I might be lowering the bar with my submission, but I think early Kiss (think from the “live” Alive! era) is great glam hard rock. Later Kiss…not so much. With that said, I give you this rendition of She:
A couple of numbers from Leon
Jumping Jack Flash from the Concert for Bangladesh
I know Supertramp gets a lot of hate, but this live track from '79 just blows me away every time I watch it.
My local classic rock station played that song once back in the 90’s. Possibly on a syndicated or otherwise pre-taped special. Every time I tried to request it after that, they had no idea what I was talking about.
There’s a great live version of it floating around out there somewhere, but all I can find is some random short clips that are lacking in audio quality.
There was a video online some years back but I think Apple owns the copyright. Hmm? The computer company or the record company?
Side note: I recently found new ‘react’ youtube channel. However, this isn’t one of the normal ones, this one is done by a vocal coach/opera singer. While her analysis tends to go a bit too deep for me, it’s really run to watch her hear this amazing music for the first time. Also, as someone in the comments once said, she emotes like a Disney character.
The Charismatic Voice
Here’s her most recent video:
If you want to see something fun, watch what happens when someone [her] that’s never heard a song by Chicago and has zero expectations going in, plays 25 or 6 to 4.
Also, because the Supertramp post made me think of her, here’s The Logical Song.
Also, for those that don’t know, the man selling ice cream and singing italian songs, is singing Eh Cumpari which you probably know, even if you don’t know the name (or maybe it’s an Italian thing, I’ve heard it a million times at Italian festivals).
(And here’s Breakfast In America)
Yeah, for some reason I’ve been watching a few of her videos recently, including that one. And I got a kick out of reading the comment that Dennis DeYoung left on her reaction to “Mr. Roboto.”
That seems to happen from time to time. I know she’s had few people on because they contacted her after she did one of their songs.
I liked her video on I Believe In A Thing Called Love
And even more, I lived Justin Hawkin’s video, reacting to her reactions.
Ya know…I edited out that typo and then I cut and pasted it right back in trying to get two videos in one post.
Here’s some clips of a couple of the encores given by the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, the first time they came to the BBC Proms concerts in 2007:
Alma Llanera (Gutierrez) and Mambo from Bernstein’s West Side Story
and finally Molambo, from Ginastera’s Estancia
Have you tried, “Nutcracker Suite For Guitar” by Steven Pasero which may be what you’re looking for. It is classical but with a bit of attitude. Good stuff.
The time frame is certainly in the ballpark for when I would have heard it. I’ve added it to my Amazon wish list, just so I’ll be able to find it later. Thanks!
Late catching up on all these, and I’ve enjoyed all the contributions, but just wanted to particularly thank you for this one. I’ve never had lessons on a brass instrument, but have tried to play one a few times - if you haven’t, you might be surprised how much breath pressure it takes to make any kind of sound, let alone with the control to produce a (single) recognisable note. Then there is the technical difficulty of this piece, which is high even if you allow yourself a breath every few notes. To do it continuously like this is nothing short of astonishing.
I just found this guy yesterday. Amazing guitarist. Here he is doing ‘Layla’:
I recently discovered some free oscilloscope software and had lots of fun producing this video, which visualizes Stan Halaby II’s fantastic Commodore 64 arrangement of Antônio Carlos Jobim’s Wave. The C64 was one of the first home computers to have a built-in sound synthesizer chip, and while it’s primitive compared to today’s audio technology, Stan (a professional saxophonist) really found a way to make it shine. His extended improvisational section features some amazing effects.
Remember Ben Folds improving songs to random people on chatroullete while in the middle of a concert? It popped into my head a few days ago and I finally got around to rewatching it:
Then I noticed the channel was called OdeToMerton and I remembered Ben Folds was copying this guy:
Chicago, in Korean
Maybe not as impressive as most of the other posts but a lot of fun.
Dueling Banjos - by the Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band