# Share The Great Music You've Found By Accident On YouTube! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775 "2012-04-14T19:23:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/1 "2012-04-14T19:23:31Z")
Man alive, I fucking _love_ YouTube! I’ve found so much good shit on there recently that I can hardly believe my luck. I figure I can’t be the only one impressed by all the great music on that site, so I’ve created this little thread where we can share our best finds. Who knows? Maybe we’ll all broaden eachother’s horizons a little bit? Here’s just a _few_ of the awesome tunes I’ve found on YouTube in the last couple of days: [Radical Face - Welcome Home](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfbF44UeRBY&feature=fvwrel) (Folk rock) [Spencer and Antfood (great name!) - Trek](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VIMNOdFkGA) (ambient) [Ludovico Einaudi - Questa Notte](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKbqKX2-okc) (Minimalist, modern classical) [AWOLNATION - Sail](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgvK78jHUnA) (I don’t know _what_ the fuck this is, but it’s fucking AWESOME!) [Jokers - Jokers Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FCDswguDTs) (This one’s a rarity. Jokers were an Iranian psychedelic blues band from the '70s. Best I can tell, they made one amazing album - which, incidentally, you can’t find _anywhere_ - and then dropped off the face of the earth. If you only listen to one of these, make it this one.) Okay, your turn 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/2 "2012-04-14T19:34:57Z")
In the interests of socially responsible sharing, I should add that, if you like any of the tunes you find in this thread, you really should do the decent thing and head over to iTunes and help support the artists that made it, rather than being crafty and nabbing it off [listentoyoutube.com](http://listentoyoutube.com) or anything like that. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/3 "2012-04-14T19:58:34Z")
Ghost Riders in the Sky…on Lawrence Welk, no less.😛 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMdS9ExnW-w) ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/4 "2012-04-14T20:11:45Z")
So I stumbled on “Mario Kart Love Song”: [Mario Kart Love Song (Original) - Now on iTunes! - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBpQVhCMb8) (comedic but sweet acoustic guitar song based on a video game) and then found out that the guy who sings it (Sam Hart) has a ton of talent and bunch of other original songs that are awesome: > **[Sam Hart](https://www.youtube.com/user/blinktwice4y/videos)** > > OMG MARIOKART GUY ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/5 "2012-04-14T20:24:41Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Ghost Riders in the Sky…on Lawrence Welk, no less.😛 > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMdS9ExnW-w](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMdS9ExnW-w) Wow! Not at all bad for Mr. Welk’s boys. The thread title made me want to share this even before I saw yours: [California Guitar Trio - Ghost Riders on the Storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45HL7Dj0BI) And to satisfy the “by accident” part, here’s one I found not long ago: [[PIANO] Michel graillier - Aicha](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klvR44FeTqo&list=FLr5Z9EbNm-xwrQfLOvIzt1A&index=28&feature=plpp_video) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/6 "2012-04-14T21:32:42Z")
The catchy **Dve Rusky** , by Ivan Mladek & his Banjo Band: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLTXO1MX_kg) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/7 "2012-04-14T22:06:59Z")
[Dick Dale on Ed Sullivan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8CnurLcxRY&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/8 "2012-04-14T22:32:20Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > [Dick Dale on Ed Sullivan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8CnurLcxRY&feature=related) How’s about a little more kick-ass guitar? [Jose Feliciano - The Thrill is Gone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKgM6OMRqZ0) [John Mclaughlin Performing Cherokee With The ‘Tonight Show’ Band Circa 1985](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsikhMf4Oqs&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/9 "2012-04-14T22:37:50Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > The catchy **Dve Rusky** , by Ivan Mladek & his Banjo Band: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLTXO1MX\_kg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLTXO1MX_kg) Wow, that _is_ really catchy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/10 "2012-04-14T23:05:49Z")
[Tomoyasu Hotei doing Battle Without Honor or Dignity (you know it from Kill Bill) live.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm6xg1CdNCc) Damn, that’s some good music and an asskicking performance. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/11 "2012-04-14T23:21:56Z")
Gosh, where to start? I’ve got like three playlists just of this stuff. I’ll start off with… [Into the Woods— Cilla Jane](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiWnWtl8070) [Skeletons—Yeah Yeah Yeahs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZnIDwnWJtA) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/12 "2012-04-15T02:19:07Z")
> [@Stelios](#): > > Wow, that _is_ really catchy 🙂 And it’s about a guy traveling to Leningrad who gets rolled by two hookers! ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/13 "2012-04-15T06:41:05Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > And it’s about a guy traveling to Leningrad who gets rolled by two hookers! Awesome 🙂 On that note, check out this forgotten '60s classic [Stop, Stop, Stop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dib78C4CQZg) by The Hollies. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/14 "2012-04-15T07:21:17Z")
> [@Stelios](#): > > In the interests of socially responsible sharing, I should add that, if you like any of the tunes you find in this thread, you really should do the decent thing and head over to iTunes and help support the artists that made it, rather than being crafty and nabbing it off [listentoyoutube.com](http://listentoyoutube.com) or anything like that. Cheers. Actually, YouTube and Itunes have made me a music consumer again after years of hardly buying any music at all. Not sure how the Mrs. and I found out about the Mountain Firework Company (an Irish band that plays folk, country, bluegrass, folk-rock, etc.), but they did some sessions meant to mimic the old radio shows with a bunch of musicians crowded around a microphone. Our favorite is [Sometimes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmtsPqHXVyE). That song lead us to this lovely duet by Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling, [The Water](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4QQ7HYYdWw&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/15 "2012-04-15T10:01:50Z")
Found both of these by chance one evening not long ago. Whether they can be considered “great” or not is most definitely a matter of taste. I was fascinated by some of the similarities - especially considering that [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sMVrmnufPo) (M. Finissey’s _English Country Tunes_) is a composed piece and [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EstPgi4eMe4&feature=related) (Cecil Taylor in a “free improvisation”) is - well - improvised. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/16 "2012-04-15T14:48:02Z")
I have to thank Rebecca Black for one. I was watching her _Friday_ video to see what all the fuss was about, and I found this Canadian singer named LIGHTS over in the sidebar: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AU9-TRVbhkE/maxresdefault.jpg "Lights - Ice [Official Music Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU9-TRVbhkE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bUwjWDZoWVw/maxresdefault.jpg "Lights - Saviour [Official Music Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUwjWDZoWVw) She does all the songwriting, vocals/backing vocals, and music herself. A couple years ago, on an e-mail list for bass players, somebody shared a link with the comment, “Check out this bass player!” Well, the bass player was outstanding, but I was completely blown away by the piano player, jazz lady Hiromi Uehara: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G6pgM-NVfWg/hqdefault.jpg "HIROMI UEHARA "XYZ"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pgM-NVfWg) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-HcKrd3K8_A/hqdefault.jpg "Hiromi Uehara - The Tom and Jerry Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HcKrd3K8_A) I’ve ended up buying albums from both of the above on iTunes. Last week while watching The Guild’s latest music video, I found this cute little dancing violinist, Lindsey Stirling, in the sidebar: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BSLPH9d-jsI/maxresdefault.jpg "Lindsey Stirling & Peter Hollens - Skyrim (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSLPH9d-jsI) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pRPOztxXWlQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Lindsey Stirling - Spontaneous Me (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPOztxXWlQ) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vxIOUJ7by6U/hqdefault.jpg "Lindsey Stirling - Electric Daisy Violin (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxIOUJ7by6U) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b3KUyPKbR7Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Lindsey Stirling - Zelda Medley (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KUyPKbR7Q) ---
**Author:** ![Stelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Stelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stelios)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/17 "2012-04-15T15:47:04Z")
> [@Mister Rik](#): > > Last week while watching The Guild’s latest music video, I found this cute little dancing violinist, Lindsey Stirling, in the sidebar: Dude! I was just about to come in and post some of her stuff. Great minds, eh? Here’s some more Ludovico Einaudi stuff instead: [Oltremare](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8MzHqkNBwo) [Primavera](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB4fO-f33K0) (This one’s amazing. Seriously, _ama-a-a-a-a-a-y-zing!_ :)) [Nuvole Bianchi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDDY5nVA3A) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/18 "2012-04-15T16:19:38Z")
Music I bought because of Youtube is Pomplemoose’s album of covers and this one original song [If You Think You Need Some Lovin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9KMgg7T_sg). I found them in a thread like this. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/19 "2012-04-15T18:08:38Z")
Back in the Commodore 64 days, there was a game called Monty on the Run, which had arguably the [best chiptune song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpsN14TFy90) ever. It’s really rockin’. (And if you liked that, you should also check out [Paced Energy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yRSkV9Bmhw) and [Predestined Fate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv_lcgLFJmc), by Souleye) There’s a small subgenre on youtube of people taking famous songs and covering them, solo, recording themselves on multiple instruments and then running them together. When someone recreate a good song, that’s cool, but when someone rehabilitate a terrible song, without even using any instruments…well, that’s just [on a whole 'nother level](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjCLQaTFXx0). If you’re looking for “serene”, then you’d be hard-pressed to find better than [Rare Respite](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_DWbsLq-8s). And even though I mention it every time a thread like this comes up, if you’re at all interested in instrumental music, check out this [epic medley](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDnnZD2ZWpA) piano solo piece. It is outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775/20 "2012-04-16T04:06:19Z")
Some obscure bands can be found on YouTube that you can’t buy online. One of them is the remarkable band, Klaatu. From their second album, ‘Hope’, is this very interesting SF song: One of my favorites is [Around the Universe in Eighty Days](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apmPkbR5xMk). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-the-great-music-youve-found-by-accident-on-youtube/618775.md?page=2)