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I've been meaning do this for a hell of a long time, really I have, but being a grown up gets in the way sometimes. So, just for the sheer joy of having access to all that material, please go to YouTube and seek out the live music that REALLY lights your candles. All your candles, not just a few. Find the live performances that really do it for/with/at you. Maybe it's a tiny little tune that just gets you through, yeah? It doesn't matter as long as it twiddles your own personal dials. Along with the link, post the name, title and the venue (if known). No need to explain why you're posting, and the video quality is completely unimportant, as is the sync. Just remember to make it a live performance. Find merit in the live thing you like the most and be proud of yourself for finding that joy. That's all that matters.

Right. I'll go first, shall I? Here goes. Watch these. They're not in any real order and I hope they're not actually going to be unpleasant:

Penguin Cafe Orchestra, "Music For A Found Harmonium", somewhere nice, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJg1NNyke2E

Talking Heads, "Naive Melody", Stop Making Sense Tour, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQWbaT5uHDE

Freur, "Doot Doot", the Marquee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsioyQxePc

Japan, "Ghosts", OGWT, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ruj8qgkV9k

Tori Amos, "Leather", The Late Show, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XskuR_3a_Ao

Joy Division, "Transmission", So It Goes, Granada, 1978, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCVHAjTBb1U

The Divine Comedy, "Songs of Love", somewhere lovely it seems, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPi58K6wZs

New Order, "Regert", Jules Holland Live, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOAd2dwuhAc

Rory Gallagher - Walk on Hot Coals 1971 old grey whistle test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKaiHamPT54

a lovely man, and a crazy guitarist...

Stevie Marriott - Black Coffee 1973 old grey whistle test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc-9cZ6i ... re=related

Forgiving the cheesy lyrics/sentiment, just some beautiful backing singers, and the tiny man with a blue eyed soul voice

Richie Havens - i dont know! but i've been listening to this since i found it..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tLeabpv-PA

again, a very peaceful and caring gentleman, and an amazing guitarist - unusual chords, rythmns and structures...get your guitar and try and follow..bet you can't...

John martyn - may you never
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOi_wxypeGc

a mad crazy booze hound scots blues/folk guy..died recently...bit of a maniac at times, but go check out his Solid Air album..beautiful! so is this song...

Terry Reid - Germany somewhere! Rich Kid Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrgjEUfR ... re=related
Aw mr. reid - one of my faves, he turned down Led Zep! Better voice than Plant, as good as jimmy on guitar, better lyrically too...artistic spirit over commercialism...

i could find a clip of "seed of memory" or "to be treated right" live...this will do from his earlier stuff...Raconteurs murdered this song recently!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x-tD9Vd ... re=related

still got it!

CSNY - down by the river
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxs0ybnsEQ
All star pool party!

James Brown - not what you'd expect, but just to watch him dance...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdz88MBWomo

Bands I wish I'd seen Live :

MC5 - Kick out the jams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndIbJJ0V ... re=related

The Who - Baba ORiley (yes I know they are still going but it's not the same)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKUBTX9kKEo



Best band I've ever seen live by a huge margin:

Flaming Lips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_OljSbY ... re=related

Dimmu Borgir Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m2NCgY_DqI

Cradle of filth Nymphetamine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcR8cRAnuk

Imogen Heap Speeding Cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlP8jTeN60w

Thats all I can find being that I just woke up

Okay... in no order and with no apologies...

Miles Davis and John Coltrane So What
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TbrgIdm0E

Frank Zappa Willie the Pimp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cP6YPzSLWQ

Sonic Youth Sugar Kane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hwbhd7c_as

No Means No
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW9LYGNUVi0

Humph (of course) Bad Penny Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-pQziWiKk

The Heretic by The Sound of Animals Fighting (Sung in this video by Matthew Kelly from The Autumns)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ADbCz6obk

(Again The Sound of Animals Fighting because they've only and will only ever perform 4 live shows...)
Act IV: You don't need a witness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdtCIwddf7Q

Nothing else I can think of that's on youtube...

heronjester wrote:Humph (of course) Bad Penny Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1-pQziWiKk

Everything has been great so far; the bookmarks are a'twitchin', but I swear that trumpet is actually speaking.

A small jazz offering of my own in return. The beloved immortal Bix Biederbecke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ue9igC7flI "They said his playing sounded like bullets being shot from a bell" - Trevor Chaplin, 'The Beiderbecke Affair'

I tried to find Bessie Smith singing "If You's A Viper" but this was all they had. Nice to see the Bright Young Things (Erin McKeown, in this case) getting the job done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey-nSAqFKRU Keep the beat when they seem not to and she rewards you royally.

A few from me then...

First of the always brilliant Gary Moore performing his powerhouse Parisienne Walkways with Phil Lynot (RIP)

For a prog-metal band, Dream Theater have some soul when they want to. The Spirit Carries On is a beautiful song whether on the CD or from the frankly fantastic Scenes From New York live set. John Petrucci's powerful (but not overly noodly) guitar solo is of particular note.

Mixing Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra was always going to be a big hit. Getting Michael Kamen to orchestrate was also a clever move. Mix these two with some Lovecraft inspired instrumentals and you get The Call Of Ktulu S+M version.
(Interestingly Metallica went for Ktulu to not infringe on copyrights of HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu whom the piece was inspired by. As it turned out, Ktulu was also a valid spelling of Cthulhu - smooth )

I hate Strictly Come Dancing but I love Bette Midler. The Wind Beneath My Wings - she still means it even to this day!

Next the timeless Pink Floyd classic Comfortably Numb. This live version from Glastonbury a few years back is so good it actually hurts. Fact.

Actually I can't top that one so that'll be all for now!