For those about to rock... A few of my favorite rock performances on YouTube

Sometimes you just have to put on the headphones, crank it up, forget the world, and rock out.  Here are a few of my favorite rock performances for that purpose.  Taking me back to the days of riding the school bus home from high school in Boise to Blue Valley trailer park... Rush- "Tom Sawyer."

Dick Dale- "Miserlou" (This song inspired the movie Pulp Fiction)

Blue Man Group/Venus Hum- "I Feel Love"

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts- "Victim of Circumstance"

Kid Rock- "Bawitaba"- Live at Woodstock '99

Rage Against The Machine- "Killing in the Name Of"- 1993

Prince- Super Bowl Halftime performance edit

Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Prince, Dhani Harrison- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"- George Harrison Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction

Kansas- "Carry on Wayward Son"

Manfred Mann's Earth Band- "Blinded by the Light"

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band- "Jungleland" 

ELO- "Fire on High"

The Guess Who- "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature"

Three Dog Night- "Joy to the World" 

Joss Stone/ensemble- "Son of a Preacher Man"

Melissa Ethridge/Joss Stone- Janis Joplin's "Cry Baby" and "Piece of my Heart"

No Doubt- "Just a Girl" - Conan O'Brien Show 1996

The Foo Fighters & Joan Jett- "Bad Reputation" & "I Love Rock 'n Roll"

L7- "Fast n' Frightening"

Dropkick Murphys with Stephanie Doherty- "Dirty Glass"

Heart- "Crazy On You" 1976

Pat Benetar- "Hell is for Children"

Heart/Jason Bonham/ensemble- "Stairway to Heaven" - Kennedy Center Honors Led Zeppelin 2012

Meatloaf and Patti Russo- "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" live


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