{"id":5363,"date":"2011-07-09T05:07:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-09T05:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2017-11-06T17:25:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T01:25:01","slug":"bringing-it-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-07\/bringing-it-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Your Screen Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though we&#8217;re waiting before declaring definitively, this Interwebs thing might catch on in a couple of years.\u00a0 Providing the best support (we are a tad myopic) for this theory are the cathartic, awe-inspiring<strong> live musical performances <\/strong>that you can find thereon.\u00a0 These videos\/streams will oft-times leave your face hurting from smiling and your cares dramatically drained.\u00a0 Check out a few such performances below.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, first up is <strong>Bob Marley <\/strong>giving us a slow, but incendiary live reading of his great <em><strong>No Woman, No Cry<\/strong><\/em> from 1979<em><strong>. <\/strong><\/em>Oh how we miss Mr. Marley and lament his premature departure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bob marley &quot;no woman no cry&quot; 1979\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jGqrvn3q1oo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And then we have <strong>The National<\/strong>&#8216;s standard show-stopper, <em><strong>Mr. November<\/strong><\/em> (which has been known to induce labor).\u00a0 Below is a particularly great version that reminds us there can be no better place to be on 9\/11 this year than at the Hollywood Bowl when they will appear with Neko Case and Sharon Van Etten.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=28DMYdfdDwM&#038;feature=player_embedded<\/p>\n<p>Next up is <strong>The Flaming Lips<\/strong> and their prize-winning performance of <em><strong>Race for the Prize <\/strong><\/em>in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Flaming Lips Race For The Prize Live @ Summer Sonic &#039;09\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xc1syUFmGwU?start=27&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then we have <strong>My Morning Jacket <\/strong>delivering a revenantial <em><strong>Dondante<\/strong><\/em> from Okonokos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Morning Jacket - Dondante - LIve\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mm7LL55EUrQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And how could we leave out the best live band on the current planet (no contest), <strong>Radiohead.<\/strong> Check out the band killing its song, <em><strong>15 Step,<\/strong><\/em> in Prague.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Radiohead - 15 Step (Radiohead Live in Praha)\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BWVqeH0Dja4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And then we head into the gleaming <strong>Glastonbury<\/strong> shows.\u00a0 Pilgrimage; we need a pilgrimage.\u00a0 For the last decade Glastonbury has drawn the best artists, the best audiences, and the best performances of any festival on the planet.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t believe us?\u00a0 Check these out.\u00a0 We need to go to there.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <strong>Radiohead<\/strong> from 2003 Glastonbury killing <em><strong>Paranoid Android.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zIklhgI-m2s&#038;feature=related<\/p>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s this epic 2008 Glastonbury performance by <strong>Elbow <\/strong>of their life-affirming <em><strong>One Day Like This. <\/strong><\/em>Strings and audience attached.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xBgdjFfs14o\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And then we have the re-grouped <strong>Blur<\/strong> from 2009 Glastonbury, doing their great <em><strong>Tender. <\/strong><\/em>&#8220;Loves the greatest thing that we have, I&#8217;m waiting for that feeling to come!!&#8221;\u00a0 And the crowd!!\u00a0 Oh my.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blur - Tender at Glastonbury 2009\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-T8LMZhz6FQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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