Three dog night. - Easy to be Hard

[moniss]

2. I saw them in a small venue when this first came out.

As they came to the end of the song and the last "easy to say no" they didn't end it like the record. Chuck Negron kept going "no, no-no, no" over and over as the band cranked harder and harder all the while as Chuck was doing it he was sinking to his knees and he ended up on his knees with his head bowed. He held the position after the last "no" and the band ended right on the dime. The others had their heads bowed. They all stayed silent and held the pose. There was maybe a couple hundred people in the place. I was right by the right side of the little riser/stage. The crowd was stunned at the power of the performance they had just seen and for about 15 seconds you could have heard a pin drop. Then slowly people began to clap and cheer. They held the pose. People kept cheering and many were crying. One of the most powerful moments of performance I ever saw live. That little stage was almost ground level and I was maybe 8 feet away from Chuck with nobody in front of me. Just the lights, the band and the magic.