Live music performances that are particularly moving
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Marvin Gaye 1983. Star Spangled Banner
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That little girl’s reaction on SNG with Emily Blunt and John Krasinski
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You may not be impressed with drum solos, but consider this performance from 1982.
He was 64 years old. This was outdoors in the DR in AUGUST. He is wearing a tuxedo. He ended up having a heart attack and lived! This night. |
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Speaking of drummers, Michael Jackson’s touring drummer Jonathan Moffett is considered a human metronome:
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Finally.
Nothing to me personally is more moving than Prince performing Purple Rain in the rain at the super bowl. |
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Or . . . Joni Mitchell performing Both Sides Now two weeks ago, at the Newport Folk Festival. Still a beautiful and moving performance by a woman who sings from her heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aqGjaFDTxQ |
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For the Broadway babies . . . from the May 2020 Zoom 90th birthday tribute to Stephen Sondheim, Josh Groban performs a particularly moving and stripped-down version of Children Will Listen from Into the Woods and Not While I'm Around from Sweeney Todd . . . these songs are touchstones for me as a parent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cs0DOfQejs |
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| Wow the Marvin Gaye National Anthem did me in. Thanks for posting! |
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This is not live, but it is really fun to spot all the cameos in the recent video of a 50 year old song.
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Watch Joni Mitchell do Both Sides Now at this years Newport Folk Festival while Brandi Carlisle is brought to tears. Joni lost her ability so speak in 2015 due to a brain aneurysm and she was able to perform this year for the first time.
[url] https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiBgdKqnrv5AhWTElkFHR1YAAQQwqsBegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjxiluPSmAF8&usg=AOvVaw0C_FG3tqdix3Oetqml6YWu [url] |
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Such an incredible cover. When it cuts to the audience they are simply mesmerized.
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| Disturbed doing The Sound of Silence on Conan O’Brien |
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+1. Amazing |
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Miley Cyrus doing Jolene
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwblaKmyVw |