OT: Great performances

[gil]

There was also some great performances in many musicals between the late 30's (Somewhere Over the Rainbow?) and the mid-60's but we often overlook them because so many people can't stand musicals. One of my favorite singers was/is Linda Ronstadt. She sang so many different genres it's hard to pin down only one great performance.

Same here. Musicals is a genre I've never enjoyed, and for a long time I thought there was no good music made before approximately 1962, but I've been learning. There was some great music associated with the musicals from that era. In the past year I discovered (via Bob Dylan's book) the work of the composer Harold Arden (some of his songs are Over the Rainbow, Get Happy, Stormy Weather, and One for My Baby (and One More for the Road).

[Donn Beach]

Wow, who doesn't like a musical... Levi stubbs and Rick moranes, little shop of horrors, feed me

https://youtu.be/GLjook1I0V4

[douche]

There was also some great performances in many musicals between the late 30's (Somewhere Over the Rainbow?) and the mid-60's but we often overlook them because so many people can't stand musicals. One of my favorite singers was/is Linda Ronstadt. She sang so many different genres it's hard to pin down only one great performance.

Same here. Musicals is a genre I've never enjoyed, and for a long time I thought there was no good music made before approximately 1962, but I've been learning. There was some great music associated with the musicals from that era. In the past year I discovered (via Bob Dylan's book) the work of the composer Harold Arden (some of his songs are Over the Rainbow, Get Happy, Stormy Weather, and One for My Baby (and One More for the Road).

For whatever reason, musicals don't grab me.

Speaking of old music, has anyone ever listened to Blind Lemon Jefferson? He was a blues and gospel singer/songwriter, the most popular blues singer of the 1920s, the Father of Texas Blues. Really early stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVxz_1wigw

[Donn Beach]

And Blind Willie Johnson, primitive powerful gospel. You can imagine him playing on the street corner. Great music, and also a glimpse into the past

[gil]

There was also some great performances in many musicals between the late 30's (Somewhere Over the Rainbow?) and the mid-60's but we often overlook them because so many people can't stand musicals. One of my favorite singers was/is Linda Ronstadt. She sang so many different genres it's hard to pin down only one great performance.

Same here. Musicals is a genre I've never enjoyed, and for a long time I thought there was no good music made before approximately 1962, but I've been learning. There was some great music associated with the musicals from that era. In the past year I discovered (via Bob Dylan's book) the work of the composer Harold Arden (some of his songs are Over the Rainbow, Get Happy, Stormy Weather, and One for My Baby (and One More for the Road).

For whatever reason, musicals don't grab me.

Speaking of old music, has anyone ever listened to Blind Lemon Jefferson? He was a blues and gospel singer/songwriter, the most popular blues singer of the 1920s, the Father of Texas Blues. Really early stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVxz_1wigw

Yes, I love this! I think Robert Johnson was the most "famous" of the 1920s-1930s acoustic blues guys, but Blind Lemon paved the way.

I remember when I "rewound" through Bob Dylan's early work (i.e., going back in time from when I first discovered Dylan's then-current work), hearing "See that my grave is kept clean" on his first album.

[Donn Beach]

Bob Dylan, another category, and quite large. Like a rolling stone, live Manchester. This is the "Judas" concert, a heckler yells that. This is back when Dylan was taking a lot of flack for going electric. These are considered classic performances. The friction with the audience seems to energize them. Dylan turns around and tells the band, play it fucking loud.That's the musicians that later became the Band, Rick Danco, Robbie Robertson and so on. Interesting how members of the audience are pissed off with him for going electric while listening to a legendary rendition of probably the greatest rock song ever written.

https://youtu.be/oXUTsWy4XSo
Occurred to me. I think what he did then was do an acoustic set to open with. Then strap on the stratocaster for the second set. You would have fans there more interested in the acoustic set. I don't know posters here remember that. It was a big deal, mind blowing in fact, bob Dylan goes electric

[gil]

Bob Dylan, another category, and quite large. Like a rolling stone, live Manchester. This is the "Judas" concert, a heckler yells that. This is back when Dylan was taking a lot of flack for going electric. These are considered classic performances. The friction with the audience seems to energize them. Dylan turns around and tells the band, play it fucking loud.That's the musicians that later became the Band, Rick Danco, Robbie Robertson and so on. Interesting how members of the audience are pissed off with him for going electric while listening to a legendary rendition of probably the greatest rock song ever written.

https://youtu.be/oXUTsWy4XSo
Occurred to me. I think what he did then was do an acoustic set to open with. Then strap on the stratocaster for the second set. You would have fans there more interested in the acoustic set. I don't know posters here remember that. It was a big deal, mind blowing in fact, bob Dylan goes electric

Yes, the guy from the audience yells "Judas" and Dylan comes back with "I don't believe you" and "You're a liar." Then turns to The Band and says "Play it fucking loud." Fantastic intro and great post!

[ddraig]

Speaking of old music, has anyone ever listened to Blind Lemon Jefferson? He was a blues and gospel singer/songwriter, the most popular blues singer of the 1920s, the Father of Texas Blues. Really early stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tVxz_1wigw

Great choice! Good to see the variety of music we all listen too. Anyone remember Scott Joplin? The Entertainer? Ragtime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYrlKGYUcBM

[ddraig]

This IS NOT a Great Performance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOnQp_wK-II

[douche]

Great choice! Good to see the variety of music we all listen too. Anyone remember Scott Joplin? The Entertainer? Ragtime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYrlKGYUcBM

I think most people would remember this. Mostly because it's synonymous with The Sting.