Bobby McFerrin confirms that he is a Genius, as if we needed further proof.
August 27, 2009 3:59 AM Subscribe
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This really isn't so much a double as it is a Metafilter Musical Standard. We should just permanently sidebar it to keep people from posting it over and over again.
posted by Avenger at 4:16 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by Avenger at 4:16 AM on August 27, 2009
The fact that is simultaneously a post about something that happened in June of 2009 and also a "Metafilter Musical Standard" says a lot about Metafilter. Probably says more about Bobby McFerrin though.
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:22 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:22 AM on August 27, 2009
The previous post went up five days before this was recorded. Awesome.
posted by Elmore at 4:25 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by Elmore at 4:25 AM on August 27, 2009
Anyway, it's a blatant ripoff of Tom Hanks in "Big".
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:30 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by twoleftfeet at 4:30 AM on August 27, 2009
The fact that is simultaneously a post about something that happened in June of 2009 and also a "Metafilter Musical Standard" says a lot about Metafilter. Probably says more about Bobby McFerrin though.
Maybe it says something about the power of the pentatonic scale?
posted by Pollomacho at 4:33 AM on August 27, 2009
Maybe it says something about the power of the pentatonic scale?
posted by Pollomacho at 4:33 AM on August 27, 2009
Don't need no credit card to ride this train.
posted by Stylus Happenstance at 4:41 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by Stylus Happenstance at 4:41 AM on August 27, 2009
The Notes and Neurons talk about whether our response to music is hard wired or culturally determined is interesting.
posted by Elmore at 4:49 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by Elmore at 4:49 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
> The previous post went up five days before this was recorded. Awesome.
I wonder how many people in the audience for this one knew what to do because they'd already seen the video.
posted by ardgedee at 5:01 AM on August 27, 2009
I wonder how many people in the audience for this one knew what to do because they'd already seen the video.
posted by ardgedee at 5:01 AM on August 27, 2009
Never mind. George W. Bush is probably somewhere giving a lecture about geopolitics. Bobby Mac Ferrin can earn a living through his knowledge of the pentatonic scale.
posted by nicolin at 5:05 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by nicolin at 5:05 AM on August 27, 2009
Since the previous post was a mystery meat offering that I skipped over, not having time to click on every thing posted to the blue, I'm glad that someone made an FPP that conveyed the general idea of the contents.
Although, old-fashioned as I am, I think "Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale" would have been even better.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 5:09 AM on August 27, 2009
Although, old-fashioned as I am, I think "Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale" would have been even better.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 5:09 AM on August 27, 2009
"I find all this very worrying."
Don't worry. Be happy.
posted by Servo5678 at 5:13 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
Don't worry. Be happy.
posted by Servo5678 at 5:13 AM on August 27, 2009 [1 favorite]
It's not the same video, though it is doublish.
OTOH, this particular video was posted a few weeks ago, and deleted as a double.
posted by smackfu at 5:27 AM on August 27, 2009
OTOH, this particular video was posted a few weeks ago, and deleted as a double.
posted by smackfu at 5:27 AM on August 27, 2009
Thanks Pater. The other was well enough hidden that I didn't find it on my search before posting, certainly.
Idea for title noted.
posted by greenish at 5:35 AM on August 27, 2009
Idea for title noted.
posted by greenish at 5:35 AM on August 27, 2009
In 1983 I had a gig doing my solo percussion thing at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Hague, Holland. It's an enormous festival, takes place at a sprawling civic/cultural center with about 10 or 12 good sized halls of varying size, IIRC. It so happened that I was able to spend about 20 minutes in the company of the esteemed Mr. McFerrin, since we somehow found ourselves sharing the same empty room, waiting for our respective shows to begin. I didn't know who he was at the time, and indeed, he was still not widely known then. He was a friendly and charming gentleman. I told him a little about what I was doing musically, and he did the same. Then he did a bit of vocal warming up, too, right there in my presence, and needless to say I was bowled over. I'd never been in such close proximity to that kind of amazing vocal talent, before or since. But he was very casual, very unassuming, and, very down-to-earth. He was carrying a Bible with him, which he said he read daily.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:47 AM on August 27, 2009
posted by flapjax at midnite at 5:47 AM on August 27, 2009
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