You float like a feather / In a beautiful world

RIP Prince...

NIN, "A Warm Place", Webster Hall, 2009

"Couldn't ask for anything better."

Lambchop

"Up With People", Montreux Jazz Festival, 2002. Terrible video, fantastic audio and performance.

Bruce Springsteen

“Dancing in the Dark” Barcelona, 2002.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at 2004 Rock and Roll HOF induction. Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Ferrone and Dhani Harrison, along with fellow inductee Prince.

Prince’s solo is perfection.

Earl Greyhound

“Monkey”, 9/10/08. The bridge at about the 5:45 mark is so tight.

White Stripes

Covering Dylan’s “Love Sick.” Sydney, 10-11-03.

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Bruce Springsteen with Tom Morello

“The Ghost of Tom Joad.” RnR Hall of Fame, 2009.

Built to Spill

Phenomenal video. Phenomenal audio. Phenomenal performance. “Goin’ Against Your Mind.” The Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR, 9/5/2008. Chills.

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Dinosaur Jr.

covering “Just Like Heaven”. 2007ish. Video quality is crap, but audio is excellent.

Holly Miranda

Intense. Holly Miranda, “Waves” at Zebulon, Brooklyn, 2009. Ends with a stroll through the neighborhood.

Magnolia Electric Co.

“I’ve Been Riding With the Ghost”, live from Birmingham. Not sure of the year: 2007ish?

J Mascis with Broken Social Scene

Not sure if this is truly live or just spontaneous, but it’s J Mascis shredding with Broken Social Scene, so I’ll make an exception. 2007.

The Big Sleep

in a cabin in the freaking woods. With a cozy fire. 2007.