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Here are my absolute favorites:
-M- Qui de nous deux
The Vampyre Club (music by Voltaire)
Muse - Sing For Absolution
Primus - The Devil went down to Georgia
Sacha Nairobi - Princesa
Youssou N'Dour featuring Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls
Blue Man Group - Earth To America
Talking Heads - And She Was
RotFront - Sovietoblaster
Mad Heads - Smereka
Mandry - Orisya
Brathanki - Gdzie ten, ktory powie mi
Brathanki - Modlila sie dziewczyna
Kraak & Smaak - Money in the bag
Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze Me
Tom Tom Club - Pleasure of Love
Les Ogres de Barback - Contes, vents & marees

Four appearances of a great song:
Yolanda Be Cool Vrs DCup - We No Speak Americano [Official Video]
The original!
We No Speak Americano ft. Cleary & Harding
Funny We No Speak Americano!!

In my humble opinion, the best cover song ever:
Devo - [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction

The days of Pearly Spencer:
Marc Almond - The Days Of Pearly Spencer
David McWilliams - The Days of Pearly Spencer

Here are some of my all-time favorite groups (but their best songs are not necessarily available on youtube, so look for them elsewhere):
Caravan: In the Land Of Grey And Pink
Nits - The Hat 1988
Nits - Compilation Clips
Nits - Radio Shoes (1989)
Nits - Panorama Man [1988]
Nits - In The Dutch Mountains (official video clip)
Nits - Adieu, Sweet Bahnhof
Voltaire - Happy Birthday (My Olde Friend)
David Sylvian - Orpheus
David Sylvian - Red Guitar
David Sylvian - Pulling Punches
Sylvian & Sakamoto - zero landmine
Sylvian & Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
Sylvian & Sakamoto - Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)
Sylvian & Fripp - Jean The Birdman
The Walkabouts - The Light Will Stay On
John Martyn - Solid Air (1987)
John and Mary - Red Wooden Beads
The Waterboys - A Girl Called Johnny
Poems for Laila - Nights in Bordeaux
M. Walking on the Water - Party In The Cemetery
M. Walking on the Water - Poison
M. Walking on the Water - Holy Night Of Rosemarie
M. Walking on the Water - Linda Lee
Joe Jackson--Steppin' Out
Joe Jackson - Be My Number Two
Joe Jackson - Evil Empire
Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two
Al Stewart - Night Train to Munich
Marc Almond - A Lover Spurned

Some more nice bands and music videos:
Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
Fleet Foxes - He Doesn't Know Why
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Fleet Foxes - The Shrine / An Argument
Woodkid - Iron
Woodkid - Run Boy Run
Woodkid - I Love You
Woodkid - 'THE GOLDEN AGE' feat. Max Richter 'EMBERS'
Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
David Byrne & Selena - God's Child
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Set Fire To Flames
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues
Tool - Schism
Tool - The Pot
Tool - Parabola
Tool - Vicarious
Primus - Tommy The Cat
Primus - Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Primus - Lacquer Head
Primus - Southbound Pachyderm
Primus - My Name Is Mud
Cake - Sheep Go To Heaven
Cake - Frank Sinatra
Tindersticks - Dying Slowly
Tindersticks - That Leaving Feeling
Oingo Boingo - It's a Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo - Little Girls
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science
Oingo Boingo - Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me
Oingo Boingo - Insects (Nothing To Fear.)
Oingo Boingo - Private Life
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer
Shriekback - Nemesis
Shriekback - Underwaterboys
Robert Wyatt - at last i am free
Robert Wyatt - Just As You Are
Robert Wyatt & Bertrand Burgalat - This summer night
The Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms
The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms part 1
The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea
Porcupine Tree - Time Flies
Blackfield - Blackfield
Dream theater - Forsaken
The Cranberries - Zombie
The Cranberries - When You're Gone
The Cranberries - Salvation
The Cranberries - Ode To My Family
The Cranberries - Just My Imagination

Russian disco, Balkan beat, etc.:
Mad Heads - Ne Po Puti
Mad Heads XL - I'm at the Sea
Ot Vintai - The Pig
Haydamaky - Kohania
Voo Voo i Haydamaky - Wyszla mloda
Voo Voo - Czas pomyka (music only)
Brathanki - Polka Kazek (music only)
Brathanki - Siebie dam po slubie
Rotfront - Emigrantski Raggamuffin
LaBrassBanda - Des Konnst Glam
Shantel - Disko partizani
Shantel - Disko boy
Shantel - Citizen of Planet Paprika
Gogol Bordello - Pala Tute
Gogol Bordello - Wonderlust King
Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple
Gogol Bordello - Supertheory of Supereverything
Zakopower - Galop

(More or less) new French music:
Manau - la tribu de dana
Les Ogres de Barback & Les Hurlements D'Leo - Salut a Toi
Les Ogres de Barback & Les Hurlements D'Leo - Rue de Paname
Les Ogres de Barback - Ma fille
Tetes Raides - Viens
Tetes Raides - Les Animaux
Les hurlements D'Leo - L'Accordeoniste
Paris Combo - Living Room
Carla Bruni - Raphael

Some more nice world music:
Pink Martini - Sympathique
Pink Martini - Amado mio
17 hippies - Frau von Ungefaehr
Ketama & SongHai - Jarabi
Gotan Project - Santa Maria
Wagner Pa & Brazuca Matraca - Folia
Bendeniz - Kirmizi Biber
Go Lem System - Pura Sangre"
The Klezmatics with Joshua Nelson - Shnirele, Perele
Dr. Didg - Bob's Cloud
Dr. Didg - Made Ya Mine
Dr. Didg - What Can I Say
Dr. Didg - Easy
Madredeus/Greenpeace music video
Boheme - Deep Forest
Deep Forest - Madazulu
Afrodizz - Yadsa
Dolapdere Big Gang - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Dolapdere Big Gang - Can't take my eyes of you
Dolapdere Big Gang - English Man In New York

Medieval, goth and such:
Subway to Sally - Kleid aus Rosen
Subway to Sally - Sieben
Subway to Sally - Veitstanz
Oomph! - Sex hat keine Macht
Oomph! feat. Marta Jandova - Traeumst du
Oomph! - Die Schlinge
Oomph! - Gott ist ein Popstar
Oomph! Feat. L'ame Immortelle - Brennende Liebe
Oomph! - Ready or Not (I'm Coming)
Oomph! - Sandmann
Oomph! - Das letzte Streichholz
Garmarna - Gamen
Finntroll - Trollhammaren
Schandmaul - Die Flucht
Element of crime - so wie du
Severus Snape's song (Spoilers The deathly of hallows)

Some more German music:
Annett Louisan - Das Spiel
Die Aerzte - Nie gesagt
Falco - Der Kommissar
Falco - Egoist
Fehlfarben - Ein Jahr (es geht voran)
Veljanov - Nie mehr

Good old times:
Love feat. Arthur Lee - Alone Again Or
Joe Jackson - Steppin Out
Gruppo Sportivo - Mexican Radio
Jonathan Richman - Egyptian Reggae Have a good laugh!
Sting - Russians
Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Howard Devoto - Rainy Season
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Ultravox - Vienna
Ultravox - Hymn
Ultravox - The voice 1982
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again
Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat - Tell Me why
Beat - Ain't necessarily so

All sorts of things:
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
CocoRosie - Noah's Ark
Chad Vangaalen - Flower Gardens
electropipopunkmix

Great piano jazz:
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Ladies Of Azerbaijan
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Unutma Vijdani
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Vagif's Prelude
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Holiday Blessings

This is only for people with strong nerves:
The Residents - One-Minute Movies
The Residents - Constantinople
The Residents - Hello Skinny
The Residents - Yes/No
The Residents - Gingerbread Man
The Residents - Man's World
The Residents - Burn Baby Burn
The Residents - Harry the Head
The Residents - Bad Day On The Midway
The Residents - Jelly Jack
The Residents - Stars and Stripes
The Residents - Mr. Bee's Bumble
The Residents - My Window
The Residents - Pain and Pleasure


Some great movies and other stuff:

Food for thought:
The Israel / Palestine Conflict
The ant story

Dance:
Robert Muraine Audition
robert muraine sickest popper ever
Mr Fantastic World Of Dance 2009 Pomona
Rachel Brice
Zoe Jakes
Cabaret Hoover
Kayla & Kupono - Gravity
Robert & Nicola Royston @ Liberty Swing!
Robert Cordoba and Deborah Szekely - Swing dance

Sand art:
Sand Fantasy
sand talent
sand art

Miscallaneous:
Sally
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
Microwave Fun - Don't Try This At Home

Check out La Linea! Here is Episode 1:
La Linea 1
There are many more episodes on youtube. Don't be shy to watch this one: Sexilinea

You speak French? Check out Les Shadoks. Here is Episode 1/2:
Les Shadoks (Serie 1 / Episodes 1 et 2)

You speak German? Don't miss Loriot (nor the many other episodes of this genius of intimidating humor):
Loriot - Der sprechende Hund
Loriot - Bundestagsrede
... and Janosch:
Janoschs Traumstunde

And here is my favorite cartoon character (unfortunately, not much is available in movie form):
B.C. The First Thanksgiving
1973 Action "B C" Ad Council PSA


Last update: November 27, 2010