PickVidsBest Music performance & songs Videos
The 239 Music performance & songs videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 6 intermediate, 231 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a music video. What they share is that the performance or the making of it is the thing being watched. Channels you will keep seeing include The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel, OK Go, Vic Firth.
Daniel Radcliffe sings "The Elements" - The Graham Norton Show - Series 8 Episode 4 - BBC
Daniel Radcliffe performs his party trick on The Graham Norton Show: singing Tom Lehrer's 'The Elements', the periodic table song, from memory.
Charanjit Singh - Raga Bhairav (1982)
The opening track of Charanjit Singh's 1982 album Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat, recorded in Bombay.
Copyrighting all the melodies to avoid accidental infringement | Damien Riehl | TEDxMinneapolis
Lawyer and musician Damien Riehl argues that music is math with a finite number of melodies, and describes how he and programmer Noah Rubin generated every possible melody and released them under CC0 to avoid accidental infringement claims.
A$AP Mob - Yamborghini High (Official Video) ft. Juicy J
The official music video for A$AP Mob's Yamborghini High featuring Juicy J, known for heavy datamoshing and glitch effects with hue shifting.
Matematikrevyen 2011: Banach-Tarski
A Danish university math revue music video that parodies Barbra Streisand to explain the Banach-Tarski paradox, with oranges multiplying on stage.
CANADA VIGNETTES: LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ | Full Animated Film | National Film Board of Canada
An animated National Film Board of Canada short about a young woman who picks a log driver as her partner because his work makes him a great dancer.
Code Monkey
A fan-made music video for Jonathan Coulton's song 'Code Monkey', about the life of a programmer, using World of Warcraft footage.
The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Official Music Video)
The official music video for The Chemical Brothers' Star Guitar, directed by Michel Gondry.
The Secret of Monkey Island (Intro) (PC Speaker theme)
The Secret of Monkey Island intro theme played through the internal PC speaker.
WIND ROSE - Diggy Diggy Hole (Official Video) | Napalm Records
Official music video for Wind Rose's power metal cover of Diggy Diggy Hole, the dwarven mining song originally written by Yogscast.
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
The official 1994 music video for Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun.
julia ecklar - the eternal flame
Julia Ecklar's recording of "The Eternal Flame," a filk song about God writing the universe in Lisp, written by Bob Kanefsky.
United Breaks Guitars
Dave Carroll's song and music video about United Airlines baggage handlers breaking his Taylor guitar and the airline's refusal to compensate him.
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny (Official Video)
The official music video for Tommy Tutone's 1981 hit 867-5309/Jenny.
The Art of Noise with Max Headroom - Paranoimia (Official Video)
The official 1986 music video for Paranoimia by Art of Noise featuring the computer-generated TV personality Max Headroom.
Quarter-comma Meantone with split sharps
A short recording of a 1565 organ in Mantua tuned in quarter-comma meantone, showing split sharps in use.
Frank Zappa on Crossfire
A clip of Frank Zappa appearing on CNN's Crossfire in 1986, debating censorship and copyright.
John Chowning - Stria (1977)
John Chowning's 1977 computer music piece Stria, composed with FM synthesis, which he discovered in 1967.
PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(강남스타일) M/V
PSY's music video for Gangnam Style, the K-pop hit that became a global viral phenomenon.
Richard Stallman Free software Song
A short clip of Richard Stallman singing the free software song, recorded during a visit to Ecuador.
Piano Phase (solo) - First solo performance ever
A solo performance of Steve Reich's Piano Phase, with one pianist playing both parts, recorded in 2004 with Reich in attendance.
Vader's Redemption: The Imperial March in a Major Key
A complete rendition of John Williams' Imperial March rearranged in a major key.
It'll Happen To You! (The Simpsons)
A one-minute Simpsons clip from the Homerpalooza episode, featuring the song 'It'll Happen to You'.
Venetian Snares - Look (from Songs About My Cats 2001)
A short clip of Venetian Snares' track 'Look' from Songs About My Cats (2001), shown as a spectrogram.