Hey! As we count down to the New Year I thought it would be fun to revisit rock n roll New Year’s past.
Rock on and Happy New Year!
Grateful Dead 1985 (with Ken Kesey and Father Guido Sarducci). Midnight Hour. The first 4 minutes of this show the New Year’s procession/countdown narrated by SNL’s Father Guido Sarducci and an out-of-his-mind-tripping Ken Kesey (he’s the one screaming incoherently and seeing imaginary things). Then the Dead rock In the Midnight Hour.
Phish 1999/2000. Heavy Things. The song Heavy Things performed on ABC. Clearly the band was nervous and (probably) a little stoned. Peter Jennings introduces them as "The Phish." They played for 7 and a half hours that night. Best party of the millennium. Wilson!
String Cheese Incident 2000/2001. Search. The instrumental section is glorious. They scale a mighty peak here. Turn this up and dance. (Note: this is labeled wrong on youtube--it's New Year's 2001)
My Morning Jacket 2008/2009. Celebration>Get Down On It. I was actually on the floor of MSG last year boogieing out to MMJ. Here’s a highlight—Celebration>Get Down On It. It felt very defiant and revolutionary to proclaim our celebration.
Boogie!
Excelsior!
Happy New Year!
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I'll have to listen later (stupid pc at work shows me the clips, but no sound).
Happy 2010 to you!
And Frank--no I didn't know that about excelsior. Kind of puts a different spin on the interjection though!
And how high is Ken Kesey? When he starts hollering that he sees FDR and the bald eagle from the Muppets I lose it. Everytime.
Well, it's party time!
Happy New Year my friend!
You are - without debate - the man when it comes to music picks. Thanks for this s-a-h-weet post.
I almost heard (in my head) something by Widespread Panic creeping in as a finalé - but I refrain :)
Rated and appreciated.
What a smart idea. I bet you could even collect some other cool rock New Year's videos but I haven't searched for that before.
Oh I left a comment at the end of my last piece about Loverboy. I proclaimed my love. I came out.
Thanks for the comments all. emma, Trig--thanks for stopping by!
Sally, I'd love to hear your Dylan story (as I am a big Dylan fan)
Dennis--Widespread! You know I really like them, but I never warmed to them like I did String Cheese. I miss the String Cheese Incident.
Beth--yeah, I actually looked around on youtube for a while, but I kind of wanted to highlight the type of bands I would want to hang with on New Years.
And although I didn't look, I'm sure Loverboy played a new Year's somewhere/sometime; though lord knows why anyone would care---besides you of course ;-)
A tremendous and happy New Year to you my brotha!
Feliz Año Nuevo y muchas felicidades siempre!