Classic Videos
Highlighting some of the most memorable music videos and live performances, as well as pop culture favorites
Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb, Son Perform Acoustic ‘Stayin’ Alive’
With music venues closed due to the pandemic, many musicians streamed live performances from their own living rooms. Watch father and son
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Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello: What’s So Funny?
Lowe wrote the song in 1974 and originally recorded it as a member of the pop rock band Brinsley Schwarz. He later produced Costello’s version
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Tom Jones and David Gilmour Perform ‘Purple Rain’
As wonderful as it might be unexpected. The great pop singer and the Pink Floyd guitarist bring sizzle to a truly classic song
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Davy Jones Talks About The Beatles
Jones speaks about how The Monkees and The Beatles had much in common and shares his feelings about the members of the Fab Four
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Cat Stevens’ Recording of ‘Here Comes the Sun’ Honored George Harrison
The recording came in tandem with his new deal with Dark Horse Records, the label founded by Harrison and operated now by his son Dhani
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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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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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‘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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