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a live phenomenon
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What about the JBs?
Fred Wesley and the JBs with Lyn Collins - I think 1998, Jazz Cafe. First time I'd got to see the JBs live. Two elements will stay with me forever:
1) the fact that one of the few tracks of theirs I'd usually skipped through at home, Doin' It To Death ("Gonna Have A Funky Good Time") was a motherfucking pot boiler live and changed the whole course of the concert. Before the track - people drinking and watching and enjoying. Half way through the track - people going completely nuts, the whole place drenched in sweat. "Gonna Take You Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigher" for sure.
2) The band has kicked ass with a bunch of heavy tunes. They start a mellow introduction to a slow song. Lyn Collins walks across the top and down the stairs in a full-length evening dress, singing the opening lines to "Take Me As I Am". My jaw drops involuntarily. I look around the rest of the crowd. Everyone is transfixed by her, and everyone's jaw has dropped involuntarily.
Incredible night.
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wasn't actually at this gig (wasn't quite born yet) but cant find clips of when i saw them in mancjester opera house
YouTube - Chick Corea & Gary Burton Duets- "Children's Songs"
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I like her allot, I would love to see her live.
she's special alright. i keep looking out for more shows but haven't seen her since. let me know if you hear of anything! i actually bought a print of a gig poster of hers yesterday. i'm a fanboy.
other stuff is coming back to me now. first time i saw pinback at electaworks (sp?) was amazing.
wilco on the ghost is born tour. the beasties on the ill communication tour (saw them three times).
but these are a bit personal.
my vote for best live act of all time is JAMES BROWN!
EDIT for Peejarmers: I was going to specify "with the famous flames", but i reckon either line up on either of the live at the apollo records is pretty much as good as it gets.
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equal worst gigs i've ever seen are Hot Chip and Bob Dylan... i actually fell asleep watching Bob Dylan..twice.
best gig i've ever seen... B.B. King.
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Unbelievable live show! Don't ever miss them!
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YouTube - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings "It's A Shame..." - 2/2/08
pretty ace
i saw love do "live forever" a couple of years ago. the fanboy in me made it ace.
john legend was pretty ace. i know. i know.
however, underworld. oof. i was refreshed. but they did "dirty" when i was feeling pretty low anyway. ace.
also. roy ayers this year at southport. he was proper on form.
and. not a band. but a solo performance i saw.
kris kristofferson solo acoustic at the ryman. FUCKING EPIC. -
really?
how?
(sincere question)
Yes really! MBV Changed the entire way I listened to music and the world around me. The key word is that they made me stop and listen! I have been listening to MBV for years and there is always something new that I hadn't heard before.
As far as Live, It was the first time that I had ever felt music effect me physically, I don't mean made me want to dance or cry, but literally moved my internal organs, my bones, changed my breathing, struck me with fear and euphoria at the same time. It was music that literally held and manipulated me.
I could go on and on.
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Fred Wesley and the JBs with Lyn Collins - I think 1998, Jazz Cafe. First time I'd got to see the JBs live. Two elements will stay with me forever:
1) the fact that one of the few tracks of theirs I'd usually skipped through at home, Doin' It To Death ("Gonna Have A Funky Good Time") was a motherfucking pot boiler live and changed the whole course of the concert. Before the track - people drinking and watching and enjoying. Half way through the track - people going completely nuts, the whole place drenched in sweat. "Gonna Take You Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigher" for sure.
2) The band has kicked ass with a bunch of heavy tunes. They start a mellow introduction to a slow song. Lyn Collins walks across the top and down the stairs in a full-length evening dress, singing the opening lines to "Take Me As I Am". My jaw drops involuntarily. I look around the rest of the crowd. Everyone is transfixed by her, and everyone's jaw has dropped involuntarily.
Incredible night.
There's something about that staircase that makes for good entrances!
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Yes really! MBV Changed the entire way I listened to music and the world around me. The key word is that they made me stop and listen! I have been listening to MBV for years and there is always something new that I hadn't heard before.
As far as Live, It was the first time that I had ever felt music effect me physically, I don't mean made me want to dance or cry, but literally moved my internal organs, my bones, changed my breathing, struck me with fear and euphoria at the same time. It was music that literally held and manipulated me.
I could go on and on.
awesome. i totally missed MBV first time around. i was looking in the other direction (the united states of grunge) at the time and by the time i'd grown out of being impressed by teenangstpunkrockbollocks and cottoned on to the whole wide world of music, they'd sort of buggered off.
i've caught up on loads of stuff i missed first time round over the last few years (smiths, fannies, the fall etc) but never got round to edumacating myself on MBV. where would recomend a MBV novice jump in?
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Yes really! MBV Changed the entire way I listened to music and the world around me. The key word is that they made me stop and listen! I have been listening to MBV for years and there is always something new that I hadn't heard before.
As far as Live, It was the first time that I had ever felt music effect me physically, I don't mean made me want to dance or cry, but literally moved my internal organs, my bones, changed my breathing, struck me with fear and euphoria at the same time. It was music that literally held and manipulated me.
I could go on and on.
Yep - That was my experience too - Amazing
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S Club 7, Wembley Arena July 2000 with support act 911. Ace!
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Rammstein at Brixton Academy ... the smell of Nitroglycerin and Kerosene lingered for a little too long.
Tool ... anytime, anywhere, but notably Astoria '96ish, and Hammersmith a few years ago.
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Beastie Boys @ Roundhouse is my favourite gig
YouTube - Beastie Boys Roundhouse 6/9/07 "Remote Control"
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Not exactly big gigs, but both Roy Ayers and Maceo Parker were awesome live. Maceo had his son rapping over the bands backing tracks too.
Incognito were also amazing live...Max Beasley was the percussionist too and he was incredible on his solo. He's a way better percussionist than he is an actor.
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I like her allot, I would love to see her live.