yet another yay music thread - post your faves

so, since I'm suffering from ipod lack (soon to be fixed) and further issues with ubuntu I am, of course, listening to music on youtube as I destroy my entire apartment ... not cleaning it, but searching for my coil ape of naples CD. this fit of insanity, brought on by too much television and international move stress is also making me super nostalgic for some of the hilarious CDs I am coming aross in this fruitless though fascinating search. some gems I've uncovered are ...

when I was in turkey, at a bellydancing show put on solely for my father's benefit, I demanded a copy of the CD and also had a good laugh because this song is one of the first tracks on the mix - as if I haven't heard this song in EVERY club all over latin america:


I also asked the bellydancer for the names of her fave artists names so I could buy some CDs and this dude, tarkan, came up. aside from being seriously fucking HOT (his posters were plastered everywhere - some new album release), is also a great singer. one of my fave tracks is hup:



total classic, especially if you are a hippie or your parents were and had ANY connection to latin america. shit, you probably know the words, too:



clearly, I was raised by some hippies. I couldn't decide between a few songs but I love these and they're all _still_ absurdly relevant (and were written by all sorts of random people a zillion years ago):



this one is has embedding disabled but is the original version and, frankly, it's the absolute best version, especially since it was recorded live (shit, I remember going to madison with my mom to buy the cassette at the feminist bookstore - I think I wore the stupid thing out) so here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESSbVYHHS0o

a very interesting (and shorter version) is a video from the first time they tried singing it together, which is fascinating if you're a dork, like me:



funniest yet also funnest (probably) concert I've ever been to. it was also free - had to dress extreme slutty goth and dance my ass off but worth the trouble:



okay, last one. best concert I've been to lately (and last time I'll ever attempt to get into a pit, especially dressed up to go to a batali restaurant in vegas):