Was going to past this.Queen at Live Aid.
I didn't appreciate it at the time.
This is a good one. Jarrett has made a bunch of solo piano recordings since, including one released last week, but Koln is the best one I've heard.For me, it was Keith Jarrett, solo jazz piano, the Koln concert.
This is hard for me to top.Jimi Hendrix playing "The Killing Floor" so good that Eric Clapton stormed off the stage in the middle of the song, fired up a smoke, and yelled "You never told me he was that f'ing good" angrily at the guy who suggested inviting him on stage.
Second-best Hendrix: opening for The Monkees in 1967.
I was ready to sign on to the Hendrix performance until I got to this post. Now it is a tie. Love this one so much!
I considered saying the Hendrix performance at Monterey, but then I couldn't decide if I liked that, The Who, Janis Joplin or Ravi Shankar the best there. I actually think I'd say Shankar.The Who at Monterey or Cee-Lo and Dangermouse at the Grammys doing "Crazy."
Not familiar with Shankar's performance. I guess I am not a Monterey Guru. I'll have to check it out.I considered saying the Hendrix performance at Monterey, but then I couldn't decide if I liked that, The Who, Janis Joplin or Ravi Shankar the best there. I actually think I'd say Shankar.
Fun fact - Norah Jones is Shankar's daughter (born: Geethali Norah Jones Shankar). You prolly know this, but I just discovered it last year after otb told me that he used to pass her on the street all the time.Not familiar with Shankar's performance. I guess I am not a Monterey Guru. I'll have to check it out.
i'd be surprised if she didn't prefer this version. it was immense and scary - Miss Garland was all over the TV in the 50s & early 60s and you never knew if you were going to get the talent which amazed the Greatest Gen as much as Hendrix amazed the Boomers or a musical imitation of a nervous breakdown. sometimes both, actually. anyway, my mother hated Judy Garland but her sister loved her and one of the things i liked best when i used to get farmed out to my Auntie Glo for Feb vaca was when she'd go to work for her two hours at a curio shop and i'd get out her gin & Judy records and sing along til i was almost gay. i actually preferred this but the one you cite was always the one that would draw either a bravura or bananas version from Garland when she was on TV
and the guy who got me into showbiz, Peter Malick, discovered Norah Jones. more musical circles than a drunken waltz...Fun fact - Norah Jones is Shankar's daughter (born: Geethali Norah Jones Shankar). You prolly know this, but I just discovered it last year after otb told me that he used to pass her on the street all the time.
Pretty sure I've played poker with this guy. Lives in LA I think.and the guy who got me into showbiz, Peter Malick, discovered Norah Jones. more musical circles than a drunken waltz...
i never have, though we both got into doing it for a living about the same timePretty sure I've played poker with this guy. Lives in LA I think.
Would have been about 15 years ago. Played in so many games back then. Used to go to Hollywood Park on friday nights when they would run and then get a ride to a late night, outdoor game in North Hollywood. Used to get crushed most trips and pretty sure he was one of the ones doing the crushing. Lots of Omaha h/l.i never have, though we both got into doing it for a living about the same time
Rooftop Beatles might be the only single music event like that I'd pass on to have been at this.Not sure I’d say “greatest”, but I would have given quite a bit to see the Nirvana Unplugged performance live
Dude. I am blessed to have seen so many shows at Antone's, where the staff was furiously picking up drinks at closing time, because Stevie still had plenty of coke and wasn't going anywhere. We would work our way up front, then turn around and identify the guitar players in the crowd by the dumbfounded expressions. It was glorious.This is hard for me to top.
Thus, I'll list the greatest performance I ever attended.
Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Step Tour - November 16, 1989
He played Voodoo Child (Slight Return). It is the only cover of it I have ever heard that did not disappoint me.
Sweet. There was a documentary on my local PBS last month on SRV that covered Antone's in depth. It showed how he got his first own band going ... can't remember the name now. Anyways, the singer was smokin'!Dude. I am blessed to have seen so many shows at Antone's, where the staff was furiously picking up drinks at closing time, because Stevie still had plenty of coke and wasn't going anywhere. We would work our way up front, then turn around and identify the guitar players in the crowd by the dumbfounded expressions. It was glorious.
outside of Queen at Live Aid, not sure I can think of many others as all time greats that would span musical genres and interests . I’ll have to give it some more thought...I, like most of you have heard this song maybe literally a million times. Hundreds of variations. Nobody, never ever has done it better than this.
look what they've doooone....they've doooone....they've DOOOOOOOOOOOONE!
The Bridge School benefit concerts were put on annually and held at Shoreline Amphitheater. I think Neil Young organized them and he always got his big named friends to play.The Who, Concert for New York City. They took it down on youtube. Performed just after 9/11. So great. You have to rent it now I guess.
Maybe not the best of all time but my favorites:
Tom Petty Bridge School performance It's says Shoreline but this is Bridge School. The whole thing is gold. Just before Wildflowers came out.
The National Tiny Desk Concert
Wilco Tiny Desk Concert
No Otis?I considered saying the Hendrix performance at Monterey, but then I couldn't decide if I liked that, The Who, Janis Joplin or Ravi Shankar the best there. I actually think I'd say Shankar.
Oh jeebus, I’m an idiot. Of course.No Otis?
Probably what she meant, who knows, she's pretty oldi'd be surprised if she didn't prefer this version. it was immense and scary - Miss Garland was all over the TV in the 50s & early 60s and you never knew if you were going to get the talent which amazed the Greatest Gen as much as Hendrix amazed the Boomers or a musical imitation of a nervous breakdown. sometimes both, actually. anyway, my mother hated Judy Garland but her sister loved her and one of the things i liked best when i used to get farmed out to my Auntie Glo for Feb vaca was when she'd go to work for her two hours at a curio shop and i'd get out her gin & Judy records and sing along til i was almost gay. i actually preferred this but the one you cite was always the one that would draw either a bravura or bananas version from Garland when she was on TV