Music Performance & Songs Videos Hacker News Recommends
Music performance & songs videos on HackerTube: the talks, lectures and explainers Hacker News commenters keep sharing, covering 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.
149 videos · ranked by HN recommendations · showing 1–48
Most recommended music performance & songs videos
The ones HN returns to most often when a thread turns to this topic.
documentary#40Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop
Landon Proctor
“this is an excellent 20-minute video about the history of the Amen Break”
15 HN recommenders · 2011–2026
explainer#141Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!
Radical Discourse
“the Keynes vs. Hayek rap is incredibly well informed about both positions, and it's pretty easy to follow and entertaining”
10 HN recommenders · 2010–2024
music#518Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol
Le Pietre Rotolanti
“For anyone who hasn't seen it before, here's a song by an Italian composer made to sound like American English”
6 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
music#677Youtube duet: Miles Davis improvising on LCD Soundsystem
Alessandro Grespan
“which served as one of my most memorable early introductions to jazz”
4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
music#708The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stages 1-6 (Complete)
vvmtest
“It's haunting and beautiful and quite memorable.”
5 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
music#785Steve Reich, "Music for 18 Musicians" - FULL PERFORMANCE with eighth blackbird
Vic Firth
4 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
music#825OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine - Official Video
OK Go
“The Rube Goldberg machine [0] one is particularily impressive.”
5 HN recommenders · 2010–2026
music#860MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark
MC Frontalot
“Now enjoy this immortal tribute”
5 HN recommenders · 2012–2026
music#881Danny Carey | "Pneuma" by Tool (LIVE IN CONCERT)
Vic Firth
“here's Danny Carey, quite possibly the greatest living drummer”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
music#932William Shatner - Common People
dsjkhd
“I really like William Shatner's cover. It brings out the contempt in the lyrics. And it rocks.”
6 HN recommenders · 2013–2023
explainer#1012The most feared song in jazz, explained
Vox
“I highly recommend this Vox explainer on John Coltrane's”
5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
music#1272Space Oddity
Rare Earth
“It gives me chills every time I listen to it.”
3 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
music#1275OK Go - Upside Down & Inside Out
OKGoVEVO
“One of my preferred video clip ever was filmed entirely during a parabolic flight”
3 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
music#1383Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham (from "Inside" -- ALBUM OUT NOW)
boburnham
“This is one of my favourite songs now”
4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
music#1422Pink Floyd Echoes & 2001 A Space Odyssey HD
barrettproduction
“the sync of Echoes and 2001 is the BEST thing I have ever seen in my life”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
music#1424Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen
steffyweffy777
“A lot of wisdom in a 5min song”
3 HN recommenders · 2011–2026
explainer#1511Sample Breakdown: Daft Punk - One More Time
TRACKLIB
“This video is a great visualization on how it's composed. Absolutely incredible.”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
interview#1512Nardwuar vs. N.E.R.D - The Extended Version
NardwuarServiette
“This is one of the most impressive interviews I've ever experienced in my life”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
demo#1520Making of "The Prodigy - Voodoo People" in Ableton by Jim Pavloff
Jim Pavloff
“There are legendary Prodigy tracks reconstructions by Jim Pavloff”
3 HN recommenders · 2011–2024
demo#1568The Commodordion
lftkryo
“This dude's work is incredible. His entire YouTube channel is amazing.”
3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
music#1584Land of Lisp- The Music Video!
lisperati
“Land of Lisp is fun, and the video is a must!”
2 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
music#1593Christopher Tin - Baba Yetu (Official Video) feat. Soweto Gospel Choir
Christopher Tin
“What about the greatest video game song ever produced (Baba Yetu)”
3 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
documentary#1604Pipe Organ (5-story instrument)
Rob Scallon
“You'll want to give a watch”
3 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
music#1611Snarky Puppy - Lingus (We Like It Here)
GroundUP Music NYC
“I highly recommend anything by Snarky Puppy.”
3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
music#1623J.S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
JustASuicidalGirl
“Great videography, great organ and very expressive organist.”
3 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
music#1630Nanobot (Havana Parody) | A Capella Science ft. Dorothy Andrusiak
acapellascience
“made a catchy "edutainment" song”
4 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
explainer#1642Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time
Vox
“Please consider this required watching, even if you have no interest in hip-hop music”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
music#1645Lazerhawk ~ Redline Full Album
Stay Nifty
“My favourite album from that genre is Lazerhawk's debut album Redline, awesome for programming IMO”
3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021
music#1657ZX Spectrum 1-bit music: Agent X (Tim Follin, 1985)
aki__
“Tim Follin's tunes for example are basically treating the beeper like a 1-bit DAC, with amazing results.”
3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
comedy#1667Tom Lehrer - New Math (Animated)
Jared Khan
“My favorite Tom Lehrer song is probably New Math.”
4 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
music#1696Stevie Wonder - Superstition live on Sesame Street
Ryan's Smashing Life
“Stevie Wonder playing Superstition on Sesame Street might be my favorite”
3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
music#1903Razor1911
Dubmood
“This Razor1911 career retrospective demo from Revision was pretty impressive”
3 HN recommenders · 2026
music#1938Johnny Cash - Hurt
JohnnyCashVEVO
“It's one the greatest rock and roll covers ever”
2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
music#1949電磁祭囃子 in NEO TOKYO 🏮
ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!
“It's this band from Japan who make incredible music with instruments they made themselves.”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
music#1962The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Here Be Dragons (Full Album)
Ivica Stojkov
“still in the spirit of heavy, nearly ambient”
3 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
demo#1992Sam Aaron live coding an ambient electro set w/ Sonic Pi
Sam Aaron
“Sam Aaron is the guy behind the project, he does a lot of ambient type stuff”
3 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
music#1999Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows (Official Audio)
LeonardCohenVEVO
“I don't know what it is about that song that keeps me coming back.”
3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
comedy#2016Pachelbel Rant
RobPRocks
“There was a relevant and entertaining stand-up bit about this”
3 HN recommenders · 2012–2023
demo#2025Sam Aaron live coding a DJ set with Sonic Pi
Sam Aaron
“The most impressive thing you can do with it is live coding”
3 HN recommenders · 2017–2020
music#2075Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun
The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
“Tom Lehrer is indeed a national treasure, and his satire is top shelf.”
3 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
music#2084Hans Zimmer - Time (Inception)
Crisyta
“Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard are also great”
3 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
music#2086Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1
DistantMirrors
“perhaps putting a name to it will give you some appreciation for why his work is valued”
3 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
documentary#2096Dan Deacon - Bromst - In The Studio
Pitchfork
“He talks about it quite in a bit in a Pitchfork TV video that documented him working on one of his albums, Bromst”
3 HN recommenders · 2013–2019
commentary#2190Why Spotify Will Ultimately Fail
Benn Jordan
“I find this artist's explanation of the situation helpful”
3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
music#2198Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey On the Moon (Official Audio)
Ace Records
“Only two minutes, worth a listen”
3 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
demo#2208Microtonal Guitar (Fixed Fret) - Tolgahan Çoğulu
Microtonal Guitar - Tolgahan Çoğulu
“Tolgahan Çoğulu and his awesome microtonal guitar creations”
2 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
music#2211Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
smalin
“videos are eye-opening”
3 HN recommenders · 2010–2026
music#2217Transport Tycoon 2014 Soundtrack (remaster with real instrument from original creator)
Arif Nur Rahman
“The composer performed it with real instruments sometime in the past few years and it really brought on those nostalgic feelings”
3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
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