# Youtube Music To Keep Me Entertained **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850 "2010-08-10T18:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/1 "2010-08-10T18:08:13Z")
There’s nothing like music to make a boring and repetitive task slightly less dull. So what do you like on Youtube. All genres of music are accepted! New R&B and reggaeton aren’t music, btw. 🙂 Right now, I’m listening to Heart/Ann Wilson covers of Led Zeppelin songs. She really nails them. [Going To California](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYQZsFWDKOU)[Immigrant Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n07ydJIynsY&feature=related) [Black Dog](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U25nYpiXYc&feature=related) [Rock And Roll](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTXK_ako1NI&feature=related) and [Stairway To Heaven](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkU_464b7Zc&feature=related) too! I don’t really like that they’re live but, oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/2 "2010-08-10T19:09:37Z")
Your title is catchy enough that I’m going to use this post in your thread as a handy reference source for all the YouTube Music threads I have participated in (or started) in recent times. Not every post in every thread is a valid YouTube link, but many are. Many of these threads have links to other threads to explore. The numbers in each case are the number of posts (at the time I took the snapshot) to give you a clue as to how much is in that thread. I have included a few with very few posts (one with 3) but those are some good threads to look at. I hope at least one of these helps entertain you! > **[Your Favorite All-Time Country Music Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572819)** > > For me, it’s Hank Williams - I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry BJ Thomas had a good version, but Hank’s is more direct and more effective for me. Your Favorite All-Time Country Music Song 136 > **[Quirky music](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=569323)** > > What are your favorite musical oddities? Please share if you have any. Here’s an old fave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boNLZY1Jh08 Quirky music 26 > **[Musical Abominations](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563295)** > > See if you can locate YouTube (or other) links to musical monstrosities at least as terrible as these: Downtown by Mrs. Miller Florence Jenkins massacres Mozart Stayin’ Alive - Jo Stafford (As Darlene Edwards with Johnathan Edwards) Musical Abominations 96 > **[Favorite movie score of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=568119)** > > Inspired by this earlier thread. Some of mine: \[ul\]On Her Majesty’s Secret Service\[/ul\] \[ul\]Dances With Wolves\[/ul\] \[ul\]Dr. No\[/ul\] \[ul\]Gladiator\[/ul\] \[ul\]Rome\[/ul\] \[ul\]The Mission\[/ul\] \[ul\]A.I. - Artificial Intelligence\[/ul\] \[ul\]Star Trek:... Favorite movie score of all time? 68 > **[Offbeat/Unusual Versions of Music that you still consider good](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563670)** > > The ongoing thread I started called Musical Abominations has had some great and funny contributions. This version of Ray Stevens Misty is one that I recognize as being well off the beaten path, but still quite good for my tastes. I wanted to share... Offbeat/Unusual Versions of Music that you still consider good 36 > **[What's the "Seventies-est" song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557224)** > > What’s your vote for the 70s-est sounding song there was, and why? Feel free to use whatever definition of seventies-est you choose… though I’m kind of thinking separate from disco, more the soft rock sideburn and porn’stache permed guys... What’s the “Seventies-est” song? 142 > **[Greatest Earworm of All Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557952)** > > I nominate Mahna Mahna. It’s really catchy. Mahna Mahna It’s really fun. Mahna Mahna It has Muppets. Mahna Mahna So let’s see if there is a mightier earworm that can displace it. Greatest Earworm of All Time 49 > **["Moments" in music that completely slay you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555871)** > > …or, “Within Temptation just made my head asplode.” I’m sure this type of thread has been done before, but my search-fu is failing me at the moment. What are those special moments in music that just clobber you in the gut and leave you twitching on... “Moments” in music that completely slay you… 97 > **[Music with awesome brass parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556635)** > > Just like the title suggests, name some music with really fantastic brass. It can be any genre–classical, jazz, etc. Inspired by the “good piano music” thread that I’m too lazy to find now. My picks: -Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, particularly the... Music with awesome brass parts 71 > **[Your favorite version of "Mack the Knife"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554976)** > > Inspired by the thread on Family Circus. My favorite was mentioned by Tengu–the one by Nick Cave. Never really liked the Bobby Darin one. It just wasn’t creepy enough for me. I like Lotte Lenya’s version, too, but not as much as Nick Cave’s. What... Your favorite version of “Mack the Knife”? 39 > **[Noteworthy music from TV show episodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555823)** > > Two specific examples, both from House, make me wonder if you have some that you felt were particularly on target for the show involved: Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line from Third Season Episodes :: #313 “Needle in a Haystack” Fiona Apple - Why Try... Noteworthy music from TV show episodes 17 > **[Good (not quite great) Piano Music, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554147)** > > Rather than enter this in the Great thread, I thought we might broaden the scope a little and find some examples of “interesting” piano music clips. Maybe even some guitar or other instruments as long as the fun aspect outweighs the virtuosity. ... Good (not quite great) Piano Music, etc. 7 > **[Great Piano music](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553836)** > > I have been really into listening to piano music for the last little bit of time. My taste is wide ranging, Jazz, Rock, Blues, Classical, as long as it features piano I am digging it. So I thought, in the name of helping me find new music to listen... Great Piano music 53 > **[Songs where the band name is self-referenced](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=196537)** > > After hearing Chic’s Freak Out and Wang Chung Everybody Have Fun Tonight played back-to-back in a restaurant, I strated wondering about other songs where the performing band mentions its name. The only other one I can think of at the moment is Black... Songs where the band name is self-referenced 120 > **[Songs That Made / Make You Cry (audio)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=512442)** > > At Seventeen ~ Janis Ian Yeah . . . I’m a woose. 😛 Songs That Made / Make You Cry (audio) 67 > **[Drumming 101: The Purdie Shuffle!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=512453)** > > \*\*pulykamell \*\*- where are you?!? Boy do I hope this NY Times link works and doesn’t require a subscription. Nice article on Bernard Purdie and the Purdie Shuffle - a beat/rhythm he popularized which as been used on thousands of songs. There is... Drumming 101: The Purdie Shuffle! 5 > **[Best Beats in Music -- with audio](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510277)** > > Long cool woman (in a black dress) sugarloaf - green eyed lady The Beatles Day Tripper Pink Floyd - Money Stevie Wonder ~ Superstition Michael Jackson - Billie Jean Just to get it started. Rock on! Best Beats in Music – with audio 68 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510396](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510396) Favorite Movie Music – with audio 38 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511112](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511112) Music You Like More Than You Maybe Should 30 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511015](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511015) Kodo Drummers of Japan 13 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510773](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510773) Favorite Big Band Music – with audio 3 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510195](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510195) TV Show theme songs that are not just “Theme from\_\_\_\_\_” 57 ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/3 "2010-08-10T19:19:14Z")
Little Wing [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jwm-vxGgFf4/hqdefault.jpg "Carlos Vamos plays "Little Wing" acoustic tapping version HENDRIX") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwm-vxGgFf4) Phil Keaggy [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nV3bLZLpqTQ/hqdefault.jpg "Phil Keaggy "Salvation Army Band"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV3bLZLpqTQ) Jerry reed [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n7GyLr7Cz2g/hqdefault.jpg "Amos Moses - Jerry Reed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/4 "2010-08-10T19:25:21Z")
1980s Synth rock/pop - New Romantic Some kind of hollow haunting sound / trance-like Don Henley - [Sunset Grill](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6PgrK3oZ2Y) & [Boys of Summer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlLeUvdWBGU&feature=related) Icehouse - [Crazy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzMaptbNMRw) & [No Promises](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBif6w-SiY&feature=related) Roxy Music - [More Than This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgU4iQr8PU) The Fixx - [Secret Separation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZciNthNnDA) & [Red Skies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCM4_5uB1ww) Alphaville - [Forever Young](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2dLfUw8rcA) Tine Turner - [We Don’t Need Another Hero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1FPK5-Rm38&feature=related) Tears for Fears - [Woman in Chains](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkK3ZtI9SU) Tanita Tikaram - [Twist in my Sobriety](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJdgSRzv8wE) Terence Trent D’Arby - [Wishing Well](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Uz-dPANDY) (sort of) Robert Plant - [Heaven Knows](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvyG7E-qf0o) Mr. Mister - [Kyrie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXgHjDOxUM&playnext_from=TL&videos=esQlCEiBajE) & [Broken Wings](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWyeVfuolT4&playnext_from=TL&videos=orANZrL2DJE) The Call - [I Still Believe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-smMyAnJUc&feature=related) The Stranglers - [Skin Deep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu4Aj2JMwCI&playnext_from=TL&videos=Utps8ip3ecM) & [Always the Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voaTZ0Y8kBk&playnext_from=TL&videos=W005LlhNyqg) Godley and Creme - [Cry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxtPRF6NG7I&playnext_from=TL&videos=9sY8LS6lD4I) OMD - [Forever Live & Die](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54WLYP2PDzc) ABC - [All of my Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBgaFHscTHg) Spandau Ballet - [True](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e4WLdLNajs) Duran Duran - The Chauffeur - NSFW Duran Duran - [The Chauffeur](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09iRa9ymj2E&has_verified=1) - NSFW ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/5 "2010-08-10T19:40:10Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > Little Wing > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwm-vxGgFf4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwm-vxGgFf4) Wow! Amazing and beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/6 "2010-08-11T12:45:22Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > There’s nothing like music to make a boring and repetitive task slightly less dull. > > So what do you like on Youtube. All genres of music are accepted! New R&B and reggaeton aren’t music, btw. 🙂 May I ask if you’ve “joined” YouTube? If not, do so and build you a Favorites list and some Playlists. I have pushing 200 such things and can use the “shuffle” option and just start mine playing and know that I won’t hear anything I don’t like. Many of the links in that long post I put up are dead now, but if you look in the “Related Videos” there’s a good chance the specific clip I linked to has an alternate (perhaps of the same performance or a decent cover) that you could add to your Favorites – if you like it, of course. Just a suggestion or two. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/7 "2010-08-11T17:30:28Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > > [@tr0psn4j](#): > > > > There’s nothing like music to make a boring and repetitive task slightly less dull. > > > > So what do you like on Youtube. All genres of music are accepted! New R&B and reggaeton aren’t music, btw. 🙂 > > May I ask if you’ve “joined” YouTube? If not, do so and build you a Favorites list and some Playlists. I have pushing 200 such things and can use the “shuffle” option and just start mine playing and know that I won’t hear anything I don’t like. > > Many of the links in that long post I put up are dead now, but if you look in the “Related Videos” there’s a good chance the specific clip I linked to has an alternate (perhaps of the same performance or a decent cover) that you could add to your Favorites – if you like it, of course. > > Just a suggestion or two. Related Videos are nice, but I want to hear things that I wouldn’t normally listen to. Thanks for the list of threads though, I’m going to go through most of them today, while I staple hundreds of papers. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/8 "2010-08-11T18:01:25Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Related Videos are nice, but I want to hear things that I wouldn’t normally listen to. > > Thanks for the list of threads though, I’m going to go through most of them today, while I staple hundreds of papers. :smack: I can understand the search for new stuff recommended by folks you can accept as having similar interests or tastes. I had almost started a thread of this type myself, which is why I jumped on yours so readily. Keeping tabs of 30 pages worth of threads can be a little daunting when all you really want is a list of the music stuff you’ve liked. Same could be said for other broad topics like TV shows, Movies, Food, and the other things CS is good for. In the checking I did of those old threads in my list, it’s sad that so many of the good links are to dead clips. But that happens. I have relocated and re-favorited (love that word!) some of my real favorites several times and YouTube (or the poster) keeps taking them down. Copyright issue? Most likely. Even so, it’s a good way to have some music you like available at a click. I would add the new thread on [Favorite “Rock” Instrumental](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574223) if I were you! Some real goodies there already and it’s going strong. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/9 "2010-08-11T18:07:35Z")
Literal videos-Original lyrics are replaced with lyrics that describe the action on-screen. [Total Eclipse Of The Heart.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA) [Making Love Out Of Nothing At All.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GlJbyMrytA) [Take On Me.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ) [Billie Jean.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFYdNuHoG0c) ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/10 "2010-08-11T19:11:12Z")
[Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Messin’ with the Kid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nuOWuhWNmI) [Filter, Take a Picture](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8MAHQhKe7Q) [Weird Al, Trapped in the Drive Thru](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGVYki-oyQ) [Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Theme from Shaft](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfK-UzQ48JE) ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/11 "2010-08-12T17:42:11Z")
[A Kid singing Jambalaya with Hank Williams Jr.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57sfRo26fAc&list=QL&playnext=6) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/12 "2010-08-13T01:35:16Z")
This just made my jaw drop when a friend showed it to me: [Bireli Lagrene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI5P9REpiPM) Don’t let the nasty chords he’s playing at the beginning turn you off–it gets good about a minute or so in, and it gets amazing after that. 😃 For something a bit more fun, the [Fraggle Rock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXvrvoP3ryk) theme on acoustic guitar. I’ve been trying to get the dude to send me the tab… ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/13 "2010-08-13T09:26:52Z")
Camille O’Sullivan doing a cover of Nick Cave’s [Mercy Seat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9dnBZIzYb4) [Cinematic Orchestra, To Build A Home](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjjc59FgUpg) [Beirut, Nantes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3ZAs17uAg) [Joe Hisaishi, A wish to the moon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cscmcz_ncU) [Tom Hickox, Let me be your lover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLGd50B16Ck) [The Imagined Village - Space Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7ZgShUIfQc) [MacFarlane singing in the rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1kgmyVIHEk#t=07m55s) ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/14 "2010-08-13T15:32:31Z")
The song is catchy, and the video itself is a lot of fun: [Röyksopp’s “Happy Up Here”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmcPeuf5aXo). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/15 "2010-08-25T12:34:20Z")
Another recently added thread with superb participation: > **[Most achingly beautiful songs ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574925)** > > Inspired by this quite excellent thread, I got to wondering what Dopers considered to be some of the most gorgeous songs ever recorded. I’ll start with these: \[ul\] \[li\]“Winter” - Tori Amos\[/li\]\[li\]“Mayonaise” - Smashing Pumpkins\[/li\]\[li\]“Bad” -... Most achingly beautiful songs ever 263 (and climbing!) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/16 "2010-08-25T13:01:41Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAFXayH1bpY) But you have to watch the video too! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/17 "2010-08-25T13:15:15Z")
Just a few out of many. [Goodnight Moon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRqUONe_aAI) by Shivaree. [Smooth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXp413NynFk) by Santana featuring Rob Thomas. [I’m Blue](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U73uQewGyys) by the Shangri-Las. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/18 "2011-06-12T18:00:59Z")
Back at [Post #2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12786686&postcount=2) I posted links to YouTube related threads in my Username Search history. I added some more links in Post #8 and #15 Here’s another update since that time with date of last post added to number of posts: > **[Favorite "Rock" Instrumental](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574223)** > > For various values of “Rock”. Personally, the lyrics of a song are far more likely to hook me than the music, no matter how sublime. But even I appreciate a truly outstanding instrumental when it comes around. Everyone knows (and most love)... Favorite “Rock” Instrumental 73 08-12-2010, 05:07 PM > **[Most achingly beautiful songs ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=574925)** > > Inspired by this quite excellent thread, I got to wondering what Dopers considered to be some of the most gorgeous songs ever recorded. I’ll start with these: \[ul\] \[li\]“Winter” - Tori Amos\[/li\]\[li\]“Mayonaise” - Smashing Pumpkins\[/li\]\[li\]“Bad” -... Most achingly beautiful songs ever 366 09-20-2010, 12:16 AM > **[If you could perform one song perfectly in front of an audience ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577528)** > > … what song would that be? Lets pretend all your performance anxiety and lack of musical talent just withers away. You now have the ability to perform one song (and play any instrument for that song) flawlessly. There is an audience of 100,000+... If you could perform one song perfectly in front of an audience … 75 10-07-2010, 10:07 AM > **[I wanna learn some new acoustic tunes...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=583951)** > > …what are your faves? I am sitting here with guitar in hand looking for something new and fun. If its obscure at least point me to a youtune vid or something. I wanna learn some new acoustic tunes… 23 11-08-2010, 10:27 AM > **[Recommend some Cello Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=584141)** > > I recently downloaded two of Zoe Keating’s albums on a whim (based off an article I read in a magazine), which are entirely made up of her looping Cellos on top on each other. The music is fabulous. I love the tones and mood. However, I know... Recommend some Cello Music 25 11-08-2010, 10:33 PM > **[12 songs that make me stop cold](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=585357)** > > A friend of mine posted this on Facebook with his own list, which then made me and other people reply with lists and memories. I thought it was kinda fun, so I posted my list of 12 songs and why they bring on the memories…too bad the list was only... 12 songs that make me stop cold 31 11-16-2010, 09:32 AM > **[Recommend some piano music](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=585176)** > > I usually listen to different types of rock music, with some blues thrown in for good measure. But sometimes I feel for something less “intrusive”, simpler, lighter stuff. On such occasions I’ve been listening to classical piano, more specifically... Recommend some piano music 35 11-23-2010, 05:34 PM > **[Those tunes behind circus and magicians' acts](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586876)** > > How many tunes can we identify that have been used as background music for jugglers and magicians and circus acts? Here are a couple to get us started: The Galloping Comedians (Comedian’s Gallop) by Kabalevsky Khachaturian - Sabre Dance Those tunes behind circus and magicians’ acts 13 11-26-2010, 07:48 AM > **[Hate Jazz but wish you knew a bit more about why? A Jazz 101 thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=588074)** > > In this threadentitled “What should you like, but don’t” - in Post #60 I comment on how many folks have stated that they don’t like Jazz. I argue that perhaps they aren’t grounded in some of the basics of jazz. \*\*Novelty Bobble \*\*and a few other... Hate Jazz but wish you knew a bit more about why? A Jazz 101 thread. 108 12-10-2010, 08:50 AM > **[Christmas Music with a Twist](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586656)** > > Suggested by Zeldar in this thread. Only a couple of days until radio stations that haven’t done so already start up their all-Christmas formats. This thread is for tracks that aren’t typical of such playlists. No lyrics required. “Twistin’ Bells”... Christmas Music with a Twist 83 12-24-2010, 06:09 PM > **[Besides "Lovin' You"- pop songs where the sings hits a really high note?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=431346)** > > That’s about it. No real reason for the question, just heard the song and was trying to think of similar examples, and haven’t thought of one yet… Besides “Lovin’ You”- pop songs where the sings hits a really high note? 102 12-30-2010, 01:56 PM > **[Intriguing Funk Bass Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=594593)** > > Recently I’ve been hearing a bass line that sounds very much like the one in IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY/SLY&FAM STONE and purely by chance I located this clip after rejecting War - Why Can’t We Be Friends? as well as Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke and... Intriguing Funk Bass Line 10 01-26-2011, 04:37 PM > **[Nairobi Trio](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=594526)** > > A crossword puzzle I just finished had “Nairobi Trio” as a solution to the clue “Ernie Kovacs’s gorilla band” and I nearly fell out of my chair. This is one of my favorite memories of 50’s TV. For those unfortunate enough not to have seen the... Nairobi Trio 20 01-27-2011, 03:43 PM > **[I'm looking for a dark and creepy version of "Teddy Bears' Picnic"](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=594622)** > > Some friends and I are considering making a film and using a spooky version of Teddy Bears’ Picnic on the soundtrack. We may end up composing our own version, but if there’s an existing spooky, slow, dark, perhaps discordant, version out there... I’m looking for a dark and creepy version of “Teddy Bears’ Picnic” 24 01-27-2011, 07:40 PM > **[YouTube Favorites -- Most/Least Viewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=595047)** > > Although it will surely change, at my current count of 260 videos in my Favorites list, the one with the least views (73) is December 2010 Overnight 1 which I looked up recently to find Billy Joe Walker, Jr.'s “Treehouse” My most viewed... YouTube Favorites – Most/Least Viewed 6 01-29-2011, 04:00 PM > **[Your current earworm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=594661)** > > I have Joan Jett’s I hate myself for loving you stuck in my head. Worse, I had a roommate in college who would mangle the words on purpose and many of his words are part of the earworm. (I hate myself for sniffing glue being one of the least... Your current earworm? 63 02-02-2011, 09:04 AM > **[Why do western soundtracks sound "western"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=594597)** > > t seems that you can always tell a movie score is from a western just by listening. It seems there is a certain rhythm that is used a lot and for some reason evokes The Old West. Where did this rhythm/ sound come from? Why is that? Why do... Why do western soundtracks sound “western”? 21 02-07-2011, 09:18 AM > **[G Em C D : Greatest Hits](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597356)** > > I’ve been teaching my friend’s 9 year old son to play guitar. We’ve been working on chords for a while now and he’s gotten to the point where he’s pretty good with G Em C D. He even makes changes from one chord to the next fairly well. So, I want... G Em C D : Greatest Hits 26 02-20-2011, 01:04 AM > **[Musical Economy: Doing More with Less (Bill Withers clip)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=597621)** > > See here: a 70’s performance of Bill Withers playing Use Me. I came across this while looking for a clip of the song for another thread over in IMHO. But - just listen to this. You’ve got an acoustic, an electric, a bass, drums and a guy playing... Musical Economy: Doing More with Less (Bill Withers clip) 15 02-20-2011, 02:36 PM > **[Your Favorite Bill Evans YouTube Clip](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578238)** > > When Eliane Elias was on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz not long ago, she mentioned a song Bill Evans had given her husband Marc Johnson on tape and that she had taken and provided lyrics for it and released it as a new song. At the time of her... Your Favorite Bill Evans YouTube Clip 13 04-07-2011, 04:42 PM [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=603205](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=603205) Examples of songs with multiple concurrent vocal lines 70 04-07-2011, 04:56 PM I would encourage others who would like a handy reference to YouTube related posts (especially music) to post in this thread with links to threads of note. My links all involve threads where I had at least one post and they help serve as a handy reference to threads I might want to go look at again. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/19 "2011-06-12T19:44:53Z")
That’s a great idea. I haven’t been on the boards as much lately but this will help out a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850/20 "2011-06-12T20:19:03Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > That’s a great idea. I haven’t been on the boards as much lately but this will help out a lot. Thanks for your support. I was hoping you would approve of my jumping on your thread this way. I had been a while myself needing to refer to it, and had to go look it up. I stopped before the most recent threads to give them time to get past the “current posts” point. Maybe I can remember to update this thread again in another few months – as opposed to 8! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-to-keep-me-entertained/549850.md?page=2)