@@heydoeradio7298 I didn't say, they didn't get it. I just say, they didn't get it at the very first second, so the "silence" at the beginning is not from being impressed, but just polite listening... after that they got it, but the reaction was not silence but the usual "woooohs"
I get what you mean, but it is very different in this stage of his career to make songs like those. Besides they make very much sense in the context of Inside
Back then it was still the case. That's why he made the joke. We underestimate young people all the time, but even children are interested in introspective content.
imagine sitting on that dark empty stage looking into dark air, not even seeing the audience while you feel a hundred eyes staring at you and all thats being heard is over and over "we think we know you" thats so fucking powerful
@Lila Sankey of course you can at 55 retired comfortable and happy in my waning years I've flooded the voices out for so long that the prodding and poking now agree with me. What once was painful and probing now is success. What was damage is now success. They thought they knew me.
Me too. I'm thinking of Nanette and how we ask so much of our artist. That we deify them and romanticize their pain because it gives us transcendental art.
Seeing your comment made me realize that Inside has been out for almost a month.... I literally haven't stopped obsessing about it since then. I probably haven't gone a single day without listening to it at least once
7 years ago: Mr Burnham, you should relate to young people, write a song about Facebook or Twitter or something 2021 - Inside: 'Welcome to the internet!'
@@NirNaethCZ I know right. Such a genius! It's like he has been building up his jokes for over the years and my guess is that we haven't even heard his best joke yet!
4:14 I cant begin to describe how this moment where he takes what "they" have been saying and remixes it to be "we think we know you." Made me feel. The entire concept of this song is incredible.
I personally think it’s a coincidence (even though I do think Bo is a musical, comedic, and commentary genius), I think that it’s a stretch. Whatever the case we can’t no for sure so I’m just going to watch the entire show again on my own time and enjoy the comedy and genius and good music
@@guiguifaitlcon2598 It's still a choice he made. Entirely possible that it's meant to signify a connection, a "we are all each other" thing, a nod to shared experience, etc. Then again, could be nothing. Based on what I've seen, the likelihood is it was a conscious choice for Some reason. Based on my Bo expertise, it's a toss up whether I'd get it right ;)
@@echognomecal6742Bo definitely hides meaningful aspects in his work, but he doesn’t usually bury it several layers deep. He mentioned that a lot of people thought the Chipotle burrito bit in “I Can’t Handle This Right Now” was a metaphor for depression or taking on too many things without realizing the weight of it, but he said it was just a silly bit and he didn’t write any deeper meaning behind it. In this case, I think Bo pointing at the middle of the camera was just a coincidence. It seems weird to imply the audience somehow fits the capitalistic businessman out of all the characters. If anything, I think the third character that stereotypes Bo as a jerk because he heard it from a friend of a friend would describe an internet dweller better, since a lot of us go off of rumors and short video snippets to form our opinions of people. I think it’s more likely that he just wanted to convey 3 separate people by pointing in 3 separate directions, and the left-middle-right approach worked best on stage.
@@catcactus1234 Probably...but if we're getting This into it... It should be noted that our unconscious is called that for a reason & we're not always aware of what we do/intend. As far as that, I think the Pringles (rather empty & having to reach inside or crumbs spill out, etc) & the over-flowing burrito that nobody wants are related & meaningful.
The dead silence when the audience finally understands what the song means... This is honestly my favorite part from any comedy show. Just the deep personal meaning and the emotion you feel is beautiful.
Just wait until you watch Make Happy, the ending of that is ten times better than this one and it's fucking amazing. Bo Burnham's the best comedian I've seen because he's the only comedian I know that's more than just a comedian.
I've seen it, and while it did have some really powerful moments and I really enjoy listening to it, I think I actually like this better. I can't quite explain why, I just do.
I will admit I slept on Bo Burnham until Inside. I am blown away by these glimpses of raw honestly he puts into his work. I do not throw the term around loosely but his work is genius.
Left brain / right brain performance is another amazing one that starts off silly but then gut punches you. Even in his earlier more “crude” comedy it was clear he was way more willing to crack his heart open on stage for us.
@Riley Jein THIS. Those are both good. I find WHAT a little hard to watch tho because he was still in more of his South Park / family guy edgy phase (very 2013 vibes) and hadn’t yet fully found his voice. But still very very brilliant.
If you want some deep songs from him, here are a few suggestions you may or may not have listed to yet. "Nerds"- this one goes from silly and snarky, yet heartfelt, to dark REALLY quickly. "Left brain, Right brain"- this is really good and really speaks to the duality in all of us. "From God's perspective"- really interesting. Give it a listen. It makes some great points. "Repeat Stuff"- more light hearted, but makes a point about how we as a society idolize celebrities and Hollywood knows this and milks it for all they can, to keep us coming back for more. And the best in my opinion... "Kanye Ran"t- if you like "We think we know you" then you will probably love "Kanye Rant". I've probably listened to it 100 times by now and it never fails to hit me HARD. Like this song, Kanye Rant is another finale song and it hits even harder then this one does in my opinion. Others say they are equally good. I thought this was amazing, but after hearing Kanye Rant, I personally think its better. It literally is presented as a mental breakdown on stage, but at the same time, is still done perfectly. Its just amazing!
"We Think We Know You." was great & still is but was undeniably topped by "Can't Handle This" from Bo's *Make Happy* special.. And "Can't Handle This" was utterly defeated by "All Eyes On Me" from Bo's latest special, *INSIDE* .
I dunno, they're all different and tackle separate themes but each are masterpieces in their own right. We Think We Know You is basically a musical retelling of Bo's origin story. Taking external hate and internalizing it into your art. Can't Handle This Right Now is all about anxiety and not feeling like you're living up to your own potential and being too scared to even try. All Eyes On Me is the personification of depression itself talking to it's host in the first person.
***** plus it means he can't mess up in front of everyone so it makes his job a little easier for him and it means he can put more focus on other things
This. This was, in my opinion, the coolest part of the show. Theatrical and amazingly performed. The entire show was fucking incredible, but this part topped it all.
This entire bit is genius, the way he twists the words of his haters and turns it into art and as the audience gets louder he gets more into it adding instruments to muffle the sound of people saying they think they know him… it’s like he’s making those words the little voice in the back of his head so that at least nobody else will have to hear them. And then when he slams down on the speakers and the stage lights up behind him, it turns to a sort of fit of rage, like he’s not happy to be on that stage but at this point he has an audience that he has to please and so he puts on a face and starts dancing but the lights go out again and the voice says his name and it brings him right back down to reality, with darkness surrounding both himself and his cheering audience. And they’ll both walk away from it, but the audience will walk off to get dinner and continue their simple night of entertainment, while he will walk away only to continue recreating that same thing for the rest of his life. Especially after watching Inside, I just get the feeling that he’s enormously, unfathomably burdened by his own endless, prisoning stream of creativity.
@@donnierakkell "God is dead" is a metaphor coined by Nietzche to explain atheism. The full quote is "God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?" - which means Humanity killed the myth of God by thinking rationally, and Nietzche then wonders what the fuck are we going to do now to avoid becoming depressed like Bo Burnham.
@@ardenorcrush649 “one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. I say unto you: you still have chaos in yourselves.”
2:50 I've always loved listening to the audience slowly realise and appreciate what is happening, that must have been one hell of an experience to be there live
I feel like there was an extra layer there. First there was on the pandering and criticism, but as a response he initially just starts creating a bunch of music until ultimately it drowns out the voices. Sort of symbolic of retreating into one's own shell to deal with external pressures. Then finally breaking out and using those criticisms to fuel his creativity. Such an awesome segment. :)
Personally, it wasn't symbolic but very much analogous. He set it up so perfectly that i don't think any other conclusion could be drawn. What would you say was a symbol?
5:48 you can barely notice it, but he flips them off just before he turns their words into music. its such a good way to say "fuck you" to all the haters tbh. i also love how at the beginning he was sort of trying to drown them out with music, but then he though "fuck it" and made their words into the music. incredible,
Can you IMAGINE. how difficult. this must have been. to perform this. CAN YOU IMAGINE. The energy, the nerves, the commitment, the timing. He put everything into it. It's unreal, truly
• You think he's that type of person • You know he's on a stage • Himself says what you are doing: • You think- • You know- • Him- • You think you know him
This finale always gets overlooked when put next to the finales of Make Happy and Inside, but honestly I think this is my favourite performance wise- something about this just feels so raw, and What. being the first special that I watched from Bo has a special place in my heart. I just wish people gave this the recognition that they give to Can't Handle This and Goodbye :)
It was the first special I watched from Bo as well, only knowing a few of his songs up to that point. I also watched it after a few months of watching several other stand up comedians, like John Mulaney, Ricky Gervais' earlier stuff and some others. You can tell I would never in a million years expect a stand up comedy special, even a musical one, to have THIS finale. To say my mind was blown is an understatement. It works so much because it is raw like you said, you don't expect it if you haven't seen Bo's other specials, and it's so triumphant. I love it and I always find comfort in it.
In the beginning he tries to stop the voices by using the conductors “end” motion. They don’t stop. He adds another layer. They don’t stop. He “takes control” of the voices by the middle portion, leading to the breakdown and then the guitar portion. I think the first few progressions were him in his room (keyboard, synth) and then the final progressions were more theatrical because he brings that to the stage and “performs” while drowning out their voices/criticism. I think the criticisms also are things he truly thinks about himself so he’s also trying to drown out his inner thoughts/critic. So many layers to his work which always seems superficial upon first glance. This guy is a genius and truly deserves so much respect. No one else can do what he does. Thanks, Bo.
He's doing exactly what he's been doing the whole show. Taking the criticism, and melding it into something people can enjoy whilst also hitting us with a dose of reality.
I love how while they are chanting "We think we know you" and he starts playing music the chanting gets softer, like the music is drowning it out. That's definitely how it is in my life.
Hugo Joubert I love how it represents that he uses the bad stuff in his life in a positive way, making them into music. It's a great lesson. Make good art, is my motto.
John Page he topped himself with 'Can't Handle This'. it has a different message, but same mastery and slightly better camera work with a touch of tragedy attached to it, making fans question their adoration. powerful stuff.
Ive thought about this and Cant Handle This, and I think which one people think is better is dependent on their place in life, this finale is triumphant, while Cant Hande This is depressing
3:20 crowd starts to clap rhythmically and he's like "I got it, thanks, knock it off" very subtle but it's there. I love this guy. Doesn't need audiences 'helping'.
Its also because, as is obvious, this, and the rest of his sets, are rehearsed and require a lot of precise movements to sync up with the music, and any musician can tell you that clapping and audience participation can throw that off by SO much, even more than you'd probably expect.
A possible reason why is because by my experience? Audience clapping will, 95 percent of the time, very quickly start to speed up like a runaway train. There will always be some people who start to go faster, and the rest of the audience follows. Once that happens, there's no slowing them back down, even if you want to. Holding time is hard, especially if it's not something you've really learned to do.
its like, the more I watch it, the more it gets to my feels. like 1st time watching: "THAT WAS AWESOME!" 2nd time watching: "Hahaha! Funny shit!" 3rd time watching: "Wait, what..?" 4th time watching: "aw.."
In a video a watched, he talks about how he throws himself into the emotions he wants to protray, hes acting. Probably not all the way, he's got to feel the emotions somewhat. But I don't think there's a reason to worry.
My favorite part is how silent people get when 'we think we know you' starts to be said. Everytime I play it for someone who hasn't heard it, they just freeze as it clicks. It's actually that powerful of a song
Is it bad that this never happened to me? The song lever "clicked" for me. I just jammed out to it the first time and then I saw the comments about it and was like "Oh yeah that's cool" now I'mm annoyed because I never got hit with that realisation.
It's okay not realize it. Perhaps the meaning isn't quite as impactful to who you are as compared to others. And that's totally okay. One of the things my favorite art instructor taught me is that we (artists) relinquish control over our art the moment we show it to the world. we cannot control the reactions or what the art becomes to others.
Very powerful, and all these shallow people just sitting there saying, "I love the I am Satan Lord of Darkness part lol, so funny" just clearly don't get the real message of the song
I know this isn't Bo's most popular piece, but it smacks. I still remember, vividly, when "We Think We Know You" was first said in the first time I listened to it. I knew in my gut for a very long time that people didn't like me. Nobody liked me. I always pushed it aside because people would tell me its not true. But i realized, because of this song, that it was true. Very true. It had to be, because none of the people in my life even knew me, or wanted to know me. It awakened such an unbridled rage inside of me. It started the period of my life that I call "house cleaning", inside and out. It took a long, long time, like 10 years. But I don't hate myself anymore, and I don't care if people don't like me. I am not a perfect person, and neither is anyone else. Nobody automatically deserves my time or respect. It's not an exaggeration to say this song saved me.
The fact that he pointed towards hell and Satan speaks but when he pointed towards heaven we only see stars and hear night's "silence", is one of the most underrated moments of his performance!!
this part from “what.” is probably what made me realize that I’d be a longtime fan of Bo’s. Something about this clip in particular is just mesmerizing to me. It just gives me an immense sense of joy! I love how Bo’s comedy has multiple layers to it, and “hides” a deeper, more important meaning, I’ve never really seen it done before!
Yeah but when you have popularity like that it's a lot more heightened. Like suddenly you have people you've never even met, more people than you probably ever will meet, following your personal life and making assumptions about you. It's a bit different.
SarahAnnRose23 couldn't agree more. when 'we think we know you' came up and i got the meaning of the song, i actually cried. it's so freaking beautiful.
SarahAnnRose23 couldn't agree more. when 'we think we know you' came up and i got the meaning of the song, i actually cried. it's so freaking beautiful.
***** you know.. people thinking they know an artist because of the work they put out there, or thinking they know someone based on how they act... at least that's how i interpret it
Ask a Bo fan where they were when they first heard "them" say "we think we know you" and how stunned they were. I love the silence by the audience in that moment. It highlights the absolute gut punch that turn was.
"we know you have a young audience" Bo: (jokes about Hitler, 9/11, satan, etc and can offend the wrong kind of person) *"just write a silly song about f a c e b o o k"*
If anyone ever asks why I like Bo Burnham, I show them this clip. It is the epitome of practice until perfect with how well he has everything memorized, and the creative talent to come up with it and then write it so well is something I truly don’t believe anyone else would ever be able to do.
I love how the music slowly drowns out “We think we know you” I find that poetic. Or maybe I need to go to sleep because I’m reading way too much into it
It’s so hard to not read into Bo’s stuff, ha ha. I assume it’s always intentional, but that’s just me thinking I know him. I can’t always say for sure what the intended message of some of his bits are, but I think there’s almost always something deeper there. His content is so unique, I love it.
@@jimmyliddell2072 he does analogies and stuff to quite a bit of lines but there are definitely times where people read too much into it like how people thought the first parts in cant handle this about the pringle can and burrito are metaphors which bo himself debunked
***** Haha, I know. I was just trying to recreate the piece for the emotional effect and meaning that it had, which a lot of people can relate to, regardless of the whole name thing. But, most of them knew Bo Burnham anyway (he's a bit of a popular performance artist/comedian) so they had already figured out who they heard speaking by the time I was explaining its origin, etc. :)
RedHairedRiot Wow, I'm sorta into acting as well, and my church does classes and presentations of the students, so I'm thinking maybe I can do all the voices myself and make it more PG and show it.
Alright so this is one of the greatest art pieces I've ever seen, and I think I finally get it. It starts by just introducing three different characters in his life. The people who just are drawn to him, because his fame, the businessman who tries manipulating his life, and the person who thinks he's become a worse person because of his fame. Then the girl starts repeating herself. All of them do. The people in his life keep replaying, so he falls into it. He replays everything they say over and over. He tries manipulating them to make comedy out of their hate, and for a time it works. Then it stops working, and he becomes enraged. He physically fights back, but it only provokes them more. This leads to all the people in his life collectively saying "We think we know you." Then he starts playing music. The voices are still there, still echoing in his mind, but he plays nonetheless. As he explores music more, the voices become more drowned out, they start to matter less. You see in his face that he is becoming interested in what music has to offer. Then something happens. He stops covering up the hate he's given and uses it. He listens once more to the negativity in his life and LITERALLY HAS A BREAKTHROUGH. He begins to manipulate the hate he's taken and make it into art. Then he realizes this is it. He's found a way to drown out the hate, and still make art. He gives all the hate in his life a final "fuck you" and then proceeds to jam out on the guitar, with the hate finally being his soundtrack, not the background. His hate is no longer lingering behind him. It defines him. "Mr. Burnham"
thegiantmushroomgrou you're brilliant, not gonna lie. other people say obvious shit like ''the music drowns out the voices'' but you took it to a whole new level.
I can't imagine how his brain works to come up with this. The construction of the song, and all the meaning behind it is one thing. But then the performance itself! The whole visual aspect of this is incredible. Just thinking that he came up with it all and really brought together such abstract sounds to life into this performance is so amazing.
That point at the end. Pointing at the audience to show that we really are no different to these other three people. That even the very people he tries (and succeeds) to please are ourselves complacent in thinking we know him and the pain that stems from this
Exactly. I’ve been scrolling thru comments for ten minutes to find the right response, that’s it. As much as I’ve wished to meet and know Al Yankovic, or Tom Lehrer, or Stan Freiburg, or any of the other Uber geniuses who are able to create music and words that connect with us so viscerally, I know better than to believe i could ever relate to one of them on their level.
The idea behind comedy is to highlight something about ourselves that's either depressing or joyous. To find that moment in our minds augment it magnify it and learn from ourselves. Noone has ever had to teach us just inspire us
same. before i knew too much about bo i heard people talk about how emotional those songs made him, but i assumed they were joking since he’s a comedian. turns out they were completely right.
When the critisium of the three voices saying "we know you" reapeat over and over and he's unable to stop it, he beings to turn to his music to make him self feel better and with every added instrament, the voices get slowly drowned out making him feel better until he get's enouth momentum to use that critisium and make it part of the song. It's a fantastic performace. He has a grimace as well during this song that shows up now and again and I wonder if he's stifling and panic attack but pushing throught it like he always did on stage.
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When on the outside you're an amazing comedian but deep down you've always wanted to play an epic guitar solo.
+Ariku Tukite omg me every time
Hahaha! Cool name.
+Ariku Tukite YES!!!!!
that moment of silence as the audience first hears "we think we know you" is chilling
I think the reality here is more, that at the first time they didn't get it ^^
@@thetomster7625 dude a bo Burnham crowd will be people that should have the wits about them to get it
@@heydoeradio7298 I didn't say, they didn't get it. I just say, they didn't get it at the very first second, so the "silence" at the beginning is not from being impressed, but just polite listening... after that they got it, but the reaction was not silence but the usual "woooohs"
the TOMSTER it’s... not hard to get. but ok.
@@thetomster7625 what is there to get exactly...lmao it's not that hard to understand
"Write a silly song about Facebook, or some jokes about Twitter"
Bo sits on the thought for 8 years, comes up with Welcome To The Internet.
But he did it on his own terms.
I was just thinking this, holy-
I get what you mean, but it is very different in this stage of his career to make songs like those. Besides they make very much sense in the context of Inside
@@denisemoreira9104 WE THINK WE KNOW YOU. Irony is painful sometimes
Jfc that's so true
“Young people don’t want this introspective content” - funny how that’s what most young people are interested in now.
This gen z generation is introspective to you, you have to be from another planet hahaha
@@kdub2433 I'm from gen z and we are really interested in introspective
They always have. Marketing people are all idiots.
Back then it was still the case. That's why he made the joke. We underestimate young people all the time, but even children are interested in introspective content.
@@cacomellucci8174 you make gen z sound like some type of planet
Artist > Comedian
Artist = Comedian
comedic artist
Bo = Both
+Existential Crisis light = art light = eternal therefore art = eternal
I'd say a mixture of both.
"I am Satan Lord of Darkness" everyone bursts into applause
***_I AM SATAN LORD OF DARKNESS_***
**I AM SATAN LORD OF DARKNESS!**
Whiskerswonders's Aesthetics I'd just like to say how much this comment chain killed it. good work everyone
*_-I AM SATAN LORD OF DARKNESS-_*
*_-I AM SATIN, LORD OF COMFORT-_*
imagine sitting on that dark empty stage looking into dark air, not even seeing the audience while you feel a hundred eyes staring at you and all thats being heard is over and over "we think we know you" thats so fucking powerful
So beautiful
So terrifying
So dark
So unnerving
So eye-opening
This man had thousands of people watching him and showed up in a white t shirt and jeans. a legend.
That’s basically what he wore in all of his live comedy specials tbh
@@ohmystarsss except for inside, because just on white woman's instagram he wore at least 20 different outfits
@@franciscodias8700 I know, but technically Inside wasn’t a live special, so my point still stands 🙃
@@ohmystarsss yes, you're right. Sorry😁
@@ohmystarsss in Make Happy he wore a gray sweater and jeans up until there was the Continuity Error Joke where he switched to a gray shirt.
"we think we know you" that hit me harder than anything by Bo
+Do You Even Internet yeah, same, didn't really know how to react...
+Do You Even Internet SAME.
+mFeRRaRi ikr, I never thought a comedy show could do that. I fucking love Bo.
You should see his new special "Make Happy", it's fucking unreal.
already have, it's some of his best work
i have never been more emotional hearing the word "fag" in different tones
Lol
That bit somehow sounded amazing
And you have to blot it all out let it fade into the background drown it all out a world of sounds
This comment is underrated beyond belief
@Lila Sankey of course you can at 55 retired comfortable and happy in my waning years I've flooded the voices out for so long that the prodding and poking now agree with me. What once was painful and probing now is success. What was damage is now success. They thought they knew me.
This must have been SICK to witness in person. I would risk the permanent state of my vocal chords to scream every time this song got more epic
He doesn’t like that at his shows tho 🤣
I did witness this in person many years ago and that whole show is one of my greatest memories
I spent almost the entire evening last night replaying this video it's incredible
I was at this show. It was amazing
@@DFenix69same! Saw this show in Boston. It was incredible I still think about it.
Here after “Inside” and everything he’s ever done is suddenly making me weepy, even though I’ve seen it all before. I just hope he is okay.
None of us are okay
Me too. I'm thinking of Nanette and how we ask so much of our artist. That we deify them and romanticize their pain because it gives us transcendental art.
Was inside your introduction to him?
@@crycrywolf no, read the comment again
@@Tralby19 oh crap you’re right lol
Not only is he so genius for thinking of all of this, but the part I appreciate the most is his memory. I mean performing all of that is legendary
Not a comedian. Truly an artist. I'm gonna miss him
+PapaKay Why will you miss him? Is he stopping comedy or something?
Silence yeah, did u not see his newly released show, "Make Happy" ?
+PapaKay I didn't think that was indication of him stopping, it's not like he's no longer making stuff
Well, he said he'll no longer be writing anything for himself. He wants to write material for other artists.
*”I AM SATAN LORD OF DARKNESS”*
**thunderous applause**
Lmao and when he points to the sky and its just crickets
@@orangeb7052 God's still hanging with the aliens.
@@mariic2 XD
There’s a trillion aliens cooler then youuu~
@@mariic2 yeah....
🤘 Hail Satan 🤘
Rewatching all his old stuff is hitting different after Inside that's for sure.
Seeing your comment made me realize that Inside has been out for almost a month.... I literally haven't stopped obsessing about it since then. I probably haven't gone a single day without listening to it at least once
@@nerdgirl7363 tbh seems like hes begging to appeal to the agent's advice
This has 666 likes and I don't wanna ruin it-
Agreed
Fo real fo real
How can one person be so good at playing non existent instruments
I'm pretty sure he can actually play this live, it's just more impressive like this.
Go watch Rowan Atkinson doing his drum routine. Bo has the same level of coordination. It's amazing.
he also doesn’t actually know how to play music he memorizes all of the chords to all his songs
@@xoxrevbro stfu with that crap, yiu need skills to make good songs. Do you think he just ad-libbed that one part in straight white man
@@xoxrevhuh
"We think- we know- you-" honestly hits me like a brick every damn time
Same.
+KawaiiVocaloidLuka02 I read this then realized what it meant and teared up
SAME
KawaiiVocaloidLuka02 what did it mean
BUT THEN THE MUSIC STARTS PLAYING AND THE VOICES GET SOFTER! JUST LIKE REAL LIFE!
art is alive
Nothing is real
XD
it's actually "art is a lie" :)
It's more art is mostly dead/in a coma.
NOTHING IS REAL!
7 years ago: Mr Burnham, you should relate to young people, write a song about Facebook or Twitter or something
2021 - Inside: 'Welcome to the internet!'
and White Woman’s Instagram… and the reaction to the reaction to the reaction video… and the Twitch streamer parody…
@@NirNaethCZ I know right. Such a genius! It's like he has been building up his jokes for over the years and my guess is that we haven't even heard his best joke yet!
They finally broke him
8 years
@@thenacho6354 no I I think he did it more on his own terms not like agent said
4:14
I cant begin to describe how this moment where he takes what "they" have been saying and remixes it to be "we think we know you." Made me feel. The entire concept of this song is incredible.
Thank you so much for your insight, Bigfoot Is Real And He Ate My Ass. Truly great stuff.
your username and gorillaz profile picture is absolutely amazing. thank you birhama.
The most ironic thing about this, is that here in the comments we're all still pretending we know him.
SPooky ghost exactly
Why shouldn't we, it's the purpose of the song :)
Um sir, please quit messing with me mind mate.
you legend
Do we know him? The vast majority of us do not. At the same time, the vast majority of us know the feeling of others thinking that they know us.
it must have taken ages to remember what to do with his hands AND get it right, he is a true genius
It probably took longer to edit everything than to remember the piece he wrote.
it's pretty easy
I AGoodWasteOfTime I that's actually the easy part. When you work a long time on song you can't help but remember all the beats/notes/lyrics
sakamoto0789 exactly. When you spend all that time composing something you can't help but memorize it.
Everything they've said is true, but also practice doesn't make you a genius...
I’ve realized that the last “Mr. Burnham” is Bo pointing out to the audience; interpret that how you will.
I personally think it’s a coincidence (even though I do think Bo is a musical, comedic, and commentary genius), I think that it’s a stretch. Whatever the case we can’t no for sure so I’m just going to watch the entire show again on my own time and enjoy the comedy and genius and good music
Every "Mr Burnham" is pointed at the audience, the agent is in the middle all the way trought the song
@@guiguifaitlcon2598 It's still a choice he made. Entirely possible that it's meant to signify a connection, a "we are all each other" thing, a nod to shared experience, etc.
Then again, could be nothing. Based on what I've seen, the likelihood is it was a conscious choice for Some reason. Based on my Bo expertise, it's a toss up whether I'd get it right ;)
@@echognomecal6742Bo definitely hides meaningful aspects in his work, but he doesn’t usually bury it several layers deep. He mentioned that a lot of people thought the Chipotle burrito bit in “I Can’t Handle This Right Now” was a metaphor for depression or taking on too many things without realizing the weight of it, but he said it was just a silly bit and he didn’t write any deeper meaning behind it.
In this case, I think Bo pointing at the middle of the camera was just a coincidence. It seems weird to imply the audience somehow fits the capitalistic businessman out of all the characters. If anything, I think the third character that stereotypes Bo as a jerk because he heard it from a friend of a friend would describe an internet dweller better, since a lot of us go off of rumors and short video snippets to form our opinions of people. I think it’s more likely that he just wanted to convey 3 separate people by pointing in 3 separate directions, and the left-middle-right approach worked best on stage.
@@catcactus1234 Probably...but if we're getting This into it... It should be noted that our unconscious is called that for a reason & we're not always aware of what we do/intend. As far as that, I think the Pringles (rather empty & having to reach inside or crumbs spill out, etc) & the over-flowing burrito that nobody wants are related & meaningful.
Just a reminder, in case it hasn't occurred to you: He's 'playing' everyone.
The layers of this
Even me?
@@Anita_Backrub especially you
@@thomasgoode7322 Is he more important than me then?
@@thomasgoode7322 🤣
The dead silence when the audience finally understands what the song means... This is honestly my favorite part from any comedy show. Just the deep personal meaning and the emotion you feel is beautiful.
Just wait until you watch Make Happy, the ending of that is ten times better than this one and it's fucking amazing.
Bo Burnham's the best comedian I've seen because he's the only comedian I know that's more than just a comedian.
I've seen it, and while it did have some really powerful moments and I really enjoy listening to it, I think I actually like this better. I can't quite explain why, I just do.
+JershCer When I first saw the ending to Make Happy, I cried. The message was so powerful and it hit me unexpectedly
what is the message?
whats it mean?
That random "I AM SATAN, LORD OF DARKNESS" that came out of nowhere cracked my shit up xD
+Ze Medic and he pointed up and nothing happened
+Ze Medic When he pointed upward, you used to get a really gay-voiced "I'm JEEEEEEEEEEEESUS!!!"...
+SlasherLink119 I really wish I could hear that one xD
+Ita Corcoran It's on CZcams
+crasowl I am THERE.
I can’t imagine what it’s like walking around with that brain. I’m so glad he exists.
Well, inside sure makes it easier to understand
Just have to reply here after listening to "All Eyes On Me" & knowing some of what he's gone thru.
I'm glad he exists, too. Hopefully, so is he :)
can’t believe a entire crowd of people just watched a man flail around on stage. i love it
Incredibly epic, artistic flailing. 11/10
@@UwUYT 69/10
*I AM SATAN LORD OF DARKNESS*
x3 -Skyla
+TRY God is dead and we killed him
No.. You are Josh C
Donald Trump is Satan! So you are- Oh no... GO AWAY! -Skyla
Oh, ok. Sorry Satan... -Skyla
Man, right as he put together the "we think we know you" a giant chill went down my spine.
+periquete it made me cry hahaaha
+periquete I liked "I m satan, lord of darkness" and the chirping from above better.
+Tristin Bailey you obviously don't get it. The "We think we know you" is incredibly symbolic
+Some Random Fellow It's not "symbolic". It's blatant as fuck.
The One Ring I never said cryptic
I will admit I slept on Bo Burnham until Inside. I am blown away by these glimpses of raw honestly he puts into his work. I do not throw the term around loosely but his work is genius.
Left brain / right brain performance is another amazing one that starts off silly but then gut punches you. Even in his earlier more “crude” comedy it was clear he was way more willing to crack his heart open on stage for us.
@Riley Jein THIS. Those are both good. I find WHAT a little hard to watch tho because he was still in more of his South Park / family guy edgy phase (very 2013 vibes) and hadn’t yet fully found his voice. But still very very brilliant.
I read this is “I will admit I slept with Bo Burnham”
If you want some deep songs from him, here are a few suggestions you may or may not have listed to yet.
"Nerds"- this one goes from silly and snarky, yet heartfelt, to dark REALLY quickly.
"Left brain, Right brain"- this is really good and really speaks to the duality in all of us.
"From God's perspective"- really interesting. Give it a listen. It makes some great points.
"Repeat Stuff"- more light hearted, but makes a point about how we as a society idolize celebrities and Hollywood knows this and milks it for all they can, to keep us coming back for more.
And the best in my opinion...
"Kanye Ran"t- if you like "We think we know you" then you will probably love "Kanye Rant". I've probably listened to it 100 times by now and it never fails to hit me HARD. Like this song, Kanye Rant is another finale song and it hits even harder then this one does in my opinion. Others say they are equally good. I thought this was amazing, but after hearing Kanye Rant, I personally think its better. It literally is presented as a mental breakdown on stage, but at the same time, is still done perfectly. Its just amazing!
@@sagewolf9156 good list! But worth noting if he wants to look it up “Kanye rant” is called “can’t handle this”
"We Think We Know You." was great & still is but was undeniably topped by "Can't Handle This" from Bo's *Make Happy* special.. And "Can't Handle This" was utterly defeated by "All Eyes On Me" from Bo's latest special, *INSIDE* .
He keeps upgrading himself
I dunno, they're all different and tackle separate themes but each are masterpieces in their own right. We Think We Know You is basically a musical retelling of Bo's origin story. Taking external hate and internalizing it into your art. Can't Handle This Right Now is all about anxiety and not feeling like you're living up to your own potential and being too scared to even try. All Eyes On Me is the personification of depression itself talking to it's host in the first person.
I think can't handle this is the best one
In my opinion We Think We Know You is the best one.
Nah, We Think We Know You is the best one
Bo Burnham-The only person you can see playing with imaginary objects and people for money
I mean he played the REAL instruments to make the recording
Samantha Scarcella well it doesn't have to be him playing those instruments, but i get what your saying
***** plus it means he can't mess up in front of everyone so it makes his job a little easier for him and it means he can put more focus on other things
Those are way too many instruments to be playing for everyone on stage.
mimes?
_You want a trophy for being tall_
yes
Yes’er oonie
Well it is a tall thing.
And a cookie please
Let’s give a trophy to all the trees.
So brave... so brave
5:48 just noticed that he gives the middle finger to both of the people before going into the final solo. Nice.
I don’t see it, am I blind?
He totally did, I just caught it! Thanks for pointing it out!
Then he kicked the middle guy
The “MR BURNHAM” just kinda hits different
Music teacher: what instrument do you play
Bo: I play the human
Just like how they play him :)
I hate that you're right
I play children.
He plays our hearts.
*i play the air*
This. This was, in my opinion, the coolest part of the show. Theatrical and amazingly performed. The entire show was fucking incredible, but this part topped it all.
Charlee I mean that was kind of the point
Charlee I definitely agree 100%
this or right brain/left brain
Make Happy finale was pretty epic imo
I love that Bo has a sense of humour and he can slip a little bit of real life into it. He's smarter than alot of comedians out there.
The way “Mr Burnham” sounds just scratch’s my brain in the right places
Does it sound really reminiscent to anyone else of “mr. Anderson” in the matrix??
This is the most horrible sentence but youre right.
This entire bit is genius, the way he twists the words of his haters and turns it into art and as the audience gets louder he gets more into it adding instruments to muffle the sound of people saying they think they know him… it’s like he’s making those words the little voice in the back of his head so that at least nobody else will have to hear them. And then when he slams down on the speakers and the stage lights up behind him, it turns to a sort of fit of rage, like he’s not happy to be on that stage but at this point he has an audience that he has to please and so he puts on a face and starts dancing but the lights go out again and the voice says his name and it brings him right back down to reality, with darkness surrounding both himself and his cheering audience. And they’ll both walk away from it, but the audience will walk off to get dinner and continue their simple night of entertainment, while he will walk away only to continue recreating that same thing for the rest of his life. Especially after watching Inside, I just get the feeling that he’s enormously, unfathomably burdened by his own endless, prisoning stream of creativity.
This needs more recognition.
best comment^
yeh i enjoy it a lot, even if its not intended, which at least partially it likely is, is amazing
#deep
this. this is the reason bo's art is so significant to me
Right before the guitar solo he throws up two middle fingers to each side and delivers a fierce kick to the middle. It's a final "Fuck you."
i didn't even notice that, thats hilarious
Oh shit he does! Wow, I never noticed the double bird! I mean the kick is obvious, but I thought nothing of it. Nice one pointing that out.
In the middle with the “We think we know you” starts and he starts playing the instruments, it’s almost like he’s trying to drown them out...
Ellie Macklin Just look at his face moments after the first “we think we know you”
Just maybe that is why "we think you know you" gets quieter and quieter to the point of unhearing.
Congrats you get the bit
Or maybe he's using them as some form of instrument to cope and make light/art of it.
@DINKLE BERG no need to be salty bro, they were just pointing it out
Bo: *practicing the timing and routine in his home*
The neighbors: "Honey, the kid next door is having a seizure again!"
Points downwards: Satan speaks
Points upwards: No response
Thats the best way he's said that god doesn't exist
So Lucifer is real?
Hes saying that God is dead
@@donnierakkell "God is dead" is a metaphor coined by Nietzche to explain atheism. The full quote is "God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?" - which means Humanity killed the myth of God by thinking rationally, and Nietzche then wonders what the fuck are we going to do now to avoid becoming depressed like Bo Burnham.
@@ardenorcrush649 “one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. I say unto you: you still have chaos in yourselves.”
Or he's chilling with the aliens
When his music drowns of all the noise and bs. Fantastic statement
I just noticed that.. and you're right, it is a statement
So true
and then not only that but he incorporates the bs into his music
And the fact that it keeps coming back is even more telling. Like he has trouble escaping it.
Thank you so much for pointing this out
I get chills every time the voices say "we think we know you"
Hello There Human! ***_I AM SATAN LORD OF DARKNESS_***
Omg yes
Me too!
And also in the bit
Erwin Thomas 666 like
Same
2:50 I've always loved listening to the audience slowly realise and appreciate what is happening, that must have been one hell of an experience to be there live
Imaginary guy: “You need to relate to the young people”
7 years later: WELCOME TO THE INTERNET 🎶
This never ceases to blow my mind.
same, love the danny icon btw
same bro
yessss Danny profile pic ♥_♥
Ehh Dan
hey I'm dan im also dan DAAAAAAAAN
Genius. Taking all the phrases and things he hears in his day to day life and turning it into a symphony was amazing.
and don't all of us often feel people don't know us ?? They have an idea that they know you.
I feel like there was an extra layer there. First there was on the pandering and criticism, but as a response he initially just starts creating a bunch of music until ultimately it drowns out the voices. Sort of symbolic of retreating into one's own shell to deal with external pressures. Then finally breaking out and using those criticisms to fuel his creativity. Such an awesome segment. :)
*I AM SATAN LORD OF DARKNESS*
Personally, it wasn't symbolic but very much analogous. He set it up so perfectly that i don't think any other conclusion could be drawn. What would you say was a symbol?
yes he hears 'i am satan lord of darkness a lot' seems PRETTY LEGIT
5:48 you can barely notice it, but he flips them off just before he turns their words into music. its such a good way to say "fuck you" to all the haters tbh. i also love how at the beginning he was sort of trying to drown them out with music, but then he though "fuck it" and made their words into the music. incredible,
Who's here after Inside? This guy never ceases to amaze!
"After all this time?"
"Always."
Can you IMAGINE. how difficult. this must have been. to perform this.
CAN YOU IMAGINE.
The energy, the nerves, the commitment, the timing. He put everything into it. It's unreal, truly
Yes !
Yes ! (2)
Yes ! (3)
Yes! (4)
Yes ! (5)
He’s the kid jamming out while no ones watching in his head, inside his room, on a stage in front of people. I get goosebumps at the end.
Random Dude you say that and it perfectly supports the “we think we know you”
Uhm where did you get that from?
• You think he's that type of person
• You know he's on a stage
• Himself says what you are doing:
• You think-
• You know-
• Him-
• You think you know him
Peggy Carter the whole point is to not try to interpret what he says, it’s literally called “we think we know you”
ChampMason if he didn’t want us to interpret it, he wouldn’t have shown it to us. art is meant to be interpreted.
Anyone else going on their annual Bo marathon?
i was but the netfilx password crap is pervents me form seeing make happy
Ayyyy
Annual? More like quarterly
This finale always gets overlooked when put next to the finales of Make Happy and Inside, but honestly I think this is my favourite performance wise- something about this just feels so raw, and What. being the first special that I watched from Bo has a special place in my heart. I just wish people gave this the recognition that they give to Can't Handle This and Goodbye :)
I feel the same. I love them all for different reasons but this is the most impressive
It was the first special I watched from Bo as well, only knowing a few of his songs up to that point. I also watched it after a few months of watching several other stand up comedians, like John Mulaney, Ricky Gervais' earlier stuff and some others. You can tell I would never in a million years expect a stand up comedy special, even a musical one, to have THIS finale. To say my mind was blown is an understatement. It works so much because it is raw like you said, you don't expect it if you haven't seen Bo's other specials, and it's so triumphant. I love it and I always find comfort in it.
I can't even imagine how much practice went into this
No. 1 Shaniac the whole show is like that lol
i think it took him 6-8 months for the whole show? remember reading it in a reddit AMA, but dont quote me on that
@@fsmjolnir "i think it took him 6-8 months for the whole show? remember reading it in a reddit AMA"
Your move skippy.
@@beholdandfearme "Listen here, you little shit"
Hes said during interviews that every time he performed this piece all he hears is the count and timing
Lets talk about how he posted his whole comedy special FOR FREE without ads or anything like the absolute LEGEND he is
You could say that he reestablished his presence on the internet with it.
Going out with a bang
Very few like the man, not gonna lie. Pure talent.
It’s great for people who don’t have Netflix. He’s so great
I got ads on this.
In the beginning he tries to stop the voices by using the conductors “end” motion. They don’t stop. He adds another layer. They don’t stop. He “takes control” of the voices by the middle portion, leading to the breakdown and then the guitar portion.
I think the first few progressions were him in his room (keyboard, synth) and then the final progressions were more theatrical because he brings that to the stage and “performs” while drowning out their voices/criticism. I think the criticisms also are things he truly thinks about himself so he’s also trying to drown out his inner thoughts/critic.
So many layers to his work which always seems superficial upon first glance. This guy is a genius and truly deserves so much respect. No one else can do what he does.
Thanks, Bo.
He's doing exactly what he's been doing the whole show. Taking the criticism, and melding it into something people can enjoy whilst also hitting us with a dose of reality.
I love how while they are chanting "We think we know you" and he starts playing music the chanting gets softer, like the music is drowning it out. That's definitely how it is in my life.
RIGHT it's so darn awesome
Story of my life
YES
Same! People think they know everything about me and keep bothering me and I use music to escape
Hugo Joubert I love how it represents that he uses the bad stuff in his life in a positive way, making them into music. It's a great lesson. Make good art, is my motto.
This is probably the greatest finale to a comedy special ever...
John Page he topped himself with 'Can't Handle This'.
it has a different message, but same mastery and slightly better camera work with a touch of tragedy attached to it, making fans question their adoration. powerful stuff.
Duncan W. Lievi yeah but then he plays are you happy right after that and leaves his book behind
And can't handle this was awesome
Ive thought about this and Cant Handle This, and I think which one people think is better is dependent on their place in life, this finale is triumphant, while Cant Hande This is depressing
Actually, I think it’s topped only by his new one for his Netflix special. Look up the I Can’t Handle this Kanye Remix and the Are You Happy song
3:20 crowd starts to clap rhythmically and he's like "I got it, thanks, knock it off" very subtle but it's there. I love this guy. Doesn't need audiences 'helping'.
Its also because, as is obvious, this, and the rest of his sets, are rehearsed and require a lot of precise movements to sync up with the music, and any musician can tell you that clapping and audience participation can throw that off by SO much, even more than you'd probably expect.
I always thought he was mouthing "that's it" because he made the characters say "mr. Fag"
A possible reason why is because by my experience? Audience clapping will, 95 percent of the time, very quickly start to speed up like a runaway train. There will always be some people who start to go faster, and the rest of the audience follows. Once that happens, there's no slowing them back down, even if you want to. Holding time is hard, especially if it's not something you've really learned to do.
"You're not a fucking metronome"
Everything he does is genius, but can we just appreciate the most successful "air-keyboard" performance of all time for just one second?
Imagine if he would’ve just ended the show as soon as you hear “We think we know you” .. that hurts the soul
and it just plays on loop until everyone leaves
Yeah I like this version better lol
That would’ve been legendary but I don’t think it would work musically
@@vigilant3263 that’s a little too annoyingly edgy
i think that would have been the perfect ending to inside
I'm so glad I live in a universe where Bo burnham was famous enough to do these shows.
YES! He is so talented and deserves it.
tru tru
The absolute chills shooting through my body at the realization of “we think we know you”
9 years later and this is still AMAZING
10 years this was in 2013 and published on 2014
10
its like, the more I watch it, the more it gets to my feels. like
1st time watching: "THAT WAS AWESOME!"
2nd time watching: "Hahaha! Funny shit!"
3rd time watching: "Wait, what..?"
4th time watching: "aw.."
Ikr
+Andrew B. Watamote
Dave Komba *you got that right*
same T.T
Literally me.
At some points, his facial expressions really worry me.
I hope he's doing okay :(
@@michaeldietz9026 me too.
In a video a watched, he talks about how he throws himself into the emotions he wants to protray, hes acting. Probably not all the way, he's got to feel the emotions somewhat. But I don't think there's a reason to worry.
this is off topic but i like ur pfp-
@@Ghost-mx4gw and i love yours! ray is the best
Coming back to this after "Inside" really hits hard.
people say this after literally every single fucking time a sound comes out of bo’s mouth
@@blackironwalterkus3851yes, that's the joke.
Bro 4:22 … the way hes just standing up there, his expression, the crowd’s silence, it gives me chills every single time I watch this
Person: so what instruments do you play
Bo: yes
made me exhale out of my nose
Magic air
Bo: people
"The voices in my head"
"I play the orchestra"
My favorite part is how silent people get when 'we think we know you' starts to be said. Everytime I play it for someone who hasn't heard it, they just freeze as it clicks. It's actually that powerful of a song
Bo was battling depression for quite a while, and he almost didn't win. But he turned everything in to art as to "make happy."
Truly beautiful.
Is it bad that this never happened to me? The song lever "clicked" for me. I just jammed out to it the first time and then I saw the comments about it and was like "Oh yeah that's cool" now I'mm annoyed because I never got hit with that realisation.
It's okay not realize it. Perhaps the meaning isn't quite as impactful to who you are as compared to others. And that's totally okay. One of the things my favorite art instructor taught me is that we (artists) relinquish control over our art the moment we show it to the world. we cannot control the reactions or what the art becomes to others.
Very powerful, and all these shallow people just sitting there saying, "I love the I am Satan Lord of Darkness part lol, so funny" just clearly don't get the real message of the song
I know this isn't Bo's most popular piece, but it smacks. I still remember, vividly, when "We Think We Know You" was first said in the first time I listened to it. I knew in my gut for a very long time that people didn't like me. Nobody liked me. I always pushed it aside because people would tell me its not true. But i realized, because of this song, that it was true. Very true. It had to be, because none of the people in my life even knew me, or wanted to know me. It awakened such an unbridled rage inside of me. It started the period of my life that I call "house cleaning", inside and out. It took a long, long time, like 10 years. But I don't hate myself anymore, and I don't care if people don't like me. I am not a perfect person, and neither is anyone else. Nobody automatically deserves my time or respect. It's not an exaggeration to say this song saved me.
The fact that he pointed towards hell and Satan speaks but when he pointed towards heaven we only see stars and hear night's "silence", is one of the most underrated moments of his performance!!
How this guy got Satan to do a cameo, I will never know
I want to like your comment so bad right now, but I refuse to throw off the "69 thumbs up".
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Now it's at 128, a perfect byte value with a leading 1. Nerdier, perhaps, but equally important.
The expression Bo has when they finally say "we think we know you" breaks my fucking heart every time. So beautiful and deep
#deep
@@Ndihrkop aw i was gonna say that 🤣
1000th like nice
He wrote a song about being deep
This post is now under the dictionary definition of "Irony"
every finale he does for his specials are always an absolute masterpiece
this part from “what.” is probably what made me realize that I’d be a longtime fan of Bo’s. Something about this clip in particular is just mesmerizing to me. It just gives me an immense sense of joy! I love how Bo’s comedy has multiple layers to it, and “hides” a deeper, more important meaning, I’ve never really seen it done before!
I think everyone knows how it feels to be judged by people who don't know you.
Yeah but it's called reassuring and letting the people that actually get affected by it who watch his acts know to not let it effect them
exactly. plus he did it in a really cool way
Yeah but when you have popularity like that it's a lot more heightened. Like suddenly you have people you've never even met, more people than you probably ever will meet, following your personal life and making assumptions about you. It's a bit different.
Everyone? I never felt like that. Don't act like you know me.
+dov linhos ...Brilliant use of irony. As the child of an English teacher, I give you an A.
I'll never forget the first time that I saw this and it took me to the very bone when it started saying we think we know you. he's a genius.
SarahAnnRose23 I just saw this yesterday now I can't stop listening
SarahAnnRose23 couldn't agree more. when 'we think we know you' came up and i got the meaning of the song, i actually cried. it's so freaking beautiful.
SarahAnnRose23 couldn't agree more. when 'we think we know you' came up and i got the meaning of the song, i actually cried. it's so freaking beautiful.
***** you know.. people thinking they know an artist because of the work they put out there, or thinking they know someone based on how they act... at least that's how i interpret it
SarahAnnRose23 #deep
I've never seen anyone play the air better than Bo.
Ask a Bo fan where they were when they first heard "them" say "we think we know you" and how stunned they were.
I love the silence by the audience in that moment. It highlights the absolute gut punch that turn was.
"we know you have a young audience"
Bo: (jokes about Hitler, 9/11, satan, etc and can offend the wrong kind of person)
*"just write a silly song about f a c e b o o k"*
If its not offensive to someone, than its a lame joke with no risk behind it.
@@mellmellody that is a good point
@@realperson9104 if you rely on a reaction from someone for your joke to be amusing, it’s not all that funny.
@@bubblegumbxtchh I mean isn't a reaction what you want from a joke?
@@josiahallen2259 like I said, if you rely on it in order for your joke to be funny then it isn’t funny.
Now I know, all Bo ever wanted was a trophy for being tall
He also wants to be able to fit his hand inside of a Pringle can
Nadia :3 he also wants to get less stuff on his burrito because all of it won’t fit.
@@carsonmorris127 and for burrito experts to help him
the context is he actually got a trophy for being tall before this song was made, its a reference to that
@@8-bitjelly77 what
If anyone ever asks why I like Bo Burnham, I show them this clip. It is the epitome of practice until perfect with how well he has everything memorized, and the creative talent to come up with it and then write it so well is something I truly don’t believe anyone else would ever be able to do.
I'm sorry but that last "Mr. Burnham" just GETS ME
Bo finds out he's in the Matrix and can control others to an extent. First thing he does? Compose a musical number with their voices.
Who wouldn't?
HEY THATS AN OFFENSIVE STATEMENT TO MY GIULD,CLAN, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALL MEMBERS ARE OFFENDID RIGHT NOW WTF!!!!!!!!
@@mannie12matrix1st4 Coolio, elaborate on that.
I love how the music slowly drowns out “We think we know you” I find that poetic. Or maybe I need to go to sleep because I’m reading way too much into it
That's the whole point dude
holy shit i never realized that, great point
777 th like lol
It’s so hard to not read into Bo’s stuff, ha ha. I assume it’s always intentional, but that’s just me thinking I know him. I can’t always say for sure what the intended message of some of his bits are, but I think there’s almost always something deeper there. His content is so unique, I love it.
@@jimmyliddell2072 he does analogies and stuff to quite a bit of lines but there are definitely times where people read too much into it like how people thought the first parts in cant handle this about the pringle can and burrito are metaphors which bo himself debunked
I’m back after “Inside”. What a trip Bo has brought us on.
"Write a silly song about Facebook"
_Could I interest you in everything, all of the time?_
I cried and felt empowered
And then I did this piece for my acting class
How did it go?
It went amazingly, actually, thank you. Everyone loved it.
***** Haha, I know. I was just trying to recreate the piece for the emotional effect and meaning that it had, which a lot of people can relate to, regardless of the whole name thing.
But, most of them knew Bo Burnham anyway (he's a bit of a popular performance artist/comedian) so they had already figured out who they heard speaking by the time I was explaining its origin, etc. :)
RedHairedRiot Wow, I'm sorta into acting as well, and my church does classes and presentations of the students, so I'm thinking maybe I can do all the voices myself and make it more PG and show it.
+periquete you do realise that most of his stuff is mocking religion
Alright so this is one of the greatest art pieces I've ever seen, and I think I finally get it. It starts by just introducing three different characters in his life. The people who just are drawn to him, because his fame, the businessman who tries manipulating his life, and the person who thinks he's become a worse person because of his fame. Then the girl starts repeating herself. All of them do. The people in his life keep replaying, so he falls into it. He replays everything they say over and over. He tries manipulating them to make comedy out of their hate, and for a time it works. Then it stops working, and he becomes enraged. He physically fights back, but it only provokes them more. This leads to all the people in his life collectively saying "We think we know you." Then he starts playing music. The voices are still there, still echoing in his mind, but he plays nonetheless. As he explores music more, the voices become more drowned out, they start to matter less. You see in his face that he is becoming interested in what music has to offer. Then something happens. He stops covering up the hate he's given and uses it. He listens once more to the negativity in his life and LITERALLY HAS A BREAKTHROUGH. He begins to manipulate the hate he's taken and make it into art. Then he realizes this is it. He's found a way to drown out the hate, and still make art. He gives all the hate in his life a final "fuck you" and then proceeds to jam out on the guitar, with the hate finally being his soundtrack, not the background. His hate is no longer lingering behind him. It defines him. "Mr. Burnham"
thegiantmushroomgrou you're brilliant, not gonna lie. other people say obvious shit like ''the music drowns out the voices'' but you took it to a whole new level.
thegiantmushroomgrou mind blown
thegiantmushroomgrou ...... wow. Not sure if that's actually the story behind it, but I really wish it is. That's deep.
Dang I didn't read into it that much but this makes total sense!
thegiantmushroomgrou #deep... jk thats a very very good interpretation :D *-*
I can't imagine how his brain works to come up with this. The construction of the song, and all the meaning behind it is one thing. But then the performance itself! The whole visual aspect of this is incredible. Just thinking that he came up with it all and really brought together such abstract sounds to life into this performance is so amazing.
That point at the end. Pointing at the audience to show that we really are no different to these other three people. That even the very people he tries (and succeeds) to please are ourselves complacent in thinking we know him and the pain that stems from this
Exactly. I’ve been scrolling thru comments for ten minutes to find the right response, that’s it. As much as I’ve wished to meet and know Al Yankovic, or Tom Lehrer, or Stan Freiburg, or any of the other Uber geniuses who are able to create music and words that connect with us so viscerally, I know better than to believe i could ever relate to one of them on their level.
It's frustrating to not be able to explain how smart and funny his stuff is and how much it makes me laugh and hits me hard at the same time.
Exactly...
Courtney Aqi For real, I'll watch this and my sisters are like why do you watch this so much, and they just see it as immature, and it's just bruh.
The idea behind comedy is to highlight something about ourselves that's either depressing or joyous. To find that moment in our minds augment it magnify it and learn from ourselves. Noone has ever had to teach us just inspire us
Art Is Dead, We Think We Know You, and I Can’t Handle This make me cry because of how raw and powerful they all are
I don't have words to explain how great and just unreal these songs are
same. before i knew too much about bo i heard people talk about how emotional those songs made him, but i assumed they were joking since he’s a comedian. turns out they were completely right.
“Nerds” hits me too deep.
It's not really comedy but it helps me sleep at night
that one guy you know he wouldn’t have gotten the lettuce if he knew it didn’t fit
his ending are always so powerful. 22 or 30 he’s insanely talented and has only gotten better
When the critisium of the three voices saying "we know you" reapeat over and over and he's unable to stop it, he beings to turn to his music to make him self feel better and with every added instrament, the voices get slowly drowned out making him feel better until he get's enouth momentum to use that critisium and make it part of the song. It's a fantastic performace.
He has a grimace as well during this song that shows up now and again and I wonder if he's stifling and panic attack but pushing throught it like he always did on stage.