Comments on: Walk on Water

Walk on Water

Ogre Lawless — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:43:49 -0800

Walk on Water: OH Napier is a living piece of Americana and performing a conceptual piece with guitar, river, .25-.38 cal pistol and disquieted camera woman. You may get as many as three songs for your 2:31 of youtubery, I can't say for certain if they are individual pieces or just movements in a larger piece. Also, spirit liquor may have played a part in the creative act.

By: rageagainsttherobots

rageagainsttherobots — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:47:53 -0800

This guy needs a guitar tuner for Christmas.

By: medium format

medium format — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:52:14 -0800

words fail....

By: thankyoujohnnyfever

thankyoujohnnyfever — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:53:15 -0800

For whatever else I can say about this guy, he has certainly brought a kind of joy to me. Did you get those fucking bugs?

By: MNDZ

MNDZ — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:55:20 -0800

he are the champions

By: Joe Beese

Joe Beese — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:56:08 -0800

When I hear the words "conceptual piece", I reach for my gun.

By: hillabeans

hillabeans — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:56:26 -0800

God I love the news in the South...

By: DU

DU — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:57:12 -0800

/me removes hat, places over heart, wipes away tear

By: DU

DU — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:59:31 -0800

Oh man, his "producer" sounds so long-suffering. Just as...weird, but long-suffering. "*sigh* YES, o-aitch, I'm DOING it"

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:01:47 -0800

I'm livin' on borrowed time also.

By: PhatLobley

PhatLobley — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:10:03 -0800

Well, this kinda ruined the whole thing for me. Turns out OH is a real person.

By: msconduct

msconduct — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:31:55 -0800

i can't wait to get home (where youtube isn't blocked) to check this out. this could possibly be THE post to change my mind about slyt links. or not.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:41:34 -0800

whoo boy i'ma cover that one

By: billysumday

billysumday — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:47:20 -0800

Watching these videos is like living in a Sam Shepard fever dream.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:47:55 -0800

Two Dead In A Breathitt County Fire

By: owtytrof

owtytrof — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:08:15 -0800

Didja git them fuckin' BUZZARDS?!?

By: cmoj

cmoj — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:26:50 -0800

If only we could all be like OH.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:43:44 -0800

Here is an approximation of the first minute or so: A guy (OH) is sitting on a chair in a creek, strumming a guitar. He starts to sing.

Sitting on [South Fork?], sitting in a river And I don't give a damn Got moonshine and a pistol in my pocket And I am southern bound I ain't afraid of no man And I ain't afraid of dying Cause Lord you know he blessed me in my time I said, Lord you know you blessed me in my time Yeah, I ain't afraid of nothing, yeah I ain't afraid of dying Sitting in the middle of [South Fork?] and doing mighty fine Thank you Lord, I'm living on borrowed time.

OH fires his pistol into the air. Camera person: "Don't!" OH: "Did ya get it?" Camera person: "I... think so." OH: "God damn. Raff fuffin farty gint [some Scooby-like utterance]." OH puts away his pistol and starts to play and sing again.

Yeah, I pulled my pistol outta my pocket And I shot a butterfly Ain't afraid a nothing And get that butterfly [pointing into the air]

I give up.

By: DU

DU — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:49:16 -0800

OH: "God damn. Raff fuffin farty gint [some Scooby-like utterance]." I think that was "That's parta the fuckin' music"

By: DU

DU — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:50:00 -0800

Or, more phonetically, "Tha parra da fu'in' muy'ic'"

By: gnutron

gnutron — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:41:02 -0800

God Bless America

By: everichon

everichon — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:14:51 -0800

That dude lives in Williamsburg, you watch.

By: TheWhiteSkull

TheWhiteSkull — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:32:15 -0800

OH: "God damn. Raff fuffin farty gint [some Scooby-like utterance]." OH puts away his pistol and starts to play and sing again. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, but it expressed a courage that is little seen in this day and age.

By: billysumday

billysumday — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:45:45 -0800

That dude lives in Williamsburg, you watch. Look, it's hard to believe, I know. But brace yourself. Sit down, even. MANY MANY AMERICANS ARE EITHER LIKE THIS MAN OR ARE RELATED TO A PERSON LIKE THIS MAN. And, no. For them, it's not ironic.

By: allkindsoftime

allkindsoftime — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:04:47 -0800

Many of them actually are that man.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:44:27 -0800

I think America would be a much better place if we were all a little more like that man. This is my new favorite thing, I think.

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:06:44 -0800

Hey! I think I buy my pot from this guy!

By: Potomac Avenue

Potomac Avenue — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:53:56 -0800

Divine_Wino: Totally agree. He has every idea that people might might fun of him but he doesn't give a flying fuck. Plus he's godamn great.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:30:02 -0800

I was expecting this to be dumb. It was not. Guy's got a voice on him.

By: aldus_manutius

aldus_manutius — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:09:48 -0800

Sigh. The 15 minutes are up but no one noticed ...