For starters, I like this one: Rush - New World Man

Remember, this is a rock thread!

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I'm not the biggest Vines fan, but this performance is a lesson in ROCK.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xBKm966ACdQ

He makes the rest of the band look like squares.

And this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qVaEPx_VyXs

That tom waits video is excellent.

When I was about 16 I thought this video was just about the greatest thing i'd ever seen in my life. In retrospect its actually fairly c0ck-rockish but still, cant beat those vocals!

My video of choice however is this. Despite not being the original lineup i think its a great example of band at the peak of their career.
He might look a bit like gandalf the grey now but damn he could sure rock back then.

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Can go wrong with these guys.

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God, I f*cking love Muse live!

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TROWER POWER !!

(3 parts)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLLu2VMMkmE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6aIr...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdEJC...eature=related



and while i'm at it, here's a reason why Los Lonely Boys are not just some pop sensation, but more like seriously bada$$

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00HhEQ5Y4R0



my conscience told me to throw this out to all of you as well. i'm happy to provide you with some real musical nourishment. very beautiful guitar playing. don't hear enough of this stuff today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqrGe...eature=related

My favorite song.

Coolness Defined

Croatian Surf?

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Look at the drummer at the very end, his face is just like "God, **** this ****". The singer guy's on medication now I think, he has some sort of disorder. Knowing that makes this sort of hard to watch. Even so, not a good performance.

This what I think of when I think of good Rock and Roll. Love the commentary.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BD_XCECbAEU

And since someone else posted Tom Waits:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K6Mw6b1T50U&feature=related

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"Punk is whatever we make it to be." - D. Boon

do you mean a lesson as in what NOT to do in Rock? gee, i see why you're not a Vines fan. what was worse, his singing or his playing? i'm not sure, but the world can do without both. this is a classic example of why much of today's produced musicians suck. alot of this is going on outside of the Vines.

seriously folks, if anyone tries defending that performance, then with all due respect, you and I have no common ground whatsoever.

my sympathies go out to the drummer and bassist. please find a new band you two, your lives depend on it! you still have potential.

and holy crap, i am so sick of these punks making a spectacle of themselves chucking their gear all over the place like its a statement. YOU'RE NOT JIMI HENDRIX, AND YOU SUCK AT DESECRATING GUITARS. GO HOME. bottom line, its disrespect for the guitar, the band, and the audience. i'm not even saying i defend hendrix's similar act at Monterey. just play the freakin song like a human being, stop putting on an act. what a racket.

sorry tyman, i wasn't coming at you with all that, it was all in general. my opening statement was more in dry humor, not to be taken personal.

A guitar is just a bunch of wood and electronics. People can smash them if they want.

And if art is made to never upset anyone, then it will never move anywhere. Art needs to upset people and shake things up every once in a while.

By the way, you're getting kind of obnoxious. It seems that 2 out of every 3 posts you make is designed to pick a fight with everyone.

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"Punk is whatever we make it to be." - D. Boon

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EXNQiqTfC0w

that art upset me. so much raw talent in one three-minute clip, I can't handle it.


art needs to upset people with purpose and purity. the art that upsets people is supposed to upset them because of its honesty, it needs to inspire change. thats what a lot of music from the 60's was about. it upset people because its honesty, and its purpose, a call for change. The only thing The Vine's cause people to change is the radio dial.

I can go around being an asshole, fart in elevators, throw trash on the ground, make babies cry. It'll upset people. It won't be art. For me thats where 'The Vines' fall.

Somehow, that makes me think of Slipknot: being ugly for the sake of being ugly.

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BTW, I agree with you BluesPlaya. I wasn't trying to defend the Vines (it looks so canned to me), I was just responding to New001's idea that you must always have total respect for the audience/guitar/music, etc. If the Velvet Underground always tried to be nice to their audience, we wouldn't have a lot of music we have today. Same for Hendrix, the Who, etc. Art needs to be confrontational and challenge people. Even Beethoven tried to challenge and scare his audience, and we recognize him as a genius instead of a freak (well... a little of column A and B, actually...).

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well, can't you challenge and question people while also being respectful? that's not unusual. what do you think school teachers are for? (besides the occasional ****s that like to fail their students...lol)

any public speaker has to consider this concept. to make someone believe you, sometimes you have to make them think critically and question themselves. but if you're not respectful, then they'll never accept you. why do you think some people such as yourself on GG are growing to despise me? i mean I admit i go out of line sometimes, and i apologize if i get obnoxious, i realize maybe sometimes i go too far. but my point with that is im usually being critical and portraying my beliefs. however, if i do it distastefully, then everyone on GG is quick to publicly hate me. im not trying to point fingers, just making a point. if you want people to see your side of things, you have to let them know you're on their side, as bad i might be at doing that anyway.

so maybe saying respect the audience is wrong for some people, i don't know, it's just how i feel. maybe that's the problem with much of today's music, no respect. if the woodstock performers showed distaste and disrespect for the audience, a huge portion of America probably would have supported the vietnam war. and also, maybe we wouldn't know much about the musicians featured there. people would probably prefer to forget about that self-indulgent a$$hole on stage, thinking he's big s**t. come on, you guys can't possibly say you'd be ok if you went to a concert and the band was a bunch of total ****s. i could hear you all now, typing posts and threads galore, tying up the Geek's server about how pissed that band made you feel.

other than bashing their gear onstage, im having trouble seeing why the who and hendrix are considered as disrespectful. i mean, yea, i said it myself that i disagree with the whole destruction thing, but some people do find it cool. i'll admit right here that i was previously venting on personal feelings. i just hate seeing good gear get smashed by rock stars. but you're right, that's just me, and maybe a few others. maybe that isn't disrespect for the audience. but guys like townsend and hendrix, are very respectful. they related to their audience, and interacted with them. they provided MUSIC. not dischordant noise and obnoxious screaming. that video was not musical at all on the singer's part. didn't even play the guitar musically. and note, right there, i didn't say play well, i said musically, which means a whole different thing.

ok, so for some people, that may be meaningful and expressive. you know what? i'll accept that. its cool. i dig melodic songs with guitar solos. i like hearing musicians play like they know how to, and guitarists who use chords other than A5, in drop D even. that's not to accuse many of today's musicians on the punk scene for being musically illiterate, im not trying to down anyone right now. if they have the potential, they should use it! some people other than me would appreciate it. then again, some people would rather listen to bloody screaming. we're all different. i don't expect people to agree with my views. i really should stop imposing i guess. i just struggle with seeing the good in things like that video.