Killer TV Performances.

High intensity from The Only Band That Matters, Los Angeles 1980:

 

And part two:

 

Mike Watt (feat. Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear) performing "Big Train" on the Jon Stewart Show in 1995.



Things get really good at 1:20.

 

This was the best MTV awards ever: Madonna, Don Henley, Bon Jovi but this was outstanding, still got my Vhs tape with it... even the intro by Arsenio was quite good!

 

Chris Isaak was on one of the network morning shows (I think CBS) in the mid- late- 80s and performed Somebody's Crying. I recall it had a dry sound and absolutely blew me away when he got to the falsetto part, the drums really rocking hard.

 

They're pickin' - I'm grinnin'

 

Roy Clark - Malaguena (The Odd Couple)

 

Did the Fonzie ever catch on..really?......but the weird thing about this performance,...actual proof
that time travel is possible.....1950's performance,but if you see the drummer,he has a hairstyle,clothing from the 1970's

 

Tom Petty - The Waiting - It's Garry Shandling's Show (1987)

 

Tom Waits on Fernwood 2 Nite performs "The Piano Has Been Drinking"

 

That is the band's entire stage show in 3 1/2 minutes!!!!

 

WHITESNAKE - Live Mandagsborsen 1984 (Swedish Television)

 

And the Fonz wears bell bottoms...

 

Rory Gallagher - Messin' With The Kid for Beat Club

 

Hatsune Miku on David Letterman - "Share the World"

 

Soul Asylum - Sometime To Return/ Marionette live on MTV 1988

 

https://youtu.be/Fw7SBF-35Es

 

Love this to the moon and back!

 

Broken Social Scene with a huge line-up ("we need more guitars")

 

This song still rings true today

 

In a similar vein...NY performing Imagine for the 9/11 tribute is a very, very strong memory in my mind. Watching it again for the first time since it happened live, I can still feel how angry he was while playing the song. His face told the whole story here: