I watched this movie when I was an undergrad at Syracuse University. I was a film major. It was shown as a lesson on documentary films. When I told my mother I liked the Band, she bought me a CD of The Band "Across the Great Divide" as a Christmas present.
If somebody offered me a chance to witness something back in time , I would immediately ask for a ticket for the Last Waltz concert ! What a joy ! Leaving the best for last .
My brothers an I are here on this earth because these guys (pre Band days) played a hall in my mum's little town in Canada and my dad wasn't afraid to ask a pretty girl to dance. Thanks boys and thank you Ronnie Hawkins. Cheers and Big Time Bill, Big Time.
RIP Robbie Robertson, Thank You and the Band for all the music and the trailblazing Americana that you all created. You and the Band changed my life and my appreciation of the possibilities of rock and roll, and all the influences that shaped it. I am forever grateful. Long live Garth Hudson, and everyone that inhabited this tent!
Thank you R. Robertson and The Band. This documentary played a huge part in me picking up a guitar. I never got rich from it money-wise but I sure have derived a tremendous amount of joy and happiness jamming with my buds whenever we have the chance over these last 40+ years. Younger days, we would go back and watch it often, or just have it playing in the background and no matter what our status was at the time, we would always feel compelled to pick up our instruments and just play. Great memories.
'Twas in another lifetime: humble guys in a great band of enourmus musicians. Just coolest band. Once they were brothers and thanks really❤(from Jujuy,Argentina)
Oh , what a concert ! I would've done anything to have been there ....right up the front...I would've been about 17.....living in Aus, so I saw the movie at the cinema nearly 50 times.....still can't get enough even with the DVD , CD and YT....perfection !!!!!! xxx
I was there. I can't tell you how unbelievable it was. I wrote down the songs in pencil on a notepad as they were played and I took a couple rolls of Instamatic shots, most of which weren't any good because I couldn't stand still. I relive the Last Waltz every Thanksgiving as part of the long weekend traditions.
@@dirkdirkson2546 Oh , wow !! I feel I am having a brush with fame....lol. I think you were really on to it writing down the songs......awesome !! I was so sad hearing about Robbie's passing ....we're losing the icons of my time......sad..... Peace , love , health and happiness to you and yours :)
Thank you so much for this! I spent nearly 50 years feeling sad about the treatment in the film of this the very last song they played together after loose jamming with their special guests that went on for over an hour. I am still sad they chopped out a section of the solos from It Makes No Difference (did multiple cameras have to change film at that moment??) But at least Don't Do It has been redone and restored to its ragged glory. Thanks again!!! tsp, nyc
The Band drew us all in like a Spring Tide & put us on another beach, where the sand was fine as talcum & the sun turbed us berry brown. My, those times were great & listening to this rolls it all back again 😊🎉❤
I had watch it when I was an undergraduate in Syracuse University's School of Film; we were studying documentaries. I fell in love with their music and some of the people who performed at the concert. FYI, I'm a Gen Xer, First Generation MTV, but this was different. Also, I'm a woman of color. Who in the world would think I'd listen to or like the Band? The Weight with the Staples and Caravan with Van Morrison are two of my favorite scenes in the film.
YES PLEASE SEND NEW VIDEO IN. I want more of that jam session. Im waiting for Martin Scorsese to jus have this stuff appear in his closet. Best music doc ever. Changed everything i thought about music 25 years ago.
It is, at the end of the second jam, as well as the "good evening" at the beginning of Up On Cripple Creek in the film, on the album it is at the end of The Last Waltz Theme
W/ you. Bought it at a school bookstore when it 1st came out, 1969. Admittedly, bought it just based on Elliot's cover photo and an interesting back cover. Don't think I'd heard a song from it, before that. Has always been #1 album, for me, ever since. Funny, bought John Prine's debut based on similar reasoning... not #2 (that'd be Fillmore East), but top 10. Better than shit luck, perhaps.
wtac hing this intro never gets old.....too bad smoking causes cancer....seeing them come out in hats danko remove his robbies entire into looking like barley older than a tennager somehow in his reitrment gig its jsut epic....his joy.....jayum...and lavon is the coolest cat ever......do it baby
Whoa, I dunno if you edited this or not but it’s awesome to see the song in it’s entirety, cut between the raw footage of the concert and what made the final cut of the movie. Awesome video
Friends, I'm going to Heaven for three reasons: Jesus, my family and the music. Now that Quincy Jones is there and producing the concerts. I do believe the first two will be Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. After their concerts, he'll have some old timers sing (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett) and then there will concerts like this one. Imagine what will happen when Stevie Wonder and Elton John get there.
This is one of the best and most collaborative BANDs… ever… maybe some think a “lead guitarist” drives the entire band… but why? They all did, I agree. It’s not the BAND, without any of them… No Levon??? No Rick??? No Richard??? Robbie took the leads on guitar, and killed them.. why bash in his grave… He’s a fing legend, as they all are… and Robbie is not only an amazing songwriter, composer and collaborator, but a pretty fing banging lead guitar player… just love it…
@ how about his fing over Levon & the others for taking royalties for stuff he didn’t write? He didn’t write one song by himself, they all wrote, but he’s the one that stole the credit. Robbie was a dlck.
He was a great guitarist, he was a musician, none of the wild Van Halen or Jimmy Page , he was a member of an ensemble, The Band, he played in the vein of George Harrison ,or J J Cale he was wonderful
@ He also screwed the rest of the band out of their royalties. Levon died broke, Garth has to borrow money to live. While Robbie lived like a millionaire, his guitar playing didn’t live up to that!
Obviously a great concert, but I have always hated they way they added horns to this song over the years. Saw them do it live in 1970 without a horn section and MUCH prefer it that way.
They did concerts with horns only in 1971 and 1976, even so there are concerts like the King Biscuit Flour Hour 1976 where their entire set is without horns.
I watched this movie when I was an undergrad at Syracuse University. I was a film major. It was shown as a lesson on documentary films. When I told my mother I liked the Band, she bought me a CD of The Band "Across the Great Divide" as a Christmas present.
Thank God for the Band. Greatest Band. Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson & Richard Manuel.
Greatest Band / My favorite,! Rip, Levon
" Baby don't you do It,don't you break my heart "
💯 facts. The best to ever do it. Im 41 and only heard these guys about 10yrs ago. I wish i had heard them earlier.
@mrb5760 im47 just found them 4 months ago and I thought I new good music from the 70s,especially 60s 50s but wow to me up there with Fleetwood mac
If somebody offered me a chance to witness something back in time , I would immediately ask for a ticket for the Last Waltz concert ! What a joy ! Leaving the best for last .
Same dude.
Last waltz, bob marley and acdc at the 09 Argentina concert in the plate? I believe 🙏
...my biggest mistake was loving you too much...R.I.P. Levon
…and Garth is still standing, kind of!
What a story The Band is/was…
The Danko Shuffle is the bee's knees
My brothers an I are here on this earth because these guys (pre Band days) played a hall in my mum's little town in Canada and my dad wasn't afraid to ask a pretty girl to dance. Thanks boys and thank you Ronnie Hawkins. Cheers and Big Time Bill, Big Time.
Port Dover I bet,Summer gardens
RIP Robbie Robertson, Thank You and the Band for all the music and the trailblazing Americana that you all created. You and the Band changed my life and my appreciation of the possibilities of rock and roll, and all the influences that shaped it. I am forever grateful. Long live Garth Hudson, and everyone that inhabited this tent!
They were fantastic! But “ Americana”? 4 out of the 5 were Canadian!
Levon Helm - holding down the two most important jobs in a band - vocals and drums.
❤❤❤
Yeah but it was Garth who gave them a unique sound.
What a fantastic concert!!
RIP Robbie Robertson. The way he shreds the guitar on that last solo 🔥😩🔥
The absolutely best ever ! Thank you so much I
"The greatest ENCORE ever to be shot on film.
God bless RICK DANKO
LEVON HELM
GARTH HUDSON
RICHARD MANUAL
and ROBBIE ROBERTSON.
What an encore!
so much emotion....RIP the Band and Mr Robertson...
Levon helm's great drumming and singing is unmatched in rock history..He's simply extraordinary
Love Rick's "Happy Thanksgiving" and his smile and then his stomping to the music. Love all The Band members, but Rick a little more.
Love and miss you boys. Rick, Levon. Robbie and Richard left way too soon. Great artists.
Garth such a wonderful musician.
Thank you R. Robertson and The Band. This documentary played a huge part in me picking up a guitar. I never got rich from it money-wise but I sure have derived a tremendous amount of joy and happiness jamming with my buds whenever we have the chance over these last 40+ years. Younger days, we would go back and watch it often, or just have it playing in the background and no matter what our status was at the time, we would always feel compelled to pick up our instruments and just play. Great memories.
'Twas in another lifetime: humble guys in a great band of enourmus musicians. Just coolest band. Once they were brothers and thanks really❤(from Jujuy,Argentina)
The Music Hall of Heaven... almost completed 🎉❤
That's why their called THE BAND.❤❤❤
What a way to go out!
Gorgeous 🩷
OMG I loved these guys so much.
RIP
Best song from The Band
Oh , what a concert ! I would've done anything to have been there ....right up the front...I would've been about 17.....living in Aus, so I saw the movie at the cinema nearly 50 times.....still can't get enough even with the DVD , CD and YT....perfection !!!!!! xxx
I was there. I can't tell you how unbelievable it was. I wrote down the songs in pencil on a notepad as they were played and I took a couple rolls of Instamatic shots, most of which weren't any good because I couldn't stand still. I relive the Last Waltz every Thanksgiving as part of the long weekend traditions.
@@dirkdirkson2546 Oh , wow !! I feel I am having a brush with fame....lol. I think you were really on to it writing down the songs......awesome !! I was so sad hearing about Robbie's passing ....we're losing the icons of my time......sad..... Peace , love , health and happiness to you and yours :)
Thank you and rightbackatcha :)@@rippi37
Thank you so much for this! I spent nearly 50 years feeling sad about the treatment in the film of this the very last song they played together after loose jamming with their special guests that went on for over an hour. I am still sad they chopped out a section of the solos from It Makes No Difference (did multiple cameras have to change film at that moment??) But at least Don't Do It has been redone and restored to its ragged glory. Thanks again!!! tsp, nyc
Still rocks in 2023
The Band drew us all in like a Spring Tide & put us on another beach, where the sand was fine as talcum & the sun turbed us berry brown. My, those times were great & listening to this rolls it all back again 😊🎉❤
I got one word, well actually seven Holy fucking moly, WOW. Thank you God.
Is that u George?
@ no George
Rest in peace, Legends...
Still the best.... I recall the first time I saw the film & the people I was with. I don't know how, but , I do.
I had watch it when I was an undergraduate in Syracuse University's School of Film; we were studying documentaries. I fell in love with their music and some of the people who performed at the concert. FYI, I'm a Gen Xer, First Generation MTV, but this was different. Also, I'm a woman of color. Who in the world would think I'd listen to or like the Band? The Weight with the Staples and Caravan with Van Morrison are two of my favorite scenes in the film.
@@jag6183 I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. So I feel , music is where you find it. I'm white, with that said, I think Charlie Pride is great ...
they were the best
YES PLEASE SEND NEW VIDEO IN. I want more of that jam session. Im waiting for Martin Scorsese to jus have this stuff appear in his closet. Best music doc ever. Changed everything i thought about music 25 years ago.
Happy Canada Day . Sitting by pool in New Orleans, Canadian content on the speakers. Lovely
Awesome song, could be their all time best.
Dont be late the Band here 🌉🌉🎙️🎩🌉🌉🇺🇸🇨🇦
THE BAND. enough said. Gx
Too bad this opening from the movie didn't make it into the concert album. The Band were so great!
It is, at the end of the second jam, as well as the "good evening" at the beginning of Up On Cripple Creek in the film, on the album it is at the end of The Last Waltz Theme
Hard to believe that we are now down to just Garth. Still Love The Band ! Been on board since The Brown Album...........
W/ you. Bought it at a school bookstore when it 1st came out, 1969. Admittedly, bought it just based on Elliot's cover photo and an interesting back cover. Don't think I'd heard a song from it, before that. Has always been #1 album, for me, ever since. Funny, bought John Prine's debut based on similar reasoning... not #2 (that'd be Fillmore East), but top 10. Better than shit luck, perhaps.
Tiempos pasados fueron mejores❤❤
great cover of the holland/dozier/holland cut
RIP 😞
Awesome!
what would it feel like, you're walking on stage theinking we're gonna do ONE LAST SONG then that's it
It's so good and proof that music has no border
wtac hing this intro never gets old.....too bad smoking causes cancer....seeing them come out in hats danko remove his robbies entire into looking like barley older than a tennager somehow in his reitrment gig its jsut epic....his joy.....jayum...and lavon is the coolest cat ever......do it baby
As Rick would say,
Happy Thanksgiving ♥️
Ironically, by the time he uttered it, Thanksgiving was already past ---- the show wasn't over until after midnight!
RIP Robbie
Whoa, I dunno if you edited this or not but it’s awesome to see the song in it’s entirety, cut between the raw footage of the concert and what made the final cut of the movie. Awesome video
I edited it :D, I also like how it switches between the footage of the movie and the B&W footage, that's the main reason I made these TLW videos
Awesome job!
They should have released full length version of this song on movie.. And also maybe left it as the closer
Levon = GENIUS
I don't see any phone players on the stage, but I can hear their sound. Is that what they call overdubbing?
Levon was so handsome
Kind of cute, I guess we all have different taste, I for one have a thing for Robbie and Rick. Very good looking and lot's of charisma.
Excellence endures.
🌎🌊🌲🔥🌪 ❤️
❤elton John said no drumer should sing in a bend..unless drumer name is LewonHelm
...Goodnight...Good bye...that's what I tell my dig when begs for more treats than I'm gonna give him...Good Night...and...Good Bye...
They say poetry isn't scientific.... explain this chemistry then
This should have hundreds of millions of views if not into the Bs" The Band " is well? The fucin band
And name the Bend...souts them n only they can pull off...woodstok nonstop
You don't see they complement each other
Friends, I'm going to Heaven for three reasons: Jesus, my family and the music. Now that Quincy Jones is there and producing the concerts. I do believe the first two will be Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. After their concerts, he'll have some old timers sing (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett) and then there will concerts like this one. Imagine what will happen when Stevie Wonder and Elton John get there.
I’ll give yinz 3 wishes a piece
Better live..
I'm here because of Thanksgiving
❤️🔥🫠❤️🔥
Uh huh
Tuit
They said Robbie Robertson was a great lead guitarist. But I don’t see it.
Agreed.
He might have wrote some songs, but all the other guys made those songs noteworthy. Robertson's soloing seems way over rated.
This is one of the best and most collaborative BANDs… ever… maybe some think a “lead guitarist” drives the entire band… but why? They all did, I agree. It’s not the BAND, without any of them… No Levon??? No Rick??? No Richard??? Robbie took the leads on guitar, and killed them.. why bash in his grave… He’s a fing legend, as they all are… and Robbie is not only an amazing songwriter, composer and collaborator, but a pretty fing banging lead guitar player… just love it…
@ how about his fing over Levon & the others for taking royalties for stuff he didn’t write? He didn’t write one song by himself, they all wrote, but he’s the one that stole the credit. Robbie was a dlck.
He was a great guitarist, he was a musician, none of the wild Van Halen or Jimmy Page , he was a member of an ensemble, The Band, he played in the vein of George Harrison ,or J J Cale he was wonderful
@ He also screwed the rest of the band out of their royalties. Levon died broke, Garth has to borrow money to live. While Robbie lived like a millionaire, his guitar playing didn’t live up to that!
Obviously a great concert, but I have always hated they way they added horns to this song over the years. Saw them do it live in 1970 without a horn section and MUCH prefer it that way.
They did concerts with horns only in 1971 and 1976, even so there are concerts like the King Biscuit Flour Hour 1976 where their entire set is without horns.
❤elton John said no drumer should sing in a bend..unless drumer name is LewonHelm