Even though the two previous posts were complaining about comments in YouTube and other sites I must inform you that I love YouTube and other sites. I enjoy YouTube at the moment more than the others sites including Facebook.
One person I have been watching lately on Youtube is Bo Burnham. He’s an amazing comedian musician and singer. He’s white and he can rap, sing, play keyboard and guitar. Some of his lyrics are very dirty and could be offensive to some groups of people, but in my opinion they are very clever and funny. Because I think they are good does not mean that you will and that you should watch his videos if you find such things hard to swollow. Below is some information about some of the songs to help you know if it’s for you or not, but first some info about Bo from his sites. (These are links to his different sites …. Website, YouTube, Myspace, Break)
BIO: Ever since his first temper tantrum, Bo knew he wanted to perform. After an awkward “athletic” phase, he started dedicating his time to school theatre. He continued to nurture his love for performance, receiving rave reviews from countless relatives. Bo chose to attend an all-boys catholic high school, thus giving his nickname “theatre queer” some additional validity. During the fall of his junior year in high school, Bo started teaching himself how to play piano and guitar. Soon after, he wrote and composed autobiographical songs, such as “My Whole Family Thinks I’m Gay,” as non-fictional jokes between him and his friends. On December 28th 2006, Bo recorded two of his songs as videos, and posted them on YouTube. Eight months and seven songs later, Bo’s videos have been seen over ten million times worldwide, generating literally hundreds of thousands of laughs. The songs, recorded in Bo’s bedroom with a camera resting on a stack of books (couldn’t afford a stand), have been remixed, rated, and reviewed thousands of times. Now amongst such an elites as “The Chocolate Rain” guy and Chris Crocker, Bo hopes to capitalize on his “success” and share his stories with the world. Oh, and he also likes to rap…awkward
One song he does is called “Rehab Center for Fictional Caracters“. Before you click on the link to the video I should warn some people that there is swearing in some of his videos. I say this because I know there are possibly people who may read this and not like swearing at all. So anyway, the video/song is performed fantastically. Bo does immitation voices for the 5 characters in his story which make the song that much more entertaining.
His song “My Whole Family…” is one of my favourites at the moment. It’s about his family and how they think that he is gay. It’s not a homophobic song. It’s entertaining and the lyrics are funny. Love the keyboard skills in this song. The part that always makes me laugh is
“Why doesn’t he get women, theres no other way,
Its cause I’m lanky, not cause i’m gay.”
“New Math” is a ‘play on words’ song. It pays to read the lyrics to help to know what he is saying but also so you know what he is meaning. This song has a lot of sex jokes in it (some of his other songs have sex jokes within them). One line that is well done goes “theres a metal train a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her, how long til it reaches and kills the driver, provided that he’s a good conductor”. These lines are just clever, i think – “support the farmers with a pro-tractor, link kennedy and lincoln with a common factor (fact, or)”
I think the main thing to remember is that the songs are jokes. If you find them hard to swollow, it’s all good. I do cringe during some lines. The difference is, I see past all that and see how much talent Bo Burnham has. To be able to write songs that flow and have so much content in them is incredible. Plus in some of his videos he has a emo-type fringe.
I’m a big fan!
