“Blessed to Be a Witness” by Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals

Live at the Hollywood Bowl, 2003, one of my favorite bands, fo’ sho.  Ben Harper mixes it up from album to album, even song to song.  Folk/Rock/Reggae.  Leon Mobley, the percussionist featured here, is a bad mutha….

Karma’s a Canadien-Noel Gallagher of Oasis Knocked Off His Feet at Toronto Concert

Liam Gallagher gets jacked from behind by a fan during the band’s performance at Toronto’s Virgin Music Festival. I’m not a fan of the Gallagher brothers and they’re big mouths, but this was out of line. This could’ve turned out much worse.

“The Final Countdown”-possibly the worst cover you might ever hear.

We posted a band from Norway’s rockabilly cover of Europe’s The Final Countdown earlier this month. Now, we present possibly the worst cover, of a bad song to begin with, ever. No idea of who this band is or where they’re playing. You must watch all of it. It’s hypnotically bad. The famous synthesizer part sounds like it’s played on a Fisher Price “My First Keyboard.” Seriously, watch the whole thing. You’ll thank me.

How Britney Spears actually sounds when she sings.

Her microphone isolated.  This isn’t what the audience hears as the pre-recorded track is broadcast to the audience.  Britney’s Lip-synching is actually to the audience’s benefit.

Don’t mess with Kanye West when he’s trying to perform

Yeah, he’s an arrogant jerk quite often, but I got a kick out of this scene at a recent concert of his. Apparently, some kid right in front of the stage threw something at Kanye when he was performing, so Kanye got pissed and stopped the show and addressed the matter.

I’ve been to tons of concerts, even some bad ones, but I’ve never felt the urge to chuck something at the performer. What’s the motivation?