Music
Here are some Youtube video links of music which i loved. I will try to upload mp3's version of them when i have the time. Hope you enjoy the music (and the videos).
I only know of two methods to save these Web/YouTube Videos (which are basically Adobe flash video format; .FLV files) on your hard disk. The first is installing a browser plug-in program like PimpFish for Internet Explorer and Video Downloader or Mozilla addon for Firefox.
The second method is the one i am going to touch on as it is the easiest for anyone. It is using an online download service. The one i recommend is KeepVid. Just follow these simple steps:
(a) Open the video website (YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Movies) of your desired video.
(b) Copy the web address of the video (the URL displayed in the browser's address bar).
(c) Click or right-click the KeepVid link above. A second browser or a second window will open.
(d) Paste the copied link in the box provided on the 'KeepVid' website.
(e) Click on the green 'Download' button on the 'KeepVid' website and voila, the link of your desired video will be shown below the 'Download bar'.
(f) Click on the '>>Download Link<<' link to download the file into a selected location on your hard disk and you are done.
(g) The final step is to rename the video you have downloaded (which is 'get_video' by default) and adding a ".flv" (without quotation) file extension at the end of the filename.
Note: KeepVid can save video clips in AVI and MPEG4 format too.
To watch the downloaded flash video, you can use the free (i) Adobe Flash Player or (ii) FLV player
In addition, these files can also be played using the open source and free Media Player Classic, which is an excellent media player.
Flash video is not the most common and popular video formats. Formats like MPEG, DivX or XviD (and not Microsoft Windows Media Video or even Apple's Quicktime format) are the ones compatible with almost every computers. To convert the flash videos to another format, use the open source video converter Any Video Converter. It is an easy-to-use and excellent converter, and it's free too unlike the much touted 'Total Video Converter', which is not really 'free' at all. Another good thing is you can even import and convert YouTube videos straight away.
40's Music:
To be added in time
50's Music:
Ella Fitzgerald
Someone To Watch Over Me (one of the most beautiful love songs i had ever heard!): Someone To Watch Over Me
I've Got A Crush On You (another love song of hers): I've Got A Crush On You
Paper Moon (just listen): Paper Moon
60's Music:
The Beatles
Taxman (cynical): Taxman
Eleanor Rigby (tragic): Eleanor Rigby
I'm Only Sleeping (hazy): I'm Only Sleeping
Love You To (eastern): Love You To
Here, There And Everywhere (lovely): Here, There And Everywhere
Yellow Submarine (innocent): Yellow Submarine
She Said She Said (colourful): She Said She Said
Good Day Sunshine (happy): Good Day Sunshine
And Your Bird Can Sing (joyous): And Your Bird Can Sing
For No One (sad): For No One
Dr Robert (simple): Dr Robert
I Want To Tell You (merry): I Want To Tell You
Got To Get You Into My Life (groovy!): Got To Get You Into My Life
Tomorrow Never Knows (psychedelic): Tomorrow Never Knows (note: the performance was not in 1962 as stated. Nevertheless it's still the most interesting one of all the videos posted for this song)
Hey Jude: Hey Jude
The Hollies
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (certainly not heavy!): He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
70's Music:
The Carpenters
Close To You (angelic voice to such a beautiful song): Close To You
Bless The Beasts And The Children (just listen): Bless The Beasts And The Children
80's Music
There are too many songs from this period. Click here
90's Music (English):
a-ha
Dark Is The Night For All (soaring): Dark Is The Night For All
Summer Moved On (poignant): Summer Moved On (opinion: the video brilliantly captures the concept of lost innocence by means of the sun rising and setting as an analogy of time passing by)
Lifelines (gloomy): Lifelines
Collective Soul
The World I Know (memories of first watching this video in a hotel in Hong Kong): The World I Know
Duran Duran
Ordinary World (arguably their best): Ordinary World
Goo Goo Dolls
Iris (a good song from a good band): Iris
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit (the one song that started the grunge revolution): Smells Like Teen Spirit
Lithium (this is my favourite of their seminal 'Nevermind' album): Lithium
Oleta Adams
Get Here (in a word: beautiful): Get Here
I Just Had To Hear Your Voice (forget Mariah Carey, this is just beautiful): I Just Had To Hear Your Voice
Radiohead
No Surprises (a very, very good one): No Surprises
Shawn Colvin
Sunny Came Home (one of the few American singer-songwriter whom i listened to. A good song): Sunny Came Home
The Facts About Jimmy (from the same album, 'A Few Small Repairs', this one is even better): The Facts About Jimmy
Wichita Skyline (another beautiful song from this talented singer): Wichita Skyline
90's Music (Chinese):
Beyond
Paradise (from a very talented Hong Kong group, this is a very good rock ballad) : Paradise