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.
Damn It Feels Good to be Banker -- A Wall Street Musical
A 2008 comedic rap musical pitting Wall Street bankers against consultants, produced by Leveraged Sell-Out.
Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons
The classic 1950s recording of Tennessee Ernie Ford singing 'Sixteen Tons', a song about a coal miner trapped in company-store debt.
Rammstein - Amerika (Official 4K Video)
The official music video for Rammstein's 2004 song Amerika, a satirical take on American cultural dominance and its export around the world.
Eric Idle - "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" - STEREO HQ
Eric Idle performs Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, the song from Monty Python's Life of Brian, in a stereo recording.
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978)
The Who performing Won't Get Fooled Again at Shepperton Studios in 1978, filmed for The Kids Are Alright.
Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes (Weeds Theme Song) Full Version with Lyrics
The full Malvina Reynolds recording of the folk song 'Little Boxes', a satire of identical suburban tract housing, later popularized as the Weeds theme.
Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)
A Symphony of Science music video that auto-tunes samples of Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye into a song about the wonder of the universe.
My Pal Foot Foot - The Shaggs
A clip of "My Pal Foot Foot" by The Shaggs, the 1960s sisters band famous for their off-kilter amateur sound.
Baby Shark Dance | #babyshark Most Viewed Video | Animal Songs | PINKFONG Songs for Children
The Pinkfong Baby Shark Dance children's song video, one of the most viewed videos on YouTube.
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (HQ)
The music video for Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall from the 1982 film The Wall, combining The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Part 2.
The Most COMPLEX Pop Song of All Time
Rick Beato analyzes a pop song he argues is among the most harmonically complex ever, breaking down its chords and key changes.
$stdout - Side Projects
A four-minute programmer rap by stdout about abandoned side projects and the promise to finish them someday.
The Missile Knows Where it is (Remix)
A short hip-hop remix of the well-known 'The missile knows where it is' monologue about missile guidance logic.
The Simpsons Stonecutters Song
A fan-made video of the Simpsons Stonecutters Song, in which a secret society takes credit for controlling world affairs, with lyrics and stills from the show.
Bagger 288!
A short, absurd happy-hardcore song and animation celebrating the Bagger 288, the enormous bucket-wheel excavator, in dramatic over-the-top terms.
Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting in a Room
A performance recording of Alvin Lucier's 1969 experimental piece in which a spoken text is repeatedly played back and re-recorded in a room until the room's resonances overwhelm the words.
Galaxy Song - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The Galaxy Song from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, a comic musical tour of the size and motion of the galaxy and our place in it.
One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste [Original]
The Original Caste's recording of One Tin Soldier synced to Cher's animated video.
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)
The official music video for Rick Astley's 1987 hit Never Gonna Give You Up, the song behind the Rickroll internet prank.
Bach, "Little" Fugue in G minor, Organ
Stephen Malinowski performs Bach's Little Fugue in G minor on organ, accompanied by an animated graphical score.
a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [4K]
The official remastered 4K video for a-ha's 1985 hit, famous for its rotoscoped pencil-sketch animation blending live action and comic-book drawings.
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire (Official HD Video)
The official music video for Billy Joel's 1989 song We Didn't Start the Fire, a rapid-fire list of historical events.
Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
Kraftwerk's 'Pocket Calculator' from the album Computer World, a synth-pop track built around a handheld calculator as an instrument.
Remy: People Will Die!
A Reason TV music-video parody in which Remy mimics a politician vilifying opponents with scare rhetoric.