Red Mosquito • View topic - Best Performance Of One Song Ever Witnessed

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Tue January 22, 2013 8:09 am

So, out of all the concerts you've ever been to, what one performance of a single song has blown you away more than any other? This could be because the band/artist just nailed it, or maybe the crowd went nuts, or maybe it just happened to be a particularly cathartic moment. Did it happen to be at the best show you've ever been to, or was it your favorite band, or were you surprised by which band/which show it was? Don't pick more than one! Be a man or a woman and just pick one song (that should make it harder). YouTube clips whenever possible!

Wendy Carlos's Twin · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 9:37 am **Posts:** 2809

Ween - 1/30/98 Trocadero Theatre - A Tear For Eddie, Tender Situation, fuck...the whole show!

Soma. · **Posted:** Tue January 22, 2013 8:37 am

^ I hate you.

Neil Young - 16th Jan, '09 Mt. Smart Stadium - Heart of Gold.

Angus · **Posted:** Tue January 22, 2013 8:51 am

Sigur Rós - Untitled #8 (a.k.a. "Popplagið")"
Last summer at this venue:

intodeep · **Posted:** Tue January 22, 2013 12:45 pm

First time i saw arcade fire
Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA Jan 26 2005 Powerout/Rebellion

it was amazeballs

McParadigm · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 1:56 am **Posts:** 21821

Neil Young playing A Day in the Life, feeling every moment and climaxing it by tearing the strings from his guitar and roaming the stage, playing different instruments to see how they interacted with the squealing feedback. Nothing else is even close to that.

Standing on state with Bob Dylan's backing band as they played an instrumental version of Not Dark Yet and the sun started its dip into the horizon was a pretty affecting moment. And it's a cheat on the topic, but any concert where you get the run of Jesus Gonna Be Here -> Shore Leave -> Goin' Out West -> Cemetery Polka -> Come On Up To The House is pretty damn awesome. To justify....Goin' Out West from that show is this one here:

EJ · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:15 pm **Posts:** 7020

This is a tough one to answer.

I may have to give it to PJ performing "Do The Evolution" at MSG 7/8/03.

It had already been an incredible evening at the Garden, the energy of the band and audience during this performance was something I don't think I've experienced before or since at any concert.

nyquillyn · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:11 pm **Posts:** 5825

November 28, 1989 in Albuquerque. Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Little Wing drenched in sweat. 10 months later he was dead.

This isn't the exact performance, but still pretty good.

surfndestroy · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 2:21 am **Posts:** 2870

I saw The Who in about 1980. They did a one song encore, The Real Me. I've never seen or heard anything so perfectly executed. Pure, undistilled aggression for four minutes or so.

warehouse · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 3:34 pm **Posts:** 4363

Pearl Jam and Jay Z-99 Problems

Strat · **Posted:** Tue January 22, 2013 6:23 pm

Neil Young and Pearl jam all along the watchtower VFC Toledo 04.

Neil young and Horse Over and over

Tom Waits Sins of my Father in Phoenix AZ 08

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