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    Reggie Watts' beats defy boxes. Unplug your logic board and watch as he blends poetry and crosses musical genres in this larger-than-life performance.
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  • @nprpodcasts
    @nprpodcasts Před rokem +43

    Enjoying this talk? You'll love the brand new TED Radio Hour series - Mind, Body, Spirit. Hear TED speakers share their eye-opening ideas on how we think, move, and feel. czcams.com/play/PL2TjQf2riraLkqqFGxK65JI-leCAxm1eD.html

    • @jdmcnutt98
      @jdmcnutt98 Před rokem +3

      That’s great, thanks for sharing. Reggie is the single most fantastic mockery of TED talks ever done, just like the “Public Radio” scenes in Parks and Rec are the greatest mockery of NPR known to mankind.

  • @3scrs334
    @3scrs334 Před 4 lety +4832

    This is what dogs hear when you bark at them

    • @br41nb0x7
      @br41nb0x7 Před 4 lety +14

      I knew it!

    • @richhartnell6233
      @richhartnell6233 Před 4 lety +7

      Comment made me lol.

    • @wirly-
      @wirly- Před 4 lety +22

      That is not a very direct assumption, but nevertheless it is a very important aspiration. People don't feel freely as if though they do not do the other without ever having to admit to the enevitable underlying victimisation of the truth. It is not contemporary to understand the very resemblance of psychology itself.

    • @wirly-
      @wirly- Před 4 lety +2

      It was at 999 likes and then i made it a thousand

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality Před 4 lety +3

      @@wirly- woof.

  • @larrylentini5688
    @larrylentini5688 Před 7 lety +3404

    He would make a good politician

  • @zorken123
    @zorken123 Před 3 lety +2321

    This man has given us the meaning of life. But we can't translate it yet.

  • @itssherm9390
    @itssherm9390 Před 3 lety +713

    nobody here knows what they just watched but we’re all in agreement that it’s incredible

    • @Michael-nc3ib
      @Michael-nc3ib Před 3 lety +4

      Because of his accent of course

    • @silenttuber5802
      @silenttuber5802 Před 3 lety +8

      I know exactly what i was watching . And i understand everything . If you do ,you will Love it even more

    • @gruese
      @gruese Před 2 lety

      Glorious gibberish

    • @connorpickering
      @connorpickering Před měsícem

      100% true

  • @4ManGood
    @4ManGood Před 5 lety +4348

    I forced a bot to watch 1,000 hours of ted talks, this is what it came up with

  • @GameGeek9199
    @GameGeek9199 Před 7 lety +11050

    He sounds like me trying to reach a word minimum on an essay.

    • @fleskenialation
      @fleskenialation Před 7 lety +17

      Ben Knudson hahahaha

    • @supravista
      @supravista Před 7 lety +7

      bahahaha!

    • @Cosporcos-Q
      @Cosporcos-Q Před 7 lety

      Ben Knudson same

    • @aeopmusic
      @aeopmusic Před 7 lety +134

      Word minimums in school ruin our ability to communicate concisely and effectively.

    • @daniellekenehan852
      @daniellekenehan852 Před 7 lety +29

      Ben Knudson I hate word/page minimums, in school and Uni, most of the time I always get all the information needed as clear as possible in half the necessary count.

  • @Zonday88
    @Zonday88 Před 2 lety +442

    He detailed on a podcast years later that this entire performance was improvised on the spot

    • @JerryMetal
      @JerryMetal Před rokem +27

      that would be incredible

    • @lukehughes6943
      @lukehughes6943 Před rokem +49

      The music, sure. There's absolutely no way he improvised the dialogue.

    • @brylaw
      @brylaw Před rokem +49

      @@lukehughes6943 idk - I saw him do an entirely improvised hour two times recently. I wouldn't be surprised if this were too!

    • @thewarrior195
      @thewarrior195 Před rokem +1

      @@brylaw recently?! Where? I feel he got the Corden gig and stopped doing live stuff.

    • @manmoth_1990
      @manmoth_1990 Před rokem +40

      @@lukehughes6943 Oh you bet he did. Every concert Reggie does is completely different. All the words, etc. His whole modus operandi is speaking and playing spontaneously without preparation.

  • @13359610
    @13359610 Před 3 lety +779

    If you ever feel useless, remember that someone made subtitles for this

  • @K-bb2bc
    @K-bb2bc Před 8 lety +2555

    This is like when you have a dream and someone in the dream says something really cool, so when you wake up you try to write it down word for word and it turns out to be something like "Spider Lighter Lumber Lloyd"

  • @godofspacetime333
    @godofspacetime333 Před 4 lety +3239

    Actually saying nothing is a lot harder than you’d think.

    • @mwilliamson4198
      @mwilliamson4198 Před 4 lety +78

      Exactly. it requires a lot of genuine creativity

    • @imorokr
      @imorokr Před 3 lety +58

      He's definitely not saying nothing though.

    • @mariodwir
      @mariodwir Před 3 lety +21

      But you can see the attached file is scanned image in PDF format you are you doing today my dudes see you in the left side of the time to say that I have a pool of the time to say that I have a nice day at work today and I don't know if you have any questions or concerns

    • @lukea977
      @lukea977 Před 3 lety +14

      nah, if trump can do it, most can.
      *runs away after dropping the Trump bomb into the youtube comment section*

    • @stahllandon
      @stahllandon Před 3 lety +3

      @@mariodwir feels like I have aphasia

  • @officialtibby
    @officialtibby Před 3 lety +1670

    my guy sounds like someone put a bunch of ted talks into an AI and told it to write one

    • @HalfLegitProductions
      @HalfLegitProductions Před 3 lety +30

      I couldn’t agree more, the accumulation of knowledge this man has is amazing

    • @goodsirbear-7579
      @goodsirbear-7579 Před 3 lety +8

      that's actually what they did why do you think his name is watts

    • @Anon2150
      @Anon2150 Před rokem

      Yes!😂

    • @hugheytheboi
      @hugheytheboi Před rokem

      Funnily enough it's really difficult to get ChatGPT or Bingbot to produce absurd material like this. Bots of New York managed it somehow

    • @masterlangtau
      @masterlangtau Před rokem +5

      And then 2023 came along...

  • @maxmordon7295
    @maxmordon7295 Před 3 lety +438

    A better title would be:
    From Hegel To Zizek: An Introduction To Postmodern Sublime Thinking Patterns (by Dr. Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts).

    • @mahalie23
      @mahalie23 Před 3 lety +5

      yaaaas

    • @shoWbitz
      @shoWbitz Před 3 lety +9

      Module no. 2: The Understanding and Partial Understanding of This Simulation and the Negative Space.

    • @gruese
      @gruese Před 2 lety +7

      @@shoWbitz Module no. 7: Music and Meaning - Getting an idea of what the idea that wants to be transmitted wants to be.

  • @lokevoice
    @lokevoice Před 5 lety +2275

    The French he was speaking at the start was utter jibberish as well. This guy is brilliant I love him

    • @lucaswhitfield718
      @lucaswhitfield718 Před 5 lety +128

      But, sometimes we can see, because the people here did things, we can eat. But when you're angry with someone...

    • @t77snapshot
      @t77snapshot Před 5 lety +6

      @@lucaswhitfield718 Exactly.

    • @k9sway
      @k9sway Před 5 lety +45

      So was the english

    • @baimbridgevoret2309
      @baimbridgevoret2309 Před 5 lety +10

      No it wasn't. Can't say whether the Portuguese was gibberish but the French was French.

    • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
      @the_original_Bilb_Ono Před 5 lety +7

      @@baimbridgevoret2309 it had some french words but i don't think it made sense. He was probably repeating things he's heard French Canadians say.

  • @bakerygoblin6895
    @bakerygoblin6895 Před 4 lety +2934

    "A genius is just a crazy person with an audience"
    Tim Minchin

    • @lionelcarnel9642
      @lionelcarnel9642 Před 4 lety +14

      what is really a crazy man ? He know that the earth is not a sphere , he talks about truth in deep smile and everybody s laughing without understanding that's so big... sorry about my bad spell i m a french guy.....

    • @Someone-ig7we
      @Someone-ig7we Před 4 lety +12

      @@lionelcarnel9642 Your spelling was great! Just conjugation is a bit off, but it's understandable! :D I bet nobody can even understand my french haha.

    • @mikhahl
      @mikhahl Před 4 lety +5

      Crazy Biscuit. Oh, I would like to see Tim meet Reggie. Maybe he would make a remix of "The Good Book"
      Edit: My dear god they did meet czcams.com/video/jZkhV5IsdtA/video.html

    • @mwilliamson4198
      @mwilliamson4198 Před 4 lety +3

      Plus some epic musical talent...

    • @cbwavy
      @cbwavy Před 3 lety +1

      Kanye

  • @0228christian
    @0228christian Před 3 lety +229

    This is Reggie's masterpiece. All the pieces fit together so perfectly.

    • @TrevorCurbo
      @TrevorCurbo Před 2 lety +3

      I also really liked his performance on Pop Tech

    • @0228christian
      @0228christian Před 2 lety +1

      @@TrevorCurbo I forgot about that one! I just went and watched it again, it really is amazing.

  • @RaoniLima43
    @RaoniLima43 Před 2 lety +141

    This is not called talent, he is simply in a completely different plane, light years ahead than the rest of us. We're privileged to witness him performing for us, mere mortals.

    • @christianpage8143
      @christianpage8143 Před rokem +2

      What sounds like a compliment also sounds slightly like an insult lol

    • @pyreta
      @pyreta Před 3 měsíci

      Agree. This is a masterpiece. We are lucky to be able to witness such an incredible level of talent

  • @mlouise17
    @mlouise17 Před 7 lety +5473

    This guy keeps pressing the middle suggested word when you typing a text

    • @SeventhShadow27
      @SeventhShadow27 Před 5 lety +60

      Mikaela C is the best medicine for you but I never heard of many people are getting kinda boring and my bed is the best medicine for you but I never heard of many people died in the straightest to communicate with a complicated process and my bed is the best medicine for you but I never heard of many people died in the straightest to communicate with each of these two are the only pic or not funny how 6th the same thing as in a complicated process and my bed is the best medicine for you but I never heard of many people died in the straightest to communicate and interact in a complicated process and my
      Imma stop there cuz it'll just keep repeating

    • @jorkles4691
      @jorkles4691 Před 5 lety +19

      Pock3tkn1fe 23 was the time to start my day with a good day and then I had to get to work today so I’ll probably get my car done before and I can see what I might do I have a couple more days off and I can get it to one of us to get to the shop tomorrow and I can do a couple things and get back home and then go pick it out I don’t want you guys tomorrow I’ll probably get it bye for you bye

    • @Korey47
      @Korey47 Před 5 lety +3

      Mikaela C hhahhahahaa

    • @Korey47
      @Korey47 Před 5 lety +8

      Mikaela C was a great night out there I was gonna I wanna is a time for y’all and me I wanna meet you at lunch I wanna is a time for me please let us get there and get back with the truck I’ll be back at my office and I can drive you to get gas money for y’all I gotta get a good night and I get some stuff to come pick you wanna I gotta get to you get ready for a ride and I’ll get it you know how to do this is the best thing I can have done for ya I wanna was a time for ya to be here for y’all I wanna ya got to go back and to go get back with the truck I’ll let y’all go back and I’ll let y’all go

    • @johnnelsestuen5793
      @johnnelsestuen5793 Před 5 lety +10

      Yea, and i am pushing the game of happy to be a mil and i 6th to them pedophiles and i am pushing it is so stupid to them pedophiles and i am pushing it is so hard drive us in the middle of the world trade center in danger of the head in a restricted free agent to them pedophiles and i am pushing it is so stupid to, (please ignore all of the pedophiles in there, i wrote a response to a vide that was about pedophiles.)

  • @johnwayne9906
    @johnwayne9906 Před 7 lety +4546

    He literally roasts everyone who has ever done a TED talk while capturing the essence of the entire thing while speaking nonsense

    • @Johndoe-gd4tb
      @Johndoe-gd4tb Před 6 lety +40

      John Wayne Sam Hyde did it first , it doesn’t matter but if you haven’t seen it you need to see that

    • @fancypenguins
      @fancypenguins Před 6 lety +91

      john doe Sam Hyde's talk was recorded in 2013, about a year after this one.

    • @kahrdenas
      @kahrdenas Před 6 lety +78

      It's nonsense only for unprepared minds,

    • @scarboroughstudio
      @scarboroughstudio Před 6 lety +61

      LOL, you've literally proven the OP's point.
      It's the ones who claim to be the most "woke" are always easily the most hypnotized and arrogant.
      I get a kick out of it.

    • @JLWorks
      @JLWorks Před 6 lety +16

      Speakers' reasons for speaking like that is nonsense. It's only snobby, uselessly pedantic, assholes that speak like that... and tech manuals

  • @DaNewWrksOfMeh
    @DaNewWrksOfMeh Před 3 lety +198

    I feel like I actually know what he's talking about. It's like nonsense that makes sense because of the nonsense I've already experienced

    • @Jabbeorn
      @Jabbeorn Před 3 lety +10

      This comment is somehow one of the most amazing things I've read. Idk why , but thank you. If i ever write a story this statement gonna be in it.

  • @snowghost1753
    @snowghost1753 Před 2 lety +653

    This man just deconstructed language, musical tropes, and the experience of being conscious all in 10 minutes.

    • @siriansight
      @siriansight Před 2 lety +3

      FAX. YES.

    • @sunspung
      @sunspung Před 2 lety +7

      snow ghost ... And then he just left it like that! Just walked away, leaving this completely deconstructed messy piled-up heap behind him, and now nobody knows how to put it all back together again

    • @martinmartin8940
      @martinmartin8940 Před rokem +3

      well said

    • @carstarsarstenstesenn
      @carstarsarstenstesenn Před rokem +3

      and made it feel like 3 minutes

    • @informant09
      @informant09 Před rokem +4

      Good job. You managed to understand the content.

  • @NastyCrimeBoy
    @NastyCrimeBoy Před 6 lety +670

    *Clicks on CC*
    (Non English)
    "Wonderful"

  • @mattglover560
    @mattglover560 Před 5 lety +445

    The audio equivalent of "name one thing in this picture"

  • @innapinch7112
    @innapinch7112 Před 3 lety +102

    "there is no passage of time, other than the sensation of the collapsation of the memories we are living in".
    I had to pause to mull that one over. It's really good.

    • @moe42o
      @moe42o Před 3 lety +1

      Just now did the same as you!

    • @lilyhutchins9896
      @lilyhutchins9896 Před 2 lety +1

      kinda makes sense

    • @PeacefulPeteable
      @PeacefulPeteable Před rokem +3

      @@lilyhutchins9896
      Makes perfect sense

    • @UnionJackandsally
      @UnionJackandsally Před rokem +5

      "the mirror of the memories" this is important, as the universe exists in the center of a dual wave form that is infinitely repeated

    • @mastod0n1
      @mastod0n1 Před rokem

      It's literally word salad nonsense meant to parody faux intellectuals

  • @snidebastard9353
    @snidebastard9353 Před 3 lety +129

    4:25 the one audience member who gets it

  • @AwPheebs
    @AwPheebs Před 9 lety +598

    This is just like one big Jaden Smith tweet

    • @Dong_Harvey
      @Dong_Harvey Před 9 lety

      AwPheebs adn yte ist gamrmatcially crroect

    • @fizzyraygun3870
      @fizzyraygun3870 Před 9 lety +8

      Dong Harvey Your sentence was actually completely grammatically correct. You internet people need to learn the difference between spelling and grammar.

    • @billsplease
      @billsplease Před 9 lety +9

      FizzyRaygun Punctuation? Capitalization?

    • @MattPetropoulos
      @MattPetropoulos Před 9 lety +1

      AwPheebs I Am Me But Am I You?

    • @bryanasare1632
      @bryanasare1632 Před 9 lety

      FizzyRaygun he had no period.

  • @Professicchio
    @Professicchio Před 8 lety +2207

    Nothing better than a TED talk that completely takes the piss out of the whole 'TED talk' concept........

    • @MrCarKite
      @MrCarKite Před 8 lety +55

      Well considering the E in TED stands for Entertainment I'm not really sure where you're going with this line of thought...?

    • @DoctorORBiT
      @DoctorORBiT Před 8 lety +11

      +Synth You've been reported, enjoy you're warning, next time CZcams ban

    • @DoctorORBiT
      @DoctorORBiT Před 8 lety +16

      ***** Jeez, you must be 14 years old.

    • @DoctorORBiT
      @DoctorORBiT Před 8 lety +1

      Alexander Poopslie Yeah, spoiling a movie is a real blessing...

    • @alexanderpoopslie9129
      @alexanderpoopslie9129 Před 8 lety +13

      Doctor ORBiT first they came for my ability to spoil movies, and I said nothing

  • @Shadowrunner123
    @Shadowrunner123 Před 3 lety +70

    I mean, I get it.
    I'm stoned past pluto, but I *totally* get it.
    It's Discordian.

    • @fakename503
      @fakename503 Před 2 lety +4

      I beg to differ.
      I believe it is Accordian.

  • @don8lifemom
    @don8lifemom Před rokem +24

    I went to high school with Reggie, we graduated together. He was hilarious and so talented back then and has just kept on developing his talent! A friend and I went to his house once to see him about something and I met his Mom. I had taken 4 years of French at that time, she spoke French to me and I froze. I could not even think about what she was saying! Obviously those 4 years didn't prepare me for people who actually spoke French!

    • @bernardq
      @bernardq Před 10 měsíci +1

      😂 bro natives are crazy

  • @j.r.w7636
    @j.r.w7636 Před 4 lety +2896

    Imagine quarantining with this guy..... like having a new room mate every 30-35 seconds.

  • @vxel
    @vxel Před 4 lety +3300

    This is what it sounds like when you’re only kinda listening to something.

    • @bloodmaged
      @bloodmaged Před 3 lety +35

      The most accurate comment

    • @xblizbroke
      @xblizbroke Před 3 lety +30

      It's worse when you're only kinda listening to it

    • @jessekiirya
      @jessekiirya Před 3 lety +4

      LITERALLY

    • @lucasryan2692
      @lucasryan2692 Před 3 lety +12

      I was just doing that and realised i had no idea what was going om halfway through

    • @skel2333
      @skel2333 Před 2 lety

      spot on!

  • @samm4048
    @samm4048 Před 3 lety +45

    I come back by and watch this every once in a while to reset my brain.

    • @IamAJoe
      @IamAJoe Před 2 lety

      The first song he preforms lives in my head and I have to come to this video whenever I think about it to cleanse my mind.

  • @mylegGuy
    @mylegGuy Před 3 lety +72

    this is literally what morning class sounds like

  • @bravo9894
    @bravo9894 Před 4 lety +863

    When he said “Non-English” I felt that.

    • @jrr-b4x
      @jrr-b4x Před 4 lety +1

      One Zero One lol

    • @samfur2165
      @samfur2165 Před 4 lety +6

      Only second to [gibberish]

  • @cooljazzmat
    @cooljazzmat Před 5 lety +833

    Big up for the translaters doing their best with the subtitles...

  • @virtual_balboa
    @virtual_balboa Před 3 lety +21

    I love the blank looks on many of the audience member's faces. Like they hadn't heard of him, went in thinking they would be inspired, but instead feel mocked and confused.

  • @Rick-Sanchez-C-137
    @Rick-Sanchez-C-137 Před 3 lety +37

    3:38 Man this is straight fire. 🔥😃

  • @Crossneen
    @Crossneen Před 7 lety +603

    Fully convinced Reggie Watts is a glitch in the matrix

    • @faticaj
      @faticaj Před 7 lety +8

      Aaron Thompson you have no clue how right you are 😂

    • @ericoliver1603
      @ericoliver1603 Před 5 lety +2

      a glorious one at that

  • @chefawkes
    @chefawkes Před 8 lety +3084

    When you need to increase your essay word count.

  • @vickielawson3114
    @vickielawson3114 Před 3 lety +47

    His spontaneous word-salad is fascinating and brilliant and so entertaining! I love him!

  • @DR-420-69
    @DR-420-69 Před rokem +9

    I was an activity coordinator for an old folks home and I showed this to my group. They loved it

  • @oggyreidmore
    @oggyreidmore Před 9 lety +264

    I sing this daily in the shower. Funny thing is, I was singing it long before I ever heard of Reggie Watts. I guess the future really is the collapsation of time in the mirror of our memories.

  • @premium-_-salt392
    @premium-_-salt392 Před 5 lety +1666

    10 min where someone has the opportunity to be absolutely insane in front of an audience without being committed to an asylum.

    • @hi_speed_chase
      @hi_speed_chase Před 4 lety +19

      Talent × crazy = talent

    • @bbates9235
      @bbates9235 Před 4 lety +10

      Perception of everything is key to the underlying situation of the current present in retrospect to the right here and now. Day he go Into that rif of the opposite identicals will that be known all that is to be the epitome of the day before tomorrow.

    • @xxportalxx.
      @xxportalxx. Před 4 lety +2

      Me getting out of the shower lmfao

    • @ferencszilvasi2574
      @ferencszilvasi2574 Před 4 lety

      If that's what it was, I think he nailed it.

    • @wirly-
      @wirly- Před 4 lety

      @@bbates9235 that is without a doubt.

  • @sceki2286
    @sceki2286 Před 3 lety +394

    Reggie: Gives a passionate and emotional speach about space time continuum and the fact we live inside a simulation
    Audience: Laughs to hide the pain

    • @pineapplethief4418
      @pineapplethief4418 Před 3 lety +16

      Laugh is just molecules of your body moving according to already preestablished pattern, or one of thereof, as in, a family of patterns, a preconceived notion, glimmering emotion searing in your brain, YEAH, YEAH, ARE YOU FEELING IT ARE YOU FEELING IT THE MOLECULES OF AIR IN YOUR LUNGS AND YOUR TRACHEA, MOVING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH MUTHAFAKKAS

    • @tysonatkins2236
      @tysonatkins2236 Před 2 lety +2

      Or because they're still asleep because of anti-conspiracy theory propaganda that teaches people that it's wrong to do your own research.

    • @merlijnbell8747
      @merlijnbell8747 Před 2 lety +2

      @@tysonatkins2236 This got real

    • @MattLagomarsino
      @MattLagomarsino Před 5 měsíci

      shorty just got reggied

  • @tensecondsplit5471
    @tensecondsplit5471 Před rokem +137

    I can't imagine totally jamming out while looking around into a sea of lifeless bodies just staring at you with dead eyes

    • @notbrianbradley
      @notbrianbradley Před rokem +11

      Yeah the lifeless, dead eyed bodies smiling, clapping, and laughing.

    • @Peter-du7gt
      @Peter-du7gt Před rokem +5

      He's so refreshingly new and fascinating, I think people are genuinely too stunned to react.

    • @geoffreylogsdon162
      @geoffreylogsdon162 Před rokem +7

      They do give him a standing ovation. l think they were being respectful, which is what he deserved.

    • @TerribleTom113
      @TerribleTom113 Před 11 měsíci

      That's why no one will remember your name.

    • @tensecondsplit5471
      @tensecondsplit5471 Před 11 měsíci

      ​@@TerribleTom113 good one Mr Jilliumz 🤓🤓

  • @Rowlandi11
    @Rowlandi11 Před 9 lety +416

    Not much of what he said meant anything, and I get that was the point, but when he said "Feel not as though it is a sphere we live on, rather an infinite plane which has the illusion of leading yourself back to the point of origin" it blew my mind a little.

    • @Dude31463
      @Dude31463 Před 9 lety +7

      What exactly are you trying to say?

    • @DaveYognaut
      @DaveYognaut Před 9 lety +2

      ***** That.... that's why.... "Discworld".... *mind blown*.

    • @mickblock
      @mickblock Před 9 lety +19

      He's really good at "stream of consciousness" expression. He has to pull from his own subconscious thoughts, so sometimes what comes out relates to your own subconscious thoughts. And he seems fine with letting those moments happen by accident or not at all. I don't know, it's interesting to watch him go!

    • @DaveYognaut
      @DaveYognaut Před 9 lety +1

      Michael Block I can't tell if you're being serious, or if you pulled this information out of _your_ "subconscious"

    • @justinsburns2532
      @justinsburns2532 Před 9 lety +2

      Another alias with the name "Uzumaki" one in the same if he is being himseof

  • @jaredcarter1165
    @jaredcarter1165 Před 6 lety +2179

    He completely understands the nature of what voice sounds like, not actual communication or necessarily song. It's like he's doing an impression of all human noise, but not an impersonation, capturing just the essence without the details. Frickin brilliant

    • @God-mb8wi
      @God-mb8wi Před 5 lety +38

      It's satire

    • @loudcloud6889
      @loudcloud6889 Před 5 lety +71

      is this you attempting to capture the essence of his sentences

    • @selos187
      @selos187 Před 5 lety +13

      Nothing is just satire with reggie

    • @bitwize
      @bitwize Před 5 lety +91

      (in fake English accent) For Watts, the intrinsic nature of the voice is not to communicate something, but rather, to communicate the sense that something has been communicated.

    • @justincase6542
      @justincase6542 Před 5 lety +3

      Tbh. This is how I hear everything. Even music.

  • @mouseMan12321
    @mouseMan12321 Před 3 lety +25

    I can listen to Reggie forever, in a finite type of way.

  • @jacobsstories8093
    @jacobsstories8093 Před 3 lety +9

    Dude I keep coming back for that song, he kills it on both pitch, tempo and his beats. Looped beautifully. This probably my favourite TED Talk to date

  • @butters5373
    @butters5373 Před 7 lety +323

    Absolutely no clue what was happening but brilliant

    • @austinfull8941
      @austinfull8941 Před 7 lety +75

      There's nothing to understand. that's the point, to not make sense at all.

    • @matt_r_s
      @matt_r_s Před 6 lety +1

      He’s trolling. Using big words and sounding scientific because most ppl on ted talks are smart ppl

    • @bvdek
      @bvdek Před 6 lety +1

      +Matt Serna he's being ironically superfluous ;)

  • @ChucksDream
    @ChucksDream Před 6 lety +1057

    As a Englishman that is one of the best english accents ive ever heard from an American

    • @linuspauling9290
      @linuspauling9290 Před 6 lety +35

      Sounds like he's channeling Christopher Hitchens.

    • @DiscClub6
      @DiscClub6 Před 5 lety +15

      He is British

    • @linuspauling9290
      @linuspauling9290 Před 5 lety +69

      Reggie Watts is not British. Reggie lived in Germany and his mother is French, which probably explains why his French and German accents are pretty good too.

    • @Firewalkerbg
      @Firewalkerbg Před 5 lety +3

      Uhm, he's German, actually.

    • @TheSanchezGaming
      @TheSanchezGaming Před 5 lety +17

      @@Firewalkerbg He has lived more than 30 years in the US, since he was a teen. He's American.

  • @leonardyoung1119
    @leonardyoung1119 Před 3 lety +9

    the way he starts out with languages, moves to music, then goes back to English (as a language, and touches on physics + science!)! *beautiful*

  • @petra07
    @petra07 Před 3 lety +17

    This literally made me tear up. Didn't know you could tear up out of sheer awe. Thank you.

    • @zeeavi6280
      @zeeavi6280 Před 3 lety +1

      I just left this comment on another video. I also didn’t know it was possible to cry to from awe. That’s an amazing feeling.

  • @hazeee1351
    @hazeee1351 Před 4 lety +1584

    Love him or hate him he IS spitting straight facts

    • @burntchickennugget8142
      @burntchickennugget8142 Před 4 lety +3

      Hahahaha God damn it

    • @jrhull3
      @jrhull3 Před 4 lety +8

      Are... Are you sure?

    • @Isaidit247
      @Isaidit247 Před 4 lety +3

      HaZeee no he’s not he just has a microphone

    • @cliffsousa4184
      @cliffsousa4184 Před 4 lety +19

      @@jrhull3 Yes. The complexities of his jargon is space-time conundrum shattering and has a tinge of absurdity which can fill your brain with kantian voxtexes utilized by aliens.

    • @BEEFBRSKT
      @BEEFBRSKT Před 4 lety +5

      its completely improvised....mental.

  • @mcpenetwork
    @mcpenetwork Před 7 lety +203

    this man just turned on predictive text in his head

  • @mitchwhitener2885
    @mitchwhitener2885 Před rokem +5

    I met him and got to hang for like a half hour like 7 years ago. Such an awesome kind person!! And INSANELY talented!!!

  • @k.v.2049
    @k.v.2049 Před 3 měsíci +1

    i come back to this every few years and it never stops being amazing

  • @dawniebug784
    @dawniebug784 Před 4 lety +3061

    He's not giving you time to comprehend and is not allowing himself to be predictable. The topic isn't comedy; *it's the present.*

    • @santiagogutierrez1594
      @santiagogutierrez1594 Před 4 lety +14

      :o

    • @xxportalxx.
      @xxportalxx. Před 4 lety +41

      It sounds like being high to me lol

    • @JohnSmith-be2ny
      @JohnSmith-be2ny Před 4 lety +18

      @@xxportalxx. not much of a difference, but with drugs people tend to cling to their egos, making for bad times

    • @rootz420
      @rootz420 Před 4 lety +7

      Wow. Comment of the year.

    • @briantrowbridge8134
      @briantrowbridge8134 Před 4 lety +10

      You are a saint for pointing this out. Super cool method

  • @hotskull565
    @hotskull565 Před 6 lety +1678

    When you didn't write your speech and you had to improvise on spot

  • @theonlygriffin
    @theonlygriffin Před 3 lety +5

    This is undoubtedly one of the talks that will go down in history, of a time when there were real conversations of experiences and gestures within a musical context.

  • @EMMaywald
    @EMMaywald Před 10 měsíci +2

    Still coming back to this after all these years ❤

  • @mrjelly0077
    @mrjelly0077 Před 7 lety +574

    This guy is the best at what he does. No question. Now what is it that he does?

    • @Johndoe-gd4tb
      @Johndoe-gd4tb Před 6 lety +57

      Sulfuric Gamers just a human that’s humaning

    • @travisbrown5184
      @travisbrown5184 Před 6 lety +29

      He is a comedian that does “stream of consciousness”

    • @edstirling
      @edstirling Před 6 lety +11

      i'm sure there's another ted talk analyzing this performance to death.

    • @koza7676
      @koza7676 Před 6 lety +3

      Entertain.

    • @aduhaneh1057
      @aduhaneh1057 Před 6 lety +2

      he plays band for late late show with james corden

  • @Labrynthetic
    @Labrynthetic Před 6 lety +1710

    2:43 He says,
    "And I'm trolling you." Lol

  • @myriadpath
    @myriadpath Před 3 lety +62

    The way he mocks them to their faces and it's like, not even disrespectful? I love this performance so much

  • @aidan_bonner
    @aidan_bonner Před 3 lety +3

    Easily one of my all time favorite Ted Talks. Feels like the first time I've really connected with one of these.

  • @Roxanneredpanda
    @Roxanneredpanda Před 4 lety +2205

    Better title:
    Reggie Watts roasts Ted Talks

    • @mefca86
      @mefca86 Před 4 lety +61

      That's exactly what I was thinking. He's just making fun of the whole genre of TED talks.

    • @beirch
      @beirch Před 4 lety +32

      @@mefca86 He's not. All of his performances are like this, it's his thing. He's literally just being random, saying random things, and all his musical improvs are the same way.

    • @henryvanderwater6974
      @henryvanderwater6974 Před 4 lety +41

      @@beirch it nonetheless parodies ted talks perfectly.

    • @dksemple
      @dksemple Před 4 lety +15

      But in a completely enjoyable way. It's not mean spirited, its tons of fun!

    • @mwilliamson4198
      @mwilliamson4198 Před 4 lety

      @@dksemple Exactly!

  • @peoplemcnuggetz
    @peoplemcnuggetz Před 9 lety +353

    So, I don't know what was going on here, but I know how I'll be writing essays from now on.

  • @Xx-ru3ng
    @Xx-ru3ng Před 3 lety +4

    Its amazing the relevance of his statements. In this day. In this time. We are.

  • @stevenfranks3131
    @stevenfranks3131 Před 3 lety +22

    "It's a song about people...And sasquatches...." 😀

  • @theitalianwarlord2954
    @theitalianwarlord2954 Před 8 lety +266

    "Um it's a song about people...and Sasquatchs."

    • @K-bb2bc
      @K-bb2bc Před 8 lety +23

      "and other French science, French science stuff, you know."

    • @MrTehAlex
      @MrTehAlex Před 8 lety +20

      That's French science.

    • @ncedwards1234
      @ncedwards1234 Před 7 lety +2

      Not fringe science?

    • @checopodgorny1996
      @checopodgorny1996 Před 7 lety

      yeah he said fringe science lol

    • @absurdistcat
      @absurdistcat Před 6 lety +3

      Fringe science - "study which departs significantly from mainstream theories." In other words, he was making fun of TED, and this line was a direct stab. lmao I love him.

  • @ryansanders9273
    @ryansanders9273 Před 7 lety +1712

    I can't tell if he's high or if I'm high

    • @quizmo7150
      @quizmo7150 Před 6 lety +35

      Ryan Sanders imma get high and re watch this.

    • @wolfgangbr1576
      @wolfgangbr1576 Před 6 lety +23

      FINALLY a comment that captures my confusion in a perfect manner. Thank you Ryan!

    • @bigPianist99
      @bigPianist99 Před 6 lety +13

      Why not both?

    • @xxMrBaldyxx
      @xxMrBaldyxx Před 6 lety +9

      I'm definitely high right now.

    • @min2heathen
      @min2heathen Před 6 lety +10

      Ryan Sanders I am here because of high 👍

  • @bennettnez4711
    @bennettnez4711 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I get to see him live every year. He always comes back to Great Falls around Christmas and does a show here in missoula. It is literally this good every time, and never once has anything repeated year to year. Mind blowing.

  • @RobertEnterprises
    @RobertEnterprises Před 3 lety +6

    I believe everyone's reaction to the video is perfectly represented by the repeating word beginning from 8:55, and yet, just like the musical interpretation with which Sir Reggie Watts from the hood blessed us with, it was an utmost joyous and momentous occasion of pure brilliance in the ability to teach us something, while not saying anything cognitive throughout.

  • @Madison-bw7rn
    @Madison-bw7rn Před 7 lety +682

    Guy: "Tomorrows another day."
    Audience: *LAUGHTER*

    • @marshawn_ing
      @marshawn_ing Před 7 lety +115

      Reggie: "My closest family members are being held hostage."
      Audience: **dies of laughter**

    • @TheDopeyElephant
      @TheDopeyElephant Před 7 lety +53

      Reggie: "Dont be afraid, this is a stick-up" **shoots 16 people on the crowd**
      Audience: **Flops to the ground from laughing**

    • @JeguePerneta
      @JeguePerneta Před 7 lety +63

      Reggie: Bazzinga
      Crowd: EXPLODES

    • @RonWolfHowl
      @RonWolfHowl Před 7 lety +79

      They were laughing because he set it up by saying he was going to present the findings of a research study and then said "tomorrow is another day".

    • @anthonyorosco1850
      @anthonyorosco1850 Před 7 lety +3

      EdgeLord I thought that you were making up a scenario because the audience laughs at everything he says for no reason but no, he legit said that, and the audience legit laughed. They didn't even know what they were laughing at

  • @stratikeo
    @stratikeo Před 8 lety +559

    I feel sorry for the guy who had to make closed captions for this. LOL

  • @tamarafields5703
    @tamarafields5703 Před 7 měsíci

    That was just wonderfully stress-relieving! He is so talented and very creative. Such high vibrational energy lifting our heavy heart and minds. Soul talk!!!

  • @kennyrama
    @kennyrama Před rokem +5

    This man was jamming his heart out to some genuis stuff and no one in the crowd was moving

  • @Dread987
    @Dread987 Před 4 lety +621

    Did he just summarize "TED talks" ?
    Yes, he did.

  • @leonhathway8096
    @leonhathway8096 Před 5 lety +972

    Me: I’m going to have an early night tonight
    My brain at 3am: 8:32

  • @ohorguN
    @ohorguN Před 3 lety +1

    Its been years since i watch this.. but watching it again in 2020.. i just crack up once again..
    He truly is a genius...!

  • @galdisegni5696
    @galdisegni5696 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Watching again after many years is still so much fun!!!

  • @John-ss6tb
    @John-ss6tb Před 7 lety +350

    He makes a good point, you know.

    • @Cosporcos-Q
      @Cosporcos-Q Před 7 lety +17

      Holy Bageebus he makes a lot of good points

  • @CryingShayme
    @CryingShayme Před 4 lety +336

    Reggie: I can't think of anything profound to say.
    Reggie: Great, let's lean into that

  • @jerrysizzler44
    @jerrysizzler44 Před 2 lety +3

    i never get tired of watching Reggie bring a crowd around to what he's doing.

  • @pinchofpsy
    @pinchofpsy Před 3 lety

    From time to time I come back to this video and life makes sense again!

  • @gummyworld6606
    @gummyworld6606 Před 7 lety +5062

    For those of you who don't understand this video: it's a coassimulation of a paradilactic conduction between the infinite space of an interchanging tide and an outer sun of a distant melodramatically kinetic moon.

    • @nutmaster652
      @nutmaster652 Před 7 lety +241

      Ohhhhhhhh!

    • @digum04
      @digum04 Před 7 lety +33

      Amen!

    • @Tsunamiis
      @Tsunamiis Před 7 lety +46

      I see what you did there.

    • @tabascopuffen2905
      @tabascopuffen2905 Před 7 lety +8

      WHat?

    • @duffmcduffee
      @duffmcduffee Před 7 lety +208

      I respectfully disagree. You see, what it really does is explore the etymology of epistemological dialectic, vis-a-vis the ontological non-entropic dualism of anti-relavistic audition.

  • @hawesg
    @hawesg Před 10 lety +421

    Am I wrong, or did he just spend 10 minutes at a TED conference basically demonstrating that TED conferences are an indecipherable mass of jargon and gobbledygook? Well done, sir.

    • @keithhanley7796
      @keithhanley7796 Před 4 lety +10

      Yes. Yes, he did.

    • @rallokkcaz
      @rallokkcaz Před 4 lety +3

      G Hawes and he did it in style.

    • @TheOrangeFlash
      @TheOrangeFlash Před 4 lety +13

      That is some top-class trolling! Take the piss out of the whole TED Talk concept, get paid for it, plus get a standing ovation from the audience!

    • @legendaryzodiac574
      @legendaryzodiac574 Před 4 lety +3

      THiS HAD LAYERS...

    • @cliffsousa4184
      @cliffsousa4184 Před 4 lety

      Absurdity at its finest.

  • @the2008hambone
    @the2008hambone Před 2 lety

    I’ve watched this 3 times in a row and I still love it! He is great!

  • @CloudMechanic
    @CloudMechanic Před 7 lety +2786

    His hair is an extension of his being...

    • @Jack97798
      @Jack97798 Před 7 lety +93

      Arobene7494 each strand is an antenna that receives ideas and energy from the cosmos.

    • @CloudMechanic
      @CloudMechanic Před 7 lety +3

      Jack97798 oh lord it's so true

    • @boyo7918
      @boyo7918 Před 7 lety +65

      His being is an extension of his hair

    • @BindMedia
      @BindMedia Před 7 lety +7

      yep that how hair works, Poindexter

    • @Ben-rz9cf
      @Ben-rz9cf Před 7 lety +1

      I was at a showing of at midnight and he either cut it or put it in a ponytail but it was disappointing he lost his fro

  • @mrmasrawy92
    @mrmasrawy92 Před 4 lety +922

    Made me realize that good music really has nothing to do with meaning of lyrics

    • @michaeldaigle7207
      @michaeldaigle7207 Před 4 lety +65

      Oh dude, just wait and keep listening to bunches of different music. There are so many different ways to appreciate sound

    • @zhou_sei
      @zhou_sei Před 4 lety +19

      and here i just started listening to lyrics after 30 years of ignoring them

    • @michaeldaigle7207
      @michaeldaigle7207 Před 4 lety +12

      @@zhou_sei it's a good mix between what the lyrics say and what the music means man. Not everyone gets it and that's ok. Everyone listens to music in their own way.

    • @kathleen123
      @kathleen123 Před 4 lety +3

      I heard that Kurt Cobain didn’t care about how the song sounded, he just cared about the lyrics... it goes both ways?

    • @michaeldaigle7207
      @michaeldaigle7207 Před 4 lety +6

      @@kathleen123 Cobain almost always wrote lyrics last. It's hard to say for sure what the man cared about though, he left us too soon. R.I.P. In my opinion, music is enjoyed in many different ways. There isn't an objectively "good" way to appreciate music. I think that the artists that create the music we enjoy have their own reasons for, and ways to create said music, and everyone who listens interpretes it differently. Music is beautiful in all forms, you just have to be willing to truly listen for yourself. I can appreciate one form of music over another, but the one I consider to be less pleasing to me doesn't become intrinsically "bad" because of my opinion. I can still appreciate it as music in and of itself.

  • @slartibartfast420
    @slartibartfast420 Před rokem +8

    The man is a genius. He really is.

  • @robertpavey5615
    @robertpavey5615 Před rokem +1

    That Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeller (the green device) is a classic effects pedal and he uses it so well.

  • @lilpisces7467
    @lilpisces7467 Před 5 lety +355

    I'm on shrroms and everything he says makes so much sense

    • @jjjd12346
      @jjjd12346 Před 5 lety +59

      @Bleed The Machines shut up nerd

    • @xxaidanxxsniperz6404
      @xxaidanxxsniperz6404 Před 5 lety +47

      @Bleed The Machines shrooms are for geniuses. Degenerates do fucking heroin

    • @zhou_sei
      @zhou_sei Před 4 lety +4

      @@xxaidanxxsniperz6404 coke*

    • @thenoobinater123
      @thenoobinater123 Před 4 lety

      It would’ve been considerate of you to translate for your fellow man

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot Před 4 lety

      Bleed The Machines
      And you may be a moron with many more go rounds before?

  • @Dutchyman
    @Dutchyman Před 8 lety +1243

    How someone can say so much, but say absolutely nothing at the same time, BUT at that same time everything.
    This guy found a paradox to a paradox in communication.
    The only thing that actually had context was the music. Even though he didn't say anything meaningful in the lyrics of the songs, they still bring across a message or a feeling.
    AKA: Music is a way to express yourself outside the boundaries of the human language. This is just my theory, but I think this is the reason why music inspires him so much. Music has a way stronger force of communication than our common sorts of communcation.
    But for me this means one thing: non-verbal communication is key to our world culture. It has a way bigger impact than most people think. We only have a limited amount books with limited amount of words that most people think is our base of communication. It's not about what you say with the context of the words. It's way more than that: Emotion, Voice pitch, Shape of your body, Your body language, tears, clothes, who your friends are, who your parents are, what care you drive and so on...

    • @PepperoniGaming
      @PepperoniGaming Před 7 lety +14

      It really shows how a nonsensical system of orientation can override what would once be brought about by anyone else's sense of organization. When combined with the realization that however he moves his comparisons within the textures will, almost every time, convey a recurring show of speed-based broadcasting.

    • @masterm95
      @masterm95 Před 7 lety +25

      I know that I don't know what he knows, and that he doesn't know what I know but what I do know is that I know what he knows and he knows what I know although what he knows is not what I know and what I know is not what he knows, but we both know that what we know is known, thus knowing is knowing and not knowing, that's how you know what you know, and everyone knows. And to tell the truth,
      I don't know.

    • @kevinmoehring8259
      @kevinmoehring8259 Před 7 lety +11

      tl;dr
      masterm95 doesnt know.

    • @Dutchyman
      @Dutchyman Před 7 lety +7

      But humanity remains to exist in this world of love and hate, even though our society keeps struggling with oppression of everything that remains to be as if there is nothing that really matters. So our lives are all part of special that will keep us around till the end of time even though its ordinary.

    • @kevinmoehring8259
      @kevinmoehring8259 Před 7 lety +6

      deeper into the unfathomable fathoms of depth to dive deep into the depths of what we fathom to deeply dive into our souls in depth.

  • @roberteli
    @roberteli Před 3 lety +2

    This man is a genius! one if the most insightful Ted talk I ever seen :)

  • @NRplusTRAeEaJ
    @NRplusTRAeEaJ Před 3 lety +1

    this guy is just pure genius along with sick vocals!

  • @linnycrocus6023
    @linnycrocus6023 Před 3 lety +912

    He's way too talented to be James Corden's sidekick. He deserves so much more wow

    • @padkirsch
      @padkirsch Před 3 lety +4

      🤮😢🤯😍

    • @ibnorator8149
      @ibnorator8149 Před 3 lety

      Greetings Beautiful souls! (forgive me abit i know I am not exactly what you may have come here for ..) but my name is Ibn Orator...I am an Avant-Garde, introspective & Political Hip Hop Artist from New Haven CT. I've recently released a project titled "The Fishbowl Syndrome" that is centered around the topic of our mental health and art; how they intertwine in experience or how they are sometimes viewed here in America;to which my first debut music video "The Horse on a Trampoline" works showcase on the spectrum of my own experiences with it, that i feel fans alike of FKA twigs, Janelle Monae , EarthGang, Flying lotus, Childish Gambino or those of Bjork, Logic , Lupe Fiasco, & Reggie watts may resonate with...id like to share this with you by giving a warm welcome to my Channel to not only, like and subscribe but to comment with genuine feedback. (Please leave a comment there underneath the video and not here) as i would like for my listeners to feel welcomed to give more in thought than in clout and start a conversation which is what my subject matter is based on ..."Commentary on our shared world".In hopes that this may be fruitful to you i look forward to your response
      The Horse on a Trampoline Official Music Video
      czcams.com/video/Sol3DsWhzpA/video.html
      All the best
      Ibn Orator
      P.S. Im aware that for some us, if not all, are having a hard time this year..so id like to say that i love you very much, if you haven't heard it from anyone, and that things are about to change as they always do, for better or worse….#godspeed..

    • @c.mccool1123
      @c.mccool1123 Před 3 lety +7

      Money talks

    • @bolingorastafari69
      @bolingorastafari69 Před 3 lety +15

      This guy is an absolute GENIUS. I love his music.

    • @sauce4335
      @sauce4335 Před 3 lety +18

      pretty stable pay tho

  • @CumBrianFries
    @CumBrianFries Před 8 lety +547

    This is like that one time when i watched a Tedtalk while i was high....

    • @tridentproductions9234
      @tridentproductions9234 Před 8 lety +2

      +♛HawkView Productions♛ lol😂😂😂

    • @CumBrianFries
      @CumBrianFries Před 8 lety +10

      ***** By "better things to do" do you possibly mean like making fun of strangers on CZcams? I'm sure your life must be great. LOL

    • @CumBrianFries
      @CumBrianFries Před 8 lety +2

      ***** Oh right, i almost didn't expect that. Mom insults, nothing tells you a fool is at his wits' end better than when he has to use these. You really are pathetic.

    • @TheMadatnascar
      @TheMadatnascar Před 8 lety +1

      +♛HawkView Productions♛ lying on CZcams doesn't make u a better person

    • @zuluairsoft6359
      @zuluairsoft6359 Před 8 lety

      +♛HawkView Productions♛ honestly that was the funniest argument I've seen on CZcams😂😂😂😂

  • @JohnnieJohnJr
    @JohnnieJohnJr Před 3 lety

    Legendary. Absolute amazingness. Wants to be transmitted wants to be. That speech was actual fire

  • @mikesmollin8908
    @mikesmollin8908 Před 3 lety +12

    "We must remember that music is only the division of space. It is the space we are listening to, divided as such, that gives us the information in comparison to something to something other. That gives us the idea of what the idea that wants to be transmitted wants to be." -Reggie Watts
    That really need to be the new definition of music in the dictionary, who is with me?