Music performance & songs Videos Recommended on Hacker News (239)
Music performance & songs is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 239 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 340 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Music performance and music videos: electronic music, Aphex Twin, IDM, 80s and 90s pop videos, DJ sets, classical music, Bach, jazz, rock, folk, concerts, live sessions, singer-songwriters, Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, opera, orchestras, famous songs and albums.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop: “this is an excellent 20-minute video about the history of the Amen Break” — an HN commenter, 2013.
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2 mo on HNJust Intonation vs Equal Temperament
2 mo on HNGlenn Gould and Leonard Bernstein: Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 1 (I) in D minor (BWV 1052)
2 mo on HNBoards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy
2 mo on HNTom Lehrer - The Elements - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967
2 mo on HNJ.S.Bach "The Goldberg Variations" [ Glenn Gould ] (1955)
2 mo on HNHere Comes Another Bubble v1.1 - The Richter Scales
2 mo on HNWintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)
2 mo on HNPrejudice by Tim Minchin
2 mo on HNOK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
2 mo on HNVintage Lady Gaga Live at NYU - Captivated & Electric Kiss
2 mo on HNThe Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian
2 mo on HNIannis Xenakis - Metastasis
2 mo on HNDan Tepfer: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
2 mo on HNAphex Twin - T69 Collapse
2 mo on HNJake Thackray 'Molly Metcalfe'
2 mo on HNFlanders & Swann - 'First And Second Law'
2 mo on HNRenault F1 engine playing God Save the Queen
2 mo on HNjacob collier tunes the piano
2 mo on HNLarnell Lewis Hears "Enter Sandman" For The First Time
2 mo on HNJolene at 33 rpm
2 mo on HNThe Molecular Shape of You (Ed Sheeran Parody) | A Capella Science
2 mo on HNTom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun - with intro - widescreen
2 mo on HNPhilip Glass - Pruit Igoe (from Koyaanisqatsi)
2 mo on HNFatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank | Het verhaal achter het nummer
2 mo on HNYo-Yo Ma Bach Cello Suite No.1 in G Major
2 mo on HNShop Vac (kinetic typography animation)
1 mo on HNBeethoven - Moonlight Sonata (FULL)
1 mo on HNSecrets From The Future
1 mo on HNFrank Zappa explains the decline of the music business
1 mo on HNBrother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn (Official Video)
1 mo on HNTom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun - with intro
1 mo on HNWe're Gonna Build a Framework
1 mo on HNDavid Bowie Criticizes MTV for Not Playing Videos by Black Artists | MTV News
1 mo on HNFirst Techno (Kraftwerk 1970)
1 mo on HNBig Ideas: Don't get any -- by James Houston
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