Forks' thread for inexplicable/fascinating/awesome/jokey YouTube music/theater/comedy/brilliance that I will undoubtedly vote for in Pazz and Jop or that I just think are excellent in general

someone please explain the bizarre progeria looking DJ who shows up at the end in a hoodie

he's an artist with progeria who loves hip-hop. one of the longest-surviving people with progeria, i believe.

not sure if i laugh more watching 'sittin on tha toilet' or just looking at the youtube freeze frame before i even press play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLK2A25oqYE

i love this Eli Porter remix unironically
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sq29xckN8E

you think irwin chuisid walks around with a big boner all day now that every handicapped person with a flip cam is angling for fame

having seen irwin recently, i can report that is not accurate
also, not every meme-hunter is a mentally handicapped person angling for fame.
though it appears to be helpful in some cases

ps I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU

More Die Antwoord.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77YBmtd2Rw

should be noted that the song in that video is actually 8.5 minutes long and gets into a weird, semi-psychedelic sex rap thing.

eli is the shit and i love the remixes by the dude that did best man & eli porter freakout.

Die Antword is less inexplicable when you realize they're a alter-ego of these art rappers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRy6pBpwVbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM

the guy in the "Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой" video looks strangely like dennis kucinich.

My faith in everything has been restored.

forks that asian weird prog band is kinda amazing, where did find that?

Namgar, the singer from the family line of white shamans. In the heart of Siberia, under bottomless blue sky, there the songs sung by Namgar were born.
She is a daughter of the steppe, born to a cattle herder whose line included the darkhasha craftsmen and white shamans.
She masters the mysteries of the great wide open, voices of spirits of mountains and forests. Love to the melodies sung by her granny and her father, the wish to maintain the tradition that is becoming extinct, brought her on festival stages around the world.
She sings long songs and yokhor dance tunes, uliger legends of mighty champions, precise arrows, and swift horses, just as they used to sing ages ago, with music arranged so that the jewels of her singing were accessible on world music stage.
Namgar has been the cult Buryat singer for people in Buryatia and Mongolia, and beyond in East Siberia.

Matt, I saw them at globalfest this year and was floored; i was told they were traditional mongolian music and freaked out when they sounded like Tull and Sabbath. The album is a good time and highly recommended.
http://www.lala.com/#album/2810527642498199300/Namgar/Nomad
Try Tunka.
BTW, if you haven't used it before: you gotta register, but everything on Lala is free for the first listen... and, if you're crafty about hitting the fast-forward button, for multiple listens.

forks, can you explain what type of human being likes "Fred" and why?

forks explain crafty w fast foward button on lala?

fred, imo, is mostly for tweens and the occasional slightly bizarre strain of hipster that wants to be "tween-hip"

"Crafty with ffwd on lala" means that you hit forward or rewind to the next track on the album JUST BEFORE the song ends. You see, Lala only registers you as having heard a song when it finishes and once you've finished a song it will only play a 30 second sample from that point on. If you're fast on your feet, you can relisten to a track dozens of times. I also recommend listening to singles as single eps independent of the album. Always hit stop when you're done listening!

i recommend straight up downloading it if youre gonna go thru all that work like that

ffs, seriously

don't have time to download, must stay active

also, not all of us have "jobs" or hipster blogs whiney

this is some amazing piss take, right? i want to believe

whoah that Namgar clip is GREAT. love the drummer

banned from thread

i kid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LXuAtRwuGY

This narrowly failed to win the Russian Eurovision selection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmT0T7bJ4Rk

I like it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OkFSCWe9oA&feature=related

This is the best thread ever. Please keep it alive.

straight up, I played that Die Antwoord clip for my sister & her boyfriend & now it's like their favorite song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA9UA3CSnms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp0oo2MTLAE

opera #2 got a lot of play today btw

inexplicable. terrifying. oh america :-(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVs-ye658As

that little girl has totally got the right idea and kind of deserves her own thread

true, it does deserve more love/attention. certainly more than jedward anyway.

coming across "Fred" for the first time last week was my first "damn, i'm old" moment

i think Whiney posted the live version elsewhere, but here's the audio for the album version of The Carolina Chocolate Drops' cover of 'Hit Em Up Style'
http://popup.lala.com/popup/360569462348677213
Looking forward to seeing them on Sunday. I need to get a copy of 'Genuine Negro Jig' asap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjZwpOfSuXU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ord13etLR8U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYq-cAKtS8

Avery is really fuckin funny!!! I wish she was my cousin or something!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCSxNOdZEww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wHbIWH_NGc&feature=fvw

can't find youtube but these guys are awesome: http://www.myspace.com/hurdygurdyprototyp

Anyway, i went to this:
http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_13020.html
and everything was worth including here, so check out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HFRf-9GHrA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usK1mjwqxOc

Konevitsan kirkonkellot is a beautiful song; lots of youtube versions out there.

related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwIMdwhhIUg

Probably my favorite TikTok pic.twitter.com/2FNLVCFhDR

— JuipterReacts (@JupiterReacts) September 24, 2021

When you leave Caribbean people in charge of the ice cream truck😂 pic.twitter.com/wtpixFMyBb

— Tresor (@iamTresor) October 18, 2021

lacks bass but i'm not angry at it
https://soundcloud.com/iamtresor2/ice-cream-whine-prod-wallawickedwass

Have i posted this kantele song in here before? I was looking for Ritva Koistinen's specific version for a good half hour so i need to pin it somewhere in case i need it again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc_4A1HRFXo

I kind of obsessed with this video right now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCkMm0uMWyM

So excited I can't even spell "I'm."

My Ukrainian friend translated for me, basically it's: Girls, there will be a dance. We love to dance. Dance, dance, dance...

Good find imo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGcMa8DrNw

this guy is hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ogzbodL2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iTAkRHGbuM

this is incredible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THcK0I4-RSo

SATIN FINISH DUTCH BOY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlbmRGvLExY

this guy has a lot of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmqjrzXQdkQ

Receiving A Call When You’re Already On A Call pic.twitter.com/pKbHZWLOj9

— Jazz Emu (@thejazzemu) July 15, 2022

pic.twitter.com/Myo4DGf8bU

— Perfectly Cut Screams (@AAAAAGGHHHH) May 27, 2021

"Bring me to Life" but it's performed by Smash Mouth but it's still to the tune of the original song by TheChewanater (2016)pic.twitter.com/16BG6q11ed

— crazy ass moments in nu metal history (@numetal_moment) October 16, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFNmvQBIP5s
This killed live
what key is this? G?

very nice!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNcEn1j0SHI
might want to vote for this ludacris prank song

the jack dejohnette/luda duet we've all been waiting for

merry christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ckawhnsr5w
last christmas but beats 2 and 4 are swapped

love this
it's like the end of Everywhere

whamtmas chrislast

india goes metal - Jugni (Nooran Sisters x Andre Antunes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAF_X4ssRw4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZuqTluGHjk
Gymnopédie No. 1 Erik Satie played on an out of tune piano

what is the point of that? tune your fucking piano

sorry about my post, that was rude

Kind of into it. The fact it's drenched in sustain makes it work somehow

surprised to see no posts about "planet of the bass"
https://www.tiktok.com/@kylegordonisgreat/video/7260884267255794990?lang=en

that's the stuff.

i've been loving this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRsCkvd4py4

ok HOW have i never seen this before ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPBrA3sV90A

wonderful

love it

Singers falling down the stairs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exbCKn-k0eI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTwg4mFF32E

i came here expecting to laugh, i left crying