Worst Beatboxer Ever.
October 24, 2013 2:57 PM Subscribe
worst?
posted by philip-random at 3:09 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by philip-random at 3:09 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
Let's not rush to judgement. Very few of you have heard me beatbox.
posted by The Card Cheat at 3:09 PM on October 24, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 3:09 PM on October 24, 2013 [6 favorites]
This is the hero the internet deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 3:35 PM on October 24, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by Foci for Analysis at 3:35 PM on October 24, 2013 [4 favorites]
I had no idea what to expect on clicking this link, but I loved every second of it. Super fun!
posted by mathowie at 3:41 PM on October 24, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by mathowie at 3:41 PM on October 24, 2013 [3 favorites]
I dunno. The song "Rescue" by Kat-Tun was pretty big in Japan a couple of years ago, and while the beatboxing isn't quite as enthusiastically awful, for something introduced explicitly in a major single, it's still pretty incredible in its own way.
posted by DoctorFedora at 4:00 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by DoctorFedora at 4:00 PM on October 24, 2013
I will be incorporating all of these actions into my own future grooves. The wingflap, the fire breathe, the squeaky puss.
posted by Trivia Newton John at 4:05 PM on October 24, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by Trivia Newton John at 4:05 PM on October 24, 2013 [6 favorites]
RICHARD RICHARD NIXON
posted by roll truck roll at 4:28 PM on October 24, 2013 [5 favorites]
posted by roll truck roll at 4:28 PM on October 24, 2013 [5 favorites]
I like how her face shows displays the whole "oh no, not again" emotion.
posted by Metro Gnome at 4:34 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Metro Gnome at 4:34 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
It would be easier to actually beatbox than to try to reproduce the sounds of beatboxing vocally without beatboxing. She's like ... a beatbox cargo cult.
posted by penduluum at 4:37 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by penduluum at 4:37 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
This falls under the category of what I like to call the "Worst Thing Ever Rule":
Anything called the Worst Thing Ever becomes the Best Thing Ever.
posted by swift at 4:44 PM on October 24, 2013 [5 favorites]
Anything called the Worst Thing Ever becomes the Best Thing Ever.
posted by swift at 4:44 PM on October 24, 2013 [5 favorites]
Anything called the Worst Thing Ever becomes the Best Most Overrated Thing Ever.
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:23 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:23 PM on October 24, 2013
That was like looking into the window of a happy family's home. The joy+irritation combination is classic, and the joy part was contagious. Thanks for this!
posted by mireille at 5:54 PM on October 24, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by mireille at 5:54 PM on October 24, 2013 [3 favorites]
I guarantee, upon my user number, that I would be worse than her at beatboxing.
posted by Samizdata at 5:54 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by Samizdata at 5:54 PM on October 24, 2013
And that is without trying or irony or anything. Just natural (non)talent....
posted by Samizdata at 5:56 PM on October 24, 2013
posted by Samizdata at 5:56 PM on October 24, 2013
Wait, those are actually the words? "Sometimes I wish that my lips would build a castle / some nights I wish they'd just fall off?" That's... wow.
This is a great version.
posted by koeselitz at 6:23 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
This is a great version.
posted by koeselitz at 6:23 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
I think this would be mildly funny if it were a one-off. The fact that this one of a series seems like "let's create a viral video" which ... meh.
posted by neuromodulator at 6:34 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by neuromodulator at 6:34 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
(I feel I should elaborate: I don't mean my "meh" to be like "oh people are enjoying this and I think it's lame and I like people will be interested to know that." I mean something actually bothers me about how they make it look like person B wanders in and ruins person A's recording, but there's a whole series of "worst beatboxer ever" videos where the same thing happens and covering the pop song du jour with the same schtick just really seems like "and one of these days this will go viral". Why should that bother me? Good question I guess...)
posted by neuromodulator at 6:38 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by neuromodulator at 6:38 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
I like how she does the "head asplodes" thing but with her mouth.
MOUTH ASPLODES.
posted by GuyZero at 6:41 PM on October 24, 2013
MOUTH ASPLODES.
posted by GuyZero at 6:41 PM on October 24, 2013
Trying too hard.
posted by eyeballkid at 6:41 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by eyeballkid at 6:41 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
neuromodulator: "(I feel I should elaborate: I don't mean my 'meh' to be like 'oh people are enjoying this and I think it's lame and I like people will be interested to know that.' I mean something actually bothers me about how they make it look like person B wanders in and ruins person A's recording, but there's a whole series of 'worst beatboxer ever' videos where the same thing happens and covering the pop song du jour with the same schtick just really seems like 'and one of these days this will go viral'. Why should that bother me? Good question I guess...)"
I can see what you mean. I don't think this is intentionally like that, though. First of all, the uploader and the people in the video don't seem to be the same people, from what I can tell. Second, probably more importantly, the entire second half of this video is outtakes, so they make it pretty clear this was a thing they sat down to do.
posted by koeselitz at 7:13 PM on October 24, 2013
I can see what you mean. I don't think this is intentionally like that, though. First of all, the uploader and the people in the video don't seem to be the same people, from what I can tell. Second, probably more importantly, the entire second half of this video is outtakes, so they make it pretty clear this was a thing they sat down to do.
posted by koeselitz at 7:13 PM on October 24, 2013
I loved it and I'm jaded as hell.
posted by unixrat at 8:01 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by unixrat at 8:01 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
I have honestly heard worse beatboxing in my time, done on purpose.
Come on fellow white people, let's get it together
posted by Uther Bentrazor at 8:18 PM on October 24, 2013
Come on fellow white people, let's get it together
posted by Uther Bentrazor at 8:18 PM on October 24, 2013
These two know how to live.
posted by beau jackson at 8:48 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by beau jackson at 8:48 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]
neuromodulator - the fact that it's a series- and that we all know it- says to me that the creators are just having fun with this silly joke. Even if they're trying to be popular, it's sincere. For what it's worth, I dig it.
posted by beau jackson at 8:57 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by beau jackson at 8:57 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]
/files this away under Embarassing Dad Stuff to Do To My Teenage Daughter.
posted by Ham Snadwich at 5:44 AM on October 25, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Ham Snadwich at 5:44 AM on October 25, 2013 [2 favorites]
I want to hear every song ever made performed in this manner. I wish there was a button I could press that would automatically convert any song on the radio into this style.
posted by not_on_display at 9:38 AM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by not_on_display at 9:38 AM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
I ended up taking a look at the other videos of this duo, and I have to say I am amazed at how well the singer can keep true to the key while all that craziness is going on. Good on her!
posted by blurker at 9:46 AM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by blurker at 9:46 AM on October 25, 2013 [1 favorite]
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