The following video, which was recorded in May 1995 at Chicago’s Metro venue, is Jeff Buckley’s last-known recorded performance of his version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, a song that was made much more famous by Buckley on […]
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Guinness Advert: “Surfer” (Dir. Jonathan Glazer)
In 1999, Guinness, the hugely popular Irish dry stout, released an advert entitled Surfer. The advert, which was directed by Jonathan Glazer, whose film credits include Sexy Beast, Under the Skin, and Birth, and who has directed […]
John Lennon – Mother (Live In Madison Square Garden 1972)
In August 1972, John Lennon, having left The Beatles three years earlier, performed “Mother” in front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden, New York. Lennon performed two shows — one in the afternoon and one in […]
Janis Joplin – Cry Baby (Live in Toronto 1970)
In footage taken from Toronto’s leg of 1970’s Festival Express, a musical train tour across Canada featuring such North American rock acts as Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Band, and Buddy Guy, Joplin, who […]
Nina Simone – Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (Live In London 1968)
In the following 4-minute clip, which was recorded in 1968, Nina Simone, a singer-songwriter/civil rights activist who excelled in a wide range of musical styles, including jazz, blues, pop, folk, classical and gospel, performs one of […]
TED TALKS: “Playing An Audience Like An Instrument”
In this highly engaging 3-minute presentation at the World Science Festival, Bobby McFerrin, a world-renowned musical performer and educator, uses audience participation to demonstrate the power of the pentatonic scale and the brain. In a very light-hearted, […]
The Cure Perform Live On TV For The First Time – “A Forest” (Paris 1979)
On December 8th, 1979, English gothic rock band The Cure performed their first live television special at the Théâtre de l’Empire in Paris. That night, the band played “At Night”, which would later be known […]
