Category Archives: body language

Bob Dylan performing “Love Sick” with “Soy Bomb” (Michael Portnoy) on the 1998 Grammy Awards Broadcast, February 25, 1998

September 18, 2007 – 12:05 pm
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Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performing “Rock Your Body” on the 2004 Superbowl Broadcast, February 1, 2004

September 18, 2007 – 12:00 pm
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions performing “Radio, Radio” live on Saturday Night Live, December 17, 1977

September 16, 2007 – 2:00 pm
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Paul Potts performing “Nessun Dorma” on UK television show “Britain’s Got Talent,” 2007

September 15, 2007 – 3:30 pm
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My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden’s karaoke performance of “I Will Always Love You” with friends, Brazil (?), 2007

September 15, 2007 – 3:25 pm
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Elliot Smith performing at the 70th Academy Awards, March, 1998

September 15, 2007 – 12:25 pm
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John Lennon performing “Mother” at Madison Square Garden, NY, August 30, 1972

September 15, 2007 – 11:59 am
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