I'm yet to find a better acoustic performance

Perhaps the single greatest "unplugged" performance ever, eh? To me, it absolutely is.

He was a primal force that La..john powers backing vocals..unequalled...wish Lee would get it together and record the crescent tapes etc...i think Rick Rubin would harness Lees inner demons❤

There's just so much of that power in him. His way of strumming, his voice - pretty distinctive. When he plays, you are compelled to listen. And what a performance all in all! Tell ya something: I did download this video (actually, the other one, the one with the complete interview) and I've been watching it so often. I just can't get enough of the mystic in it. Lee's able to conjure something that's altogether ancient, mystical, moving and inspiring - in this performance this ability is laid so bare and so pure. Addictive.

I don't get it. Supposedly the La's undoing was Mavers' insistence that they weren't being recorded properly. Yet there they are in a TV studio, total off-the-cuff performance, and it sounds awesome. Do an MTV Unplugged, make an album from it, and move on to another project!

It's clearly a song about that feeling you hear when you listen to a song you love.

Lee Mavers singing his paean to God. The man was truly blessed (and cursed).

man. i love John Powers backing vocals.

I actually saw them in 1987 at some small club in Liverpool. I can't remember the of the club but I really enjoyed the show.

I like this version the best because there's like a manic tone to the performance, it's slightly unsettling.

Anyone else just keeps coming back to this?

Fuck this is brilliant, the snap in the wrist on the strings and vocals that are out of this world!

All American bands knew they had to up their game at this point. Hairspray and bullshit wasn't gonna cut it at this point.

Mavers was a total scouse legend and still is.

I keep on coming back to this all the time. This always replenishes me. What this performance has to offer is the equivalent of the most profound and insightful acid trips.

Too bad they broke up, great music! Kind of reminds me of the British music from the mid sixties. They need to get back together!!

Youth and talent out in the clear, and wide open... God, how invigorating.

This is even better than the album version. One of the best live performances ever.

Have the original album on vinyl. No idea why I decided to look for them at 5am this chilly December morning. Hoping Lee still has this talent and mindset, god knows how many years on. Tremendous talent.

I love the interplay of the two vocals on this song. I love that Mayers plays the other guitar with his voice during the bridge.