10 Greatest Rock Moments in Live TV History
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Should have showed the Grammy's from the year after, when Metallica DID win, and Lars Ulrich started their acceptance speech with "We'd like to thank Jethro Tull for not putting out an album this year..."
Lol
Yeah, if they had and it was as good as Crest of a Knave then Metallica would have lost again.
I believe Paul Simon said the same thing in 1975, when stevie wonder did not release an album (stevie had won the past few years)
The funny thing was, Metallica won it for the next few years. Not that they didn't deserve it but I think they were afraid to vote for anyone else.
Huh?, JT was doing flute shred b4 anyone.
I remember when Manson did that at the VMAs. People lost their shit. They thought it was the end of the world.
@Mouse cop Yeah Manson is super deep and cryptic.....LOL! If you're 13.
if only in the 80s they had Slayer or Venom on stage on mainstream TV lol
this was shocking only for the mainstream audience because metal always had a ton of imagery and themes that can shock
@Mouse cop Touche
@Joseph Nickelback
You must be fun at parties.
Christians are so much fun
"What was the rude word?"
"...shit"
"Was it really? Good heavens!"
I died laughing 😂😂😂
Never gonna forget that
What a fucking rotter.. the way Jones just spits it out literally makes me cry
"...😔shit😔"
Marilyn Manson: "Do you want to be in a place with a bunch of ass!!"
Me: "Maybe I do"
🤙🤙😂
Amylee Cunningham 😂 same thing i thought!!!
i do and im tired of pretending i dont
Fuck yeah I do!
Absolutely. Marilyn is correct, it’s your choice ,rot in Hell or choose life and accept Jesus Christ as your saviour. Simples🙏
You forgot to mention that John Denver helped fight the PMRC. Dee Snider, Frank Zappa & John Denver fought this group. As a metal fan, I will never forget how a Folk singer helped to stop censorship.
Very solid points. I might go watch that court case or whatever clips I can see from that tomorrow. Good points. Censorship effects all writers, artists and freedom of speech. There should have been people from various backgrounds in music and the arts to represent that stance.
Jello Biafra too
@Cher White
Exactly, thanks for reminding us all.👍
I did not know that
John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High was one of the songs under attack.
If we're talking Nirvana, I definitely prefer Krist knocking himself out with his bass!
The legendary bass toss
Kurt kicking him up the arse didn't help either.
Nirvana has so many incidents on stage.
You are Matthew Clarke!
@@matthewclark7952 👋
Freddie could've started a riot by just raising his eyebrows.
@George Gershwin like your parents who couldn't properly raise a child
Jim Morrison saying higher on the Ed Sullivan show? Cmon man
Yessssss!!
that is the ROCK MOMENT in my mind.
YES!! THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN #1
Hi, Joe Biden.
😁
Fuck YES
Really did not need to censor Marilyn Manson at that part. Is this a metal channel or what?
UA-cam-Guidline BS, i guess they dont want it to be removed
Well for a metal channel it's not very metal, I would call it more of a mainstream rock channel
The original video was already censored like that
It was censored on TV
Nah this is about as far from a metal channel as you can get, same with the site. They rarely talk about actual Metal bands.
Even Alice knows that Metallica should’ve won.
+Ethan Hopper
Shit, even Tull knew Metallica should have won and I think they've even stated that before.
That's why the Tull guys weren't there. They figured Metallica would win. It was just kind of a general assumption in the whole music scene. Nobody took into account that stodgy old people made up most of the voting panel on the grammy board. And old people back then absolutely HATED Metallica. I guess one of the many reasons I loved them so much.
I saw Jethro Tull in concert after that and they had fun with it, the dressed up 20 guys in trench coat who all played cut out guitars. Unfortunately the Prog Rock community normally has incredible skills than never gets them any credit, just like jazz.
The funny thing is I've always been a fan of both groups. I just didn't see the twisted logic or justification in that grammy incident. It was like comparing apples to shoes.
100% agree with you, I think that they wanted to piss off Metallica in the worst way possible with a band that has a lead flautist. And wanted to acknowledge Tull but didn't know exactly what category to put them in.
These sure were the greatest moments in rock history but I’ll never forget the Hi Axl Hi Axl Hi Axl 🤣🤣🤣
"Wheres axl?! Hi axl!"
Dave 😂😂😂😂
Znus Wumriken asshole
Znus Wumriken shut the fuck up
I agree but it shouldn't have been higher than Dee Snider
Queen were already rock gods when live aid took place.
Kanye West performing Bohemian Rhapsody was more remarkable moment in rock history.
Kalle Hansson True..
U2 actually became Rock Icons at Live Aid..
Bad 🖤
@@Rekko82 Kanye shouldn't be mentioned in the same book as Queen kid! lol
@@MorrisseyMuse His music is just samples from classic rock songs with autotune effect with some dumb lyrics.
Yes and no, Queen were kind of out of the loop. They played Sun City which made the pariahs (in spite of insisting the audience be mixed) and the fall out from that spilled over into people protesting against them even being at Live Aid. That performance basically relaunched them from what was their lowest point, and should have propelled them to new heights over the next decades (unfortunately Freddie's illness prevented that)
Anyone notice how rock stars are smarter than most?
Especially Manson, his IQ is 160
@@jonathancastiglione6399 he is sick fuck
@@clearbluesky7973 Didn't ask
@@jonathancastiglione6399 nah he isn’t as smart as he thinks he is. he’s just not afraid to say what’s right. but he comes off too much of an edge lord
@Da gorrilaa oh the irony in that statement...
I miss danger and chaos in Rock and Roll.....
Rock n roll is slowly coming back
+beep boop not really. It's as dead as JFK. Kids today are all about that trap and soundcloud rap shit.
I shat on the carpet. Hope my mom doesn't notice. It ain’t dead, sure it isn’t mainstream but that doesn’t mean it’s dead Also it a genre of music, when has a genre of music ever stopped?
You'll find that in punk rock.
I do not have hope for the future of rock n roll. Kids today are more into joining the fad than discovering the new thing
Man the impact The Beatles had in history just from that one tv appearance. I do wonder sometimes what would happen had they not come along in the history of music!
Also Marilyn Manson lmao
Ahh ye I agree with ye there!
If only...
@el Guapo Go listen to American rock and roll from 1963 before the Beatles arrived. Rock and roll was pretty much dead with manufactured, clean-cut Justin Beiber-type teen idols and that's about it. The Beatles were like the big bang of rock.
@Joseph Nickelback really?
Indeed, let's not forget the likes of Elvis . And would Ozzy have been able to bite bats it it weren't for screaming jay Hawkins climbing out of coffins with a bone through his nose! Respect for the pioneers.
Was expecting Metallica playing 'So What' at the MTV Awards, although the Jethro Tull moment is pretty… "remarkable" too.
Flute guys.
Tull is really good, don't call them flute guys you brute
I like Tull a lot, but Crest of a Knave is hardly their best work and really didn't deserve any award IMO
nmlss I definitely really choose Metallica for the award but Jethro Tull still is a rock band that has been around since the late 1960s early 70s I believe. But Jethro Tull is an old school progressive rock band and I definitely am not sure if they deserved the award or not. But either way it’s just the way things work, happen, come around and go around every day.
@@markdemars7044,
The first Jethro Tull album was This Was, released in 1968.
Dee Snider is always a smart man
He looks like a drag queen.
I could watch that pmrc footage any day. He just tears everyone a new asshole with brilliantly thought out counterpoints.
Thought it was elegant Elliot offen
Yepo right and super right
He put them under the blade of such a sharp written statement
While Pete and Keith breaking their own gears,John held his bass in his arm tight
He always looked at the rest of the band, watching them tear shit up and he had a look on his face like, "Holy shit!" lol. Man, he was one AMAZING bass player!
Something about bass players, John Paul Jones was pretty much the mellow one in Zeppelin.
He's also using a hollow body so if they broke it and glued it back like Pete did then it'd never sound the same.
Typical bassists. Always staying out of the weird stuff that everyone else does.
Kind of funny that when Axl broke his legs few years ago, Dave let him use his guitar throne from when he broke his own leg.
Wow, the best thing about being old was that I experienced the Ed Sullivan show. I know a lot of younger folks don’t understand how HUGE that moment was…
Tommy Lee playing the drums while rotating is the most iconic in my opinion
I agree.
Historic but not as historic as him pushing Pamela into the water at their wedding. Can you be more serious?
If it's rock we're talking about and TV spots specifically then Queen at live aid is probably the most iconic set ever played by a true rock band. It was a perfect set.
Queen’s Live Aid concert has to be in the top 5 recorded concerts of all time, past and future
0:55 you could see Alice Copper’s drop when he saw that
That _Alice Copper_ really knows his metal!
☺😀😁😂
I'm surprised Elvis on The Ed Sullivan show isn't on here.
Yep, and only showing him from the waist up was pretty scandalous.
Or Jim Morrison &. The Doors
Not trying to start a riot, but The Beatles were more notable.
Aesthetical Twat doubtful
@@GrimmBreezy
More people recognize Ed Sullivan through the Beatles than even Elvis, himself.
NOTHING beats Queen at Live Aid, as much as i love the Beatles
As much as I love Queen the Beatles appearing on American television is more historical in my opinion as they literally inspired bands such as Queen so that kinda gives them the leg up.
thegoodbrother246 you realize Queen is a british band right ?
Yes I know that Queen is an English band but I don't know how that has anything to do with what I said?
thegoodbrother246 "appearing on american television influenced them". Why the heck would they care about american television at all ? They probably appeared on british television before that.
You took what I said and completely misinterpreted it. What I said was that the Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan show is one of the most historical moments in rock history and THEN I said that the Beatles deserve to be in that top spot on this list because of how significant they were in the rock community and just the number of musicians and bands they've knowingly or unknowingly have influenced throughout many many years. I never said "Queen seeing them on Ed Sullivan influenced them". I'm sorry if the way I wrote it came off as it did but yeah that's totally not what I meant or wrote. That quote you used isn't even what I said in my comment.
I remember when the Manson thing happened on live TV. It sparked a revolution, it was a big moment. I mean it sparked a revolution among stupid little high school goth kids, but a revolution none the less.
And thus, the creation of Lil Uzi Vert
🤣🤣🤣
Freddie Mercury at front of stage with back to camera facing a sea of rock fans at Live Aid is my choice for most iconic rock image ever.
Alice Cooper and Lita Ford...I'm in heaven😍🤘🏻
She's a nut job.ask her kid's and ez
I like how y’all acting like Queen weren’t Rock Gods before Live Aid
Its because of that stupid movie
Ikr it’s sad that people don’t really pay attention to their early work.
@@etangbose4755 Wayne’s world was actually what brought some of queens songs to be big such as bohemian rhapsody, that song wasn’t popular until Wayne’s world came out
@@dyinnpad Yeah and that scene almost got cut out too but Mike Myer fought for them to keep it.
They never were.
Krist letting his bass play him was legendary.
Thanks for not making your lists longer than 10 minutes like literally every other UA-camr!
Fear on SNL is awesome
Audiences are awesome. These days people just have their cell phones on their hands and filming for insta
I always wondered if something like that ever happened and they answered that.
I remember having the vhs tape ready to record when Manson came out. Now THAT was a moment that made teenage me very happy!
im a simple person. I see marilyn manson i click.
Emo
DUR BUR DUR!!!!!!!
I'm a bored person. I see this tired comment, I groan.
Samee
Ελενη Βλαχακη you’re just a simple person.
Queen were rock gods the day they were born
Lock ODonnell no I'd say a little before that
Lock ODonnell I would say the same because of Bohemian Rhapsody and so on and so forth. In honor of Freddy Mercury is definitely no doubt and no question about that. May his legacy with Queen remain strong forever.
3:36 Steve Severin and Siouxsie Sioux ( the blonde) there behind!, they formed a band a couple months later called "Siouxsie and The Banshees", Post Punk pioneers and founders of the Goth Rock movement/style along with "The Cure" and "Bauhaus" in the 79' - early 80's.
It's actually kind of shocking to go back and see footage of the fans' responses to the Beatles back in the day. Pretty sure the sight of people fainting during their shows was a common occurrence.
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan show should always be number one, that is a moment in rock history every band knows and admires
They were never a “Rock band” more the boyzone of their time
@@blackvegetable563 well they inspired many heavy groups so I guess no matter how heavy a band is a rock band is a rock band because remember each decade is different, so for the 60s they were rebellious, today’s time is pretty lame when it comes to hard rock so really what difference does make honestly.
I agree!
Why? The only thing standing out is bunch of girls screaming.
Alice looks so dead inside when seeing jethro tull won..
When that Manson speech and performance happened, my parents finally understood why.
Freddie is just pure magic
I remember the PMRC hearing solidifying Dee Snider as one of my favorite people in the world.
2:53 lol my boi Entwistle standing there like "wtf why"
"Hi Axl, Hi Axl" Dave Grohl is still too nice!
One you forgot: Jim Morrison and the Doors singing the correct lyrics to light my fire. Also, as runner up, Slash cursing on live tv not once, but twice during an acceptance speech.
Marilyn Manson is great
Kurt Cobain we are simple, we see Manson, we click like 😊
Kurt Cobain You are dead.
Hes so edgy
Hi Axl!!! - Dave
*was*
Every incident from #10 to #5 I saw happen live on TV, and the rest I've seen countless times as archival footage. There could have been no other fitting candidate for Number One on this list. And having Fear's appearance on SNL - the night that turned me on to punk rock forever - kick thungs off? Priceless.
Queen reaffirm their place as rock gods.*
thats not the show they became gods. they always were
All of these moments really makes sense as the greatest rock moments live in TV history
After the Beatles appeared on Sullivan they take over the whole world.
What an amazingly well put together compilation.
Nirvana!!!!
Bro The Beatles one sounds like it could’ve been taped yesterday that’s how crystal clear the audio is
The saddest part of this is that you will more than likely never see any more ground-breaking moments in rock history ever again. The fate of music today is delegated to tired hip hop , tweenyboppers, and one-hit wonders ..
I was at Live Aid to witness Queen in person. They were just as awesome live as on the TV.
Queen were rock gods before live aid i gotta make that evidently clear
true... but they became ultra rock gods with that live aid performance.
Dave has always been the spunky one of Nirvana in my opinion (and all his other bands)
“HI AXL, HI AXL, HEY AXL!!!!!” 😂😂😂 I love it sm
I remember that Manson performance like it was yesterday Chris Rock after go to church right now or your going to hell lol
The Sex Pistols interview is often cited as outrageous at the time. Funny to see just how silly and tame it is and really always was.
It's cause the host said something to the girl behind them so they went off on him 😂 using insaults that was popular at the time like rotter
2:50 john entwhistle is just like what are you peasants doing?
Marilyn Manson always comes across as trying a bit too hard to be edgy
It's called role playing and persona. Not playing edgy.
Never has been. Just a douchebag IMHO. Should have went away decades ago.
that's on purpose.
Guitar Prepnand1 shut up
Yeah that speech was cringe as fuck.
3:20 John looking like Fred Weasley I see
Every Nirvana moment is legendary
Thats true
I love Marilyn Manson honestly. He didn’t give a fuck what anyone thought. He did what he wanted.
Not a rock listener but these videos are quite entertaining.
YES number 1 totally deserves it place
People need to realise how important the Dee Snider entry is, he saved Rock. We ALL owe him
It would have gotten bigger because the fight would have been more rebellious, even though Dee Snider was cool. I guess he really helped in keeping the records coming out without mass censorship. The bootleg market would have been out of this world if it had gone the other way but it would have never stopped rock and roll. Btw, they still don't play glam rock the 80's rock and metal on the radio even though that's what most people listened to back then and still do now. The numbers talk, the concerts everything. Like them or hate them Motley Crue helped define that and broke into it without any help from mainstream at all and got so big they couldn't ignore them any longer but the sure the hell didn't want to sign glam bands and the industry pulled the plug on it when grunge came along. So people went from good looking, getting laid, being decadent (sex, drugs and rock and roll) , to wearing grandpa's clothes and lumber jackets to (heroin and grunge) and for women children's dresses, minnie mouse shoes and red and black shoulder length hair with bangs mostly (blah!) .
I like the fact that the last note of the beatles song transitioned into the outro of Loudwire.
I love how metal musicians often confound authority figures by their unexpected intelligence and eloquence...
John Entwhistle - "Don't touch my bass. Please don't scratch it."
Queen was a legend years ago before the live aids event. Marilyn for the sweet caring man he is in reality Manson for his dark side role on stage.
I'm a simple person
I see MM, I click
@Rebel Spy Same! He is our antichrist!
Remember the time Guns N Roses were playing in LA and some Dude would not stop taking photographs of AXL?
Axl jumped in to the crowd and started a riot
Everyone records everything these days
What would AXL do now???
ZAPPA is always absent from these lists ...One of the SMARTEST rock musicians ever.
Manson told the truth. The nowadays society is a bitch! They judge you only by your race or beauty, instead of judjing you by your intelligence or now polite you are.
Freddie!
I just fell into a trance staring at Manson's eyes because they looked like his eyes were closed with fake ones drawn on his eyelids lol
Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert should be on the list
That is probably the _best_ tribute concert ever recorded.
@@amerocker I agree that it’s the best tribute concert and it was also for AIDS awareness, but I’d say top 20 at least.
Seeing these in a row I've actually realized Nirvana or Sex Pistols had a much bigger impact on me personally than the Beatles, with all the respect.
That explosion tho🤣 lmfaoo
I read that the explosive charge had been set in the bass drum earlier and wasnt meant to be anywhere near that big but Keith Moon sneaked onto the stage when no one was looking and added a load more.
😅
The funniest thing about the sex pistols interview is the interviewer egged them on to humiliate them and has ended up a joke and lost his job
Can't leave off Elvis on Ed Sullivan
I was thirteen when The Beatles were on The Ed Sullivan show,I was glued to our television,about two feet away,on my knees ,bawling like a two year old ,while my brothers laughed their asses off,I was convinced I would one day Marty George Harrison
I’m now 71 and I vividly remember every second of that night,it’s still hard to believe John and George are gone,I recently watched an interview here on UA-cam with Ringo,he was asked how he could keep the brat of the drums with all the intense screaming going on,he said he would look at John’s ass…
LMFAO
Queen was an rock legend before queen was even an thing in the uk
Great video!
Marilyn Manson is awesome!!!😎😆😆🤘
Correction: Manson _was_ great about fifteen years ago. Today I'm just kind of embarrassed for him.
Rob Ashton tattooed in reverse is amazing I love heaven upside down
NOT!
Well, he's a fuck's sight more awesome than Donald "Bullshit Artist" Trump, that's for certain.
Andrea Oliveira- Agreed. He can always see through the layers of societal bullshit. He's stayed true to his way after all this time. And the music still kicks ass. Haters gonna hate.
i like how the first one is considered a 'riot' lmfao
0:10 riot? No that’s normal moshing
Not on snl it aint
I'm still not over the whole Jethro Tull award 😱 there I was, telling my Mom that ROCK is REAL music, there's a Grammy for it, "and the winner is Jethro Tull"? Seriously???? Crushed my teenage heart 💔
I understand how you felt. You weren't mature enough to know that Jethro Tull was absolutely fantastic live and Ian Anderson was in the top five live performers in History of Rock and Metallica is far down the list for quality music. I like Metallica because they owe their career to maybe the greatest band in History Deep Purple. As far as quality music Metallica doesn't make the cut. Everything they play sounds like everything else they have done.
Marilyn Manson was spitting facts there. I’m sad that the allegations might be true.
This was preceded by a very upbeat ad for Red Lobster, which just makes me laugh.
Honestly Marilyn Manson's speech was raw and honest and even Inspirational cause I am infact, feeling ugly right now. Lol but I gotta stop using self deprecating humour. 🤘
Hi axl! Greatest thing ever!
I would never include MM in anything labeled “Greatest” he simply jumped on a train that had already been rolling for a long time!
Who did it before him? GG Allin? He wasnt nearly as big. MM was literally American moms biggest fear. The biggest villain of the 90’s
Doesn't matter if he was new on it. He's the most feared celebrity we ever have and no person will be as powerful as he was back then.
Cool compilation
This was posted on my birthday!
BTW I'll be 14 this year
MTV tried to censor Manson but only succeeded in censor the word "holes". 😄
Long live Keith Moon and his antics.
the dee snyder clip might be one of the most essential pieces to giving artistic freedom to performers.