This is a video from the appropriately named Instrument Maniac performing the same 7-note lick on an impressive 91 different instruments, including the train whistle, ocarina, and conch shell. That is a lot of different instruments! For reference, I only play one instrument — the heartstrings. Still, if you’re the
This is a video of bluegrass band Walker’s Run (clever) performing at a theater in Little Washington, Virginia, when Jack, guitarist Brennan Gilmore’s hound dog, wanders on stage from where he was sleeping in the green room to provide a little vocal accompaniment during the band’s encore. Precious moments. Sadly,
This is a worthwhile video from Youtuber There I Ruined It (previously) of Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ mashed up and tuned to the high-pitched overworld theme of Super Mario Bros. It’s, uh, it’s pretty insane to listen to. Like your new townhouse neighbors making loud, monster love on the first night
This is a video of talented gayageum musician Luna Lee (who I’ve had the pleasure of seeing live) delivering an improvised performance of Bob Marley’s ‘I Shot The Sheriff’. I’m into it. Of course I already liked the song and enjoy Luna’s music, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise
This is a video of a young Björk Guðmundsdóttir singing ‘Cork The Bitch’s Arse’ as lead singer of punk band Tappi Tíkarrass during a 1982 performance at the Western Melavellinum in Reykjavík, Iceland. She really is a joy to watch on stage — such a presence. Unrelated but also kinda
This is an edit of the final dance number from Dirty Dancing with ‘(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life’ replaced with The Muppet Show theme song. It works surprisingly well, and the music supervisor who chose to use ‘Time Of My Life’ instead is probably pinching themself right now
These are two videos of a pair of robotic arms programmed by Swedish composer Frederik Gran to play stringed instruments — in this case, the cello and double base. One arm and hand does the fretting, while the other operates the bow. And while their performance didn’t really tug at
This is a music video of Melodicka Bros Dave and Joe covering Pink Floyd’s 1979 classic ‘Another Brick In The Wall’ with a cyberpunk/synth spin. It takes a while to get started, but once it does, OH MAN — I closed my eyes and pretended I was TRON! Then I