The Shape I'm In - The Band - The Last Waltz 

Rick Danko is my cousin. I obviously never got to follow his career as he died only a few years after I was born. However, my mother always made me watch this concert in its entirety growing up so I knew who my cousin was and knew a part of our family history, and I’m so thankful she did. This particular genre isn’t my style, but when it comes to The Band, you CANNOT help but love every second of their music, no matter the song. This show was so powerful to me because you see them all at their worst, yet all at their very best. Truly a great end to their career.

Even a deteriorating Richard was better than most. I'm proud to share a birthday with this man.

3 of the greatest rock and roll singers in one one band 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Stunning

What a band ! Levon rolling those drums with that sneer on his face gives me chills and tears

Enormous talents...all of them. So sad it ended as it did for Richard. Love this song and his performance.

The Last Waltz is a must see, basically a concert/documentary.

Watching a lot of The Band today. RIP Robbie. Such an amazing group of musicians. This is utterly brilliant...

Good to se them go out on top, at the height of their musicality....RIP Richard, Levon, Dank, and Robbie. Garth is the only one left...86 yrs old.

RIP Richard. I know you were struggling around this time but I'm glad you found your voice again in your final years.

"I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse for the crime of having no dough now here I am back out on the street for the crime of having nowhere to go" Great lyric imo.

how in the world do you get to heaven? so many subtle gems like that in the lyrics these guys so deliciously delivered

Whenever I see a video from The Last Waltz I'm struck by how much into the music they all were. Just such perfection, Robbie's guitar playing Levon and Richard singing and my favorite RIck Danko, and Garth whatever he does so unusual and perfect.

RIP Robbie 💔 your spirit will never die ❤🎶🎸🥀🕊️🕯️🙏

タッタタータ！タッタタータ！が、リズムが前向きで、心地いいです🎵

When you look back now ,the guy who edited the Last Waltz movie should have gotten some kind of recognition for editing excellence ! Completely brilliant .

love richard

I didn't know the could cut an . R&B groove. Great organ solo. Richard Manuel sang with a lot of power.

The best time of my life!!! The best of the Band!!!

El inconfundible sello vocal de The Band en la batería, el gran Levon Helm. Siempre presente con su música.

Whenever I watch the LAST WALTZ,especially this performance of RICHARD,I couldn't help but wonder what kind of a solo artist he would have been? I just bet he would have been awesome cause he sometimes plays drums as well as a great pianist.

Rick was a force !!!!!!!!

They were so talented. They were the artists artists. Their first 2 albums Music From Big Pink and The Band and The Basement Tapes with Dylan influenced the way music was going. They had a influence on the likes of George Harrison, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones amongst others. Albums like Beggars Banquet, Let It Be, All Things Must Pass are just a few that has influence on them.

Awesome Talent love it!!

Great band, great 🎶 🎵 ⏹️ 🪕 🎼 💿 🎶 🎵 ⏹️ ❤❤❤❤❤

Jesus Christ these guys were phenomenal sooooo much talent and as tight as any band has ever been love the groove just wow

I was a touring musician when this film was released . I had been touring constantly with a rock n roll band for three or four years on the same circuit. The situation put me in a musical rut I could not get out of. When I watched the Last Waltz , I was immediately rescued from that rut because watching my musical heroes brought to me immense inspiration. And so I received sort of a musical " second wind." So grateful. I mean just watch Robbie Robertson; his excitement is CONTAGIOUS !

Enjoy

That beautiful voice ❤

It’s so sad to see him struggle so much in this concert. But he recovered in the 80’s to have the best voice ever! But his demons never left him and I hope he’s at peace now. Rip to Rick, Richard, and levon

This is better than the album version.

RIP Richard, Rick & Levon!! and Robbie!!

This so good! Miss them all

Ol Garth back there hammering out the organ and synth sounds for this song!

Richard's demise is just one of Rock's underappreciated, and least spoke about, tragedies.....

Omg. The cocaine eyes are insane… by everyone on stage

Its so hard to believe this concert took place in 1978, about 50 years ago now. This is such a great great concert and i just love to watch it over and over now. The thing is, I saw the band back in those days and I totally took them for granted. Maybe because there was SO much great music being made in those days. I saw many bands in the same concert hall as I did the Band. I saw bands like The Stones, Led Zep, Clapton, Santana, the Doobies, Yes, Jethro Tull, Tom Petty...well the list goes on and on. Its no wonder I blew the Band off in those days. Its only now that I realize I should have been paying more attention.

I've read both Levon's book and Robbie's book and talk about different viewpoints!!!

Bob Vila was a hell of a singer and piano player in this video

Thanks for this post! Every so often I'd come here and watch the movie clip, but was bugged that the song was incomplete, and by the intrusion of the Ronnie Hawkins intro seconds after the song ended. Glad to discover this.

Great song, great album. Great singing Richard

Richaaaaard!

Interviewer: How many lead singers are there in "The Band?" The Band: YES!

Go out yonder, peace in the valley Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in Has anybody seen my lady This living alone will drive me crazy Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in I'm gonna go down by the water But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no I'll just be looking for my maker And I hear that that's where she's been, oh Out of nine lives, I spent seven Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in I just spent sixty days in the jailhouse For the crime of having no dough Now here I am back out on the street For the crime of having nowhere to go Save your neck or save your brother Looks like it's one or the other Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in Now two young kids might start a ruckus You know they feel you trying to shuck us Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

Like the words, but, hard to dance to!

Thank you so much for this, I never saw the whole thing before.

Such a travesty that Scorcese had the camera operators adoring all of Robbie's hair flips instead of focusing in on Richard.

Vá lá fora, paz no vale Venha para o centro, tem que fazer barulho no beco Oh, você não sabe a forma em que estou Alguém viu minha senhora Esta vida sozinha vai me deixar louco Oh, você não sabe a forma em que estou eu vou descer pela água Mas eu não vou pular, não, não Eu só estarei procurando meu criador E eu ouço que é onde ela esteve, oh De nove vidas, passei sete Agora, como no mundo você vai para o céu Oh, você não sabe a forma em que estou Acabei de passar sessenta dias na prisão Pelo crime de não ter grana Agora estou aqui de volta na rua Pelo crime de não ter para onde ir Salve seu pescoço ou salve seu irmão Parece que é um ou outro Oh, você não sabe a forma em que estou Agora, duas crianças podem começar uma confusão Você sabe que eles sentem que você está tentando nos enganar Oh, você não sabe a forma em que estou Go out yonder, peace in the valley Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in Has anybody seen my lady This living alone will drive me crazy Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in I'm gonna go down by the water But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no I'll just be looking for my maker And I hear that that's where she's been, oh Out of nine lives, I spent seven Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in I just spent sixty days in the jailhouse For the crime of having no dough Now here I am back out on the street For the crime of having nowhere to go Save your neck or save your brother Looks like it's one or the other Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in Now two young kids might start a ruckus You know they feel you trying to shuck us Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in

fantastic, listening for the first time

Loved shows at the Winterland ❤

This is good for what ails you...

I have the two-disc Last Waltz CD, I know there is more than one version out there. On that version, it doesn't quite sound like Richard, maybe more like Rick. Are my ears just going on does one of the CD versions of this song have someone besides Richard singing the intro/lead? I have read there are different recordings used in the film vs. album, so maybe that's it? (I can check the year/version of the CD set I have.)

This is fantastic to hear and see. I loved these guys forever. Oh Levon, you were just a huge bundle of talent on any instrument you desired to play. Pure god given talent with all the members of the Band. God bless you all.

I saw them in Hialeah two days before he died.

They were something

how much can you say ? wow

Richard's voice...like nothing before or since..he sounds at time like Levon, but different.

Is no one going to talk about how high they are 😭

Wow! The Last Waltz! Sublime in every way!

Great Band.

robbie robertson at one point is mouthing "slow down."

I just want to break even 😂

Who knows? Not you...

was there ever a better band? not even close

On this film footage, something strange is going on. Even though you can't see horn section players on the stage, you can hear their sound. A mic stand is set up in front of Robbie, but Thank God, I can't hear his frail voice.

Love the Band.... Great song. Great movie.

Love Richard's vocals!...what a waste of talent..

Nice groove.

Love this!°

Richard Manuel is dead

ロビー以外はみんないいな！(笑)　なに年中叫んでるの？この男？　マイクがオフになっててよかったね～　ザ・バンドには必要だが、いつもながら鼻につくイヤな奴！

Excellent job of merging the Bill Graham film with the Scorsese film!!! Many will not catch this. I did.