in the world ever. And to think that we believe the Grammy and Tony productions are something; purely amateur in comparison.

One of the most obvious differences between American and Japanese concert audiences can be seen in the Fujii Kaze video. The audience is enjoying the performance and not trying to record it on their cellphone.

The Tide is High

Speaking of Blondie, since it's New Years Eve, that's always a good time to replay the band's 1979 NYE performance for the BBC, live from the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow.

Fiona Apple w/Elvis Costello, "I Want You."

Pink, 2010 Grammys, "Glitter in the Air."

Lady Gaga's performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 VMA's

I had the same reaction as the crowd as soon as I saw the "blood."

Britney Spears, 2000 VMAs, Satisfaction & Oops I Did It Again.

R262 Thank you! Great performance by Pink.

As a nod to the Pope passing away and sexual abuse at the hands of priests, here's Live to Tell/Oh Father from the 1990 Blonde Ambition Tour.

Note in Oh Father, Madge just puts her hand out, and the dancer playing the priest moves the sacrament thingy up and down so it looks like he's making her jerk his dick off.

Awesome, not awful! The Madonna- Britney shit is awful.

I have been sofa-dancing all afternoon to this live disco concert by five very cute and talented Aussies.

Oleg.

AGT All-Stars

The Kings.

Charity and Andres.

Before I get around to your task, OP, allow me to say I REALLY heard and saw the great Bobby Hatfield hit that note live, in concert, Easton, PA., August of 2000.

The Killer killing it -

30 years later, Chante Moore is still lovely, sounds amazing and those whistle notes after 3:10 are mindblowing.

Gary Numan & The Skaparis Orchestra performing "Are 'Friends' Electric?" 2019.

Fleetwood Mac 1982. A famous ex-couple who don't really talk but sing out their grievances on stage. Lindsay and Stevie must had had an off/on relationship because he excoriates her onstage while staring knives at her. Rage and cocaine.

I can't wait for the mini-series of Fleetwood Mac if it ever comes out. I never paid attention to them before but I was curious why their album Rumours is still on Billboard 200 after 35 years.. Harry Styles and a new Prime series about a fictitious couple in a band (Daisy Jones and The Six) piqued my interest.

I dont know how to post video/ links but one performance which has stuck with me since I saw it over 2 decades ago is Bowie's performance of " "Heroes" at Live Aid, 1985. I first saw this performance in early 200s, during a very special time in my life. It was a time of discovery , now whenever I feel nostalgic and yearn for these simpler times, I find the video on YouTube, watch it and weep.

A close second is Darlene Love's numerous performances of " Christmas" on the David Letterman show

Last but not least Bonnie Rait with the Rolling Stones performing " Shine a Light" on stage in Vancouver. Unsure if video is still on YouTube

Fleetwood Mac 1997. This vid was posted earlier but there's a story behind it. This was Stevie's song about her breakup with Lindsay. She fought to have the song on the Rumours album, it meant a lot to her and gave total royalties to her mother. It was denied. They released it 10 years later to little fanfare. 20 years later, they have their reunion and she sings it for the first time on stage and to her former lover.

This clip of Chris Isaak performing "Baby Did a Bad Thing" is pretty good.

James Canupp. Brilliant.

So good, changed the future

Joni Mitchell Summertime

The Smiths performing "Bigmouth Strikes Again" and "Vicar in a Tutu" on The Old Grey Whistle Test, May 20, 1986.

It's grainy and choppy ,but the late David Carroll performing " Anthem" is special.

anything by KD LANG.

she is even better in person!!!

Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon - Liverpool, St. George's Hall, 1984

What a beautiful voice.

41 years ago .. Depeche Mode on French TV singing "Just Can't Get Enough."

(Gahan would have just turned 20, and Martin Gore turned 21 that week.)

Four Dimashes sing in Spanish. Amazing - opera and pop.

Paul Shaffer put together this great crew to perform Let's Stay Together for the Late Night 7th Anniversary show in 1989. Al Green, Toni Childs, Carlos Santana, Tito Puente, David Sanborn, Melissa Etheridge, Derlene Love, Patti Austin, and the Tower of Power horns.

A high point in tv show music.

Sara Bareilles doing " Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road."

Jennifer Nettles and J Rome in the finale of " Duets."

Another vote for r81.

Earlier this month, British gymnast, Jake Jarman, submitted, a new routine for floor exercise, and was able to successfully perform the move at this month's Paris World Challenge 2023.

It's described as a double salto backward laid-out with a whopping three and a half twists, now being referred to as "The Jarman."

R74 here.

I have been in love with Steve Winwood since I was 7 or 8 years old. And for such a low-key guy he's AMAZING live.

Here he is performing one of my Top 10 all time favorite songs in any genre "Can't Find My Way Home."

Plus Eric Clapton (and it's always been the case Stevie is the superior musician BY FAR, and really shows it here), the incredible Derek Trucks, and Doyle Bramhall.

This live version many decades after the original studio version, is every bit as stunning as the Blind Faith OCR. Gives me chills every time I play it.

The G.O.A.T.

"The Flying Dutchman" - Epke Zonderland on high bar.

10,000 sing Beethoven.

Proving how music is universal, Dimash from Khazakstan joins three singers from China on a singing show to salute Freddie Mercury and Queen.

The wonderfully quirky Fujii Kaze. As with all Japanese audiences, no cellphones recording, just respect for the performer and participation.

On November 4, 1980, Bruce had stayed up late, watching the national election results that made Ronald Reagan the President of the United States. The next night, onstage at Arizona State University in Tempe, he made one of his first outright political statements.

“I don’t know what you guys think about what happened last night, but I think it’s pretty frightening.... you guys are young, there’s gonna be a lot of people depending on you coming up, so this is for you....”

At which point he launched into what may be the angriest and most impassioned version of "Badlands" ever.

From 40 years ago, U2 performing "I Will Follow" Live from Red Rocks Amphitheater, Colorado.

Rolling Stone named the concert one of the Top 50 defining moments in rock history.

The four band members were 21 and 22 years of age here. Even though, it was June, a turn in the weather made it very cold and with rain and sleet. The 10,000 seat amphitheater wasn't even half full.

The band was in top form as was Bono's butt in those snug jeans.

Ben Folds & Rufus Wainwright - Careless Whisper.

Maybe I’m Amazed by Paul McCartney and Wings

The Who at Shepperton Studios doing Won’t Get Fooled Again for the second time. They were tired and angry because the first-time director didn’t get a good capture of the first performance and their annoyance comes out in this version. It also has what I believe is the coolest moment in rock: Pete Townshend sliding across the stage on his knees.

Forgot to add that this performance was for The Kids Are Alright documentary, which I highly recommend.

I was never a huge Duran Duran fan, but I love their song "Ordinary World" from the mid-90s. The video was really memorable as well.

When the band appeared on Austin City Limits last year, it was really quite amazing to hear how great Le Bon's voice still sounds, now some 30 years later.

Great performance all-around.

Joan Jett with Foo Fighters performing "Bad Reputation" on Letterman, November 15, 2011.

Leonard Bernstein conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Second Symphony at the Ely Cathedral in England in 1973. Bradley Cooper is replicating this performance as part of his Bernstein biopic Maestro, opening soon.

Remembering Michael Hutchence who died 26 years ago,

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart - Wembley Stadium 1991

Absolutely the highest note you will have ever heard sung at 4:38. Start at 4:00 to build into it. The note has vibrato, so it is his voice.

Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Passenger (1987)

Happy 68th birthday Billy Idol.

A live performance of "Rebel Yell" from 2009.

I’ve been loving this thread - loving the videos.

Here’s Smokey Robinson and Linda Ronstadt singing Ooh Baby Baby and Tracks of my Tears on the 1983 Motown 25 Soecial. Linda belting a major harmony and the two of them really having fun.

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (Sydney, 1972)

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I was at that show - they didn’t play Rio!

Was NOT a fan until this...

Not because I'm a Miley fan BUT I love this song

U2 - Bad (Live Aid 1985)

Jennifer Holliday "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" 1982 Tony Awards

Listen...if you're NOT moved by this, you are dead inside.

Jungkook at Times Square with his hot dancers. Fist number is his homage to Michael Jackson.

^first. However, some of the dancers look as if they could do a mean fisting.

Heart performing "Straight On" (1978)

Ann Wilson said this was the band's first "dance song." True enough! It became quite popular in the gay dance clubs of the era.

I remember listening to this as a freshman (I think) in high school and just being absolutely riveted. That fucking yell at the end still kills me.

My favorite performance of all time.

Midnight Oil - Read About It - Wave Aid 2005.

(Jeff Lynne) ELO

Livin' Thing

Wembley Stadium, 2017

I don't care how cheesy it is. I LOVE this.

"Like a Hurricane" - Bryan Ferry from his Nuits de Fourviere project, Live in Lyon (25th of July 2011)

The guitar and saxophone solos are sublime.

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Shed Seven - "Dolphin"

Live on Nuille Part Ailleurs (Nowhere Else) - Canal+ television

Stray Kids got a standing ovation from Taylor Swift for this one at the VMAs.

Not Green Day - the audience

Devo performing their mind-blowing cover of The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" on Saturday Night Live, October 14,1979.

A little Sondheim from a little guy.

How to perform at an award ceremony. Puts the Grammy numbers to shame.

Outrageous Laura Benanti didn’t win a Tony for this… it was much more impressive onstage in the Broadway show, but even this performance is resplendent.

Jack & Tiago from the UK & Portugal, respectively - hand-to-hand acrobatic act.