I personally am a massive fan of live music as opposed to cds or whatever and (for my favorite music types) will get to live shows as much as possible.

But I have a very polarized view of good music and as such only ever see similar sorts of stuff, and am interested to watch the cream of the crop from other genres.

My addition; a video from sanctuary which is a massive drum and bass rave in some tents in the middle of a field with the best djs in the UK (read world) playing. As well as being a sick set you can get a view to the vibe!

This is DJ Friction who is one of the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mHIo...eature=related

So, lets see it. AC/DC at donington? Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock?

Entertain me!

P.S embed my video pls

dave matthews band - two step

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnq2wi664yc

The live versions of Incubus' songs are a no-brainer. Lots of improvisation, especially from the bassist; the variations from the studio version always improve the songs, imo.



And this CocoRosie was nice.

the best live song of all time imo is Tools Live version of "pu****", but I think to truly appreciate it you have to put it in the context of the original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faS9zfDnUJ0

I generally think DMB is meh and their fans are annoying, but their live stuff is 1000x better than their studio stuff, and the live stuff he did with Tim Reynolds is amazing.

I really liked that!

Jeff Buckley's performance at Meltdown Festival has always been one of the most breathtaking live recordings I've heard.

Dido's Lament w/commentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSVCL262gmU
and the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOAD6cvQc7Y


Chris Potter's live album Follow the Red Line is also one of my favorites... Adam Rogers takes a guitar solo on Pop Tune #1 that's up there with anything Page, Gilmour, et al. have done: http://grooveshark.com/s/Pop+Tune+number+1/2NgZ5m?src=5

i love DMB, and i agree totally about the fans.


they do have some great live songs though.

Crush
Two Step
#41
Warehouse-->
Dancing Nancies


I've always been partial to Bartender myself, just really moving.

Jeff B is stellar.


re: incubus

love the version of Drive where Ben plays the lead on the bass. Love love it

Well if we're talking about live Dave Mathews Band, I've always loved Gravedigger live.

Very good DMB taste in my opinion. Add the stone to that list and u have all the heavy hitters. Also last verse of warehouse is the most poetic abstract lyrics I have ever heard.

TTI,

That Incubus list is awesome! Radiohead has similar videos on youtube (high quality audio and video for a full 2 hour concert) if you like them.

Dispatch is probably my favorite band for live music. They take studio songs that are 3 or 4 minutes in length and turn them into 10 minutes of sheer awesome. They'll take acoustic songs and turn them into rock songs or vice versa. It's really awesome. Their best album is "All Points Bulletin: Hatch Shell" but none of those songs are on youtube, so instead here's a song from their second best live album:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH2_wgk4rFg

Original song (so you can see the huge transformation from studio to live): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8MGp3rwOJs

Anyone else perplexed by OP stating his preference for live music over recordings, and then posting a vid of a guy getting up on a stage to play recordings?

Wp sir, they are very good live.

this is kinda long but totally worth it



hard to find videos of the next guy that weren't recorded on a toaster but this one is good quality. awesome live.

My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday live at The Filmore in San Francisco, CA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZfjPZoT5kc

Pearl Jam - Given To Fly live in St. Louis, MO with a very cool moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wn0qxxWn6M

Amazing!

Here's some blues from Eric Bibb. He got a bit overproduced at some point by an arsy English bass player who played with him but before that, in the days he was playing with this guy and a mandolin player, he was ****in brilliant.

I went to see Floyd in 92 or 93 in Rotterdam, but still have reservations about saying 'I saw Pink Floyd live'. At least I'd always point out it was post Waters.

Damn that sax solo really sux.

Here's some Floyd when it was 4 guys.

Pretty much any live song from bela fleck:



There might be better options for these guys, I just grabbed zona mona cause I love it.

wow, never seen that for some reason, awesome!!!

American Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSjrNtz7j8 - For whom the bell tolls

Metallica S&M album with the San Francisco Orchestra... AINEC