specflec
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I'll try to explain clearly what I have in mind.
What is you favorite rock song performance? What I don't mean is:
1. best rock song
2. best live performance of a song
3. best performance by an individual in a band - i.e., best solo
What I do mean is, out of the recorded library of rock songs, what recording and what song is, overall, performed best in your opinion?
For example - and this is not my pick - just an example: the original version of Fat Man in the Bathtub by Little Feat because of the way it is performed. Not because it it the best song or best band or has the best solo guitar. It would be based on how the band performed, interpreted and distinguished the song.
Your vote could be for a band that you normally do not listen too much. It is about the fact that you can listen to the song over again and still enjoy it.
My vote is for: The studio version of Start Me Up by the Stones. The fact that the song sounds, at first listening, like it is being played in a garage, but by listening numerous time, you hear what is really going into the performance. The energy in the counterpoint from the original guitar riff, bass line and Mick's vocal lines carries through and there is just enough variation in these to keep energy. This tune - although not, by any means, my favorite rock song (as a song - not performance), is my favorite to listen to for just pure enjoyment and raw energy.
BTW - none of the live versions I have seen get to this level - although a couple were close.
Hope this is fun!
What is you favorite rock song performance? What I don't mean is:
1. best rock song
2. best live performance of a song
3. best performance by an individual in a band - i.e., best solo
What I do mean is, out of the recorded library of rock songs, what recording and what song is, overall, performed best in your opinion?
For example - and this is not my pick - just an example: the original version of Fat Man in the Bathtub by Little Feat because of the way it is performed. Not because it it the best song or best band or has the best solo guitar. It would be based on how the band performed, interpreted and distinguished the song.
Your vote could be for a band that you normally do not listen too much. It is about the fact that you can listen to the song over again and still enjoy it.
My vote is for: The studio version of Start Me Up by the Stones. The fact that the song sounds, at first listening, like it is being played in a garage, but by listening numerous time, you hear what is really going into the performance. The energy in the counterpoint from the original guitar riff, bass line and Mick's vocal lines carries through and there is just enough variation in these to keep energy. This tune - although not, by any means, my favorite rock song (as a song - not performance), is my favorite to listen to for just pure enjoyment and raw energy.
BTW - none of the live versions I have seen get to this level - although a couple were close.
Hope this is fun!
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