Billy Porter and Stephen Stills FTW!!

[nolabear]

Link to tweet

[crickets]

1. That was quick! Thanks for posting the vid for people whose channels cut it off. nt

[nolabear]

3. SO GOOD! So, so good!

That song means the world to us 60s-70s kids, and its power is as great as ever.

[onetexan]

8. My hubby loves CS&N. I will need to replay the clip for him tomorrow. Loved it!

[BannonsLiver]

48. In that case he'll probably correct you. This song was originally done by Buffalo Springfield

[onetexan]

49. I stand correcter. But Sti!!s playing is the thing here, & he loves Stills!

[BannonsLiver]

59. Stills was in Buffalo Springfield before CSN as well

[crickets]

12. I know! I am a 60s kid, and this song always gets to me.

I loved this version. Stephen Stills' playing was impeccable and Billy Porter's delivery of the song was amazing, especially with graphic backdrop. They were both great!

[SergeStorms]

35. Democrats get the original artists for free...

and no decent rock & rollers will allow the Trump campaign to play any of their songs, whether they pay or not. Democrats are graced by scientists and the artists. Republicans are saddled by corporate greed-heads and power-mad fascists.

[hlthe2b]

5. Yes... Glad to get to see it before I went to bed.

[CatWoman]

2. K; R

[Kali]

4. that was great, wasn't it?

(and I have to say, I already liked men in kilts, bustles not bad either! )

[nolabear]

6. Billy Porter is fantastic. And Stills...well, he's a god.

Talk about living in the trenches.

[Kali]

9. for sure

(you may have missed my edit )

[TomSlick]

7. Thanks. I've been looking for the video.

I can go to bed now.

[msdogi]

10. wow. just wow

perfection

[bamagal62]

11. Thank you for posting!

[tblue37]

13. Deafie here. What song are they playing? nt

[Coventina]

15. "For What It's Worth"

[tblue37]

17. Thanks! nt

[tblue37]

18. It's my favorite protest song. (I used to have better hearing.) nt

[Coventina]

19. It's a good one. I'm gen x, so it was before my time, a little.

I first heard it on the Muppet Show.

I don't know why I remember that so vividly, but I do.

[tblue37]

20. Boomer here. I was born in 1950. In fact, tomorrow (August 18) is my 70th birthday! nt

[Lisa0825]

22. Happy Birthday!!! :-)

[tblue37]

23. Thank you. nt

[Coventina]

24. Yes!! Happy B-day!!!!

[tblue37]

26. Thank you, too! nt

[JudyM]

27. Happy birthday, tblue!

Cool to have a birthday at the very start of our true blue turnaround! Enjoy your day!!

[tblue37]

29. Thanks. nt

[catbyte]

32. Happy Birthday!

[tblue37]

45. Thanks, catbyte. nt

[SergeStorms]

34. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, tblue37!

I'm a boomer as well, born in '49. Being 70 ain't no thang. I'm still 21 years old in my mind. Have a wonderful birthday.

[tblue37]

44. Thanks! nt

[smirkymonkey]

54. I just posted this song in the lounge the other night.

It's relevant all over again. Great rendition!

[FM123]

14. Thank you!

I love this so much! I couldn't believe I only heard two seconds before msnbc cut it off.....

[Wounded Bear]

16. Old school rock wedded to a contemporary singer...

Sets a nice cap on the We The People theme of the evening.

[txwhitedove]

46. Well said. Great song, even more powerful now.

[nolabear]

53. I loved that. Generational unity is so important right now.

[icymist]

21. K & R

Great!

[Cha]

25. Rt!!

[IcyPeas]

28. MSNBC is getting schooled on twitter

For cutting this off and going to Brian williams.

Hopefully they won't do it again.

Thanks for posting. It's such a good classic song.

[relayerbob]

36. Yes, I wrote them an email, so they are getting it various directions

I also asked them not to stop on people talking, as Rachel did a few times early in the show

[musicblind]

30. Why wasn't this on CNN?

I can't believe they cut this!

[flibbitygiblets]

31. MSNBC did too. I cut over to CSPAN and saw it there--blew me away!!

The spouse was still at work, called me and first words were "It is what it is", LOL!!!

Anyway, he was watching MSNBC too and missed it--thanks to OP for the link!!!

[orleans]

33. i don't get cnn or msnbc so i watched it on cspan.

i checked cbs and the local networks didn't start airing it until the second hour, and the talking heads were doing all their blablabla crap over the guest speakers. (yeah, because the norah o'donnell opinion band is so much more important than listening to and watching the actual convention. ugh!)

[relayerbob]

37. Excellent!!!

[Cetacea]

38. Perhaps CNN and MSNBC can rectify their sin and replay it tomorrow night.

Gag. Our liberal media at work.

[amuse bouche]

39. Thank you Billy and Stephen

[archiemo]

40. Amazing!! Loved seeing this version on Pres. Obama's summer playlist too!

[Dave Starsky]

41. That whole "Dracula cape" thing was silly AF.

I actually laughed out loud when he did that, after I'd been moved nearly to tears by Michelle Obama's speech. I'm not sure if they intended that.

But musically, it was a nice update to a classic rock standard.

[gademocrat7]

42. Awesome!

Great close to the first night of the Democratic Convention.

[Paladin]

43. Well, that was sublime.

Kind of a shame though, that old anti-war anthem being so relevant once again.

God bless Steve Stills for writing it and performing it all those years ago, and God bless Billy Porter for his world-class interpretation of it last night.

Everybody, devote 3 minutes and 13 seconds to viewing this one. We all need it.

[nolabear]

57. It was perfect for them to do it together, wasn't it?

That trans-generational “We’re protesting together” statement was perfect.

[BannonsLiver]

47. Did Mugatu design that outfit?

[CatWoman]

50. i love his outfit

billy is a fashion icon

[BannonsLiver]

52. Is he?

Well I guess fashion has always been subjective

[Dave Starsky]

51. I thought that was, frankly, ridiculous.

It made me think of Monti Rock III from the old Johnny Carson Tonight Show.

[nolabear]

56. I loved it. It's true to who he is, it's creative and bold.

When For What it’s Worth was written much the same was written about people who made their own choices about style and statement thereby.

[BannonsLiver]

58. I'm just glad the Malaysian prime minister is safe.

[Dave Starsky]

60. After Michelle's incredibly moving speech...

It was good(?) to end the night with a laugh.

[GoCubsGo]

55. Thank you! I missedt that last night.

Glad I got to see after the fact. Excellent!