THE VIDEO SHELF · music mashup
Youtube duet: Miles Davis improvising on LCD Soundsystem
A mashup that plays a Miles Davis improvisation video alongside an LCD Soundsystem clip with no editing, so the two seem to perform together. It also became known for an affectionate mouse cursor moving along.
Why HN readers recommended it
Commenters repeatedly call it a favorite and a mind-blowing introduction to jazz.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Alessandro Grespan
- Topic
- music mashup
- Format
- music
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
This reminded me of this 10 year old YouTube video that creates a "duet" between that soundtrack and LCD Soundsystem's New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, which served as one of my most memorable early introductions to jazz: [VIDEO]
mustacheemperor on Hacker News · 2021-06
In A Beginner’s Guide to Miles DavisCan't help but remember LCD Soundsystem + Miles Davis duet from 2011: [VIDEO] Blew my mind back than as it still does today
gtpedrosa on Hacker News · 2021-09
In RaveDJ – AI Music Mashup MakerHow did you manage to share the song without also sharing that amazing mashup? One of those rare exceptions, where overlaying another song improves the original: [VIDEO]
spartanatreyu on Hacker News · 2022-09
In React I love you, but you're bringing me down
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.