Music performance & songs Videos Recommended on Hacker News (151)
Music performance & songs is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 151 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
1 mo on HNGlenn Gould plays Bach
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Mentioned in HN threads about music performance & songs, though never formally recommended:
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster) · United Breaks Guitars · PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(강남스타일) M/V · Edie Brickell - Good Times · Sir Mashalot: Mind-Blowing SIX Song Country Mashup · Daddy's Car: a song composed with Artificial Intelligence - in the style of the Beatles · Remy: People Will Die! · Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny (Official Video) · Richard Stallman Free software Song · Baby Shark Dance | #babyshark Most Viewed Video | Animal Songs | PINKFONG Songs for Children · The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar (Official Music Video) · WIND ROSE - Diggy Diggy Hole (Official Video) | Napalm Records · warner music claimed my video for defending their copyright in a lawsuit they lost the copyright for · "Weird Al" Yankovic - White & Nerdy (Official 4K Video) · Rammstein - Amerika (Official 4K Video) · Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (HQ) · a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [4K] · Blues Traveler - Hook (Official Music Video) · The Secret of Monkey Island (Intro) (PC Speaker theme) · Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun · The Art of Noise with Max Headroom - Paranoimia (Official Video) · Frank Zappa on Crossfire · It'll Happen To You! (The Simpsons) · Public Enemy - 911 is a Joke (1990) · Badgers : animated music video : MrWeebl · Monzy performs at Stanford Univ. · Richard Feynman playing bongos · Always Look on the Bright Side of Life Sing-Along - Monty Python · Les Inconnus - Auteuil Neuilly Passy · The Internet Is For Porn - Avenue Q - Original Broadway Cast · kpmg song · Emily Howell - Track 1 · Eric Idle - "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" - STEREO HQ · The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978) · Bagger 288! · Alvin Lucier - I Am Sitting in a Room · Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire (Official HD Video) · Joshua Bell's 'Stop and Hear the Music' metro experiment | The Washington Post · My Fair Lady "Why Can't the English Learn to Speak" · The Floppotron: Sweet Dreams · Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Official Video Remastered) · The Prodigy - Firestarter (Official Video) · julia ecklar - the eternal flame · Quarter-comma Meantone with split sharps · John Chowning - Stria (1977) · Piano Phase (solo) - First solo performance ever · Vader's Redemption: The Imperial March in a Major Key · Venetian Snares - Look (from Songs About My Cats 2001) · Every OS Sucks · Yamaha DX7 - the 32 classic factory patches · NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo] · 【東方】Bad Apple!! ＰＶ【影絵】 · 29/31 by Garfunkel and Oates · The Ryanair Song - Foil Arms and Hog · [Equation] - Aphex Twin Spectrogram · Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (Official Video) · How can less be more? · Moon Zappa Valley Girl · Tim Minchin - If You Open Your Mind Too Much... · Damn It Feels Good to be Banker -- A Wall Street Musical · Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons · Malvina Reynolds - Little Boxes (Weeds Theme Song) Full Version with Lyrics · Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) · My Pal Foot Foot - The Shaggs · The Most COMPLEX Pop Song of All Time · $stdout - Side Projects · The Missile Knows Where it is (Remix) · The Simpsons Stonecutters Song · Galaxy Song - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life · One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste [Original] · Bach, "Little" Fugue in G minor, Organ · Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator · Barack Obama Singing Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen · Lazy Town | You Are A Pirate Music Video · Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee · Spotify's Phony War On Bots · Rebecca Black - Friday · Trio -- Da Da Da [[ Official Video ]] · John Coltrane - A Love Supreme [Full Album] (1965) · Johann Sebastian Bach - "Coffee Cantata" BWV 211 (English Subtitles) · Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official 4K Video) · Elgar - Nimrod (from "Enigma Variations") · The Wurzels - Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) [totp2] · Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins - Weapon Of Choice [Official 4k Video] · Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park · YOLO (feat. Adam Levine & Kendrick Lamar) · vache · Albert Einstein vs Stephen Hawking. Epic Rap Battles of History