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BenWilson

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:49:37 +1200

But eventually, he admitted that what he'd really like is this. So I went to the iTunes Store and bought him an entire Breaking Benjamin album for his new iPod. It sounds fucking awful to me.

What's not to like about grating heavy metal set to a surreal and improbable…

Basil Lawrence

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:24:48 +1200

www?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiQ-a8CkPY

Basil Lawrence

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:20:26 +1200

Cheers Russell

GAAARGGHHH! I feel like having a bloody Willie-from-the-Simpsons hissy fit o'er this 'un, but seein' as I cannae seem to get the link goin', do yeselves a favour and listen to 'Tinseltown in the Rain' by the Blue Nile. y'ken?

Gervais Laird

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:05:09 +1200

Here's one from my childhood that I found recently whilst surfing Youtube with my 2 year old:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww3RAgnVOIs

Or how about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv58qiMgGvY&feature=related

Che Tibby

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:28:30 +1200

here's an old favourite. the (scottish) cure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZkTEGPG8Y

or... for that earworm. another fav.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG3Nsz8tOqo

Aidan Heerdegen

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:46:11 +1200

These guys are so tight on stage it is amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHapDS2fcFE

they had a great rapport with the audience, really seemed to enjoy the feedback and seemed to be having a great time when I saw them at Vic Uni.

Some Kiwi classics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oThSPqmIRxQ

Gordons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjEk2IWMnb8

The Clean

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=AdCvil6r6cA

The…

Russell Brown

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:13:44 +1200

If I get an embed FAIL I'll look foolish, but them's the breaks.

I fixed 'em. For obscure technical reasons, you need a "www" in your YouTube URL.

3410

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:30:32 +1200

Cool picks, Basil.

Basil Lawrence

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:25:10 +1200

If I get an embed FAIL I'll look foolish, but them's the breaks. Polyrock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EgvNzWqcRo

Basil Lawrence

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:50:01 +1200

Moves!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BqNcXz-tsc&feature=related

Mina! (w/Morricone production!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKSuG1LOaYI

Madeline Bell! (audio only)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-sgjcZP4c

Allen Toussaint live!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGAFOz5GA8I

'I hate disco'. Shut up. Mr Flagio (audio only)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDV_dBYp4h0

and finally...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9HsGsB-MCM

Tony Kennedy

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:19:00 +1200

Tony Kennedy you have it right about Rodrigo Y Gabriela, but Tamacun is better.

No argument from me on that :-)

and now for something completely different ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnIQNcdEb2Q

take the elevator to the 13th floor.

Danielle

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:09:58 +1200

Sam & Dave, live, backed by Booker T & the MGs, doing 'Hold On I'm Comin'

That is so. fucking. awesome. I get dorkishly teary-eyed over this stuff. When playing the 'if you could travel back in time to see any show, which one would it be?' game, the 1967 (?) Stax/Volt…

Rob Hosking

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:51:59 +1200

Ummm...

Well because its now Sunday, and because Soul now has a more secular meaning than it once did; because like many a nerdy white boy of my generation I was turned onto this stuff by The Blues Brothers film; and because I posted some slightly ridiculous links earlier.... here's…

WH

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:37:21 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm8JoMhgjRw

Rex Widerstrom

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:17:10 +1200

Okay, so I'm currently producing the first DVD released by Toby. It's a live concert... this is an UNedited clip. Reviews welcome :-)

Shameless link whoring: www.tobymusic.com.au

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPp8h1_bmcM

Karen

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:26:08 +1200

Karen

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:24:57 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5F64A8C73912E220

Oliver Woods

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:09:11 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxH39QlRuhg

I hope no one has posted this yet... a classic!

Che Tibby

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:57:55 +1200

well... thinking more like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMx_0T9cPAU

or, this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEWjgLQa39k

Sacha

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:31:43 +1200

Yep, guaranteed floor-filler at parties. Great story, Che, ta.

that or anything reggae/hip-hop

How's about them Roots then?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQdXfQyYe9M

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:30:43 +1200

Tanks Che,knew if I browsed I would find Guilian Welsh.Saw her recently on TV and has been bugging me ever since.I suspect your fav is the one I am after.She did a song where her voice was soo hauntingly wonderful.Sold me instantly.

chris esther

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:47:36 +1200

by crikey what a wonderful waste of time this thread is...

alt.country?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNYDyXn6qso

blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJeoYnmqbw

alt.blues?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkuK35mTUmw

brisbane dance music circa 1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjqwuBBI2UU

if saints then clowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PeGHeF2AHc

finally for the young man, who should rightfully ignore us all...4 octaves of vocal delight that puts breakin benje to shame...beefheart live…

Yamis

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:52:49 +1200

Merrica, I was actually going to post that very clip by Leessang of Rush but opted for the others... Was in Korea when it came out and have a few of their albums. Probably their most catchy song, but they have a few other decent ones.

Che Tibby

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:44:08 +1200

a new day! i can post some more songs.

the song almost solely responsible for a five-year collection of alt country is "elvis presley blues", which isn't on youtube.

but here's caleb meyer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nugXkgd_-84

and if you like your pyschobilly? i saw these guys in forth worth in 2001. crazy.…

Peter Ashby

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:25:13 +1200

Tony Kennedy you have it right about Rodrigo Y Gabriela, but Tamacun is better.

We first saw them went we went to see Courtney Pine in Edinburgh, these two who looked like roadies were on stage at the start. They put out two chairs, set up the mikes, brought out…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:52:46 +1200

how can I love you so much when you are so wrong?

You're probably going to hit me for this, Danielle, but I often ask myself why so much of my taste in music suggests I missed my calling as the Martha Graham of pole dancing. I love Prince, but…

Danielle

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:42:24 +1200

Yay. I love 'Got to Give it Up': it's not only a song which makes you dance, it's *about* getting up and dancing and getting over your shyness. It's meta, man.

And while I'm trying to humiliate myself... I own a copy (and not the first) of the Xanadu soundtrack.…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:31:20 +1200

And a few more songs that make me dance — well twitch in a faintly alarming manner, in private:

Everybody Dance by Chic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFQcOrqQLN8

Doctor's Orders by Carol Douglas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POesh52UwSo&feature=related

Got To Give It Up (Part 1) – Marvin Gaye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLjT4nrUTQ

Danielle

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:20:20 +1200

Oh, I missed Levon Helm back there! Bless. The Band's version of 'Long Black Veil' is my favourite.

damn straight. that's one of the few songs that get this guy up on the dance floor.

That song is just a never-fail, isn't it? It's *all hooks*. There isn't one part…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:14:47 +1200

And while I'm trying to humiliate myself... I own a copy (and not the first) of the Xanadu soundtrack.

Why? Because this was freaky without the pictures...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGEiDN3GH-0

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:59:31 +1200

The freaky fast version which will make you gay:

Well, I once heard a live cover done by kd lang and Erasure's Andy Bell. I really, really wouldn't have minded being a lesbian for four and a half minutes.

I was horrified a few years back when a baby sitter…

Kumara Republic

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:58:12 +1200

An oldie, but a goodie. Time to dust off that Sportronic/2600/C64/NES/Master System...

http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=9PD1P0rqNgo

Che Tibby

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:31:30 +1200

Hard not to smile, or dance for that matter

damn straight. that's one of the few songs that get this guy up on the dance floor. well... that or anything reggae/hip-hop.

heard a great story* about them trying to write it and bootsie collins walking in. he takes a listen…

merrica

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:49:17 +1200

whoops, sorry

merrica

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:48:43 +1200

...something a bit commercial and RnBish...from korea

from youtube

...and something a little older and darker from Peter Murphy – Cuts You Up.

youtube

Sacha

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:45:15 +1200

Hard not to smile, or dance for that matter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN14eZFfxLk

merrica

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:45:06 +1200

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d08Cnyzi_iw

very old ....Max Merritt and the Meteors – Slippin' Away

Yamis

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:59:20 +1200

And I have to chuck in a Rage Against the Machine song but will continue the covers theme with "Renegades of Funk" written by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force.... vid gets old skool on y'all.

http://www.uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tqWP1rsAMrw

Yamis

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:37:00 +1200

To get this a bit weird, Alanis Morrisette covers "My Humps"

http://www.uk.youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g&feature=related

Yamis

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:33:05 +1200

Here's a great country song written by none other than Snoop Dogg. Pretty funny shots in the vid.

http://www.uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAM3C3dpIA&feature=related

Jackie Clark

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:12:34 +1200

Oh, how glorious on a Friday. Thanks guys! Particulary for Aretha, Miles, Donna Summer et al. Funk, disco, soul – count me in.
I like all sorts of music. But you can keep your dark serious punky stuff. Give me something I can belt out my lungs to, or dance…

Hannah Sarney

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:36:16 +1200

The National (from their incredible show earlier this year in auckland):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRl1SZKNTpQ

Andrew Bird (also performing in auckland):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe80kSakxc

...and local?

Ruby Suns:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdzG7bRgeDg

Whipping Cats:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_PpC0WOp00

The Cosbys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWHjZl7_omE

TeenWolf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Li-qMV5Ps&feature=related

sorry, few too many perhaps.

Danielle

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:25:07 +1200

And the only country song ever sung that I've liked. All the rest should be killed with flamethrowers.

This statement is completely wrong. But that's OK. :) Oldschool country, in particular, rules because:

1) It's disturbing. The Louvin Brothers' 'Knoxville Girl' (audio only, but listen to those close harmonies, and…

Che Tibby

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:59:49 +1200

and, enough from me for now, except... for a little mclusky to even out the architecture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgkzRE89Gyw

and to even out mclusky, some janice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpDOIPx_sY

(sorry joss, you will never have that.)

and finally, this, from the last waltz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JpAMG65Dg

it's the last time levon helm thinks he'll ever play…

Che Tibby

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:43:53 +1200

tom, didn't get the link. you got some skinny bloke in the video?

Che Tibby

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:43:18 +1200

Gotta have a bit of Depeche Mode to lift the thread.

i saw the violator tour in dallas in 88. pretty damn good. my most embarrassing moment (TM) occurred not many weeks after when i heard to sing "all i ever wanted, all i ever needed, is here, in my…

Rob Hosking

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:40:01 +1200

Well, if we're talking cover versions and country, this takes some beating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muyqMrsuLXw&feature=related

Gareth Davidson

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:10:04 +1200

Don't forget Cracker when talkin' 'bout country round the edges, ya hear?

George Darroch

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:47:08 +1200

And the only country song ever sung that I've liked. All the rest should be killed with flamethrowers.

Well it is a Nine Inch Nails song, produced by Rick Rubin, so the results are predictably heavy.

But the sentiment is fair enough. I slink round the edges of country, taking…

Gareth Davidson

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:41 +1200

You're not willing to add my favorite cover of all time to your list Tom?

Gareth Davidson

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:20:55 +1200

Rolling Stone mag recently published a list of the 100 greatest guitar songs of all time. Happy for my kids to have all of them on their iPod or other non-brand specific mp3 player. If they're lucky their dad might even have a few on CD.

Tom Semmens

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:17:54 +1200

And the only country song ever sung that I've liked. All the rest should be killed with flamethrowers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=related

Paul Rowe

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:02:51 +1200

Samuel made me think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S46XKa3uj2U&feature=related

And that always makes me think of the Mekons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5bW7i-Rdw

samuel walker

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:35:33 +1200

Oh, and having finally joined a gym, Carl Craig is my friend. How can anyone do that without an iPod full of cool techno?

so true, never forget that mr c2 sounds divine sans gym also.

you can always doublestep to some poppy dubstep:
Benga and Coki 'night'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNStVlJWy88&feature=related

or…

Rob Hosking

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:34:04 +1200

Ahh...those Who clips. Both from 'The Kids Are Alright' – I wore out my vinyl copy, the first time I'd ever done that to a record.

Now THIS one, on my personal top ten One Hit Wonders of All Time AND Top Ten Guitar Solos of All Time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rppct2qE_ys

Tom Beard

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:27:00 +1200

Or perhaps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qav2U0Ohb6U

(though preview doesn't think so)

Tom Beard

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:26:23 +1200

Gotta have a bit of Depeche Mode to lift the thread.

Absolutely! Definitely the best Basildon band ever, though they have some competition for best Essex band, innit.

Meanwhile, the first single I ever bought, and still love to death (though I think I prefer the flipside, Part VI):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qav2U0Ohb6U…

Robert Fox

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:17:09 +1200

This just came on the office playlist and thought id better share it with y'al

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpD8FpGpBjEl

Alan Perrott

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:11:35 +1200

cheers for the Who link matey...my brian's fading in the face of tumeke artspeak. It's a long story...

anyway...for those needing some delicious chills...umm, and I don't mean the band...here's Richard Hawley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6baCZIxvBkI&feature=related

George Darroch

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:10:23 +1200

"It is tedious for the young to be constantly reminded what much finer fellows their fathers were and what a much more enjoyable time we had. But there you are; we were and we did".

Well, in my time, we listened to bands like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w2TWvKDuco

Tom Semmens

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:47:21 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_vCOOW_BsE

And here is some Roisin Murphy as well, if the kids don't like her there is no hope for them.

Tom Semmens

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:46:07 +1200

ah ha! Merci beaucoup.

Gotta have a bit of Depeche Mode to lift the thread.

andrew llewellyn

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:41:14 +1200

Et Viola!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGxOUezyCms

andrew llewellyn

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:39:16 +1200

All you need is an http:// in front of the URL (learned from my own epic failure)

Tom Semmens

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:33:58 +1200

Well that was an epic fail at posting a youtube video.

Tom Semmens

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:33:33 +1200

Greatest rock band in the world....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGxOUezyCms

Gareth Davidson

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:33:26 +1200

Andrew, if you wanted, I could sell you a very slightly used 12" single... In fact I think it's still at my parents house in Wellington.

Rob Nixon

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:31:04 +1200

Wish I could dance like them

Felix

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:20:57 +1200

Coolest band ever. Best video by coolest band ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc

andrew llewellyn

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:17:10 +1200

Hah! I used to love Home By the Sea.

Gareth Davidson

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:09:59 +1200

Not that I was a dad at the time, but my first music (which, I'll be proud to show the grandkids on VINYL) was purchased with an HMV $15 voucher I received for my 13th birthday. For $12 I got the album featuring this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YubzvkNh77w

And needing to spend the…

andrew llewellyn

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:32:04 +1200

Pooh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04

andrew llewellyn

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:31:17 +1200

I'd like to share with all of you one of the most terrifyingly perky dance routines ever put on film

Wow – stunning. West Side STory has a lot to answer for.

Meanwhile, here's one that's just terrifying. (can't resist).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04

Paul Litterick

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:27:34 +1200

Actually, I think the thing that blew my mind was Patti Smith's 'Because the Night' on Casey Kasem's American Top 40, to which I would listen every weekend. It was a serious what the fuck was that? moment.

Meanwhile, in England, a callow youth called Paul Litterick turned on the…

chris esther

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:23:51 +1200

Anyone only familiar with the Paul Young remake (shudder) owes it to themselves to hear it.

Yeah if you want a white boy version, it's gotta be the angsty white boy version by Graham Parker – which ain't on yt...but his big hit is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQRstTbHsao

Michael Healy

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:19:30 +1200

the trons, of Hamiltron, city of the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2JChnwv2Ws

Jake Pollock

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:18:18 +1200

Jens Lekman does Arthur Russell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C2jTrC4ezI

And speaking of Tom Waits, I am going to see him live in just over two weeks. Oh yes.

Hannah Sarney

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:17:12 +1200

It sounds like everyone needs more Panda Bear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25_gjUbvqNg&feature=related

Also Fleet Foxes: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/51076-fleet-foxes

bob daktari

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:14:04 +1200

HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR Blind (Serge Santiago MiX)

no pictures just ten minutes of glorious electronic music designed for the wee small hours when your mind plays tricks on you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09sbBTYGpOU

PIL – Public Image

a old fave and more in keeping with the clips posted thus far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylOCIP54PIQ

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:09:49 +1200

oh and how could I forget while we're passing stuff around – best thing ever: Gogol Bordello

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOWx5G76pkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_81l4DXlwM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oynHMmq8PBA

Tom Beard

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:07:08 +1200

Che: is this guy one of your ancestors, by any chance?

Paul Rowe

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:04:48 +1200

By some distance their most infamous TV appearance. Unbeknown to anyone, Keith Moon had bribed a stage-hand with alcohol to pack his bass drum with a surfeit of explosives. As the band ended My Generation with their trademark stage-destruction, the cameras were momentarily blinded by the blast. As the smoke…

Danielle

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:02:32 +1200

Ann Peebles [audio]

That song is just insanely good. Anyone only familiar with the Paul Young remake (shudder) owes it to themselves to hear it. Everything about it – vocals, arrangements, horns, strings – is perfect. And those little chimes... sigh.

I went to visit the Hi Records building in…

Paul Rowe

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:01:23 +1200

Hey Alan, speaking of The Who, have you seen this?

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3722243.ece

chris esther

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:54:07 +1200

Raincoats...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZJt56z5Ywc

Slits...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyXGblps64M

Ann Peebles [audio]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-YIGfMv7oY

and Marcia Griffiths [audio]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CCrA5Lq5XU

Paul Rowe

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:41:29 +1200

Cos there's no 70s era footage of Big Star:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tgwr6tEES8

The pointless interview after the song is entertaining in its own way too.

Samuel Scott

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:32:43 +1200

tori amos is not my cup of chamomile...

nina however
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUcXI2BIUOQ

or etta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMd19sE6U4&feature=related

ooh and i do love a romantic bit of Roberta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7gzXz1cHo&feature=related

philipmatthews

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:31:48 +1200

There's some good fan-made videos for Godspeed You Black Emperor, who often seemed like a soundtrack in search of a movie. This is one of the better ones. What a great band they were ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aLjup934Rk&feature=related

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:29:08 +1200

actually that's the single – the album cut is much better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jznfI0O2v9E&feature=related

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:26:03 +1200

Russel – for your workout (and the latest thing that both the adults and the kids have taken to together):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6hL6fkJ1_k
Infected Mushroom: Becoming Insane

Andrew G

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:20:21 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwxLGohUM0

This is from an Aussie, Saturday morning show for teens. Only the JSBX could pull this off at 11am. Brilliant.

Danielle

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:19:41 +1200

'I Feel Love'

Fucking. A. That is mightily magnificent.

I'd like to share with all of you one of the most terrifyingly perky dance routines ever put on film, from Nancy Sinatra's TV special Movin' With Nancy (sponsored by RC Cola!). The madness starts at approximately one minute fifty-seven seconds,…

Rob Hosking

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:18:53 +1200

...and because this is all getting just too tasteful – a HUGE hit from '76...:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKfLpkBFjx0&feature=related

Joanna

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:14:21 +1200

Way to rock out with your cock out, fellas. Here to complement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGnEFu-1_0

Tori Amos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nojeYbBpbeU&feature=related

PJ Harvey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPVMYDrbrCo

Patti Smith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPVMYDrbrCo

Hole

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:14:03 +1200

And just to day I ran into this page explaining how that iconic Grace Jones Cover was created (pre-photoshop)

Rob Hosking

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:12:57 +1200

Oookayy...

Because it got a mention on an earlier thread....[and because it was the first time I ever heard a single and went 'I Must Have That Record Now' ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whSYTSXm8wo

nothingelseon

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:11:29 +1200

... kinda! ;-)

nothingelseon

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:10:59 +1200

Actually, I think the thing that blew my mind was Patti Smith's 'Because the Night' on Casey Kasem's American Top 40

Saved by Springsteen!

Peter Martin

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:10:17 +1200

Yes...it is reasonable to be appreciative of what the kids are up to...lest they let us know if they appreciate us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyx4OMjS2Kg

Alan Perrott

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:10:05 +1200

a personal fave 'wish i was there' moment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVffu0YCa8

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:09:38 +1200

Grace Jones, Slaaaave to the Rhythm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAejXcmxQrc

(And I suspect this won't embed, so click the link plz)

Nat Torkington

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:07:09 +1200

Goddamnit. Let's try that again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI

chris esther

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:06:15 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S46XKa3uj2U

was hoping to find 'the classical' or 'the north will rise again', but this version of a nz top 25 single is very very good.

matthewbuchanan

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:05:47 +1200

And Radiohead's "Nude" remixed by James Houston using mostly old electronic apparatus to provide the music.

philipmatthews

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:04:41 +1200

Sorry Che, there's no such thing as emo before emo. The word you're looking for, I'm afraid, is "Goth". Having spent every day of my 19th year listening to the first Sisters of Mercy album and the Swans' "Holy Money", I can recognise the condition. Won't scare anyone by linking…

Nat Torkington

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:04:01 +1200

Going through our house at the moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI

I know it's plebeian to enjoy Weezer, but they're So Damn Good. The lead singer, Rivers Cuomo, has YouTubers writing a song, showing them what he thinks and the order he works in. It's interesting, and he's definitely weird.

matthewbuchanan

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:02:49 +1200

Blerta: Dance All Around The World.

andrew llewellyn

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:02:47 +1200

(MIA, B52s, even some Tom Waits)

Happened to be in the car the other day, with 15 year old, listening to Nick Bollinger rate the Scarlett Johanson album (Tom Waitts covers, she hits a few of the notes now & then).

Afterwards Bollinger played a particularly inaccessible Waitts song so we…

Samuel Scott

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:01:18 +1200

some YMO...my favorite Japanese pop group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCizQz1daSs

Russell Brown

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:01:00 +1200

@Paul:

(that was in response to Robyn – disco was forced on us by all the media – BOTH radio stations when I was a teen – I was horrified a few years back when a baby sitter brought her disco oldies over to play – and she wasn't being…

Tony Kennedy

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:59:38 +1200

My offering: Rodrigo y Gabriela

Alan Perrott

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:55:28 +1200

oh, puhleese let this work....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otn4R8zqiV4&feature=related

Che Tibby

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:54:46 +1200

i'll also admit listening to the cure for an unnaturally long time after college...

so at least i was emo before emo was emo.

Danielle

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:54:41 +1200

Now wait just a goddamned minute: 'Don't Dream It's Over' is a beautifully written song. It is. You can't let the overplayed MORness of it all blind you to its greatness. Plus Mitchell Froom ripped off the final organ figure from Elvis Costello's 'I'll Wear It Proudly', so even its…

Roundballnz

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:51:47 +1200

Stone Roses ......Classic 89

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYmRsaF4gAE

Not sure I have this embedd thing down pat ... but here goes

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:51:26 +1200

I think I was saved by discovering blues and brit-ska – especially the british punky blues – and I'm happy that my son will also throw the Beat on occasionally

Russell Brown

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:48:10 +1200

my very first tape was crowded house, don't dream it's over.

Oh man ... I had two Supertramp albums on cassette before punk rock came along and saved my life.

Actually, I think the thing that blew my mind was Patti Smith's 'Because the Night' on Casey Kasem's American Top…

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:46:25 +1200

(that was in response to Robyn – disco was forced on us by all the media – BOTH radio stations when I was a teen – I was horrified a few years back when a baby sitter brought her disco oldies over to play – and she wasn't being ironic)

Russell Brown

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:45:11 +1200

We all need to go through phases of liking music that our parents hate, of falling in love with shitty pop music just because it was the soundtrack to good times. And we all need to grow up remaining convinced that the music of our youth represented a golden period,…

Che Tibby

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:44:47 +1200

We all need to go through phases of liking music that our parents hate, of falling in love with shitty pop music just because it was the soundtrack to good times.

my very first tape was crowded house, don't dream it's over.

that only lasted till someone said, "jesus... at…

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:41:29 +1200

But I still have an abiding hatred of disco ...

nothingelseon

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:41:02 +1200

Miles Davis & John Coltrane!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibM5utBwB0s

Che Tibby

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:40:49 +1200

I fixed it 4 u. Just the URL ...

ta. will search/add more from home.

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:39:56 +1200

Oh man, this thread is going to be overrun with dad music.

Part of growing up is finding out what kind of music you like. My dad liked Simon and Garfunkel. I didn't. My mum liked classical music. I didn't. I liked De La Soul. My parents didn't.

We all…

Tony Kennedy

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:39:52 +1200

some more "arresting images" from an interesting album collection

nothingelseon

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:39:30 +1200

Joy Division!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Schc6UojdTA

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:39:27 +1200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg93_1MfCxw
for those who just heard Son of Dave on 9 to noon

Russell Brown

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:39:07 +1200

Embedding not allowed for this but...

Damn, you're right. They've blocked it. Just click on the "from YouTube" text, folks ...

nothingelseon

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:33:47 +1200

Embedding not allowed for this but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ

Kraftwerk – The Robots

Bennett Row

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:31:02 +1200

Soul Train clip featuring Aretha Franklin's Rock Steady. It has one of the funkiest bass-lines ever, which EPMD sampled to full effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MeltK-zdV4&feature=related

Joe Boden

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:27:06 +1200

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. The original is still the best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg&feature=related

Paul Campbell

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:26:07 +1200

I've also loaded up my kid's ipods with "music I think they should like" ... sometimes it's worked sometimes it hasn't – sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised – some stuff has become family favorites (MIA, B52s, even some Tom Waits) but they still pick up stuff that annoys us with its…