YouTube

Sometimes I wonder how the world existed before YouTube. I mean, where else could we find great Bollywood videos like this one and funny commercials like this one and wacky and hilarious homemade videos about men's bathroom etiquette like this one? Could you live without seeing videos like this? Yes. Would I want to? No.

I remember when YouTube first started getting really popular. It seemed you couldn't go anywhere without seeing people posting up their favorite videos all over their blogs and websites, and now that it has grown in popularity, the selection has only gotten broader. I particularly love that networks like NBC are getting into the game, uploading their own copyrighted content legally, like this digital short from SNL. (Don't watch that one if you're easily offended!) That's the sign of a hip network right there. Also worth note is the fact that YouTube doesn't charge anything and allows the average user to upload anything they want. It's easy and fun and all-around spiffy.

Obviously, I'm the geek who loves YouTube for the bootleg videos that people shoot at concerts of my favorite musicians and the fact that even if I missed someone performing on late night TV because I had to be at work early the next day, I can just pop over to YouTube and catch the performance the next day. Bliss.

So, in keeping with my predictability of always talking about music, I present you with a list of videos of My Favorite Musicians No One Has Ever Heard Of:

~Neal Casal - "Eddy & Diamonds" Recording Documentary
~Regina Spektor - "Samson" Music Video
~Martha Wainwright - Cover of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song" on Letterman
~Teddy Thompson - "Everybody Move It/I Wish It Was Over" on Jools Holland
~And a bonus... OK Go - "Here It Goes Again" The viral music video that took YouTube by storm and made this band famous.

YouTube makes me happy.