Classic Videos
Highlighting some of the most memorable music videos and live performances, as well as pop culture favorites
Watch Queen Concert Footage From 1976
An audience member at the band’s concert in NYC used a windup 8mm movie camera to shoot some tantalizing footage of a band on the rise
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Classic Rock Songs Starred in Super Bowl 50 Ads
Advertisers paid $5 million to make an impression that year. Music by Queen and Steven Tyler were also among the classic rock songs used
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When Mike Campbell Dedicated 2 Songs to Tom Petty
“I told a friend of mine how sad I was that I’ll never play these songs again with my friend. She said: ‘Some night you’ll play them for him”
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Public Image Ltd. Invades American Bandstand
The date was May 17, 1980. Two years earlier Rotten had turned rock music upside down and inside out as the frontman of punk progenitors the Sex Pistols. Now he was doing the same thing with Dick Clark
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Bill Murray as Lounge Singer: ‘Star Wars’ on ‘SNL’
In early 1978, the movie phenomenon was in its infancy. And unsuspecting filmgoers didn’t realize that the main theme had lyrics until Nick Winters sang them
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Linda Ronstadt Rocks Warren Zevon
The singer rocked with the best of them in the ’70s. Here’s a Classic Video of her performing “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” live from 1977
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The Rolling Stones’ ‘It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Video
Our Classic Video from 1974 stars the world’s “cleanest” rock ‘n’ roll band. See why. The album was the final one for one member
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SNL: ‘Godfather’ Sketch With John Belushi
Every guy’s favorite movie was spoofed during the sketch comedy series’ first season, with Belushi delivering a spot-on impersonation of Marlon Brando’s Don Corleone
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When Robert Plant and Brian Johnson Joined Paul Rodgers on Stage
Three all-time great voices shared the stage, albeit briefly, to perform a classic rock standard during Rodgers’ 2017 U.K. “Free Spirit” tour
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‘Father Christmas,’ the Greg Lake Enduring Holiday Classic
In 1975, “I Believe In Father Christmas” became a #2 hit in the U.K., blocked from the top spot by Queen. Lake wrote the song with a former bandmate
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